Design Professionals

What if you wanted a beautiful, elegant, beach-theme invitation but didn’t have the money to spend on pocket fold style ensemble? This was a bride’s request to Dominican-born, New Jersey-based invitation designer Yvette Sencion of SDezigns. To answer the call, Yvette created a layered and tied invitation ensemble from Stardream metallic and vellum papers that the bride absolutely loved. We saw photos of the ensemble on Yvette’s Facebook page, and we're not ashamed to admit, we fell in love with the design too. We spoke to Yvette about what went into the design. She even agreed to tell us how she made it, so if any of our DIY customers are looking for fresh inspiration, now is your chance to learn! Continue to hear from Yvette in her own words.

Founded by Renae Christine, Let’s Talk Stationery is a web forum with nearly 400 active members, all of them stationery industry professionals. In this episode, #45 of the LCI Paper Podcast, you'll hear our our telephone conversation as Renae opens up about the origins of the forum, the reasons it needed to become a paid forum, the family-like atmosphere members enjoy, and the big meetup at the 2011 National Stationery Show in New York. If you've ever been interested in Let’s Talk Stationery but haven’t yet decided to join, this is a great opportunity to learn more and hear directly from its founder.

After attending the 2011 National Stationery Show in New York, NY, invitation designer Tamara Smith of Designs to Impress talks to us about her experience. Hear about the positives and negatives that she experienced, all in her own voice. Listen to our phone interview or read through the transcript of our conversation.

Since 2007, blogger Joanna Dreifus' of MyMomShop.com has attended and covered the National Stationery Show in New York which bills itself as “the world’s most comprehensive collection of stationery and related lifestyle products.” We recorded a telephone interview in which she talks about her favorite finds and even shares a couple complaints. Listen to the audio interview or read the transcript of the conversation.

Tina Milas is the owner of Invitations of Elegance, a handmade invitation studio just outside of Philadelphia. A custom stationer with a natural eye for design and an emphasis on providing unparalleled customer service, Tina provides clients with beautiful hand tailored wedding invitation suites, and her undivided attention in doing so. As a testament to her exceptional design work and personal service, Invitations of Elegance has been given a Bride's Choice Award by WeddingWire for two years running.

Tina Milas is a member of Twitter Wedding Inspiration Pals (TWIPS), a social media based community that encourages wedding professionals to connect with, learn from, and inspire one another - an effort to build a community of wedding industry professionals of the utmost quality.

You can read more about Invitations of Elegance and Tina Milas in her interview with LCI Paper Company below.

In this LCI Paper Interview, we hear from Abbey Fowler, custom stationer and owner of Syd Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Abbey's design talent stems from a background of photography, marketing, and magazine publishing; her keen eye for visual layout appearing in each of her unique stationery sets, greeting cards, and customized wedding invitation suites.

As a small business owner, Abbey aims to provide clients with quality, personal service, and it shows. Brides and grooms will not only find premium stationery at Syd Design, but premium service as well. Based on exceptional product and service reviews, Wedding Wire has given Syd Design a Bride's Best Award for three years running.

Read the interview transcription in this article to learn more about Abbey Fowler, her beautiful stationery, and Syd Design.

In this LCI Paper interview, we hear from the creative and talented Marit Hanson, owner of Marit Hanson Weddings (MHW) in San Francisco. Marit is a graphic designer and custom stationer who specializes in designing modern, stylish, and personalized wedding stationery for brides and grooms to be.

You can view examples of Marit's beautiful designs on her website and blog, as well as on several mainstream wedding blogs that she has been featured on. Marit is a recommended vendor by Style Me Pretty, Ruffled, The Knotty Bride, Brenda’s Wedding Blog, and Engaged and Inspired. She has also been featured on Junebug Weddings and Bride and Bloom.

You can read a transcription of Marit's interview in this post.

In this post, Susan Dettloff, graphic designer and owner of Bliss Couture Design in Michigan discusses her exquisite Mountain Wedding pocketfold invitation design that she made with Savanna woodgrain paper, shown here. Read this post to learn how Susan created this beautifully detailed design!

Hear from Amy, a Chicago based designer that is currently featuring innovative Bar & Bat Mitzvah designs on her new invitation blog, InvitationsDIY. Continue reading to link to our audio interview or read the interview transcript.