Calligraphics - Calligraphy by Mary Ellin Kurtz
Hey brides!
I will tell you the truth. I didn't really have the cash to get calligraphy for my invitations - even *I* thought it was an unnecessary expense. I know Mary Ellin Kurtz of Calligraphics http://www.maryellinkurtz.com/ personally. My fiance and I both feel strongly that in these tough times, we all have to do what we can to help each other... so in that vein, I asked Mary Ellin to do my invitations. Her prices are reasonable and her work, well...
I'm not a frilly girl. I don't get excited about things like this... but when I got these envelopes, I was just honest-to-goodness mesmerized.![]()
They are STUNNING. My hubby2B said they look like they could have been printed, they're so consistent. They're just gorgeous. ![]()
Our invitations are an odd size and shape so we ordered our envelopes from http://source-envelope.com/ in Farmingdale. They're a lovely, heavy weight paper in pearl white. Because we needed such a small quantity (125), they wouldn't print our return address on them (but they did send me 150 6' square envelopes for $15 + $5 shipping)! Mary Ellin printed our return addresses on the envelopes for us with her laser printer. They are perfect. Absolutely perfect.
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One more thing, not that I would recommend waiting until the last minute, but we did... Mary Ellin's turnaround time to get the finished product back to me was ridiculously fast.
So in the end, what I thought was a frivolous and unnecessary expense turned out to be one of my favorite personal touches so far in my planning process. I wish I had taken pictures of them to post but in getting them out so late, I didn't think to do so.
Call Mary Ellin. You'll be so very glad you did.
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I will tell you the truth. I didn't really have the cash to get calligraphy for my invitations - even *I* thought it was an unnecessary expense. I know Mary Ellin Kurtz of Calligraphics http://www.maryellinkurtz.com/ personally. My fiance and I both feel strongly that in these tough times, we all have to do what we can to help each other... so in that vein, I asked Mary Ellin to do my invitations. Her prices are reasonable and her work, well...
I'm not a frilly girl. I don't get excited about things like this... but when I got these envelopes, I was just honest-to-goodness mesmerized.
Our invitations are an odd size and shape so we ordered our envelopes from http://source-envelope.com/ in Farmingdale. They're a lovely, heavy weight paper in pearl white. Because we needed such a small quantity (125), they wouldn't print our return address on them (but they did send me 150 6' square envelopes for $15 + $5 shipping)! Mary Ellin printed our return addresses on the envelopes for us with her laser printer. They are perfect. Absolutely perfect.
One more thing, not that I would recommend waiting until the last minute, but we did... Mary Ellin's turnaround time to get the finished product back to me was ridiculously fast.
So in the end, what I thought was a frivolous and unnecessary expense turned out to be one of my favorite personal touches so far in my planning process. I wish I had taken pictures of them to post but in getting them out so late, I didn't think to do so.
Call Mary Ellin. You'll be so very glad you did.
