From its Lake George, New York base, Documents and Designs creates hand-made, customizable stationery for weddings and other special events. In business for two decades, the company draws on traditional, contemporary, and culturally inspired design while also creating new pieces to suit a customer’s specific needs. Its custom wedding certificates are printed on heavy-weight, acid-free watercolor paper with archival inks.
Stylish Print LLCSince 2013, Stylish Print LLC has been a boutique New York City studio known for handcrafted, tactile stationery made with traditional printwork. It creates custom pieces primarily for couples and families marking weddings or Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, with designs tailored to each celebration.LONG ISLAND CITY, NY
Bella FiguraFrom Central New York, Bella Figura makes wedding invitations the old-fashioned way on vintage presses, pairing letterpress craft with carefully chosen paper and extensive customization. The company offers more than 300 designs, including its own distinctive letterpress collection, and uses green-printing options such as tree-free paper and recycled envelope liners. Its work is available through stationery retailers worldwide and at Bella Figura’s New York City flagship store.SYRACUSE, NY
Wishbone LetterpressSince 2011, Danielle Bliss’s Wishbone Letterpress has been turning Hudson Valley stories into handcrafted stationery, blending traditional letterpress printing with contemporary design. The Kingston-area studio is especially known for collaborative custom wedding work, while its small team also creates playful, cheeky greeting cards for wholesale and retail. Bliss discovered letterpress in 2009, and works alongside Joe Venditti, a fine-arts-trained designer and printer.
Extras by EmilyFrom a studio just outside Annapolis, Emily Rose Cooper creates custom wedding and event stationery with hand-lettered pointed-pen calligraphy, including invitations, day-of paper goods and letterpress pieces. Her work draws on old-world techniques—especially classic copperplate—and extends to live calligraphy, engraving and hot foiling for events and brand activations. Cooper began teaching herself copperplate in 2004 while making her own wedding invitations and has provided her services professionally since 2016; she also holds a long-term contract to hand-calligraph official United States Department of State documents requiring the Great Seal.SEVERNA PARK, MD