Your story,
thoughtfully translated
into
stationery that
is distinctly yours.
Bespoke stationery shaped
by the people, places, and
details that make each
celebration its own.
We begin with a conversation about your celebration and what you're hoping to create, to ensure Lettered feels right.
Through conversation, we uncover the people, places, traditions, and details that hold meaning for you.
What we discover becomes a custom design direction, thoughtfully developed, presented, and refined through your feedback.
Once approved, your stationery is carefully printed, finished, reviewed, and beautifully prepared for delivery.
In the corner of their sewing room, my Nana and Aunt Mary kept an old ivory box. The tray inside held ribbons, ric-rac, scissors, a hole punch, and other odds and ends. Beneath it was a collection of saved greeting cards—far too many, it seemed, for any practical purpose. My sister and I spent hours sitting on the floor beside it, cutting the cards into gift tags and searching for the perfect crop of a flower, illustration, or bit of lettering. To us, it was treasure. Looking back, I think that old box explains a lot.
I’ve always been drawn to the details: the tooth of a fine paper, the weight of an envelope, a carefully chosen ribbon, and the way a handwritten name can make someone feel seen. I was the child who collected candy wrappers because I loved the graphics. The one who sifted through discarded mail and saved printed pieces that caught my attention. My siblings found this behavior endlessly amusing. They still do, and would probably argue that very little has changed.
When I was about to start high school, a family friend asked if I would address her daughter’s wedding invitations. I had absolutely no idea how. Naturally, I said yes. So I bought a book on calligraphy, an Emily Post wedding etiquette guide, and set up shop at the dining room table. The results were imperfect, of course—but apparently not terrible for a ninth-grader.
Years later, when my best friend got engaged, I offered to design her wedding invitations. Around the same time, the first issues of Martha Stewart Weddings began appearing on newsstands. Before Pinterest, before Instagram, before inspiration was only a few keystrokes away, there were dog-eared magazine pages, sketchbooks of ideas, and late-night trips down creative rabbit holes. I was hooked. What started as a project for a friend eventually became an invitation studio.
Over the years, my career evolved in ways I never could have anticipated, but the work remained rooted in the same things I had always loved: beautiful materials, thoughtful design, and the belief that details matter. And somewhere along the way, I developed a habit that I still haven’t outgrown. Whenever I travel, I seek out flea markets, boutiques full of vintage notions, and any paperie I can sniff out. Some people come home with souvenirs. I come home with paper swatches, ribbons, ephemera, and ideas.
Not much has changed since that box in the sewing room. Looking back, Lettered feels less like something I started and more like something I’ve been building toward all along. Maybe that’s why I still think about that old ivory box. It taught me that the things we keep are rarely the biggest things. The invitation tucked away in a drawer. A handwritten note. The ribbon pressed between pages. The little pieces that remind us how it felt. Those are the things I’ve always loved. And those are the things I create.
Tell me a little about your celebration. We'll begin with the practical details—and, in time, discover the personal ones that will make the design yours.
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