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Custom Creations & Invitations is a wedding stationary and design company based in Brooksville Florida, formerly Canton, Michigan, with a nationwide clientele, specializing in handmade wedding invitations. This is our 23rd year being blessed to serve our clients. With a perfect eye for detail and a personal and unique approach to design, owner Karen Kellems Bailey thoroughly enjoys meeting with clients and creating unique and personal invitations, walking closely with them through every creative aspect of the process, to showcase your individual style and personality. We help you to bring your special vision to life. With access to hundreds of handmade papers and embellishments from around the world, setting the tone for your special day and having your invitation become a keepsake for the recipient is our goal..

Services Offered
Custom Creations & Invitations has an extensive inventory of one-of-a-kind paper goods and using 3D technology, ribbons, lace, unique embellishments, rhinestone buckles, silk flowers, and other intricate touches makes your invitation uniquely You. Every invitation is made by hand, and no detail is overlooked. Wedding programs, place cards, special thank you notes, handmade 3-D thank you cards for her attendants that look just like their dresses, envelope addressing and original poetry penned just for you, are but a few of the items offered. Additional services the company provides include but are not limited to:

  • Free Consultations
  • Custom Design
  • Complete Assembly
  • Custom Shadow Boxes
  • Unique Save the Date Cards
  • Custom Framed Seating Charts
  • Printing
  • Calligraphy
  • Woman-owned
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Frequently asked questions

What invitation and card products do you offer?

Custom Invitations
Menus
Place Cards
Programs
RSVP Cards
Save the Dates
Thank Yous

What services do you provide?

Assembly
Calligraphy
Design
Engraving
Printing

What is your minimum order requirement?

5

Reviews of Custom Creations & Invitations

Morgan
Morgan Sent on 01/23/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful work and definitely recommend!

Karen was so great throughout the whole process! She made all of our paper goods from the invitations down to the table numbers. I can't count the number of compliments that we received from guests on how beautiful the invitations and menus/itineraries were! Was so fun to work with and got everything done on time regardless of how many revisions we had!
Marie
Marie Sent on 01/11/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Perfection is the best word to describe these wedding invitations

I went to a bridal show last year with my daughter and noticed these amazing handmade custom wedding invitations. I set up a meeting with Karen, who helped us to pick out the most beautiful wedding invitations that I have ever seen! I received so many compliments on them. I also purchased the seating chart and triple table cards. Her work is nothing more than perfect!!
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Miranda Sent on 08/24/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful wedding invitations! Absolutely fabulous!

Working with Karen was one of the best pets of planning my wedding. She sits and talks with you to fully get to know you to ensure she makes the perfect invite for your big day! I got nothing but compliments on my invites and I recommend her to every bride I know! It adds a personal touch and is very affordable! She is willing and able to work with anyone’s budget which is awesome!
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Elisabeth Sent on 06/13/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful Invitation Suite

My fiancé and I wanted a "traditional" invitation to go with our classic and timeless wedding. Everything we saw online was a stack of paper wrapped in ribbon; not what we were looking for. I hadn't wanted to go custom, because I didn't think we could swing the price tag. Until I met Karen. She met with my family because my fiancé and I live out of state, and allowed us to join in via FaceTime. For the first time, someone was listening to what I was envisioning for my invitations. Not only did she immediately start pulling colors of papers and card stock, but she even put together a mock invitation while we were on the phone!
Our invitations are absolutely breathtaking and exactly what I was looking for; without the shocking price tag that other custom invitations designers were quoting. And that's including the rush fee! Karen and her wonderful staff completed our order in just two weeks!
Our guests have begun receiving them in the mail, and everyone is blown away at how beautiful they are! I keep receiving compliments on them, and I've heard a few times that they're the prettiest invitations people have ever seen!
Karen and staff: thank you so much for making my vision a reality!
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Krystle Sent on 07/15/2018
5 out of 5 rating
From the beginning of our first conversation where we met at Novi Bridal expo I knew Karen would be the one to make my vision come to life. Our wedding inspired by the 1920s Karen put her expertise to work and her creative mind to create my one of a kind invitations. Karen was not only the one who designed my invitations but was also with me every step of the way when I needed custom cards made. She also created our one of a kind seating chart so personal to us and was with me every step of the way to make it perfect. I have made a friend through this experience and will remember Karen for all my future custom creative writing I will need in our future!
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Gregory Sent on 04/30/2018
5 out of 5 rating
Chelsea and I wish we would have found Karen prior to ordering our invitations at an "on-line" site. Karen was wonderful to work with. When our "on-line" invitations arrived in pieces Karen came to the rescue and offered her services at very reasonable rates. She is very creative and has an impressive display of her work for you to peruse prior to making your choice. We really appreciate her relaxed and thoughtful attitude as it made the entire process enjoyable for us. No internet web site can give you Karen's high level of service or professional advice based on her years of service to many in our community. We will never again order wedding invitations on-line. Karen's office is conveniently located and she will schedule an appointment that is convenient for you.
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Raechel Sent on 04/17/2018
5 out of 5 rating
I can't explain how amazing my experience with Karen was! She is such a wonderful person and was so invested in making sure our invitations and table numbers we're going to turn out exactly as we wanted them to! The amount of time she devoted to us, from introducing herself well, to having us over to come up with our own personal design, to inviting us back over to see the drafts, to handcrafting every invitation, to showing us the final product, was absolutely amazing to see. It's obvious she enjoys what she does and we couldn't be any happier with our experience. We have gotten so many people who have reached out to us just to express how beautiful our invitations were and how they have never seen anything like them! So thank you, Karen, so much for all of your hard work and for taking such good care of us. You were part of the introduction to the wedding for our guests, and I believe that after seeing the invitations YOU created, everyone is even more excited about our big day! You are amazing, so thank you! <3
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Darcel Sent on 04/16/2018
5 out of 5 rating
The products are extremely beautiful. The designer/owner really listens to your needs and desires no matter how long it takes. You will want to have all of your cards and invitations made by Custom Creations!!
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Ashley Sent on 02/17/2018
5 out of 5 rating
Karen is a wonderfully talented woman with a unique and lovely set of skills. She takes great care and time to learn your style and help you design every facet of your invitation, creating something you will not see anywhere else. She is amazing at helping you stay within your budget while still producing something brilliant. I came away with items completed two weeks ahead of schedule and a new tradition of serving myself a cup of tea with fine china. It was a wonderful experience and I can't wait for my next event that requires a collaboration with Karen!
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Kim Sent on 09/10/2017
5 out of 5 rating
I was supposed to be married this past June and unfortunately (or thankfully, however you want to look at it) my wedding got called off! I had already ordered my wedding invitations with my ex fiancé and Karen had just e-mailed me a couple days after to tell me they were ready. My wedding had been called off just a few days before so obviously, I was devasted. My ex wouldn't even speak to me (he called it off because he said after three years he just didn't love me anymore) well aside from that, I was left paying for everything. I had a $2,800 wedding dress I still had to pay off for a wedding I wasn't having and I lost all of the deposits for everything. I knew I obviously still had to pay for my wedding invitations and all of Karen's hardwork but, I wanted him to pay! Karen went out of her way to call him for me, even though she didn't have to. Yes, he came with me to pick out the wedding invitations but he did not sign for them. By law I was required to pay for them and how unfair is that due to me paying for EVERYTHING for a wedding I'm not having because he changed his mind. Karen called him simply stating the money was due for the invitations and he paid for them! She even had one of her workers deliver them to my house. June 24th would have been my bachelorette party and I finally opened my wedding invitations to burn them in a celebratory fire. They were gorgeous and I was disappointed I was never able to use them. Karen personalized these invitations for us and incorporated one of our pictures from then Virgin Islands where we got engaged. We were having a beach themed wedding and Karen didn't stop trying until she made our picture of one of the beaches we took on our trip work perfectly ! Even though I loved burning his money in the fire, I saved the beautiful starfish that were on each of our invitations. Karen went above and beyond to give me exactly what I wanted and she was so sweet and helpful about this whole blessing in disguise.
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Awards

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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2019 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2018 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2011 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2010 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2009 Winner

Professional Network & Endorsements

3 Endorsements
THE MAKEUP LOFT THE MAKEUP LOFT Wedding Hair & Makeup

Custom Creation & Invitations does a beautiful job every time. They specialize in custom invitations. They have access to papers from all around the world to create one of a kind invitations. They are very specialized and detailed oriented. They do a great job

Exclusively Elegant Events, LLC Exclusively Elegant Events, LLC Wedding Planners

When you meet Karen you will immediately fall in love with her work and with her. She is extremely gifted in her craft and has a passion for what she does. I would recommend her to all my clients.

Creative Papers Online Creative Papers Online Wedding Invitations

Karen is a true artist using handmade and decorative papers to create amazing invitations even on a budget! The personal attention she gives each and every customer is unparalleled!

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