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Located in Waconia, Minnesota, Ivory Isle Designs specializes in custom stationary for weddings and events. This business offers both semi-custom and custom design for a variety of wedding stationary items, such as invitations, place cards, menus, programs and more. Josie Helmstetter and her team will craft stunning and personalized items unique to you and your celebration.

Experience

Josie Helmstetter is the CEO and Creative Director of Ivory Isle Designs. Born in Scotland, she studied at Oxford University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Winona State University. Prior to Ivory Isle Designs, Josie Helmstetter traveled in Asian and Europe, later working in advertising. Her travel experience is apparent as she often weaves culture into her designs and offers an array of language options. Josie Helmstetter and her team share their creative expertise with Ivory Isle Designs, a business with 13 years of existence.

Services Offered

Couples looking for custom and semi-custom wedding stationary items can find a wide variety of beautiful and professional options with Ivory Isle Designs. In addition to invitations, this business can create menus, place cards, programs, RSVP cards, save the dates, thank you notes and other items. Services provided by Ivory Isle Designs are:

  • Addressing
  • Assembly
  • Consultations
  • Design
  • Foil-stamped
  • Letterpress
  • Printing
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Frequently asked questions

What invitation and card products do you offer?

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

What services do you provide?

Assembly
Design
Embossed
Letterpress
Printing
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Morgan
Morgan Sent on 09/02/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Choose Ivory Isle for Stunning Stationery

We did a lot of research to find the best stationery for our wedding. Initially, we were looking at save the dates and invitations, and I fell in love with the vellum wrap venue painting style that Josie has. I ordered a sample and that mixed with my first call with Josie sealed the deal.

Josie designed our gorgeous monogrammed save the dates, our stunning invitations (Many people commented that they felt like they had just received an invitation to the Royal Wedding and that our invitations were the most beautiful they had ever seen), and all of our day-of stationery. She was easy to communicate with via email and despite what was probably over a hundred emails back and forth over the course of a year and a half, she was always kind, and patient, and gave great insight into the meaning and reasons behind various elements or language choices.

I would 1000% recommend Josie to anyone who is looking for memorable, stunning, and detailed stationery! Additionally, her prices are great for the level of quality you're receiving. While our wedding stationery needs are over, we hope to utilize her services in the future for other milestones.
Michaela
Michaela S. Sent on 07/17/2023
5 out of 5 rating

What stationary dreams are made of!

If you're looking for any stationary needs, look no further - Josie is the BEST. We worked with Josie for our save the dates, invitation suite, and day-of stationary, and Josie went above and beyond on every single component!

We loved the watercolor of our wedding venue, which we used on both the save the dates and wedding invitation, and it was such a special added touch when Josie sent us the original 8x12 watercolor, which we now have hanging in our house! Josie also helped bring our day-of stationary vision to life - making our escort cards into the cutest luggage tags (each table was named after a place my husband and I had visited together and loved), creating a monogram that perfectly encompassed our wedding day colors and florals, and making beautiful menus with a thank you note from us to our guests on the back. Our friends and family were so in love with all of the stationary and friends and we couldn't be happier.

Josie is so wonderful to work with, cares so much about her craft and clients, and provides the best guidance to ensure your stationary is so wonderful and reflects your essence and vision. I highly recommend working with Josie - you'll be so happy you did!
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Jennifer R. Sent on 01/18/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful and affordable

If you are looking for personalized stationary (and possibly a picture of the stationary to keep as a wall-hanging) this is the perfect company. Beautiful watercolor stationary and they work with exactly your vision.
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Ivory Isle Designs is the best in wedding stationery! Josie is a joy to work with and can easily create exactly what you are looking for.

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