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Letterpress by Lydia

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Letterpress
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Recommended by 100% of couples

About this vendor

Letterpress by Lydia is a Libertyville, Illinois-based paper goods and stationery company that specializes in designing and printing beautiful, personalized wedding invitations. Lydia loves nothing more than using the classic art of letterpress printing (as well as foil stamping and digital printing) to create bespoke, personalized wedding invitations and announcements. If you want chic, custom paper goods that match your wedding style, then Letterpress by Lydia is the ideal match for your invitations.

Experience

Lydia founded Letterpress by Lydia in 2009 and has been making gorgeous paper goods for couples all over the world ever since. She owns her own vintage letterpress machines and loves creating artisan wedding invitations. Located in the Chicagoland area, you'll see her work often in celebrations in Chicago, Libertyville, Lake Forest, and Hinsdale, as well as across the U.S. and abroad.

Services Offered

Letterpress by Lydia strives to give her clients exactly what they want, which means she will custom-design your paper goods or print your design if you already have one. Lydia loves capturing each client's vision and offers a free initial design consultation so she can see your inspiration. She has a wide range of eco-friendly paper available, including cotton and tree-free paper. Letterpress by Lydia offers digital addressing, assembly, letterpress printing, digital printing, and foil-stamping for the following paper goods:

  • Invitations
  • Place cards
  • RSVP cards
  • Thank-you cards
  • Menus
  • Programs
  • Save-the-date cards

What You'll Love About Letterpress by Lydia

Couples rave about Lydia's incredibly creative wedding invitation designs. They also note that she's delightful to work with. Have a look at the FAQ section for more information about what Letterpress by Lydia can do for you.

Features

Woman-owned

Just me

Experience

  • 17 years in business

  • We speak English

Links

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Weddings with this vendor

Olivia & Nick's wedding
Olivia & Nick
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FAQ

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
Design
Letterpress
Printing

What is your minimum order requirement?

1

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Reviews of Letterpress by Lydia

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Celeste Sent on 10/26/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Lydia is amazing!

Lydia is truly amazing. Her work is so beautiful and she has so many amazing ideas to offer. She is extremely responsive and will put together basically anything you want at an affordable price too. I worked with her during the heart of the pandemic when I didn’t think I would be able to design anything in a timely manner, but she blew away my expectations! She created our wedding invites, our Thank You’s and our “Un-Save the Dates” we had to send during the pandemic.

I would highly highly recommend Lydia and her services to everyone!
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Allyson Sent on 10/28/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful work by Lydia!

I worked with Lydia to create the invites and menus for my wedding and did a fabulous job!! She is fantastic to work with and her creations are beautiful :)
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Kailey Sent on 10/27/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Highly Recommend!

Lydia created the beautiful invitations for our wedding! Lydia listened to all of our requests while providing her professional input and creative touch to make our invitations even more beautiful than we could have imagined. Lydia’s excellent communication skills and quick responses to all of our questions made her easy to work with! We received so many compliments on our invitations! We would highly recommend Lydia!
CUllen
Cullen Sent on 06/29/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Unparalleled quality

Beautiful work from Lydia. There is no other way to describe it. Our invitations were spectacular, but the better indication of her quality is that we are repeat buyers- for the first wedding anniversary (paper) we went back to Lydia for stationary!!
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Jenny Sent on 01/07/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Lydia is the BEST

Lydia is the best. Absolute best. She brought my crazy ideas for my wedding suite to life and sat at our families dining room table helping us lick vintage stamps and assemble. She's talented on top of being the kindest person. Since getting married, she has done everything from Thank You notes to Christmas cards for us. She is a gem and any bride would be lucky to work with her!
Maggie
Maggie Sent on 11/11/2018
5 out of 5 rating

A True Artist

If you are looking for something memorable, classy and stylish- hire Lydia. She created a custom brand for our entire wedding and everything flowed from the invitations to the thank you notes. She was never frustrated with me when I tried to articulate what was in my head, and she exceeded my expectations of what was possible. She hand etched the most beautiful laurel that become the motif for our wedding. We received so many complements on the quality and the design- she is truly an artist. I loved working with her, and plan to use her for future invitations and personalized stationary. She went above and beyond, and I'm eternally grateful.
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Katelyn Sent on 08/30/2017
5 out of 5 rating
Do not look any further for any of your wedding or party stationary!! Lydia can do it all. She was such a delight to work with and so accommodating. She is also FAST and her work is absolutely stunning. She is beyond creative and talented. She was by far the most enjoyable person to work with during my whole wedding process. Cannot wait to throw another party to work with her again!
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John Sent on 06/04/2017
5 out of 5 rating
This review is way overdue! Lydia was an absolute pleasure to deal with in the making of our wedding invitations. Being a novice graphic designer from Canada, we communicated via email and she made it super easy and simple to bring my vision and art to life. Silky smooth cotton cards, amazing gold foil combined with black letterpress, all my guests were amazed by the final product. Thank you Lydia for helping make our special day that much more special!

- John & Samantha
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Kristin Sent on 04/06/2017
5 out of 5 rating
If I could give Lydia 6 stars I would! She took the time to meet with me in the city (a few times!) and had a thorough understanding of what we were looking for. The invitations were beautiful - a combination of foil and letterpress in dark Navy and Gold. She helped us customize a fancier monogram and even drew a Sperry tent illustration for the response cards. Working with her was so easy and she takes such care and pride in her work. My mother in law also created the rehearsal dinner invitations with Lydia. Everything was gorgeous!
The best part is that Lydia worked within my budget. I didn't think getting custom invitations of this level would be possible within our budget but Lydia made it happen!
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Maria Sent on 12/11/2016
5 out of 5 rating
Lydia is truly the best and so creative. She can come up with everything I wanted. Everyone thought our invitations were gorgeous. I would recommend her to everyone :), she is probably one of the best vendors I had the pleasure of working with. I hope in the future I get to work with her for all and any of my paper needs!!
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