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Magnificent Milestones

Magnificent Milestones

Chicago, IL
4.9 out of 5 rating, 26 Reviews
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    Katelyn L. Sent on 09/20/2023
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    Truly Incredible!

    I cannot begin to express our gratitude for the incredible work of Magnificent Milestones. From the moment we laid eyes on them, we were absolutely enchanted by the beauty and elegance of your design. You truly captured the essence of our love story and set the perfect tone for our special day.

    Your attention to detail is truly remarkable. The intricate patterns and delicate fonts you chose were not only visually stunning but also reflected our personalities perfectly. It was clear that you put a lot of thought and care into every element of the design, and it did not go unnoticed.

    Working with you was an absolute pleasure. Your professionalism, responsiveness, and willingness to accommodate our specific requests made the entire process seamless and enjoyable. You listened to our ideas and turned them into a work of art that exceeded our wildest expectations.

    Our wedding invitations have received countless compliments from our friends and family. Many of them have commented on how they've never seen such exquisite invitations before.
    The invitations you created are more than just pieces of paper; they are a testament to your talent and dedication. They have set the stage for what promises to be the most magical day of our lives, and for that, we are forever grateful.

    Thank you, Kara, for bringing our vision to life and for adding an extra layer of beauty to our wedding day. You are truly a gifted artist, and we are blessed to have had the opportunity to work with you. We can't wait to see what other incredible designs you create in the future.
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    Olivia B. Sent on 06/09/2022
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    A joy to work with! Kara is unbelievable

    The quality is unbeatable and Kara is a joy to woo with. She is professional, thorough and creative. I couldn’t have dreamed of a better person to help with our special day!
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    Alexandra D. Sent on 10/10/2022
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    Beautiful and timeless

    Working with Kara at Magnificent Milestones was a pleasure. She took great care in understanding my vision for the invitation suite and in walking through the options with me. The suite we landed on was exactly what I envisioned (and more) and I received so many compliments from my guests. Kara was also very responsive and helped me get my order in on a fairly tight timeline. Thank you Kara!
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    Kristen S. Sent on 03/02/2022
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    Most Incredible Experience!

    Kara is organized, talented, and a true joy to work with! She created the classiest invitation suite, wedding programs, and cocktail napkins for our special day.


    One of the biggest praises I can provide is to her character and personality. During the craziness of the pandemic, our original venue closed. She had created this incredible customized suite with intricate hand-drawn details for this original venue, but when this venue went into foreclosure, she did not hesitate to jump into action and create a brand new suite, completely customized for our new location. This speaks to Kara's genuinely wonderful personality and caring heart (add that to the list of reasons to work with her!).


    Our paper goods from Magnificent Milestones were some of the most magical pieces of our wedding, and each component took guests' breath away. Please do not hesitate to work with Kara, you will love every minute of it and have keepsakes to treasure for the rest of your life!

    Photos: Mari Trancoso
    Our Wedding Video to see how it all came together: https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cail8xijZy8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
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    Moira R. Sent on 09/21/2021
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    11/10! Wonderful experience with Magnificent Milestones!

    Working with Kara was the best part of my wedding planning so far! She made the invitation process so fun & easy - and the end product was a grand slam. We've received so many compliments and I couldn't be happier with our invitations! Can't wait to frame and hang up in our home. Would recommend 11/10 times!
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    Mimi N. Sent on 01/02/2022
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    We love Magnificent Milestones!

    We cannot say enough good things about Magnificent Milestones! Kara was so easy to work with, extremely organized and very talented! She truly made our dream wedding invitations and save the dates! We received so many compliments on how stunning they were! Highly recommend!
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    Sarah R. Sent on 03/23/2020
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    The best there is!

    Kara is an absolute joy to work with. From the second you meet her, you instantly feel welcomed and at ease. I work in the events industry and always knew she was great, but working with her for my own wedding was the easiest choice and best decision I made! Her gorgeous downtown studio is somewhere you want to spend your entire day in, and I had the best time looking through all her samples. Kara's work is simply the best there is, but it is her personable nature and creative thinking that made working with her so much fun. I explained what I was envisioning and she showed me how to bring it to life in ways I didn't even think of. She instantly understood my vision and was able to provide guidance on all my questions. Kara was extremely helpful when it came to all my questions about addressing and etiquette - which can be tricky but she helped take the stress out of it. Now, my invitations and save the dates are the part of my wedding I am most looking forward to : ). I'd recommend her to brides over and over again!
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    Tiffany Sent on 07/20/2020
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    Amazing Experience!


    Kara has been an absolute joy to work with. I will definitely be recommending you to all of my friends, family, and colleagues. Thank you so very much for making a painful process-painless!! I so very much appreciate you and look forward to working with you again
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    Lauren P. Sent on 05/02/2020
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    So beautiful and personal!

    I first contacted Kara after falling in love with wedding invitation suites on the Magnificent Milestones website that incorporated classic style with creative, personal and whimsical details that I had never seen before! Our save the date card and wedding invitation suites are so beautiful. The designs that she created for us exceeded my wildest expectations and are so personal and meaningful to me. Just after mailing both the save the dates and the invitations, I received dozens of calls and texts from family and friends who remarked that they were some of the most beautiful save the dates/invites they had ever seen!

    Kara is an absolute pleasure to work with. She is so thoughtful, creative, and committed to every detail. I arrived at her beautiful studio with ideas of personal elements I hoped to include in my invitation suites but no vision how to put my ideas together. She not only created a beautiful product that included every one of those personal elements but also elevated them in ways that I never could have envisioned.

    My wedding has now been postponed due to COVID. Exhibiting her willingness to go the extra mile, Kara reached out offering to help us in any way with ideas for announcing a new wedding date. Our experience has made me extra grateful that we worked with Kara to create such beautiful mementos to hold on to long after our wedding day (whenever it may be)!
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    Nikki S. Sent on 04/30/2019
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    Amazing Experience

    I can't say enough great things about my experience with Kara at Magnificent Milestones! From the very beginning, she made the invitation process fun instead of stressful. She gave me advice and met with me when I wanted to see the invitation AGAIN. Truly a great experience! I look forward to continue working with her on my day of items.
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    Nell M. Sent on 07/08/2019
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    The BEST there is for paper!!

    Working with Kara has been such an easy and fun process! I never knew my love for paper until I met her. She truly brought my vision to life within our first meeting. She was so prompt with quotes and the countless emails I sent her. Our save the date's and invitations are so beautiful and the quality is perfect- I teared up when I received them. We have received so many compliments from friends about them as well. I am looking forward to meeting with Kara again for our day of paper! She is truly the best and I cannot recommend her enough :).
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    Andrea Sent on 03/24/2020
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    Uniquely Personalized and Reasonably Priced Wedding Invitations

    We worked with Kara for our wedding in August 2019. She was absolutely amazing. She had also done the wedding invitations for my sister's wedding in downtown Chicago 6 years prior. She has an uncanny ability to understand the vision that my husband and I were looking for our downtown Chicago wedding. She was able to provide us with reasonable priced personalized invitations, as well as individualized menus, seating cards, wedding ceremony programs, and best of all, our wedding welcome bag itineraries. She was very available and open to suggestions and opinions that my husband and I had, and worked very close with us and our wedding planner to ensure that we had the design and colors that matched our wedding vision. We would absolutely recommend her and her company Magnificent Milestones to any couple planning to marry.
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    A wonderful invitation design experience!

    Working with Kara at Magnificent Milestones for our invitation suite and day-of paper was a dream! She ran the design meetings effortlessly and is incredibly knowledgable about all things paper. We were able to customize just about every detail until it was absolutely perfect, down to the exact style of certain letters and custom cut sizes - no request was too small and she worked with us until we were 100% satisfied. What resulted was a gorgeous, cohesive paper suite that we will save copies of forever! Thanks Kara for a great experience!
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    Jordan Sent on 04/25/2019
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    Very classy

    Amazing artistry and very classy work
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    Lindsay E. Sent on 02/08/2020
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    Our dream invitations!

    We absolutely loved our experience working with Kara to design our dream wedding invitations for our November 2, 2019 wedding. From the start Kara was warm, thoughtful, informative, and FUN!

    My husband and I didn't really know what we wanted when it came to our wedding invitations but it was important to us that our invitations were reflective of us as a couple and set the tone for our day. Kara's process really helped us narrow down our options and refine our vision. She was so patient and kind as we went through (many!) revisions - ensuring that the final product would be just right.

    When we finally received our invitations they were absolutely perfect - simple, classic, and beautiful. I still pull them out sometimes just to look at them :) A big 'thank you' to Kara for creating something gorgeous for us to remember our wedding day by - we will cherish them forever!
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    Sarah Sent on 12/07/2018
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    Beautiful invitations

    We loved working with Kara on our wedding invitations! She was so kind and patient with us throughout the process. Her work is beautiful and the invitations were one of my favorite parts of our wedding details. We got lots of compliments! Definitely recommend!
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    Brandy Sent on 10/09/2016
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    100% book this vendor! Working with Kara and Sarah at Magnificent Milestones was a first class experience and they were able to understand what I wanted, deliver it and they were so organized and professional. If I changed my mind, they didn't make me feel silly, if I wanted to come in for extra appointments to make sure I picked the right stuff they were happy to sit down with me. Going to Magnificent Milestones was such a positive experience. We ordered our save the dates, letterpress wedding invitations and all day of paper items including escort cards, personalized napkins etc. We were able to get gorgeous items and stay within our budget. They were super honest about if certain things would cost more and how to get what we wanted while staying where we needed to be. Everything was beyond gorgeous and we received so many compliments on the final products and working with them was amazing and kept me sane! Highly highly recommend!!!
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    Tanya Sent on 06/01/2015
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    Magnificent Milestones is, without a doubt, one of our top three wedding vendors! Kara, the owner, is a rock star and is such a pleasure to work with! She has been unbelievably professional, prompt, and responsive with respect to everything--the initial proposal, the proofs, and any concerns (very minor ones) we have had. We received all proofs and our final invitations in record time. Our invitations, which feature custom artwork by my fiancé, are absolutely stunning! We are just waiting for our addressed envelopes from her calligrapher, but based on the calligraphy on our invitations, I am certain that the envelopes will be gorgeous as well!
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    Audra Sent on 03/13/2013
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    Kara is the best! She was so easy to work with and responded almost immediately to all of my crazy questions. The planning process couldn't have been easier. Our invitation suite was gorgeous and truly unique. Many couples are trimming the budget on invites nowadays and I think it's a shame. MM is worth every penny! We got some many glowing reviews from our guests -- couldn't have been happier.
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    Sarah Sent on 11/05/2008
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    FANTASTIC experience with Kara at Magnificent Milestones. While I did not have her as a wedding planner - our budget did not allow for an event planner, unfortunately - Kara did an amazing job with our invitations and was a joy to work with. I always felt like I was a priority to Kara despite her having much bigger even planning clients. I only wish I could have had her as our planner as well! Would recommend her (and already have!) to anyone looking to work with someone reliable for their wedding, and support a terrific local business.
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    Kristen Sent on 02/02/2024
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    Couldn't recommend enough

    Had the best experience working with Kara! Not only was it a professional and streamlined process, but her passion for paper products is contagious and you can't help but get even more excited through the process. She was able to quickly digest my style / initial ideas and translate them into the perfect vision. I highly recommend working with with Magnificent Milestones!
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    Kyle N. Sent on 08/02/2019
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    Simpy spectacular from start to finish

    Kara and Magnificent Milestones were nothing short of fantastic. We had a very specific motif and theme to accommodate our large destination wedding in the French Riviera this fall. Kara was prompt, professional and timely in everything she did. I would highly recommend her for weddings of all sizes and types!
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    Katy Sent on 09/07/2016
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    We did a lot of research in regards to our invites and who to go with. Kara and Sarah were so wonderful to work with and really helped us stick to our budget. Our original design was about double what we wanted to spend, but Kara came up with a much more cost-effective way to get our point across. It is so easy to spend extra when it comes to paper, and Kara really kept us in check to stay in budget. I loved our design and it truly was a collaboration!
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    Annette Sent on 01/05/2012
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    Kara at Magnificent Milestones was a delight to work with. Our wedding planner pointed me in her direction when I couldn't find exactly what I wanted in an invitation on my own. I had a concept and Kara helped me find just the right designers to make it happen! She was professional, punctual, and attentive to what we wanted in our invitations. Because they were a custom design and letterpress, they were a little bit spendy, but not so far out of our invite budget--plus they were exactly what we wanted and priced under other letterpress options that I got quotes for. All in all, an awesome experience. (And a super cute shop!)
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    Dena Sent on 11/01/2009
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    Magnificent Milestones handled both our planning and invites. Our invitations were lovely, and Kara and her team helped pull all the details together.
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