***WE WILL BE CLOSED FROM AUGUST 1ST, 2011 UNTIL JUNE 1ST, 2012. WE WILL NOT BE TAKING OR FULFILLING ANY ORDERS DURING THIS TIME.***
1.] Start your experience with Invitations of Elegance by browsing the portfolio for inspiration. You may find that one of the ensembles in the portfolio would work perfect as a base building block to start your personalized suite; or, if you don’t see something you like, we can create a fresh couture suite that is specifically tailored to your requests. When you choose to work with Invitations of Elegance, you are guaranteed to have an invitation ensemble that is a unique suite built just for you.
2.] Once you have been inspired we ask that you schedule a consultation by clicking our consultation form button below.
This marks the beginning of a beautiful stationery ensemble to be created just for you! Once we receive your consultation inquiry, we will email you within 1 business day to confirm your consultation appointment should it be via phone or skype. Upon completion of your consultation and within 1 business day, we will email you an inspiration board with color swatches and 3 invitation styles that match your theme and budget. If you choose an email consultation you will receive your consultation email and inspiration board within 1-2 business days from the time of your submitted consultation form.
3.] After you review your inspiration board we send via email, you can let us know what you would like to go with and we will provide you with an estimate within 1 business day. Upon reviewing and agreeing to your estimate, we will email you a contract to digitally sign and email back, as well as an electronic invoice for a 50% deposit of your order total. Upon receiving your 50% deposit payment and signed contract we move right along to the design process!
4.] The fun begins! We will present you with an initial design proof [digital pdf] that shows three design concepts via email within 2-3 business days. You will then let us know what design if any you would like to move forward with changes on. Included in your order are three complimentary rounds of changes AFTER your first initial design proof. Additional proof requests are $15.00 each. Should you request an actual hard copy proof mailed to you the cost is $35.00 per proof.
FINAL PROOF & APPROVAL
5.] Once you are happy with your design proof, we will create a final proof for your approval. Here you will review to make sure that every last detail is perfect! [We highly recommend having several eyes proof read your entire suite, as we can not be held responsible for approved proofs with errors.] Upon review of your final proof approval, we require your digital signature giving us permission to go into print and production and emailed back to us. When we receive your signed proof approval we will send you an invoice for the remainder of your balance to be paid in full prior to us going to print and production.
PRINTING & PRODUCTION
6.] We begin this stage by ordering your custom supplies and start printing and production promptly upon the receipt of your supplies. Because each and everyone of our products is entirely crafted meticulously by hand, this process takes a standard print and production timeline between 4 – 6 weeks. For day of stationery items our turn around time is 3-4 weeks [we do offer rush turnaround for a 50% up-charge of your total order amount when we are capable of taking on rush jobs.] *Your day of stationery will be designed shortly after the shipment of your wedding invitations. We will hold off on the actual printing production on these, should you want to wait until you receive your total accepted rsvp head count.
SHIPPING
7.] Once everything is checked for perfection, it will be wrapped pretty and packaged in a signature white box to be shipped to you. Our standard shipping method is UPS and FedEx. Smaller orders are mostly shipped via USPS. Upon shipment of your order we will provide you via email the tracking number to your package.
