Custom wedding stationery, made in Pittsburgh.
I’m Alicia. I design invitations and day-of paper that feel unmistakably like the couple they belong to.
Your venue. Your pup. Your city. Your florals. Your story.
These are the details I turn into artwork your guests recognize and remember. The kind of paper guests pick up at their place setting and text you about later because they noticed.
Now booking 2026 and 2027 couples. Inquiry link in bio.
Photo by @ashlynfaithbranding
Creative direction @carleyzuercher
There’s something about an arched invitation that makes you slow down before you even read it.
This suite was built around that shape. Soft floral illustrations along the border. Textured seed paper that catch the light. A vellum outer envelope plus inner lavender envelope that hints at the personality of the wedding before guests open anything else.
Custom design isn’t about adding more. It’s about choosing every detail with intention so the suite feels unmistakably theirs.
Now booking 2026 and 2027 couples in Pittsburgh and beyond. Inquiry link in bio.
Style shoot vendors:
Venue: @ivoryonwest
Planning and Design: @eventsbyemily.pgh
Photography: @margaretjamesweddings
Stationery: @proofandparchment
Rentals: @windswept_promotions
Flowers: @wild_botanical_
Day of designs is where a wedding really comes together.
For Anna and Vince’s reception, sage green menus rested on every place setting. A vintage gold mirror held the seating chart in hand written calligraphy. Plus a signature drinks sign greeted guests at the bar.
Each piece was designed to feel like it had always belonged there.
This is the part of stationery couples don’t always think about when they first inquire, but it’s the part their guests remember.
If you’re planning your day of stationery, I’d love to talk. Inquiry link in bio.
Full planning & design | @eventsbyemily.pgh
Photography | @margaretjamesweddings
Florals | @finchandthesprout
Rentals | @windswept_promotions@vintagealleyrentalspgh
Stationery & signs @proofandparchment
Drinks | @lobarcocktailservices
Cassie and Brad’s wedding suite was built around Phipps Conservatory.
A custom venue illustration anchored the invitation, surrounded by hand-painted florals in the warm, late-summer palette to match their day. Soft buttercream, dusty rose, deep burgundy, the kind of fall tones you only see at a botanical garden in September.
Every detail was chosen with their venue in mind. The illustration. The colors. The way the suite would feel in someone’s hands when they opened the envelope and got their first glimpse of the day to come.
This is what custom invitations are really for. Telling guests where they’re going, but also how it’s going to feel when they get there.
Photographer: @adam_michaels
Venue: @phippsevents
Videographer: @tylernewpolfilms
Planner: @eventsbyemily.pgh
Flowers: @bramble_blossom_pgh
Stationery: @proofandparchment
Venue: @phippsconservatory
There is something about addressing envelopes by hand that I will never get tired of.
Each name written one at a time. Slowly. Intentionally.
This is the very first thing your guests will hold in their hands before your wedding, and that first impression sets the tone for everything that follows.
It is the kind of detail your guests notice and remember, the kind that gets them texting you before they even RSVP.
Save this if hand-addressed envelopes are on your list, or reach out when you are ready to start planning yours.
#weddinginvitations #weddingcalligraphy #envelopecalligraphy #weddingstationery #custominvitations
Video by @carleyzuercher
Cover photo by @ashlynfaithbranding
Kara and Eric’s wedding is one I still think about.
They wanted the ocean fully integrated, not just a color palette. So we built it into everything.
The seating chart greeted guests with a simple invitation to “find your seat and dive right in.” Place cards were hand written in gold calligraphy directly onto agate stones, one for every guest, set on deep navy napkins next to gold flatware. Every table was named after a dive site or marine location they loved.
This is the kind of work I love getting to do. When a couple comes to me with a real story and trusts me to weave it through every piece of paper, the whole wedding starts to feel like something only they could have had.
Photography @ericahilliardphoto
Rentals @the1978collection
Florals @communityflowershop
Planner @eventsbyemily.pgh
Wax seals are one of those details that just makes people feel something.
Guests open the envelope and immediately take a photo. They save them on their desks. They text the couple before the wedding even happens.
It is a small thing that carries a lot of weight, and honestly one of my favorite parts of the whole process.
If you want details like this woven into your wedding day, the link in bio is where to start.
#weddingstationery #weddinginvitations #waxseals #weddingdetails #pittsburghwedding weddinginspo custominvitations pittsburghbride
One of the most common questions I hear from couples designing their invitations is “what do guests actually notice?”
The answer is probably more reassuring than you expect.
Guests are not analyzing every detail the way you are. They are registering a feeling. Does this feel thoughtful? Does it feel like them? That impression happens in seconds and it has very little to do with how many embellishments are included.
What matters most is clarity, cohesion, and intention. Everything else supports those three things or it does not need to be there.
Swipe through for a honest breakdown of what actually lands with guests and what you can stop stressing about.
Comment DETAILS below for the link to the full blog post.
#weddinginvitations #weddingstationery #weddingplanning #weddingadvice #bridetobe engaged2026 custominvitations pittsburghwedding weddingdetails
Every detail in this wedding was designed to feel soft, intentional, and completely cohesive from the invitation suite to the seating chart to every place card on the table.
This is what it looks like when stationery carries all the way through a wedding day.
Inquire via the link in bio to start building yours.
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Planner: @eventsbyemily.pgh
Photo: @lexkingphoto
Florals: @heartsandflowersfloraldesign
Stationery: @proofandparchment
Rentals: @partymosaic
#weddingstationery #pittsburghwedding #dayofstationery #weddingcalligraphy
Lots of chances this May & June to learn calligraphy with me! There’s also a few new spots around Pittsburgh that I’m so excited to get to teach at. So be sure to sign up before they fill up - link in bio to classes or dm me if you want the link to a specific class.
5/7 **new spot** Mother’s Day (any and all types of moms!) themed class @joineryhotelpgh
5/28 @mondaysbrewing Greenfield
5/31 @bakerysquarepgh (almost sold out)
6/16 @mondaysbrewing Peters
6/23 **new spot** @eleventhhourbrewing
