WE love WEDDINGS!
Do you feel it? That is, do you sense the anticipation your invitation creates? Can you feel the textures? Do you perceive the love and intention behind it? Those who receive your invitation are eagerly awaiting it, anticipating a moment of togetherness, an event unfolding in real time.
Your invitation compels us to leave our homes, to make time for travel, to attend, and to embrace the slight anxiety that comes with being part of something collective. This is an incredible experience, marking the beginning of a new chapter in your lives together. They are coming FOR you, WITH you. At Mango Ink, we believe weddings are the most profound ritual in our culture—a grand celebration that needs to be "felt," an invitation to partake in something larger than ourselves.
This is everything. This is why we cherish being part of your wedding journey through the art of paper. Let’s create something beautiful together!
“Hiring Mango Ink was one of the SINGLE BEST DECISIONS we made in our wedding planning process!”
THE DESIGN PROCESS
step 1- Let's meet
First, fill out the enquiry form and then the process begins!
After we receive your inquiry, we will be in touch within 1-2 business days to schedule a phone call, in person meeting, or video chat depending on what makes the most sense for you and your schedule. During this meeting we'll cover all of the details - from what you can expect when we work together to your overall vision for your wedding day and stationery preferences.
Please note we accept a limited number of custom clients per quarter.
step 2- proposal and booking
Once we've chatted, we will put together a proposal for you based on the vision we've discussed for your wedding paper.
If everything looks perfect, we will send you a design timeline and a kick off form. And you are officially a part of our family!
Our clients tell us this is their favorite part of wedding planning! When your assigned design date comes up in our design calendar, the fun begins!
(NOTE: this same process happens for your save the dates and day of signage if needed).
step 3- perfecting the vision
We'll refine the design through up to three rounds of edits and work with you until you are in love!
We will send proofs for each part of your wedding invitation suite needed, and you let us know any changes along the way.
We work really hard to use mock up templates that give you a gorgeous realistic view of what everything will look like. Seeing all the pieces of your suite together really is magical.
step 4- proofs approved
Once everything is approved, we are so excited! We will send you a final approval form to complete and then production begins.
step 5- Production
It's time to bring everything to life! We allow for 3-4 weeks for production. From design approval to getting everything printed and in your hands ready to send to your favorite people. Our wedding letterpress stationery is created in our studio, on our Chandler and Price 1895 press and our 1962 Heidelburg press. We love printing your gorgeous designs.
step 6- Finishing Touches
After production is complete and your wedding invitations are brought to life, we'll carefully pack up your invitations for shipment.
We're also here to help with postage selection. Modern (the good ol’ USPS) and sourced vintage stamps if you prefer.
We also offer invitation assembly (stuffing, stamping, sealing, tying, folding, etc.). We'll even take care of mailing your invitations for you and send you the extras and your surprise keepsake. :)
Your guests are going to be so excited to receive your invitations that are "so you". We cannot wait!
If we're working together on additional details like day of paper + signage, we will be in touch with more timeline info
step 7- your wedding day
For our wedding invitation clients, we automatically reserve a spot in our design calendar for your Day Of design. We love love love Day Of stationery. This is where it all comes together. Your wedding suite design carried over to your “day of” custom drink stirrers, cocktail napkins, signage, menus, seating charts, table numbers, or programs, is our favorite.
For our couples who want it all, we're happy to help design and execute everything from the welcome bags to the thoughtful end of night gift they'll take home with them at the end of this magical event.
“We had the pleasure of working with Heidi at Mango Ink to create our wedding suite and can’t recommend her enough. Her passion for both her clients and craft is clearly evident. She showed genuine interest in our love story and took the time to understand our vision, truly making it come to life on paper... Saying she went above and beyond is an understatement...”
“We loved working with Heidi and Mango Ink! Heidi worked with us to design custom save the dates, change the dates, wedding invitations and day-of signage and details. Heidi has a unique ability to take an idea and make it even better than you could have imagined. Looking back on everything Mango Ink created, I am still in awe of how all of the pieces tied together, but each had their own flair and personality. Our wedding was 2 years in the making and Heidi’s fun ideas for our change the dates and wedding invitations, helped keep our guests excited and build up the anticipation! We were told by so many friends and family how our wedding invitations were the prettiest they’ve seen (and I agree!). On the day-of, Heidi’s touches pulled together our whole wedding vibe! On top of that, Heidi is a genuinely kind and lovely person, who truly cares about her clients and is such a delight to work with!”
“Heidi is a dream to work with. She is responsive and super flexible to help you land on the perfect invites! I am a “busy bride” and I went into the invitation process not really knowing what I wanted but knew I didn’t want to spend a fortune... GO WITH MANGO INK! ...I went with a semi-custom invitation suite but it was completely customizable to my wedding colors and she made the most incredible custom map for us. She totally understood my vision and came back with the most beautiful invitations.
They just went out this week and the responses from recipients have been ‘Oh my gosh! These are so creative, unique and beautiful!! Where did you get these?!’ 10/10 !! Thank you, Heidi!”
“I met Heidi briefly at a bridal fair over a year ago and had been eyeing her work for some time. I knew when I got engaged, I wanted Heidi to do our invites. Her work is truly breath taking. I work in the wedding industry and let me just tell you, not only does Heidi have beautiful work, but she is one of the kindest people too. She truly cares about her clients and that to me speaks volumes. She went above and beyond for us. I cried when I received our invitations in the mail today. They are everything and more that we asked for. It was so incredible to me that someone could so easily take my ideas and perfectly put them together. If you are getting married I can’t recommend Mango Ink enough. I will forever be recommending our couples to her. Thank you Heidi! You are the very best!!”
