We're here to take you as you are—whether you:
Have zero ideas
Have a million disjointed Pinterest pins
Our job is to help you uncover your original, meaningful, beautiful wedding aesthetic and translate it into paper art.
If all you bring to the design call is yourself and an open mind, that's more than enough.
If you do want to come prepared with inspiration, amazing! Here's how to make that information helpful.
We're here to take you as you are—whether you:
Have zero ideas
Have a million disjointed Pinterest pins
Our job is to help you uncover your original, meaningful, beautiful wedding aesthetic and translate it into paper art.
If all you bring to the design call is yourself and an open mind, that's more than enough.
If you do want to come prepared with inspiration, amazing! Here's how to make that information helpful.
We're here to take you as you are—whether you:
Have zero ideas
Have a million disjointed Pinterest pins
Our job is to help you uncover your original, meaningful, beautiful wedding aesthetic and translate it into paper art.
If all you bring to the design call is yourself and an open mind, that's more than enough.
If you do want to come prepared with inspiration, amazing! Here's how to make that information helpful.
what helps and what doesn't
what doesn't help
Sending us other designers’ stationery isn’t
very helpful if:
Sending us other designers’ stationery isn’t very helpful if:
You only send one invitation suite
We don’t copy other people’s designs.
You only send one designer’s work
That usually says, “Make it look like
them.” If you love their style that much,
you might want to hire them directly.
You only send one designer’s work
That usually says, “Make it look like them.” If you love their style that much, you might want to hire them directly.
To make something unique, we need inspiration
from lots of different places, not just one
design.
To make something unique, we need inspiration from lots of different places, not just one design.
what does help
Sending us other stationery is okay, as long as you
want to draw inspiration from an element you
liked (fonts, colors, vibes), and not the entire
thing. After all, we want to make you something
you’ve never seen before!
Sending us other stationery is okay, as long as you want to draw inspiration from an element you liked (fonts, colors, vibes), and not the entire thing. After all, we want to make you something you’ve never seen before!
What we would rather see:
Inspiration from the wedding itself.
Your wedding Pinterest board
Details from your venue you love
Your wedding dress
The Most Important Inspiration: the couple
Our designs always start with:
Your personality as a couple
Your intentions for the wedding
Instead of spending hours scrolling Pinterest or Instagram for invitation ideas, we’d honestly rather you:
Go on a date.
Date Night Questions to Talk Through
Your dreams for the wedding:
Why you’re planning this wedding in the first place
How you want to feel on the day
How you want your guests to feel
Moments you keep picturing in your head
The most exciting detail you’ve planned so far
Also, talk about your relationship:
Who are you when you’re together?
Where are you usually found on a typical Tuesday night?
What’s your go-to date night vibe?
The more we understand your love and personalities, the better we can design invitations that feel like you
The Most Important Inspiration: the couple
Our designs always start with:
Your personality as a couple
Your intentions for the wedding
Instead of spending hours scrolling Pinterest or Instagram for invitation ideas, we’d honestly rather you:
Go on a date.
Date Night Questions to Talk Through
Your dreams for the wedding:
Why you’re planning this wedding in the first place
How you want to feel on the day
How you want your guests to feel
Moments you keep picturing in your head
The most exciting detail you’ve planned so far
Also, talk about your relationship:
Who are you when you’re together?
Where are you usually found on a typical Tuesday night?
What’s your go-to date night vibe?
The more we understand your love and personalities, the better we can design invitations that feel like you
The Most Important Inspiration: the couple
Our designs always start with:
Your personality as a couple
Your intentions for the wedding
Instead of spending hours scrolling Pinterest or Instagram for invitation ideas, we’d honestly rather you:
Go on a date.
Instead of spending hours scrolling Pinterest or
Instagram for invitation ideas, we’d honestly rather you:
Go on a date.
Date Night Questions to Talk Through
Your dreams for the wedding:
Why you’re planning this wedding in the first place
How you want to feel on the day
How you want your guests to feel
Moments you keep picturing in your head
The most exciting detail you’ve planned so far
Also, talk about your relationship:
Who are you when you’re together?
Where are you usually found on a typical Tuesday
night?What’s your go-to date night vibe?
The more we understand your love and personalities,
the better we can design invitations that feel like you
The Most Important Inspiration: the couple
Our designs always start with:
Your personality as a couple
Your intentions for the wedding
Instead of spending hours scrolling Pinterest or Instagram for invitation ideas, we’d honestly rather you:
Go on a date.
Instead of spending hours scrolling Pinterest or
Instagram for invitation ideas, we’d honestly rather you:
Go on a date.
Date Night Questions to Talk Through
Your dreams for the wedding:
Why you’re planning this wedding in the first place
How you want to feel on the day
How you want your guests to feel
Moments you keep picturing in your head
The most exciting detail you’ve planned so far
Also, talk about your relationship:
Who are you when you’re together?
Where are you usually found on a typical Tuesday night?
What’s your go-to date night vibe?
The more we understand your love and personalities, the better we can design invitations that feel like you
When we say we design based on your wedding, we don’t just mean:
Picking your colors
Drawing your venue
We go deeper.
This is why it's so special to get an artist to make something custom for you. We pride ourselves in connecting with our couples, collaborating with our planners, and coming up with designs that feel like you.
Site designed by Isabel Gates.
© 2025 Gates Paper Company LLC, All Rights Reserved.
Brand photography by Leandra Creative Co.
Site designed by Isabel Gates.
© 2025 Gates Paper Company LLC, All Rights Reserved.
Brand photography by Leandra Creative Co.
