Stacey is a magical paper fairy. Stationery and paper goods feel like an easy thing to overlook…read morewhen wedding planning, but you have no idea what Stacey can do. Steracle's services from Save the Date envelopes to our wedding invitation to all the day-of goods made a tremendous impact on our wedding, and we had numerous guests praising the attention to detail throughout our events. A large credit for that goes to Steracle. First off, we were trying to use Minted for our Save the Dates, and when they messed up all of our envelope addressing, Steracle was able to quickly turn around custom envelopes. That remained a constant theme throughout. The team was extremely responsive, turning around many many revisions very quickly as we proofread every single comma. Second was our wedding invites. We had this crazy idea to try and create a book for the invite, similar to special editions of famous books that evoked memories of fairy tales. It was just a vague concept, but Stacey and team took that idea and ran with it, creating the invitation of a lifetime. We actually cried when we saw it, and it will be forever placed on our bookshelves as a memento. Numerous guests sent personalized praise for these invites. A quote from one of them: "This is so refreshing in the days of e-invitations. Very very beautiful and elegant design. What a GORGEOUS wedding invitation!!!!!! The invitation reminds me a lot of the fairy tales I used to read growing up. The invitation brought back the romance of weddings. Nowadays people try to save time and (especially) money by sending e-invitations and those make me sad because there is something special about receiving an actual invitation. And this one blows all invitations out of the water. It sets the stage for a royal wedding." Needless to say, the bar had been raised for the rest of the paper goods, and somehow Stacey and Steracle met them. We had four separate events, and the team crafted unique feels for each event. They took certain themes and motifs and blended them across all events while maintaining the unique identity of each of them. Stacey kept coming up with brilliant ideas that made every element feel personalized, creative, and completely unique. Our wedding menu somehow had a 3D butterfly effect, and she took our love of fantasy books and created a completely custom fantasy-inspired map for the food stations at our reception. There were so many other brilliant design choices that we can go on and on about the quality and craft that Steracle illustrated. We want to keep all of these items as mementos, and we are probably going to be using our bar menus in our home going forward. It might be easy to overlook stationery as a crucial part of wedding planning, but trust us, if you go with Steracle, you will see the impact it can have and how it can elevate your entire wedding. Plus, you'll get to work with Stacey, and that's reason enough.

We loved working with a local stationer for all of our wedding paper goods. From start to…read morefinish--Stacey, Ruby, and Dvorah helped make the design process easy and created an invitation suite we were really happy with! Our day-of paper goods were also perfect - everything had a cohesive feel to it. Everything felt bespoke with the use of their original artwork and custom monogram of our initials! Already looking for another reason to work with them!

I just received my wedding invitations from Ryder Cards, and I'm so thrilled with them! Aimee gave…read moreme exactly what I wanted, only BETTER. Not only did we get custom invitations, rsvp cards, and announcements, she custom made our maps to the venue! We received our order in a timely fashion, and, to top it off, Aimee was a joy. We had a great experience working with her.

I've been lucky enough to work with these fabulous people twice. Once on a textile piece and again…read morewith an Ambrotype, similar to a daguerreotype. As it happened, we did not end up conserving the textile piece because it was so badly damaged, but the experience was so positive I brought them an Ambrotype I'd received. The image quality had suffered a great deal in the 160-plus years it had been kicking around my family. Our goal was to stop any more damage occurring to image on the glass and, if possible, clean and/or brighten the picture. Well. The Conservation Center did a MAGNIFICENT job! It's stunning! A beautiful portrait of a woman circa 1860. The care, the craftsmanship... it's clear my little treasure was just as much a treasure to them as well. And with their help, the image of a that long-gone matriarch will preside over the family for at least a hundred more years. I cannot recommend The Conservation Center enough. And, I shall be bringing them another piece to look at.

I just had a portrait of my Great Grandparents restored at the Conservation Center in Chicago. We…read moreare so pleased with the results. This portrait was over 100 years old and had a lot of damage to the portrait and frame, especially water damage. The restoration is truly remarkable! Such care and consideration were given us especially when working with us on the pricing! I am so grateful to Ms. Maria Orachek! She was wonderful to work with us. This portrait now belongs to my disabled son, and it has made him so happy. I am happy to write this review for The Conservation Center and their entire staff. They deserve a full 5-star review! Winnia and Mark Brooks

Got holiday cards designed and am very happy with them. Lauren guided me through every step of the…read moreprocess and was very proactive and responsive. When the first batch of cards got delayed by USPS, she proactively reordered them and used a different carrier to ensure I got the cards on time. Great experience overall!

I booked a call with Lauren via her Calendli on yelp and was pleasantly surprised to receive a…read moreprompt follow up email and call. We discussed getting an array of custom coffee mugs designed using photos I had drawn. With no hesitation, she laid out mockups for me which were exactly what I was looking for, and included a professional invoice as well. It was perfect. With the holiday on the horizon, I was concerned this shipment would not be delivered on time. IT CAME EARLY! What an excellent experience from start to finish. The quality was terrific. I highly recommend working with L.E. Taylor Design!! Happy to have stumbled across her business.

I stopped in here during my lunch hour today to get more information on getting addresses printed…read morefor wedding save the dates. Overall, I had a terrible experience and do not recommend anyone going here if you want good service or help. My first impression was not great as I stood at the front desk for about three minutes even though there were multiple people sitting and staring aimlessly a few feet away. When someone finally came over to help me, the guy said "I'm going to look at these while we talk," and pointed to some mockups that were scattered all over the counter. Um, ok. I proceeded to ask him about printing the aforementioned addresses. He interrupted me and said, "We usually do commercial jobs, but we could maybe do a sample for you." I pulled the sample envelope I brought with me out of my bag, and he immediately asked, "Where did you get these printed?" I told him I got them done online and he criticized them, saying "The printing on here isn't even straight!" This was referring to the return address label that we were able to get printed on our envelopes. Ok, I didn't ask for your feedback on the vendor we used. He then mumbled something and tapped into a calculator saying it would be $80 to address 120 envelopes. No thanks. Terrible service. I'm surprised they can stay in business at all if this is how they treat customers. I haven't written a Yelp review in months, but this merchant was well-deserving of a negative online review.

Came here to get 115 save-the-dates printed. I already had them designed, but Fedex/Kinkos' card…read morestock wasn't heavy enough (I wanted these things to be postcard style so I don't have to mess with envelopes so I needed some durable card stock). I contacted them via email and on one of their reps, Paul, immediately got back in touch with me. My design wasn't the right size or style, and I wasn't able to modify it. Paul jimmied it for me, even changed up some fonts that were lost. The finished product was exactly as I had intended. He printed out 2 samples. I picked them up. Put him on hold for a week while I got my mom and sister's blessing (oh the politics of being a bride...). He never got pushy with me when I didn't get back to him when I said I would. Put him on hold for another 2 weeks while I wrangled up all my addresses and he was able to print them on one side of the postcard. He even added my Save-the-date logo from the other side to the address side without me even asking - see, little things. I just picked them up today. They look fantastic and cost less than $1.50 a piece.

I needed a very specific custom Valentines Day bouquet creates for my wife and the team at Nancy…read moreKrause OVERDELIVERED on a tight timeline. Happy Wife...Happy Life! Thank you...will definitely be back!!

Nancy is a lifesaver! After some friends decided to get married at the courthouse I wanted to send…read morea bouquet to them last minute. Nancy was able to make it happen when most other florists in the area weren't willing to help, and wow - it was stunning. Thank you so much for your kindness and beautiful work.

Daryl and the team at D and R are absolutely wonderful to work with. Anytime I need printing…read moreservices with little to no time they always come through with amazing work. Super detail oriented. They always communicate thoroughly about the outcomes before pushing out a proof. I made an order for 25 head cut out for my bachelorette party . The request was made four days before the event and they literally were able to provide exactly what I wanted. it was a riot was a static that it was caring around this perfectly printed fan with the face of my fiancé. Thank you all at D and R for making my vision come to life. I really value your creative insight with everything you guys do. The quality is definitely worth the price.. as I always do I will continue to go to D and R for printing needs.

Daryl and the team at D and R are absolutely wonderful to work with. Anytime I need printing…read moreservices with little to no time they always come through with amazing work. Super detail oriented. They always communicate thoroughly about the outcomes before pushing out a proof. I made an order for 25 head cut out for my bachelorette party. The request was made four days before the event and they literally were able to provide exactly what I wanted. it was a riot was a static that it was caring around this perfectly printed fan with the face of my fiance. Thank you all at D and R for making my vision come to life. I really value your creative insight with everything you guys do. The quality is definitely worth the price.. as I always do I will continue to go to D and R for printing needs.

Colin's work has always surpassed my fondest dreams for beautiful floral arrangements. His…read morecreations are gorgeous, his customer service surpassed. The people who work with him are cordial, helpful, and seem happy. Surroundings is a joyous place that makes you want to spread the joy.

Two table arrangements that I ordered for Thanksgiving. Picked up on wednesday and took these…read morepictures on Friday! It's now tuesday and they still look great which is really impressive. I have also used them before for a small bouquet for dinner and it was wonderful too. Will definitely use them again.