2014, my review of the year!

Well, 2014 . . . what a blinder! 85 weddings supplied & nearly 7000 invitations made (as well as all the coordinating goodies) - no wonder it seemed like we didn't stop!  Each and every one of my lovely clients have been an absolute delight to work with, thank you. Here are some of the highlights . . . and here's to even bigger & more fabulous 2015 xxx

You can see my full review on the website here:
http://goo.gl/cJwLhK

Jody collected her final 'on the day stationery on the weekend . . . (I was going to post a pic of the bottle of rose she bought me too . . . but, well, it didn't last very long!).

I just LOVE to get feedback like this :-)

Jo, 
A massive thank you for the absolutely amazing job you did with our wedding invites, table plan, order of the day etc...! Everyone has said how lovely and 'posh' they are!
Best wishes,
Jody & Martin x

Pretty pink, pistachio & pearls

I do like a pretty pink and green colour scheme, throw in a few pearls and I'm in love!  Romantic and a little bit vintage, but with a fresh feel just perfect for a spring wedding.

Kellylouise didn't want to give away too much of her colour scheme with her wedding invitations, and so chose to have simple pocketfolds from my Vintage Pearls collection in a gorgeous dusky pink board & with ivory satin ribbon.  Her evening invitations were a pared down, flat version of the design, again in dusky pink and ivory.

The pink and ivory was carried through to the order of service booklets for the church service - still not giving anything away about the green!

And then, at the reception the wedding guests had their first glimpse of the whole colour scheme, with ivory & pistachio personalised place cards.

Kelly's table plan brought all the colours together, and looked amazing mounted on a vintage style mirror.

After the wedding, Kelly left this lovely message on my facebook profile:

Hiya Jo, 
I am very happy with all that you have done for me over the last few months, I loved the day and evening invitations, the table plan, order of service, place cards. Everyone has said about them, I cant wait for photos from the photographer to send them to you of how it all looked at the venue. We had a lovely day and thanks for all that you did. I would definitely recommend you to others. 

Mr and Mrs Davies

Congratulations Kelly & Martin!

Striking hot pink & black damask wedding stationery

I met Louise back last year, I had been recommended to her for wedding stationery (always nice!).

Louise was looking for a bold, striking design for her stationery to fit in with her hot pink and black themed black tie wedding celebration.  My Vintage Damask design fitted the bill perfectly, but with a square diamante buckle instead of the usual round.

She chose pocketfold invitations for the day guests, and flat layered cards for the evening.

On the day stationery included very simple, postcard size order of the day cards (a great alternative to an order of service for civil ceremonies).

Place cards in the classic tent style, with all the guests' names ready printed.

And a fabulous table plan mounted onto a mirror supplied by Louise.

After collecting her stationery Louise posted this lovely comment on my Facebook page.

"Jo has just completed my wedding stationery. It's truly beautiful. The quality and attention to detail is outstanding. Thank you so much xx"

Ordering samples from byjo.co.uk

I love to meet with potential clients at the byjo 'beach house' and discuss how we can can create the perfect stationery for their big day - but sometimes this just isn't possible.

That's when I need to send out samples!  Often they will be personalised with the wedding details, and I will usually include some different options for the design - perhaps different shades/types of ribbon, options for printing etc.

While I regularly receive verbal comments from brides (and grooms) about how they loved the samples, it's not often that people take the time to write to me telling how pleased they were.
I had a lovely email this week from Karen that I really wanted to share:

"Sample invite received safely yesterday - thank you!!!
I am really pleased with the look of the design and on first impression do prefer the ivory satin ribbon to the velvet one after all!!  The whole parcel was beautifully packaged and it was nice to have the note inside with the additional information re: ordering, etc.  It was lovely to see personalised details on the invite as it seemed much more "our own"!!
Once again thanks for the time and effort that you have given so far, your invites really are a credit to you!!"

There's a helpful article on my website here about how to order samples, if you'd like to see some for yourself!

Happy clients - Beth & Nick

I met with Beth and Nick back last year after they saw me at a wedding fayre in the Millennium Stadium.

They were first attracted to the simple, slightly rustic & vintage feel of my Just Gingham collection.  Then, while at the studio, I showed them a new natural cotton twill ribbon with a bold stripe and they loved it!

They wanted their wedding stationery to be very simple and elegant, with pocketfold style for the day invitations and smaller flat style for the evening.  For their order of service they kept it super simple with a printed booklet (you can read more about them HERE)

The recycled kraft card, teamed with ivory inserts and a vintage typewriter font worked beautifully with the cotton ribbon and achieved just the look they were after.

They collected their order of service booklets last week and emailed me over the weekend to say:

"Thank you so much for the Order of Service. They are exactly what we wanted.

Thank you for all your help and the wonderful products that you have supplied, you made the whole process stress free and we have had so many comments about how much people loved the invitations.

I will be recommending you to any friends and family in the future."

I love it when I get such lovely feedback!

A lovely card dropped though my letterbox this week -

Jo, 
Thank you so much for all of our gorgeous stationery for our wedding day.  It was all truly beautiful!,
Love Sophie & Tom Kippax

You are very welcome Sophie & Tom, your thank you card was beautiful too!

Sophie & Tom created a bespoke design for their August 2012 wedding, based on our Vintage Pearls design, with the addition of some delicate lace to tie in with Sophie's dress.

Happy, happy Helen

As wedding coordinator for a prestigious local venue, the pressure was on for Helen's March wedding to be 'the best of everything'.  Designing perfect stationery reflect her subtle, vintage colour scheme, but suitable to not look out of place in her chosen venue, was a challenge.  She finally settled on our classic, elegant Bond Street design in a combination of dusky pink, old gold and ivory, with striking chocolate brown print throughout.

Helen received her final 'on the day' stationery package last week and emailed today to simply say -

"Jo, You are amazing, thank you!"

It's a pleasure Helen!!

Clare's bespoke vintage invitations

Clare contacted us late last year looking for invitations.  Wanting something with a vintage feel she liked our Shabby Rose and Baroque designs, but felt that neither of them were 'quite right'.  So we sat down in the studio with a desk full of bits of card, ribbons and gorgeous sparkly things, and came up with these . . .

. . . which she loved, and thought were 'absolutely perfect'!!  They are flat, layered invitations with a subtle sage green damask print on ivory pearlescent card baked with sage green card.  Fine, cream satin ribbon embellished with a small pearl and diamante vintage style button, finishes the look with a little bit of elegant sparkle!

We're looking forward to making the co-ordinating on the day stationery now!

If you'd like to book an information consultation to discuss your wedding stationery just give us a call on 029 2081 3329, or email jo@byjo.co.uk.

We received a lovely email from Tracy this week . . .

I stumbled on byjo.co.uk on google and was amazed at what she produced in short notice.  Everything I had asked for and even better, my wedding parties details were mounted on a mirror which I had chosen and it was perfect.  Such a professional service.  I am going to pass her details on to all my friends. Many thanks Jo so many guests commented on the day.

Tracy

Tracy's table plan and matching table number cards.  You can order table plans on our website HERE.

Happy Leanne

A quick note from Leanne to say thanks . . . 

Hi Jo

Received the parcel today.  Thank you so much, they are beautiful! 

Thanks for all your help and quick response, it was much appreciated. 

Leanne

Leanne had invitations from our Charming collection with matching order of service, place cards and table names for her wedding in Dubai.

pocketfold invitation in ivory and tiffany blue

pocket size order of service in ivory and tiffany blue

Monique and Bruce

Lovely comments from Monique and Bruce . . .

Jo, we were extremely happy with our wedding invites. Thank you for working with us to create the perfect invite for our special day.

Our invites were very well received by our guests in London, NZ & Australia and many commented on the RSVP cards how much they loved the invites.

We would happily recommend your services and product.

They needed to include lots of information for their guests travelling from all over the world and so chose our Diamante pocketfold invitations in a subtle but extremely elegant combination of white and silver.

Katy & Nick

It's always lovely to receive emails like this . . . 


Hi Jo,

I just wanted to say a huge thank you for all the stationery you made for our wedding on 7th August 2011. The orders of service, menus, name cards, invites and table names were really beautiful. The table plan was stunning and all the stationery was finished to such a high standard. It really was perfect!!

Thank you so much again! I will definitely recommend you to my family and friends :)

Katy and Nick Cliffe


Katy and Nick had items from the All Heart Collection in ivory, purple and silver.  Their table plan was a bespoke design, incorporating photographs they supplied themselves.

post box

guest book

table plan

       

Natalie & Gareth's bespoke design

Natalie & her mum Diane contacted me earlier this year to design stationery for Natalie & Gareth's August Wedding. After a productive first meeting and lot's of discussion about their theme, likes, dislikes (and of course budget!), we came up with a design incorporating satin & chiffon ribbons and a stunning diamante and pearl centrepiece. They were thrilled with the design and so ordered a complete matching stationery collection including wedding & evening invitations, individual menus, table names, table plan, guest book and post box.

 

Diane emailed after Natalie collected her on the day stationery:

Hi Jo

Just wanted to say Thank You very much for the rest of the stationery. It was fab, everything we asked for but looked so much nicer than we imagined and I'm sure it will all look lovely on the day.

Youa are a credit to your business as you adhered to every promise you made.

Once again, thanks for everything, we would be happy to recommend you to others.

Best regards

Diane

you're welcome Kelly

Kelly received her order last week and emailed us straight away . . .

Hi Jo,

I have just received the order of services they are perfect!!!!

Really chuffed. Thanks again!

Kelly

Kelly had these order of service from our Damask collection, in a stunning black and hot pink colour scheme.  We loved making them!

You're welcome Carolyn

We had a lovely email from Carolyn yesterday . . .


I wanted to say a big thank you for saving the day and producing our stationery for us so efficiently.  We are so so pleased with everything.

Thanks, Carolyn

Carolyn and Graeme had invitations, order of service, menus, place cards, table names and a matching table plan and guest book from the Elegance collection in white and mid/sage green.  They added a single swarovski crystal to each piece for a little bit of sophisticated sparkle.

Carolyn & Graeme's guest book

A lovely message from Becky . . .

Morning Jo,

Just a quick email to say thank you so much for the beautiful invitations, i am so pleased with them.

Speak soon

Becky

Becky had pocketfold wedding invitations from the Diamante collection, and matching flat evening invitations, in a beautiful sky blue and white colour scheme.

Diamante pocketfold and flat invitations in sky blue and white

thanks Nicky!

Nicky emailed earlier this month to say thanks for the invites she ordered for her daughter's wedding . . . 

Hi Jo

Invites received this afternoon they are really lovely thank you very much xx

They had layered flat wedding and evening invitations from the Damask Collection in a striking orange and cafe au lait colour scheme.

Flat invitation from the Damask collection

Lee's happy!

Lee received her order last month, and sent us a lovely email . . . 


Hi Jo,

Just wanted to say thank you for your work with my order. I'm really happy with them, just what I wanted, so thank you very much.

You've done a fabulous job.

I'll recommend you where I can, the service has been fantastic.

Thanks again.
Lee


Lee had pocketfold wedding invitations and classic folded evening invitations from the Damask Collection in navy and white.

thanks Kelly!

Kelly emailed last week, just to say . . .

Hi Jo

Just wanted to drop you a quick line to say thank you so much for the invitations and orders of service for our wedding on 12^th December. They looked great and were excellent quality.

Thanks again,

Kelly

Kelly had invitations and matching order of service from the Frost collection, in a beautiful ivory and gold colour scheme.

Kelly's invitation