Do you have an upcoming celebration, business or personal need for paper products? Maybe you’ve searched high and low for just the right thing…a design you have envisioned, but can’t find it.  Well, search no more, Pearl Beach Paperie offers custom designs for every occasion.

Helpful hints in creating your paper vision:

• PLAN AHEAD – Custom artwork can take time, so be sure to contact us with plenty of it before the invitations need to go out or your deadline, this can also help you to avoid rush fees and ensure we can fit you into our design and print schedules.
• BRING YOUR IDEAS TO THE TABLE – It helps to have inspirations to kick start the creative process.  This can be colors, a theme, the location, the date, month, time of year, etc.  Every bit helps in zeroing in on a design idea.
• SIZE, QUANTITY & TEXT – Know the size of card you want?  Great! If the finished piece requires multiple cards, it is helpful to know what you will need and the amount of text needed on each card to help determine the size(s) of each card.  Knowing how many of each piece you will need is helps too.  Accurate pricing of a custom creation requires a lot of information and these pieces are a good start.
• BUDGET – Do you have an idea of what you would like to spend?  With custom work, knowing this number can help to navigate through the paper mine field and narrow suggestions of paper and printing process.

When considering custom designed paper products be sure to come armed with ideas and information to make the process as smooth and seamless as possible.

For the 2011 holiday season, a couple of custom cards included a holiday card that included the family dog as well as a card to include family photos.  Both gave us ideas of paper and ink colors, but left the design ideas in our hands beyond that.  Below are our final creations.

Another example of a custom piece was a foil printed baby announcement, where the mom-to-be wanted to create it around the wallpaper she chose for the nursery with the intention of having a whimsical/ethereal appeal.  We chose a silky white paper and shimmery silver envelope with a matte silver foil imprint.

A custom wedding invitation suite for a Lake Placid Lodge wedding started with the bride stating she had seen an invitation we created combining the groom’s love of hunting with the bride’s love of all things pink and sparkly.  The bride declared “I’ve seen the deer head Swarovski crystal invitation, I know you can do my invitations!”  Her inspirations were the lodge and its rustic surrounding and appeal, rainbow trout, flowers as well as incorporating her colors of lavender and light green.  It was a challenge in the beginning, but once the creative ideas starting flowing, we had to narrow down the selections.

With the help of artist, Sarah Hanna, we pulled in so many fabulous ideas to include a light purple half pocket wrapped with a monogrammed celery green belly band and matching envelopes.  The insert pieces printed on a textured natural white paper for a bit of a rustic feel included patterns of fish scales and woodgrain, images of the lodge and their beloved rainbow trout in shades of lavender and green.

The floral pattern created for the belly band and envelope even disguised fishing lures within the bouquets.  The bride cried when she saw the finished suite, which makes everything we do so worthwhile.  We love custom work and hope you will return to see more creations on our ever-evolving website as well as visit our postings on Pinterest.  We look forward to creating the perfect piece for your upcoming special occasion, business or personal needs.