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Cincinnati By Design

Cincinnati, OH
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    Kimberly C. Sent on 11/17/2021
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    Amazing and wonderful!

    If you are planning a wedding or any event, Joan at Cincinnati by Design would be my first choice. Joan was amazing to work with! She is creative, responsive, and super high quality! Our custom wedding invites and all the pieces for our wedding day were beautiful and made our day so wonderful and special!
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    Ellen M. Sent on 05/14/2021
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    Wonderful wedding invitations

    Joni was wonderful. Due to Covid we had 1 save the date, 3 invitations, and 2 change of dates. Her website says "we deliver a wow factor" and she does. She is quick to respond, quick to deliver and compassionate to your needs. I would not hesitate to use her again.
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    Roberta D. Sent on 10/08/2021
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    Joan "Joni" Bishop - Cincinnati By Design

    Joni is Amazing – in her work, with her creative design - and in the manner of her friendly disposition. Joni has a special way of touching the lives of all who meet her. My Daughter and I have been fortunate to have met Joan “Joni” Bishop during our Wedding-planning process . . .

    Joni has gone “above and beyond” to design and deliver our Wedding items. She was responsive all hours of the day and evening – throughout the week and weekend. Her professionalism has put us at ease – and her amicable demeanor has added joy and excitement throughout our Wedding-planning experience. We are sincerely grateful and appreciative to Joan Bishop’s Cincinnati By Design services for providing exquisite Wedding Invitations and “Wedding Day items – all of which enhanced the Beauty of a spectacular Wedding Celebration!
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    Odyseey B. Sent on 10/05/2019
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    Wedding invitations

    Joan did a wonderful job on our invitations.
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    Ashley Sent on 01/15/2019
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    Joni is the best!

    Joni did the wedding invitations, programs, and seating chart for both mine and my sister's weddings. She is great to work with, professional, creative, and a great price for the high quality work she produces. I would recommend her to anyone in a heartbeat. Couldn't have been happier with how our wedding paraphernalia turned out.
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    Judy Sent on 07/21/2018
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    Joni does exceptional work. She is pleasant, easy to talk to and very creative. I knew the minute my daughter and I meet with her that we wanted Joni to design the wedding invitations. She listened, showed us samples, took notes and didn't rush us at all. Joni got back to us very quickly ( a day maybe) with a quote that was super reasonable. She gave us a timeline and it was perfect. The best thing is that she answered all questions and made any changes VERY quickly. We would send an email and she would respond within a few hours. My daughter wasn't sure of what design she wanted, so Joni produced many different examples for her to choose from. Everything went smoothly - we LOVE the invitations and Joni made it all possible. I can't say enough about how great she is. One of the best things is you are working directly with a graphic designer. If you want your invitations to be gorgeous, finished and printed on time (ours were early), and handled by a professional that makes the whole experience stress free- go with Cincinnati By Design - Joni is the best!!!

    Cincinnati By Design's reply:

    Wow. How is it that I find the BEST clients in all of Cincinnati and the world. THANK YOU so much Judy and Molly; I'm very appreciative of your business. Each and every client is like "family" to me. Your complete satisfaction and happiness is my main objective. It's been my pleasure to work with you. Thank you for choosing Cincinnati Be Design. Have the BEST WEDDING EVER!
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    Andrea Sent on 02/06/2019
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    Perfect Invitations

    We worked with Joni for our Save the Dates and wedding invitations. She is so much fun to work with! We gave her our vision and she helped bring them to life. I would highly recommend her to any couple getting married. We had any amazing experience!

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    Andi,
    I have fun too, working with you and your mom was such a pleasure for me. Your wedding was absolutely beautiful and you are a beautiful bride. I hope you and Alex are pleased with your whole event experience. You are truly blessed, Andi, and I love your family.

    All the best to you,
    Always,
    Joni B.
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    Jennifer Sent on 07/07/2018
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    If I had to pick one vendor that I loved working with the most, it would be Joni. She is AMAZING. She went above and beyond to design our invitations, seating chart, and even our extra donation board. Her work is high quality and thoughtful. She is so easy to talk to and is available whenever you need her. She’s extremely responsive and flexible. Her vision for each design is carefully planned and she takes the time to get to know YOU. She is simply the best and worth every penny. Love you Joni!!
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    Rachel Sent on 01/15/2018
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    There are not enough words to describe the professionalism and quality that Joan puts into every design. She definitely listens to her customers, treats them like family and ensures every detail is thought of. She has been amazing throughout this whole process, even with our crazy changes :) I would recommend Cincinnati by Design for anyone who is looking for ease and affordability. You will not go wrong!
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    Maria Sent on 05/11/2018
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    Joni came highly recommended by my wedding coordinator, Maura, and I cannot praise Joni enough! She was my absolute favorite person with whom we worked during our time planning the wedding. Beginning with our initial meeting, Joni showed so much interest in our wedding and us as a couple, which made the process of designing stationary a lot easier. She knew we were incorporating an art deco and Cincinnati theme throughout our wedding, and she RAN WITH IT. Every stationary item, from the Save the Dates to the place cards to the invitation suite, was beautiful and expertly designed. I also felt like I could give her honest feedback when I preferred one design more than another. She was incredibly timely, and I felt ahead of schedule for the entire planning process. Friends and family who said they never pay attention to wedding invitations or paper products praised her designs and attention to detail. I raved about her throughout the process, and I will absolutely use her design expertise for future events and announcements.
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    Shelby Sent on 07/10/2017
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    Joan has been so great to work with on my save the dates and invitations! She met with me and my fiance in person to understand us and our wedding and what we were looking for. We then worked via email back and forth to get to exactly what my fiance and I wanted for everything. She was so flexible with changes I wanted to make and taking into consideration things I had seen online. Everything has turned out so cute and is exactly what I wanted for a very affordable price! I would recommend her to anyone and everyone!
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    Aubrey Sent on 12/12/2016
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    Cincinnati by design and Joni are one of the best things I came upon as a bride. I had a friend use Joni and she had absolutely beautiful wedding invitations and very unique programs at the wedding. I had to know who had made these stunning pieces of paper for her! Needless to say, it was Joni, and I cannot thank my friend enough for the referral! Joni is an amazingly sweet woman who is also incredibly talented at what she does. She has a great passion for creating real works of art that end up just breathtaking. Joni created my wedding invitations, programs and seating chart, and I cannot begin to tell you how many compliments I received on everything! Joni was so easy to work with, very receptive to any and all ideas and changes on her own designs, and created something for me that I could never thank her for enough. I could not recommend this woman enough to everyone I know!
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    Karen Sent on 10/14/2016
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    I had no idea what to expect in creating invitations. I am not creative and when we looked thru books at other vendors for ideas on what to do, nothing was really popping out. Sure it's easy to pick out fonts and colors and glitter and paper stock but is it really US?

    I met with Joni for the first time and we simply talked for 30 minutes about mine & Andy's relationship, what we planned to do for the wedding, what we liked to do as a couple, and I told him simple things like I wanted stamps and airplanes and heart motifs since we like to travel a lot. We were doing two weddings in one weekend (one in Cincinnati and one in Grand Teton, WY) so I needed her to create two separate but cohesive invitation designs.

    Two weeks later Joni presented me with an amazing result. I was FLOORED with what she came up with just by our simple conversation. Our inner envelope was a map, one set of invitations was very outdoorsy, Wyoming-esque while the other was more elegant (not that the the other wasn't) but all of our pieces had the same theme. The backs all had different maps, the hearts, planes and stag heads showed up on all of them and tied the theme together. I couldn't complain as all the pieces were unique and gorgeous.

    You know you've chosen the right designer when even the men who received the invitations are telling you that those are the coolest invitations they'd ever seen in their life. I mean, no one else is going to have this invitation. It's not cookie cutter "this font, that paper, this clip art." Joni gives you so much more. She puts so much love and creativity into each piece, I don't know why you would go anywhere else.

    I've now got a friend in Joni as she is one of the sweetest people I've ever met. She really cares about what she does and for the clients she's got. If you want the full experience in designing your invitations, programs, seating chart, table numbers (OH MY TABLE NUMBERS WERE AMAZING - airport codes), menus, etc. ... CALL JONI!
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    What can i say?? We were beyond pleased with the outcome of the invitations that we even laminated a few to save in our wedding album. Joan was and still very amazing. When you talk with her, instead of talking with someone you dont know, you talk to a friend. Weddings can be stressful but she calmed our nerves about not only the invitations but the whole thing. She was amazing and so was the service we received from her.

    You will not be disappointed!!!!
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    Adam Sent on 07/20/2016
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    Joan was wonderful to work with. Very creative and receptive to our ideas and made the process very easy for us. Was attentive to our needs and ensured that we had a beautiful product that didn't break the bank. Would gladly recommend her services!
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    Abbey Sent on 07/18/2016
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    Joan was everything I could have asked for for my stationary vendor. She listened to what I wanted and created something unique and personalized for me which was also in my budget! It was wonderful not having to pick a stock invitation out of a book. She was also flexible for meeting around my crazy schedule and responded to emails and calls rapidly. We used her for our programs, place cards, and seating chart after I fell in love with our invitation. Everything was detailed and specifically tailored for our wedding, down to the flowers on the seating chart which matched my bouquet. Guests commented on how lovely all of our items were, and my parents were very pleased with Joan's work also. I only wish I had used her for our save the dates. But I am keeping her information close at hand for personal stationary or hopefully upcoming baby announcements!

    Cincinnati By Design's reply:

    Oh my Gosh Samantha.... You are such a wonderful client. If only I could clone you a dozen times!!! Thank you for so many compliments; I truly enjoyed working with you. A lifetime of blessings to you and Matt.
    Joni B.
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    Christine Sent on 07/20/2016
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    If you are looking for something complete unique, or something completely you, this is the lady for you! When we had our initial meeting, I knew we were going to go with her almost as soon as we met her! She's very personable, listens to your wedding and life details, and walks you through every little step. I was absolutely blown away by her creativity on the stuff she's done in the past. Unfortunately, our wedding was more traditional and didn't fit any of the super cute invitations she created. However, she was able to create a truly unique, traditional invitation that fit our needs perfectly. I liked all the touches she added to the response card & reception info card. She listened to me be picky about fonts and was very responsive. We never waited too long for her designs to come back.

    She created our invitations, response cards, and reception info/accommodations cards, thank you cards, and our large table seating assignment poster.

    If we could do it all over again, we probably would not get the additional pocket folder for the invitations. They looked pretty but we didn't realize by getting it you have to get another size envelope plus the pocket folder. (My mom was really adamant about these pockets!) However, we would definitely get the table assignment chart and thank you cards. (Table chart seems expensive, but price includes the set up/design fee & printing it on nice foam board. A local print shop and family friend was going to charge less, but their design fee was almost the same price as her entire fee for this!)

    I have no regrets about choosing to work with Joan and would recommend anyone to her, no matter what you are looking for! I did my research on prices, and she's definitely worth every penny!

    Cincinnati By Design's reply:

    Christine,
    I am so blessed to have been part of your "traditional" wedding. It was my complete pleasure to be on your team and enjoyed every minute designing with you. I will follow you on Facebook ass I enjoy all your posts on your life in Florida. Lucky you that you can live in such a gorgeous part of the country. I wish you only the very best in your new life as Mr. and Mrs. Matt and Christine Floyd.
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    Samantha Sent on 06/02/2016
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    Joni is professional, artistic, creative, fun and just a real joy to work with. She makes it very convenient to meet with her. She gets to know you to get a feel for your personality and what you are looking for. Then, together you work to have exactly what you want. We ordered invitations, thank you notes and programs (fans). Each a little different and with each we let Joni know our ideas, she sent us some options to review and edit until we had the finished product we were happy with.
    I am not creative at also was uncertain of what this process would be like; but, it was really a great experience. The finished products were all beautiful, different and tied together well.
    Joni is always quick to respond to phone or email messages. We received a quote in less than 48 hours. She is so easy to work with and makes it convenient to pickup orders. It is very obvious that she loves what she does. We felt like we were talking with a friend from our very first meeting. She is truly interested in you and doing her part to make your special day beautiful.
    As a result of people seeing our invitations and hearing our high praise of Joni, three people have used her services. She is amazing to work with. You will not be disappointed.
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    Sam Sent on 07/18/2016
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    Joni was wonderful! Our first meeting was just at a coffee shop where we got to talk and discuss exactly what I was looking for. She brought some of her past work and lots of swatches for colors and paper textures. Everything else we did through email. She responded quickly and listened to what I liked and disliked about each example she sent me. We had the invitations done quickly. She also did our programs and our Thank you cards. We received so many compliments on all of them! She really was so easy to work with and we got exactly what we were imagining!
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    Douglas Sent on 02/16/2016
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    Joni was a pleasure to work with. Our invitation design was much different from her normal work, but she stuck with us and created a masterpiece. Our guests have commented that they should frame it! As others have mentioned, she is very supportive of same-sex couples, and she worked well with two men who had very specific ideas about how the invitation should look! A real pleasure. We invited her to our wedding!

    Cincinnati By Design's reply:

    Omg. I love you guys and honored to be on your wedding team. Although I live in Cincinnati and you are in Atlanta Ga I hope to make your EPIC event. Live long and love each other. All the Best. Joni B
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    Brittany Sent on 03/27/2017
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    Joni was fantastic to work with!! She listened to what I wanted and was very open. My invitations were absolutely gorgeous and I got so many compliments on them! They were better than I expected!!
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    Rachel Sent on 12/31/2015
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    Working with Joni has been an incredible experience! She created original invitations, thank you cards, escort cards and programs for our wedding! I was very happy with the products she produced and her unique sense of design. A family friend who is a wedding planner recommended her and I'm so happy she did; I knew Joni was the one I wanted to work with the second I met her, and she was the only designer I met with.

    Overall Joni and I probably exchanged thirty plus emails and she always responded within a day, but most of the time within a few hours. Joni was willing to make as many edits as needed to get to a product that I was 100% happy with! Meeting with Joni was always fun! She was always on time and it was just a fun process to get together, throw around ideas and see what her creative mind would come up with. I was by no means into a traditional design so she created something modern and fun for us!

    I thought the price for the product was completely worth it. Her quotes were presented within 48 hours of meeting with her and I believe they were responsible for what was given. She was very respectful of budget because I was upfront with her about what we were willing to spend. She's able to work with you and come up with solutions if you're trying to watch what you spend.

    Overall I highly recommend working with Joni! Not only is she professional and respectful but she's fun and easy going and really strives to please her brides. The first time I met with her, you could just tell how much she loves what she does and enjoys getting to celebrate with brides. She's a joy to work with and she's an incredibly hard worker.
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    Emily Sent on 12/01/2015
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    Working with Joni was great! She really listens to what you are interested and comes up with all sorts of amazing ideas. If you wanted a small tweak or a complete redo she'll make it happen and then some. She made our save the dates, invitations, escort cards, and some thank you notes for my husband and I. They all tied together nicely. I'm extremely happy that we used her services, everything turned out perfectly!
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    Sandy Sent on 11/13/2015
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    Joni Bishop was a delight to work with. She listened attentively to all my ideas and added some of her own. Her personality is bubbly, her demeanor professional, and her work excellent. She was responsive and timely always. I felt she really cared about our invitations and our wedding.
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    Laura Sent on 09/28/2015
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    Cincinnati by Design is top notch. Joan provides excellent design work and quicker the requested turn-around times. I have used CBD time and time again and they always outdo themselves and exceed my expectation. My clients are continually blown away. Getting your invites done by Cincinnati by Design will be one of the best decisions you make for your event.
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