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The Inviting Pear

The Inviting Pear

Austin, TX
4.8 out of 5 rating, 22 Reviews
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    Joanna S. Sent on 02/25/2024
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    Beautiful Designs and Great Service

    Arielle from The Inviting Pear team helped us with invitations and day-of stationary for our February 2024 wedding. We were impressed with Arielle's quick and thorough communication, as she helped us understand timelines with printing and design. After one meeting with her, we were convinced to use their team over other online vendors given their design breadth and understanding of what we were looking for.

    Our invitations turned out beautiful, and Arielle was a great as a designer to capture what we were looking for and make tweaks as needed. We received so many compliments from her work. Arielle also did our day-of stationary (seating chart, welcome sign, bar signs, custom drink illustrations, placemenus, table numbers, cocktail napkins, stickers, ceremony programs and thank you cards). As a couple, we did not give much direction and really trusted the Inviting Pear team to create a cohesive suite that matched the formality of our event, and we were so pleased with how everything turned out! Highly recommend, and many thanks to Arielle and team!
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    Jocelyn S. Sent on 09/05/2023
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    The Perfect Peek into your Wedding with The Inviting Pear

    Shannon was absolutely FANTASTIC in working with my vision to create the best invitations to help set the tone and vibe of my wedding. She is such a pleasure to work with and truly delivers an incredible product that will be beyond your expectations! I can't recommend her talent, professionalism and products enough!!
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    Audrey A. Sent on 06/08/2023
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    Inviting Pear is a Dream!!

    If you want custom invitations and stationary, Arielle with Inviting Pear is absolutely amazing. I am so grateful she was recommended to me and was available for our wedding. We had her do our full custom invitation suite with 2 original watercolor images she created for us specific to our venues. They were so gorgeous and we got TONS of compliments on them from so many of our family and friends. I loved that she created an invitation that represented our venue and style so well. I’m so impressed by her talent to see examples of what a client likes and discuss their vision for the event and then create it and it comes out better than anything you could have thought of. It was a HUGE help to have her do all the envelopes and postage and mail them out for us. It took a lot of stress off my plate to have that part handled as it can be so time consuming. She also did all of “day-of” stationary including ceremony programs, dinner menus, bar menus, escort cards for our seating chart, welcome signs, frosted cups and cocktail napkins. She had them perfectly boxed up and organized for us when we picked them up upon our arrival to Austin for our wedding weekend. She even put together an extra copy of everything in an envelope for our photographer for their details photos. She literally thinks of everything! Arielle is not only extremely talented but also such a gem to work with. She made everything so fun and easy. I would absolutely use her for any event in the future! In fact, after the our wedding, I also worked with her for a gift for my parents since she does watercolors and sketches of homes as well. She created a trio of watercolors for my parents of each house they have lived in during their marriage. It was a lovely and touching gift and they loved that she did those for them as well since we all loved her work so much from the wedding. I cannot say enough good things about her and the Inviting Pear company! She is one of many stunning people we were so fortunate to meet and work with for our unforgettable wedding weekend.
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    Bridget Sent on 07/22/2022
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    Beyond gorgeous wedding stationery!!

    We were introduced to the Inviting Pear through our planner, Kristin Catter, and we LOVED the work that they did for our wedding! Arielle did a fantastic job. She was very responsive to us, understood what we were looking for better than we did, and was beyond patient with us in many ways. We wanted to name each of our dinner tables after books, and Arielle created a set of table name cards with little illustrations on them. We loved them so much that we had to have a copy of all the table names to keep. We were repeatedly blown away by her talent and the work that she produced. We cannot recommend the Inviting Pear enough, and they will far surpass your expectations in the wedding stationery.
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    Jessica Sent on 08/17/2019
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    CUTEST Watercolor Dog Bar Signs

    Shannon and Arielle at The Inviting Pear created the most beautiful watercolor signature cocktail signs which featured a watercolor painting of our yorkie, Bruno! Everyone at the wedding commented on how cute the signs were! The Inviting Pear staff were very responsive, timely and professional. They can even ship your items if you live out of state! I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND them to anyone looking for a signature cocktail sign, bar menu, or other fun items for your wedding!
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    Julie Sent on 02/07/2017
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    When faced with creating the perfect invitation for our daughter’s wedding and having to work long distance with the couple for their choices, I had a concern about choosing the right designer/company for this project. Again, the Knot gave great options and through their vendor lists, we were able to find Inviting Pear. For us, it was another fortuitous choice. Shannon, who owns the company, was our point of contact and, from the first meeting, we knew we had chosen well. She provided far more assistance than I could have anticipated providing guidance on wording choices for our formal wedding to spreadsheets for the guest lists to make printing not only easy but correct with regards to rules of etiquette. While I originally thought we would use Inviting Pear for only the invitations, our experience was so positive and Shannon so helpful, that they also provided escort cards, head table seating cards, and table numbers. One of the most special aspects of working with Inviting Pear is Shannon’s creation of the couple’s monogram. With input from all of us, she created an image they will use for years to come and which we incorporated in everything printed or produced for the wedding. I am already looking for the next opportunity to work with Shannon!

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    It was such an honor to be a part of your daughter's wedding. Thank you for trusting me! I loved collaborating with you and look forward to working together in the near future.
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    Emily Sent on 02/02/2016
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    I can't recommend Shannon enough for wedding stationary! In the beginning I had envisioned just using an online service to do our invitations, but I am SO glad I had a consultation with Shannon first. She blew my expectations for personalized stationary out of the water and I can't tell you how many compliments we've received on our save the dates and wedding invitations. She was extremely friendly through the whole process and patient with us as we made little tweaks here and there. But, her work barely needed any revisions. She was able to meet with us once and capture everything we were looking for in our wedding stationary. It surprised me, but she was the most fun vendor I think we worked with. Every time I saw an email from her in my inbox I got excited because I couldn't wait to see her latest creation. I would recommend her in a heartbeat. Not only is she fantastic at what she does, but she's reasonably priced and her work is worth every penny (and then some). We'll be using her to send out announcements as soon as we get our wedding pictures and she'll be our go to for any future invitation needs.

    Shannon, I know I've said it a few times, but you are absolutely the best!!
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    Kathy Sent on 07/18/2014
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    Wedding Date was June 14, 2014:
    Shannon from The Inviting Pear was such a pleasure to work with! Her vision and expertise were top notch! She listened to what my daughter was looking for in a design and Shannon's design work far exceeded our expectations! We received so much positive feedback from our family and friends (from all over the country) when they received not only the Save the Dates, but the actual wedding invitations! They were stunning! We had received so many comments on the RSVPs and then again at the wedding as well. Shannon's work was beautiful and we were so happy to have had her recommended to us from our wedding planner. We enjoyed meeting with her along the way and appreciated the extra work she did to make everything from the save/dates, invitations, welcome notes, programs and menus to be perfect!! Shannon is a gifted designer and you will not be sorry that you hired her!
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    The Inviting Pear is the way to go for all of your stationary needs. Shannon & Roxanne are very creative, attentive & professional. Our invitations were beautiful and so were our menus, programs, & itineraries. I would not hesitate to recommend them!
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    Jan Sent on 10/03/2014
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    Shannon is such a friendly and professional graphic designer. She listened to my wishes and composed the most beautiful invitations! I heard so many compliments about the attention to detail and the quality of paper used. It was a real pleasure to work with her. Later, she also completed table number cards and escort cards. My suggestion to anyone would be to hire someone as talented as Shannon at the Inviting Pear to do every bit of your print work. Do not try to do some of these pieces on your own. It is not worth it in the long run.
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    Shannon at The Inviting Pear was incredible to work with from the design to the delivery of invitations. She worked tirelessly with us on iterations to make the perfect design for our invitations. She’s extremely creative and can create just about anything you can dream up. We were pleased with her prices and didn’t feel at any point we were being “nickeled and dimed”. I would highly recommend her to any bride looking for someone to help with stationary that is fun, unique and not limited to pre-designed invitations. In the end, you really spend less working with Shannon to design your custom stationary rather than modifying and making changes to existing, pre-made invitations.
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    Sarah Sent on 04/02/2013
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    Shannon is absolutely amazing! We wanted something really different and fun for invitations, and Shannon helped us come up with these great customized invitations with decoder glasses! Not only were they cool, but they're so beautiful that the silly nerdiness of the concept was balanced out perfectly. She really did an exceptional job. They are completely original, and all of our guests LOVED them! Shannon was always very responsive and quick to reply to my feedback, which was fantastic. I never thought I would care so much about the invitations, but Shannon made them such a cool statement. I wasn't planning to order ceremony programs, but the invitations were so artistic and beautiful that I wanted her to create something else for me! I would recommend Shannon to anyone!
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    Ashton Sent on 04/30/2013
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    Shannon was incredible! She created amazing invites for us that looked like game day tickets to go along with our football themed wedding. She also did a wonderful job on our programs to stick with the theme. She took what I gave her as far as ideas and ran with them! What she created was beautiful and I am still getting compliments :-) To top it all off, I had a disaster with a bridesmaid just a couple of weeks before the wedding, and she did a quick redesign and reprint of the programs for me! I loved working with her and not only is she a talented designer, she is a very sweet person. Our wedding wouldn't have been the same without her services!
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    I had a pretty elaborate request for my invitations and save the dates, and Shannon took it all in stride and turned out just what I wanted. Everything was done on or ahead of schedule, and she took the time to make sure I stayed within my budget too. Even when I needed extra things (like additional ribbon for other purposes), she helped me get the exact same product she'd used for our invitations.
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    Eddie M. Sent on 03/29/2021
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    Wedding Stationary Done Right!

    We used The Inviting Pear for a number of our wedding stationary needs including welcome sign, seating chart, table numbers, name place cards and ceremony programs. We also had them illustrate our signature cocktails which came out great! I definitely recommend working with Arielle and the team at The Inviting Pear, you will not be disappointed!
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    The Inviting Pear did custom wedding invites and STDS for our wedding. Initially We had a little back and forth trying to get on the same page as to exactly what I was looking for. But once she understood my vision (which was a little difficult to understand, everyone kept going too rustic) the invites turned out beautifully. She was very understanding when I had even the smallest changes to make.

    I also had a problem with the USPS losing many of my invitations and Shannon was extremely helpful and prompt in helping get extras printed.

    I would not hesitate to use this business again and if you check out her site you will see the "RusticGlam" invites we designed together.

    Thank you Shannon!
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    Aimee Sent on 03/22/2012
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    Shannon of the Inviting Pear designed beautiful papel picado invitations for my Spanish themed wedding. The colors and design were absolutely gorgeous. We communicated via email, and she was always quick to respond. She made recommendations for the invite wording, yet allowed us to create our own. She happily revised my color pallette and wording until I was satisfied. These were a bit over my budget, but her professionalism and quality of work made it worth the splurge. Thanks, Shannon!
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    Sonja Sent on 04/07/2013
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    Shannon's work on my daughter' s wedding stationery was beautiful! She worked very closely with my daughter to create a natural and romantic vibe, each piece setting the wedding scene more clearly for our guests. It all began with a beautiful and plantable save the date and finished with an exquisite dinner menu printed in white ink on craft paper. Even through some personal challenges she met her deadlines. If you are wanting a very personal product we would highly recommend The Inviting Pear!
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    Mackenzie Sent on 06/28/2019
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    Beautiful Stationary

    Inviting Pear worked tirelessly to create a vision for all of our stationary elements that we loved! We had a very specific vision in mind and with our help and the help of our incredible florist, they were able to create an incredible and beautiful Save the Date, Invitation Suite, Cocktail Napkins, Stir Sticks, Menus, Programs, etc. They helped create signage and they even created some beautiful menus and name place cards for our rehearsal brunch. Arielle was a pleasure to work with and she put in so many hours working with us to understand what we were looking for and ultimately made our vision come true. They were willing to work with our florist to create a beautiful monogram which adorned the majority of our stationary pieces. The gold foil elements and unique shapes that we included in our stationary really made it stand out and become exactly what we were looking for. We are so grateful that we worked with them and that we spent the extra time and money to create custom and unique stationary with Inviting Pear. We highly recommend them for any of your stationary needs.

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    It was a pleasure working with you, Mackenzie. Everything turned out beautifully and we love that we were able to bring your vision to life. Congratulations and we wish you much happiness!
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    Very happy with final result but we ended up in a time.crunch we were unaware existed until after dates were set and the contract was signed. Just didn't have all the information up front but Shannon worked with us for a solution.
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    I think Shannon is a very professional business person. She was very timely and responsive. She is though very conventional. We brought her the ideas. We hoped that she would think outside the box. The invitations were beautiful, no doubt about that but not that unusual other than the ideas we presented. She is very dependable. When you spend a fair amount of money on the paper goods, you would expect to see something not seen before or creatively presented.
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    Tracey Sent on 03/31/2013
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    I was excited when Shannon and I brainstormed about my wedding invitations and save the dates, and was extremely impressed with her portfolio. Unfortunately I didn't feel that I received "custom" invitations for the price we paid-- and it seemed that I was getting previously used designs with a few color changes here an there. At the end I was extremely happy with the invitations, but not the process of getting there.
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