About this vendor
Welcome to ephemera! In our corner of the world, we design the kind of invitations that are fun to create and a delight to receive. We believe in fun over fuss, the power of words on paper, and that wedding planning should never make you cry.
We are happy to offer:
•invitation design (weddings & otherwise!)
• day-of paper goods (signage, seating charts, programs, menus, place cards - you name it)
• digital envelope addressing
• printing services
• d.i.y. paper and supplies
Get in touch! We are excited to make something great with you!
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Invitations & Paper Goods
- Custom Invitations
- Paper Goods
- Escort & Place Cards
- Menus
- Programs
- Seating Charts
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4.8
out of 5.010 reviews
Invest in the paper. Ephemera was great to work with. Our invitation suite was GORGEOUS. It was all we ever hoped for. They showed us all of the options (there were so many), stuck...
with what we were looking for, gave us many options to chose from, and boxed the invitations up so cute when we picked them up. They even had one ready for my husband and I to keep. They showed us how to stuff each invitation. We were in great hands and I will forever recommend them. Again, invest in the paper. It was the first experience our guests had for our wedding day and it was stunning.
We worked with Arin to create a wedding program, place cards, and a seating chart sign. She was wonderful to work with! We did all of this during the two weeks before our wedding w...
hich seemed like a tight timeline to me but she was so great and handled everything! Everything she created was beautiful!
We worked with Arin on our wedding invites, escort cards, and welcome sign. She made the whole process super easy and was very attentive to putting together a design that was just ...
what we were looking for. She was great at communicating deadlines, and everything was right on time.
We worked with Karen for all the print needs of the wedding - invites, programs, menus, signage. She listened to what we were wanting and was able to capture exactly what my son an...
d daughter-in-law were looking for. Everything was done on time and all were beautiful. She gave me a website to order custom napkins from because they were less expensive. I actually miss stopping in the store on a regular basis to talk to Karen! I can’t say enough about their work.
Arin and Karen at Ephemera are simply the best people. Working with them was a joy, from their beautiful, impeccable designs to their one-on-one time with their customers. I would ...
often wander into the shop just to see how they were doing during the lead up to the wedding and they both were always wonderful to see and stopped to chat and fawn over my dog. Their designs for our invitations were so beautiful, on such gorgeous cardstock, and at a reasonable price that rivaled online retailers! You cannot beat the personal attention provided at Ephemera. I am so glad I didn't end up considering online prints. What a waste that would've been! I love these ladies. No doubt you will too.
We worked with Karen for our invitations, programs, escort cards, signs, and a few other special items for our wedding. She did an amazing job! Every detail was absolutely beautifu...
l. She was very easy to work with, receptive to revisions we wanted made, and brought our vision for our wedding to life. We had a last-minute change of rehearsal dinner venue, and she very quickly made a beautiful postcard to send to our guests that matched all of our other details. It was such a nice touch, and made a very stressful situation a lot more pleasant! Thank you, Karen!!
Our first consultation was great working with the ladies to get an idea of exactly we wanted our invitations to look like. We met before Christmas and was told we would get them af...
ter the holidays. We didn't receive our proof until February. When I sent an email with some corrections I wanted, it took two weeks to respond to my email. This continued to be the case for each correspondence. I finally just went into the shop to work on the corrections in person. I was told they would be ready on a certain day for pick up. When I went to pick them up, they were not done. Thankful they delivered them directly to my office when they were done. While the invitations turned out nicely, we had to get through a lot of obstacles to get to the final product.
I loved the ladies at Ephemera. Arin was so helpful, we really had no idea what we wanted and she was amazing at helping us narrow things down and giving us just what we wanted. We...
worked with Ephemera over the the holidays and they were extremely busy so it took a little longer to get proofs back than we had hoped, but when we received them, we were blown away. Arin was so great about making little changes and tweaks until everything was just right. Definitely worth the money!
The ladies of Ephemera were wonderful! I wasn't sure what I wanted for an invitation, but I knew for sure what I didn't want. After talking with the ladies and looking through some...
designs, they suggested we design our own, unique invitation. With their skills, it turned out wonderful! They sent us home with samples that day. I couldn't have been happier with the look and quality of our invitations.
They also designed a simple and beautiful wedding program at a good price.
I was beyond happy with their outstanding work!!
A friend of mine designed our invitations for us and recommended that we go to Ephemera for all of our paper and printing needs. We worked mostly with Karen. She was fantastic. ...
All of the decisions that go into invitations was not something I had considered, but she made it very easy and stress free. She talked me through all of the different options and worked so hard to give me the look I wanted while staying within my budget. We ended up paying more for invitations than some people might expect, but it was well worth it. They set the whole tone for the wedding and reception and I could not have been happier with the end result.
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204 12th Street, Des Moines, IA | Based Des Moines, shipping worldwide!
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