Unique Design Created Just for You
Fill in our custom design request form. Provide us with inspiration and all the details of colour, print type and quantities and we will send you a quote.
What our Custom Design service provides
Transform your wedding stationery into a work of art with our custom design service. Whether it's a picturesque map guiding guests to your venue, bespoke shapes that break the mold, or an elegant illustration of your rustic barn or charming winery, our designs are as unique as your event. Enhance the experience with a QR code for easy RSVPs.
Custom Artwork
Our artists can create original illustrations inspired by your photos, venues or ideas.*
*Additional fees applyCustom Map
Custom Shapes
CUSTOM DESIGN PROCESS
- HOW IT WORKS
SUBMIT A REQUEST
Explain what you have in mind by filling out the form below with details of your custom design request.
Our team will send you a quote based on your design specifications.
DESIGNED FOR YOU
On approval of quote, one of our design associates will create your perfect stationery. The process usually takes about 7-10 working days.
WE PRINT AND SHIP
After you approve your proof, we print and ship your order to you.
Get Your Own Special Design
Bilingual Custom Wedding Invitation Design for Canada
Why Choose Custom Invitation Design from Scratch?
When an existing template is not the right starting point, Paperlust's design-from-scratch service creates something built entirely around your brief. You bring the inspiration - a colour palette, a theme, a mood board, a handful of reference images - and our designers translate it into a finished artwork ready for production. Paperlust welcomes orders from across Canada, for events conducted in English or French.
Custom Invitation Design for Every Occasion
The service works for any event that calls for a printed invitation. Wedding stationery suites, engagement party invitations, milestone birthday cards, corporate event invites, baby shower announcements - if it is worth printing, our designers can build the design from the ground up.
Each project starts with a detailed brief. Your assigned designer works with you through two review rounds to refine the concept until it matches your vision. Your first draft is delivered within 7-10 working days of brief submission. From that point the process is iterative - you review, provide feedback, and we revise. The design does not move to production until you approve it.
The design-from-scratch service also covers the full stationery suite. If you need an invitation, RSVP card, details insert, menu, and programme that all belong together, our team designs them as a set - not as separate documents stitched together after the fact.
Adding an Extra Touch
Designing from scratch opens options that template-based services cannot offer. Our designers can incorporate hand-drawn illustrations, custom map graphics showing your venue location, die-cut shapes that give your invitation a distinctive silhouette, and lettering styles created to match your aesthetic.
These elements are built to work across every piece in your suite, so nothing feels inconsistent. Whether you want something clean and typographic or richly illustrated, the range and depth of the brief is up to you.
Save Time and Ensure Quality
Working with a designer who is also a print specialist removes the coordination overhead of managing a freelance designer alongside a separate printer. Paperlust handles design and production under one roof. Your designer understands which print methods and paper stocks work together, and files are handed to production correctly set up - no version errors, no delays from file corrections.
Print methods include letterpress, foil stamp, flat foil, metallic print, white ink and digital print. Your designer will advise on which technique best suits your concept and paper choice so the finished card looks as good in your hands as it did on screen.