About this vendor
At BFS we offer our clients the opportunity to either purchase or design a custom look to their Wedding Paperie. We carry elegant and classic lines such as Arzberger, Cranes, William Arthur, BT Elements,Picketts Press and more.Our knowledgeable talented staff and design team are here to provide professional advice from proper etiquette to ensuring every detail of your special event is met. Our in-house paperie and gift shop features stylish and sophisticated announcements, invitations, custom stationery, albums, guestbooks, napkins, coasters, frames, baby gifts, tea towels and much much more. Being part of a commercial printing business we are able to offer more than the average stationery business.We are a family owned company with a big heart and a penchant for flair and creativity
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Invitations & Paper Goods
- Custom Invitations
- Paper Goods
- Coasters
- Escort & Place Cards
- Guest Books
- Menus
Awards and Affiliations
2022 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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Reviews
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4.6
out of 5.014 reviews
My experience with Bethesda Stationery was incredibly disappointing. I trusted them with my wedding invitation project, but the process was marred by poor communication, unprofessi...
onalism, and a complete lack of accountability. For a month now, I tried to follow up on the status of my project through texts, calls, and emails. Finally, after persistent effort, Ale—my assigned contact—responded to inform me she hadn’t completed the design process and advised me to find another vendor. This is after I had been reassured multiple times that my deadline would be met.
What’s worse is that the owner of the company never stepped in to take accountability or communicate with me directly. It should have been her responsibility to let me know in a timely and professional manner if they couldn’t fulfill my request. Instead, I was left scrambling to find a new vendor as soon as possible to finish my invites. This lack of professionalism and respect for their clients' time is unacceptable. I would strongly advise anyone considering Bethesda Stationery to think twice. Your special events deserve better care and communication than this company provides.
Ale was such a great help--she was able to deliver what we wanted and updated us. It was all easy because I designed the invitation myself, but they were so helpful and accommodati...
ng to help us reach the deadline for the mailing of our wedding invitations.
I highly recommend them.
Michelle Heatwole is a phenomenal artist with executive functioning skills to spare. She is a fabulous communicator with great ideas, and can take YOUR ideas and make them great.
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I cannot recommend her and Bethesda Stationery enough. Fantastic.
Michelle was wonderful to work with - listening to what we want but also offering good suggestions or advice. The proofs were completed in a timely manner and the items were print...
ed quickly. Many people commented that my invitations were the most beautiful they'd ever seen - thanks to Michelle and Bethesda Fine Stationery! We also ordered day-of paper through them and they were lovely as well. Highly recommend!
Michelle is wonderful, so creative and talented!!
We needed invitations in a hurry. There was a glitch in production, but Michelle did all she could to overcome it and make it right. Her advice and her taste are excellent. When t...
here were changes in the place cards, she was willing and able to accommodate us.
The team at Bethesda Fine Stationary (particularly Michelle!) are absolutely amazing. We had so many last minute changes with our venue location, details, attendee list, and more ...
(COVID weddings...) and Michelle was so flexible and adaptable. We were able to do a custom liner for the invitation envelope that my husband created and it was PERFECT. Michelle is so creative and did a beautiful job with our wedding invitation suite. From the invitation, to the RSVP card, the envelopes, calligraphy, and more. We were blown away! Thank you, Michelle and team. We could not have loved our beautiful stationary more for our wedding day.
Michelle is amazing to work with! I used her for my save the dates, my new COVID save the dates, menus for our wedding and now my Christmas cards! She goes above and beyond through...
out the entire process to ensure the design is perfect and exactly what we want as well as works quickly to make things happen on tight timelines. 10/10 recommend!!
I'm a Covid bride and Michelle was with me every step of the way from our initial postponement to changing our venue at the last minute, and then ultimately canceling until all of ...
this is over. She kept all the changes organized and everything moving smoothly. Pricing was always clear and reasonable given the beautiful quality of the paper items. Not to mention, we LOVED how everything turned out from the beautiful illustrations of DC landmarks on our save-the-dates to the cohesion of our invitation suite. Everyone complimented us on them! The options are endless and you really can't go wrong with BFS. She'll be the first person I reach out to when we're finally able to have a wedding celebration!
We are so pleased with all of our printed pieces from our recent wedding - all thanks to the amazing team at Bethesda Fine Stationary! From initial concept to the final printed pro...
duct, we had an amazing time working with Alesia and Gretchen. They helped to bring our initial vision to life, in the form of a custom invitation suite and wedding day accessories (we are still receiving compliments on these pieces nearly six months after the fact!) From the styling of the envelopes, to our program fans, each piece was unique and given so much care. In addition, the printing was absolutely beautiful and preserved my custom watercolor work perfectly. Beyond the final product, we really enjoyed working with Alesia and Gretchen! Their professionalism and expertise with design and printing helped us tremendously. They were an absolute delight to work with and I already plan to return with all of my future printing needs!
I am so glad we used Bethesda Fine Stationary for our invitations and day of papers. Alesia designed our invitation and got our vision on the first try with one of her three desig...
ns. She then went on to design our program, menu, gift bag note card, and escort cards. My only caution is that Alesia tends to over promise on deadlines. While we got everything on time, it did take some pushing and persistence to stay on schedule. I'd recommend using a cushioned timeline. Her work is beautiful and I would definitely use Bethesda Fine Stationary again.
I've been working with Gretchen and Alesia at BFS for a few months now on my wedding suite, and they've been amazing! We first met, with my fiancé, to go over the ideas we had abou...
t the wedding (colors, weekend schedule, aesthetics, etc). Once they had that info, they pulled books for us to look through and we were able to narrow down what we liked! We ended up liking different parts of about 4 invitation suites. Instead of going through one of the templates, Gretchen and Alesia took what we liked and created a custom suite that we are SO in love with. Not only that, but they have helped come up with a ton of amazing ideas that we will be using throughout our wedding weekend - cute ideas for escort cards, menu cards, bins for "dancing shoes" and more! Plus, Alesia created a stunning, custom map of the island (destination wedding) for us to include in our welcome bags (which they designed and ordered for an amazing price!) Not only have they helped with the wedding items, but we ordered a gorgeous stationery through them for our thank you notes for all of the gifts, shower attendees, etc. that we've needed along the way!! They've made the process so easy and so enjoyable - we would recommend them to anyone!
I had a Wonderful experience with the very talented people at Bethesda Fine Stationery.I absolutely. Loved my wedding invitation and all my day of papers. Their attention to detail...
and ideas made the suite , unique, beautiful and the talk among all my friends and family. I'll be back to do my first Christmas card with them as Mr. and Mrs. (part of the little gift they gave for doing my wedding invitations with them.)
I had the best time working with Gretchen and Alesia! they made everything so easy for me and made sure I had the best wedding suite. My family and I are so grateful to have worked...
with such wonderful vendors, but I have to say that Bethesda Fine Stationery was the most fun of them all!
Contact
4715 Miller Ave, Bethesda, MD
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