Lovingly Printed Paper Goods
Christine Schneider
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Welcome to Inkello, a design and letterpress studio based in Lawrence, Kansas! I'm Christy — a designer, illustrator and fourth-generation letterpress printer. I create one-of-a-kind wedding and special occasion stationery suites inspired by each couple's own love story. I print them on vintage letterpresses in my studio in the Warehouse Arts District, located in the charming college town of Lawrence. Whether you're seeking a custom-designed invitation, a hand-bound guestbook, or unique favors for your guests, I can create the paper goods that will help make your momentous event extra special.
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Coasters
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Seating Charts
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Table Numbers
Thank You Cards
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Christine Schneider
Owner
Hi, I'm Christy. I'm a designer, illustrator and fourth-generation letterpress printer. I grew up in Colorado and graduated with a BFA in Illustration from the University of Kansas. In addition to Inkello, I own Yellow Pencil Studio, Inc., an illustration and design studio in Lawrence, Kansas. I live near downtown Lawrence with my husband, daughter, and two cats. I love making things — drawing, painting, sewing, knitting, cooking, home improvement, gardening — anything that gets my hands dirty!
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Inkello Letterpress, run by Christy, is highly recommended for wedding invitations based on multiple positive reviews. Christy is described as amazing, organized, creative, and easy to work with, providing beautiful, unique, and high-quality custom invitations. Reviewers appreciate her attention to detail, helpful suggestions, flexibility with budget, and timely communication. Clients were impressed with the personalized designs, professionalism, and seamless process, praising Christy for exceeding expectations and creating stunning products, from invitations to seating charts and welcome signs. Her passion for the work and dedication to fulfilling couples' visions shine through in the glowing feedback received.Review photos
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Raja D
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5.0
3/03/2025
Christy is amazing! She is great and so easy to work with! My save the dates and invitations were absolutely beautiful! Highly recommend her!
Alexa G
5.0
3/17/2025
Christy was AMAZING. The invitations she made for my wedding far exceeded my expectations. She made this process simple and kept everything very organized. I will be working with her again in the future.
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Centi C
5.0
2/26/2025
I cannot recommend Christy enough! From the beginning, Christy was immediately responsive and willing to work with us on our timeline & budget. We were on a really tight deadline to get our invites sent out, and Christy kept us in the loop every step of the way. She also offered us the option to letterpress only the front and print digitally on the back, to save us some cost. We had a design premade from a family member, but Christy walked us through choosing the color/type of paper and ink color during an in-person visit to her (very cool!) studio, explaining how would everything would interact in the letterpress process. She even gave us advice on the mailing process, as we hadn’t considered some complications due to the square shape of our invites.
The final invitations themselves are absolutely gorgeous, and we’ve gotten lots of compliments on how “classy” they are. They will be a keepsake forever.
Her fantastic work aside, Christy was just so kind and lovely to work with. I’m so grateful we found Inkello. Highly recommend to anyone looking to have their invitations professionally printed with care!
Kaitlin B
5.0
10/11/2024
Beautifully crafted, highly customizable, one-of-a-kind wedding invitations handmade in a lovely studio using antique letterpress & careful technique. Christy was a pleasure to work with; she took great care with details and offered us a large variety of options when it came to design, color, paper, ink and custom art. Reasonable pricing and timeliness helped make our dream invites a reality. Truly unique, gorgeous finished product. Wonderful experience.
Care D
5.0
9/23/2024
One of the best choices of our wedding - I could not recommend working with Christy enough!!! The quality, detail and vision she executed was incredible. I came to our first session with a few Pinterest photos and a singular photo of our venue and she was able to make the custom invites of our dreams! Her creativity and communication throughout the process made her a no brainer to work with. Our seating and welcome signs, menus, programs, table numbers and entire invite suite were so well done we based most of the decor off of them! The suite also inspired our wedding website, which made it really feel upscale while unique to us and still very affordable compared to other much less custom invites I had gotten priced for. I will be using her for all formal events I host moving forward!!!
Beth G
5.0
8/26/2024
I hired Christy and her outstanding services to work on our wedding invitations as well as some other enlargements/prints. She is so organized, detailed and was in constant contact with us the whole time. Everything was done so professionally and on time. They are absolutely beautiful!!
Lillian S
5.0
7/19/2024
Working with Christy was so easy and I’m very happy with how my invitations turned out. She had great suggestions for laying out the invitation, carefully listened to my ideas and feedback, and was timely with her deliverables. I would highly recommend her services.
Isis T
5.0
5/04/2024
Christy was organized, thoughtful, very patient, and encouraging as I went through various stages/visions for our wedding invitations. She put together beautiful and unique invitations and I’m so happy we found her!
Pauline E
5.0
4/13/2024
Very knowledgeable about all processes, and I love the old printing machines she uses for printing of invitations. We were very pleased with our invitations. I would recommend her to all of my friends and family
Taylor F
5.0
2/02/2024
Christy was amazing! Super easy to communicate with, she was so fast in getting our design back to us and production was quick as well. All of our guests loved our invitations. So elegant, and great quality. She can do basically anything you can think of. You will not regret hiring her!
Lindsey A
5.0
10/18/2023
Christy of Inkello Letterpress is a literal dream to work with! She helped us design our wedding invitations and the process was so easy and fun, we came back to her two weeks before the wedding to have her make our welcome sign, seating chart and timeline cards. Christy is extremely knowledgeable and experienced and the work she does is so professional and beautifully done. During the chaos of wedding planning, I found working with her was easy and stress free. I couldn't recommend her enough!
Catie G
5.0
7/26/2023
I can’t recommend Christy and Inkello highly enough! I love paper goods and letterpress specifically and dreamed of having beautiful custom invitations for my wedding, but after shopping around a bit I thought it was going to be sadly well out of my budget — until I found Christy! I used her printing services only and designed the invites myself; I used an Etsy template and modified it a bunch to make it perfect. Christy was able to print everything exactly how I wanted. She had great advice about choosing paper and ink colors, and got everything made beautifully and quickly. She also communicated so well and sent me pictures and videos throughout the process which I loved. I definitely would (and hopefully will!) use Inkello again.
response 07/26/2023
Thank you so much, Catie — I love how your invitations turned out, they were so fun to pri...
nt!
Larissa L
5.0
7/26/2023
I worked with Christy to design wedding invitations, thank you notes and programs. I had the absolute best experience. Christy is so kind and thoughtful and her designs reflect her expertise. I had some ideas but nothing too defined and she was able to work with both my ideas and budget to create beautiful products! She also has an incredibly quick turnaround and was able to help me out after I made an editing error on my programs. I worked with Christy mostly via email but was also able to visit her shop - which I would definitely recommend! Overall - this was a wonderful experience and I would 100/10 recommend!!
response 07/26/2023
Thank you so much, Larissa! Working with you was such a delight. All the best to both of y...
ou!
Jessie C
5.0
6/26/2023
We are beyond happy with how our wedding invitations from Inkello Letterpress turned out! Working with Christy was so easy. From our first meeting with her, I knew she understood our vision for our day. She gave us multiple design options to choose from and used our favorite elements from each to create what became our invitations. Her communication, timeliness, and eye for design were all excellent. I cannot recommend Christy highly enough!
response 06/27/2023
It was so much fun to hear your ideas and come up with something perfect for the two of yo...
u. Can't wait to see pics from the big day! ❤️
Sophie T
5.0
6/12/2023
We loved working with Christy from Inkello -- from Save the Dates, to our multi-part wedding invitations, to our wedding shower hostess gifts, to our Thank Yous, Christy has helped our vision come to life. Christy has a keen eye for detail and design. Her designs combined my Kansas background with my husband's Scottish background, and we loved sending the Kansas-shaped Save the Dates to family abroad! The sunflower and thistle theme was used in our wedding invitations and mirrored in some of the bouquets at the wedding. We loved the continuity!
The process:
We had an initial meeting where Christy showed us some ideas for invitations, then sent us beautiful digital mock ups using the designs we'd discussed. For our invitations, we needed a vellum insert for a specific number of guests, which Christy styled to fit with our theme. Our Thank You notes also follow the same design from our invitations, and we've loved using them for non-wedding cards too.
Communication:
We primarily communicated through email, but Christy was also available for things specific to our project by text (like coordinating pickup times, since my family lives in Lawrence, where her studio is). She also helped us with the timeline for sending save the dates and invitations, which was a useful reminder, making sure to have the pieces ready to go by then.
We loved working with Inkello, and we've recommended them to friends and family for not only printed paper materials, but also other projects. Thanks Christy!
*the photo of Christy's beautiful invitations were taken by Nick Krug (@nickkrug_ks)!
response 06/12/2023
Thank you so much, Sophie — I loved working with you to come up with something special mad...
e just for the two of you!
Jennifer A
5.0
5/08/2023
Christy went above and beyond to get our invites to us, at the level of quality we wanted, as quickly as possible. We were working with a quick turnaround and she was able to problem solve with us the best way to move forward. Also, turns out, pretty much the only place in town that does gold stamping! The invites are beautiful.
Jenny S
5.0
2/15/2023
Christy will make your vision come true (and make it better than you could have ever imagined) and will make the entire process a breeze! From the first meeting we had with her, we knew she would be the perfect fit. She showed us tons of examples in person at her studio and walked us through every element of the design from paper color to paper thickness to ink color to wording on the invites. Then, she emailed us the design proofs and absolutely nailed our vision and designed the perfect monogram for us to incorporate throughout our stationery. The invites are even more stunning in person. We can’t wait to have her design our matching welcome sign, ceremony programs, and seating chart. If you want to know that all of the details in your wedding stationery will come together cohesively and seamlessly, then hire Christy!!
response 02/15/2023
Thank you so much, Jenny! I loved working on your invitations with you.
Cesalea O
5.0
1/12/2023
Inkello was one of the best choices we made while wedding planning! Our invitations included a personalized drawing of the place my husband proposed to me. Our guests were floored when they received them! Christy has an obvious passion for her work. Her enthusiasm to bring our vision to life, her timeliness, and her attention to detail are unmatched! Thanks so much, Christy!
response 01/12/2023
Thank you so much, CC — it was a delight to work with you both! Wishing you the best in y...
our new life together. ❤️
– Christy
Paige B
5.0
10/17/2022
Christy is an absolute DREAM to work with - starting from our beginning vision all the way to the final signs at our wedding.
Invitations: To create our custom letter press invitations, she listened to our vision and created a custom graphic based on our the stained glass inside our venue. More than that - she got creative with ways to save us money and to fit everything in our budget. Specifically she came up with the idea of putting our wedding information on our RSVP card with a perforated edge. To execute our vision of an arched invitation and black envelope, she ordered (at no cost to us) a special arch template AND a special printer to make it happen.
Wedding Signs: The wedding invitation theme flowed into our wedding signs - from the welcome sign that she mounted and provided to us - to the bar signs (on which she created a custom graphic of our dog for us). I only gave her two weeks do this and she NAILED it with extra time.
In General: She's incredibly sweet and responsive - she had meetings with me whenever I wanted, brought out samples and different colors when I couldn't make up my mind, and provided her professional opinion on what would look best.
Seriously, reach out to her. She'll work WITH you to create something unique and beautiful.
response 10/18/2022
Thank you so much, Paige — I loved working with you on all your wedding stationery!
Rebecca L
5.0
9/07/2022
We worked with Christy on every element of our wedding stationery (save the dates, invitations, day-of items like menus, programs, place cards and escort cards). Working with Christy was a dream. She made every effort to understand my vision and her designs far surpassed my hopes. She was consistently thoughtful and creative and was always willing to accept feedback or make tweaks. One area I particularly appreciated her creativity was how to keep costs down on a few items. Her designs were so beautiful — we received endless compliments on her work at our wedding. I couldn’t recommend Christy higher. Of all the vendors we worked with, she is the one who I felt truly “got me,” and from seeing the diversity of her work, I’m confident many many brides feel this way!
response 09/07/2022
Thank you, Rebecca — I loved bringing your vision for your wedding to life. Best wishes as...
the two of you begin your new life together. ❤️
Madeline M
5.0
9/07/2022
Working with Christy was one of the best decisions we made for our wedding! There are so many options out there and different designs that it can make your head spin, but working with Christy made everything feel perfect. Our invitations, seating chart, and welcome sign were so stunning and unique. She copied details from our wedding venue and incorporated them into everything! She was so timely and helpful and imaginative. I never would have pictured our invites to be as amazing as they were. They aren’t cookie cutter invites that you can just go buy somewhere. They’re special to me and my husband and unlike anything else. Definitely recommend Christy and Inkello for your invites, seating chart, welcome sign and anything else!!
response 09/07/2022
Thank you so much, Maddy! I loved working with you on your wedding suite! 💕
Jolisa B
5.0
9/01/2022
Christy was wonderful to work with. Her design work was beautiful. She was very timely in getting our order completed.
response 09/01/2022
Thank you so much, Jolisa — I really enjoyed working with you!
Rachel B
5.0
9/01/2022
Christy is amazing to work with! She took the time to ask questions about us as a couple, who we are, and what we imagined for our wedding. Christy took my answers/comments and turned it into the PERFECT wedding invitation design. She was able to get our invitations ready in an extremely timely matter (over 200 invitations) and I received TONS of compliments about the invitations! Everyone noticed and appreciated the small details Christy put into them.
response 09/01/2022
Thank you so much, Rachel! It was such a pleasure to make your invitations. I wish you bot...
h the best. ❤️
Stephanie S
5.0
4/25/2022
Christy was such a pleasure to work with! She exceeded my expectations for my wedding program booklets and they turned out so beautiful and elegant! I came to her with a very specific vision of how I wanted my programs and she was able to execute it over and beyond my expectation. She offered many creative suggestions to get our desired outcome so we could still remain in our budget (which is rare in the wedding industry)! She was so patient with us as we went back and forth on revisions and had very quick response times to all of my questions. Her work is detailed and VERY high quality. She has such a calming presence and was such a joy to work with. There are not enough kind words I can say about her :)
response 04/25/2022
Thank you, Stephanie — it was a joy to work with you. Wishing you the best in your new lif...
e together!
Rose P
5.0
1/11/2022
Christy was a real joy to work with. She listens to her client and then used her artistic ability to improve on our ideas. Her work is reasonably priced as well. I highly recommend Chrsity.
response 01/11/2022
Thank you so much, Rose — I really enjoyed working with you and M. too!
Cat M
5.0
10/08/2021
Christy at Inkello Letterpress is quite simply amazing. When I realized in June that I was just not cut out for DIY wedding invitations, I panicked for a moment -- and then I found Christy! She graciously worked us into her already busy schedule and quickly turned around our invitation suite (invitations, envelopes printed with guest addresses, reception cards, RSVP cards, and return envelopes) for our September wedding. We loved Christy's work so much that we decided to engage Inkello Letterpress to design and print a myriad of other paper goods for our wedding: welcome cards for our hotel guests, programs for our ceremony, table numbers and name cards for our reception, thank you notes, etc. She even designed a custom monogram for us and provided the image in various formats so we could use it on other items as we pleased (stickers, etc). Christy's work is absolutely stunning, but it's equally important to note that she is a true pleasure to work with. She provides a sense of calm that can't quite be explained (especially for brides with a lot going on)! Her attention to detail is unmatched and even the way she packages things is thoughtful and full of love. Our wedding day truly would not have been the same without Christy's beautiful work. We would highly recommend Inkello Letterpress and we will certainly continue to engage Christy for any of our future design/printing needs.
response 10/09/2021
Thank you so much, Cat, for entrusting me with your wedding stationery! It was truly a ple...
asure to work with you and I wish you both the very best in your new life together. ❤️
Lyneth R
5.0
8/15/2021
So glad I picked INKELLO to do my wedding invitations. Christy was able to create something unique and beautiful, she was able to read me and knew exactly what I wanted. Excelente quality!
They were able to help in such a short notice and transition was smooth and easy.
In love…..
♥️
response 08/15/2021
Thanks so much, Lyneth! It was such a pleasure to work with you and Allan. Best wishes on ...
your wedding day. ❤️❤️❤️
Taryn H
5.0
8/14/2021
Christy a true professional and a joy to be around-she is creative, inspiring and an absolute pleasure to work with! She ALWAYS finds an innovative solution to even the most obscure request I may come up with! As a designer myself, I truly enjoy working with someone with such a precise, keen eye for detail and a creative, solution-oriented open mind! I get excited every time I have a project to bring to her! She is the go to person in our family now for any special event or news we’d like to share with others, going out of her way to make our family memories all the more treasured. An added bonus- our 11 month old always enjoys working with her too!! Thank you for all you do, Christy!
response 08/14/2021
Thank you so much, Taryn! I always enjoy working with you. ❤️
Katelyn K
5.0
5/10/2021
Christy was amazing to work with! She did a wonderful job printing our wedding invitations and envelopes and was extremely professional and quick to respond any time we had a question. Her turn around time was super fast and shipping was as well. We can’t wait to share our beautiful invites with our family and friends! Thank you again Christy!
response 05/10/2021
I'm so glad you're pleased! Your invitations were a joy to print. Best wedding wished to y...
ou both!
Abby W
5.0
4/03/2021
Christy with Inkello is AMAZING!! We used her for Invitations - they were beautiful and so was her calligraphy addressing! We showed her our decor inspiration and she took if from there.
For the wedding day she made the seating chart, table numbers and Bar Menus. Everything matched perfectly and helped pull off the look we wanted.
response 04/03/2021
Thank you, Abby! I'm always so glad when I get to work with you — your events are always b...
eautiful!
Callie E
5.0
3/15/2021
Christy is AMAZING to work with. Our wedding invitations turned out just perfect. We got letter pressed invitations and compared to other places they were priced very reasonably. Letter press is generally more expensive than digitally printed so this was expected. Very pleased with how our invitations turned out and our invitees continue to rave about them.
response 03/15/2021
Thank you so much, Callie! I loved working on invitations for your wedding, and I'm so gla...
d you're getting such great responses from your guests. Best wishes to you both on your big day!
Brooke M
5.0
8/18/2020
Working with Christy at Inkello for our wedding was a breath of fresh air! She took time to understand exactly what my vision was. When it came time to show me what she created, she always exceeded my expectations! I highly recommend Christy for any special occasion in your life. I'm looking forward to working with her in the future!
response 08/19/2020
Thank you so much, Brooke! I truly enjoyed working with you to create just the right piece...
s for you and Grant. Wishing you the very best in your new life together. ❤️
– Christy
Sara R
5.0
10/06/2019
Christy at Inkello is very talented! She is a hidden gem in Lawrence and very affordable and her work is very high quality. You will not be disappointed.
Paige D
5.0
5/15/2019
Christy with Inkello Letterpress is amazingly talented and very professional to work with. I really wasn't too sure of what I wanted for the invitations, so I only provided her with the colors, type of flower and wording we wanted. Christy had sent us samples of card stock and had suggested fonts for the samples to ensure that we were getting exactly what we wanted to make our day extra special. In a short time we had 3 beautiful choices. Each option was completely different and so beautiful, it was difficult to make our choice. We had decided on one design for the invitations and used another design for the cocktail napkins. The time and care Christy shown for each product is unbelievable. I will use Christy and Inkello again for all of my print needs and would recommend her to everyone. She is hands down the best in the business.
response 05/15/2019
Thank you so much, Paige! It was a pleasure to work with you to create the perfect pieces ...
for your special day.
– Christy
Chloe B
4.0
4/24/2019
Inkello Letterpress was hands down one of the best letterpress printmakers to work with for our commitment ceremony announcements! We loved Christy’s design, presentation aesthetic and personality. She was a great listener and made us feel at peace throughout the process. Every meeting was creative, fun and productive. We were able to collaborate on the small details that made our day’s announcements extra special. Overall, she was respectful and an effective communicator. She responded thoughtfully and quickly and stuck to our budget with options that we were able to work with, change and make our own. You’ll love working with Inkello, her design shoppe is super fun, too! Take a chance on a local designer, you won’t regret it!
response 05/08/2019
Thanks, Chloe! It was fun to work with you both and get things *just right* for your speci...
al day.
– Christy
Marcia H
5.0
4/15/2019
Christy created two special invitations for us. In conjunction with our 50th Wedding Anniversary, she also replicated the 100 year old booklet made for my husband's grandparents golden celebration. We could not have been more pleased with her creativity, attention to detail, and the end results. We highly recommend her.
response 05/08/2019
Thank you so much, Marcia. I always enjoy working on your exciting and unique projects!
– ...
Christy
Marcia H
5.0
4/15/2019
Christy created two special invitations for us. In conjunction with our 50th Wedding Anniversary, she also replicated the 100 year old booklet made for my husband's grandparents golden celebration. We could not have been more pleased with her creativity, attention to detail, and the end results. We highly recommend her.
Wendy F
5.0
4/06/2019
I was referred to Inkello by a friend who had just done reception invitations for her son. I was looking for rehearsal dinner and day after lunch invitations for my son. After talking with Christy, she assembled several choices that reflected the place (barbecue) of the rehearsal dinner, and more importantly, choices that my son and his fiancé really liked! Christy is easy to work with and very prompt in returning emails and phone calls. I would highly recommend her!
response 05/08/2019
Thank you, Wendy! It was a delight to work on the rehearsal dinner invitations for your so...
n and daughter-in-law.
– Christy
Alison L
5.0
4/02/2019
Inkello and Christy Schneider designed and printed my wedding invitations, including a custom mountain design. Christy was able to execute my vision, the work was stunning, and Christy’s professionalism was second to none! I would highly recommend Inkello to any brides looking for a unique and beautiful option for invitations!
response 05/08/2019
Thank you, Alison! It was a pleasure to work on your invitation suite.
– Christy
Allison F
5.0
3/30/2019
I have entrusted Christy with multiple party invitations, as well as a rehearsal dinner invitation and our daughter’s wedding program. Each time she has shown such creative flair appropriate to the occasion, and of what spirit we hoped to convey. She is a delight to work with as well!!
response 05/08/2019
Thank you, Allison! I appreciate the positive feedback, and I always enjoy working with yo...
u.
– Christy
Carolyn W
5.0
3/29/2019
I shopped checked a few other letterpress vendors including hammerpress and Christine's work was not only more beautiful but better priced.
response 05/08/2019
It was truly a pleasure to work with you, Carolyn — thank you!
– Christy
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