About this vendor
Kristen Giardino is the owner of Letters By KG, a custom wedding signage and calligraphy studio. This talented creative enjoys crafting unique items to enhance the ambience of a couple’s big day.
Kristen has long loved art and design. With her artistic skills, she began making bespoke works of art for her friends’ weddings. Seeing and hearing their delight over her creations, she decided to start Letters By KG in March of 2021. In the first year of opening, her company produced signage for more than a hundred couples. Besides owning and running her own business, Kristen is also a neurology nurse and proud pet parent.
Letters By KG offers hand-drawn and painted items for a couple’s celebrations. The team can also provide unique event rentals, such as vintage mirrors and easels. Kristen and the team enjoy crafting a bespoke design that helps make a couple’s festivities even more special.
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Awards and Affiliations
2-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2023.2022.
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Kristen is the absolute best! She is professional, responsive, talented and accommodating! I could not recommend her enough. She will make your wedding planning process a breeze an...
d will also enhance your big day with her amazing calligraphy skills. Do yourself a favor and hire her :)
How do I begin to write a review that reflects how amazing Kristen is? She is the sweetest person ever and was the best addition to our wedding experience! Every vision we had, she...
brought to life and well exceeded with her artistic skills. Not only was she super flexible with my continuous additions, (again, so sweet!) but was so willing to do whatever I was dreaming up! She made signage for our bridal shower, rehearsal dinner and wedding day. We had endless, amazing comments about our signage at each event! We are so thankful for her work and will not stop recommending her to others. We cannot wait to continue using her services in the future and to see how she grows in her business!! Thank you for being AMAZING to work with, Kristen!! 💓
Kristen was amazing to work with from start to finish. Sher is personable while still remaining professional. She added such a personal touch to our wedding and we received multipl...
e compliments on all of the signage she created. When I wasn't sure which colors/designs would look good together, she provided ideas and advice as to what has worked well in the past. She honestly knocked it out of the park! Working with Kristen was the best decision we made. Highly highly recommend her!!
Where do I begin? Kristen is a powerhouse of a woman. She is wildly talented and Cleveland is SO lucky to have her. This woman belongs in the most premiere spaces because of how sk...
illed she is. She takes your vision and brings it to life! We requested several items from Kristen for our wedding and she expertly created such beautiful pieces from mirrored signs, acrylic signs, velvet place settings, etc-- she did not forget one single detail. She will make your wedding 10x more beautiful than you could have imagined with her incredible designs and lettering. Our guests were in awe of her talent; including hand lettered calligraphy is such a special detail and will take your wedding to the next level. I cannot recommend Kristen enough-- she is fun, personable, smart, and impressively creative. She is a mastermind and will ensure your wedding is gorgeous!!
Kristen is amazing in every way! She listens to what you want, gives you ideas specifically to you, is kind/ funny through the whole process, and truly a mastermind in her craft! O...
ur wedding wouldn’t be the same without our wonderful unique seating bottle chart, welcome sign, my perfect pup bar sign, and more. I cannot thank you enough. We love it and it will be something we cherish for years to come! Can’t wait to hang the Eleanore drink sign in our future home!
Kristen is FABULOUS. She is creative, open to lots of different ideas, and super positive. The finished products are unreal. They were absolutely perfect. I had a vision and Kriste...
n helped me bring it to life. If you need any type of signage, calligraphy, etc. Letters by KG is the spot to go without a doubt.
I truly don’t know if I’m obsessed with Kristen as a vendor/person or the projects she did for my wedding more! She is a dream of a vendor - from great communication always, to bei...
ng your biggest hype girl, and to going above and beyond what you asked for, she is an absolute joy. She is extremely talented and cares so much about every detail to make it perfect. She truly elevated our wedding in August with the place cards, bar signs, welcome drink sign, and the seating chart. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
I could not recommend Letters by KG enough! She’s so creative and flexible with any ideas you have! I had a garden themed wedding and wanted to do a unique seating chart that I cou...
ldn’t find much inspiration for, I just had ideas in my head. She saw my vision, accepted the challenge and helped me bring it to life! The whole experience was stress-free and I had so much fun working with her.
We absolutely loved having Kristin make our signs and menus for us! She is one of the sweetest people you will meet and very easy to communicate with. She can make anything you sho...
w her come to life- she created a custom seating chart for us with a block/stand that was stunning!!
Kristen was fabulous!!!! Our mirror of over 250 names for our seating chart was absolutely stunning! She was so helpful with the design, and her process was seamless to coordinate ...
name set-up. We got so many compliments on how amazingly beautiful the mirror was! Definitely a standout piece from our wedding! Would highly recommend her services to anyone in the NE Ohio area in need of signs!!
Kristen is the best!! She was so easy to work with and super responsive through email. She even helped me out and delivered a few extra pieces for my name cards with a personalized...
bag to my house 2 days before my wedding. My mirror seating chart was perfect and fit my venue and aesthetic perfect. Highly recommend!!
Kristen made the most beautiful seating chart and bar signs (and other miscellaneous signs) for my wedding and she definitely exceeded all of my expectations! The handmade signs ar...
e such a nice touch and something guests will remember! Kristen was awesome to work with and super responsive! I would definitely recommend her for all of your calligraphy needs!!!
Kristen was so super easy to work with. I stumbled across her Instagram while searching for calligraphy artists for our seating chair and welcome sign. She has a variety of items t...
o choose from for display and made recommendations based off of our theme, which looked amazing!!! She was prompt, so easy to communicate with, and priced really fairly. Our seating chart and welcome sign were BEAUTIFUL, and so elegant. We loved Kristen's work and definitely recommend for your wedding calligraphy needs!!!
I am a wedding planner and I have had the true joy of working with Kristen on a few weddings now. She is nothing short of perfection! Her work is flawless and she takes the time to...
understand what each couples vision is and executes in a stunning way. She’s amazing to work with, 10 out of 10 would recommend.
I never knew how important hand crafted items were for a wedding until I met Kristen. Her art is one of a kind and gave my wedding that extra uniqueness I was looking for. She put ...
so much time, effort, and soul into my projects and brought my dreams to life and I’m so thankful that I found her!
Kristen did my seating chart for me, my bar signage, my bar signs with his and hers custom drinks which were SUPER cute and got lots of comments, she did my beautiful welcome sign, and she did all of the signage for my bridal shower and everything was perfect. Kristen is prompt, detail oriented, and fairly priced. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking to add custom calligraphy to their wedding.
Kristen is AMAZING !!! Seriously she pays attention to every little detail and so effortlessly makes simple words so beautiful. Definitely recommend her for any signage for your b...
ig day!!!
Kristen was so easy to work with and she made the most beautiful signage for my wedding! She has so much industry knowledge and knew exactly what I needed. She's so talented and I ...
would highly recommend!
Kristen curated all of the beautiful calligraphy signage for our intimate wedding, including the mirror guest seating, “no phones” ceremony reminder, and our signature cocktails me...
nu. Working with her was a lovely experience as she includes you in the creative process, with checks along the way for any design tweaks. She was very open to experimenting with new ideas, but I also felt complete trust in her professional process and creativity. We are so lucky to have booked her for our early spring wedding before wedding season really kicked off, so my advice to brides is to sign with her ASAP!
- Shivali B
Kristen did an excellent job from start to finish for our reception. She listened to my ideas and was able to come up with a variety of beautiful and creative options for me to ch...
oose from - which was greatly appreciated since I do not have an eye for design but by discussing ideas together I still felt very involved and like it was personalized. Everything from signage, seating chart and place cards was executed wonderfully and on time. I received so many compliments! It is truly amazing how much work and art she does by hand ! My favorite piece was our signature drink sign which included hand painted portraits of our dogs. I still have this one and it is a great keepsake from our special day. If you want someone who is an incredible artist who is also very reliable and genuinely fun to work with Kristen is your girl !
Do yourself a favor and reach out to Kristen for your wedding signage!!! She created a beautiful custom bar sign for our signature drinks at our reception and we were blown away!!!...
! She wrote out each drink name and then HAND PAINTED a beautiful picture of each. She is so easy to work with, friendly and her work is 10/10. Our friends and family were so impressed. You won’t be disappointed!
We loved our mirror for our minimony, Kristen did a beautiful job and obviously pays such close attention to detail. Her system is set up so you have lots of options to match all y...
our wedding needs! I cannot wait to use her for our bigger ceremony as well!
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Cleveland, OH | Cleveland/Northeast Ohio
Letters By KG