About this vendor
First - let's start with what is most important! Congrats on your engagement and your upcoming wedding! We are SO HAPPY for you!
Hello and Welcome! We are so happy you are here!
At MAXE Designs, your wedding stationery and designs aren’t just a product—it’s your personal story brought to life through handcrafted in-house, inspired art & exceptional custom design.
It's where your love story becomes art!
Every aspect of your invitation suite is crafted just for you, reflecting your style, colors, and the moments that define your journey together.
Discover the unique artistry and personalized touch that MAXE Designs brings to every invitation and stationery piece.
Here, your story inspires every sketch and brushstroke—ensuring that the final design is a true reflection of you and your special event.
Let MAXE help you relax with your wedding designs!
At MAXE Designs, we’re passionate about learning what makes you and your celebration unique. Whether your style is elegant, classic, artsy, romantic, vintage, or something entirely your own—including bilingual and cultural themes—we’re ready to create something extraordinary just for you.
Unsure about what you want or haven’t found the right look?
You have found the right design house! That’s where our creative process begins—with a conversation about your vision and personality. From day one, our sketchpad is dedicated to building designs that are as original as your story.
***For Your Most Cherished Moments we offer 3 unique services***
- Our Signature Designs: Our most exclusive service, our signature experience. We start in my sketchpad, building a one-of-a-kind design based on you, your story and event—created for you, and only used for you.
- Our Bespoke Invitation Collection: Our curated selection of premade stationery designs, with art and without, that we meticulously tailor, including additional designs created, to align with your unique wedding or event.
- Design-Only Services: We provide expert creative direction for your stationery and event concepts.
We provide an unparalleled creative experience for weddings and life’s greatest milestones.
Ready to get inspired?
Let’s set up a complimentary consultation and explore how we can bring your ideas to life.
**Please send me a note or select a day and time on my website (maxedesigns.com) that works best for you, and let’s start collaborating!
Thank you for your time and for considering MAXE Designs. We truly appreciate you!
We look forward to connecting, learning your story, and making your event designs truly unforgettable.
Reach out today, and let’s make your dream designs a reality!
Keep smiling, happy planning, and let’s create something amazing together!
~Molly
Founder, CEO, Artist & Designer of MAXE Designs LLC
Email: maxedesigns@mollyaxe.com
Phone: 616.633.2060
Website: www.maxedesigns.com
Instagram: @maxedesigns
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Invitations & Paper Goods
- Custom Invitations
- Paper Goods
- Coasters
- Escort & Place Cards
- Guest Books
- Marriage Certificates
Awards and Affiliations
8-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2022.2021.2020.+5 more.
Best of Weddings
The Knot independently assesses vendors for this award—it’s never self-reported. We base it on firsthand experiences from real couples and guests, and they must have a 4.5-star average across 7+ reviews in the qualifying year.
Hall of Fame
Earned by winning 'Best of Weddings' four or more times.
Reviews
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5
out of 5.0121 reviews
Pretty much every guest had a compliment about something Molly created! She did our invitations, ceremony programs, table numbers, escort cards, welcome sign , and soon she will d...
o our thank you cards too! Guests said it was the prettiest invite they've received, she hand drew the Chicago skyline and flowers herself and designed a beautiful art wrap and wax seal which gave the invitation suites an elegant feel. She is creative and easy to work with and very responsive. Hire Molly!!
We absolutely LOVED working with Molly for our invites!! Throughout the entire process, we were met with options, Molly's expert opinion, excellent communication and kindness. We ...
went in to the process not knowing exactly what we were looking for, but with a few wedding details and reference photos, Molly was able to provide us about 15 different base-options, which were all customizable throughout the process. We were thrilled with the final product, and received so many compliments on the invitation suite. We opted for Molly's service of addressing, and even mailing all of our invites which was an absolute game-changer.
I couldn't recommend Molly enough. She is an absolute gem and class act. You will not be disappointed!
Molly was such a joy to work with. Everything she does is completely custom and so reasonably priced. She was helpful from the very beginning, asking us questions to come up with i...
deas for our custom designs based on our likes and wedding plans. She provides you multiple design ideas at every step so you get to choose the pieces that fit you best and watch them all come together beautifully. After getting our full invitation suite, we also had our escort cards and ketubah custom-designed with Molly and everything turned out so wonderfully. We could not be happier with our designs and the experience of working will her. We highly recommend Maxe Designs for your wedding invitations and all your wedding stationery.
Stop your search and hire Molly to design your invitations! Molly was a dream to work with! She is so talented and helped make our vision come to life.
We gave her an idea of wha...
t we wanted and she made it happen. Throughout the process, she made us feel super special and gave us more personalized attention than any other vendor we worked with.
I cannot recommend Molly enough for your wedding stationery!
Our invitations were so much better than we ever imagined. We knew we wanted invitations that were unique to us which led us to Molly. We also quoted a few other places and Molly w...
as by far the cheapest option. Our invitations were also far more elegant (and us) than we ever could have imaged. EVERYONE LOVED THEM! My only recommendation would be to start sooner. Molly told us to get her the info but we ignored her for a while and the process of course takes longer than we would have liked. BUT Molly did all of the work. She did everything. We were so lucky to find her.
Molly is AMAZING! A true artist and a joy to work with all around. Highly recommend her!!!
I started designing with Molly 3 years ago in 2018! My fiancé and I had a long engagement and then Covid pushed us back another year. Of all the vendors we’ve worked with, Molly h...
as been my favorite. She is incredibly talented, but more importantly she’s been so kind and positive. She truly cares about her clients. My mom even ended up working with Molly for my shower invitations and still raves about her work! Michael and I are so thankful to have found Molly. She has made this process so easy and fun. Look no further than Maxe Designs ❤️!
Molly was incredible. We were forced to plan our wedding on short time due to complications with Covid and Molly helped us expedite the process of creating our invites, escort card...
s, and menus. Everything looked incredible and we received so many compliments from our guests. The invitations were so much more intricate than we could have expected. Every detail was thought out and beautiful and we couldn't be happier with the way things turned out. Molly helped us at every step along the way and was able to weave personal things about us into the designs (ask her about our puppy on the envelope!).
Thanks again for everything, Molly! If things don't work out between us, we'll come back to you for our next wedding(s) ;)
Molly was absolutely wonderful to work with!!! She made the process so much fun and easy!!! Answered emails right away and brought my vision to life!!! I had tears in my eyes when ...
I met her and saw my invitation in person!!! I loved working with Molly!!!
Molly was incredibly kind, responsive, communicative, patient, adaptable, and productive. When planning for a wedding, we’ve learned that you should take every opportunity to mini...
mize stress during the planning phase. Molly truly helped counter that stress with positivity and reassurance. On top of that, the invitations she produced were absolutely gorgeous, elegant, and is clearly of high quality. Pricing was very reasonable as well.
Molly took care of bringing all invitations to the post office, and even assisting with a special request to have one sent through FedEx.
We can’t recommend Molly highly enough, and are truly grateful for her assistance!
Molly has been amazing to work with! Molly tailored our invites to perfectly tell our love story. From the fonts, to wraps and paper details Molly gave so many options. It was stre...
ss free to work with Molly and everything she designed was stunning. Our invitations were unique just to us. We have gotten so many compliments on these from family and friends! Another perk is that Molly mailed them for us and added beautiful envelopes and postage.
Wow! I cannot rave about Molly enough! Molly’s artwork is one of a kind and she will undoubtedly create stunning artwork for your event. Molly is detail oriented and she ensures sh...
e incorporates everything you love into her art. Molly created our invitations, table numbers, menus and thank you notes. All of which received countless compliments from our guests. Her work is unique, sophisticated and beautiful. I would give her 6 stars if I could! She’s that wonderful.
My husband and I have both loved working with Molly at MAXE Designs so much! Every meeting or correspondence we had was so positive and grounding for us.
Molly created this beauti...
ful custom design for all of our paper needs that my guests are still talking about! She was also very flexible and understanding when our first wedding was cancelled due to the pandemic and helped us get back on track with our new plan. We also loved working with Molly because creating the signature design for your wedding can be so overwhelming, but she always had helpful advice and input while also making sure it was tailored to our style.
I would 10/10 work with Molly again for any future parties or events based on our experience with our wedding. And I highly recommend her services to anyone tying the knot!
Molly was truly fantastic to work with leading up to our Summer 2019 wedding. She designed unique and creative wedding invitation suites, as well as day-of stationary and programs,...
for our special day. The designs were beautiful and perfectly captured the mood, feel, and color scheme of our venue and wedding. Molly listened attentively to what was important to us during the process and found ways to incorporate meaningful symbols into our designs. We were told by multiple people that our wedding invitations were the most beautiful and intricate invites they had ever seen. Moreover, our wedding program, which was designed in a newspaper format, so brilliantly captured the text and story we hoped to convey during the ceremony. Molly’s passion shines through in her art and designs, and she is simply a delight to interact with as she pours herself into each project and genuinely cares about her clients. We would welcome the opportunity to engage Molly again for future designs and artwork!
From my first call with Molly until the completion of our design, she made the invitation process so enjoyable. My fiancé (now husband) and I had no idea what we were doing when w...
e first started. Thanks to Molly and her talent and professionalism, she provided us with so many possibilities to make sure that what she designed for us was absolutely perfect. She provided us with multiple samples of writing fonts and different wording samples for us to look over and choose from and this made our suite so personal. This allowed my husband and I to work together to design an original product that resembled the two of us. Molly is so incredibility talented! The art she was able to create from our ideas was nothing short of incredible. It reflected my husband and I in a way that made it so special. Thank you so much Molly for your dedication, hard work and creativity that made our wedding suite one of a kind.
We enjoyed working with Molly. She was responsive, listened to our input and incorporated it into our designs. Our designs turned out beautiful. Even during these times, she was ab...
le to have designs ready in a timely manner.
Molly is so fantastic! I have absolutely loved working with Molly to create beautiful and unique invitations for my wedding. They were so perfect and have not stopped hearing from ...
guests how beautiful they are. She did an amazing job creating the church from our university for the overlay of the invitation. I’m excited to continue working with her and would absolutely recommend her!
After seriously struggling to find wedding invitation suites that fit what I wanted and needed I turned to The Knot where I found Molly. I reviewed a few of the artists on The Knot...
and I decided that I really wanted to work with a local artist to design our perfect invitation suite. Thankfully my fiancé totally agreed with me.
I emailed Molly and we set a meeting. My fiancé and I were amazed at her work. Molly will go above and beyond to create invitation suites that tell an individual story. Our invitation suites are simply stunning. I waited until I mailed our invites and got feedback from our friends and family. Hands down they are elegant and beautiful and like no other.
If you are in need of invitations for anything really, I would highly recommend Molly. We will be going with Molly for other things including our yet to be designed wedding thank you notes.
Molly is amazing!! Our invitations turned out beautifully. Molly was so helpful talking through different options for designs for our invitations, which was really helpful since I'...
m not very creative or artistic. She really made an effort to get to know my fiancé and me, and our invitations truly reflected us! She was very professional and responsive throughout the process--we really enjoyed working with her!
Molly is masterfully skilled not just in her art but in the art of mixing personable and professional. She is the ultimate support with whatever you need and guides you with helpfu...
l suggestions and flexibility to make sure your invitations, decorations, or place cards are exactly what you picture. She nails any personal details you want to customize your dream day, and she would be the first person I recommend for any of your wedding needs.
Molly from Maxes Designs was amazing to work with! I sent her a generic invitation I found on a website and she really made it our own! We received so many compliments from guests ...
:) Molly also made the programs for our wedding ceremony, gift tags and out of towner gift tags for our hotel gifts. She was always very punctual, sending back new design ideas and changes within a day. I loved that she offered us advice on what she thought would look best - she is the professional after all! Not to mention she did all of this for us in crunch time and was so willing to help us crank everything out! She's amazing and HIGHLY recommended!
You MUST order your printed materials from MAXE DESIGNS!
This is the second time we used MAXE for invitations, programs and more and we could not be more pleased with their beau...
tiful one-of-a-kind artwork, incredible service and reasonable prices.
Our two daughters, married 8 months apart, have different tastes and MAXE nailed it for both. The invitations do not resemble each other, yet they are both beautiful and suit each bride perfectly.
MAXE service is not to be believed and I am NOT exaggerating. It is customer service at its finest. They make this part of wedding planning easy.
Last, and no less important, is the value for the money. You will spend less and get much more with MAXE.
Choose MAXE and expect to be delighted!
Molly is such a great woman to work with. So far she has done our wedding invites and our rehearsal invites and we plan on doing a few more items with her prior to the wedding day!...
Our wedding invites were absolutely gorgeous. She made my vision even better than I thought was possible. Everyone said that our invite was the best wedding invite they have ever seen. She is reasonably priced even for the more intense invite requests (we did an invite with a pocket, main invite, and three inserts). She was very responsive and helped mix and match ideas to make it exactly what we wanted. I highly recommend using Maxe Designs for any needs you may have.
Let us start off with saying Molly is the best! You will come across a lot of wedding vendors throughout your planning process that treat you as just another couple getting marrie...
d – not Molly. Molly genuinely wants to know and understand who she is working with and takes extreme great pride in her work and making the experience perfect.
We got in contact with Molly for custom wedding invitations. When we saw other invitations, nothing was unique to our special wedding in Chicago and we felt on several occasions forced to settle with a certain type of wedding invite. Molly worked through every detail with us from sharing inspirational photos, to sharing SEVERAL different custom art pieces, font types, working through our final designs and picking out the perfect paper, envelope, cover wrap, and final touches. We had a tight deadline to ensure guests has enough time to send back RSVPs and Molly absolutely delivered. The number of compliments received after our invitations went out have been beyond what we could have envisioned. With all the stress that wedding planning creates, I can tell you Molly made this process effortless and we feel extremely grateful for coming across her and trusting her with the perfect wedding invitations. This was by far the best of our wedding planning activities.
If you want someone that will have the same level of passion and care you have for making your special day a priority, Molly is hands down the best. While we don’t plan on getting married again :) , we plan on connecting with Molly again on custom designs for future events.
Molly did our wedding invitations, guest book, and escort cards. She made the very complicated process of invitations easy and handled all of my concerns and questions. Molly has a...
n artistic touch that is a gift. People are still talking about how beautiful our invitations are after our wedding! I would recommend molly to anyone!!
Molly has been an absolute pleasure to work with! She knew exactly what we wanted even though I felt like my inspiration was very vague, she took that and made it into something pe...
rfect. And we’ve gotten tons of compliments from our guests on our invitation and save the dates!!
Molly was amazing!!!! I was initially really overwhelmed with wedding planning, and Molly not only helped turn that around, but she made it fun! Her prices were very reasonable and...
the designs for our invitations came out absolutely perfect and personal. She made the process easy and stress free. She even gave us a beautiful keepsake box to keep wedding memorabilia with our designs on the cover and wrote us lovely well wishes. I would recommend her to anyone. Thank you Molly!!!
Molly was amazing to work with! She creates custom, unique designs that contain such special elements about the couple. She took our ideas and ran with them! The day our invites we...
re delivered, we received so many messages about how amazing they were. Even beyond the creation of the invites, Molly handles addressing, stamping and sending them out. It was PAIN FREE (Much needed at this point in wedding planning). She was very patient with my all over the place ideas!
Molly also is working on so much more than just invites! She is completing a unique art-piece that we will use for our guestbook. I could not recommend her more! If you are looking for custom, affordable and easy paper products for your event, Molly is the go-to!
Molly was an absolute joy to work with all the way down to her emails with so much enthusiasm and passion - my fiance and I joked about how her emails made even the worst days brig...
hter. One of the biggest things I learned in the wedding planning process is that there are some vendors that do their job solely for the money and there are some that it is clear as day they have such a deep passion for what they do and care for their clients. It is evident in Molly's work that she is the latter - the time and effort that she puts into making your invitations so perfectly unique to you is amazing. I appreciated her patience as we made decisions & the stress she took out of wedding planning. She truly makes it fun! Thank you Molly for rolling out the red carpet for our wedding guests via invitation!!
My fiancé and I could not of asked for a more fun, artistic, kind, caring, energetic, positive person to design our invitations. Molly is amazing! She went above and beyond to sp...
end time with us, get to know us and make our invites just THAT special. I think the quote used on the finished product was “they are so us.” These invites aren’t just what you order from a book they are designed to resemble your special day as she hand draws every detail. We were truly blown away. Molly is organized and quickly responds to all questions and her positive energy makes You even more excited about your big day! Beyond impressed she’s simply the best!!!
Molly is AMAZING! She took our vision and created the most beautiful invitations, that were better than what we could've dreamed! Working with her was so fun and she made everythin...
g so seamless, from start to finish. She is super talented and I am so happy with how everything turned out!
At first we weren’t sure if we were going to do a stock design wedding invitation or a custom invitation and we are so happy we picked Molly to help us make everything so special. ...
She was professional, very responsive and reliable, creative and fun to work with. She took a lot of time to customize the artwork and sketches to help make our invite personal. We are so happy with the final product. We would not hesitate to use her again and we give our full endorsement to use her for your designing needs!!
Highly recommended. High quality paper with no frays/tears on the edges. Highly personalized experience, Molly will walk you through the whole process to ensure the best. I will co...
ntinue to use Maxe Designs LLC for the remaining stationery.
Molly has been AMAZING to work with. She is on point with your wants and desires. She gives you plenty of fonts, colors, thought and ideas to choose from. She provides suggestion...
s when needed. Her prompt response to all my emails, and I mean some where like 15 a day were answered in a timely manner. I look forward to working with Molly again soon.
Molly (Maxe Designs) is the absolute best!! She is not only creative and helpful, but the nicest person to work with. We had to do a lot of back and forth via email since I live in...
LA. Molly had done the designs and invitations for my sister's wedding and I loved the results. After speaking with her on the phone and hearing the care and effort she puts into everything she does, it was clear we needed to hire her. After learning more about our story, hearing about our vision for the wedding, and understanding the thematic elements we wanted included, she took it and ran. The results were a set of designs we absolutely loved, each one better than the next. Then she went on to handle all of the printing, envelope stuffing, addressing, stamping, and mailing, making our part about as easy as it gets. We would highly recommend Molly for any of your wedding design or invitation needs. She is so original and works hard to make sure everything is perfect, no matter the time or effort involved. If you're looking for the perfect person to design your ideal invitation set and make the process seamless, look no further than Maxe Designs. Thanks Molly for everything!
We had a great experience with Maxe Designs. We worked with Molly who is prompt, courteous and has great follow through skills. She listened to our ideas and turned them into a bea...
utiful design. We ended up with a one of a kind invitation suite - and we love it. Invitations are out and we are receiving lots of compliments on them. We highly recommend Maxe!
Loved working with Molly and will definitely have her design future invitations! “Thank you Molly for all your hard work and creativity! Loved working with you!”
IDK where to start, Molly has made this whole experience an amazing one, she's taken all the stress out of finding invitations and designing them. She is a very professional person...
, prompt, informative and all over outstanding person, she comes highly recommended!!! My fiance and I are so luck to have found her, thank you, Molly for all of your hard work and dedication, your work is impeccable, I will be back!
Working with Molly is a dream! She makes you feel so special and works with you every step of the way to create your perfect masterpiece for your big day! She is so talented and pr...
ofessional. I would recommend her services to anyone needing something custom and spectacular for any event. I look forward to working with her in the future for all my events and creations!!!
We are so grateful and continue to receive compliments on how thoughtful and beautiful our wedding invitations look.
Molly made the process of design, decision making and delivery ...
joyful and effortless.
I know that moving forward she is our exclusive designer for any happy occasions and celebrations.
Thank you Molly!
Molly and Maxe designs was one of the best wedding planning experiences my husband and I had during our wedding planning process! Right from the start, we were impressed with Molly...
's positive energy, professionalism and creativity. Molly was always responsive, and included us in every part of the design process. Each design she makes is one-of-a-kind, and our final product was absolutely beautiful and special to my husband and I. We received many compliments from our wedding gifts on the invitation, and designing it with Molly is something we will always remember. I highly recommend Molly and Maxe designs for your wedding!!
Molly is so great to work with- my wedding invitations came out absolutely beautiful and I received many compliments on them. Molly designs everything from scratch so whatever you ...
envision, she’ll create. I had an invitation set that required lots of information and she did a great job adding artwork so the text was balanced and not overwhelming and also created a perfect matching insert with more details guests needed. The absolute best part about Molly is that she takes care of all of the stuffing and mailing inserts herself so it’s one less thing for a bride to do!
Molly from Maxe Designs is absolutely AMAZING. She made this process extremely easy and painless for us. Molly took ALL the stress of invitations, programs, escorts, and so much ...
more away from us. She went so far above and beyond. I would recommend her to everyone!!! THANK YOU MOLLY!!
Molly was amazing! She created beautiful designs for us when we had no idea what we wanted. She is so kind and easy to work with - she even took our invitations to the post office...
for us. I can't recommend Molly enough!!!
I can't rave enough about working with Molly on my wedding invitations. She custom designed our invitations and they were perfect. Romantic, Soft, Elegant was what I wanted and i...
t's what I got! From the very first intake session to the back and forth on design and font favorites-everything was easy and pleasant. It was also really helpful to come into Molly's studio and make the final selection of paper and see how differently paper styles looked in the light. I would highly recommend Molly to anyone looking for custom wedding invites and more!
We are currently working with Molly at Maxe Designs and she is INCREDIBLE!! From the start, she has been so warm and friendly and such a pleasure to work with. She got to know us ...
on a personal level and learned what our style was so that our invitations could be tailored to us as a couple. As a result, our invitations came out so beautiful. She is so talented and an amazing artist. We have received a TON of compliments on our invitations and we can't wait to continue working with her on our day-of-designs! I HIGHLY recommend Molly for your wedding!
I STRONGLY recommend Molly to any and all brides!! If you are looking for a unique invitation that is beautifully designed by a true artist- then Molly is who you must hire!! She d...
raws all of her artwork by hand. If there is a design you know you want to incorporate into your invitations- look no further than Molly! If you want a basic run of the mill invitation- this is not it! Her designs are unique and so beautiful. Aside from her designs, she is one the kindest people I’ve ever met. She is AMAZING at communication and responds to your emails or texts or calls immediately. She also sticks to your timelines very closely which is so important! The bottom line is this: if you want a talented artist who will draw, design, put together, and even mail your invitations for you- and want someone who is an excellent value- then hire Molly RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!
Molly has been such a pleasure to work with throughout the process! Molly is extremely personable and professional, and she is also very responsive and a great listener. From the ...
start, Molly really took the time to get to know us and understand our styles and preferences. With her own design experience, Molly was very helpful in presenting us with a variety of great ideas in the beginning that helped inspire us to eventually find our own. It's not an easy task, but she was able to merge my finance's more traditional style and my preference for the modern into a contemporary, clean, and crisp design that we both LOVE! In fact, we are so inspired by the design that we are using the invitation color scheme as design elements for our wedding day! We really could not have done it without Molly's talent and professionalism. Thanks Molly!!
Where do I begin…Molly is wonderful! Not only is she fantastic to work with, her artwork is so authentic, beautiful and personalized to each customer. I am an extremely particular ...
person when it comes down to details and she brought all my ideas to life, if not better than I imagined! She took the time to supply me with multiple options to choose from between formatting, colors, paper, you name it! She is extremely flexible and so responsive. Molly really gets to know you as a couple and what your ultimate vision/design is for your entire wedding in order to create stationary that will initially introduce all your guests to the overall feel of your day! Our guests cannot stop raving about our invitations. We loved everything so much we are continuing the design process with her for programs, place cards and menus. I cannot recommend her enough. Why have conventional stationary when you can have something so personal and customized – choose Maxe Designs, you won’t regret it!
Molly was our absolute favorite vendor to work with! She had this enthusiasm that you can hear from the beginning of the phone consultation, and carried it throughout the entire pr...
ocess! You can tell she loves what she does. Everything is made just for you, based on your specifications, and will never be used again for another couple. When we first met with her to come up with designs, she showed us her previous work. She had a story to tell about every single one, which was amazing to see!
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