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| - I had such a fabulous experience with Three Little Birds. I designed some save-the-dates for my in-laws' wedding and wanted to find a quality printing press that would print a low quantity at a good price and with a quick turn-around. After some initial searches, producing ridiculously high price points for the low print quantity (or turning me away altogether), I decided to go the more "DIY" route and commission a commercial printer, such as FedEx/Kinkos or Staples, to do the job (they print and trim for a fair price). After all, this design only necessitated digital printing (as opposed to embossing/foiling) so why drop the cash for a fancier printer when it wasn't absolutely necessary and my "client" was on a budget. I'm not the type who waits until the last minute for anything (I'm an attorney by trade), but after multiple trips to different FedEx locations to try the different printers (every printer is different!), I just felt that the colors were printing inconsistently--and differently from the samples I had printed several weeks prior. I thought I would search around town to see if any local paper stores would take the last-minute order; I had a 48-ish hour deadline (calling around Thursday, needed pick-up sometime Saturday). But by mid-day on Thursday, all of Charlotte was shutting down for an impending winter storm so my already fast deadline went from 48 hours to 12. Kristen (TLB's owner) responded via email to my online quote request almost immediately, asking for some more information, and once we got on the phone, she told me she could finish the job by that evening. She even played around with different papers than what I'd initially requested once she heard the full nature of the save-the-dates (New Year's Eve wedding, I was sewing sequin-filled bags onto the paper so the design itself was fairly simple), and her suggestion yielded a fabulous improvement. Although I would have liked to spend less than $2/page for printing, the high quality (not to mention the time saved on trimming) was money well-spent! When it comes around to making the invitations, I'll definitely be back!
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