That’s a great question, and one you should definitely ask, before deciding. Rather than tell you about our experience and professionalism, we’d rather let our couples tell you their experiences working with us for their invites. If these are the kinds of results you would like for your wedding, email us today  [email protected]  
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"I loved working with 221 Creations! I worked with Beth when creating my invitations and place cards. She did a wonderful job and they turned out perfectly. This is a great shop to work with since they take the time to help with the little details. They also can create the designs that you imagine and make them into a reality. Beth came to the rescue when I needed programs. I decided to do programs last minute and they were done flawlessly. I can’t say enough great things about 221 Creations and will defiantly recommending them to anyone planning a wedding."
​Mary Kate B, The Knot
"I had the pleasure of working with Mary Kay and Beth to design my bridal shower invites, wedding invites, personalized extras for my wedding reception, and even appliques I wanted for my bridesmaids' dresses.  Their valuable knowledge came in handy when it came to ordering products from different companies and when deciding on the proper wording for my invites.  Not to mention that they are definitely aware of the wedding trends.  Mary Kay and Beth certainly made making tedious decisions so much easier!  I also loved that I was able to actually see in person examples of what I was ordering as I worried about purchasing products just from a picture online.  I was thrilled with how beautiful everything I ordered was.  221 Creations is a darling shop that truly does everything wedding.  Thank you 221 Creations for helping make my wedding so beautiful!"
Lauren R, Yelp
"Mary Kay has been wonderful in helping my fiance and I choose invitations for our wedding this coming February. He and I really came in knowing basically nothing about what we wanted, but Mary Kay showed us a TON of options and really got us excited about this aspect of our wedding. Since I own a business myself, Mary Kay has been very flexible in staying open late or scheduling time outside normal business hours to work on our invites. 

I honestly did not have strong feelings or opinions on what I wanted for my wedding suite at the start of this process, but I have to say I am very, very excited about seeing the final product later this week when I go in to pick up my invites. Mary Kay even went the extra mile to suggest some different options when the color combo we selected didn't look as nice in person as we thought it would...she picked out a different envelope that would complement the invites and I can't wait to see everything all together. Mary Kay and her team are very talented, and I would not hesitate to work with them again!"
Meg S., Yelp
"I worked directly with Mary Kay all through email, and it was the easiest process ever!  I was looking for someone local with affordable pricing to make my wedding invitations and luckily my fiance found 221 Creations on Yelp! We are so happy with the final product!"
Chris N.
"Had a wonderful experience with 221 creations! We used their services for our save-the-date cards, shower invites, wedding invites, place cards, menus, ceremony programs, and thank-you notes! The paper elements for our wedding were something important to me and I was happy to work with a business that created beautiful designs! Mary Kay was incredibly friendly and excited to work with us! We were able to meet each time at their studio in Downer's Grove. Mary Kay worked with us in great detail for each element of stationary we needed. We spent a great deal of time color comparing, deciding on fonts, and paper qualities. If you value details, this is a great place to make sure your final product is perfect! 221 was incredibly flexible to work with our vision for our invites and other items. Their designers did a great job capturing the themes of our wedding and incorporating them into our stationary! The products we received were of top quality! The papers were gorgeous as was the print work! Most of our items arrived in a timely manner. Some elements took a bit longer to arrive through special order and/or printers delay. I would advise brides and grooms to allow extra time when having items created and printed. We cut a few deadlines a little close due to delays. I also experienced a little difficulty with hours of the shop. My husband and I work 9am-5pm Monday - Friday and the only days we could really pick items up were on Saturdays. This became a bit of a hassle when picking items up. If the shop owners were away and had staff filling in, they some times could not locate our items or they seemed to not understand what we were looking for. Those hiccups aside, I was extremely happy with our finished products. Mary Kay was wonderful about responding to emails quickly! They were incredibly flexible about editing designs and working with our budgets. I recommend them to any bride and groom who desire personalized and beautiful stationary!"
Elaine G
"I have had the best experience working with 221 Creations. Mary Kay is THE BEST. She was extremely helpful with helping us pick out of wedding invitations. Since we were in love with our wedding invitations, we also ordered our wedding name place cards from them as well. They turned out AWESOME and had the same detail as our invitations. I was so stressed with wedding planning that I forgot two quests name place cards two days before our wedding, and Mary Kay was nice enough to have them ordered for me right away. She saved the day!! Since we ordered invites and place cards from 221, we received 20% any other orders. We decided to order personalized gifts for our bridal party and parents. They were very reasonable and turned out great.Their shop is also SO cute and have very unique gifts and house decoration. We will definitely be back to order invitations and stationary!! :)"
Brittany K., Yelp
"Mary Kay was really easy to work with and helped me create the perfect invitation. She was accommodating with my schedule and any subsequent edits."
Tricia, Wedding Wire
"221 creations is a great shop right in Downers Grove to check out! They have unique gifts for all occasions plus the cutest holiday decor for all seasons. Not only is it a great store with friendly employees, they also specialize in wedding save the dates, invitations, etc. Such an easy and fun experience designing my save the dates and invitations."
Colleen W,  Google+
"The invitations, place cards and table number cards came out beautifully and the staff worked with us to make sure it was exactly  what I wanted."  
​Stephanie, Wedding Wire
"Mary Kay was so great to work with throughout our whole wedding planning process - 221 Creations did both our save-the-dates and our wedding invites. For our wedding we had a Chicago theme and Mary Kay came up with the perfect border for our invites - a  drawing of the skyline, it really tied everything together. We received so many compliments on the invites once they were sent out!

Living downtown without a car always makes things tricky when it comes to dealing with businesses in the suburbs but Mary Kay was always more than accommodating with us and worked around our hectic scheduled.

I would recommend 221 to anyone - city or suburbs - especially if you want personal, one-on-one attention!"
Natalie, Yelp