Seating Charts for all occasions

Seating charts have always been a favorite of mine as an alternative to place cards. They are so decorative and make a wonderful keepsake long after the event has ended. Most venues have easels that can be used to display them and other options are available. Contact me at jytdesign@aol.com and let me come up with the best seating arrangement for your upcoming event.

Invitation poems & more

Another one of the things I offer is putting the details of your event to rhyme. Here is a recent example. These are especially good for Milestone age birthday parties but can be done for any event. Bar and Bat Mitzvah candle lightings are another of the many services offered by Just Your Type Design. Contact me at jytdesign@aol.com with your event details.

Creative Envelope Addressing

This is how I started out and it is still one of my favorite things to do. While I have made complete wedding invitation ensembles, most brides I have dealt with prefer thermograph invitations, where the ink is raised. The machines that do this process are very expensive. However, the same companies that do the thermograph invitations are unable to provide the personalized envelope addressing that I offer. Here are 2 examples of recent envelopes I have done that used the original invite fonts and ink colors.
Show me your invitation and I will come up with a truly unique addressing style that will WOW your guests. Contact me at jytdesign@aol.com to find out more about my many services for wedding, bar and bat mitzvahs and other special events.

A favorite wedding program

This bride from Chicago wrote me after attending a wedding of another client. She liked what I had done and asked me to come up with something unique for her. We incorporated the place card as part of the program so the guests did not have to fuss after the ceremony with finding their seats. The rice paper outer cover is semi-transparent allowing the bride and groom's name to show through. The inside explains the traditions of the Jewish wedding and I was even able to copy her ketubah and put their names with the Hebrew meaning inside the trees. She was so pleased and this remains one of my favorite wedding programs.

Bar and Bat Mitzvah Invitation Envelope Addressing

Since this is where it all began, I thought I would start by showing some of the envelopes I have addressed for Bar Mitzvahs. These are always so much fun as they seem to run the gamut of colors and designs. I am a fontaholic as it is and if the invitation contains a font that is not in my library of thousands, I will get it. Matching typestyles and colors are of utmost importance to me.

I have had customers from all over the country and am able to design an unique envelope design for your special event utilizing e-mail and regular mail. If you are in the Tampa Bay or West Bloomfield, Michigan area we would be happy to meet with you in person to discuss your needs. Send an e-mail to jytdesign@aol.com with your name and phone number and we will contact you about setting up an appointment.

Envelope Addressing isn't all we do! Custom invitations, wedding programs, custom event maps, placecards, seating charts are just a few of the items we can design for you. And if you prefer to get your invitation from a book, Jansson, Encore, and Regency are just a few of the companies we carry.

Unique Envelope Addressing

Just Your Type Design started out back in 1995 when I was unable to find a unique invitation for my son's Bar Mitzvah so decided to make my own. I ended up making everything paper related for that special event, receiving many many compliments, especially on the way I had addressed the envelopes. I ended up buying my next child's invitations but continued to address the envelopes, taking elements from the invitation design and matching colors and typestyles, creating an envelope that was as beautiful as the invitation itself. Other parents started inquiring who had addressed my envelopes and when I told them I had done them myself, I was honored when asked if I could do for them as well. 

In 2000, I bought my youngest child's invitations from Detroit area party planner Andrea Solomon who after seeing my work, gave me the opportunity to address envelopes for many of her clients. Envelopes led to wedding programs, place cards, seating charts, table cards, event maps and more in addition to a wonderful friendship. Word of mouth satisfaction has earned me clients from all over. I love coming up with something new for each event and look forward to helping make yours extraordinary as well. 

The start of something great!

Welcome to the Just Your Type Design blog site. 

I designed and made my first invitation back in 1995 and while the Internet was around back then, it was not as common for everyone to have an individual website. How times have changed! Now I will be able to share my creations, thoughts and suggestions with more people then ever dreamed possible. Please check back often for my latest designs for weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, and parties for any celebration you can imagine.