Wedding Stationers · Sunshine Coast / Noosa, Queensland · By appointment
Blue Bird Invitations
About
Overview & Vibe
Blue Bird Invitations is a small wedding stationery studio in Maleny, up in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, designing invitations and on the day pieces for couples nearby and much further afield. The range is sold as named designs you can order straight from the online store, with a bespoke service alongside it for couples who want something built from scratch.
Style & Printing
The studio describes its own work in terms of timeless elegance and luxurious textures, with a modern streak that shows up in arched and shaped cards and in white ink on dark stock. Standard orders are digitally printed. Special finishes are offered and quoted separately: metallic foiling, letterpress, embossing, die cutting, and personalised wax seals on envelopes or place cards.
Ideal For
Couples marrying in the hinterland or around Noosa who want to meet their stationer and see the current collections in person, and couples anywhere happy to order a set design online. It suits a couple who want the invitations and the on the day signage to match, because the seating charts, welcome signs, menus and bar signs all come in the same named designs.
The Need-to-Knows
Prices are published per design against a minimum order, ten cards on the printed ranges and twenty guests on the day of event package. Printed invitations with envelopes start at $290 for ten and save the dates at $250 for ten, while a digital invitation to send to guests electronically is $65. One proof comes back within five business days and each extra proof is $22. Allow two to three weeks for printing and delivery once you approve a proof, or three to four weeks if you add a special finish. Shapes other than a rectangle, dark card stocks and the special finishes all cost extra.
Standout Feature
Everything matches. Each named design is carried across the whole range, so one name covers the save the date, the invitation, the menus, the seating chart, the welcome sign and the bar sign, and the day of event package bundles the three largest pieces together for twenty guests.
Appointment Policy
- One on one consultations are available by appointment, and face to face appointments can be made at the Maleny studio. You can also enquire through the form on the site. The studio exhibits at hinterland wedding showcases and venue open days, where the current collections can be seen in person.
Areas Serviced
- The studio takes orders from couples worldwide, and posts printed stationery out.
- The studio itself is in Maleny on the Sunshine Coast, where face to face appointments can be made.
Delivery & Postage
- Envelopes for posting are included with the invitation and save the date orders. Printing and delivery together take about two to three weeks from proof approval, and the studio warns that freight can occasionally add to that. No postage price is published.
Minimum Order
- Ten cards on the printed invitation, save the date and menu ranges, and twenty guests on the day of event package. The signs, vow cards and digital invitations are sold as single items.
Nearby Landmarks
- Maleny township, the hinterland village the studio works from, about an hour and a half north of Brisbane.
- Montville, a craft and gallery village along the same range, about fifteen minutes away.
- Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve, rainforest walks on the edge of Maleny with a view south over the Glass House Mountains.
- Glass House Mountains, the volcanic peaks that rise out of the plain between Maleny and Brisbane.
- Noosa and Hastings Street, the coastal end of the Sunshine Coast, about an hour north east of the studio.
Price Notes
- Printed invitations with envelopes start at $290 for ten, and printed save the dates at $250 for ten. A digital invitation, supplied as an image to send to guests with nothing printed, is $65. Published prices cover standard printing and do not include die cutting, metallic foiling, metallic ink, embossing or letterpress, which are quoted on request. Invitation shapes other than a rectangle or DL carry a published surcharge, from $50 for a rounded corner to $125 for a custom shape, and darker card stocks need white ink printing at extra cost. Quantities above the minimum are priced in published steps rather than per card, so ten invitations are $290 and twenty are $30 more. Each extra proof is $22, or $10 on the digital range.
Printing Methods
- digital
- foil
- letterpress
- embossing
- white ink
- die cut
- wax seal
Proofs & Revisions
- One design proof is supplied for each item ordered, within five business days of the order, and printing starts once you approve it. Each extra proof is $22, or $10 on the digital invitation range. After ordering you fill in a form that carries wording examples and the colour chart. The layout and fonts of a design cannot be altered.
Services Offered
- Bespoke wedding stationery
- Semi customised wedding stationery
- Day of event stationery
- Wedding signage
- Digital invitation files
- Post event stationery
- Graphic design and branding
Starting Price
- From $290
Stationery Packages
- Invitation and envelopes, from $290 for ten: a double sided invitation with the finer details printed on the back, plus envelopes for posting.
- Save the Date cards, from $250 for ten: an A6 card printed double sided, plus envelopes for posting.
- Personalised menus, from $340 for ten: guest menus at 120 by 180mm, printed single sided and individually named.
- Digital invitation, $65: one personalised invitation supplied as an image to send to guests electronically, with nothing printed.
- Personalised folded vow cards, $120: two A4 cards folded to A5, printed double sided, with each set of vows inside.
- Bar sign, $140.
- Welcome sign, from $290: A1 size on 5mm foam board.
- Seating chart, from $325: A1 size on 5mm foam board.
- Welcome sign and seating chart package, from $520: both pieces at A1 on 5mm foam board.
- Day of event package, from $758 for twenty guests: individually named guest menus, an A1 seating chart and an A1 welcome sign, with the option of a background colour on each to match the menus.
Stationery Range
- Wedding Invitations
- Save The Dates
- Menus
- Place Cards
- Seating Charts
- Welcome Signs
- Bar Signs
- Vow Cards
- Details Cards
- RSVP Cards
- Thank You Cards
- Belly Bands
- Wax Seals
- Digital Invitations
- Fabric Signage
Stationery Styles
- timeless
- luxe
- modern
Turnaround Time
- A proof comes back within five business days of your order, and printing and delivery take about two to three weeks once you approve it. An order with a special finish such as foiling, letterpress or embossing runs to about three to four weeks from going to print, and die cutting takes longer again. Order seating charts, welcome signs, bar signs, vow cards and menus at least six weeks before the wedding, and invitations at least four weeks before you need to post them.
Contact
- Website
- bluebirdinvitations.com.au
- Based in
- Sunshine Coast / Noosa, Queensland