Personalized stationery in Europe, on a shoestring
February 8, 2020 7:31 AM
I am looking for some classy looking, but affordable, custom-printed stationery. I live in the EU and don't want to pay outrageous shipping charges from the US or UK, so I'd like to find a European website that offers this.
Specifically I am looking for a stationery shop that offers:
Budget price
Low minimums (I only need 20 pages or so)
The ability to buy extra blank pages for longer letters
A5 size
Matching envelopes available
Reasonable shipping costs
Preferably located within the EU
Page designs do not need to be fancy (I want something simple but classy looking)
Website does not need to be in English
I've already tried Prantl and they were wayyyy too expensive.
Help me if you can, Metafilter!
Specifically I am looking for a stationery shop that offers:
Budget price
Low minimums (I only need 20 pages or so)
The ability to buy extra blank pages for longer letters
A5 size
Matching envelopes available
Reasonable shipping costs
Preferably located within the EU
Page designs do not need to be fancy (I want something simple but classy looking)
Website does not need to be in English
I've already tried Prantl and they were wayyyy too expensive.
Help me if you can, Metafilter!
Have you considered buying some blank Crane’s stationery or similar, and a lovely custom stamp or two? Done properly (use a template to place stamps), it could feel quite high end, and your long term cost would be pretty low. Depending on the information you need to convey, a custom embosser has some nice potential as well.
posted by chuke at 8:47 AM on February 8, 2020
posted by chuke at 8:47 AM on February 8, 2020
Could you be more precise than 'EU'? Many businesses cater to a specific country, not the whole continent.
posted by Too-Ticky at 9:00 AM on February 8, 2020
posted by Too-Ticky at 9:00 AM on February 8, 2020
I assume you are in Germany from your link to Prantl?
There are online printers like this one here
I think they deliver also to Germany.
Google online printing and the country you are in.
However, if you only need 20 sheets, no printing service i am familiar with will make you happy price wiswe. The less you need, in printing, the more expensive it will be, less than 100 will not cost you less but more.
If you are in a big city in Germany or Austria look for a stationery shop. They might just do 20, But it wont be cheap.
posted by 15L06 at 10:59 AM on February 8, 2020
There are online printers like this one here
I think they deliver also to Germany.
Google online printing and the country you are in.
However, if you only need 20 sheets, no printing service i am familiar with will make you happy price wiswe. The less you need, in printing, the more expensive it will be, less than 100 will not cost you less but more.
If you are in a big city in Germany or Austria look for a stationery shop. They might just do 20, But it wont be cheap.
posted by 15L06 at 10:59 AM on February 8, 2020
Why not run very heavy paper through a high-end printer at a good copy shop, like ReproBerlin or Duruprint Druckerei?
posted by Ideefixe at 11:16 AM on February 8, 2020
posted by Ideefixe at 11:16 AM on February 8, 2020
Thanks everyone for your ideas.
After considering everyone's answers, I've decided to buy an embosser and use it on nice plain paper. Since handheld embossers with custom designs are available relatively cheaply on places like Etsy, I agree with chuke that it would probably be the most cost-effective idea in the long run.
Now I know why letter writing is a dying art! Email doesn't cost one or more euros per page!
posted by all the light we cannot see at 1:14 AM on February 9, 2020
After considering everyone's answers, I've decided to buy an embosser and use it on nice plain paper. Since handheld embossers with custom designs are available relatively cheaply on places like Etsy, I agree with chuke that it would probably be the most cost-effective idea in the long run.
Now I know why letter writing is a dying art! Email doesn't cost one or more euros per page!
posted by all the light we cannot see at 1:14 AM on February 9, 2020
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posted by parmanparman at 8:28 AM on February 8, 2020