Steracle Press

Chicago, United States

5

20 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 312-320-9700
Website:
www.steracle.com
Address:
3421 W Potomac Ave, Chicago, IL, 60651
b/t Homan Ave & St Louis Ave
Humboldt Park
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
1.4 miFullerton & Kedzie EB
1.4 miFullerton & Kedzie WB
1.4 miConservatory-Central Park Drive
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Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Parking
Street, Private Lot
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes

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Local time (Chicago) 4:33 PM Friday, November 29, 2024

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Description

Specialties

Wedding

Your invitation is the first thing your guests will see, it sets the tone for your entire event. Whatever your tastes, Steracle Press can reflect your style in your wedding correspondence.

Baby

Welcome your new addition to the family with a delicate, handmade touch. Steracle Press will create a one-​of-​a-​kind announcement that is just as precious as your little one.

Special Occasions

When announcing your cherished events to the world, Steracle Press is here to help you say it in style. We will provide you with the perfect ephemera for birthdays, corporate events, holiday cards, moving announcements and anything else you wish to celebrate.

Personal Stationery

Your voice is your own and so is your personal stationery. Let Steracle customize it with class. Email isn’t for everyone, but letterpress is.

*NEW* Digital Printing

There’s a new addition to the Steracle family… a digital production press! We’re excited because we can do things that aren’t possible with letterpress alone! Want to create a custom letterpress save the date with a photo of you and your soon-​to-​be wed in full color? Want a custom full color envelope liner to make the ultimate statement to your guests? Our new printer can handle that and more!

*NEW* Envelope Printing

Whether we design and print your invitations or not, we’d love to help you get them in the mail. Send us your guest addresses and in no time you’ll have your envelopes ready to be mailed (and coordinated to your invitations!).

History

Established in 2002.

Stacey fell in love with letterpress in college and never looked back. After her part time passion project became her full time career, Steracle Press was born.

Steracle Press is a small, intimate shop with impeccable attention to detail and offers an enhanced, individualized customer experience. We strive to keep our designs fresh and innovative while being environmentally aware and cost conscious. Best of all we love what we do.

Meet the Business Owner

Stacey S.

Business Owner

Stacey Stern is the creative force and technical expertise behind Steracle Press. She has been doing custom design and letterpress printing for over 12 years. Stacey received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In her spare time she does non-​competitive roller derby for fun and fitness. Her skater name is Hell Vetica.

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20 reviews of Steracle Press

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Place rating: 5
Rockville Centre, NY
Planning a wedding can be crazy but it’s lovely to work with people who are amazing at what they do. I planned my New York wedding from Chicago. After my fiancé (now husband) and I went to Paper source and Papyrus and a few other places that showed us the same books over and over again, I felt crazy because I couldn’t find anything that I absolutely loved. I got the idea that maybe there was somewhere that I could have them made exactly like I imagined them in my head. After a quick google search I found Stacey.
I went to her awesome studio and she showed me some of her great designs. I picked and chose elements that I really liked and we came up with exactly what I was looking for. We had an issue with one of my ideas and it’s functionality. But she worked with the materials and made it awesome. She addressed each invitation, a process that we went back and forth on for a while since it was difficult to get my guests’ correct addresses. But Stacey was so accommodating, always available to talk or meet up, even after hours.
The invitations were mailed out and many guests called me to tell me how beautiful they were.
A WEEK before the wedding I finally got the final head count. Stacey printed out escort cards in the shape of flags which were placed on sticks and into mini-​succulent plants for each guest. She also made menus with each guest’s name on them for a 2-​in-​1 place card/menu…which I thought was brilliant. All-​in-​all, they were mailed to me overnight to NYC where I received them in enough time to get them to the florist/​venue.
Stacey and her team are very creative and their work is beautiful. They seem to really care about each of their clients and they do their best to accommodate. Her prices were surprisingly less than those cookie-​cutter designs at the stores AND she went above and beyond the call of duty. Steracle Press was one of the most painless vendors I used for my wedding!
Place rating: 4
Manhattan, NY
Stacey is super talented. If you are looking for a designer to carry your unique vision out for all printed items for a reasonable cost, she is your girl! She creates your custom quote based on your needs. She has great existing designs and will tweak to make them yours. I really enjoyed working with her!
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
My bride and I really cannot recommend Steracle Press enough. Stacey is very creative, very helpful, and very accommodating. She created unique save the dates, wedding invitations, and other weeding paper collateral that everyone raved about. The best part? It cost about the same as the cookie cutter stuff you get online. This review is short so you don’t waste too much time reading it and are able to call Stacy sooner!
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
I knew Stacey was who we wanted to work with from the beginning for our wedding invitations and rsvps. We wanted something simple, but weren’t entirely sure of the design direction. Stacey offered lots of suggestions and examples of other designs she had done. They ended up turning out beautiful and she even did some hand-​drawn elements of Michigan on the invites! We received a million compliments and we owe it all to this fantastic designer. We will definitely be using her again!!!
Place rating: 5
Oak Brook, IL
Stacey was wonderful to work with. She is always willing to help and is very flexible. Our invitations were beautiful and I got so many compliments on them! She’s also reasonably priced compared to other places, but she provides high quality invitations! We needed more invites and she was more than happy to help us. We loved them so much we got our place cards and ceremony programs with her. I highly recommend Stacey for anyone who wants gorgeous invites! Thank you Stacey!!!
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
Thank you so much to Stacy and those at Steracle Press for our save the dates, invitations, and day of pieces. We received so many complements from all our of guests! It was so awesome to design our own pieces and also receive input for Stacy on what would work well. She is so talented, helpful, down to earth and was a great vendor to work with! We will cherish our wedding stationary forever. Everything was just perfect, and reasonably priced too!
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
Stacey did an amazing job with our wedding invites. They turned out even better than what we imagined. She’s open to new ideas and gives great advise. We received so many compliments on our invites– they were unique and really represented us.
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
I could not possible find enough words to say thank you to Stacey and Vanessa at Steracle Press. They are incredibly talented and their customer service was second to none.
Chicago Brides: for all of your printed materials, you’d be remiss not to look into this place. This hands-​down was my favorite vendor to work with and in a sea of the same… Steracle is the brightest of spots!
Stacey and Vanessa went above and beyond to give us the most custom, beautiful invitations etc that were far from cookie cutter. I cannot tell you how many of our family and friends complimented our classy, timeless printed materials that were truly one of a kind.
I’d only visit Stacey for any work in the future!
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
Stacey is the person to go to for save the dates and invitations. This was my least favorite part of the wedding planning process. She made it easy by giving examples of what others have done in the past. She hand drew several components which turned out amazing. I had several compliments on them and my sister decided to use Steracle Press for her wedding in Maryland as well.
Sorry this is so late
Morgan
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
In short, we absolutely love Stacey. She was such a pleasure to work with in every way.
My fiancé and I are not graphic designers, but decided to design our own wedding invitations as a way to save money & get the look we wanted. Stacey was absolutely fantastic in helping us throughout the process, from choosing the paper, brainstorming together on packaging to getting us other materials & referencing other great vendors. It is so rare to find someone so talented AND genuinely likable in the wedding industry.
To sweeten the deal, her prices are very reasonable — every cent is worth it.
Can’t wait to work with her again! Highly recommend her for all your stationery needs — wedding or otherwise.
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
My wife and I got married a few weeks ago and we had Stacey print EVERYTHING. She took care of our invitations, RSVPs, thank yous, menus, programs and even our place cards. She is incredibly easy to work with and actually responds when you email her. If you haven’t worked with wedding vednors yet, you will soon understand how rare receiving a response from a vendor actually happens. Basically we cannot say enough good things about Stacey and her work. Everyone should use her for their wedding.
Check out the vimeo video below to see Stacey in action.
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
Stacey is absolutely amazing and her prices are totally reasonable (less then the crappy stuff you can get from the paper stores)! We used her for invitations, menus, place cards, programs and a custom made ketubah. She does letter press and printing and, as i said, is absolutely amazing. Our invitations were custom made and turned out beautifully. She worked with us through the design and was very easy to work with when we had some last minute changes. We also really couldn’t find a ketubah that we liked and wanted to have one custom made that represented our relationship more. Aside from the difficulty in getting hebrew into a usable format, i couldn’t have been more pleased with how it turned out. She hand drew (and then turned it into letterpress) the design for us. Of all our wedding vendors, Stacey was absolutely, hands down, the best. I can’t speak highly enough for the amazing work that she did to help us with all our printing needs.
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
I just picked my my 250+ invitations from Stacey — and I couldn’t be happier. She was lovely to work with to design the invitation, and helped create exactly what we wanted for our wedding. The letterpress is beautiful and rich looking, the info card with custom map is perfect, and the design is stunning and fits perfectly with our themes. Everything was exactly on time. Absolutely perfect.
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
Stacey is amazing! We cannot say enough great things about her. She designed our wedding invitations and a few more pieces for our wedding. Stacey did a wonderful job helping bring our ideas to reality. She is so easy to work with, extremely helpful, knowledgeable, dependable, and reasonably priced. My finace and I are so grateful we found Stacey and had the opportunity to work with her. Our wedding invitation design was a priority for us and Stacey definitely exceeded our expectations. We have received so many compliments on our invitations. Thank you Stacey!
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
Stacey just finished personal cards for me and they are beautiful. I had a high level idea of what I liked, and she was able to create multiple options for me to review. It was hard to chose because all of them looked great!
I’m really very happy with the results.
Place rating: 5
Oak Park, IL
Stacey of Steracle Press is a true artist, and such a sweet person! I came to her with a specific vision and she worked sooo diligently to make it come to life! My invitations turned out stunning and I am beyond grateful to have had the opportunity to work with her on them! Her prices are totally reasonable as well, I would even call them a bargain considering how much time and care she put into the whole process. Thank you Stacey! I am eternally grateful and every time I need letterpress printing in the future, you will be my girl!
Place rating: 5
Wicker Park, Chicago, IL
Stacey did an incredible job on our wedding invites & envelopes. She worked with my fiancé’ who designed them and did a quick turn around for our upcoming September wedding. She let him stop by for a color check and to make sure everything looked good before they were all done.
I researched a lot of local and online letter-​press options and Stacey came out on top as far as time and cost. Her work is amazing and we will definitely be using her for our letter-​press needs in the future.
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
Stacey helped me to create my wedding invitations and I couldn’t be happier! I looked into numerous vendors and she was by far the best. She has the most talent, is so fabulous to work with and is the most reasonably priced. She is so patient and her work is absolutely wonderful.
She sat down with me and asked me questions about what I wanted. She created numerous samples for me to pick and choose elements that I loved. I would recommend her highly to absolutely anyone. Thank you so much Stacey! Anyone looking for someone to help with their wedding or any other invitations, look no further!
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
I just met with Stacey this evening, and she was GREAT! She is very knowledgeable and so helpful. I’m confident that my wedding invitations will be amazing, and I can’t wait to sing her praises several more times between now and when they’re printed!
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
Stacey recently helped me with the design and printing of our wedding invitations. She was wonderful to work with and had terrific ideas! Her work is outstanding and I’ve received noting but fabulous compliments on our invites.
She has a good eye for design, offers sincere and helpful advice, and genuinely wants to create something unique for you! I can’t recommend her enough!