Hello from George & Joshua
We are Birdhouse197, a small two-person studio run by George and Joshua, and we craft luxury elegant gothic wedding stationery that celebrates your love story in a truly personal way. When you work directly with George, you’ll develop bespoke illustrations and color palettes that perfectly reflect your theme and vision, while Joshua carefully coordinates with our printers to ensure each design is printed, packaged, and delivered safely in the highest quality.
Printed on fine card stock, each piece carries a sophisticated yet timeless charm. As a small business, we pour our hearts into every detail, and our couples’ kind words mean the world to us. Our save the dates and invitations give your guests a hint of the atmosphere and charm to come on your special day.
No matter where you are, we ship worldwide so your stationery feels as unique and memorable as the day you’ll share.
We can’t wait to work with you to bring a little gothic enchantment to your wedding.
Let’s create something unforgettable together!
George
I am a secondary school Art and Design teacher, with a background in Illustration and Graphic Design. I dabble in teaching Fine Art, Photography and Graphic Design to pupils aged 11-18.
This little adventure began 4 years ago when I was asked by one of my best friends to create the table plan for her wedding. As my work was well received, I popped a couple of designs on Etsy to test the waters (not thinking much of it) and that has led to where I am now! I am passionate about creating unique designs for unique weddings whilst simultaneously providing excellent customer service and smooth transactions to you.
Joshua
I am George’s partner in wedding stationery as well as in life! My role is to make sure everything runs as smooth as it possibly can. Keeping George organised and channelling those creative impulses effectively, making sure you are happy along the way.
I’ve been on this journey with George since the beginning and became more involved in assisting with processing, quality checking and completing orders a few years ago (when things started to take off!).
I love that we can be a small part of so many people’s special day and aim to make ordering your bespoke stationery the easiest part of organising it.
Beauty Queen & beloved pet
Bird
A fully qualified source of cute photos. Full time office assistant and drama queen.
The photos of us are shot by the amazing Shutter Go Click Photography