Visits

Leave them. Collect them dressed.

You do not wrap beside us unless you ask to. Most hosts drop the gifts in the morning and return when the cards are dry.

Cream parcels with red satin bows on a dark dinner table beside a cupcake
A host table, ready for the first plate.

Dinner at home

Small parcels for the people who brought wine, and one for the friend who traveled. We keep the ribbon in one family of color so the sideboard looks composed, not busy.

  • Up to six on a host table
  • Place-name cards if you are seating
  • Back in your hands the same day when you book before noon

Birthday

The birthday parcel can take a deeper ribbon. Everything else stays quieter, including gifts the guests will open later. Children can step in for a minute. The work stays slow, so most parents leave the stack and come back.

Three parcels in blue and pale gold paper with loose ribbon curls
One set, three weights of attention.
A clothbound book tied with a cream and gold cord
Books, bottles, and soft shapes are welcome.

Wedding, baby, December

Wedding welcomes follow a palette you send ahead: a thread, a napkin, a photograph of the flowers. Baby brunches skip glitter and anything that sheds. December is the same room with a longer list. If you need the twentieth, write in October.

  • Odd shapes — bottles, soft toys, framed photographs — are fine if we know
  • We do not use character paper or walk-in counter rolls
  • Courier inside Chicago can be arranged. We do not ship the work ourselves