Hi there!
We are Annie and Earle Kantor, husband and wife team, and we've been the owners of Inklinations, an invitation and stationery boutique, for the past 34 years. We started the business in a retail spot in Manhasset in 1987 and 4 years ago moved the business to our cozy home office.
We love working with brides (and grooms) and helping them to create their perfect invitation.
Our customers love the friendly, supportive and professional experience that we provide.
Introduction
The Wedding Industry
I started out addressing envelopes for friends' wedding invitations. I then became a professional calligrapher. It became a natural segue into the invitation and stationery business. Since my husband and I love being together, we decided to go into business together.
We love being in the wedding industry and sharing the engaged couples' joy and excitement.
It's such a happy business.
The Wedding Memories
We find all weddings to be wonderful, joyous occasions and cannot single out one in particular. While being at a wedding in England was certainly memorable and unique, I would have to say that our son's wedding in Connecticut on the water was very special.
Specialization
While we offer invitations for every occasion, we specialize in wedding invitations, save the dates, bridal showers, place cards, programs and menus. In addition, we offer machine or hand calligraphy.
For wedding invitations, we specialize in thermography and letterpress.
We are able to provide one day service for envelope addressing by machine.
Company History
After years of Annie being a professional calligrapher, we decided, in 1987, to open a retail store selling invitations, cards and gifts. Four years ago, we decided to move the business to our home office and focus solely on invitations, especially wedding. Our customers really appreciate being able to work on a one-on-one basis. While Annie works with the customers, Earle takes care of the business end as well as the machine printing.
FAQs
How far in advance do I need to order wedding invitations?
We suggest at least 4 months before the wedding date.
What is the difference between hand and machine calligraphy for addressing envelopes?
Machine is a third of the price. We have many samples of each to show you.
How much do invitations cost?
We have such a huge selection in every price range, from the least expensive on the market to very high end. There are too many variables to give a set answer.
We get asked etiquette questions all the time about wording on invitations and addressing of envelopes.
Our 34 years in the industry makes us well equipped to answer these questions. We consider all questions to be important. Annie gives her cell number and is available 24/7 to speak to customers.
Personal Hobbies
We are avid tennis players and although we each have our separate games, we love playing against each other.
We also love hiking, cooking, and most of all, spending time with family and friends. Our older son is a Broadway actor, so of course we love going to theatre, especially when he's in a show.
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We received much praise from our guests for showing our event was full of class and sophistication from the moment the invitations were opened. Annie and Earle worked within our budget, and we enjoyed spending time with them as we finalized our invitation suite. Annie was patient with edits, and when we needed resends she would overnight them at no additional cost to us!
We did our paper invitations, RSVP cards, envelopes, and detail cards with Annie and Earle, who were incredibly easy to work with and very reasonably priced. We went for a consultation with Annie, and 2.5 hours later, we had fully designed our beautiful invitations. Annie and Earle were able to help us address all of our invitations and our escort cards as well and turned these around very quickly. Annie and Earle were very communicative over text and email. I was truly obsessed with our invitations in the end–will be framing one very soon.
Annie and Earl are so sweet and our invitations came out beautifully. We wanted something simple and elegant and they nailed it. Earl even offered to drive them to us in Manhattan when they came in.
Anne is a sweetheart and made the perfect invitations for our wedding. She helped us choose a style and the wording for everything. We only had to meet with her twice. The only thing was that she charges a lot extra to have ribbons tied to the invitations so i did that myself. We spent more than we wanted to on invites but honestly i didn’t really mind because i didn’t have to worry about the wording/spelling and i knew that they would come out beautiful.
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Inkliniations was wonderful!
Inklinations in Great Neck...they're a husband and wife who used to own a store and now work out of their home. A million of options at all price points (not to mention they are actually mindful of budget and aren't pushy) and SO easy to work with!!
She was wonderful, it was personalized and you get to meet with someone in person and actually see invitations.
OMG I love them so much!! Such beautiful work and literally the nicest people ever.
From the moment we walked in to Inklinations I felt relaxed and at ease. Picking out invitations can be daunting, and not to mention a big expense. Anne helped us pick out exactly what I described, even though I pretty much walked in with NO clue what I wanted. They were able to execute my vision perfectly! The team is available via email which makes it very easy to communicate with them during the work week. They are also very competitively priced for the area. Thank you to Anne and Earle!
By far THE best place to get invitations and related items on Long Island! Anne, Earle and Susan have impeccable taste and a wealth of knowledge about what they do. I can't thank them enough! Everything they helped me with for my daughter's wedding was absolutely perfect!
Anne and Earle are an absolute breath of fresh air. They are always so helpful, responsive and so easy to work with! If you need an invitation store, look no further. Wish I knew about them earlier!
Anne and Earle are the best in the business! From start to finish they were such a pleasure to work with and made my wedding invitations a dream come true. I will be sure to let everyone know how great they are and to use them for my future paper needs!
What a pleasure to work with - I had visited some other invitation places/printers and Ann and Earl were the nicest and most helpful. They provide great guidance and insight, but are not pushy and let you take your time to think about things. It must be their years of experience! Their prices are in line with the other stores - I honestly did not even see better prices online for what I was looking for. I would only go back to them for my future printing and invitation needs.