Our Story

A Family Studio, Since 1994

Three decades of designing, printing and hand-finishing invitations in Istanbul, for couples and families across the United States and around the world.

Where it began

Lovely Knot is the wedding and celebration stationery studio of Selim and Ayşegül Gömeç. Our family started working with paper and print on 1 March 1994, and we have been at it without a break ever since. Our parent company, OfficePrint, keeps design, pre-press and printing under one roof, so every invitation is thought through, proofed and produced by the same hands.

Lovely Knot grew out of the custom wedding invitations we designed for our own clients. Couples kept asking for something they could not find in a catalog, and that is still how we work today: we start from your story, your colors and your venue, and build the invitation around them.

The Lovely Knot production team in Istanbul celebrating an award
The Lovely Knot production team in Istanbul, the people behind every invitation, celebrating an award.

Milestones along the way

1994: The first press run

We opened our doors on 1 March 1994 and have produced invitations and printed work every year since.

2012 to 2013: Europe

We exhibited at the National Wedding Show in London (2012, 2013) and at TrauDich in Düsseldorf (2012), our first steps onto the international wedding stage.

2014 to 2020: New York

Every year at the National Stationery Show at the Javits Center, where hundreds of stationers, planners and event professionals stopped by our booth to see and touch the work.

2016 and 2018: Louie Awards

Finalist at the Louie Awards in 2016, and winner in 2018, the stationery industry's award for the best new products shown at NSS.

Craft that is hard to replace

Alongside modern laser cutting and digital printing, we still run Heidelberg platen letterpresses. The design dates back to 1914 and the machines are no longer manufactured, which is exactly why we value them: they press letters and embossing into thick cotton paper with a depth that digital printing cannot copy. It is slow, demanding work, and a skilled press operator is rare, so we treat that knowledge as part of what we hand on.

Every order follows the same path: a typographer's proof for your approval, hand assembly of each piece, and insured courier delivery to your door.

Made in Istanbul, shipped worldwide

Our studio and workshop are in Istanbul, Turkey, where paper craft has a long tradition. Working directly from the studio keeps our pricing fair and our quality in our own hands. Today nearly 300 dealers around the world carry our designs, and we ship custom Wedding and Bar/Bat Mitzvah invitations to families across the United States.

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