Lykkefund Paper

Wedding stationery is not the front door here. Open Lykkefund Paper and the site sells birthday cards, sympathy cards, Mother's and Father's Day cards, washi tape and mini posters first, all hand-illustrated by one Zurich-based artist, Daniela-Karin Raffl, and priced at CHF 5.50 apiece. Wedding stationery sits as its own line in the main menu, alongside Pencils and Accessories and Poster Prints, one shop section among several rather than the whole business. A couple who lands here from a wedding search is walking into a card studio that also happens to do weddings very well, not a bridal specialist that also sells birthday cards.

That framing matters for what to expect. The wedding page is written in the first person, "I work closely with you as a couple," and the About page introduces the owner by her nickname, Nela, before it gets to her professional title. She describes leaving an office job because her drawing "was calling me louder than ever," the kind of career-change story a design studio with a payroll rarely bothers to tell. Booking here means booking one illustrator's calendar, not a client-services department.

Two named suites, everything else drawn from scratch

The wedding-specific catalog is small and named. A sitewide search of the product sitemap turns up exactly 3 wedding items among roughly 230 products: 2 full stationery suites, Blue Balloon and Flower Wreath, and 1 standalone wedding or anniversary greeting card at the standard CHF 5.50. The two suites are the semi-custom option: existing illustrated designs a couple personalizes with their own wording rather than commissions built from nothing. Anything else is fully bespoke, drawn to brief.

Both suites list at CHF 245.00 and share the same structure. Each comes in 6 configurations: a Complete Set (save the date, invitation, RSVP card, information card, envelopes and a self-adhesive wax seal), a Save the Date alone, a Two Piece Suite (invitation, envelope, wax seal), a Four Piece Suite (invitation, wax seal, response card, envelopes), a standalone Details card for reception, directions and accommodation information, and a single sample piece. Quantity runs in steps of 25, from 25 up to 200 pieces, which makes 25 pieces the smallest order the site will actually sell rather than a stated minimum policy; nowhere on the site is a minimum order quantity written out as a rule. The page does not spell out how the CHF 245.00 changes across those 6 configurations and 8 quantity tiers, so treat it as the number shown on the product page rather than a guaranteed price for every combination.

The printed pieces themselves are, in the site's own words, "fine art print, text to be personalized," on "uncoated cardstock, 250 g/m2." That is a digital process: illustrated artwork reproduced as a fine art print, with the couple's own wording set into the design, not letterpress, foil stamping or engraving. Hand calligraphy does appear, but only as a separate add-on for envelope addressing, offered "upon request" rather than built into the base price of either suite. On the Flower Wreath suite the site also publishes exact piece sizes: a save the date at 6.2 by 4.3 inches, an invitation at 5.8 by 8.27 inches with a transparent cover sheet over the print, and an RSVP card at 2.9 by 4.1 inches. Wax seals, included in the fuller configurations, come in cream white or golden.

A proof in 3 days, then a revision count the site can't agree on

The wedding page links out to a 5-step guide, and it is unusually specific for a small studio's site. A couple starts by browsing existing designs and can request paper and print samples before committing. Ordering means confirming the chosen design and quantity and submitting wording against the studio's own guideline. From there a digital proof comes back, by the site's own account, "approximately three days from the final confirmation of wording and design details," and it costs nothing: "digital proofs are provided for free," though a physical printed proof is available for an extra, unstated fee if a couple wants to see paper stock in hand before the full run prints.

Revisions are where the site trips over itself. The step by step guide says a personalized order "usually comes with a digital proof and 2 rounds of revisions." The separate questions and answers page describes the same thing differently: "after the first digital proof, you will receive two additional rounds of edits and alterations, totaling three." The studio's own pages disagree with each other, 2 different revision counts. Rather than pick one, it is worth knowing both exist and that the two pages disagree; a couple should confirm the number directly before assuming either.

Production timing is more consistent. An existing design like Blue Balloon or Flower Wreath takes "up to 2-3 weeks" once a proof is approved; a fully bespoke design runs "about 4-5 weeks." Orders that include the hand-calligraphy add-on can run "up to 6 weeks" on their own. Taken start to finish, including shipping, the site puts a single custom order at roughly 4 to 6 weeks. A faster turnaround is offered, again for an unspecified extra fee, so a couple on a tight runway has an option, just not a published price for it.

Money terms are laid out plainly, which is not always true of small studios. Payment is due in full before work begins: "with the release of your order, you will receive an invoice, which must be paid in total, before any work can proceed." Cancel before the final proof is approved and the studio keeps 20 percent of the job total "for restocking and applied design time"; once a proof is approved, there is no refund. None of this is hedged or implied. It is stated outright, which makes it easy to plan around even where the number itself (20 percent) is not one a couple will love.

The 25-piece floor is a dropdown limit, not a stated minimum

A few things a couple might want to know are simply absent. There is no stated minimum order beyond the smallest quantity tier on the two named suites. There is no language guarantee: the storefront itself runs entirely in English, but nothing on the site confirms whether wording can be set in German or French for a Swiss guest list, so a couple should ask directly rather than assume. And there is no named print vendor or press, just "fine art print" as a description of the finish. None of these gaps are unusual for a business this size, but they are gaps, not answers, and the write-up should not fill them in on the reader's behalf.

A 2026 wedding suite, next to a banner about coming home from travel

The Custom Works page lists real, dated commissions rather than a stock gallery: an Isabella & Luis wedding suite from 2025, Noemi & Martial's suite from 2024, a Sarah & Gino wedding invitation dated 2026, invitations for Laura & Fred and for Anna-Liesa & Thomas in 2024, and elopement papery for Aly & Micha, also 2024. A 2026-dated commission sitting alongside a currency switcher offering CHF, EUR, GBP, USD and XOF is a reasonable signal that the shop is trading now, not coasting on an old build. Worth flagging directly: the site's own homepage currently carries a banner saying the studio has "returned from its travels" after time away, and an older post on the same site describes an extended trip through Oceania, Southeast Asia and East Asia. Read together with the 2026 portfolio entry, this reads as a solo artist's personal travel breaks rather than any sign the business has wound down, but it is exactly the kind of live-status detail worth a second check closer to booking.

Worth it for the hand in it, once you've checked what's missing

For a couple who wants hand-drawn, one-of-a-kind stationery rather than a catalog template, and who's happy working with a single illustrator rather than a studio team, Lykkefund Paper is a genuine find: real named commissions, an unusually transparent process page for a business this size, and payment and cancellation terms stated in plain language rather than buried in fine print. The catch is scale. It's a single illustrator's calendar folded into a much larger card shop, the revision count differs depending on which of the studio's own pages a couple reads, and several practical numbers, an exact rush fee, a hard minimum, a guaranteed non-English typesetting option, simply are not published anywhere. Ask before you assume, and plan around the 4 to 6 week window from the studio's own guide rather than a shorter one.