The 2009 StartupNation Home-Based 100 Competition

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Atlas Designs, Inc.

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Contestant's Case to Win

At Atlas Designs, we create completely custom, fully tailored, totally glamorous, ultra romantic wedding and party invitations. Our mission is to provide brides and event planners with the most original, elegant and beautiful invitation package in print. But what sets us apart is this: we then combine that with top-notch, above and beyond customer service and go the extra twenty miles because we love what we do!

We opened our virtual doors in September 2005, offering free in-home consultations to brides looking for a one-of-a-kind design. In our search for the perfect wedding invitation, we were finding that all designs online looked the same. Wanting to offer our customers something more than a cookie cutter template, we set out to find quality papers, glamorous pockets, shimmering ribbons and eye-catching embelishment to create truly unique designs. When we meet with a potential customer, we do not present her with a book to select a design from. Rather, we spend time learning about her plans for the special event, gather information such as the formality, the style, her prominent colors, and then we create a design from scratch which revolves around her dreams. The initial consultation is completely free and we block out a full two hours so we're sure to get every important detail.

In 2009 we opened our showroom and design studio, building onto our home in West Boca Raton to create a gorgeous space for our customers to visit, relax and be a part of the process. This allows us to create with our customer present, ensuring we design the invitation exactly as envisioned. As a bonus, the bright and beautiful space with a wall full of huge windows looking out onto the garden helps to keep those creative juices flowing!

We strive to be the one-stop-shop for all invitation and stationery needs by offering laser, thermography and letterpress printing as well as environmentally friendly stock options such as plantable stationery and 100% post-consumer paper stock. Over the past four years our clientele has expanded from the design of wedding packages to also include bar/bat mitzvah invitations, kids parties, birthdays, anniversaries and corporate marketing design such as business cards and letterhead.

Our designs are innovative, our showroom is glamorous and we would be honored to be named one of the top 100 home-based businesses!

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  • Lois customizes each invitation to capture the individual style of each client. She gives 5 star service...Read more
  • Great service, great products and a dedicated and caring staff!...Read more
  • What a fantastic company...great product with the ultimate in customer service and satisfaction! Those...Read more