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Bespoke Studio  ·  Hove, East Sussex

Bespoke cards and stationery,
made with you in Hove.

An in-house production house of 27, working with brand directors, wedding planners, event organisers and museum buyers to commission, illustrate and print one-off card and stationery ranges on our own 350gsm cotton press.

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In-house studio
12,000 sqft, Hove
Since
Founded 2014
Awards
3× Henries
The studio

A 27-person in-house production house, with a print room at the back.

The Really Fab Cards Bespoke Studio sits inside our 12,000 sqft Hove headquarters — a converted print works where design, account management, illustration liaison and litho press all live on the same floor. We accept a small number of commissions each season, from corporate gifting ranges and heritage brand reissues to wedding suites and event stationery for 200 or 2,000 guests.

Recent private commissions have shipped to Fortnum & Mason, the V&A Museum Shop, Liberty London and the Royal Horticultural Society. Every brief is matched by hand to one of the 220+ illustrators on our roster, then run in-house on our cotton press with the same FSC-certified 350gsm stock we use for our own range.

See selected commissions
Inside the Really Fab Cards Hove studio, print room and design floor

Studio 4, The Old Print Works, Hove — where every bespoke commission is briefed, printed and dispatched.

Selected commissions

Four real projects, for four real British institutions.

A small cross-section of recent bespoke work — from heritage retailers to museum shops and a private wedding. Each spread shows the original brief, the finished range and a quote from the buyer.

Fortnum & Mason Heritage Florals range, flat-lay
Fortnum & Mason

Heritage Florals — a twelve-design seasonal range

A reissue of Fortnum's archive botanical illustrations, retold by three of our roster illustrators and printed on our heaviest 350gsm cotton stock with a gold-foil Fortnum crest. Dispatched flat in rigid cream envelopes to Fortnum's Piccadilly flagship and their online gift hall.

“Their team matched our archive better than we could have hoped — and the print quality is genuinely indistinguishable from what we used to produce in-house.”

Buyer, Gifting & Stationery, Fortnum & Mason
Year
2023
Designs
12
Stock
350gsm cotton, gold foil
V&A Museum Shop Archive Botanicals range, flat-lay
V&A Museum Shop

Archive Botanicals — six designs drawn from the V&A's textile collection

Six new designs drawn from Morris & Co. pattern books held in the V&A's archive, illustrated in collaboration with the museum's curatorial team. Printed on uncoated cotton with a discreet blind-embossed V&A mark on every card.

“A studio that understood the subtlety of our collection, and the discipline of working to museum-grade colour matching.”

Senior Buyer, V&A Museum Shop
Year
2024
Designs
6
Stock
350gsm cotton, blind emboss
Liberty London Tana Lawn card range, flat-lay
Liberty London

Tana Lawn — six designs adapted from Liberty's archive fabrics

Six cards reinterpreting Liberty's iconic Tana Lawn prints, hand-finished with a coloured edge paint chosen from the Liberty in-house palette. A small run of 3,000 cards per design, each wrapped in a Liberty blue band and shipped flat-packed to the Regent Street store.

“We briefed a tricky archive and they returned something that felt unmistakably Liberty — without ever feeling like a pastiche.”

Head of Gifting, Liberty London
Year
2024
Designs
6
Finish
Coloured edge paint
RHS Garden Notecards range, flat-lay
Royal Horticultural Society

Garden Notecards — a five-design range for the RHS Lindley Library

Five notecards drawn from the Lindley Library's botanical holdings, illustrated live in RHS gardens at Wisley by two of our roster artists. Packed in sets of five with a seed-paper belly band, sold in RHS shops, gardens and online.

“They handled a heritage brief, a working photographer on site and a tight print deadline — all without a single compromise on the colour.”

Buyer, Royal Horticultural Society
Year
2023
Designs
5
Pack
Sets of five, seed-paper band
The commission

How a commission runs, from first email to dispatched boxes.

Most briefs run between four and twelve weeks end-to-end. We hold a short discovery call, match you to a roster illustrator, send a hand-drawn proof, then print on the same cotton press we use for our own range.

  1. 01

    Brief & discovery

    A 45-minute call with our account lead. We agree audience, quantity, stock, finish, deadline and budget — then send a written brief back within two working days.

  2. 02

    Illustration & proof

    We match you to one or two illustrators from our roster of 220+ working artists. You receive a hand-drawn proof on our cotton stock within ten working days, with two rounds of refinement included.

  3. 03

    Print & finish

    Approved artwork moves to our in-house Heidelberg press in Hove. We print on FSC-certified 350gsm cotton stock with options for foil, emboss, letterpress, edge paint and seed-paper wraps.

  4. 04

    Pack & dispatch

    Every card is hand-finished, flat-packed in rigid envelopes, and shipped carbon-neutral via Royal Mail Tracked 24. UK mainland delivery is free on every order, with full tracking to your door.

The reason we keep coming back is the craft. The proofs arrive looking like finished cards, the print quality holds up to museum shop standards, and the team treats every brief — even a small one — as if it were the only one on the desk.

Head of Gifting, a featured British heritage retailer
By the numbers

What the studio can actually deliver.

  • 27 People in-house in Hove
  • 220+ Illustrators on the roster
  • 4–12 wks Typical commission lead time
  • FSC 350gsm Cotton stock, printed in the UK
  • Carbon-neutral shipping since 2021
  • 100% plastic-free packaging chain
  • One tree planted with every order, via Eden Reforestation Projects
  • Winner, Best Independent Retailer — Henries Awards 2022
  • Winner, Best Sustainability Initiative — Henries Awards 2023