OnceUponaPaper
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We are an artist studio offering handmade ketubah with coordinating invitations and guestbooks, original watercolor paintings with hand calligraphy and gold leaf details, many translated into woodcut and papercut designs, and art prints.
We use museum quality materials for our artwork and for all that is born from it.
With so many products being customizable, we invite you to browse our hundreds of designs developed over the past decade. However we encourage you to embark on a completely custom design experience. https://www.onceuponapaper.net/pages/options
The best place to start, contact us with your event date and wedding theme and we will guide you throughout the process.
Announcement
⤧
We are an artist studio offering handmade ketubah with coordinating invitations and guestbooks, original watercolor paintings with hand calligraphy and gold leaf details, many translated into woodcut and papercut designs, and art prints.
We use museum quality materials for our artwork and for all that is born from it.
With so many products being customizable, we invite you to browse our hundreds of designs developed over the past decade. However we encourage you to embark on a completely custom design experience. https://www.onceuponapaper.net/pages/options
The best place to start, contact us with your event date and wedding theme and we will guide you throughout the process.
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jenniferschlozman on Dec 6, 2021
5 out of 5 starsI am new to this seller and just purchased my second item after receiving my first. The seller is prompt with responses and the condition upon receipt was well cared for. I couldn’t be happier and am thrilled to have a new favorite for my Judaic gift and home needs!
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Leslie on Nov 4, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThis piece is beautiful and will look wonderful in my space. Once I frame it, I will post again with a photo. This seller was great to communicate with regarding questions…very responsive. I highly recommend this artist!
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Jamie on Oct 20, 2021
5 out of 5 starsWe absolutely loved our Ketubah. It was so special and beautifully done, it exceeded our expectations. The Once Upon a Paper team was thorough, patient and made sure everything was perfect. We can’t wait to frame it and hang it in our bedroom!
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mickya48 on Nov 10, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThis Ketubah is beyond our expectations, and it will be framed and become a main focus in our home. It is even more breathtaking in person than was described!! The added gold option to the art work make it even more special for our 50th anniversary. These folks were so easy to work with, responsive to questions, and very patient with my questions and oft delayed decision making.
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Jamie on Oct 20, 2021
5 out of 5 starsWe absolutely loved our Ketubah. It was so special and beautifully done, it exceeded our expectations. The Once Upon a Paper team was thorough, patient and made sure everything was perfect. We can’t wait to frame it and hang it in our bedroom!
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Jamie on Oct 20, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThe invitation came out exactly how we wanted it. Once Upon A Paper was very responsive and easy to work with.
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Kim on Oct 13, 2021
5 out of 5 starsBeautifully done. Very happy with the craftsmanship and great communication throughout the process.
Updates
About OnceUponaPaper
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CHERRY TREE BRANCHES Ketubah Commission watercolor painting with custom text calligraphy
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Gold leaf details on ACACIA TREE SUNRISE Ketubah watercolor painting with custom text calligraphy
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BELOVED GARDEN Ketubah woodcut - with custom text
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PEONIES Ketubah giclee print - after original watercolor painting - with custom text
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In our Studio - Ketubah, Guestbooks and Album are prepared for shipping
In nooks and corners Cold remains: Flowers of the plum
- Yosa Buson
We are Genu & Elena, the creators of ElenaBerlo™ and OnceUponaPaper™, a husband and wife team with a mutual passion for art, painting, printmaking and illustration.
We want to take a moment to thank everyone who put their faith in our artistic heart and hands. It is with your support this journey into customized artwork was made possible.
We took small steps in giving our paintings a new purpose, each one specially requested by a new couple. And it all grew organically as we came to understand that capturing life’s precious moments in art helps us make sense of our presence and connects us to the past, present and future, and to beautiful new people.
Our artwork derives from our day to day experience. As an architect you always start with pencil on paper. You need to sketch your ideas and give form to many aspects of a building and it’s surroundings. Many times your space planning drawings start looking like a cluster of basic geometric shapes following a structure. From there, our pattern paintings surfaced, especially the Trees of Life. It clearly suited our trees to be part of such an important moment in people’s lives, as they are a symbol of new beginnings, shelter, support and endurance beyond our existence. So many stand now as a silent witness to the promises made and signed by the bride and groom on their handwritten and painted Ketubah.
All of our ketubah, guest books and albums start as a painting and they will continue to do so as we love the sensibility of the paintbrush that stands out no matter what the end medium is. We are still the only ones in the field offering a Woodcut Ketubah and painted guestbooks, and we are adding calligraphy and gold leaf as a special detail. With so many products being customizable, the large majority are made in-house. We continue to use museum quality materials for our artwork and for all that is born from it.
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mazelmoments.com
interfaithfamily.com
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offbeatbride.com
vineyardbride.ca
weddingbells.ca
polkadotbride.com
bravobride.com
onewed.com
themerrybride.org
justalittlewedding.wordpress.com
amicodesign.blogspot.ro
beckysbrides.com
labellecouture.com.sg
creativemontage.com
crazyforus.com
rusticweddingchic.com
ohsobeautifulpaper.com
elizabethannedesigns.com
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weddings.usabride.com
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neweddingdayblog.com
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thedesignerpad.com
apartmenttherapy.com
Shop members
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Genu Berlo
Owner, Designer
Genu Berlo is fully involved in each project within the studio, and oversees all aspects of the concept, development and production. He also expands his interest beyond illustration into modern and contemporary art making. berlo.net
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Elena Berlo
Owner, Creator
With a bachelors in Architecture, color and fine arts education at FIT, and architectural practice in NYC firms, Elena Berlo is now a full time painter blending the family life with her endeavour in fine arts. elenaberlo.com
Production partners
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Atelier13
Bucureşti, Romania
Our Laser Cutting Manufacturer delivers the papercut and woodcut components of our products with outstanding quality and attention to details.
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GicléeToday
Boyertown, PA
Professionally printed in America with only top quality materials that exceed the standards set forth by the Fine Art Trade Guild for pH and lightfastness.
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