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Founded in the south of France in 2011, our workshop has developed exceptional expertise in illustrating and printing premium stationery and decorations.

Our purpose: to celebrate the happiest times in life with unique, stylish, customisable and 100% French-made designs.

Historic and iconic, our wedding range has everything you need to make the big day unforgettable: invitations and other matching stationery, decorations for your reception venue and tables, thank you cards and favours for your guests, and more.

Our birthday range also boasts a vast choice of stationery, decorative items, place mats and souvenir gifts to give your child their dream birthday party.

Finally, our home range means you can put your own personal twist on your interior decor to fill your house with love.

Constantly brimming with ideas, our talented design studio loves updating trends with new inspirations, bringing you unusual, appealing designs in collections updated every season.

Today, Cotton Bird operates throughout Europe with an online presence in 5 countries: United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain.

Your orders are crafted with the utmost care and an unrivalled attention to detail, between the south of France and Paris.

And if you feel you'd like some guidance, our Customer Service team is always on-hand to help make your events and occasions even more special, from your first visit to our website right through to receiving your order.

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Frequently asked questions

Does the invitation cost also cover printing?

Yes

Is there a limited selection of invitation styles or can they be customised?

Catalogue of choices

Lead time:

The average manufacturing time is 3 working days. Average delivery time is 3 to 5 working days. So from ordering to receiving your order : 6 to 8 working days

What is the charge for not reaching the minimum number of orders?

Minimum order is 10 units

What are your delivery times?

-United Kingdom Carriers Colissimo – Royal Mail | Delay: 3 to 5 working days

Do you do national mailing?

No

What is the charge for national mailing?

£4.99

What other services do you provide?

Printing
Sale of other accessories for the wedding
Thank you cards
Customised designs
Other (Designer's review (proofreading & quality check) on demand)

What kind of printing do you offer?

Typographic
Digital
Embossed

Operating hours:

9 to 5

What are the forms of payment?

Online payment only
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Do you have any questions?

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Reviews for Cotton Bird

4.3 out of 5 rating
4.3 out of 5 rating
21 reviews
85% recommend it
  • Quality of the service
    4.2 out of 5 rating
  • Response time
    4.3 out of 5 rating
  • Professionalism
    4.2 out of 5 rating
  • Value for money
    4.2 out of 5 rating
  • Flexibility
    4.3 out of 5 rating
Jemma
Jemma G. Sent on 02/02/2024
4.8 out of 5 rating

Gorgeous autumnal

Recently received my order from Cottonbird, and it's gorgeous! Although, there was a little hiccup as I did not receive any envelopes. A quick email to customer services, and they are on their way to me now. Please bare in mind, that all orders are coming from FRANCE, so you may need to factor in export times etc.
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Victoria M. Sent on 08/11/2023
1 out of 5 rating

DO NOT USE!!!!! If I could leave negative stars I would!!

I have had a horrific experience with cotton bird printing and delivering my wedding invites. They got held in customs through underpaid taxes. Nobody contacted me. I emailed Cotton Bird for updates and got no response. I managed to track down a number for them, but it was in France!! Luckily, the lady spoke very good English. I then received an email saying I had to pay the charges and would be refunded (I'm still waiting!!) due to Brexit. I can't be the first person to order invites to England since Brexit, so I cannot see why there was such an issue. Then Parcel Force, their chosen carrier, could not locate my work address twice despite it being the only premises with this postcode and a map being drawn for them. When I unpacked my order, I had a million place names with my name on them when I filled in and emailed back their spreadsheet with every guest's name on it. I ordered pink lined envelopes and have received plain, and the RSVP cards are larger than the invites, meaning that they have had to be folded and look amateurish. The overall quality and design are good. But I have not got what I paid for and have been left very unsatisfied and stressed. I am now sending out my invites a month late!
Samantha
Samantha L. Sent on 06/10/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful!

I fell in love with the designs and knew I wanted these. The process of editing and ordering was so easy, these are honestly some of the most beautiful designs out there

I used them for everything that was sent to guests and had a lot of lovely compliments on how beautiful everything was. Highly recommend!
Joanne
Joanne S. Sent on 28/09/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Gorgeous cards

Very happy with the cards, thank you! Received a few compliments about them, great quality!
Kerry
Kerry B. Sent on 23/04/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Exactly what we needed!

Products are of great quality and design and just what we were looking for.
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Vanessa S. Sent on 09/10/2023
4 out of 5 rating

Happy, but there's room for improvement

The designs are lovely (I chose the Irene bi-fold wedding invites), plenty of choice in terms of format, quick and easy to see how your invites will look (PDF preview) before ordering, so really lovely online experience.
However, there's just a few things I'd would have rather have, that would really make me say they're excellent: 1) although you'll have to emsemble the invites, it doesn't really give you any instructions, I know sometimes it may seem obvious, but the bifold invite with ribbons and double sided tape, can sometimes be tricky for those who do not excel at DYI, and don't hve much time to faf about, so quick clear instructions would be nice. 2) the cut of the invites is good, but could be neater, I had to clean pretty much all the edges from, although very small, feather like bits of paper resulting from the cutting. 3) The satin ribbon is not the best, I had to iron it a few times and once the invite is closed for a while, it doesn't really look as beautiful as in the photos, I ended up buying double sided satin ribbon in ivory from a brand called boutique, and they're awesome, they don't get any wrinkles, and stay exactly the same. 4) I know making changes to the design is probably too much to ask, but I would love to have had the option to choose the type of paper I wanted, that would be really great. I liked a design that was in a shiny paper, when I'd love to have it in a matte one (not the technical terms, but you know what I mean).
The overall experience was nice though! They look beautiful, and I've ordered all my invites through cotton bird, they were quick replying to my queries as well.
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Emily Sent on 28/01/2024
1 out of 5 rating

Haven’t received my order!

I haven’t received my order after placing my order at the beginning of January, on Hitched your delivery time is 3-5 days. I was so excited after reading reviews, however I am now frustrated and upset as I have contacted via email several times and also Instagram with no response. Avoid if you are in a hurry for your invites!!
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Jodie V. Sent on 19/04/2024
2.2 out of 5 rating

No communication

The invitation itself was ok, good quality. However, after receiving my order. The colour of the invite was wrong, it was done on just plain white when I ordered a sage colour to go with the theme of my wedding. I had no response, customer service is non existent and not even an apology so for that I would not recommend and will not use in future.
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Charley A. Sent on 23/01/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Excellent!

I recently ordered my wedding invitations from here and they came just as how I imagined! The quality was lovely and was delivered at a reasonable time !
I will definitely be ordering again for my evening invitations.
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Nicola S. Sent on 27/01/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful invitations

We ordered our invitations and save the date cards from here after finding browsing the internet for a style we liked. The designs available are beautiful and it was so straightforward to customise them. The price was very reasonable with regular updates on the order status. They were always carefully packaged and wrapped and we honestly can’t fault them. Very happy!
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Josephine Z. Sent on 24/05/2023
4.2 out of 5 rating

Excellent! Just what we were after!

Excellent design and great discount offered on the order! Although unsure why our invites came from Germany if there is a London base? Having previously worked in the print trade it would make more sense to send the digital copy for printing in the UK rather than export the printed product (saving time and money). Other than that very happy with our wedding invites!
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Cas P. Sent on 17/02/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful Invitations

We ordered the Gemma wedding invitations and they are beautiful. The quality of the card and print is lovely and the team were responsive in all communication. I love that you can see your mock up on the site before ordering!
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Victoria Sent on 27/09/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Excellent invitations, really good quality and good seevice

We got our wedding invitations and are very happy, they look and feel really good quality. They are exactly what we wanted and it was a really simply process.
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Nicola P. Sent on 06/02/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Fantastic service

Beautiful products / great service 10/10

Extremely impressed , well presented , professional and attention to detail thank you so much cotton bird.
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Bronwyn S. Sent on 29/04/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Wedding invites

We ordered our wedding invites (day and night), this was easy to personalise and the end product was beautiful. We love our invites! Would highly recommend, great quality for reasonable prices! Thank you!
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