Tim Gately Calligraphy

I am disappointed to leave this review for Tim. Our initial communication and working relationship was good but unfortunately he turned out to be the worst vendor I used for my wedding. I utilized him to address my wedding invitation envelopes. Like some of the other reviewers mentioned, Tim offered to customize my envelopes to match the invite which I very much appreciated. He sent me an example that we agreed to and that is pretty much where the customer service ended.
At the point to which we agreed the envelopes would be ready I reached out to contact him to check in. It took me three emails and a phone call to get a response. He let me know that he was out of town dealing with a family situation and would be back on Sunday and provide me with an update as to when my envelopes would be ready. With his family situation, I completely understood that he was dealing with something and didn’t get upset for his lack of response. Sunday rolled around and I heard nothing. I gave him a couple of days and still no word so I called him. I finally heard back from him on Wed. and he told me that he would have the invites done by the end of the week. I mentioned that I was going out of town so we arranged pick-​up on Monday. On Monday I texted him after work to let him know I was on my way. He wrote back and confirmed. I then sent him another text that the bus was delayed a little and he confirmed that he’d see me when I got there. About 5 mins later he called me to tell me that my invitations were not ready. I didn’t understand this since he confirmed with me twice via text.
We then arranged for him to drop them off at my work the next day and even confirmed via text message after the call. The next day he did not show up at my office. I texted him twice and called him. It was very concerning not hearing from him. The next day I wrote Tim an email and asked if we could try it again and asked him to confirm if he could come by my office. I did not hear back from him. At this point I had to go out of town unexpectedly for a death in the family and asked my co-​worker to help me out in reaching out to him to get my envelopes back. By this time the envelopes were definitely late (considering protocol of how long you should give guests to respond to the date printed on the invitation). She was able to get in touch with him and finally got my envelopes back from Tim a week later.
What is even more disappointing is that I gave my friend a check to pay Tim and when he confirmed the amount he included envelopes that I shouldn’t have paid for. I had requested changes and he did not complete all of the changes. For example I had some friends move to London and I told him to skip their envelope and he didn’t and charged me for it anyway. Also he charged me for envelopes that he made an error on. For example my fiancé’s aunt’s name is Carri. He addressed one envelope spelled Carrie (his mistake) and then corrected it with the appropriate spelling and he charged me for both. I should not have to pay for his mistakes.
Ultimately, I learned that Tim’s family situation was still happening during this time which I am completely sympathetic to considering what was happening with my family situation. But what I cannot excuse is the complete lack of communication. It takes two minutes to respond to a text or make a quick phone call. Also, I would have preferred for him to even tell me that he wouldn’t be able to complete my job and to give me my envelopes back to find another calligrapher. Based on this, I cannot recommend Tim. I don’t believe he was professional in this circumstance.

I can’t speak highly enough about Tim and the quality of his work. We were looking for a calligrapher/​artist who could create the wording for our invitations, address our invite envelopes and create signage for our wedding.
Tim has been an absolute delight to work with. First and foremost, the quality of his work is amazing. His styles are unique — truly original. He works with you to find a style that reflects your aesthetic. I LOVE LOVE LOVE every single piece he has created. In fact, the wedding invite envelopes were addressed so beautifully that I was sad to mail them. They are real art. He customized a script and print style combo for us and color matched his ink to work with our invitation suite.
In addition to getting customized and stunningly beautiful calligraphy to make our wedding unique and one-​of-​a-​kind, Tim’s prices are incredibly, almost ridiculously, reasonable.
Tim has been my best vendor find! I have been recommending him to everyone. He is a delight and very easy to work with; his work is affordable; and most importantly, he is a gifted and talented artist/​calligrapher.
I am an overjoyed customer and really could not imagine finding anyone better than Tim.
In short, hire him! It will be a great decision!

One word: WOW
Tim exceeded our expectations with our wedding invitations. I have had multiple friends tell me that they are saving their envelopes because they are just too gorgeous to throw away.
The envelopes were exquisitely executed and Tim was a pleasure to work with. I would recommend Tim to anyone looking for a first-​rate calligrapher.

I was looking for a calligrapher on Craigslist for my wedding invitations b/​c we needed something inexpensive and I figured some freelancers were advertising.
I found Tim and clicked on his samples and LOVED them! After some email communication, a GREAT price quote, and getting timelines set, it came time to drop off my invitations.
When i dropped them off, he asked for a sample of the invite so he could match and make the lettering custom to us… AWESOME! I asked him to send a pic first before he did them all. He sent the pic with white ink (which I would have never thought of on a gray envelope) and it looked AMAZING! So so happy with it, I gave the go ahead.
A week later I picked up my invites and they were just perfection — a great combo of fancy and modern.
EVERY single person has commented on the lettering of the envelopes, most saying it was their favorite part of the invitations. Our wedding invitation designers even asked for Tim’s contact info so they could recommend him as well.
He’s great to work with and great communication — he’s even going to do our seating cards too:)