About

I’m Bethann Aurand (You can call me Beth if it’s easier)

I’m a small-town girl from Central Pennsylvania.  I’m a Basset Hound loving, graphic designer, business owner, and blogger.  I’m obsessed with ice cream, coffee, stripes and the Gilmore Girls.  Still here?  Scroll down for more!

I didn’t always have this business and as an extremely shy teenager, I honestly never even considered being a business owner.  In fact, I was a psychology major turned college drop out with no idea what I wanted to do except that I wanted a job where I could be creative.

In my mid twenties, I was fortunate enough to land a great job as an administrative assistant in a corporate environment.  Even though I hated the job, I worked hard and it eventually exposed me to a new world of graphic design that I never knew existed.  While at this job, I met my future husband; a sweet and funny “nerd” that I guess I couldn’t resist.

After we were married in 2002, I decided to go back to school for a degree in graphic design and around this time we also moved to the Philadelphia area where I took a job as the “marketing coordinator” for a small, residential architect.  In 2005, I started freelancing on the side to build up my design portfolio.  By day I was marketing my architect boss and by night I was building a client list, and keeping up with school work.

In 2009, the economy changed everything.  My hours were cut back and work and my husband lost his job.  When one door closes, God opens a window and by His grace alone my husband was offered a job closer to our families.  We put our house on the market, I quit my job and we moved in with my in-laws until we sold our house.  Leaving our life in Philadelphia was so hard but it was this low point that gave me the courage to take my side hustle to a full time job.

In 2010, I had my official grand opening here in the shop and while things have changed more than once since then, I’m still working out of this tiny space, living my dream and loving my work.

When I’m not working, I’m spending time with my family and our three Basset Hounds, Elwood, L.J. and Stewie.

Today the shop is no longer open to walk-ins so that I can devote the necessary time to the people I work with.  I’ve learned that building a relationship and focusing on the quality of the overall experience is more important than the quantity of projects I do each year.  It’s the time devoted to each of my clients that become part of the RC Family that matters the most and sharing the passion I have for helping couples navigate through the often confusing world of wedding stationery and giving them a place to feel relaxed and at ease is my ultimate goal.

Wedding stationers are a dime a dozen.  We come in many shapes and sizes and price points.  I’m not focused on being the cheapest because weddings aren’t cheap and your invitations shouldn’t be either.  I’m here to help you tell your story.  Whether it’s simply telling a visual story of the wedding you are planning or telling the story of who you are as a couple.  Creating the perfect wedding stationery package requires a journey; one that I love traveling with you.

If you are interested in starting your own journey, please feel free to reach out.  Tell me your ideas and your vision and I’ll be happy to see how I may help you bring that vision to life.