Papyrus

I was in a hurry one day, and the store associate pressured me into signing up for the emailing list, and said the next time I came in I would get a free card. Made a trip back 2 weeks later to pick up a card and was told I needed a coupon that was emailed to me, I hadn’t received this email and the associate confirmed they had the right email on file and something went wrong. Said she would send another one, and I had to come back in 48 hours or more to claim the free card. Headache.

Was looking for a Christmas gift for a friend who (Like myself) is an avid stationary lover. I wasn’t expecting to come out with as much as I did!
The staff were very friendly and helpful, as soon as I walked in I was greeted and was asked if I needed any help finding anything. I explained that I was looking for Christmas gifts, and the woman there proceeded to show me items that were popular sellers as well as items that were discounted and on sale.
They have a wide range of notebooks, cards, papers, calendars, and collectibles. Really cute store, and reasonably priced. I was very pleased with the staff and how eager they were to help me find what I needed! Will definitely be returning for all of my stationary needs

This store is full of awesome junk! I mean that in the best possible way. There are so many things you had no idea you wanted all in one shop.
The southgate location is full of friendly and helpful staff that will make your experience in the shop even better!

It’s been a few months, and I’m back up to update my review of Papyrus. I wrote a detailed account of my experience ordering wedding invitations from William Arthur through Papyrus in my previous review, and wanted to update on how the whole thing turned out. It was a long process to finally get my invitations correct. There were problems placing the order, and then an incredible amount of errors with the invitation proofs. I was able to get additional proofs free of charge, as I was not at fault for the problems with the invites. From the time I placed the order to the time of receiving the final proof was just about five weeks.
Once approved, the invitations arrived at the store in less than a week — minus the extra envelopes I had ordered. I asked the store to call the company, and in 4 – 5 business days the extra envelopes arrived, complete with bonus lining and return address printing (I had only paid for plain envelopes). The invites are beautiful, and came with tissue paper to put with them in the envelopes, which I loved.
After pricing out wedding programs at other places, I still found William Arthur to have the best prices, and decided to risk another go-​around with the store by ordering them through Papyrus. My experience with the programs was completely different. The proofs arrived in less than a week and required only a very minor change with spacing. I had the programs a week and a half after I approved the proof for printing.
To give them the benefit of the doubt, perhaps this is more representative of the average custom print order experience at Papyrus. I also gave the store a digital copy of the program wording to speed things up — I don’t know if this helped or not. The store staff were very friendly while helping me sort through the mess of my invites, and this along with the painless and easy process of ordering the programs bumps them up one star. Would I recommend using Papyrus to order wedding materials? Yes, with only minor hesitation — not for brides in a rush, or brides too impatient to carefully proofread their printing order.

If you’re like me, then you have two major problems with buying greeting cards;
a) You can’t help but notice that the «funny card» you gave last year is still on the shelf this year and
b) After checking all the cards, the «funny card» above is the only one you like.
If you’re like me, you’ve never been excited by a card shop. Until I stumbled upon Papyrus. Papyrus finally offers something different on the greeting card scene. The cards offer a variety of eye-​catching, unique designs, and when I first came, there was nary a vacuous Hallmark card to be found. I’ve been coming here ever since. These cards are, oft times, borderline works of art, intricate and detailed without being gaudy. For the first time, there was more than one or two cards in the store that I actually wouldn’t mind buying.
The card cost is between $ 6 to $ 8, and comes with an envelope and sticker seal. They do have a bunch of generic card shop crap (strange pens, mini tape rolls, and so on), but this shop for me means I spent five minutes looking for a card instead of a few hours at three or four stores.

If there’s one thing I waste my money on, it’s fancy, glittery greeting cards. I am really, really not a pack rat, but I do hoard greeting cards. I come from a «card family» as Michael J says, and as a result, I’ve kept nearly every card I’ve ever received in my entire life. I have three «memory boxes» full of nothing but cards. It’s weird, I know.
So that’s why I’m obsessed with Papyrus. Their cards are glittery, fantastic, girly and whimsical. A lot of them feature baby animals on the front. They have that homemade appeal without the homemade construction issues.
And truly, many of them are not more expensive than traditional Hallmarks. I know $ 8 sounds pricey for a Mother’s Day card, but there are two perks two spending $ 2 – 3 more than at the grocery store:
1. You are getting a heck of a lot more card for that price
2. I can guarantee that my brothers will not ever buy a card from Papyrus, so no double cards for my parents
Join their loyalty club and you get 10% off on all purchases. Best part is, you don’t even need to carry a card, they just keep you on file. Card-​tastic!

This store has some unique specialty items but I was turned off at their attempts at the up-​sell.
If you are looking for interesting/​cute/​sparkly cards, small gift items and stationary located in a convenient spot, then you may like this place.
The overall experience was not that great, however, I bought a gift bag for wine (admittedly, I didn’t look at the price) and it was almost $ 8.00 when I brought it up to the till! It was pretty high quality but who needs a high quality gift bag for wine at 8 times the price than you can get one for at the liquor store?
When I went up to pay for my card and gift bag, the lady asked me for my email. I questioned why she needed it and she said that they send out emails with offers. I would have preferred to have her present me with that information first and then ask for my email. Anyway, I declined. Then she said they had an offer for 10% off all items and all she needed was my phone number. I said OK. That was not true. She asked for my phone number and address (no card to carry though so I guess that is a bonus). Then my total came (over $ 22.00 for a card and a gift bag) and I left confused. I looked at the receipt and it seems that there was a $ 10.00 charge for that discount!
I will be taking the gift bag back and getting my $ 10.00 back. Just watch out for their up-​selling techniques, that is my advice.

I’ve always been attracted to pretty things. Jewels, patterns, sparkly things usually catch my eye and I often find myself enthralled with things like picture frames, accessories and of course art. Now I have to add cards and boxes to that list thanks to Papyrus! This store is full of very beautiful things. All of their cards are exquisite. They are not the kind of cards you will find cartoon guys making a lowbrow crack to each other on. However, you will find a very pretty card for the love of your life with a bottle on the front that says «hot». You will also find many cards that not only appeal to the visual senses with pretty patterns adorned with jewels, but also to the tactile senses with velvety fronts and 3D patterns. They also carry Christmas ornaments, boxes, gift wrap, and do custom printing work as well.
I don’t know if I will ever buy another card from another shop! These ones are just too pretty. They can be a bit pricey, but they do have bulk prepackaged stationary that tend to be a better price. Also, the last couple times I have been in, they were offering «buy 3 get one free», which i definitely took advantage of.
The only reason I am not giving this place 5 stars is some customer service issues a couple of times I went in. In one circumstance, the girl just stood behind the counter and didn’t say much when she rang me through either. It came off as unfriendly. The second time, same girl was getting visibly frustrated with the debit machine when my card wouldn’t run. I understand that this can be a frustrating problem, but nothing to start steaming about! Anyway, I have been into this store many many times and the majority of the time the service is great, the product is fantastic, and I leave with something beautiful that I can’t wait to share with someone else.