Paper Source

I visited this store right after Xmas to get sale items. There weren’t a whole lot left on the 29^th but what I did find was way !!! cute! The staff is very helpful & friendly. A good place for a woman to shop, husbands would prefer a bar I think! It was definitely fun!

On several occasions, the manager was extremely rude to me. I tried to go back but the manager continued to be unfriendly. I took my business to a different place.

I could spend hours in here! Great selection, nice salespeople. Bought a print and some folders!

Such a cute shop. I love buying gifts here, but jeez… Their employees either stalk you around the store or offer zero assistance when you need it. One even interrupted my friend and I — stepped I between us with her back to me to start a convo with my friend and tidy a space… But they have great clearance stationary.

Such a great store! This is the spot for cute, witty cards/​gifts and crafty supplies for special occasions. Customer service is always on par. :)
Beware card lovers, I can drop $ 50 just breathing in here.

I went into paper source for the first time today & was greeted with a happy face & asked if I needed help right away. I knew exactly what I needed & the sales associate (her name slips my brain) led me to the section. She helped me pick out what was best for me. After browsing the store for a little while, I began checking out and the same sales associate saw that I was buying a stamp & asked if she could show me a quick demo on heat embossing which was really cool. I will definitely be back!

Paper Source screwed up my wedding invitations, lied to me when I called to find out what the delay was, and were a week late delivering them which caused mass chaos with my planning. I repeatedly tried to get the store manager on the phone and was denied. Even before the printing/​shipping problem, I was offended by the sales staff when I went by to inquire about a broken embosser they sold me and was told I had to press really hard to get it to work (like drop an anvil on it so the address would show up on the envelopes). Paper Source is not a business you should trust. The staff is disorganized, unprofessional, and only out to get your money.

Let’s face it, it is a nice store, with a cool paperie (not as cool as Sam Flax though) and fun gifts but it is WAY over-​priced. Here’s a recent example: They had a little display of items on a theme of canned food. I bought a recipe book and a set of six Ball canning jars in the vintage turquoise color. They were $ 17.00. A week later, I was walking through Ingles grocery store where the exact same item was $ 7.99. When I returned the jars the sales wench asked why and I told her to which she just sniffed at my peasant ass. Now when I look at things in the store, I wonder if they are also marked up 150%. What they offer is not so unique that I will accept being gouged like a lamb on a hedge fund junket. There’s too many viable options in the ATL to put up with that. Parking sucks too.

Paper Source is a super cool store in the Virginia Highlands. If you’re crafty, witty, scrapbook-​y or anything else that involves cards, glitter, stamps, glue guns or fun stuff to make your desk and house more beautiful (and probably for more than you should spend), this is your perfect place.
I’ve perused their shelves a number of times and I always find something new: beautiful paper, stamps, glitter, candles and erasers shaped like mustaches, funny off-​beat books of hilarity, etc.
Everything you need to get down and dirty and make your own scrapbook, wedding invites, party invitations, [fill in the blank here]. They also have a nice variety of already made cards or photo cards and pre-​designed stationary and invitations too. The best part is that every weekend they bring out a certain featured item (like a special tool that turns colored sand into raised engravings on a card when heated) or some other cool thing you’d never know what do with without the assistance of the staff.
All the people working there are very friendly, super helpful and always willing to answer any question you may have. I enjoy going in there to poke around, but I try to resist buying as much as I can for money and space reasons. But once I hit the jackpot and have that special craft room, I’ll buy the store out.

Even after shopping here, I had no idea Paper Source is a chain store until I looked it up online. The prices are as high as a local specialty store, so maybe that is where the confusion set in.
I mostly come here for ideas and then purchase the supplies at a much cheaper location or online. It appears that almost half of their business is gift-​ables, which are the cool and quirky gifts that are up front, like: bake-​able cupcake coffee cups, cute lip glosses, uniquely shaped measuring cups, Wonder Woman aprons, and stuffed animals.
The Japanese-​themed printed paper sheets create some drooling action, but the price causes dry mouth.

Great little shop in the Highlands :)
A wall of greeting cards? Check
Tables full of cute gifts? Check
Stationary? Check
Scrapbooking accessories? Check
Helpful employees? Sometimes Check
Adorable Academic Planners? Check!!!
Cheap prices? Not so much. Although, on the plus side, their card prices are definitely more reasonable than Papyrus
Back to the academic planners… they have one of the best selections I have found in Atlanta. It is hard to find paper planners that run August to August and I was delighted when I discovered their options. Some of the brands they carry are: their own Paper Source planners (very colorful, spiral bound), Momgenda brand, and Moleskin planners.

This is a cute little store and I thought would be the perfect place to pick up 20 invitations to our son’s 1^st birthday.
After 15 minutes of looking the woman who worked there showed me the 3 options they had. When I wasn’t impressed she commented in a shitty tone «uh, well most of our parents design their own with us and then we print them».
Really? for 20 invites to a 1^st birthday? Shall I drop $ 5-​$ 10 an invite with you?
I told her I’d get a better selection at Target and use the money I saved to actually throw the party.

I have an obsession with paper. Especially sparkly paper. I don’t know why I don’t just drop off all my plastic at the cashier when I walk in because I never leave without spending a Benji in this place. So, yeah, the products are über pricey, even if it IS just paper. And embossing powder. And stamp pads.
One of the best things about Paper Source, though, is their selection of gifts. NOT all just paper.
TIP: If you tell the valet dude that you’re just running into the paper store for a few, he will normally allow you to park yourself so you don’t have to go through the whole stupid valet process. Batting of eyelashes encouraged here.

Very expensive. Yes… if you can’t see how I could have spent $ 12 on one sheet of gift wrap then please come over and see me new wall art. I’ve been trying to get Indian fabric to frame as art. Turns out, that stuff is hard to find here and also turns out to be very expensive for mediocre product.
I stroll into Paper Source and suddenly I get inspiration for my wall. They have a plethora of beautiful giftwrap. A myriad of designs on a variety of materials. I ended up purchasing «stiched» Indian Bandini designed paper and guess what, the paper is so cool it’s even got thread all over. Someone/​some machine actually STICHED the design all over the paper. I also purchased some other beautifully intricate pieces (ranging from $ 4 to $ 12). My purchases were much cheaper than what I had budgeted for fabric and looks just as good/​even better!
I know that this store is over-​priced, sells largely pointless items and has a pathetic sales rack. But it came through amazingly when I needed them and for that, I’m defintiely a fan.
PS. The staff at Paper Affair in Buckhead are much nicer but the selection there is pretty sad.

Look, it’s Virginia-​Highland; it’s just not going to be cheap.
HOWEVER, it’s within walking distance, it’s that whole local thang, they know me by name (dammit, that MEANS something!) and they have done a bang up job with what I needed. I had search all over for a place that would sell me business cards that were made with really thick card stock. With these guys, I can throw my cards and take someone’s head off at 50 feet.

If the fancy fibers at Paper Source were booze, I’d have been forced into AA by now. Really… apologies for using that analogy, but folks, this is serious. here’s why.
The place is local. It’s the consummate neighborhood joint in Virginia-​Highlands, with lots of easy access on the main drag. walkable, even from Midtown, in a pinch. As a town consumed by Mall of America malaise, this is classic storefront retail at its best.
The place is quirky-​cool. For creative types like me, I need a place to go to feel a sense of belonging with my nerd-​O-​rama tsotchke-​worship — acting out with custom hang tags, luscious paint markers, color-​coded stamp pads and unusual (and mostly grossly overpriced) greeting cards.
The folks are über nice. They know they work in a fun environment, you can tell. They sort of saunter around the store and make sure you feel welcome while at the same time feeling confident that their inventory will turn the trick on you, anyone, who walks through the door.
Jennifer D said it right — this places gives me a tic. An addictive one. It’s right down the street from Nadine’s — another of my faves — so I’m tantalized quite frequently. Make sure to check them out.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the Paper Source. I spent many hours combing the shelves at their massive spot in DC finding a thousand things to spend my hard earned money on in an attempt to become a craftier person.
This location just doesn’t do it for me. First of all, it’s the smallest outpost I’ve seen with not nearly the selection I’ve come to know and love. Their cards are precious and it’s a go-​to if you’re wanting to make your own papercrafts, but I was disappointed by the wrapping paper selection and other outside-​of-​paper crafty options. For example, the front of the store has 4 or 5 tables that each have a different theme… one was cupcakes (hello, 2008). Even if it had been on trend, I would really prefer a table dedicated to beautiful ribbons and art stuffs than three different kinds of cupcake cookbooks. But maybe that’s just me.
Service has always been friendly, but I left here feeling like my holiday gift wrapping dreams might not come true this year as their ribbon selection was totally lackluster and I just wasn’t inspired by anything I saw. I really wanted the T. Hanks cards with a sketch of Tom Hanks on them, but at $ 5.95 each (yes, for one card!) even that level of genius comedy isn’t worth it.

I love paper. Love it. I love legal pads and sticky notes and file folders (plain manilla or with a schmancy design). I love greeting cards and cute blank-​inside, send-​for-​no-​reason cards. I even love business cards (I remember the very first one I ever got… oh, I felt so grown up!!).
But I reallllly love stationery.
And everything I just named — from temporary business cards with the cutest little telephones on the front and «Please Call Me» and space to put your info on the reverse, to chic file folders and clever new-​baby cards and gorgeous personal order notecards — can be found at Paper Source. Now that this Chicago-​based chain has made it to Atlanta, my previous stationery haven (which has supplied me with CNW letterhead for years) has some serious competition.
Not only is the «paper» well-​sourced, but there are darling gifts from magnets to pencils, make-​your-​own stationery kits and more. Plus, they always have a well-​stocked Sale Table. Ah, one version of heaven for this little girl.
Next time you need (yes, need) some Kate Spade invitations for your upcoming cocktail party or some light pink Jack and Lulu fold-​over notecards, trimmed in chocolate with your initials on the front, you know just where to go!

Being the artsy crafty type, I decided I will do my own invitations for my wedding. I decided to look this place over after seeing Vanessa’s review (and she’s always right on) and I was immediately gobsmacked when I saw the wall-to-wall…stuff!
After spending an hour looking over all the fun stuff with my parents we finally moseyed to the back where the paper and envelopes live. As I was picking out envelopes and such a woman asked if we needed help, and what I was looking to do. She ended up giving me a bunch of great demonstrations like stamp embossing and told me she lives to help people come up with their invites– I realized right there that I love her.
She gave me her name on a card, and told me to call her anytime I wanted to come up and play around with designs– she even said anything I want to see, play with she would have set out when I get there!
I am definitely going to be up there a lot, I am so excited to have help, demonstrations, whatever at my beck and call!
And on a side note, my dad was looking forward to this as much as having gout, but when we left he was wondering if he was gay because he had as much fun as I did! Really, I think the magic powders that made things puffy when you heated it up blew his mind!

Having previously visited the Chicago stores, I was excited about the arrival of Paper Source in Atlanta. Not to mention, it’s walking distance from my Office of Handwritten Correspondence and Mail Art [my couch]. If you’re used to other Paper Source stores, this one is comparatively smaller, but it’s equally well stocked and has a designated space for workshops and demonstrations.
The walls are lined in indie, letter-​pressed greetings cards, fine papers, stationery-​related gifts. There’s lot of cute, subversive doodads and «stuff» but with it sometimes comes not so cute prices. That’s par for the course, these days, though. If you’re serious about your paper, this is the place to go. And by serious, I mean either a paper connoisseur or too rich to give a damn.
There’s Japanese papers, Indian papers, Lotka papers, European papers. It’s a United Nations of luxe paperie. There’s paper for gift wrap, paper for note taking, paper for thanking, paper for asking your rich uncle for more money to purchase more paper.
They also carry the necessary accessories for paper. Like pens.
And envelopes.
And stickers and rubber stamps and embellishments and glue and paper punchers and journals and free trade little yarn monkeys and donkeys made by women in Peru!
I love this store.
You will, too.
Unless, you’ve, like, got a problem with paper or something.