The Pleasure of Your Company

Great selection of custom invitations. Mine were all created by hand, and at an extremely reasonable price. The employees are extremely knowledgeable about paper, language (i.e. invite text), and industry standards. Service was «to the point» but I like that style because I wasn’t in the mood to spend forever picking out invitations. Overall I am extremely satisfied and would recommend their services.

Although The Pleasure of Your Company (hence forth, TPYC) came highly recommended, a recent visit left my wedding planning committee (aka Mom and me) deeply disappointed.
While the store was not crowded on this weekday afternoon, we could barely scavenger any customer service. Even once a salesperson was assigned to work with us, she did not offer much in terms of insights or attentiveness.
About a half hour in, our sales rep was replaced with someone else (I get it, employees gotta eat) but our momentary joy of having renewed luck at better service became a hollow, fleeting hope. The best part of this would-​be shopping trip was learning that TPYC can take your idea and design around it for less than traditionally found in the big brand heavy-​hitters. Definitely a nice touch but a semi-​useless feature without attentive staff to help get those creative juices flowing.
Shoppers come to brick-​and-​mortar establishments to get advice from field experts who have had much more experience in card design than your average member of the public. This we definitely did not find at TPYC and, after an hour of poking around albums, the dream team left with little to show for their efforts.

One of the only true stationary stores left in Baltimore… though there are plenty of other trinkets and other little gifty things here too.
You can get fine paper, invitations, custom stationary– anything– here from the big brands (Crane, Kate Spade, Vera Wang) and check out plenty of cute stuff from companies you may not have seen before. They also sell blank cards and envelopes in a plethora of colors as well as printables to customize invites and cards on your computer.
I went with a friend who was shopping for wedding invitations. All of the custom stuff is towards the back of the store and there were two women sitting at a table. I got the snob vibe from one of them, but the service we received from the younger of the two (Jana – not sure how you spell but it was pronounced John-​uh) was fantastic. She was very non-​pressury, low-​key, helpful, engaging– but not overly in our faces. She seemed very experienced and knew the inventory well. If I were you, I would make an appointment to work with her. When we first sat down with the books, we were a little overwhelmed and were not bookmarking anything, but she listened to what we were saying and was able to steer us towards the perfect invitation– but sort of made us feel like we found it ourselves! It was literally exactly what my friend had been describing she wanted (they have a great selection).
Jana priced out a few different options for us and did not rush us out of the store, even though it was clear we were not buying that day. (My friend doesn’t even know her date and location yet.) She made friendly conversation as she worked and gave some helpful tips about destination weddings. Yes, this place is pricey– but high quality. Overall, a pleasant experience. I hope to update with the quality of the invitations and delivery once my friend places her order.

Cute stuff and new things in frequently. Always fun to visit.

If you name your store, «The Pleasure of Your Company», then I hope you’re willing to put your money where your mouth is and demonstrate just that. And perhaps train your employees to exemplify this.
Instead, my experience was cold and empty. Surrounded by funny cards, cute trinkets and displays of warm colorful books, papers, ribbons and wrap, I hoped to feel as loved by the staff as I felt towards these pretty paper products. Yet as I chose a few stationary sets and slowly meandered to the cash register, I did so alone. My check out transaction was strictly business, and nothing more. And that was it. No warm fuzzy feeling, no invitation to come back soon, nothing.
I certainly did not take pleasure in your company.

One of the cutest stationary stores, ever. I could (and have) spent hours just looking at all the cute things in here. It is pretty pricey which is why I’m not giving it 5 stars, but it is still a fabulous store.