Pennysmith’s Paper

Pennysmith’s is one of my mainstays in Albuquerque. (Fortunately I live in the NV and not 4H, but even if I lived in Four Hills, I’d be happy to make the trip.)
Most important to me: consistently good taste and quality merchandise.
So, I take issue with your review, Marisa J. — there are NOT plenty of other local businesses from which to choose if those are among your priorities.
I always find new things to delight me — new tricks for an old dog who is regularly fed at the Crane’s section. Kate Spade, Visconti fountain pens, Filofax, great ideas for invitations, and a carefully chosen, well-​informed staff that know when to advance and retreat — these are a few of my favorite things…
Thanks for a great shop, your thoughtful selections, and a terrific haunt to frequent on a lazy afternoon.

Allison from Pennysmith’s is awesome. We are working with her for our wedding invitations and she has been very nice and is customer service oriented. We are glad we chose this paper store for our wedding invitations. We’re excited to see how wonderful they turn out. Thanks Allison!

I’m not sure what I expect when I went to Pennysmith’s Paper but it didn’t really end up being whatever that was. I suppose I went there wanting to browse for high quality papers suitable for fountain pens and possibly scope out some pens as well. They have some of that stuff but there wasn’t enough to quite tickle my fancy. That doesn’t mean this place doesn’t fit well in it’s actual niche — which I would say is probably more aimed at the wedding crowd or people who are decorating for parties, etc.
The store has a very feminine air and I suppose I felt somewhat uncomfortable looking around. They did carry some Clairefontaine and Rhodia notepads and a few fountain pens but not really enough variety to keep me interested.
The staff attempted to be friendly and kindly tried to search out things I might be interested in but there really just wasn’t much in store that I would have purchased and if I did, it would have been cheaper online or at another store.
I don’t want to portray this place negatively because I think there is definitely a different crowd that would love it but it simply wasn’t my kind of store.

So so bad! This place has no idea what they are doing. They don’t communicate well with the customer which leads to very mediocre work.
Stay away. There are plenty of other local business to choose from.

Based on Unilocal reviews, I checked out Pennysmiths for my wedding invitations and was not disappointed. The super friendly staff pulled out several sample books while listening to my jokes, which I love, thank you. Anyhoo, they helped me find invitations and accoutrement within my budgetary constraints, explained the approval processes and when it looked like the last snow storm might delay my order by one or two days, James called me to let me know of the possibility. Great communication. Great service. Great selection of real stationery, fun cards, and of course, party and wedding invitations. Pennysmiths does not disappoint.

I love this place they always have unique gifts and fun items plus a great selection of papers and cards. The staff is wondeful and is full of helpful ideas.

Fun little shop of cards, gifts, and custom invitations.
Need to buy someone a birthday card or gift, then check it out.
Prices pretty high, but some stuff here is quite unique.
Staff is somewhat stuck-​up and not overly friendly. They definitely need to lighten up a bit.

This place has the cutest cards, great staff and cool gift options (I’m a fan of the wind-​up toys). Check it out before or after you visit Flying Star, which is in the same complex.