Anjenu

I had a really great experience at Anjenu. A friend of mine was graduating from Loyola with her MBA and I wanted to get her a present that was fitting for academic congratulations.
I decided to go with the personalized stationery, as this could be great for thank you notes to potential employers, etc. The lady was very helpful in offering me suggestions for style, such as what would be appropriate for business communications, as I didn’t want to get something too girly, or too boring. So, I found what I think was the perfect stationary and then I was able to pick out the color as well. I put in the order and within a day, I received a confirmation from their stationery supplier confirming the order, and within a week, it arrived. The notes came in a cute little white box with a blue ribbon bow. So cute and the perfect amount of note cards (15) for a graduation present.
Both the husband and wife who own Anjenu were very sweet and helpful overall. They also have a great card selection, and I ended up coming in around the holidays, where they had a bar of hot alcoholic beverages from which to choose.

I love paper. I love cards. I love this place. I walked in and was hit in the face with a 75% off table. Oh hit me some more. I couldn’t help myself, I gorged on cards. I also got some super adorable St. Patrick’s Day cards. The woman in the store was SO sweet and so helpful. I loved everything about this place.

I LOVE THIS STORE!
I am a paper-​lover, and this store carries great stuff, including the Philosophie’s line, which I love, love, love. I could have bought up the entire store. Great selection of holiday cards at various prices, too.
I bought many cards for birthdays, baby shower, and a «Will you walk me down the aisle» (Joanna Alberti for Philsophie’s) card for my parents. Kristie designed these great cards with the Chicago skyline in hot pink. As a newbie to the city, I scooped those up and mailed them to my friends, who love them!
Kristie clearly loves her business and that is nice to see. Her store makes me want to open one of my own someday.
I can’t wait to go back!

Our wedding invitations are awesome, elegant, and chic!
Compliments to Kristie and Natasha for doing a great job as well as their presentation upon delivery of our invites.
We highly recommend them!
–And plan on being their customers for any of our upcoming events!

Excellent selection of Paddywax candles. The cucumber grapefruit one is freakishly addicting. The owner is super nice and I always enjoy stopping in here. I really wish they sold Lumiere candles here.

Anjenu is much more than a card and stationary store. Kristie (the owner) designed our save the date, wedding invitations, thank you cards, and ceremony programs and they were amazing. If you are looking for unique, personalized wedding invitations (or for that matter any invitation or announcement), you’ve got to work with Kristie. First of all, she’s super nice and will work to please you. She starts with a consultation to get a sense of who you are and what you’re envisioning, and then she creates several designs to try and capture that vision. And if you don’t like them, just tell her and she’ll try again. Her goal is to create something uniquely yours that reflects who you are and what you’re planning. We used her for everything and we were impressed across the board. The only problem was choosing from the fantastic options!
Kristie is busy so you’re better off getting in to see her early (she always had everything done by the time we wanted it, but I didn’t leave any cushion), and as you learned in the other reviews, it’s expensive. When I was shopping around for invitations I found some handmade options that were $ 100/​invitation. Now that’s ridiculous — Anjenu is expensive but ours weren’t anywhere close to that expensive. And we’re talking custom made /​custom designed invitations. You decide what you want and that determines the price, but it’s so fun and they’re so beautiful that it’s hard to resist going a little crazy! Have fun!

I love paper so when I saw that this store opened, I had to make a stop inside. OMG, I want to touch everything. Such a lovely selection of paper. It’s much smaller than Paper Doll but so much closer to the heart of Division St.
My only knock is that the hours aren’t consistent with what is posted on the door. I’ve come a few times to find that it is closed. Sigh.

I truly love this store. It is indeed pretty, well organized and the staff is really nice.
I buy all my cards here. They have a lot of choice. You can even order your wedding invitation, birth announcement, new home cards…
It is a perfect location. I am hoping that they will stay in business for awhile.

I walked in here the other day, just happy that I’m near a cards & paper store. I’m the type of person who can spend 30 minutes trying to pick out a card for somebody. They have hundreds of cute cool cards, and a bunch of different types of wrapping paper and ribbons. It’s a gift giver’s heaven (But not a thrift giver’s I’m sure).
Anjenu makes me wish that I had a reason to give someone a card!

I must have bought a thousand cards here. Cards for birthdays, cards for weddings, cards for no reason at all. Super cute selection of cards I don’t really see anywhere else.
Though Hallmark has its place in the world, I really like stores like this, that offer unique and adorable offerings because I know the recipient isn’t going to get a duplicate one of these cards. Sweet little gift items and totally unnecessary random items that I can’t really ever seem to resist. That’s okay. I will find someone to share it with when the time is right.
Exceptional sales for those of you who buy ahead of time. Not me. Nothing says «I care» like a one of a kind card from Anjenu, even if it was purchased on the fly, ten minutes before. Really friendly staff and a frisky little pup that likes to welcome you with a kiss to the ankle!

I stepped into this shop for the first time this past weekend. It’s a cute little boutique that sells handmade cards, stationery, wrapping paper, jewelry and various gifts (including baby items). They also provide customized announcements and invitations. Some of their selection include Paddywax candles, The Soap and Paper Factory, and Orange Beautiful to name a few. There isn’t a huge selection, but what is available is unique. If you want to give a non-​mainstream card or gift that will make you stand out, Anjenu is one of those places to check out.

Wow! I am a paper addict (kind of a dumb not to mention pricey obsession) and I tend to be super picky about greeting cards. I was pleasantly suprised to find almost all of the cards at Anjnu to be to my liking! The selection isn’t as large as Paper Doll but certainly isn’t lacking. They don’t have as wide of an array of non card products as other paper boutiques but they do have Paddywax candles (wonderful), wrapping paper and jewelry. The staff is friendly and really the price is the only downside although most of the cards are certainly on par with other cute paper stores.

Kristie Lee Wagner has a classy operation.
She is a talented paper artist and a very pleasant person to deal with on a service level.
Her product is what I had been searching for an array of HANDMADE stationary.
I would much rather pay 6.00 for a handmade card that someone took time to make than 3.00 for a mass produced Hallmark Card. However I don’t think like the majority of the population.
I can’t wait to go back and order more special cards that is what this store is special for special occassions.

Cute shop with equally cute cards, although a somewhat small selection. Don’t overlook the jewelry — I bought a necklace there that has gotten so many compliments. While you’re there, say hello to Molasses the mini-​dachshund!

Anjenu has saved me more than once in a last minute card emergency, but $ 6 a pop? Cripes!

Anjenu is fantastic — a great option for anything letter press. If you’re looking for some original «Chicago» style card options — definitely check out the neighborhood line that Kristie (the owner) has created with a local photographer.
If you have a hard time with remembering dates (birthdays, anniversaries, etc.), they have a service that you can sign up for that will automatically send you an appropriate card for any ocassion — just bring your calendar in.
I’ve personally lucked out with some really nice, very elegant Thank You cards. If you want to say «Thank You» and impress someone — check out Anjenu’s selection. Check out the fun line of jewelry while you’re there — and say hi to Molasses (cutest mini dach ever).

This is a cute little paper shop which has taken the place of Paper Doll, who moved down the street into a larger space. Anjnu has a pretty sparse selection of paper goods, but what they do have appears to be very nice, high quality stuff. They’ve got the basics you’d expect when walking in: stationery, wrapping paper, cards, paper, gift wrapping — some of which appear to be handmade. I think I saw that they also offer custom letterpress invitations and announcements, but I didn’t explore that too deeply.
The woman running the shop went out of her way to be helpful, but clearly this store is just getting its «land legs.» While the limited and small selection lends itself to not feeling as cramped as Paper Doll did, I hope that in the future they’ll carry more items to keep me from walking the extra few blocks to Paper Doll’s new space.