Paper Source

I decided to finally check out this store, as I needed to buy a few Mother’s Day cards. I was greeted by Laurie, who was able to help me find perfect fitting cards in a matter of minutes. And then she followed that by finding a perfect gift. Laurie and I have never met before this point, but it felt like she knew my family and me, as her suggestions were spot on. I went back a month later for b-​day card, and once again, BAM!, she has the perfect card selection.
I figured Laurie was the owner, but she is not. I hope the owner greatly appreciates Laurie’s friendly nature and mind blowing ability at choosing cards and gifts for people she has never met. Thanks Laurie! I’ll be back.

I was visiting Santa Barbara and stopped at this store to buy a birthday card for my dad. At first I was having a hard time finding a good one because all the father day’s were amazing and I would prefer them over the bday ones. Laurie helped me by going over all the cards and making great suggestions. I ended up buying not only the card but also a mother’s day card and the gifts. I also had to control my girlfriend so she would not buy the entire store! Totally recommend!

As a writer, I love paper stores. This place has a lot of cute things to see and buy. I stopped by to look for some Easter stuff for my sister. I had a hangnail and picked at it lightly while walking around. As I was looking at some cards, I heard a voice directly behind me welcoming to the store (I’d been there about 10 minutes at this point) and then some matronly woman grabbed my hand and asked if I found «a little something to look at» and she opened my hand as though I were a child hiding something. Nothing but a hangnail. WTF??! Is this how Paper Source normally treats customers, by grabbing their hands to inspect what you are holding?
Strange store. I don’t know where the friendly staff were when I was in there, the only staff I encountered was Nurse Ratched who grabbed my hand! I feel like I was frisked.
Completely unacceptable!

What a fun little paper shop! I love checking out paper materials, and this one has very unique prints and designs. Lots of fun if you have a crafty side! While it is a bit more expensive for paper (up to $ 10 for a really nice sheet, or more), it’s a lot of fun to check out!

I love this place. They have such cute little things that it takes forever to get from one end of the store to the other. The cards were super cute, too. I’m not a creative person per se, but every time I walk in here, I want to talk up card making. Perhaps one day I will. Even then, they have tons of cute wrapping paper you can use for crafts or just as wrapping paper. And the sales people were helpful without being too in your face. They gave me time to look around without hounding me.

I have just rediscovered my love of paper !!!
I walked into this store for the first time this Sunday and wanted to buy everything in it. I settled for some little plastic bracelets that apparently were made from flip flops by African women, a card and some hair ties, all for my daughter.
The whole store is laid out in such an enticing way. Every section is organized in some really great way that makes me want to buy one of everything.
I used to work in retail for years, and I have gotten to the age where I am burned out on shopping in general. Most stores seem so corporate, and the service is often, well, mediocre at best. Young college kids with big smiles and «Can I help you“s but who don’t really know about anything when you ask them a question.
Not so this store. Friendly and knowledgeable staff. I didn’t really need help but I overheard a salesperson helping another lady and she really knew her stuff.
I am going back to this store again soon and I’m going to invest in some beautiful paper. I have also heard they do classes on making things. Can’t wait to try some stuff.
My only slightly negative would be that it’s a little pricey, but I know that State Streent isn’t cheap!

it took me almost two hours to walk to the gym which was a couple blocks away. one of the reasons was paper source (the other reasons were about five more stores). haha.
i hadn’t planned to walk into paper source but the cuteness drew me in! the staff also showed me how to emboss. there were many examples. she made me a embossed sticker. i didn’t know that it was that easy to use the sticker machine. she did demos for me, explained how to get the effects that i saw, answered all my questions.
i haven’t made a card in quite a while. bought some stamps.
since i returned from SB, i have been embossing! it is cool! =)
thank you awesome staff members!!!

I went in here twice. Both times I was barely greeted and was treated like I was supposed to know exactly what I wanted. I just felt that I wasn’t welcomed. They didn’t have any small samples so I could experiment with some colors so I had to buy two different packs before finding the color that would work. I

Stopped in while shopping on State Street today. Staff was SUPER friendly and helpful. Tons of great items to get excited about. My wife is artistic and I’m not — to say I’m excited about a paper store while NFL games are on says a lot.
We bought some of the nice and diverse wrapping paper. Not cheap but worth it.
Really excited to see a store that actually cares about its customers and the quality of service from its staff.

I’ve come into Paper Source a couple of times to browse and I quite like the way I’ve been greeted by their warm, knowledgeable staff.
The store has an absolutely beautiful selection of paper goods, knickknacks, ribbon, stationary and a lot of do-​it-​yourself supplies for invitations and whatnot. I must recommend their wedding invitation selection as well. They have beautiful invitations to match all tastes and budgets.
And most importantly for me, they have a ton of things that are covered in glitter and shimmer.
I might be making part of my own wedding announcements. This place will definitely be the place to go for me.