Papyrus

This store is located closed by Bloomingdale’s department store located at Stanford shopping center. I mean, the address already stated Stanford shopping center, so I believed you can find the store at the shopping center! It won’t disappear unless they are out of business LOL.
My friends and I are always a big fans of the card from this store, they always have those little awesome details on the cards that make you laugh out loud or can make your day. The quality of the card itself it also quite durable and won’t be teared easily. Unless you intentionally want to tear it then that is a different story LOL…
We picked out a birthday card for one of our friend. The card’s cover have 2 apple cores. 1 of the core is regular apple core and the other one was styled with edgy accessories and stated «Hard Core» LOL… and inside the care stated something funny as well! Quite suitable for the birthday occasion, that’s all I am going to say: p
As for the service, I don’t really like the staff because they gave me a feeling of, don’t ask me questions I do not want to answer even if you asked me. Even when I purchased the card, they have slight attitude and asked me if i want a receipt. May be I overly analyzed, but the vibes were not too friendly in my opinion. May be they just have a bad day? who knows.
* The cards here are quite pricy but some of the card I think it’s worth it. Should check out by yourself and you can be the judge of it. The only down side is that they don’t have a huge selection. Most of the cards are related for birthday.

I like this store. I only come to this store during the holidays to grab some holiday cards. Most are rather blah, boring, predictable and traditional but a few are exceptional. if you are patient to find some interesting ones, its worth it.
Is it expensive? Absolutely! A. box of cards could feed Afrika for half year.
But, i like seasonal cards as they are better than presents. Choice of cards can say a lot about a person, moreso than presents, surprisingly.
Since this location is in the heart of Palo Alto, expect pretentious customers who treat others like you are an ornament on a shelf. The I am money and my luscious man meat holding my paris hilton dog look alike is witnessing me treating others like a minion but shag like a minx is what prevents him from saying a word is quite prevalent here.
However, if you can overlook such individuals, this store does provide lots of card eye candies.

Some of the absolutely nicest and helpful salesclerks around!

This location has custom printing! I can’t believe that there hasn’t been a review regarding this yet. I had my wedding invitations done here, made to coordinate with the theme of our wedding and save the date that I had done previously with an Etsy seller. TJ was the designer who helped me out. I already had my own vision, so he pretty much followed my lead when it came to that. He was great at listening to what I wanted and made revisions until it was perfect.
I will say that the time estimate they had given was not accurate at all. If you want something completely custom, plan to give yourself at least a couple of weeks for a cushion, even a month if you can.

This review is for Ms. Lisa Jensen, the consultant for the customized invitations. I got my wedding invitations from here over 6 months ago and I am still getting compliments on how beautiful they looked. I cannot say enough about Lisa. The invitation pretty much starts the wedding process and working with her just set everything in perfect motion. She spend time with me and cared about the outcome as much as I did. It truly meant a lot, all her attention to detail. Definitely look here and chances are, you’ll complete your order here. Thank you Lisa!

Their cards are great, but I have a hard time with the «green story» (nonexistent) and the fact that they are all about plastic sleeves and extra paper. One day I looked at the throwaway leftovers from one Papyrus greeting card, which was a bigger pile than the card and the envelope put together. That’s the last time I have purchased a card from Papyrus, nice store or not.

i’m a sucker for stationery stores since they always carry pretty cards, decorative papers, and other little trinkets that girly-​girls like me enjoy. this store carries all of the above, and also changes up their merchandise quite frequently, which i appreciate, b/​c i’m never looking at the same thing twice whenever i shop here. the staff is very friendly as i have always been greeted with a cheery smile when i shop here, and they are very helpful in assisting me if i am looking for something particular. great location, right smack dab in the front of stanford shopping center if you enter from el camino real.
note that prices are a little higher than average, esp the fancy greeting cards, so be prepared to shell out a bit more than the average card store.

I love this store, everytime I need a greeting card I go here to get them, they have a lot of varieties of cards, for every occassion. They are kind of expensive, but they always have sales. Everyone i give my cards to loves them. I will recommend this place and keep coming back.

The holidays are never complete without a visit to the Stanford Papyrus. Their selection of holiday cards are absolutely my favorite. Papyrus does a good job of staying away from corny jokes and has very unique cover art. The messages usually concise and generic, exactly the way I would want.
A regular box of cards can feel pretty expensive but the selection of sale items is amazing and well worth the lower cost. I generally end up buying too many and keeping leftovers for the following winter!

I love Papyrus — both giving and receiving them. They had 75% off all x-​mas cards and I scored a set of six wooden photo frame magnets for $ 1 this past weekend (for future photo gifts)! Got some really cute cards for my mother and myself for this xmas (I forgot to send xmas cards this year so I am making a concerted effort this year!). Clearance items are not refundable so check the number of cards and the corners for damage before you buy. Happy shopping!

A small store that offers a variety of unique cards and unique little gifts. No body bombarded me with the «can I help you find something’ a million times, so that was nice.

I have been to many Papyrus stores… and they have some nice things. I still prefer the small, unique card store… but I do find selections that I will happily sign my name to.
I was on the hunt for holiday cards… and I mean holiday. I am very picky about respecting all traditions, and want something very artistic, and non-​religious. I found just the right card here.
They also had a nice selection of Chanukah items, which I truly appreciate.
Now all I have to do is sign, and mail them. Oh, and no drawn out letter here, either you know, or you don’t…my pet peeve :-)

A small shop with a nice collection of cards. Staff doesn’t seem to be interested in helping customers.

Papyrus is the only place that I purchase cards anymore, they have such a huge selection and the cards are beautiful. I don’t mind that they are a little higher priced then going to a drug store because they are worth the money. It is hard for me to go in there and only buy a couple of cards, my husband usually has to drag me out. I love this store!

I live across the street in the Palo Alto Condominiums and called at 8:40 to ask what time they closed. I need to pick up some boxed stationary. They told me 9, so I hustled over to the store only to find them doing some kind of inventory with the door closed. I looked at the time on my cell phone which downloads the exact time from my cellular service and it was 8:50. I knocked on the glass and they mouth to me that they are closed. I tell them that I had just called and they told me they didn’t close until 9. They respond that yes, they had just spoken to me and that it was currently nine. I then replied that it was in fact 8:50 to which they told me that their clocks said it was 9. All this as they hadn’t taken their eyes off the boxes they were counting. Felling a little peeved, I blurted, «then your clocks are wrong, this is the correct time.» and pushed by phone up to the glass. They peered over and then consulted each other for the next 30 seconds and finally came to the door and explained that their manager was gone and had the keys to the door, but I was welcome to wait an unspecified period of time and they may let me in when he returned. I used to easily spend a couple hundred dollars a year at papyrus, but no more. Today I happily plopped down $ 50 on some nice Crane and Company stationary at the local Palo Alto University Art store on Hamilton.

Cute cards, and a decent selection of little trinkets and funny books you can buy as gifts.
middle finger to the bitchy lady who «helped» me.
but seriously, really cute cards and stationary.

I take advantage of their ‘buy 4, get one free” deal. I love their cards and stationary and it’s always a treat to come here on my lunch break.
My only problem at this store location is the customer service. Only on one occassion, one salesperson greeted me with a warm smile and greeting once I stepped through the door and it was a guy who worked the cash register. All of the other women who work here have given me the cold shoulder. Not cool.
So if you want my business, you better check your salespeople.

I expected more of a selection of card stock or invitations, but maybe they cater more to making custom ones. Their other locations have more selection than this one does.

Vast amounts of both high and low end stationary and cards for whatever the occasion. Somewhere between a true boutique style place and a department store, Papyrus is an upscale chain I guess. Though I didn’t find anything of interest on the initial visit, I’ve got plenty of ideas for occasions to come.

They have the most creative cards you will ever find! They’re all really pretty and classy. If you want crappy drug store cards that have sappy poems someone wrote while doing their business in the bathroom of a bar, go to Walgreens. If you want a truly elegant card or personalized stationary or cool frames, or journals, or random desk accessories, go to Papyrus.

Ummm… I’m torn with this review… Papyrus has an insane amount of many different kinds of cards, and they tend to range from rather cheesy «miss you/​love you» mass-​produced pink cards, to really funny and adorable hand-​made little creations.
My ONLY problem with the store is that it feels kind of stiff and serious — being inside has never inspired me to go crazy and buy a card for as many people as I can think of… Thought I DO usually get a few cards.
and I do like making cards myself more than I like buying them! :)
Also, I wish Papyrus has more wrapping paper and ribbons. This is very personally biased, because I rarely buy cards without a gift, so wrapping and card-​giving go hand in hand for me.
It’s a cute store — definitely go in! You will buy one or more cards, send them to your friends and loved ones, and become a better human being, even if just for as long as it takes to put a stamp on the envelope and then curse yourself for mailing out pictures of kittens on laundry lines with little printed messages: How’s it hanging?
Yeah, it’s that kind of store.