Paper Goods Stores
A list of the coolest paper goods shops around.
Aiko's Art Materials
Lakeview/Wrigleyville - Chicago, IL United StatesAiko's brought Japanese papers to the US in 1955, a few decades before the American public at large began to appreciate their beauty. Today, while larger shops have caught on, Aiko's simply offer much more selection and oh yeah much...
Black Ink
Harvard Square - Cambridge, MA United StatesBlack Ink does a wonderful job of selling nothing in particular. Hello Kitty lunchboxes, rubber peanuts, squiggly sushi plates, banana-shaped doorstops and Korean composition books are among the random items that line the store's tall,...
Black Ink
Beacon Hill - Boston, MA United StatesBlack Ink does a wonderful job of selling nothing in particular. Hello Kitty lunchboxes, rubber peanuts, squiggly sushi plates, banana-shaped doorstops and Korean composition books are among the random items that line the store's tall,...
Chamalyn
The Mission - San Francisco, CA United StatesIf you haven't had the pleasure of eating the Black Sesame Pocky snack or using an eraser shaped like sushi or writing on a notepad decorated with some cutesy critter on acid, it's never too late to start. Chamalyn stock the sorts of...
Daisy Arts
Abbot Kinney - Venice, CA United StatesIf you go to Italy and can peel yourself away from the priceless art, the romantic settings, if you can get over the ridiculously good-looking people and the heavenly food, you may notice that Italians also make gorgeous leather journals and...
de Medici Ming
Downtown - Seattle, WA United StatesIf you've ever received the gift of jewelry, you know full well that good things come in small packages. A little box of pulpy jewels is how we like to think of de Medici Ming Fine Paper. Browse decorative Japanese and Italian papers,...
Doe
Lower Haight - San Francisco, CA United StatesDoe is general store, San Francisco style. In what isn't the biggest space in the world they manage to squeeze in clothing for men, women and children, various home accessories, lotions and notions, art and even a good bit of jewelry....
Elsewares
Online StoreThere are hundreds of gift stores online. Trust us, we've looked at pretty much all of them. So, when we find one that we actually want to write a description about, it's a happy day for us, and we're hoping for you as well....
Flax Art & Design
Deco Ghetto - San Francisco, CA United StatesIt's hard not to walk into Flax Art & Design and be inspired. Inspired to make a card, draw a picture, frame a photograph or pick up a paint brush. The family-owned art supply store sets a new standard with its dizzying array of paints,...
Greenwich Letterpress
West Village - New York, NY United StatesGreenwich Letterpress combines the classic craft of letterpress with modern city sensibilities. While custom work is the bread and butter of the business, the spacious retail location is notable in its own right, carrying a fun, playful spread of...
Greer
Old Town - Chicago, IL United StatesNo matter how many "stationery" designs e-cards offer, they never, ever match the feel, the class and the style of paper. In Greer, we see pulp's full potential. The store has collected an extremely well informed collection of cards...
India Ink
Little Italy - San Diego, CA United StatesIndia Ink is a one-stop shop for the stationery obsessed. The company specializes in designing custom stationery, whether it be personal stationery, business identity work or invitations. However, the large space is a nice retail store in its own...
In the Bag
Alphabet District - Portland, OR United StatesReader Suggested: Upscale greeting card store, also featuring gifts, gift wrap and ribbons. During the Holidays, In the Bag offers gift wrapping services.
Jonathan Wright
Mid City/Beverly - Los Angeles, CA United StatesJonathan Wright makes the wonders of letterpress available to casual passers by. The store carries on the letterpress tradition with its quaint, one-of-a-kind letterpress cards and stationery. You'll find letterpress cards for every...
Kozo Arts
Cow Hollow - San Francisco, CA United StatesFollowing age-old Japanese techniques, Kozo Arts is all about the art of paper making and book binding. Their silkscreen prints are printed on handmade paper, each color individually screened to achieve a gorgeous layered effect. Their albums,...
Lion in the Sun
Park Slope - Brooklyn, NY United StatesLion in the Sun knows good paper. The full-service paperie gathers fine papers by the sheet, stationery, journals, sketchbooks, wrapping papers, albums and greeting cards from around the world. Furthermore, the shop specializes in custom invitations for all occasions, with selections from...
Little Otsu
The Mission - San Francisco, CA United StatesLittle Otsu began as a vegan accessories retailer but when it realized the vegan market as being met it morphed into a printer and retailer of creative paper goods. Now there's a progression that you'll only find in San Francisco. The...
Lunalux
Loring Park - Minneapolis, MN United StatesReader Suggested: We create beautiful letterpress-printed stationery and paper goods, which we sell in our Minneapolis storefront and to high-end card and gift boutiques around the country. Shoppers will find lots of innovative card lines (Snow and Graham, Binth, tall cow, Bella Muse, Nu Vue, to name just a few)...
Miki's Paper
Fourth Street - Berkeley, CA United StatesA purveyor of Japanese hand stenciled paper, Miki's Paper proves that on rare occasions a store can be a calm, tranquil space. We're not sure why it happens, but as soon as you walk into Miki's Paper the tone and volume of your...
Mimio
Old Town - Pasadena, CA United StatesMimio celebrates "the artistry of paper". Their paper gallery has exquisite sheets of hand and machine made papers from Japan, Nepal, Thailand, India, France and Italy. Their selection of hand-bound photo albums and journals, silky...
Elsewhere
Sites we dig
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- Hint Mag
- IHT Style
- JC Report
- LA.com Shopping
- Men.Style.com
- NY Mag Fashion
- NY Times Fashion & Style
- Refinery 29
- Style.com
- Superfuture