New to the Upper West Side, with its Grand Opening scheduled on Saturday July 28 10:30-4:30*, the spacious, attractively set-up Paper Source is a one-stop shop for the best greeting cards in the hood (hip and attractive), gift wrap/ribbon/boxes and single sheet specialty papers, stationary, announcements, and invitations (custom and “off the rack”), party supplies, calendars, notebooks, office organization, stamps, and a wide variety of gifts including such timely tongue-in-cheek items as the book “Goodnight iPad” and a “Keep Calm and Have a Cupcake Journal.”
Not content to simply sit there looking pretty and providing helpful service, however, the store also offers public and private workshops/parties for both crafty adults and imaginative kids.
Private Events
Booked at least a week in advance with a 50% deposit, groups of up to 25 can be accommodated in the open, adjacent party room. There’s a $120.00 minimum for hosting a private event. (Re children’s gatherings-1 adult is required for every 3 kids under the age of 8 and 1 adult for kids 9 and up.) Parties are generally 1 ½ to 2 hours long depending on what is being made and start at $25.00 per person, depending on the cost of materials which range from attractive to elaborate. Customarily held during store hours, an event can also be scheduled after hours two or more weeks in advance at additional cost. Refreshments may be brought in. Associates are ready to suggest, explain and adapt.
Adult Workshops/Parties
Greeting Card Making (stamp, emboss, work with 3-d to create a variety of cards), Bookbinding (basics for binding hardbound books), Favors for All Occasions (make your own party favors for an upcoming birthday, anniversary, shower, etc), Book Arts (learn to make a multi-use decorated spiral bound book), Printmaking (create images for stationary, artwork, bookplates), Invitations (make invitations, place cards, table accents), and Up-Cycled Stationary (eco-friendly approach to making distinctive stationary
Kids Workshops/Parties
Greeting Card Making (help them send BFFs and relatives individualized expressions), Paper Dolls (re-create friends or fashion dolls with crafting), Paper Crowns (royal headgear for princesses and princes), Tween Message Board (produces a finished, decorated, useful board), and Paper Flowers (an assortment of methods to create flowers decorative flora that needs no watering.)
Public Workshops (for Adults)
Paper Source additionally offers intermittent Public Workshops for which one need only make/purchase a reservation. The next two are:
The Handmade Journal. August 11, 10 am – 12 pm $35.00
Utilizes pre-sewn journal blocks combined with Cavallini map paper and book cloth to take you step by step through the process of case binding your very own journal. Personalize from the get-go.
And
The Wedding Workshop
September 8, 10 am – 12 pm. $15.00
Introduces participants to options for creating and decorating a made-to-order affair. All work-shoppers are gifted a Wedding Event Packet of swatches, timelines, and tips. Includes a firsthand look at the 2-12 Invitation Collection.
Customers receive a 10% off coupon for purchases after all workshops
All in all, Paper Source is a resource for far more than that which it first appears. Go visit. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable without pressuring. Still, the place is filled with temptations. It’s unlikely you’ll leave empty-handed.
*July 28 Grand Opening
– Refreshments and a Raffle!
includes the following Demonstrations- Stop in, watch, give it a try– these require no reservations
Dressing Up Your Envelopes- create, decorate, personally define… 11 am – 12pm
Rookie Rubber Stamping – combine with inkpads and embossing powders to create the whimsical and unique 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Celebration Accents, Favors, and more- boxes, table accents, place cards…ideas and methods to create decorations which are not pre-packaged 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Pretty Paper Flowers and Other Fun Kits- See kits bloom. Learn what you might want to create for various occasions or bring home to your child. 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm.
Paper Source
309 Columbus Avenue,
