FP friendly personalized social stationery sources

[kenny]

Traditionally, I have bought by social stationery in small stores, typically independent boutique-like stores that sell upscale gifts or stationery/cards.  I have ordered my social stationery after looking through the large books and picking the typeset/font, embossed vs thermography, colors of ink and paper, envelope liner, etc.  It would have my name and/or address on the paper and envelopes.  The store would order their products from Crane, William Arthur, Vera Wang stationery, etc.  Typically these are high end linen/cotton papers with raised printing (embossed/engraved/thermoprinted) and matching tissue-paper lined envelopes, not the kind of stuff you get from OfficeMax, Staples, etc.

 

I have recently moved and am having trouble finding such a store now (Evansville, IN-Owensboro, KY area).  I find the options online are atrocious.  Even Crane only gives a choice of 3 options for men's stationery on their website?!?

 

Does anyone know of any stores online which are reliable for ordering high end paper with decent options, or of any stores in the Evansville IN/Louisville KY/Nashville TN areas?  (Ideally the stores would need to be open on Saturday for me to get to them in Louisville or Nashville).

 

[Runnin_Ute]

Original Crown Mill makes some notecards similar to what you are talking about. Goulet carries them. I actually need to get some more. I have two different color combos.

 

Original Crown Mill Bicolor Note Card Correspondence Set - Cream/Green and the Cream/Navy. The envelopes are tissue lined. Granted they don't have custom printing of name/address or the like, but they are FP friendly. (On second box of each combination and need to get a third of each soon)

 

Just an idea, short of some of the options you have looked at that I know about.

[Maurizio]

I just discovered Hoban Cards https://hobancards.com. 

 

They're a small operation in Washington state doing traditional letterpress printing on good quality papers. Their prices are reasonable and they’ll send you some free samples of their paper and printing. 

 

I'm planning on ordering some of their stock notecards ($70. for 25, $90. for 50), but they can customize any design too. 

 

I’m not affiliated, just impressed. Their site is nicely done. 

[Penguincollector]

Oblation Papers and Press, Portland OR