Invitation House

This has to be my favourite place to get paper. Beautiful paper in a huge range of textures and colours. I would love to go nuts and buy all the pretty stuff here. Unfortunately that would a little silly and leave me with enough paper for more than one lifetime.
The services is outstanding and I am always greeted with a warm smile. It is worth just having a look even if you don’t have a special occasion coming up, particularly if you are like me and juts adore paper and the exciting possibilities it presents.

This is one of those total treasure shops that you find excuses to visit. I got my wedding invitations printed around the corner, but I wanted beautiful paper to do it on. Invitation House was definitely my one stop shop. They even ordered in more of the stock I wanted from their warehouse (next day delivery bless them) and the envelopes I bought were almost prettier than the invites. None of it’s cheap (the envelopes are over $ 1 each) but if you have a special event you want a special invite for this is the place to go.

I hate to break it to you guys; you no longer can fall back on the excuse «oh I couldn’t invite you to my party because my printer ran out of paper to print you an invite» (oh come on, you know you’ve used it). Why? Because Invitation House is stacked floor-​to-​ceiling, wall-​to-​wall with mountains of beautifully glossy, matt-​y, felt-​y magnificent shards of tree. Running out of paper definitely is not an option, nor a possibility.
This shop is to writers, creators and wedding planners what Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is to a sweet tooth. HEAVEN. Sheets and sheets of it.
Champagne-​shaded, floral design paper aside, there is also an array of other papery related goodness; from travel journals and stamp-​engraved magnets to filofaxes and intricately designed diaries.
So if you’re planning a wedding, dinner party or just feel like writing a letter on stunning paper, you have to check this place out. And you’ll want to invite everyone you know, begrudgingly or not, just to utilise the paper.

Stationery really excites me. Like REALLY excites me. I think it’s the prospect of being super organised while looking cute at the same time. Stickers, pens, writing pads, stamps, you name it I love it! I am unashamedly geeky in that sense. So Invitation House, which funnily enough specialises in invitations, got a little excited squeal from me as I walked through their doors.
Floor to ceiling shelves of different sorts of paper. Embossed, bridal, paper with cupcakes on it, floral, dinosaurs, oriental and SO much more. There is literally paper for any occasion here. It’s stunning quality and averages around $ 1.00-$ 1.50 per piece so depending on the size of the event you’re hosting it could become quite expensive. In my opinion though, receiving a paper invitation in this digital age is a little taste of the past, and it sets the tone for whatever the event is that the invitation is for.
If you are getting married, having an important birthday celebration or hosting some sort of event which requires an old-​school invitation, I definitely suggest popping in to Invitation House for some inspiration.

You know those nerds who get more excited about designing and making the party invitations than the actual party? Yeah, they’re so weird. And I happen to be one. Even back in the late 90s when my birthday came around, I was to be found on our hulking IBM computer make invitations with coloured, comic sans-​style fonts and the ever-​classy clip art. They usually said corny things like IT’S PARTY TIME!
If only Invitation House had existed in those days, and I could have saved myself some Microsoft Word-​related embarrassment. Luckily, Invitation House opened not long before my 18^th birthday and so I finally had access to more than Windows 95 to create my masterpiece.
When you go in you’ll see the the walls are floor to ceiliing stacks of paper and card of varying patterns, colours, and textures. They have sheer overlay sheets, cute pins and embellishments, ribbons, and stamps.
You can pick out what you want and dream up your own invitation, or the staff can help you. You can also pay them to assemble them all for you, or take your supplies home and do it yourself. Since my 18^th I have also used Invitation House’s wares to make 21^st invites for me and for friends’ parties, and often pop in to buy some nice paper or card if I’m making something special.
Such a great idea for a shop, and I bet they do great business because it’s such a niche market. Well done, Invitation House!