Barcelona wedding invitation by bt elements
After many years as a retail storefront serving the greater Puget Sound area we have closed All About Weddings & Celebrations, and have opened a new customer-focused business model to more conveniently serve our clientele. With the crazy world we live in, people rushing here and there and not enough time on their hands, it bacame apparent that the days of available leisure time to go sit in a store and look at invitations for hours just wasn't something that people have patience for any more. (That's why ordering online has become so popular, right?) Well, with our new model, Paper Passionista on-location Invitations and Stationery, the "inviting public" will come to embrace this fact: You really can have it all - the convenience of not having to leave your home, combined with a personal expert invitation concierge at your service, assisting you with etiquette, wording and writing the order to make sure nothing is left to chance.
As the Paper Passionista, I have been obsessed with stationery and paper since the 4th grade. Ten years of owning my own wedding and events store (2000-2010) was rewarding for awhile, but as times have changed it had become less so. When people don't have the time to come see you it means that no matter how much you love what you do there starts to be not enough of it to do. With my new model I'm "taking my show on the road" and I will go to the client to serve their invitation and stationery needs, by appointment, wherever and whenever they wish to take care of the ordering process. And I do mean process. To properly and accurately order custom invitations and stationery there are many factors involved and this is something best not left to a novice. If you need invitations for a wedding or special event you want it perfect. I will come to you to make sure your invitation and stationery ordering experience is the best possible for you.
"How will this work?" It all starts with a quick phone call or email letting me know you wish to set up an appointment. You may call 206.909.9567 or send an email: info@paperpassionista.com. Either on the phone or via email I will have a quick interview with you about your event, your tastes, etc. and from there I will select the albums of various invitation designers that I feel will best suit your wedding or event needs. Because I know all of my designers' offerings so well I can be very accurate about selecting the best options for you so the initial "weeding out" process for you can be eliminated. You will likely have to go through no more than 4-5 albums to find the one perfect invitation ensemble for you when we meet in person.
"Do you have to come to my home?" Absolutely not! The key to this service is selecting what works best for you. I have gone to wedding planner's offices, to Starbuck's, the Columbia Tower Club, and to hotel lobbies including The Fairmont Olympic and Doubletree Suites. In addition it could be the client's office, hospital room (think new baby), or any other place that will work best for you. The geographic limits for my travels are within King, Pierce and Snohomish counties. (Travel outside of those areas may still be available but will require reimbursement of travel expenses.) When selecting a good location for our meeting the one thing to keep in mind is it definitely works best when there is a large enough table to display the invitation albums on while you are looking, and also for me to have a hard surface for writing your order. If you have a spot in mind that is on the quieter side this is great - the local Starbucks works in a pinch, but it's also not the quietest or most private location in which to do your invitation ordering. Feel free to ask me if you'd like suggestions near you.
What hours is this service available? When we have our initial contact to set up the appointment we'll come up with a mutually satisfactory date and time that works for both of us. Except for previously scheduled appointments and commitments I'm available to you 24/7. Your schedule is most important, so whether you need the appointment on week days or evenings, weekends, etc. you just let me know what is best for you and we'll make it work. No more having to worry about store hours!
"Do you still have all the lines available that you had at your former store? Sometimes it seems like you almost had too many options and that made it harder to choose." The quick answer is "No." What I have done with this new model is to trim it down and make it more desirable to those who truly value good service and quality invitations and stationery. When I had a storefront it was necessary to have lines to suit every budget. Now that I am making this more of a "boutique" type service I have refined the selection to those lines which combine great design and quality. Gone are the "bargain basement" lines that may have filled a need for some, but were not, in my opinion, the best representations of quality paper and design, and definitely not best in service. You will find my offerings now to fall in the middle and upper price ranges. Will my new service appeal to everyone? No. Will it appeal to those who appreciate service and quality but understand that you don't get that combination with Costo pricing? Absolutely!
Which invitation designers / companies do you represent? I am proud to offer invitations and stationery from many of the finest designers available, and will continue to bring on new lines as they become available. The lines currently available for your shopping pleasure include: Arabella Papers, AREN Party Printers, bt elements, Ceci New York, Checkerboard, Crane's, Dauphine Press, Designer's Fine Press, Elum Designs, Encore Studios, The Happy Envelope, Marsupial, Oblation Papers & Press, Pioneer Color, Real Card Studio, Spark Letterpress Love, Tag & Company, Wiley Valentine and William Arthur.
What kinds of events should I think of you for? Anything that requires an invitation or stationery: weddings, anniversaries, monumental birthdays, holidays, parties, birth announcements, corporate events and announcements, rehearsal dinners, baby showers, wedding showers, charity events & fundraisers, open houses, business launches, holiday cards, and on and on...you get the idea.
We all need to look at the times and reinvent ourselves occasionally, and I'm excited about this one. I hope to be sitting down with you soon to talk about your wonderful event. Cheers!
For more information about the above listed lines you can click on the web links I've placed here for all of them. You can also go visit my Paper Passionista Facebook page linked here in the right margin of this blog where I have many of the lines posted with some sample photos.
