I have used this design company before, for holiday cards, home decorations and signs, what's not…read moreto love?! The customer service by Virge is top notch! The quality is very good. You get to customize fonts, colors, you name it. I get lots of compliments when folks are over at my house and they see the canvas designs. Highly recommend because this company is catered to you, and you lead the design ideas. You get the ideas made into real items and then you decide if you'd like to tweak it or go with it!

I'll be the first to comment about Designs by Yu. Let me just say Virginia, the owner and designer…read moreas about as awesome as it gets- so are her designs! My wife and I had our wedding invitations done here and she was absolutely one of our most memorable and favorite vendors we worked with during our wedding planning. It was low stress and she was really able to understand our tastes and requirements. We found her to be patient, easy to work with, and she gave us multiple drafts timely and professionally and had no problem incorporating our ideas into her final concepts. The designs she came up with ended up setting the tone for our entire wedding. Ultimately, when the invitations went out, we had so much feedback about how excited people were about our wedding just based on the impact the invitations made we hoped it would live up to the hype! A little more detail specifically about the service she provided us; We wanted an invitation that respected traditional Chinese style, had elegance and a semi-traditional format, but also had a sleek bit of our own personality to it. It need to be bilingual and incorporate inserts for instructions, maps, return RSVP cards, etc, and of course fall within our tight budget. Virge seems to have tons of experience phrasing sentences elegantly and giving direction. The church where the ceremony occurred had complicated parking instructions, and we also needed to include maps to the banquet hall which was far away. Virge was able to fit everything in a simple, easy to understand format that was great for out of town guests and understandable even to both Chinese and English speaking, all while looking great. Her work ethic and attention to quality and detail truly stand out. Ultimately her invitations turned out impeccable, like beautiful works of art. We were impressed enough and since experience working with Virge was so smooth, we ended up using her for our wedding programs as well to keep the feel consistent. My wife and I have been married three and a half years now and when ever we look back at our invitations we always smile and know we made the right decision with Designs by Yu.

This is my absolute favorite store in LA!! I found it a few weeks back and have been in at least…read moreonce a week since!! They have the most beautiful cards and lots of great gifts, for every occasion. The owner, Jason, is so nice. We always end up chatting. They also put out new cards at least once a week!! I can't wait to bring all my friends to this hidden gem and you should too!

* SCAM * If i could give this place negative stars i would! Don't believe the BS reviews left by…read morethese people, they are 100% a scam and most likely left by his friends or family. Jason the owner is extremely irresponsible and the worst businessman you could deal with and doesn't care about his customers! I recently ordered invitations from him and not only did it take them way longer to make them than was initially agreed upon but when i got them they were damaged and not usable. I showed Jason (owner) and asked if he could replace them and he went on and blamed me and said i dropped them and damaged them myself! This guy is so greedy he didn't do anything to fix the situation and i was forced to leave... Long story short **DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME ON THESE GUYS FIND SOMEONE MORE REPUTABLE THIS IS A BULLSHIT SCAM**

I'm a big fan of Paper Kitty Calligraphy and loved all the custom designs Susan put together for my…read morewedding! Susan is super responsive and had some great ideas for our custom designs. I loved how the wedding signs really brought the sweets table together. I've also ordered custom cards from Paper Kitty as well! If you're looking to elevate some details in your wedding I highly recommend having Paper Kitty add a personal touch to your special day! I also love being able to support a woman-owned/Asian-American owned small business.

We really enjoyed working with Susan and Paper Kitty Studio for the calligraphy for our wedding…read more She was super easy to work with - she listened to what we were looking for, and our envelopes and place cards turned out great. She event spent extra time making sure the ink color perfectly matched the rest of our paper goods. The results were even better than expected. We highly recommend Susan and Paper Kitty Studios.

Aug 1st was Stationary Store Day and I celebrated by hitting up a couple of the 16 Los Angeles…read moreparticipating stores. 1st stop was Shorthand in HLP. Love this little shop off York. Picked up my SSD passport and received my first stamp, Bright and spacious shop with all your stationary needs. Great selection of writing/coloring utensils. I'm obsessed with pens so I had to pick one up. A plus on service, always greeted with smiling faces. Everyone was showing a little extra excitement for the SSD activities. I've been here a couple times and will keep coming back.

Amazing and unique store, Highly recommend -- this is a special store and a refreshing analog type…read morealternative to our digital world. I order online from them and they carry / curate an amazingly unique variety of products (I mostly buy pencils -- you won't find a larger variety of Japanese Camel pencils which have a unique design and amazing graphite -- everything except the 3B T-Prime version lol but that one is obscure). Thank you again and please consider opening a store in the San Diego area. (Note: this review is entirely and organically my own and not written, edited or pasted into/from any AI type software product, as you can probably tell by the grammar and punctuation mistakes)

Best invitations ever!!! So beautiful, everything was customized just like I wanted, I couldn't be…read morehappier. She did my kippahs too which came out amazing

When my husband and I were looking for wedding invitations, we visited a couple of…read moreinvitation-designers in the area. All the designers we were recommended to made the exact same invitations on the exact same paper and my husband wanted to avoid the generic design that everyone used. We called Susie and described to her what we were looking for. She brought over a bunch of samples of her work and helped us design the perfect invitation. It was so classic and elegant! Not only did our invitations get delivered in a timely fashion and look so amazing, but Susie was so patient with both my husband and me while we decided on all the minor details of our design, such as the font, wording, and paper thickness. Susie is such a professional and perfectionist throughout the entire process-- you'll appreciate it when you have a million other wedding decisions to make!! Looking forward to working with her again!

*** Only open on Sundays from 12 PM to 5 PM - always check the website to confirm opening hours ***…read more Yup you heard it right - Baum-kuchen is a specialty card and stationery shop that only opens its brick-and-mortar store once a week. As an online store, Baum-kuchen has been in operation for 16 years (since 2010). [Parking]: Easy and free street parking. [Selection]: Baum-kuchen sells stationery items that combine the philosophies of German Bauhaus and Japanese wabi-sabi. Visitors will find fewer cute items as most products focus on aesthetically designed stationery such as stamps, planners, pens, paper pads, pen cases, pouches, tapes, etc. The shop has few postcards and pins, but the selection is limited. There are no greeting cards. [Mailbox]: The shop also sells postage stamps so customers can purchase them on the spot and drop postcards into the mailbox right next to the cashier counter. They will add letters and postcards to their outgoing mail. [Conclusion]: Some of items at Baum-kuchen can technically be found at other stationery stores in Los Angeles, so I don't feel like this is a must-visit shop or you'll miss out. With that being said - if you are a fan of stationery stores like Paper Plant Co., Hightide Store DTLA, or Shorthand, then Baum-kuchen is certainly worth checking out. Plus it is also nice to see some of these online items in person rather than just browsing them on their website.

This is one of the few local stores that carried exactly what I was looking for: Stalogy Monthly…read morePlanner B6. They're only physically open on Sundays but they answered my call on a Wednesday. Super gorgeous and organized inside. There's a lot of wandering space so you can take your time to explore and test products like pens. There's even a large table if you need to sit and relax. If you need help looking for something, don't be shy to ask. The workers are super friendly and knowledgeable. My purchase came with a free set of stickers! Super happy with this place. Will come back to support when I can. :)

What a great place to visit! Much bigger than Paper Plant in Chinatown, and much friendlier service…read moreas well. Also a larger selection. They have a whole pen testing area with a bunch of different types of pens to try. They also have a respectable fountain pen selection, though I would like to see more unique pens! They did have a lot of other pens, and their Blackwing selection was quite good. They have a stamping station, which we all loved to use. And they have a nice selection of paper products including stationery, notebooks, washi, stickers, and accessories. Oh, and rubber stamps. And cards. And inks. There's just a lot here, and I'm here for it. We ended up parking in a small paid lot a couple blocks away and had a nice walk to the shop. There are a few other cute little shops in the area, so it was nice to make a little afternoon of the trip. It's also not the busiest area, so it was very leisurely. I ended up getting this cool envelope to use with my A5 Snap Pad.

Paper Plant Co is a cute Japanese stationery shop and this is the brand new 2nd location located in…read moreHighland Park (the flagship store is located in Chinatown). Unlike the flagship store, this location has a MUCH bigger retail space and it feels like the owner finally got a chance to showcase their entire inventory to customers. [Parking]: Street parking only, but it is not the busiest neighborhood so it is not impossible to find a spot to park. [Selection]: The biggest difference between this Highland Park store vs the Chinatown store? Simply more stationery selections to see at this location with items like pens, stickers, notebooks, stamps, etc. There is a wall mounted with pens along with tester pens for customers to try. They also sell premium ballpoint pens, fountain pens, and dip pens on a separate locked shelf. [Conclusion]: I like this location a lot better than the flagship Chinatown location and I was able to test most of the pens and got myself one MD pen and one Zebra pen here. This is one of the better Japanese stationery stores in Los Angeles. P.S. - The shop offers an annual Stamp Rally happening from August through December. Passports are available starting August 1st during shop hours and can only be purchased in the month of August & one per person (passport is $1 each). A new stamp will be released each month and missed stamps can't be collected later. Complete all 5 stamps to earn a special gift from Paper Plant.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this store. I love Jen, the ambiance, the decor and her amazing merchandise that…read moreshows her creative sense for unique gifts. It's great to know I have a one stop shop for gifts

The Gift Muse is a new kid on this block! This cute boutique opened this year and I noticed it…read morerecently while I was running errands in the area (street parking) because their super cute window display got my attention, so I had to check it out! Lots of nice merchandise, great quality, with emphasis on LA and So-Cal artists, which is nice, Cute gift ideas - candles, home decor, accessories for ladies. Loved the decor inside as well. Checked their hours before they go, they close at 3 pm on Sundays! Nice addition in the area, cool place to shop at and find inspiration for that gift!