Where Have You Been All My Life, Xpedx?

Where Have You Been All My Life, Xpedx?

May 5th, 2010 @ 2:55 pm by Mrs. Seashell
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Soon after our Save the Date magnets arrived, I went to paper heaven. Xpedx is paper heaven. And how, how, how had I no idea such a store existed?

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From cardstock, to every size envelope imaginable, to tissue paper, to gift bags, I could not imagine a bride not going absolutely nuts here. Seriously, it’s awesome! Best of all, the employees were more than generous about offering samples of open stock.

My personal find of the day was A2 Stardream Antique Gold Envelopes.

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As a result, I started rethinking our Save the Date packaging. My major gripe with magnets is that they shake around in the envelope and feel somewhat lost and appear “unfinished”. The good news is, our magnets measure 5 1/2″ by 3 1/2″ (they’re kind of huge, oopsies!) and they fit perfectly in an A2 envelope. So I started thinking I’d focus my attention on styling the envelopes…

What are your favorite envelope decorating details? Wrap around labels? Embossing?

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25 Responses to “Where Have You Been All My Life, Xpedx?”

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Miss Taco (message) 950 posts, Busy bee

We have one in California called Paper Source! Love paper stores.

5/5/10 @ 3:12 pm (reply)

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rawrkitty1022 (message) 516 posts, Busy bee

I TOTALLY ordered that exact same envelope from some company as one of my samples that we are considering for our wedding invitations!

5/5/10 @ 3:12 pm (reply)

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Curlysue (message) 1,703 posts, Bumble bee

We have an Xpedex here and I wonder if prices vary because they were more expensive than Cards & Pockets—but Xpedex does have a great line of stuff to go through

5/5/10 @ 3:13 pm (reply)

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Miss Meerkat (message) 3,216 posts, Sugar bee

I googled Xpedx and found this website:

http://www.xpedx.com/

Is this the same company? They have two locations in Grand Rapids where I am but I am not sure if they are stores like this….

5/5/10 @ 3:14 pm (reply)

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Miss Seashell (message) 1,713 posts, Bumble bee

@adias.angel: Yep! That’s them - it’s this crazy giant warehouse with paper products galore.
@Miss Taco: I loooooooooove Paper Source too!

5/5/10 @ 3:18 pm (reply)

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Miss Meerkat (message) 3,216 posts, Sugar bee

LOL nevermind there is a separate link where you can look up store locations. =)

5/5/10 @ 3:20 pm (reply)

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Miss Meerkat (message) 3,216 posts, Sugar bee

Totally forgot to say THANK YOU for posting this!! I got so excited cause there is one 11 minutes from where I work. *happy dance*

5/5/10 @ 3:24 pm (reply)

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ktisthatbees (message) 2,742 posts, Sugar bee

Large paper stores scare me, but you sure make it sound tempting

5/5/10 @ 3:49 pm (reply)

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MissCremeBrulee (message) 311 posts, Helper bee

LOOVE xpedx! You can get vellum there for 15 cents a sheet!

5/5/10 @ 3:52 pm (reply)

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jackie-o (message) 2,389 posts, Buzzing bee

We have a similar store in Seattle called PaperZone and its definitely a slice-o-heaven for us B2B’s

5/5/10 @ 3:52 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Nachos (message) 1,734 posts, Bumble bee

Haha, I am definitely not one to give advice on decorating envelopes, I beautified ours with rubber stamps. That’s about it.

5/5/10 @ 3:59 pm (reply)

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Miss Trail Mix (message) 6,329 posts, Bee Keeper

I wonder if they have this store in the northeast…Oh well, too late for me now but I’m happy you found it! Love those envelopes!

5/5/10 @ 4:00 pm (reply)

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winter (message) 1,333 posts, Bumble bee

we dont have those booo

5/5/10 @ 4:02 pm (reply)

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tea (message) 7,295 posts, Bee Keeper

i plan on using wrap around labels. no need to stress about calligraphy!

5/5/10 @ 4:22 pm (reply)

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Miss Hamster (message) 4,046 posts, Honey bee

Oh man, looks awesome - I wish there was one in NYC!

5/5/10 @ 4:32 pm (reply)

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dookie32 (message) 176 posts, Blushing bee

Ooooh I want to go to there. I’m in Chicago- definitely going put this on the list.

5/5/10 @ 5:00 pm (reply)

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Miss Frog (message) 505 posts, Busy bee

We used to have multiple locations near me and it was hea.ven. but now I have to make a full-on list if I’m making the trek…of course it’s always well worth it!

5/5/10 @ 7:17 pm (reply)

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ILikePink (message) 1,408 posts, Bumble bee

Anchor Paper is the Minneapolis giant-paper store. I am a scrapbooker, so I love going there because it’s like 1/10th the price of Archivers. You buy the paper by the pound!

And as for your question, I think wrap around labels are awesome, but I really love just classic calligraphy as well.

5/5/10 @ 7:42 pm (reply)

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