Stationary Creating Timeless Sketches Painting Reviews Summary

Quality and Texture

Pros:

• "The paper itself is pretty firm and sturdy as well, which is a plus."
• "The paper itself is nice & substantial, not thin."
• "This Classic Aged Paper is of a nice heavy stock and has a very good feel."
• "Made of quality paper, thick and sturdy, and my gel ink does not bleed through."
• "The paper quality is very good, I feel it is better than printing paper."
• "It's nice paper to write on, but the 'aged paper' is not as aesthetically pleasing as I hoped it would be."
• "The paper/envelopes are wonderful in terms of quality."

Cons:

• "This paper is thin and smells like the worst chemicals where used on it."
• "Much lighter weight than I expected and the paper does not have the darker vintage look I expected."
• "The paper is somewhat waxy so caligraphy with bottled ink not as easy as it would be with regular paper."
• "The paper has a good texture and is perfect for drawing or painting."
• "It is just thin to standard copy paper."
• "However, it looks pixelated, not burnt-edged."
• "The design is sort of splotchy looking."

Appearance and Design

Pros:

• "Beautiful product and good quality for handwritten notes."
• "They look aged in the photos, but up close you can tell they're just printed that way."
• "This set serves its purpose well for creating aged and antique-looking documents, be it invitations to pirate parties or D&D treasure maps."
• "I like that the paper is double sided in design, so that if it is folded, the effect is the same."
• "Both envelop and paper are very high end and expensive looking."
• "These are cute and so vintage. Anyone would be excited to receive a handwritten letter on these papers."
• "Beautiful, just beautiful! One or two of the pages are a little dark and may need something like a sharpie."

Cons:

• "I wanted to love this paper, but it looks so fake and unappealing in person."
• "While sturdy and with good adhesion, they clearly DON'T LOOK like antique papers."
• "I wish I hadn’t bought these. They look like they were low-res pattern images that were vectorized to get rid of pixelation."
• "The 'vintage' effect on these envelopes looks like it could have been printed by a cheap, home-quality printer."
• "The designs are pixelated. They look like digital camo."
• "This paper really doesn't look as authentic as I had hoped."
• "It's kinda just modern paper made to look pretty which is rather disappointing."

Smell

Pros:

• "I had read reviews stating the paper had an unpleasant odor but mine did not and I have quite a keen sense of smell."
• "Just opened my pack and there was no strong odor at all."
• "Oh! And this may just be a personal thing, but the paper smells so good. Like old books or parchment!"
• "Some customers have complained about a strong chemically smell but I haven’t experienced that."
• "A lot of the reviews mention a smell, and while I expected it and was prepared to deal with it, I have yet to notice any sort of odor with the paper I received."
• "Unlike many other reviewers, i did not notice an overly strong odor."
• "The papers smell a little weird, but I don't care."

Cons:

• "Great pack, paper looks great, however it comes with an old tire smell."
• "However, they smell really bad. The chemical smell on them when I first opened them was awful."
• "They have a chemical smell to them."
• "The only complaint is that it has a bad odor."
• "Although I like the paper and patterns, these envelopes have a very 'oily' smell that is not going away."
• "Smells very chemical laden and will stink up any room or container you put it in."
• "The paper and envelopes also have a heavy chemical smell, like paint thinner."

Usability and Functionality

Pros:

• "It was easy to print on!"
• "Most writing implements work fine."
• "It is very good for printing or DIY."
• "It is printer friendly."
• "I was able to print with an Italic font print out spells to paper."
• "The understated background will work for a variety of printer projects."
• "A quality medium weight paper, I was able to use it without any issues in my laser printer, just like any other copy paper."

Cons:

• "I did try to use this in a laser printer, and it just didn't show up very well."
• "Therefore, it's usage is limited to writing only."
• "NOT GOOD FOR INK CALLIGRAPHY PENS the ink smears & drips down the page."
• "The paper is somewhat waxy so caligraphy with bottled ink not as easy as it would be with regular paper."
• "You can’t use a really wet glue on it, because it warps, and wrinkles."
• "Though it looks awesome, don't buy if you are using a dip pen. There's too much wax on the paper and the ink has a hard time sticking."
• "You can't write on them very well. The paper doesn't even take marker ink very well. It's not great. Looks good! Just not very functional :/"