Paper Delights, Seattle

Making good on their lifelong dream to run their own stationery store, mother-daughter team Kathy Perkins and Alicia Olsen opened Paper Delights in 2008, filling the tidy shop with charming letters, notes, and wrapping paper for birthdays, baby showers, and nuptials. Notebooks, cards, invitations, and envelopes burst with lively floral prints, lace borders, and sunny pastels, ready to bear messages such as, "Thank you for the generous graduation present," or "Please come to my surprise birthday party." In addition to announcing the arrival of impending weddings, births, and engagements with a plethora of classic and contemporary prints, Paper Delights helps customers organize and accessorize with items such as stylish reusable totes, crystal jewelry, and lustrous nail lacquer.