DecoyGalleries

A Handmade Paper Company
From Indian Roots to Global Lifestyle ✨
📍San Francisco

06/11/2026

If your desk changes mediums by the day, your paper should keep up.

Micron pens and graphite want a smooth, tightly pressed sheet so lines stay crisp and don’t feather.

Watercolor needs heavier paper with a soft texture,so it can take a wash without buckling.

Collage likes tooth: thicker, grabbier sheets that hold glue and let layers stay put.

Browse our handmade sheets and pads by medium...ink, watercolor, or mixed-media and match paper to what you’re actually making.

06/10/2026

Some pieces earn their keep because they show up everywhere.

The same pattern can live on your table, on a gift, and on a note you actually send. Keep a runner out. Wrap with the matching cloth. Finish with a card that feels like it belongs.

When the details repeat, the moment feels intentional.

06/09/2026

Distance is not just miles. It is time zones. Missed holidays. The pause before you translate a joke.

We keep returning to it because it shapes what we make: paper that holds a note you actually send, wrap that turns a gift into a stand-in for being there, small objects that feel like a quiet bridge.

Some days, that is enough.

05/20/2026

Sustainability guilt in gifting is real. A sweet moment can turn into a pile of shiny paper, plastic tape, and a card that gets tossed.

Start smaller. Choose one wrap you actually want to reuse, plus a tag or card made from upcycled fibers.

Small-batch materials are not about perfection. They are about keeping the feeling, and losing the waste.

05/18/2026

A home does not need a full refresh. It needs one anchor you reach for.

Start with something you touch often: a note card that makes you write back, wrap that feels too good to toss, a table detail that resets the mood.

The best sets come from a few pieces that play well together, then get used hard.

05/16/2026

Building my dream Indian-American lifestyle brand…one shelf at a time 😘❤️

05/04/2026

Not factory paper. Meet our Jaipur maker pulling the deckle. Texture you can feel. Made to keep. If home has ever felt split, you are not alone.

05/03/2026

Another pen set feels forgettable. A stack of handmade paper doesn’t.

Upcycled, cotton-based sheets with visible fibers, deckled edges, and real weight invite slow sketching, inky experiments, and notes they’ll actually keep.

Made in close collaboration with Jaipur artisans, these pages carry story and place into their daily practice.

Give them a surface that feels like a tiny studio upgrade.

Choose a paper set they’ll keep reaching for.

05/02/2026

I always think I’ll remember every detail, and then the day blurs on the way home. So I write one page while it’s still fresh: what I noticed, what I felt, who I wish was there. Decoy Galleries makes handmade paper goods that make those notes feel worth keeping.

05/01/2026

Mindful writing feels easier when everything has a place.

The Floral Notebooks Gift Set – Indian Summer (Blank Pages) comes with:
• 3 handmade cotton rag paper softcover diaries
• 1 matching folder (Indian Summer design)
• Premium gift-ready packaging

Each piece is handcrafted, so every set is slightly unique. A small reminder that real making shows up in the details.

Address

2940 16th Street
San Francisco, CA
94103

Website

http://decoygalleries.com/

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