The Party Company

The employees here are so helpful. I came in about 20 minutes before closing one night just to see what types of balloons they had; I needed to order about 15 for a work event and I didn’t know I could place an order for future pickup. I was assisted immediately upon arrival, and after that, 2 more employees checked on me to make sure I didn’t need any guidance. I left that night having set an order for pickup the next day, and they were ready on time for my scheduled pickup. A wonderful woman whom I believe is the manager even held the door open for me when I was leaving. (I looked ridiculous trying to handle ALL of those balloons by myself) but she even gave me pointers on the best way to put them in my car. Highly recommend this store for all party needs!

You can always find either what you are looking for, or something that will meet the need. Staff is helpful and courteous. Oh, and the prices, fantastic!

Talk about sensory overload! This place is packed to the ceiling with stuff! It’s smaller than Party Warehouse, but probably has what you need. Some things may be way cheaper a few doors down at Michael’s, especially if you have a 40% off coupon (from their website, my thrifty friends).
What I did find that I did not find at Michael’s was cardboard cake boxes. At least if Michael’s had them I couldn’t find them and neither could the sales associate. A large 10″ x 10″ box only set me back $ 0.99.
While it is a bit of a drive now that I don’t work out this way anymore, it is still worth keeping on my radar for not so common party supplies I may need in the future. I also got a kick over the fact that the young man at the register had never seen a Sacagawea golden dollar coin before. He had to go ask his manager if it was okay to accept it. :)

I would definitely give this place 3 and a half stars. Although it’s not as perky, bright, it seems to have a little more than party city. The setup up the store is kind of awkward.
Ok let me put it like this, they have the same stuff the party cities have, but add a few more items to that, at least when it comes to the birthday stuff.
Prices are pretty much average for party supplies. A pretty average party store…

Shopping for Mother Day Cards, they had very little selection displayed. I Was given a hard time from sales clerk Rodney because he would not go into the bottom draws where there were plenty of Mother’s Day cards and would not allow me or any of the other shopper to look in there as well. I was so upset, was never treated this way before so I went down another section to purchase Birthday cards. I went to check out and was asked by sales clerk Joseph if I was able to locate all that I wanted. I explained everything to him about Rodney. Joseph went over to the Mother’s Day section and went into the bottom draws for more cards for myself and other shoppers. What was the BIG DEAL RODNEY. Not sure if I want to come back to this store to be treated like an unwanted guest.

I needed some disposable helium tanks. Why you ask? I was hosting an Alvin and the Chipmunks gospel hour and I thought helium would be useful for our pitch and tone.
Wow — that was some bad copy. But it’s Sunday night and I was really reaching for an opener.
Anyway, most party stores rent helium tanks for the day, but they are heavy and bulky so it would be harder for me to lug around by myself. I call the The Party Company and they confirm that they carry disposables. In fact, they were one of the few party stores in the area that carry disposable helium tanks.
I drive up Georgia Avenue, all the way to Aspen Hill. I forgot that the Silver Spring zip code carries a range! I walk into the small, cluttered stores, with many aisles of miscellaneous party supplies packing the shelves. Halloween decorations were already out, and each aisle has different party themes. The party store also has an amazing selection of quality of plates, napkins, utensils, streamers and tables dressings of every color and shade, seemingly of pretty decent quality.
I ask the one of the ladies working in the store where to find the disposable helium tanks and she half-​heartedly pointed me in a general area in the front of the store. Um, excuse me? You just pointed to the entire front half of the store. So I’m sent off on my own to find them.
I picked up three tanks and a funky leopard pimp hat with purple fur trim (just because) and went to the check out. The lady at the check out barely made eye contact and looked like she rather be getting a root canal than ring me up. I noticed a sign that said «please do not take the shopping carts outside» so I asked her if it was ok since I had so many boxes. She granted me this favor, probably because she wanted know parts in helping me carry anything out!
All in all, pretty good selection of party supplies in this little store tucked away in Aspen Hill Shopping Center but petulant customer service.

So trying to get the last minute party supplies out of the way for our pre-​wedding party. The theme is Hawaiian, I always wanted to go to a real luau complete with hula dancers and the works, but not right now so this will have to do. I want to create a fun type of luau meets the tiki lounge type atmosphere and I don’t mind if it gets a little cheesy cause it’s a fun silly party.
This party store while a little smallish on the inside compare with some of the more mega party supplies stores, have a nice little selection of party trinkets and plenty of different themes to satisfy many party needs. They have the Hawaiian theme, the Disco theme, the Vegas theme, the Mexican fiesta theme, the sports theme; baseball, football, basketball, the Halloween theme already and it’s just August. A few other themes in addition to a wedding white theme and just plain ol’ happy birthday items.
Plenty of plates plastic and paper, plastic cups and plastic for wine and margaritas, plastic table ware, bowls, servers, chip-​n-​dip server, inflatable tiki totem poll coolers, lot of theme table covers, cheesy table center pieces, endless supply of paper cut outs that you would hang on the wall. They even have music CDs of different themes to make your theme party complete. I already downloaded plenty of Hawaiian music from Amazon so I didn’t get anymore. Oh yes they have cards there too. So if you are in need of decoration for your next party looked to this place if you are in the Aspen Hill area. The only problem with these types of places are that they hire alot of teenagers so if you really need help organizing your party look for an adult who would know what’s going on. Also these places get trashed as shoppers rush in with little kids in tow pulling everything apart and throwing it on the floor.