What a delightful establishment this is! I might even go as far as to say delectable!…read more Nook & Cranny stocks a veritable cornucopia of gorgeous gifts, stationery and homewares, all utterly charming. The first thing that caught my eye (and drew me in from my journey up Bold Street) were the beautiful Cable & Cotton fairy lights displayed in the window - these stunning textured, multi coloured, orb fairy lights are just magical and certainly set the scene for the rest of the shop. There is so much to gaze or chuckle at and drool over in Nook & Cranny that I just wouldn't know where to start telling you all about it but other highlights include the bear paw oven mitts, the 'My Cuppa Tea' colour matching guide mug and the Knit Your Own Zoo kit. I was in seventh heaven. Imagine my delight when I discovered that the back of the shop (which used to be storage space) has now been turned into a cosy little cafe called Quills & Coffee. Sadly I couldn't stay to sample any of the beautiful looking cakes but I vowed there and then to visit again as soon as possible. Yet more delight...Nook & Cranny and Quills & Coffee put on occasional film screenings at the back of the store!! The next one is American Beauty on Saturday 28th March at 7pm - tickets are £10 and include free drinks and pizza and available from www.nookandcrannyshop.co.uk. Magic

This is a fantastic independent biz that I ventured into when in Liverpool a couple of weeks back…read more We actually held an event in the back part of the business and I didn't realise it existed until Liverpool CA Gemma A introduced me to it - but the space is really cavernous and it was great to temporarily see Quills coffee set up in the back. Very very cool cards and gifts throughout, I was especially impressed with the awesome range of band music posters in the back - everything from Queens of the stone age to classic hiphop ones - really worth a look if you're nearby and fancy some colourful artwork to brighten up your walls. Very friendly staff, they hopefully will do well in this prime location in Liverpool.

This particular Wizzard Cards & Gifts shop in St. Helen's sells a terrific variety of bits and…read morepieces which are ideal for small presents and special celebratory occasions. In addition to offering a selection of ornaments, scary and cute looking toys as well as holographic artwork, they also have a small fancy dress section towards the rear of the shop and sell a range of cheeky adult toys. So, if you pop into Wizzard, you might be in for more than what you bargained for after a wonderous browse! Expect a contrasting variety of cards and gifts from the innocent and cute to the downwright naughty and scary! Overall, the shop has friendly staff as they kindly helped me look for the card I was searching for and at affordable prices, you can't really go wrong.

This has to be the ultimate gift shop! If you need a present…read morefor someone, special or otherwise, you are most likely to find something here. they have gifts from mugs to t-shirts to jewellery.the list seems to be endless, but probably isn't. They even have the cards, tags and wrapping paper to finish off your present.

Daisys' is just as good as the big city card shops, if not better as there's no pushing and shoving…read moreand queues out the door come holiday seasons. Of course, that's not to say it isn't popular as there are always people coming in and out, it's just a nicer atmosphere: friendlier and more personal. Daisy's stocks cards for all occassions from birthdays, aninversarys and 'congratulations' to 'get well soon', 'with sympathy', and 'thankyou'.There is also a really nice range of gifts such as photoframes, ornaments and trinkets, and a large 'Me to You' range as well as gift bags and wrapping paper. The prices vary and there is a range to suit all budgets.

This is a small card shop inside the In Shops indoor market in Newton Gardens shopping centre…read more(Kirkby shopping centre.) They are fairly standard, similar to Clinton Cards, and offering what I like to call one-size-fits-all gifts like teddy bears and picture frames. The range of cards is not bad and prices are decent. I just don't fancy getting people I care about cards and gifts that say "I think you are average."

Love this place…read more Stephanie's is great; my family and I have been coming here for years. It is one of the few decent card and occasions shops locally and it sells so much fantastic stuff; it's high quality and quite unique so, while you can pick up the very nice, but fast becoming, generic 'Me to You' items and merchandise from the 'Forever Friends' range fr example, you can discover a really original little gift, a genuinely different card or fancy gift wrap and bags to make an occassion and your wishes really meaningful.

The lady there is a fraudster! She made me pay for a printed mug before it was done and when it was…read moreit appeared to be absolutly awful! The black colour was brown, coulors at the top were lighter than at other places, all pictures looked foggy. I said that I don`t want to pay before I see the mug and the picture on it but she insisted! I`m very upset about that! Then I did the same picture in city centre, it cost the same money and the quality was perfect!

I liked this gift shop because it was different. It pays to be different, in my opinion, because…read moregifts should fit the personality of the recipient and that's difficult to accomplish when most gift shops carry one-size-fits-all made-in-china crap. Now, I'm not saying that all of this stuff is high quality or even that none of it is made in China (I'm sure some of it is), I'm just saying it deserves a good review because it's different and you are sure to find something a little out of the ordinary here. Gifts here are definitely girly, though, so don't expect to find anything for a guy. You will find jewellery, photo frames, figurines and collectables, stationary, gift cards and wrapping paper, etc. All fairly decently priced, and it's definitely worth a look, especially if like me you kind of have an obsession with gift shops ...

This branch of Clintons Cards has a fancy dress and party shop amalgamated into it which can only…read morebe a good thing as the actual selection of cards here is pretty awful. With row upon row of 'funny' cards filled with nob gag after nob gag there is almost nothing to please your friends or the joker in your family. The traditional cards are so sentimental they border on plain maudlin (I was going to get my Grandma a card from here but I couldn't seem to find one for a grandmother that didn't seem to imply they were about to leave this world for good). The best bet are the plain awful 'value range' with animals stuck with googly eyes, wearing stupid hats at least these are actually a bit so-bad-they're-good funny. The party shop, Pure Party, is full of all the sort of absolutely useless stuff that you had no idea you needed to throw a party until you came here and found it. It's expensive (as you might expect for party supplies which have the lowest value-for-money standing of almost anything you could want to buy) but the staff are cheerful and helpful and the inflatable palm trees did turn a standard BBQ into...well, a BBQ with some inflatable palm trees.

Clinton's Cards in Liverpool One is a place that leaves you with a smile on your face as it is a…read morecelebration of special occasions. I often find these kinds of places to be tacky and annoying as they push needless tat in your face and although there is evidence of that here this place seems to handle itself with a touch more class than some establishments. The prices here are still too high and it is a little annoying to see that establishments can play on special occasions in order to make people part with extortionate amounts of their hard earned money. On the whole this is a well run store which does a better job than many I have seen and this is in no small part due to their plush surroundings in the wonderful Liverpool One.