I've walked past this shop may times after work and always thought it looked well stocked, but when…read moreI went in to get gift vouchers for an artistic relative last week I was totally blown away by just how much is in here. The staff were friendly and knowledgeable, and there's a great range of everything artistic you could possibly need. The only problem I could see was the lack of fabric paints, but that seems to be the way in Edinburgh recently so I don't think it's much of an issue here. But wow. It's also the first shop where I have ever seen the full range of Uni Posca markers on display, especially alongside the fantastic Montana spray paints. So yeah, I have the feeling I will be going back in and spending far too much money on creative supplies that I'm really not very good with. :-D

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Oh my word, this is the BEST craft shop!…read more They sell everything you could want, and really tasteful versions of it, not tacky cheap looking craft stuff. Kokosnoot's craft supplies are classy! They have over 200 types of ribbons, and beautiful buttons, and lots of craft tools. But the felt! Oh the felt! They have a great range of felt - both loose felt for needle felting and felt sheets, in lovely colours. I bought a lovely gift card too - they have a good range of beautiful designs. This is easily the best stocked craft shop I've been in - it's so much better than anywhere in Glasgow. I would actually come here from Glasgow in order to buy craft goods. It's that good.

Hidden gem art shop in a quaint wee lane in Glasgow's West End. Went in for some notepads and…read morepencils to organize for school and got to meet the shop dog, Marcie. Staff is very helpful and knowledgeable. Has art supplies too!

This place is like a shop from the past and in some ways it is, in that traditional values of…read morehelpful service are in abundance. I found that they have an ancient printing press and can demonstrate letterpress printing. They also are able to do traditional book binding as well as colour photo copying, a run of business cards even raffle tickets. They sell a range of art materials from half pans, tubes of professional grade watercolours acrylics and oil paints. Then you can have all kinds of specialist paper that can be cut to size. And if you are into paper, then ask about their Paper Making Museum.

This looked like an interesting shop that gave little away from the outside, and so I ventured in…read moreto investigate further. What this shop offers that sets it aside from others nearby is a range of (mainly artistic) hobby products. This includes various types of paints, brushes and even Revell model aircraft kits I used to construct as a child that I haven't seen out with a model shop for years. As well as this, there is a good selection of useful stationery including school type jotters, which can sometimes be a rare find, and pipe cleaners! Something that is on every Blue Peter watchers wish list. The staff were very friendly and I enjoyed having a good chat with the owner about the local area and her shop. The pricing however, seemed quite variable and I felt myself slightly concerned at the apparent expense of some of the stationery products. However, I'm rating relatively high purely for the nostalgic value added by the model kits and the availability of artistic products which can be quite hard to come by.

I used to be a massive fan of Burns and Harris years ago. They had a wide range of art supplies and…read morethe staff were very knowledgeable. They still have a reasonable range of supplies but I do feel it has diminished compared to what it used to be. It can be a little overpriced too. It's kinda claustrophobic inside which doesn't do it any favours either. I tend to only go there these days if I can't find an item elsewhere and think they might have it. It's not a bad shop overall, but I do find myself going to Edinburgh for stuff they used to stock.

Burns and Harris is situated in the postings shopping centre Kirkcaldy near to the bus station and…read morethe tescos supermarket. Burns and Harris stock all sorts of art materials for all kinds of hobbies card making, scrap booking, painting, modeling and many more Although they moved to a larger shop a few years ago the small still feels tiny no good to wheel chair users or buggies Despite this there shop is packed with materials all for reasonable prices there also special offers on do craft materials as well as demonstration days in the posting centre. Burns and Harris also offers a small selection of magazines to buy.

This shop has almost all art supplies you may need. They also have a student discount which is a…read morepro. All the stock is very good quality and hence comes with a slightly higher price than you may find say in a supermarket. Keep your eyes peeled for notices for various art classes and art exhibitions. They have a very big selection of these amazing Japanese marker pens, which I can never get enough. The shopkeeper is lovely and chatty, and if you can't find anything, it's best to ask, because the shops small size makes it quite crammed with stuff. All in all, a great place to quench your artistic thirst for equipment, and with the student discount it makes it a bit more affordable.

For a capital city with a large art school, Edinburgh has a sore lack of art supply shops. So this…read moretiny store is one of your few options. I am just so pooped out by this shop, it only really has the basics and I find their pen and paper stocks too limiting for my needs. My main huge bug bare is the staff. They seem to have a broom up their asses and talk down to you. Aka I'm asking for something specific, I must know what I'm doing, please dear god don't patronise me in your shop. I end up walking to the art shop in the ECA as it's cheaper, has more paper stock and a couple of the staff are super helpful.

I have some really warm memories of Ink Spot from when i was a kid. It was always the place i…read morelooked forward to coming to when my mum and dad took me shopping to Hamilton. I loved crafty stuff and it sold some pretty cool toys too, like the Anne Geddes Babies i used to collect. It sits apart from the main cluster of shops and the shopping centre, on the way down to the big Asda. This place is an Aladdin's Cave of stationery. Need an HB pencil? Come here. A pink Filofax with kittens on it? Second shelf on the left madam. Biro that transforms into a deckchair? Yup, you'll find one here. But be warned , you'll pay for it! It really isn't cheap, so if you only need the basics i would suggest trying somewhere else first. However if you are a crafty connoisseur, or you're looking for something very specific, Ink Spot is the place for you! (Disclaimer: A transforming deckchair Biro does not yet exist. I made that bit up. So you may get a funny look if you ask for one here.)

So I must confess - I have a bit of a stationery fetish. Nothing quite like the smell of a freshly…read moresharpened pencil or like rows of coloured pencils lined up by shade (yes yes I did and still do crave the entire set of crayola colours!!!) Anyway, this place has so many cool art supplies that even the most non-artistic, non-creative person in the world will be compelled to purchase some funky craft paper or some random modelling clay or engineering grade pencil. School projects and Brownie badge work has been aided with supplies from here and I can never resist popping in when I have a minute and I am nearby. They have, in the past few years, got a range of fancy dress costumes as well - so they are branching out somewhat from merely traditional stationery supplies. I don't know if that is a direction I am really loving, but in this economy, anything that helps local independent businesses is fine by me. This place is NOT cheap though and is its main failing. I would seriously doubt if art students would actually buy their supplies from here, If the prices were a little bit lower and the staff didn't look at you as if you were about to shop lift then I would love it even more. It is definitely a stationers as opposed to a full on specialist art store I reckon. As an art shop for true artists (although clearly I am not, and am just surmising, I would definitely give it a 3. As a place to find cool knick knacks, gifts and pens with a good motion (see told you I was obsessed!) then possibly a 4. On the whole it is a pretty shop with lots of lovely goodies and some luxurious stationery. With slightly lower prices this would be a 4 overall, bit as it stands a solid 3!

This is a great place if you've got kids! Although I have to say perhaps more for a rainy day than…read morethe sunny one I went in on. With a kiln on site the place is about 10 degrees hotter than outside! They have a mum and baby morning between 10 and 12 on Tuesdays and another I believe on a Thursday but I would check that beforehand. For £5 you can get a cup of coffee and a small coaster to paint. You can always pay more for any of the other items. As well as just being able to paint the pottery you can have casts made of your wee ones hands and feet. There is also a soft play area for older toddlers if they get bored of painting! The reasons why I couldn't give this place a five was firstly the heat and secondly the price of anything else you should wish to paint....it was quite expensive! The staff are absolutely lovely in here and so helpful. The next rainy day I reckon we'll be in again. The place is also quite buggy friendly too.

The Cermaic Experience is a franchise which has branches throughout Scotland, including one in…read moreStirling, close to where I live. This one in Marchmont is like the others and allows, children, mothers' groups and even hen parties to come in and decorate their own mugs, plates and bowls. It's actually quite a good idea and seems to appeal to schools for days out and parents can relax in the cafe whislt their children paint ceramic stuff or enjoy themselves in the soft play area. I'm not sure how the hen parties work, but inside they advertise it as a raucous BYO wine affair, the perfect beginning to a girls' night out apparantly.