One of Italy's best stationary and gift shops finally comes to London. Elegant artisan crafted…read morecards can now be found at Covent Garden.

If you're a sucker for cute notebooks, pens, pencils, stationery, diaries, scrapbooking... DON'T GO…read moreIN HERE. I repeat, DON'T GO IN HERE. IT'S A TRAP. I just want to buy.all.the.notebooks Loved their products, not only because of the variety of items, but also for the cute designs. The shop is really pretty and the staff were super nice and helpful. I'm glad I don't have one of these where I live cause I'd simply go bankrupt.

I came here to get some funky London inspired postcards and stickers as souvenirs for back home…read more Great customer service.

Dropped in here to grab a quick gift for a toddler and was astounded by the wide range of quirky…read moregifts and toys they stocked for people of all ages, ranging from wooden replicas of iconic London vehicles and buildings to wine lights (lights in the form of corks which gave us a good excuse to finish off a bottle of wine so we could try it out) to animal-shaped lights (a perfect talking point for your lounge). Items were priced quite affordably - the wine light was £10, while the London building blocks was around £15. The sales assistants were nice and chatty the day we dropped in, and happy to help us wrap our gift for no extra cost (as long as we paid for the wrapping paper). They also had really nice, cute wrapping paper for kids in the form of Mr. Men wrapping paper. That was a big hit!

Neat shop with a variety of interesting items and great card selection.read more

On the face of it, and indeed looking inside, Space EC1 is a lovely wee shop. It really is. But…read morethere's something not that good about it. I had to ask the assistant what they actually sold. Oops. "We're an independent gift shop" she replied, a big indignantly. And I kind of think this is one of those shops where you don't really know what they sell. I'm tempted to say 'tat'. It is tat, but it's really nice tate. So you can buy a teapot with a cover that makes it look like it's wearing a 'terrorist's balaclava'. Haw Haw. There's going to be someone out there, who will open the patterned fork and trowel and think that it's the best present they've ever had. But I don't know them. There's a bit of jewelry on sale, some nice greetings cards. Some moleskin diaries. Things like pocket gardens, where bulbs come pre-planted in the soil in the wrapping, so you just open and water. Dunno, as I said, it's all very nice, just not that usefull.

I like finding little shops where I can find all sorts of gifts. Space sells a little bit of…read moreeverything. You can find jewelry, books, mugs, cards, and wrapping paper. The way I list things you would think the store would be cluttered with junk, but that is not the case. Space is beautifully arranged in a small area. Everything is interesting, I found myself poking and prodding looking for a birthday gift for a dear friend. The hard part is that there is so much to choose from that it takes time to make a selection. Space is not the store for those in a rush and uncertain of what they are looking for. If you have time, it is a wonderful store to explore; it's small so it doesn't take long to look at everything. The hard part is making a decision. I do love that it's a one stop shop. I bought a card, a gift (settled on earrings) and wrapping paper. It's nice when I don't have to rush around putting a gift together!

Wandering around Cowling and Wilcox makes me long to be an arty type, someone with some real…read morecreativity that could put all these chalks and canvases to goo use. Unfortunately I never got much further than the Blue Peter school of glitter glue so a lot of the stock in this shop goes a bit over my head. Sticking to what I can understand, Cowling and Wilcox has a really nice card and gift selection with a bit more personality than anything you'll find in Clinton's. The writing sets are particularly stylish although they can be quite expensive. Similarly, they have a great selection of Moleskin diaries and books but these can cost anything upwards of £15. On the other hand they have a great selection of arty presents for kids which all seem very reasonably priced and a lot of fun too for that matter! I defy anyone to be too old for face-paints. Cowling and Wilcox is a lovely shop which is well worth a look around if you're in need of anything a bit arty or looking for a more personal present for that difficult someone.

I could spend hours in art shops. I always end up spending a fortune. It is just something about…read morenew paper and sketch books and paints. Mindlessly wandering through the store, picking up colourful bottles and textured paper. The mind can run wild with new ideas. Cowling and Wilcox is a huge store situated on Shoreditch High Street. They have everything from portfolios, to canvas, paints, spray paint, paper, printer ink cartridges and much more. A light and airy shop pack fill of supplies all organised clearly on shelves and stands making for easy spending. It is a little on the expensive side, however the quality and quantity of supplies is impressive. Especially if it is a final year portfolio or important presentation. To top it off the staff are very helpful and inspiring if stuck for colour choices or alternative solutions to presentation.

A bit of nudity here, a fifties pin up there, cards replete with Latin poverbs and stocking their…read moreCivil Partnership cards next to their Marriage cards, Scribbler is so right on that it's easy to forget that it's a humble card shop. Hands down the best card shop in the Liverpool Street Station area, Scribbler is the place to go if the recipient of theoretical card has a) taste, b) eyes, or c) all of the above. Quite simply a really great card shop.

This has got to be the tiniest card shop ever. But it's lack of size is well and truly made up by…read moreit's stock: the most amazing range of inappropriate (and appropriate!) greeting cards ever. They do have a huge range of 'proper' cards too, you know, one you could send your Grandmother. But they're not quite as funny! It doesn't matter if you're in the market for a greeting card or not, pop in and spend half an hour laughing your face off!

Paper. An entire store for... wait for it... paper…read more With a failing economy, jobs being cut everyday, people not able to pay their rent, credit debt at an all time high, impending terrorism warnings, inflation, death, destruction, and apocalyptic wrath upon us, how on Earth is a store entirely filled with paper succeeding? Are there seriously enough people chasing paper to allow this store to pay its rent? Seriously? Paper? Seriously? Seriously. I was rather disappointed that a store entirely dedicated to... wait for it... paper only offered one, yes, ONE variety of Happy Birthday role wrap. However they did offer an amazing variety of happy birthday sheet wrap, and I have to assume most people aren't trying to wall paper an entire room with happy birthday wrapping paper. Just that weird Yelp girl... Paper. Seriously. It's like an entire store filled with rubber stamps... Wait. You don't think there are actually... nah.

Oh I do adore Paperchase! I just bought a postcard that says it all: "I love you so much it hurts"…read more Hurts my wallet that is. Or to be more accurate, my husband's credit card ;) Wish they did gift registries!

Oh my. I have found my dream stationery shop. It seems someone created it just for me from a…read morefantasy born in my mind. Ideally situated on the Covent Garden north piazza, this Swedish design stationery boutique opened recently i believe and opened another one close-by right after. As an absolute enthusiast for swedish culture and design in general i had to stop by this shop and oh boy have i sealed my fate ! I love EVERYTHING. E-ve-ry-thing. One of my obsessions include notebooks and anything really related to organizing my life/work. Actually, stationery in general. Especially if it's carefully designed and minimalist. I recently took an oath to only buy notebooks that i absolutely needed (oh boy). Confronted to chosing, i almost had a panic attack. I'm not even kidding. The shop is quite big and very well organized (obviously). Very white, very clean, very swedish, very made for me. The goods are sorted by collections and colletions are of different styles and colours so everybody should find contentment. The crew was nice and £60 later i had the perfect notebook i was looking for joined by a gratitude book and an adult blissful colouring book. Jeeeez i'm unstoppable.

Over priced Pushy staff…read morePoor quality (item broke after one use) Zero customer service Stick to Papaerchase

It seems that every popular streets in central London now has a Cards Galore store. Run out of…read moreideas on gifts? Worry no more! I went to this store during my lunch to get a quick last minute gift. I ended up buying more than I initially planned. Apart from cards and mugs, they also sell calendars, little inspirational books, aromatic candles, souvenirs and etc. One of the staff was very attentive. She asked if I would like to blank out the price printed on the gift. Little gesture like this goes a long way. I was pleased with the service. 2015 calendars are on offer at the moment. Lots of hearts and romantic gifts are now on displays. All geared up for Valentine's Day!