Mini Mecca!!!

Every now and then I stumble upon a wonderful place .....this new wonderful place is called Gallery Gifts Ltd in Sutton .
I met a dear friend for lunch in Sutton recently and we were walking and talking joyfully on the high street and then suddenly the store caught my vision and I felt myself walking voluntarily inside and upstairs towards the most wonderful collection of arts and crafts products AND they had a sale on as well, double points!!!!! I am talking everything you could possibly think of..such as cards, stamps, stencils, canvases,  paper crafts, paints of all description ................all the paraphernalia needed to stock up your creative and crafting passions.  So.....after a basketfull of goodies and creative advice by the darling Amy I was reluctantly on my way. I still have a smile on my face from my visit and long to go back soon for another stock up and see what else I missed on my previous visit.

If you live in London or Greater London, you must must drop by and check out
Judith, Amy and June at:
ART & CRAFT
Gallery Gifts Ltd- Upstairs
157-159 High Street
Sutton
Surrey
SM1 1JH
0208 643 2945
Opening hours are; 9.00am - 5.30pm Monday to Saturday and 11am - 4.00pm on Sundays.

They also host free workshops at the store!!!!


Chelsea

My Sacred Place...My Mecca!

I simply had to do post about this.........I went to Mecca!

Right...for all the creative people who need to stock up on goods and supplies, you know it is a thrill( minus the bill) when you go shopping for your trade, be it fabrics, flour, flora or fixtures!!

 My darling Artisan friend and I  jetted off from south London to east London ( day trip ...all excited... do not get out much).  To my favorite art supply super store Atlantis.

It was her first time there and I spent the entire time holding her back from completly overfulling her trolley and falling over people while gravely lusting through the paper, watercolour, brushes, canvas and special sales aisles.
Oh the joy.... we touched everything in the store much to the annoyance of the staff. I swear they thought we were on something but we were so excited about the possibility of getting all creative with our new stash. We were ohh..ing and ahh..ing all over the place...sharing ideas with what we could do with  a new product or medium. Things we will like to try. Giggling and prancing through the aisles, eyeing up products we could not afford and consoling each other with 'next time we will get it' phrase. 
Much to the relief of the sales team we left on a high after a few hours and not too sore a pocket { praises for the sale items that we actually needed}. So after much palpitations and products I am a happy bunny again.

Please share your shopping stories I would love to hear.( least I feel less of a freak)

Chelsea