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Shopping
arts/crafts shop in North London...... need to go today and leaving in 30mins
champs · 18/11/2004 14:25
hi!!
Need to go after school and am leaving in 30mins.
I know of rodwins but does anyone know of any more??
champs · 18/11/2004 14:28
leaving from palmas green. can jump on a bus or ask dh to drive me if they close relatively late.
champs · 18/11/2004 14:29
hi bundle!!, I need paper punches, scrapbook paper and maybe some embelishments. Also looking for glaze pens.
suzywong · 18/11/2004 14:30
Hmmm palmers green .... Isn't there something in Muswell HIill? what do you think bundle?
donnie · 18/11/2004 14:37
Harris fine art shop at Tally Ho in North Finchley has loads of nice stuff.
champs · 18/11/2004 14:38
wh smith in wd grn doesn't have any paper punches or scrapbook paper.
muswell hill shop has been closed for a while
MarsLady · 18/11/2004 14:38
Only place in Muswell Hill is the new art shop but I haven't been in since they opened. Used to be a brilliant art shop but the increase in the lease was too much for the art shop that had been there for years and so closed down. I think the new shop is called Art for Art's sake.
Zinger · 18/11/2004 14:38
On Upper St in Islington there's a nice art shop (Canonbury Art Shop, no. 266) for the arty stuff, plus a Rymans for the stationery type stuff.
bundle · 18/11/2004 14:42
finsbury park there's a massive art shop called John Jones, so would be on the bus route from p.g. but it may be a bit adult ie proper art, they only had little test tubes of glitter the other day when i wanted massive tubs...but they had a nice selection of those big squirty paint containers in lots of colours. also just on blackstock road, round the corner from there is a small stationers/card shop called fish and cook that have nice kiddy activity things, stickers and drawing/paint pads. think we got our scrapbook in there. if you want to go later you could always nip round the north circular to toysrus in the car. sure they'd have stuff like that.
champs · 18/11/2004 14:43
ty donnie, just called haris, they don't sell them thanks tho
bundle · 18/11/2004 14:45
also further down blackstock road is a little woolshop called Lenarow, which sells a terrific selection of pompoms, fake hair and googly eyes. also lots of ribbons and crafty things. we love it there.
bundle · 18/11/2004 14:46
what about the smith's in wood green? that's close to you. not sure what kind of selection they have though
champs · 18/11/2004 14:55
silly john jones!! put on hold for ages and still no answer!! fox and cook sound promising. but only do big papers that I will have to cut. may try them anyway.
bundle · 18/11/2004 14:58
champs they're lovely in fish n cook. if you do go, try Lenarow too, you carry on up blackstock rd towards highbury (with 7 sisters road behind you) on the left hand side, same as fishy's, and it's about a 5 min walk just before the bend in the road (near zebra crossings by gillespie rd), we love their crafty selection
john jones charged us the earth to frame a picture recently, but they did do a good job..
champs · 18/11/2004 23:40
ty bundle!! I didn't see the last msg till now so didn't get to see Lenaro. will try it out another day. you are right fish and cooks was wonderful!! very helpful got some lovely scrabook templates and some other bits no paper punches tho, they thought i meant hole punchers on the phone. went to jonh jones, not too helpful really and big flight of stairs went up and left the two ds' downstairs. Asked if there was lift chap told me to go round and they will help me up the other way as it would be easier. went round in rain and came to stairs exactly the same amaount as other side waited for him to come, sent ds1 up to get him, decided to go myself when a lovely customer helped me up. Had to carry buggy down on my own while 3 workers upstairs and 2 downstairs watched!! Not so great but I did get a craft knife and some pens also some blue glue pens i have been looking for.
fish and cooks was wonderful ty ty ty
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