Paper Wishes

Aww, I quite like the idea of paper wishes. They’re almost reminiscent of fortune cookies, or wishing upon stars, or indeed blowing the candles out on your birthday… in paper form maybe?
Well, these paper wishes are of the greetings card variety… a wish on card instead of paper, but I was never really one to be pernickety. Lots and lots of ‘em too. Superb variety, although I wasn’t actually interested in this aspect of the shop.
Nope, I was after the gift bags. There was a decent enough choice, and I cam across a really pretty one with the handles incorporated (rather than the dangly cord ones), and it was only £1.49, which I felt was an absolute bargain. Had I been in one of the more renowned card shops, I would have been paying at least twice that, so I was pretty chuffed.
The staff were very pleasant and welcoming, although as the only customer in the shop at that stage, it could well have been mighty embarrassing had that not been the case.
So, with no complaints from me at all, and a pretty little name to boot, I have to say, this was a fave.

This is a shop that promises much more from the outside than it delivers. Maybe it’s the name, but I imagined a Mecca for the craft-​lover, pens and papers and sparkly glitter and string and glue and all those things that I love so much. But it’s just a card shop. Don’t get me wrong — it’s a good card shop in the sense that if you need a «Happy You’re 80 and Haven’t Broken a Hip Yet» card for your Great Aunt Muriel, then this is a place to come, it’s just like Clinton Cards or Birthdays, except it’s privately owned. They offer helium ballons and small gift items like teddy bears and keepsakes, but that’s about it. They could do with getting some more unusual cards in as some of them are quite old fashioned for my taste. Totally okay as cards shops go, but I wouldn’t go out of my way again.