Shelf 01
Welsh gifts
Lovespoons, tapestry wool, slate and dragons, all made in Wales by people we can name.
Slate coasters from £9, lovespoons from £24.
The shop
The shelves, with prices.
Six parts of a very small shop, and what things cost. Everything also has a tag, because nobody likes having to ask.
The shop
What is on the shelves.
Shelf 02
Cards and wrap
About four hundred cards from small printers, and wrapping paper worth keeping.
Cards from £3.50, wrap from £2.50 a sheet.
Shelf 03
Homeware
Stoneware mugs, candles, tea towels and jugs. The sort of present people still use in five years.
Candles from £14, mugs from £18.
Shelf 04
Children's toys
Wooden toys, knitted dragons and pocket-money things on a shelf at the right height for choosing them.
Pocket toys from £3, wooden toys from £12.
Shelf 05
Local makers
About twenty makers, most within an hour of Cardiff. We pay on time, and we put their name on the card.
Prices set with each maker.
Shelf 06
Gift wrapping
Paper, string and a proper bow for £3 while you wait, whether you bought it here or not. It is free over £30.
£3, free when you spend £30.
Prices
What things cost.
A guide to the ranges, then the small extras we can do at the counter.
Cards
Around 400from £3.50
From small printers, a third in Welsh or bilingual.
Welsh gifts
Made in Wales£9–£145
Slate, spoons, dragons and tapestry wool, with the maker named.
Homeware
Daily use£12–£48
Mugs, jugs, candles and tea towels from potters and printers.
Toys
Age labelled£3–£85
Wooden and knitted, safety marked, with a low shelf for choosing.
Gift wrapping
While you wait£3 free over £30
Red or teal paper, string and a proper bow.
Packing and post
Same day before 2pm£2 plus postage
Packed in paper and card, with a note in your words.
Small extras
- Wrapping something from elsewhere£5
- Ribbonfrom 60p a metre
- Initials on a lovespoonfrom £12
- Dragon renamedfree
- Welsh checked in your cardfree
- Handwritten tagfree
Number 8, about halfway along the arcade.
Open every day but Sunday morning. Tell us the person and the budget and we will have you out in five minutes, wrapped.