San Francisco Arts & Crafts

Great for Gifts

1. Xapno

Neighborhood: Lower Haight

Xapno sells a quirky but fun mix of ribbons, novelty books, gift-wrap, candles, flowers, clothes etc.  It's a great store to just float into if you want to browse and be distracted from the world...

2. Arch Drafting Supply

Neighborhood: Potrero Hill

decent supplies (at least my artist cousin thought so), and they keep me supplied with great little gifts, jewelry, etc....

3. Church Street…

Neighborhood: Noe Valley

A great place to get natural cosmetics and skincare items for men, women, and kids. But more alluring to me are the great cards and cool/cute/pretty gifts (sometimes for others, but more often...

4. Lola of North Beach

Neighborhood: North Beach/Telegraph Hill

Great cards and candles, fun little baby and wedding shower gifts....

5. Paper Tree

Neighborhood: Japantown

and small gifts. Wife and mom loaded up on origami papers, stationary and plenty of take home trinkets.  The family that owns this store are great. They have a dog named Fidel who looks exactly like...

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Selection

1. ImagiKnit

Neighborhood: Castro

definitely delivers when it comes to selection for yarn. Of course, like everything else, fancy yarns comes at a price, but ImagiKnit is very reasonably priced compared to other local yarn stores...

2. Lola of North Beach

Neighborhood: North Beach/Telegraph Hill

Screw Hallmark! Well, there is a Nick's Hallmark that isn't so bad, but this place has cooler cards and a more unique selection. I've always been able to find something in a pinch at the last moment...

3. Fog City News

Neighborhood: Financial District

I'm probably in here at least once a week buying random publications for work, and I've got to say they have one of the best selections of magazines I've ever seen.  It's actually quite overwhelming...

4. Stacey's Booksellers

their nice selection of magazines.  they do have a lot of nice books too-three levels!  and they have this clearance section in the downstairs area with all these weird books.  i'd really rather...

5. Arch Drafting Supply

Neighborhood: Potrero Hill

but it's inside a warehouse painted copper, which is pretty awesome. Inside, they have a pretty good selection of art materials, drafting equipment, and gifts. I was able to find everything I needed for my class...

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