Always a great time at banana art lab - a place where u can really just let your creative self tey…read morenew things on your own or with others! Highly recommend tufting and deco decorating! Lots of charm options and deco cream. If u choose to paint over a figure/sculpture, please keep in mind that you will need to come back to pick it up once it fully dries. Everything else u can take home to dry or once its completed :)

Huge selection of doohickies to stick in the cream. Wide variety of colours and helpful friendly…read morestaff to show you the ropes for putting together your deco cream creations or paint poured art or punching a rug together. Definite fun for a group party or event to build a memory with an artsy momento to mark the occasion.

I love buying ceramics here! They have great deals and the staff are very friendly…read more Reliable quality!

I first started shopping at Utsuwa-No-Yakata when they had a store in Kent, WA. When that closed,…read moreI was in such dismay missing the quality Japanese-ware at very reasonable costs. I was very delighted when I discovered the shop at Aberdeen Centre, with the same spread and even some high end items in the back. Awesome! I have quite a collection from this store. Mostly bowls of all sorts, different diameters, depths, and slope of walls that I use for salads, ramen, pasta, and serving bowls. I also have (too many) of their boxed small condiment bowls that I use for the dining table and for soaps and trinkets. They are so pretty with high quality glazes. I have an affinity for girly colors, which unfortunately, that selection is limited. The normal colors are blue with whites and dark shades, according to the sales lady. If they have a wider color palate, this would be a 5 stars experience for sure. They do have a couple that have pink cherry blossoms and/or bunnies. There's nothing like eating your meal from dishes that make you smile. I highly recommend this store. :) Check out the pieces in the back wall behind glass. They are for sale with prices to match the behind glass status. An exception is a few piggy-banks that are not piggy shape. Those would make nice gifts.

Unfortunately I think a lot of the junk sold at Michael's will go straight into a landfill…read more However, I still love them because they sell some great art supplies. I buy most of my canvases here, as they're not only really good quality but really good prices. They also sell some pretty decent paint. This location is also the most organized for online orders, everything is alphabetical and easy to find. Awesome customer service here too!

Haven't been back here in awhile and I'm glad I visited to be inspired!…read more THIS is the place to find anything related to art, crafts, or cooking. You need time to browse through the aisles and look at everything closely. It's basically hard to leave this place empty handed with the price so reasonable. The shelves are organized for you to touch and pick up the items. With fabric stores closing down, I'm glad this place had fabric and notions too. Bonus: free parking in their lot.

If you're looking for a gift to make your boy/girlfriend happy / or want to impress your teens and…read moretweens with a trendy gift - you've found the right place to shop for it at ARTBOX ！ They have all the cool gifts and the cute CUTE and oh - so - cute item, after item, after items!!! Your kids will go crazy inside this store.., so proceed w caution. Store assistants are all friendly and helpful here, coupled with so many great choices and reasonable prices makes this place a favorite for us! We always come and leave happy

We go out of our way to check out Artbox when we are in Vancouver because they have different…read moreproducts you don't usually find elsewhere. This time we picked up a basketball themed coin bank where you shoot coins into a net. Unfortunately when we got home the net was missing :( However, when I contacted the store and explained the issue, they sourced the part and shipped it to me in Calgary. Great response and support for their customer. We will still make Artbox a stop when we get back to Vancouver in the future. Thanks Artbox!

Our company hired these guys to do the embroidery and printing for our uniforms. The shirts came…read moreout okay, however, in the first batch they forgot to do the shorts, therefore, we had to courier themI'm back at their cost. They were pretty speedy about the pickup even though the first time they tried to send the courier they didn't give me a proper heads up. Otherwise our contact liaison Rich was on the ball with communication throughout the project (I am a stickler when it comes to professional communication).

From the owner: We do custom embroidery and garment manufacturing.read more

The best service! So many amazing finds! Are you looking for craft supplies? Trinkets? Craft…read moresupplies you weren't looking for? It's all here and it's all so well priced. One visit isn't enough, there's always new products!

These guys are great and have lots of quirky unusual art supplies that are great for anyone with…read moresome creativity or does mixed medium art. One side of the store has a variery of items where you can fīll up a paper bag starting at $8 and change and the items are always changing. You can find things like ink stamps, feathers, beads, jewelery findings, marbles, gold leaf, various papers and boxes, stickers, Sew on patches, vintage pictures amd magazines, fabrics, paints and brushes, and much more. Friendly staff, great store, I love this place!

This is the cutest pottery studio and coffee shop duo. I love that I can walk in and grab coffee…read morewhile I paint or shop. They have such cute pottery to buy too and the coffee is really good!! The staff was so kind showing me around and being patient when I wandered around for a while before ordering. The items are expensive but handmade and so many different artists to choose from so you can select what price range you are looking for. I would say for the experience and vibes of the place it is well worth the money.

Lovely friendly warm and inviting. They have drop in, one day and ongoing classes with engaging…read moreteachers and now they have a coffee shop as well.

Friendly staff and a great selection of stationery! They had some hard-to-find Ferris Wheel Press…read moreinks, which I was stoked to find. My friend found a gorgeous (and sturdy) peacock box. Great place for gifts for any stationery lover!

I'm a lifelong Vancouver resident and have shopped at Buchan's for pens and stationery when I'm in…read morethe neighborhood. Recently, I decided to purchase a Kaweco fountain pen from their website. The order was processed within a day. Two nights later, after 8pm, on a cold rainy night, a pleasant young woman from Buchan's personally delivered my new pen to my home. I wasn't even charged for shipping or delivery! Wow! Buchan's now has a lifelong customer for all of my future purchases of writing supplies. Excellent customer service from an established locally owned and operated business.

This is one of the biggest and most comprehensive hobby shops I have been to in a long, long time…read more These don't exist anymore in NYC, having gone extinct by lack of interest and internet commerce. Supplying many of these hobbies have been relegated to a few shelves in big-box craft shops like Michaels and Hobby Lobby in the US. Once I found Imperial Hobbies on Yelp during our vacation and it was near our hotel, I made my plans. I dropped my wife off for her spa day and this was going to be my spa day ;) The store is in a group of buildings almost at the end of the runway of Vancouver Airport (YVR). If you hang around, you'll see tons of airliners approaching for landings and roaring off on take offs. I just couldn't believe the selection of plastic models of planes, armor, cars and trucks along with complete selections of paint and finishing materials. It's these types of stores that I would spend hours in as a boy, but could only stare wide-eyed because I never had much money back then. But now as an adult with a job and disposable income, I probably would have gone broke if I didn't have to pack everything into my luggage to fly home. The favorable CAD$ to USD$ exchange rate also helped a lot in my shopping. I ended up with a couple of scale plastic model kits and a flying model rocket that are rare, out of production kits or very hard to find, even on-line.

worker was rude. he couldve said excuse me instead of raising his voice as i walk walking into the…read morestore