The best place for picking up something quirky and cute for a birthday/Christmas present for…read moresomeone (or yourself). Full of absolutely gorgeous and usual bits, from office equipment to ornaments to lunch boxes to bags, it's a must! It can sometimes get a little bit messy but you can generally find what you might be looking for. Allocate time for yourself to look through and explore everything in here!

I'm such a big fan of Paperchase and I just love their shop in Arnotts in the Jervis Shopping…read moreCentre. Anyone who gets excited about stationery will want to spend a lot of time and money here. There's so many practical buys like the birthday book where you can keep record of everyone's special day or the blank recipe book where you can list everyone's famous dishes. There are racks and racks of cards for every occasion like the one that congratulates you for turning 25. Who thought 25 was such a milestone? There's also school supplies such as notebooks, pens, markers, post-its and agendas. The shop also sells the Filofax brand which is considered to be the creme de la creme of personal organizers. The best thing about Paperchase is that it makes all these day-to-day items exciting, colourful and fun.

When it comes to my writing I've got plain tastes -spiral bound note books and ball point bics,…read morethanks. But when I take that short stair case down to the stationary room at Pen Corner I lose all sense of reason. Despite a less than helpful staff (blonde saleswoman of a certain age, I'm looking at you) the store continues to draw loyal customers new and old thanks to the very best selection of beautiful pens and paper products. The array of note books and journals, greeting cards and sheaf paper plus boxed and single cards is a thing of beauty. Pen Corner has made great strides to incorporate beautifully designed stock that can become your signature without a single pen stroke. I attribute this shop with my ongoing obsession of collecting interesting boxed card sets -shame I don't know enough people to use them all up. There was a bit of a scuffle with that less than friendly saleswoman over an injured pen in need of service, but otherwise I urge you to go... go now! And send me a lovely card!

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'…read more Don't let the chance of buying a quality, life-long pen pass you by! The selection of pens and pen accessories here is brilliant. I've never seen a pen store quite so well stocked and supplied. My experience: I went in today to browse the shop. I was there only to browse, I had no definite intention to purchase a pen. I do, however, like looking at fountain pens and was curious what was available. The clerk behind the counter was very polite. He asked if I needed help, I informed him I was browsing - and he said feel free and then left me alone. Brilliant! I saw a Mont Blanc pen that was on special offer. It was normally 500 Euro down to 200 Euro. I inquired why it was so cheap and the clerk told me it i because they are making room for new stock. He told me that if I wanted it, he'd give me five boxes of ink (35 carts) and a cleaner utility tool. I've always wanted a nicer fountain pen (I had previously lost an auction to get one issued by the Vatican) - so I went outside with my iPhone and looked up prices of this pen...to see if the discount was 'genuine' or 'inflated'. To my surprise, most of the sites I found were selling that pen for 400-580...sterling. This was an incredible deal! The pen itself was class. But it was the eagerness of the clerk to be helpful and 'grease' the sale that really sold it. As I said, I had no intention to buy a pen (so perhaps beware of that!)

Hughes & Hughes now run this card shop just inside the Stephens Green SC front door, according to…read morethe receipt anyway. I found the person at the till to be very pleasant. This is a huge improvement on the last company who ran this little card selling space. I did find the prices a bit high, espcially the novelty cards (ones with a bit more card board 8 EUR or ones that play music 12 EUR, if memory serves). But the regular sized card I went for wasn't too bad at 3.20 EUR

I stopped into this shop after visiting the library. It's tiny but cute. There is decent selection…read morebut it is a bit expensive. I ended up getting a pin for €12.95 and nothing else. The people working here are nice and rang me up quickly. It's worth stopping into but you may not want to pay the high prices that they charge.

After visiting the Chester Beatty Library, I couldn't help but feel like my collection of books and…read moreart was pitiful. All the beautiful manuscripts that Lord Beatty collected from his numerous travels around the world made me envious. It's a good thing that the gift shop next to the museum sells similar stuff. The shop mainly stocks books pertaining to art and religion. It also sells miniature smiling Buddhas and little cobras, the kind of idols you would pray to . There were some delicate wooden statues of Jesus, but they cost an arm and a leg. But I suppose that you have to pay the price for good art. One more thing worth mentioning is the shop's eclectic collection of Tarot Cards. It sells Leonardo Da Vinci Tarot, Jane Austen Tarot, Celtic Tarot and the list goes on. These pretty illustrations will put you back 20 quid!

The main bookstore is OK and a walked right by the Irish souvenir section. What I really…read moreappreciated here was the relatively extensive magazine selection of which I picked up a Guardian Weekly. I didn't see much in the Stationary Department of which the Eason Nassau branch nicely provided later in my trip.

The Daddy of the Easons family, or at least the overgrown steroids pumped son. This place is huge,…read moreand seems to answer the eternal question: "what would Dunnes look like if they sold books?". There are other features though, other than feeling like a Dunnes. Like the classics section in the basement, where you can track down pretty much anything. They also sell schoolbooks there....whoo! Moving on swiftly, the ground floor is crammed with all the latest best sellers as well as any magazines you could possibly want. Even my own personal favorite "Air Rifle Monthly".

Great printers! No hassle, can-do attitude and quick…read moreprinting! Such a relief after dealing with Reads!

As a promoter constantly working with bands and needing printing done to get the word out, these…read moreguys saved my life. Now I come here for everything from business cards to flyers to A3 gig posters, and they're doing my custom Christmas cards this year. The printing is great and they can get it done fast. WIN!

Very small selection and expensive. It's nothing like the stores in Japan. You would be better…read moreoff ordering online for more selection. The staff are nice.

This shop was originally known as Mujirushi Ryohin, this is japanese for, "no label quality goods"…read more. the name was abreviated to Muji so that us Irish folk dont trip over our tongues trying to say it I imagine! this is a shop that i totally love! unfortunately the stock is always the same, it never changes. but i love the simplicity of it all, i love how plain most of the stuff looks. sometimes plain stuff is the nicest stuff in my opinion and if you don't like it too much you should think of it as a blank canvas ready for you to make something unique out of it! this shop is great for storage solutions and good quality paper and the range of colored pens is just so cool!

Been to this shop many times to buy small gifts and the odd thing or two for home. They have a nice…read moreselection of unique pieces from around the world. Great gift ideas and odds and sods for the kitchen and other home decor.

Some shops I just can't leave without buying something. Article is one of them. Part of the…read morePowerscourt Townhouse, it is situated within easy reach from Grafton St. and well worth a visit. Everything is so pretty/elegant/stylish/quirky/or just plain useful that, if you are ever stuck for a gift for someone who already has everything (like most of us), here you'll find something for them. They have the most beautiful greeting cards, scandi-inspired home wear, candles (not the tacky ones), mugs and decoration, maps, quirky wrapping paper, books....the list is long. Go check them out, browse their little shop and if you do, make sure to look up as the ceiling in there in beautiful as well.

Despite being on one of the most prominent streets in the country, I have walked past card gallery…read moremost days for three years and have been completely ignorant of its existence before today. As one would assume, card gallery is choc-full of cards. Birthday cards, get well soon cards and they even have a card section simply labeled 'cute'. They didn't have a bon voyage card, which was exactly what I needed. You think a card shop with a 'cute' section would have one. Minus points. They also have one of those hideous touristy shops that sells leprachauns and shamrock mouse mats that make your stomach turn in disgust at the blatant exploitation of tourists. Nigs.

I have been using the Card Gallery for years and it never lets me down when I need to find that…read morespecial card. It can be a bit hard to navigate on occasions when it gets very busy with people. It also can be very expensive. A-OK

This shop is primarily a newsagents and card shop but they also sell quite a lot of toys and some…read morehousehold goods. One thing I would say you will always find in Tuthills is value. This is certainly the cheapest place for cards that I can find at the moment. You can quite often get cards there for 2 or 3 euro, as well as wrapping paper and gift bags which are also reasonably priced. They have quite a selection of cards and usually have one to meet any various card-buying needs I have. Their toy selection is always great value, although I wouldn't go there looking for something specific, rather if you're looking for a little gift on the cheap you'd certainly find something serviceable here. The also stock a mishmash of household goods like glasses, frames and cleaning products which are usually exceptionally cheap, although there is no consistency of what they have in stock. Good for a rummage though!