Reams Art & Craft Materials

I bought a boatload of pastels from this shop a few weeks ago — great prices! And also some supplies for my nephew, who is starting out with graphite and charcoal.
I picked out three pastel sticks for myself, and gave them to the lady behind the counter to hold for me, while I browsed through other pastels, and when I brought her some more, a few minutes later, she put them in a bag, with the previous three, and calculated the price. I said, pleasantly, «Does the price include the previous three? I wouldn’t want to walk out of here with something that doesn’t belong to me.» I know that art supply shops suffer from much pilferage. She unsmilingly said, «We wouldn’t want you to, either.» Perhaps she thought I was patronising her, because she did have the sense to tot up every pastel stick, or perhaps she was just having a horrible day.
I thought this a bit sour of her, when I was clearly not some thieving rotter. It did rather spoil an otherwise enjoyable shopping experience in a little gem of a shop hidden away down a side street. The gentleman in there, however, was perfectly pleasant and informative. I would shop there again.

Lovely friendly shop-​give it a visit-​I am a retailer and I know

Reams is quite a large shop, with a very good selection of fine stationery and artists’ materials. They have in recent years expanded their range to include more craft and card-​making supplies, suitable for scrapbooking and making greetings cards. They now have a large variety of handmade papers, rubber stamps, blank cards, envelopes and card toppers, so the crafter can easily spend half the afternoon happily browsing through the shelves! The staff are very helpful, and will advise you of the best product to use for your own project.
They also run workshops every so often, on crafts such as card-​making, so it’s an ideal place for a beginner to visit for ideas.