San Francisco Art Supplies

Great for Gifts

1. 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....

2. 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...

3. SFMOMA Museum Store

Neighborhood: SOMA

were all purchased here!   The Moma store is a great place to find unique, one-of-a-kind-ish items for gifts or for home.  I love picking up memorabilia from featured exhibits and to commemorate my...

4. Paper Source

Neighborhood: Marina/Cow Hollow

it out for all the things that aren't crafts -- they have a great selection of unique books, cards, those "ugli" doll things, the little gifts you can get for co-worker birthdays, and so on. Ended up...

5. University Art

Neighborhood: SOMA

little treasures for gifts.  Great sales.  Watch for the sale banner on their sign outside....

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1. 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...

2. Flax Art & Design

Neighborhood: Hayes Valley

get to the car.  Check out their paper selection, you can literally spend hours there....

3. Paper Tree

Neighborhood: Japantown

This is my go-to store for all things origami. They have the largest selection of paper and if I'm hitting a mental block, they've also got a wide selection of books. The Mihara's are so friendly...

4. Blick Art Materials

Neighborhood: Nob Hill

I drove up here from San Jose and I wasn't disappointed.  They have a large selection of all kinds of paints at reasonable and not so reasonable prices.  I love that they have so many sizes...

5. Beverly Fabrics &…

Westlake Center become so popular.    I have had to find various things over the past few years and 99% of the time, I can find it here.    The yarn selection is fair.  They carry a few higher end yarns...

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