Little Heart

This is one of those shops that us girls love and guy’s find invaluable when it comes to buying gifts! It’s full of beautiful things such as jewellery, notebooks, Yankee candles, pilgrim collection, cards, statues, trinkets… you get the idea! There’s also so much in here you don’t know where to start! You find yourself wanting each new thing your eyes glance over! It’s great! The best part is the prices too, it won’t break the bank like most places selling these kind of things would. Give this place a try and you’ll be delighted you did. Its great for nice gift ideas too, especially with Christmas making it’s appearance pretty soon!

Little Heart is a lovely little boutique shop in Queen’s Arcade. It’s great for birthday /​Christmas /​special occasion presents for any ladies in your life (I’m presuming most men wouldn’t be too keen on most of the items in here, but I won’t rule it out!) they sell a lovely range of jewellery, knick knacks, purses, teddies, note books, writing sets and so on. They also have a great range of kids toys and items. As mentioned previously, they sell the Pilgrim range (sometimes at great discount) and my personal favourites from the shop are the Sesame Street teddies, and the amazing new range of home ware which includes notepads with ‘1980s style laptop’ written on them or coasters with ‘elbows here’ or ‘protect the table!’ etc. It totally appeals to my sense of humour. Take a wee peek in to this lovely little Aladdin’s cave.

This shop is a bit of a guilty pleasure for me. It’s just full of lovely little things that make me go «WANT.»
The jewellery they stock is lovely. The do Pilgrim and Coeur de Lion, both of which can be found elsewhere, but they also stock a few other ranges (can’t remember the names) that I haven’t seen anywhere else.
I like going in for stocking fillers for my friends, and they also have a great range of cards too.
It is a tiny little shop though, so if you have any bull-​like tendencies — be careful!

Oh wow. This is the kind of shop where your Mum says «Don’t touch ANYTHING» (and mine probably still would given half the chance), and you’re consistently pretrified of knocking into stands or attempting to pick up an ornament only for it to fall and break. And yes, I have been there and done that (not in this shop though, thank heavens). Mortification x 100.
The walls are absolutely brimming with a huge array of gifts. The mind boggles at such variety, and in fact, I can’t even remember what all was in Little Heart, but I think that’s the beauty of it. I was in sheer awe and how much choice there was in such a teeny shop, but you literally have everything from goregous jewellery to fragrant candles to beautiful bags and accessories. I’m definitely popping back in for my sister’s birthday, having heard the continous demands of «I want this» and «Oh, look at that», or indeed a simple «Oh my word!».
Do pay a visit to this snug little shop, tucked away in Queen’s Arcade. It truly is a hidden treasure.

I say quaint and kitsch, the more cynical among you may say twee and too oldeee worldee. I like Little Hearts, particularly for new baby gifts and teachers’ end of term presents. I hate to give teachers anything predictable or boring as they have spent the best part of a year looking after my own flesh and blood and at the end of the last academic year I was delighted to find the most charming little candles which had ‘to the world’s best teacher’ on the tin and were very reasonably priced at £7. I hope the teachers were as delighted as I was.
For ickle bickle babies, they have what must be officially the world’s cutest babygros and tiny leather shoes in beautiful baby colours. Just gorgeous and again quite reasonably pried given their quality.
Cath Kidston fans will also be pleased to hear that Little Hearts stocks her toiletries and some homewares like cups, mugs and jugs.
I have bought quite a lot of Pilgrim jewellery here and am pleased to say that they often seem to have offers and reductions on this range which make it more affordable.
You would really need a good 20 –30 minutes on your first visit to appreciate all the different ranges and lovely trinkety things on offer here, so don’t dash in when you’re in a hurry.

This little pretty place is in The Queens Arcade, just off the main drag of Royal Avenue. It’s a proper girly-​girl shop, selling all those lovely trinkets you wish you could have — Pilgrim Jewellery, Coer De Lion and you can usually smell it before you see it due to the abundance of Yankee Candles.
It’s kind of affordable too — you won’t be beset by guilt demons after buying a pretty birthday card or a teddy bear because it’s not too pricey. It’s a tiny shop too, so don’t wear a massive handbag or you will be paying for breakages! It’s stuffed to the gills with lovely treats, ornaments, jewellery, cards, books and so on. I’ve bought many a birthday gift in here, and wanted it for myself.
The staff are nice too, although sometimes its been so busy you don’t get the help/​advice you might need, and you can be waiting around to get someone to open the glass cabinet to get a better look at an item you have your eye on. But generally, its a pleasant shop, good for tourists I would say, and a good place to go before Mothers Day, you can’t really go wrong.