The former owner of coffee shop/clothing boutique Lost & Found opened her new gift shop just further down the road at Dundas and Gladstone this year. There's still coffee and sweet snacks, but the product offerings have expanded way, way out to accessories (from lines like Catbird, In God We Trust and Dieppa Restrepo), blankets, kitchenware, and even cleaning products.

This Roncesvalles shop sells pretty much everything - from pottery to accessories to all-natural personal lubricant - and all of it is gorgeous, with whimsical, vintagey overtones. Many products are unique to the store, and there are regular workshops if you'd like to learn to make your own handcrafts (or read tarot cards, or draw comics).

If you were one of those kids who loved organizing their brand-new coloured pencils before the first day of school, this is the store is for you. A schoolteacher and banker opened this shrine to the fountain pen earlier this year, first as a web store, then a brick-and-mortar shop at at Dundas and Bellwoods in July. Since then, it's become a favourite supplier of local artists and stationery fans seeking high-end notebooks and ink in plenty of colours.