Hobby Shops
Fountain Pen Shop
2640 S. Myrtle Ave., Ste. 12, Los Angeles, CA, 91016
626-294-9974
In an industrial park on a forgotten tendril of Monrovia, the Fountain Pen Shop is more reliquary than retail outlet, an anachronism in the Twitter age…
Website: http://www.tmgp.com/cgi-bin/nph-tame/penshop/index.html
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Monrovia
Category: Hobby Shops, Shopping, Stationery
Hiromi Paper
Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., G9, Santa Monica, CA, 90404
310-998-0098
Hiromi Paper has a wide selection, including Nepalese paper made from the lokta plant, naturally dyed varieties from Bhutan, Japanese mulberry and a hemp style from Thailand.
Website: http://store.hiromipaper.com/
Neighborhood: Santa Monica
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2014: Shop, Best of LA: 2014, Best of LA: Shop, Gifts, Hobby Shops, Shopping
Hollywood Bound
5308 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 91607
818-763-5050
The students who flock to L.A.’s big art schools—Otis, Art Center College of Design, CalArts—or to vibrant community programs at Barnsdall Art Park and Self-Help Graphics & Art don’t have any trouble scoring the paints, pencils, paper, and other goods they need for their projects…
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, North Hollywood
Category: Hobby Shops, Shopping
Knit Cafe
8441 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90069
323-658-5648
Suzan Mischer’s Knit Cafe may not offer as much yarn as some other stores, but in this case, less is more…
Category: Hobby Shops, Shopping
Michaels
1427 4th Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90401
310-393-9634
For amateur crafts-people, Michaels is Home Depot…
Website: http://michaels.com/
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Santa Monica
Category: Hobby Shops, Shopping
Original Whistle Stop
2490 E. Colorado Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 91107
626-796-7791
High on the walls of the Original Whistle Stop are lanterns, locomotive headlights, oilcans, metal signs, and other traces of an age of travel that has all but disappeared…
Website: http://www.thewhistlestop.com/
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Pasadena
Category: Hobby Shops, Shopping
Scrampers
3754 Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90505
310-375-3454
The enormous selection of paper, embellishments, stickers, and stamps at Scrampers can jazz up the most mundane family photos…
Website: http://www.scrampers.com/
Category: Hobby Shops, Shopping
Swain’s
37 North Glendale Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 91206
(818) 243-3129
Entertaining your children shouldn’t be grueling; Swain’s sells hundreds of kits that will keep the brood occupied.
Neighborhood: Glendale
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2012: Kids, Best of LA: 2012, Best of LA: Kids, Hobby Shops, Shopping
The House of Intuition
2237 W. Sunset Boulevard, Echo Park, CA, 90026
(213) 413-8300
Those who elect to hike up the 21 steep steps to this New Age shop should think of their journey as a trek in Nepal
Website: http://houseofintuitionla.com
Neighborhood: Echo Park
Category: Alternative Medicine, Best of LA, Best of LA 2015: Shop, Best of LA: 2015, Best of LA: Shop, Hobby Shops, Personal Care, Services
World Supply
3425 W. Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90068
323-851-1350
Pens, paints, papers, and equipment are tucked into every cranny of World Supply, a mainstay for artists, architects, and animators since 1970…
Neighborhood: Hollywood
Category: Hobby Shops, Shopping
Zinnia
1024 Mission St., Los Angeles, CA, 91030
626-441-2181
Billion-dollar Etsy ideas will get you only so far unless your crafting experience involves more than Popsicle sticks and paste.
Website: http://zinnia.biz/
Neighborhood: Pasadena
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2012: Shop, Best of LA: 2012, Best of LA: Shop, Hobby Shops, Shopping