Land & Sea

I returned an item to this store and was very surprised (read: angry) to hear they do not give refunds! I was (very curtly) «informed» by the clerk behind the register that it’s «on my receipt».
To the owners: Your antiquated store policy of exchange or credit only should be stated loudly and clearly UP FRONT, BEFORE your customers plunk their money down (especially in this economy). Rest assured, once I use up this credit, I will never, and I repeat *never* shop in your store again, and I will implore anyone who will listen to follow suit. Please re-​evaluate your policy.

I love Land & Sea!
You can spend hours looking at all the little knick-​knacks, kitchen gadgets, jewelry, candles, cards, books, and more!
I also got my first lamberger from here and it was a decent price, and they have a lamberger scent club, where you get your 11^th scent free!
It’s great for a hard-​to-​buy gift and little things that add attitude to your home and conveniently located in the Core!

I love this adorable little store in The Core! It’s packed with all sorts of little goodies for yourself and a great place to find gifts as well. They have a great selection of jewelry including Thomas Sabo. They also have Lug travel products which I love! Tons of little trinkets for stocking stuffers and small funny gifts.

*THE BAG LADY*
The store itself is all over the map with crazy wackadoodles, blingblangs, shethings, and everything else in between. My only beef are the prices to look hip & that nothing in the store is a something you REALLY «Need».
However if your shopping for clothe bags they have a great variety of patterns and the thread count is excellent quality… just saying. But the cashier (isn’t playing with the full deck) because when I purchased a ½ a dozen bags she asked me without any sense of humour «Would you like me to bag these items for you?»
I’m not sure if she was unfocused or distracted but it was a pretty silly question.
What I have learned from Land & Sea is this:
1. You never really need any of their products (except their bags & umbrella)
2. The hip mechanise cost a pretty penny.
3. If searching for the right gift to give that picky someone– you’ve found the right place!

Once in a while a store comes along that excels at appealing to double X chromosomes. It reaches and grabs women as they pass, enticing them to come in and check out the giftware. I have never failed at finding a nice gift for a lady if I shop at Land and Sea.
They have jewelry, books and journals, decorations and houseware stuff, purses, bath stuff and little gifts that are just adorable. They also have some limited kid’s stuff and travel accessories, and a pretty nice selection of cards. It’s like a one stop girl-​gift shop.
I love the books which are all pretty eclectic and funny. There are bad-​girls guides, and sex manuals, and «porn for women» (hunks with their shirts off doing housework) as well as books on yoga and traveling. The white walls and bright lighting help you pin-​point on just the right item. Some of my favourite purchases have included: a voodoo toothpick holder, some funny books and a really nice tea pot. Even when I don’t have gifts I love to pop in for a browse.

I’ve got this friend who is IMPOSSIBLE to shop for. She’s got everything she needs, and she buys everything she wants. What’s someone supposed to do with that when her birthday comes around? Enter Land & Sea.
I never knew this store existed in Calgary until one stressful afternoon (the afternoon before her party) where I was on a mission to get her SOMETHING. It didn’t have to be mind-​blowing, but it DID have to exist.
I wandered into Land & Sea and my problems suddenly dissipated. This store has everything you could want a gift store to have. If you’re shopping for someone who only likes ‘useful’ gifts, I wouldn’t recommend it, but if you’re shopping for a not-​so-​common, neat gift, then definitely hit it up!
They’ve got everything from picture frames, to tea selections, to luxury pillows to knickknacks.
I ended up picking up a high-​quality box of tea bags that come in silk sachets and are in prism form. I know right — she probably didn’t have time to buy herself THAT. SCORE!
Land & Sea is like a high-​quality ‘SanFrancisco’ store. It’s got everything that you may have created when you let your mind wander, and at Land & Sea, you can actually package this stuff up and give it as thoughtful and unique gifts!
Happy Shopping!

Land and Sea is one of those gift stores you go to when you cannot come up with what to buy someone either because you don’t know them very well (buying for an office secret Santa for example) or because you just aren’t very good at shopping. If you are in the last category don’t expect to get all of your shopping done in this one store; it isn’t the cheapest place in town and it’s more then a little ‘girly’ so don’t expect to find anything for your man friend there.
Their selection is always changing but they usually have books, some fashion accessories, a few baby or toddler toys, cards and stationary, jewelry, and a lot of odds and ends.
The staff is inattentive and often short-​handed but friendly and helpful when you do get their attention.