Fireflies

This place is the bomb diggity, the bow-​chicka-​wow-​wow, the holy grail of giftage.
The staff are friendly and helpful without getting all up in your grill and they will gladly wrap anything you purchase free of charge. In fact, so warm and fuzzy is the customer service experience at Fireflies that sometimes I get them to wrap stuff that I am secretly buying just for myself. Because sometimes we all need a treat, right?
From the outside, things might look crowded inside but once you work your way through the store you realise that there’s method in this madness. Things are visually merchandised impeccably and you feel like you’re going on a treasure hunt (the song, «I’m going on a bear hunt» springs to mind, for some reason…). Open the drawers, walk behind the counter, smell the candles, flick through the gift books, get immersed in the full sensory experience that is Adelaide’s best gifty spot (yep, I’m calling it!) And don’t forget a little treat for yourself, while you’re there.

If there was any shop where I could go in and buy everything if I had an endless supply of money it would be Fireflies. They sell the cutest range of almost anything, which makes it great for gifts or little knick knacks for your room. My favourite part about the store is the very cute range of wrapping paper which is actually too nice to be wrapping paper and I would use it for a poster feature on my wall. It is a little pricey but you won’t find a similar range in many other places so its is a good investments.
The other thing I like is the little humour and memory books that you can purchase as a gift or for a little pick me up for yourself. Again, they are expensive but so cute, especially the ones with the pictures of animals! The staff are nice but a little pushy and kept asking if I needed anything. This could have just been the girl I got though, who may have been in a bad mood, so I can’t blame her too much. Good location in Central City Cross.

22/​12/​2011
Lamp shades and all those itsy bitsy pieces that make you say, wow!
This nicely hidden, tiny, crammed and crowded shop packs in quite a lot of different things to add to your home.
It’s all cute, I especially liked the white desk lamps. My eyes were so busy looking around this store. I really liked how the staff asked me if I needed any help, and if I couldn’t find it in here, they directed me to three other stores that I could look in. So helpful.
The only reason I didn’t rate this higher was because it was so packed, and hard to move and look around, that I just needed to find my item elsewhere.

This place may look like middle-​aged lady heaven (and it partly is), but it also houses some unexpectedly cute finds.
The Oprah-​endorsed «self improvement» books and sparkly bags put me off when I visited Fireflies, smack bang in the food court of City Cross Arcade. It looked and smelled pleasantly bland, like the kind of place a soccer mum would freak out about.
And while a lot of their wares just aren’t my taste, I was also surprised to find that they stock handmade, indie designers like Skulk of Foxes. Say whaaaat? I also spied ace nail polishes from Butter.
In short: somewhere you could go shopping with your own soccer mum and pick up a little something-​something for yourself too. Everybody wins!

I can’t really fault this shop. It’s one of my favourites! Full of bags, jewellery, candles by Glasshouse (which smell amazing by the way), home wares, well-​being and inspirational books, journals and unique finds.
Each time I have come into Fireflies I’ve had a warm welcome. The staff are very friendly and helpful. I have bought two Christmas gifts from here and they kindly gift wrapped for no extra charge. I also bought my travel journal from here (after looking everywhere else in the city); the lady got together all the travel journals they had which gave me a range to choose from. In the end I left happy with my purchase.
If you are looking for a special gift or a treat for yourself, you’ll have no trouble choosing something. Go in, have a browse, and I’m sure you’ll come back for more!

Fireflies is a beautiful store located in City Cross off Rundle Mall which always smells amazing. It’s the perfect place to find something beautiful and exotic for the home, or for finding an obscure gift for someone. Filled with candles, flowers, cute books and jewellery, there are so many beautiful things to look through and admire. I always feel inspired after being in this store, imagining what my first house is going to look like filled with all these gorgeous vases, coffee table books and absolutely gorgeous scents.