About Treat Your Shelf UK

Hi! Welcome to my eclectic, bookish shop in this small corner of the internet!

One thing to know about me, Gemma (the creator and all-round one-woman band of TYSUK), is a confession. I have always loved books. Like always. There is no better shopping trip than visiting Waterstones and spending an extortionate amount on books because they look pretty (sucker for a sprayed edge!)

However, it wasn’t until two and a half years ago that I started being ‘a reader’. I picked up a book¹ that I had owned for a while and that sparked a newfound love for reading! I learned quickly that there is a big difference between being a book buyer and book reader! I already had a huge TBR that I never intended to read!

I have been a Crayola loving, pen collecting, pencil case buying, cartoon watching 90s kid for as long as I can remember and my love of art (and the supplies!) carried over with me into adulthood. But I was finding that the older I got, the less I created². The more into my career I got (teaching), the less time I had to think about my doodles and paintings. Eventually, journaling found its way into my life and I found drawing the pages more fun than actually filling in the journals!

Anyway… as time went on, I found that the books I was falling in love with³ lacked in the merch department! So, I started making my own and having an outlet to be creative. It turned out other people loved the books that I liked and requests for other books came in and so on and so on! And here I am bringing eclectic, bookish gifts to other people! Somewhere in that, Treat Your Shelf UK was born⁴. 

Other thoughts to go with the other ones…

¹ The book I read was ‘Scythe’ by Neal Shusterman – it was awesome!

² Adulting sucks, right?

³ You can probably tell by looking through my products which books I have loved the most!

⁴ Yes. I love ‘Parks and Rec’. Always take time to “Treat Yo Shelf!”