About Us
The story so far
This shop is born out of a familiar story. After having my second child I just couldn’t figure out how to make my job and seeing my children work so we packed our bags, moved back to my hometown of Bedford and I opened The Arc (right at the beginning of the Pandemic, but that is another story I’ll tell you over a glass of wine.)
After a few years we took on the cafe and transformed it into You For Coffee (gettit?) and we now we have the space to host events like our Big Summer Blow Out and Drag Queen Bingo.
This place has become so much more than a shop and cafe not just to me but to the brilliant people who come here. We love it.
WHO WE Are now
We are an unashamedly fun place to be, if you giggle over a willy keyring then you’re one of us. We sell things we really love and we stock other companies we feel share the same ethos as us. It’s no surprise that as a mostly female team a lot of the brands and artists we stock are also female lead.
We have recently introduced our ‘Bedford Resortwear’ – a full range of Bedford merch that is my love letter to this glorious town. Take a look – it’s all availble to buy on the website.
Best way to find out who we are now is to pop in and say hi, we’d love to see you.
OUR SHOP
The shop itself is in the gorgeous riverside town of Bedford. We have a big space filled with loveliness. Three giant glitter balls twinkle over us. We have a huge range of gifts, candles, accessories, cards and wrapping paper as well as a large gallery wall either featuring exhibitions or our ‘Wonderwall’ of ideal gallery wall prints to walk away with.
The place always smells delicious with the scent of fresh coffee coming from our cafe, You For Coffee.
We think it’s pretty ace and hope you will too.