Michaels

I don’t go to craft stores a lot, I try to do most of crafting with things on hand and supplies from non-​specialty stores as the prices are cheaper. However, if you’re going to reup on something like glue gun glue, you don’t have many options. Every once and awhile, I find things here that catch my eye but for the most part, Michael’s disappoints me. The prices are horrid. The service is terrible. I constantly find myself walking the aisles looking for one key item, without a service rep in sight. They’re all at check-​out working the register because they’re noticeably short-​staffed constantly. They don’t carry many seasonal items that you’d expect them to have — like a variety of stencils or other items one could use for their thematic crafts. Many of the seasonal items are, I don’t know, already completed projects? Why would I want you to sell me a glittered Christmas tree wall hanging? I’ll make my own crap, thank you very much. And I’d rather not pay so much for it — isn’t that the point?

They have great coupons available if you pull up their website on your phone, but be warned… they are extremely bad at checkout times. Seems to always take forever.