Michaels

A bit better. Still not nearly the best Michaels location though.
Now that the Westwood Michaels has opened 8 minutes from my house, and is brand new. Nothing compares as well. This specific Michaels store, always is rather empty. At least, when you walk into the store, the right side usually has seasonal stuff but today and my last visit at least was trashed and empty. The back of the store where clearance is, is TINY (as is the storefront sign, which is weird). The selection of the rest of the store isn’t a problem and I actually like the layout (since it is the same as most of the other Michaels stores, now that they renovated). The checkout area is fine, and normally doesn’t have too long of a line. This Michaels stores is easily described as 4 stars.
YET: –1 star for incorrect receipt address. My receipt states they are located at «280 School Street — ST 220», which is half incorrect. It should be «280 School Street — ST 160», which their storefront and website read. I have called multiple times, seems as they just don’t care…
All in all, ok Michaels. Don’t go out of your way to go to this specific location.

Lots of craft ideas, but they have remodeled recently so take an extra few minutes to figure out where things are if you haven’t been here in a while. I try to get stuff when it’s in clearance and you can always find a 40%off coupon, which you should use. Their flavors of melting chocolates is increasing and they seem to be trying new ones during holiday seasons.
I’ve dabbled in making bracelets here too and found that I needed to balance myself between specialty bead stores and michaels to find everything I needed.
They always have stuff on sale so I would buy during their biggest sale times or it can get pricey. Happy crafting!
Oh and check out when they have specialized workshops with scrap books or cake making. During the summer and vacations they offer activities for kids too.

I really love this store because they have just about everything to make my home and craft projects look great! The prices aren’t bad either, I think the items they sell are pretty affordable and worth the price. They always have sales and clearance items, which is nice.
This particular store just redesigned their front counter area and I like a lot better. I think it makes things move much quicker.