Michaels

My 11 year old enjoys earning his own money so we frequent Michaels for him to buy his supplies. He makes the looms bracelets for the kiddos at school and always seems to need more supplies. I do a little crafting from time to time and pick up a few things on trips with him for his little business.
This store offers crafting, scrapbooking, art, and cake decorating classes. The classes are during the day, evenings and even on weekends! The store is on a smaller scale of Hobby Lobby but has plenty to offer.
Please be ready to search for help if you do not know the lay of the store. Once help is located, they are very friendly and helpful. There is never anyone readily available. This is something that really doesn’t bother me as this is with all locations that I have been.
Be sure to look on their webpage for a coupon!

This store always has what I am needing and has been very friendly when I need help finding something.

Very great place as far as a variety of art supplies to come and get. They have a wide range from cake decorating, jewelry making, scrap booking, painting, yarns, fake flowers, holiday crafts for kids, and a framing section.
I had used their custom framing for one of my favorite intaglio prints I made in college and it is fairly large. they did an excellent job and it looks so professional I could hang it in an big art gallery. Well I did choose the «gallery» level frame. hahaha
They do offer different classes, I see them advertise it all the time, yet I never have time to go to one.
I do recommend using your 40% coupon in the mail or print one out, save for an item you want to buy, most of the time when I compare prices, Michaels is more pricy than both Aaron Brothers and Hobby Lobby normally unless you use the coupon.

Being a crafty person, I probably hit up Michaels at least once a week. More sometimes. They may not be as big as Hobby Lobby but there’s a few things that I just like better about Michaels.
For starters their jewelry section is fantastic. There’s so many quality beads and jewelry hardware that I didn’t even know where to begin. Even picking out seed beads was difficult because there were so many colors and sizes.
I also love that they have classes. I just signed up for the first Wilton cake decorating class of the three that they offer and the fee was 50% off making it a cool $ 22.50. That’s even cheaper than the same class taught at San Jac Community College plus it’s a heck of a lot closer.
Michaels also wins over Hobby Lobby because it’s open on Sunday and stays open until 9 instead of 8. Convenience always wins in my book and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been to Michaels on a Sunday.
I like the staff too. I generally always see the same cashiers and they’re usually always helpful and friendly. I also love getting the 40% off coupons printed with my receipt. I mean, who doesn’t love a good coupon?!