Craft Warehouse

They’ve reopened! Yay!

I remember back in the day that it would be a treat to the kids to go here and pick out a wood or ceramic thing to paint! Especially around christmas time when they had all the chritsmas projects out and we would beable to take them home! It was always a very nice store and always had what we were looking for in stock! too bad they are going out of business tho! I definetley enjoy this store and go alot of use!

Oh no, Craft Warehouse is going out of business!!! They are having a 20% closing sale now. SOOO sad. :(

I love beads and Craft Warehouse is a great resource for semi-​precious beads. To say that Michaels or Joanns has a better inventory doesn’t make any sense to me. The variety and quality of the inventory here is so much nicer than either store.
I love their Beadtini table where you can fill a container with your own selection of glass beads. I don’t sell my jewelry, so have no wish to make 15 pairs of the same thing; so the Beadtini table is the best place for me. Just be prepared to stand for a long time, but in some ways it’s a very therapeutic way to spend an hour or two. Sounds weird, right?
I scan the other departments because the store always has examples of items made by their staff. The crafts shown are always tasteful and not hokie. They frequently have free or $ 1 «Make-​n-​Takes» so you can try doing something new. I know they’re trying to suck me into scrapbooking!
The staff in the store are friendly and helpful; maybe I’m more persistent when needing help. I spend most of my time in the beading department and cannot say enough nice things about the people who work there.

I love this place because I can always find what I am looking for, and there are always a lot of great craft examples to inspire my next project. If you are a self-​motivated do it yourselfer crafty crafter, which most setting foot in Craft Warehouse are: good for you, have at it.
If you are more like me and have some ideas, aren’t sure if this fitting or this fitting will work better, or if this paint is the best for this surface, this may not be your spot. If you can track down an associate, I’ve found that they are helpful in getting you to the right place but not so much with product knowledge.
I also tend to be a little ADD (though I prefer to say I am an excellent multi-​tasker.) The absolute explosion of crafting supplies piled high and wide tends to send my brain into overdrive and it gets a little overwhelming for me; if you are similar, AVOID on a weekend or in the evening. Try a weekday morning if you can, when it’s less crowded with folks to trip over and you can just focus on the goodies one section at a time.

Oh Craft Warehouse, if you were a person we’d be married in the morning!
I love crafts. I’ve tried jewelry making, card making, and scrap booking. I failed spectacularly at knitting. So when you present to me an entire Warehouse of Crafty Goodness I geek out a little bit.
They have everything you need for the above mentioned crafts. They also have a great paint section for the art students, a selection of wooden paintable gifts like birdhouses and jewelry boxes, the necessary bolts of fabric, and a selection of frames so vast I dare you to find a picture size they don’t have a frame for. The sales and clearance are amazing. Every time I go in for one thing, I hit the clearance section and walk out lugging a bag or two.
This is not *just* a place for the crafty though. You can find extremely cheap decorations for every holiday, gift bags and toys for coworkers (think Oriental Trading Co minus the buy everything in bulk part), candles, inspirational door signs, and some of the cutest/​weirdest gifts I’ve ever seen. This is an excellent place to get quality photo frames and home décor pieces like tableclothes and candlesticks. Bonus: People trying to have a wedding on the cheap can be often be found here fawning over cheap organza bags, decorations for table centerpieces, and ribbons and flowers for the dresses and ceremony.
The customer service is decent, they check you out and point you in general directions of things but that’s about it. If you want a specialist who can escort you around and help you choose every item, go to Micheals or Joanns. The fun here is the chase, the hunt, and the unexpected «Hey this isn’t what I came in for, but it will work much better!»

I just had the best shopping kharma here EVER. So I needed something framed, a candlestick and some bamboo — this was my list. First I see candlesticks for $ 1 on clearance from $ 3.99 each… so I grabbed two. I found clusters of bamboo that was very healthy for $ 5.99 each… so I grabbed two.
I moved into the framing department. Now, first of all, let me start by saying that I get all of my framing done here for a reason. When I bought a house I decided that every piece in my home was going to be unique and I was also going to slowly get everything custom framed because I was an adult and adults do that. It would have been pretty outrageous anywhere else but they have framer’s specials which are for the mat, frame custom cut etc for like $ 100 — you are limited on frame selection but this worked well for many of my pieces where I wanted a simple mahogany frame but needed a custom sized frame due to the odd size of the artwork. Over the years I have actually purchased some high quality prints which are limited edition and also real artwork like Japanese watercolor etc. With that said, I have saved a lot over the years getting all the pieces done. The framers here have also helped me make some pretty outstanding style choices for mat colors, textures etc and I get people complimenting me a lot on my artwork throughout my home.
There is another way to save money with your framing which you can do exclusively through this store. If you can get away with a standard sized frame then grab a ready made frame and a ready made mat. Crafters Warehouse will install the artwork for free and completely use the frame shell but customize the inside to be all acid free professionally installed with the fancy hardware and everything FOR NO ADDITIONAL COST! If they have to trim the matting you choose it costs A BUCK! Or you can have a custom mat done for a little more and still save a bundle. Today I found the perfect ready made frame for $ 29 and they have a 40% off coupon for one regularly priced item so it was $ 18 with that plus $ 14 for the mat I found and $ 1 to cut it down. So I have a custom framed piece for $ 33…no joke.
I do buy a lot of my scrapbooking supplies here as well for a fair price and they offer a large beading selection but bear in mind the store is small so for a lot of actual crafting stuff I stick with Micheals however I do not go anywhere else for framing. I have one piece I got framed somewhere else for twice the money and I have to have it redone because it was such a piss poor job. I did not notice how off the mats are. And the items are the four seasons in Japanese watercolor from the turn of the century which are worth a lot. It really is insulting to frame them so poorly.

More than anything, I want every single salt and pepper shaker set craft warehouse possesses.
However, I come here for the glue selection. *huff*

on 9−4−10 the cashier immediately asked to see picture id, as i handed her my visa card. she hadn’t even rung my items up yet. this is a violation of visa’s merchants rules. the visa merchant rules are available for the public to read on visa’s website. the only time a merchant is allowed to ask to see id is when the card is either not signed or when the cardholder writes «see id» next to their signature, on the back of the card. i was very offended and angry! the cashier and the assistant manager said that the rule is from craft warehouse’s home office. visa forbids them, or any other store, from making up their own rules. i will never shop at craft warehouse again!

This isn’t my favorite CW location; I don’t feel this one has as much as some of the other locations. I’m a scrapbooker, so I really only frequent that area. I think their excellent paper selection is the only area in which CW is superior to other craft stores, which is why I give 3 stars instead of 2. The recent inventory changes at JoAnns and Michaels puts them ahead of CW in every area but paper. I usually find what I’m looking for at JoAnns for a cheaper price. I wish CW ran more sales, but their tent sales are pretty great.

I think I’m in love with this store! This place has so many items I wanted to buy. Can’t wait to go back! The staff was helpful and polite.

This place doesn’t have everything for everyone. So if your looking for something unusual they might not have it. That said my mother found almost 30 wooden hearts for her hospice art fundraising project, which was fantastic. As she had gone to several other craft stores which only had a few of the them. I got some very pretty sparkly beaded jewelry for a couple of dollars for a local 2-​year-​old princess I know. And they have a lot of great Crystals and beads if that’s something you like. I loved the ½ of board game sale and picked up a ton for our local game night. Good times. And I got some cute spinners for our yard. You never know what your going to find there but its a great place to get inspired.

It’s okay as a craft store but lower quality stuff. Go to Michael’s for better selection and quality of equipment. If you are after the simple crafty stuff this is the place for you. If you want more artist quality stuff go down to the street to Michael’s. I’ve been in a few times hoping that the quality of the supplies have gotten better but at last they have not. I guess Craft Warehouse has its niche, but it is not after the artist niche.

I love Craft Warehouse! I’m from California and the craft stores near where I live pale in comparison. The selection of quilting fabric is outstanding, but I think quilting must be more popular here than back home. There are all kinds of other crafts represented with how-to’s and everything to make it enticing. My sister and I visited here and bought so much stuff, especially Christmas type stuff, it was a good thing we drove up from CA because we couldn’t have gotten it all home otherwise! We also happened to be there when they were having a sidewalk sale and wow was everything marked down! Give it a try, I guarantee you are going to find something you love!

Akemi seems to hit their inventory right in the head.
It somewhat looks seasonal with a section of what’s in the latest fad.
Though I don’t hold anything against the store, I find their selection lacking and somewhat 5−10% higher than Michael’s.
It’s good to drop by once in a while and see what can I pre-​occupy myself with when I’m bored.

I guess you could say this is my neighborhood craft store.
I’ve gotten scrapbook supplies, yarn, sewing notions, embroidery floss, vases, candles… even plants and a Betta fish here.
Over the years, their scrapbooking area has gotten smaller and smaller as the fad fades and changes to different paper crafts — looks like the rubber stamp area is growing, so I guess that is coming back into popularity. There are still lots and lots of options as far as paper, stickers, rub-​ons, pens, etc.
Since so many different crafts share a limited amount of space, things can be hit-​or-​miss. Also, there are a lot more «generic» types of stuff — you won’t find that one-​of-​a-​kind embellishment here! But, at the same time, it is not as impersonal as Michael’s.
Also, if you can get there during their sidewalk or clearance sales, you’ll find a lot of good deals — I got a string of flamingo/​palm tree lights for just $ 6 or $ 7.
All-​in-​all it is a good store, but I do prefer shopping at smaller stores like Whimzee’s and the Knitting Bee for more special items and personalized customer service.