Michaels

Older Michaels but carried adequate items. I felt this Michaels was a little smaller than the ones I’ve visited. We were specifically looking for floral vases. We visited on a weekday and surprisingly it was busy! There was a long line just to make purchases. We weren’t able to ask for help since it appears the employees were at the cash wrap.
We finally did find the vases on the shelves out front but we didn’t find what we were specifically looking for.
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I actually like this store very much. I have been coming to this particular location for years, and the employees are always nice and they have a great selection. The problem lately is that it REEKS in there of extremely strong «scent.» It’s a different one every time. Cinnamon, flowers, fake dessert smell, etc. You know how when you walk into an Abercrombie & Fitch, it smells strongly of cologne (because they spray it in the air on purpose)? It’s actually worse than that. I never noticed this before a couple months ago. But lately I noticed that the smell is so strong that it follows me home — my hair and clothes reek of that fake perfumey smell and I have to air everything out or wash it right away, it is so gross. I can’t tell if they’re actually spraying it in the air or if something went wrong with their ventilation. There has to be a lot of it for it to be sticking to people!

I went in on a Monday night looking for sticky backed black Velcro. The employees at the front were very knowledgable and pointed me to the correct isle. The layout of the store is a little confusing but overall seemed to have filled shelves.

Spent over $ 1,000.00 on custom frames for my living room. Went back a few months later to buy another matching frame for a new print. They had NOTHING close to my frames I just bought, more or less… the same frames? These were all custom frames. They do not have the same wood. the same style, etc. Nothing close. I guess you better buy all your frames at the same time? Can’t believe they cannot order a frame, contact the manufacturer or anything?
Since all for the same room and the prints all go together– they need to match each other. TOLD– the change frames they carry every 6 months? Kind of hard to EVER buy another frame that matches or can be in the same room– when they discontinue carrying constantly !

I usually go to the Michael’s in Mission Valley (MV), but we were in the neighborhood. Parking is a breeze at this locay compared to MV.
Prices aren’t the greatest at Michael’s. Some items are quite pricey. I’ll usually compare prices to Amazon unless it’s something I need to purchase right away.
We came here because my God Daughter asked me to help her out with a school project on the Sioux Indians (that of course was due the next day and she told me at the last minute). Her assignment was to create a small shoe box diorama along with a display board.
So we found some miniature /​model sized artificial grass, small Native American figures, and horses. With the other items we got from Target, we were able to create a nice little 3D shoe box model.
It would be nice if the stores had more of a standardized organizational system. It would make finding things much easier. The layout of this store is different compared to MV.
When it was time to check out, there were two lanes open and a lot of people lined up. They did eventually open up one or two more lanes, but the line did get longer. It was nice of them to try to get people checked out quicker, but they probably could have done it sooner rather than letting the line get longer.
I’d sum this up as an average experience. They seem to hire the minimum number of staff to work the store and as a result, there is often a long wait to check out of the store.

Typical Michaels store but the line to checkout on a Saturday afternoon at 2pm is horrendous with one cashier.

This store has the nicest cashier. Nayelli helped us with our purchase and on the phone when I called back. So very helpful when we purchased our first item and found that they where on sale so we went back to shop more and then went through her line again. We missed a bag of our purchases and when I called back after we got home she was very gracious on the phone. and had put our bag away for us to save it for when we came back in. I am a senior and she offered me that discount too. Super service.

This is a big Michaels. I don’t care for the way it’s set up/​organized, but it usually has everything I need.
The negative for this one, the line is always ridiculous. It takes forever to get through the check out line and out the door. Every single time I come here. They could have 3 – 4 registers open and it still takes 20 minutes. I don’t get it.
The staff seems nice and has been helpful when I needed it. I do try to avoid this location though, mainly because of the long wait I’ve always had when trying to check out.

I love Michaels they have everything and even if I do not end up getting what I went for I always end up with some fun creative item.
The staff at this Michaels is very friendly and eager to help you find what it is you are looking for.

I hope that corporate reads these because this particular michaels has horrible customer service standards. So the item I drove down for about 20 miles away was under stocked and a complete mess in the aisle.
I finally find a fabric pen that would suffice and I get in line. There are two lines with their lights on to choose from both about the same length wait. I choose lane one even though it’s an older mature woman behind the register. There’s about 4 transactions ahead of me. She helps a family of 6 directly in front of me and as I’m next she says «I’m off now, you’ll have to get into the other line. Which has about tripled at this point and has about 15 people in it. I was furious I had my family waiting in the car outside and she was trying to pull this on me. I explained to her I’d been waiting for 10 minutes in her line. Have some customer service training lady. I had one damn item in my hand and apparently was last in line. It would have literally taken 30 extra seconds. I was fuming by the time the manager came over and I made a huge scene. Not only did it take me forever to find this pen in the mess the old hag was treating me like a little child. Which I’m far from in my 30’s. I feel had I been older she would have shown more respect. Needless to say this location has left a very bad taste in my mouth. I work in Public Relations and you have no idea who you’re disrespecting so treat all your customers with respect.

This is one of the larger Michaels I have seen… and I have been in A LOT… LOL!
Not as cluttered either. Their aisles are set up differently then the other Michaels, not bad, just different.
Everyone was extremely helpful and they even said, «Welcome to Michaels» as soon as we walked in.
The parking is a dream… LOL…The spaces are a nice size and they are close to the store.
I will be returning!
PS-Don’t forget your coupon. If you don’t have one, download the Michaels App and it will give you one! YAY! :)

Easy to get to, plenty of parking, helpful counter staff, well stocked. A good craft store that has plenty of items to choose from packed into one of this chain’s smaller stores. All was well organised and easy to find what you are looking for. Bright, clean, and tidy.
One issue … not enough floor staff to assist you if you do need help. When you find one they just hurry you to where you need to go and then leave you without a pleasant greeting or to see if you need any further assistance. Seem overworked, tired, or something.

I came here knowing that Michaels has absolutely an amazing inventory of everything DIY and everything Christmas. So when looking for additional pieces to add to my daughter’s tree, I knew Michaels was the right place to go.
OMG…i wish, wish, wish they had a Michaels in Hawaii. By now my cart is full and I’m wondering how in the world am I going to get this home with me! Christmas «on fleck» and all the halls were decked in red, white, green, gold, silver… you name it, it was there!
Homespun Christmas ornaments retailing at $ 4.99 were on sale at 50% off! Come to think of it… the entire Christmas jing-​a-​lings were on sale for 50−60% off. From wreaths to balls and all the trimmings in between. It was Christmas décor on crack!
Equal footing to the incredible, endless inventory were the amount of staff on the floor assisting shoppers! Every corner I turned I ran into an associate asking if I needed help. While in the frame and canvas section of Michaels I heard a manager speaking into her headset directing employees what to do. Unbelievable! The long line wasn’t so long since they had staff scanning and bagging goods in the line, expediting the process to check out (we were given a card that we take to the register — at that time all our goods are already rung up and bagged — all we had to do was pay). What a great process!!!
Initially I thought that maybe we should turn around and shop in Poway, closer to my daughter’s place but since we were already in the area we decided to stop. I thought we were in a less desirable neighborhood and scoffed, «look at the storefront, it looks kinda ghetto where we’re at.» Who cared! Wonderful sales and the store is actually larger than it appeared to be at the front. Besides, there were so many elderly blue and silver haired women there that I felt safe.
Wonderful shopping experience with above excellent customer service!

Ribbons, ribbons, everywhere… not really, but they have a lot of them.
Pros:
— has almost everything you need to fulfill your crafty, do-​it-​yourself (DIY) needs.
— Front desk customer service is good.
— organized aisle and islands
Cons:
— seeking help out on the sales floor is hard to find half of the time.
— Out of stock, go online. I can’t order from you?
Origami thoughts:
Really, the only reason I am in here is because I am with my partner. She comes in for the ribbons for her ribbon lei designs she crafts. That or getting paper for her origami pieces.
So judging really on what I see, everything is alright. Of course there will be those few that are very into their specific craft that they are looking for something that is ridiculously fine-​toned like «this green is just a shade too dark… but this one is a shade too light… WHY ISN’T there a even-​out Bristle Grass.»
In general, all the sales clerks at any Michael’s I have been too are majority, of not all the time, have been nice.
What arts and crafts would I do if i was to avidly shop there for myself?
… something that I can make fly or shoot something with… i could just be talking about a paintball shop, but whatever =P

Probably shouldn’t be telling people about this but they have some legit liquittex spray cans on sale pretty regularly. They sell out lightning fast so I’m tryna figure out what day to go and get in on that action, if anyone knows.
Dropped a couple hundo today on a 72 color prismacolor pencil set. Can not WAIT to use these. They have a pretty good selection of weighted paper too. Grabbed a 200 lb 30×22 sheet for $ 7. I was a little annoyed that they didnt sell a single pencil sharpener that wasn’t part of a pencil set. I ended up getting a 2 pack of graphite sticks that had one included for under 3 bucks so no biggie.
They didn’t have a drafting table I was looking for and the canvases across the street at the frame shop are a lot cheaper if you hit them on a sale day. I noticed right after I bought the pencils that the same set was 5 bucks less at Aarons too but I didnt have time to return them and all that so…
The girls that work there are rad though. I had so many questions and weird requests but both the gals I talked to were really really nice and knowledgable! I’m really happy overall.

I just took advantage of the 60% off + 20% off custom frames and Nicholas at the frame counter was excellent. He helped me design the perfect frame given the awesome Titanfall Collector’s Edition poster content. He made fantastic suggestions and went above and beyond going through several options and sizes with me, ranging from frame size, matte background, type of glass/​acrylic, he is the man. They even have awesome software that allows them to take a picture of whatever you are having framed and is able to configure and display the end product right there on a computer screen!
I will definitely be back again because of the level of service and especially for the sales they have.
P. S. I did not know how expensive frames can get until most recently. Definitely wait for sales!!! It will save you hundreds of dollars if not more.

I hadn’t been to Michael’s in a very long time, so I was overwhelmed and trying to figure out what aisles the things I needed would be in.
Sara asked me if I needed help and not only told me where the items were, but walked with me throughout the store. She also helped me pick the correct type of paint and read the box to be sure it would work for what I wanted to use it for. I haven’t received customer service that personal in a looooooong time. It was awesome. Sara is awesome!

Came in looking for a specific small metal ring. This place had a huge sale going on. TOO MANY PEOPLE but the store was nice. They did not have enough employee’s to assist all of their customers. I stood in line for over half of an hour just to check out. I have never been here before. They have a barrage of different projects that you could get into including how to make your own moccasins which I thought was cool. I might come back for those one day when there is no one in the store!

I don’t know nothing about arts and crafts — at Michael’s or anywhere else. I leave that to other people to review.
This is a shout out to the folks in the framing department. Over the past year I have gone to the framing folks four times to have banged up old frames repaired or replaced, to get things framed to hang in my office, and to have art and photographs framed for the house.
Each time someone different has waited on me. And each time the results have been excellent. The three framing girls and one guy (Will waited on me Monday evening) have been uniformly helpful. They have good suggestions about how to mat and frame things. They actually manage to appear interested in art and documents that have no personal meaning to them. And they’re friendly as can be no matter how crowded the store is. They even have good suggestions for off-​the-​shelf frames.
Technology has arrived in the framing business. They take a photo of your art and show you on the computer screen how it will look with different mats and frames. Pretty cool.
Finally they somehow manage to figure out the complicated Michael’s coupons. (You can download the coupons on your phone rather than bring in the insert from the Sunday paper,)
Warning: except for the off-​the-​shelf frames, none of this is inexpensive. And I have no idea how to compare Michael’s with anywhere else unless you actually take your stuff around from shop to shop and have it priced with equivalent frames and matting. Even with the coupons and discounts, 60% off of a lot of money is still a lot of money.
P. S. I hate writing reviews that few will read and no one will vote for. But I am amazed how consistently good the framing staff is. Does Mike himself train them? Are they struggling artists who project their creative impulses onto framing?

I don’t want to admit how many times I’ve visited this store since last fall!
Michaels and I have become even closer since my fiancé and I began planning our wedding. Thus far we’ve purchased our wedding invitation kits, all purpose cards (to use for hotel/​direction inserts), table place cards and holders, a metal stamper and envelope sealing wax, envelopes for our save-​the-​dates, guest signing plates, and more.
The best deal to date though? I snagged crystal sprays (regular price $ 5.99 each) for our reception table centerpieces in the autumn clearance section for 80% off, a mere $ 1.19 each. They’re exactly what I’d been looking for, and I never would have dreamed I could purchase the sprays so inexpensively. Needless to say I bought every crystal spray I could find… and then drove down to the Michaels location in Mission Valley and did the same there!
I have a few more items on my radar to purchase, and because of Michaels’ abundant coupons I’ve never paid more than 40% off retail price for any significant single item. Much thanks to my mom and Heather W. for giving me the heads up about coupon opportunities; signing up online for Michaels’ free membership was a no-​brainer.
My guy and I are splurging on our ceremony and reception venue, food, and drinks, so we love that Michaels has allowed us to significantly cut the costs of some of the other aspects of our wedding.