Do you have any LSS near you?

I have one about ten minutes from my house. We also have Michael’s. In the large city about two and a half hours away there are three or four. I don’t go just to shop those stores, but if we are there or are driving through I usually try to hit at least one of them.

I always shop my LSS first and pay full retail. It would be a huge loss if she closed.

There used to be several amazing stores within 30 minutes of me back in the day. Now the closest one is about an hour away. Occasionally, it will be "on the way" to a travel destination, so I'll pop in. And I've ordered from them a few times during Covid to help support. (There is a Michael's, Joann, and Hobby Lobby in my city.) I often dream of opening my own LSS, which I realize is economically cray, but it just sounds so fun to see and sell all the product and cultivate a local community.

No, Minneapolis. But, my DIL is from that area. I have been to the store K & Krafts, I think it's called? I loved it.

Yes! K's is my localish store at 1.5 hours away! I just participated in their garage sale. There was TONS of stuff that people were selling! 

I am very fortunate to have the new(ish) Frank Garcia Studio in Upland, CA not far from me. It’s a beautiful little store and I go by every now and then for the latest and greatest.

Unfortunately another store that is near me, Hearts and Crafts in Covina had to close their doors once the pandemic hit. She is still operating online and with virtual classes, so I hope it works out. They were in business for about 25 years, one of the last LSS holdouts.

Maryland has one scrapbook store left...Photoscraps.
I’m twenty minutes away and the owners and staff are wonderful.
They special order anything I want, lots of classes, make and take cards, new stuff daily.

Does your local store special order?

Albums is one thing my local store ( which is also a stamping store ) doesn't really carry. The ones at the big box stores are too cheap and with sales and coupons it undercuts her on getting them off the shelf if she does stock them. She will happily special order those or anything else tough. 

I am very, very lucky and have three pretty close by to me. The one that is the closest is around the corner from my work and about 10 minutes from my home. It's beautiful store and has so much stock but they are very heavy on he shabby chic and altered projects and that is so not my style, I occasionally go in there for things I have run out of and need asap in my lunch break.

The second store is also 10 minutes away but in a weird location and has funny opening hours, they don't seem to carry a lot of up to date/new stock but whenever I am in the area I have a look around.

The third store is my favorite, its about 20 minutes away. They sell a huge variety of stock, have a big turnover and sell brands that I use. The store is bright, clean and uncluttered, they hold lots of different classes and destashes a few times a year.

I also have 3 Kaisercraft stores within 30 minutes drive of me, I haven't been to the 2 newest ones that have opened but I used to buy an absolute ton of stuff from them from an old store they had. They used to have great clearance prices and I would buy stacks of cardstock and pattern paper for cheap, the last few times I have been I have not bought anything much.

There is a few more stores that are around, one is about 30 minutes away, my old store from where I used to live is about an hours drive away and is still going strong. I know that on the south side of town there is a number of stores still open but I generally don't venture over that side of town much so I haven't checked any of them out. There used to be quite a few more open and as sad as I am that they shut as they were someone's business I am very, very thankful for the great stores that I do have around me.

Can I ask where this one is located?

The closest one to me closed a couple of months ago and it was about 45 minutes from me.  It wasn't COVID related, she just retired.  The only one that I am aware of in Colorado is in Colorado Springs, if it is still there.  I don't get up there much.

Oh man....I would love to get over there. Can't do it right now, but when I can...I am going to buy whatever paper my little heart desires!

(my one tiny complaint with this store is that there isn't a crop room that is just open. I'd love to hang out there for the day!)

There is not an LSS near me but within 20 minutes is Michaels, Joann, Hobby Lobby, Tuesday Morning, Craft Warehouse and a local pharmacy with a nice scrapbooking section. I've gone in there for trimmer blades or adhesive in a pinch. They carry nice products but I don't need ANYTHING! I can see myself buying 12x12 yardstick in there by the sheet if I just needed a page to 2.

There isn't exactly a scrapbook store in the Twin Cities: Anchor Paper (Plymouth location is the only one open, Roseville is still closed due to the pandemic) carries a lot of paper, ribbon and scrapbooking supplies, but it is pretty limited in brand and their main brand is Echo Park for scrappy supplies. That said, they have tons of stamps and ink, and their ribbon section is to die for. 

We had Crafter's Haven, but sadly they closed. (before pandemic) 

Pine City Scrapbooking Company is about 40 min north of the cities, in Pine City. It's amazing. That's all there is to say! 

Craft's Direct, in St. Cloud is awesome too. There was a scrap store in Jordan, (very small) and one in Walnut Grove. 

If I missed something, someone let me know! 

Other than that, it's JA, M's, Tuesday Morning for the Twin Cities proper. 

Thanks so much! We definitely love our travelers!