Are there still LSS out there?

There are 2 that I know of in the SF Bay Area now, there used to be over 10. One's in San Jose & one is in Berkeley. There is also a store that sells a lot of stamps & some scrappy stuff, so I guess I should consider them a scrapbook store! They also sell hand crafts & antiques.

Other than that, it's pretty sad.

we had an Archivers. we have a local craft store that has been in business for over 50 years. they sell art supplies, halloween stuff, cake decorating, floral, etc. luckily they also carry the major scrap lines so I don't have to shop online. For anyone looking it's Mangelson's in Omaha.

Within an hour there is the SEI warehouse store, Simple Stories store (can't remember the name, right by their warehouse), LSS/homemade craft items store, LSS/photo development store.

Scrapbooks Plus, the last LSS in Northern Virginia, closed at the end of July. ScrapDoodles in Fredericksburg, VA, closed shortly before that. Angela's Happy Stamper, the rubber stamp store, and Goldenshillpapercrafts, a paper arts store, both carry some papers and other scrapping supplies, but not as much as the LSS did. There was a time when we had four LSS all open at the same time in Northern Virginia. It's really sad.

There had been a few in Maryland. The Queen's Ink in Savage Mills is a stamping store, but they carry some scrapbook papers, such as Graphic 45. I went there a couple of months ago, so I assume they are still open, even if their focus is on stamping rather than on scrapping.

Not too many around me anymore and we used to have a lot of great independent stores. I have to drive a minimum of 45 minutes to get to anything that isn't a chain store. A new one just opened up last month (the one that's 45 minutes away with no traffic) and I'm going to have to make a point to go there every of couple months just to do my part to help keep them in business. I like seeing things in real life.

Scrapbook Station in Butler, PA. It is a large, full service store. Love it.




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I live in Seattle and, while there aren't any (I don't think) in city limits (unless you want to count Impress Rubber Stamps, where I do get a lot of supplies), we still have a few in the suburbs. Fewer than when I moved here eight years ago, and two of my favorites (Hip2BSquare in Snoqualmie Falls and Lifetime Memories up in Lynnwood) have been particularly hard losses, but we have some still.

I don't have any near me. I think the closest one is an hour and a half away but I have never been there.,.

Since you're in Maryland, make a day trip up to Lancaster County, PA area - there are about 7 stores all around the county and nearby.

I just discovered an empty Scrapbook Island store the other day.  Did you know they relocated to Los Gatos?  I haven't been in the area in a while. Not terribly far, but that's just out of the way for me now.  

Yeah, they're in Los Gatos now, just about 5 minutes or so down Blossom Hill Rd.

Mine is actually a Stamping store with Scrapbooking. Half the store is her husband's bookstore. They make their own stamps and she teaches stamping classes. It's a small town so I'm surprised the store is still there. The LSS in Trenton closed and in Belleville it's still open. I have to get a ride though for those ones so I'm for the local stamping store since she stocks the adhevsives I use at a decent price.

All four of the stores in my area have closed now. It's sad.

Thankfully there are still several within an hour from me in Southern California.