so depressed! Went to M's looking for christmas paper

I thought the same thing too. I miss Archivers

Same here, I went to M today too. Poor selection.

I was at Michaels yesterday and found two stacks that I really liked. This year, my theme is "Christmas In The City" (I want to appreciate all of the things that Houston has to offer during the holidays) and there was a red, white, green and black stack that I swooned over.

I also liked a stack with silver and gold. It will coordinate with my theme very well.

I don't care for vintage, or kraft, or kid themes, or colors like purple, pink or aqua for my main Christmas album. I like basic and bold.

Check Joann's too.

I thought I was just being picky...I didn't like any Christmas paper at M's this year.

Michael's has had a poor selection of everything in general for the last year or so. :/ They seem to be replacing many of the boutique brands with lower-end knockoffs.

I agree. I liked the MME pack, but bought a pack called Luxe Christmas last year. I am going to use that and I picked up the Mercury Glass pack to add to it. I still have a ton of BG 25th and Pine from last year, too. Of course none of it goes together.

I feel like this is true about almost any paper from Michael's, seriously I think they still have paper in their selection from when I began scrapbooking 10 years ago. It was always a bit of a comfort thing when I began scrapbooking, if I messed it up or wanted more of that particular paper, I always knew it was still going to be there.

M's for paper? No thanks. You can't order something you actually like?

Not a fan of M's or J's paper selection. J's has gotten a LOT worse over the last year. I loved Archiver's (you can still shop them online) and HL used to have a good selection (the closest one is now an hour away so I haven't been in a while). I don't think we have anymore LSS here in NOVA.

Aww, I'm sorry to hear that. I LOVED the paper selection this year--I stocked up! I got the glitter paper, the vellum (I'm thinking as wrapping cookies for a yearly cookie exchange we do, although we're not doing it this year because the host is having surgery, but definitely for next year!), the marble-ly looking metallic paper and some of the paper with gold and silver accents--I felt like there was a lot of paper that didn't have to be used for Christmas, which is why I liked it so much. Plus, I hit it when it was 40% with an additional 25% off entire purchase coupon so I HAD to use that!

I never find anything at Michael's or JoAnn. I shop online now.

My HL is pretty good about getting new stuff.  Now some of their stickers have been around since the dawn of time.

Yeah I've consistently found new paper pads and embellishments/stickers at HL too back when I lived near one. But I usually only go into those stores for general supplies -- adhesive, colored cardstock, twine, etc. None of the J's near me even carries the big Basic Grey lines anymore. I will say that J's recently started stocking more wood veneer and has a lot of Studio Calico stuff now, which surprised me. The big J's, anyway.