JoAnn's

i am not surprised this would happen since they filed BK. we have a large Joann store but the SB section was been very lacking and not updated much since last year. i hope they aren't shrinking the SB/papercrafting department in favor of items like As Seen on TV stuff, Spa items or expanded home decor.

I have a few Joann’s around me and one is usually not well stocked and the papercrafting selection is minimal, although they do have the designer stuff. It’s also a very small store in general. The other ones (at least 3) are larger stores and have many aisles of scrapbooking/paper crafts. There are crafters companion items, small violet studio items in the value bins, the new Vicki boutin mixed media section, the Heidi swapp sections, Tim holtz, die cutting, the AC designer destination stuff, a new section with tons of hero arts products including their ink cubes (of which I may have bought every single one), and they just started getting in new AC cardstock stickers, puffy stickers, and thickers alphas and phrases from different collections. The ones I’ve seen so far are items from the AC dreamer collection, AC Whatevs collection, the new Fourth of July collection, pink pasilee joyful notes, Jen Hadfield stardust, a bright pebbles summer collection, Vicki boutin discover and create, Maggie Holmes parasol, pebbles sunny blooms, plus the thickers from cedar house, a birthday collection and a wedding collection. I’m sure there were more but that is what I recall seeing. I love going to Joann as they always have fun stuff to look at and I’ve been enjoying finding pieces of the American Crafts collections. I would recommend going to the largest store in your area as for me, the larger the store, the larger the scrappy section. Although I don’t know if it is based on the demographic of the store too because some get the designer stuff and some don’t. Im sure there is some reasoning in there somewhere.
I think I remember someone here mentioning that the new AC designer collections will be available in the designer destination section but does anyone know for sure? I think Paige Evans usually says if it will be but I haven’t been following her lately. Any news?

Pretty sad TH stock, but was lucky on my last visit. I was able to buy four packs of distress spray, three bottles each and two Versa Fine ink pads with coupons for a total of $23.00.

Online is okay. Can't beat the prices on some things. Last order I bought a few Distress Ink pads for $4.59 each with free shipping. But, the stock and overall selection is hit and miss.

Hmm, maybe I will go to J's today and check it out. But I really have to go to Target and they are not even in the same direction. Hobby Lobby is across from Joann, but I hardly ever go there either since they have made most of the papercrafting section their own brand and what is not, is mostly items I don't want. And no coupons either.

I stopped into JoAnn's last night. I probably haven't been there in six months. It used to be one of my go-to places because there was so much to buy. I was shocked last night. So many empty shelves. I bought a couple of things that were on sale. It was sad in there.

Oh, I didn't know that! Good news.
I found a little info here www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/craft-retailer-joann-approved-exit-bankruptcy-slash-505-mln-debt-2024-04-25/

Our Michaels is bright white and cheerful but the Joann down the street is all still full of that weird buff/almond color shelving which makes it look very dated. That plus the horrible lighting makes it really hard to do important things like match colors, which I find very annoying. 

it's good to know.  our joann store is huge but some departments were definitely lacking for the past year or so.  i hope that gets resolved now that they are out of BK.  i'm excited for their holiday merchandise and i hope this year doesn't disappoint.

Oh I wonder if I could find coupons online? We have a small store in town that I’ve never been to. A coupon would be a good incentive to stop in.
I miss b&m stores!

Thanks! I ended up looking online and they are offering $2 shipping today. When I tried to do a pick up from store, nothing was available, which doesn’t surprise me.
I ended up buying a few things and I’m excited to get my hands on some new paper.