I really miss a good brick and mortar scrapbook store.

there used to be a bunch in the Dallas Area - and they have all gone....

There is one an hour north of me and I am going there tomorrow afternoon.

cmputerdazed There was a thread started on July 19 about stores in Salt Lake.

I did a shop hop 2 yrs ago and there were 9 stores in Northern Utah participating. 1 has closed down since.

I've changed my mind about products once I see them in person so. many. times.
That's what I miss about LSS's.
When I saw them in person, the colours were too "clean" for me (and trust me, I love my colour!), and I didn't buy any.
Like the new Doodlebug letter stickers. I thought I needed ALL the colours and loved the font.
Saved me a bunch of money.
And sometimes it goes the other way too...products I thought "no way" about are darn cute in person!

We just lost a super good LSS 15 minutes from me - it had been there 16 years - so now my LSS is 30 minutes away. I'm trying
to make sure I shop there/support them because I don't want to lose them too!

We had a new store open up not that long ago after years of not having a LSS. I'm afraid for it's life though when I get Facebook news that they are having a scrappy garage sale to help pay the rent...

The store is tiny and doesn't sell a lot of paper but does a lot of classes especially for Copic markers. I wish she would sell more "stuff"...

You must be local to me!  I wish she sold more stuff too, but the space is so tiny.  I have been wanting to take one of her classes, have you ever taken one?  

If you get a chance, come down to Orem and spend a day at the American Crafts Warehouse sale.  It's not the decorated, stimulation of a real Scrapbook store, but you can find some great buys and lots of variety.   It's right on State Street and is in the old K-mart.  It's huge, so plan to spend some time.  And if you come down, I'd love to meet you.

We have a tiny one in my town, it also sells decor items and some furniture, 50/50. They carry mostly AC products. I try to shop there when I can, it's nice to see the actual product before you buy.

I think it's going to be here for a while.  It was supposed to end at the end of Dec 2014, but they have extended it and it is really filled with pallets of product behind the sale curtain.  I'm wondering if they plan to make that their permanent warehouse and keep the store half of the space open all the time.  There are always a few people shopping when I'm there and I see cars outside every time I drive by.  So maybe as long as they are selling, they'll keep it open.
  They have lots of embellishments, lots of Thickers, and paper pads of all their lines, lots of cardstock, punches, PL cards and binders. I love buying their bags of patterned paper (25 sheets of same pattern for $2)  I split them with my girls and friends and try to buy B side prints that I can use for layering.

seriously...my friends and i used to frequent crops all the time and now if you can find a store, you're lucky! i just called a store near me to plan a planner/scrap meetup and the girl on the phone had no idea that planners were a thing now. what the heck? i miss twopeas, hopping boards, people that knew their stuff. maybe i'm just a scrapbook snob, drives me nuts

You're helping the economy.  

There are still a couple in my general area, but they're both pretty far away from me so I don't get over to either one very often. It's too hard to justify spending an hour and a half round trip just driving to get there and back (to the closer one) if they're not having a big sale or something going on. The other store requires three hours in the car round trip just driving, so for that I have to plan on spending the better part of a day just to go there.

I do too. I miss seeing pages and projects that other people have made. Sure I can see this stuff online but I loved seeing it right there in front of me and holding mini albums in my hands, flipping through the pages.....and asking "what did you use to make this?" and then I would be shown directly to the product! In real life!

I really miss them, too. It was my "me" time to go and browse and pick up things here and there. Love seeing new stuff and classes. I'm fortunate that I have a couple of good, regular crop groups that have been consistent. Between JoAnn's, Michaels & HL, I find a few things, but rarely anything that I felt like I really wanted.

There is one good LSS left in my area, although it's about 30 miles away in a direction I don't go very often. In reality, I need to keep focusing on using my stash anyway, yet I definitely make a special trip to get there once in awhile!

I do find that I replaced my spending with more home/antique and clothes shopping, so I'm still doing my part for the economy!