Southwest US Region LSS Master List

I think it is time to adapt my review of My Scrap Haven. I finally made it to their new location.

They are in Lone Star Mercantile, which is rather unique. It's like a craft convention but in a store. There are a variety of booths, but none of them are individually staffed. The store personnel help you, although I doubt that any of them know anything about scrapbooking or any of the crafts in the various booths.

My Scrap Haven takes up 4 booths. When they had their own store, there were usually other customers shopping. I was the only one browsing the My Scrap Haven booths on a Friday afternoon. It looks like they have a decent selection for the small amount of space (definitely smaller than their store), and they had some nice things such as Disney papers, a little Graphic 45, some Lawn Fawn dies, and a few colors of Nuvo drops, but I left empty handed. It did look as though she had probably ordered some new things for the new location after moving.

While there were other customers in the Lone Star Mercantile, I felt more tempted by the other merchandise than by anything in the My Scrap Haven booths. I do have a ridiculously huge stash, but my craft stash is far bigger than the combined contents of the 4 My Scrap Haven booths. I don't think it's a good location, although it was probably a better alternative for the owner. She doesn't have to staff it, and probably pays less rent, but there are no classes, few samples, and no one who really knows anything about the products. It definitely looks like a lot less inventory. She made good use of what space she has, but considering that I was the only one browsing on a Friday afternoon is not a good sign for any LSS.

The Lone Star Mercantile was definitely worth visiting at least once. There were plenty of things in other booths that tempted me. I just don't think it is a good location for a scrapbook store, especially with how small and compact My Scrap Haven has become.

For comparison, before moving, My Scrap Haven had almost or about the same amount of inventory as The Little Blue House. They were/are on the opposite sides of the DFW metroplex. Now My Scrap Haven has far less to offer scrappers. Both stores are a 40 to 45 minute drive for me, just in opposite directions. When The Little Blue House moved, they moved to another independent store location. My Scrap Haven is kind of hidden among the many booths at the mercantile. I had to ask how to even find it after going into the mercantile. When I visited The Little Blue House after they moved, I spent a chunk of change on their new products. When I went to My Scrap Haven at their new location for this first (and probably only) time after they moved, I bought nothing. My Scrap Haven offers better papers than a big box craft store, and a few products that the craft store doesn't carry, but unless you are much closer to My Scrap Haven than I am, it's not likely to be worth the gas.

I wanted to bump this to the top in case, like me, others weren’t aware of it and could update the lists. What a great idea for a thread, I’d love to patronize a LSS but haven’t been able to find any in the San Antonio or Austin area. I need to keep this thread in mind when I visit DFW and Houston though.

Thanks, I wasn’t aware of this one. It’s a bit of a drive, but I’ll have to see if I can check it out!

I visited Little Craft Place this summer when I was in Spring. Very cute shop with a nice selection of planner supplies, pens, washi, stickers, etc. I did see they had a decent selection of scrapbooking supplies as well. I bought a nice set of pens as well as a Grogu (baby Yoda) sticker for my Stanley cup LOL. I also bought a cute cat pen holder! 

Just Create Studio has opened in Chandler AZ. Currently they are only open Fri and Sat from 10-6. I spent NSD at a crop there. It is a small but really fun store.