Where do you buy arts and crafts stuff?

Never underestimate cheap shops. I'm a sucker for poundland and 99p stores. I got a glue gun and a mightly huge tube of uhu from the 99p shop the other week and i'm yet to be disapointed. Plus I picked up £13 of beads and embellishments from a cheap card shop in the local shops buy me.

Also those in the UK always keep an eye out for the WHSmiths clearance section, I picked up acrylic paints, drawing pencils and colouring pencils by Reeves for the princely sum of 2.97. Bargains.

oh and it's always worth having a look on www.moneysavingexpert.com, join up scan the forums and it gives links to free bits and pieces. It's not always great for craft stuff but it has lots if users who often put up cheap sites they've found etc.

I live in Romania ...and I cannot find craft stores were I live ,but I'm lucky that the store I;m going has stuffs from America and I can also find craft supplies.

I go to Hobbycraft now mostly, because they opened one that's close enough to where I live for my mum to be willing to drive me there . It's okay, as it as pretty much everything, but some of their items are overpriced and I can find them cheaper other places.

There's a great little bead shop in my town, and they've got a good range of things and it's not too expensive. There's also another craft shop at the end of the high street, but they sell more of the scrapbooking type things so I only go there if there's something basic I want.

In the town next to mine there's a craft shop that, again, sells more of the scrapbooking type stuff, but they sell some really nice glass pendants so I go there occasionally. And they sell fruit smoothies as well, which are sooo yummy I can't resist having one every time I'm there (it's all good for me though, so there's no harm in it ). There's a good haberdashery just down the road as well, so I go there for my fabric.

im in ohio
theirs a wal mart close to me that has a large selection of fabrics which im still in the praticing phase so i love to check out their 1$ a yrd or 2 $ a yrd fabrics they also have a wide variety of other crafting goodies
theirs also joanns which is expensive but im on their mailing list so they send free coupons in the mail and plus i allways rumage through the discount bins ;)
then theirs the thrift store one of my favorites because of all the cool vintage patterns and pretty pillow cases for like 10 cents and top sheets talk about a never ending resource for really pretty cheap fabric ;)
then theirs free cycle which is online i posted an add for sewing things and a nice lady brought me like a 100 dollars worth of different pretty fabrics and a sewing book so how cool is that
oh and you can allways shop online which is more expensive like amy butlers website i love her stuff its so cute she also has free patterns for bags etc ive never actually bought anything off her site i like to go their for the free patterns and inspiration
then theirs wholesale stores which i dont know to much about
but i hope that was helpful to you

goodwill/salvation army
if your into fabrics, and are alright about cutting stuff up.
they also have zippers and buttons and such
I get a lot of other stuff from yard sales
and shops in new york city.
good luck!

1. Hobby Lobby
2. Dollar Tree
3. Walmart
4. Thrift stores
5. Oriental trading co. online
6. Ebay
7. Friends/family


This is where I go

dollars stores and second hand shops

I get my stuff from everywhere imaginable!

+ Hobbycraft
+ Millers Art Store
+ Art Store (http://www.artstore.co.uk/)
+ eBay
+ £1 shops (kids beading sets anyone? Some of the beads are fantastic and you'd never tell they were from kids' sets)
+ online suppliers
+ B&Q / Homebase / DIY stores

I live in Ontario, and this is where I go
-Friends/my mom's stash
-Value Village or other thrift stores
-Walmart or Zellers
-Michaels

i used to live in cleveland, ohio there is a family run store pat catans, carries same as michaels in many of the areas (darice products) for 40% less. acrylic paint for 50 cents a bottle. the only thing i miss about cleveland. here in stafford, so far i have only found michaels, and i hate paying their prices.