Craft store memories
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
January 27, 2021 12:15pm CST
Several memories come up whenever I think of craft stores.
I remember...
My mom letting me go look at the stickers with my sister and picking out a pack of stickers that I really liked.
I remember
Being bored out of my mind because mom could spend hours in the craft store
I remember
The smell of potpurri.
I remember
Doll heads and pipe cleaners and Alene's Glue in the gold bottle.
I remember
Aisles of yarn. (You guys didn't think I'd forget to mention that, did you?) 
Pictured is yarn from Mainstays. Sometimes (and it's not just this brand) you will find that yarn has been tied in to make a full skein of yarn. I Hate when they do this.
Pictured is yarn from Mainstays. Sometimes (and it's not just this brand) you will find that yarn has been tied in to make a full skein of yarn. I Hate when they do this.10 people like this
9 responses
@MommyOfEli2013 (89589)
• Rupert, Idaho
27 Jan 21
Those sound like great memories from craft stores....Well minus the boredom!
And that's awful that they would tie together yarn to make a full skein.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Jan 21
Mom was into so many different crafts that she often spent hours just looking at everything. We were poor so she would decide on what was really necessary and what she just wanted.
Yeah, it's annoying but I just cut the little excess and it doesn't show up very much in my work.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Jan 21
@MommyOfEli2013 Yep, craft supplies arent' as cheap as people might think they are.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89589)
• Rupert, Idaho
27 Jan 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Well I can understand that; crafts are fun and you want to get everything you can for them...and it can be harder to do so on a budget.
Well that is good that you can cut the excess off and it doesn't show up too much in your work.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Jan 21
My mom used to sell her crafts and so we were at the craft store quite a lot. I haven't been inside a craft store in several years, I order everything online now.
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@thelme55 (79308)
• Germany
27 Jan 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum We don´t have a craft store anymore in the city. Maybe bankrupt.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Jan 21
@thelme55 Oh no! There are several different craft stores here, but I think some of them are struggling.
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@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
27 Jan 21
I use to get stickers when I was little of all kinds . I even had a book to keep them in
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Jan 21
I stuck mine everywhere. We also had these sticker activity books with stickers in the back.
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@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
27 Jan 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum I remember there even use to be ones I did not want to stick in the book because I wanted to save them and certain ones I would trade with friends. I loved scratch and sniff ones.
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@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
27 Jan 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum I liked the grape smelling one and the popcorn smelling one.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Jan 21
I can tolerate it in small quantities. It always burned my nose and had my sinuses acting up at the craft store.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Jan 21
It bring a smile to my face when I have memories like these. It drove me crazy as a child to waste so much time in the craft store but what I wouldn't give to spend five more minutes in a craft store with my mom.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
27 Jan 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum I do understand.
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@UriahAnne (701)
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27 Jan 21
I like crafts.Im still making a art crafts until now. Potpurri is popular before.it is a scented dry flower.My auntie like it before.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Jan 21
My mom used to do things with potporri but not very often.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Jan 21
@UriahAnne Oh that is a great idea. I had never thought of that.
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@UriahAnne (701)
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27 Jan 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum we do small basket made of loofah and put it the basket so when you open it is scented. We made it as a souvenir for any occasion.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Jan 21
They do that 
? How does that work out in the middle of a project though 
? Love your craft store memories! I somehow don't remember going to craft stores . . . but I do remember going to fabric stores (or the mass market store, it was Kmart for us back then) and looking at the craft section . . . that was always exciting 
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? How does that work out in the middle of a project though ? Love your craft store memories! I somehow don't remember going to craft stores . . . but I do remember going to fabric stores (or the mass market store, it was Kmart for us back then) and looking at the craft section . . . that was always exciting !2 people like this
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
28 Jan 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum There was only Kmart for us (Target wasn't around til later . . . and Walmart even later than that). Then there was the House of Fabrics in our mall . . . I don't even think that exists anymore.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Jan 21
Yup. I've seen it done with mainstays and redheart so far.
Oh yeah we went to Kmart a whole lot when I was a kid too. Walmart, Kmart.... We'd swing by the craft sections there all the time too.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 Jan 21
@much2say I think Target was later in high school and after for me now that I think about it. My early childhood was Roses & Burlington Coat Factory too. I've never heard of House of Fabrics.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
27 Jan 21
Yes, I hate it as well. I usually use Lion Brand. I have spent a lot of time in crafts stores as well.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Jan 21
Lion brand is a really good brand. I use most of the main brands but have not used Caron brand yet.
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@LindaOHio (222310)
• United States
28 Jan 21
I hate when they tie yarn too. Thanks for the memories. Little did you know that you would have yarn obsession in later years. lol
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 Jan 21
So true. Little Amber did not even think she would love crocheting as much as her mother once did.
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