Michaels

This is my location of choice for this business. I’m always able to find what I’m looking for and what I love most is that during the holiday season there are typically good sales on the seasonal items– no waiting until after the holidays for stocking up on holiday craft items.
On my most recent visit I was looking for something very specific, a loaf mold for soap making. I’d been to several other stores looking for the item but had no luck. On a whim I decided to give Michael’s a try before giving up. I asked an employee and she told me exactly where I could find what I was looking for– she told me the section for soap making was very small but should have what l’d described. To my surprise and delight, they had several in stock! Now I know where I can go for materials to support my latest hobby.
Got in a typical long holiday check out line but didn’t have much of a wait at all. Good stock and good customer service = 5 stars.

i like michaels, and i like what it has to offer, but this location is just so slow. i understand that this is the closest one to the western half of memphis, but they need more check out lanes open! (or maybe its the time of day i go there?) its not bad in general; it has the normal stuff that all arts and crafts stores offer. They also always get their themed décor out early (its august and halloween stuff is already out).
Make sure you rummage through the bins on the outside of the store for steals and deals! they put clearance stuff out there.

Love coming to this location. The store itself is pretty big and always stocked with merchandise. The shelves are rarely empty or messy. The staff are pretty friendly and always eager to help. The one thing that I find annoying is that it always takes forever to check out. There are only 2 people working the registers on most days, and for some reason, there are always issues with the pricing of items or with computer errors, so I’ve had to wait way longer than necessary every time I’ve been here. And that’s not during any special holiday season (usually stuck in line for ages during those).

The staff was helpful but they had neither item I wanted. The little pack of sock darning yarn or the iron on elbow patches for a couple of men’s dress sweaters. For some reason I didn’t want to have to bring them back to Ontario to mend them. The store was well stocked with the things you’d expect and nothing I haven’t seen in Kingston. (and to my bank account’s joy, been able to resist!).

Eh… it’s a Michael’s. The store is jam-​packed with stuff, but I don’t think I’ve ever actually found what I was looking for here. My last trip, a week before Christmas, was typical. My boyfriend and I roamed around, eventually settled on a spool of red ribbon in lieu of what we really wanted but couldn’t find, and then joined the mile-​long line waiting to check out.
The line was actually moving along nicely when a manager told everyone to step out of the single line and just pick a register to get in line for. Of course, I ended up behind the guy trying to return something without a tag or receipt (don’t they have a separate counter for that stuff?), who was haranguing the cashier and telling her that he had called and someone had said it was ok, blah blah blah. She eventually gave in and refunded his five bucks, so that I could buy my fifty-​five cents worth of ribbon. So yeah, I’m not exactly in a hurry to come back here.

This happens to be my favorite Michaels location in Memphis and the one I frequent when in need of crafty things. I recently started making cake pops in a very early attempt to perfect a certain creation for my son’s first birthday party. I enjoy baking, it has always been very therapeutic for me for some unknown reason. I’m no expert by any means, and the staff here was very helpful in recommending different options for my cake pop creating. They have a huge selection of cake decorating items at this location. Was anyone else aware that Chef Duff of Charm City Cakes has his own line of at-​home baking items? I wasn’t, but this Michaels has half an aisle dedicated to his goofy face plastered upon box after box.
When I was checking out, the gal gave me a calendar of their class schedule for cake decorating. I’ve been going back and forth in my head, and I actually think I might sign up to take a beginner class just for kicks. At $ 23 bucks, what’s to lose?

Yay arts & crafts!
Additionally, seriously think about downloading the smartphone app for Michael’s. There is always a coupon for 40−50% off, so you never have to pay full price!
:)

It’s a Michael’s, nothing special. I did some Christmas shopping there and the employees were NOT helpful-​rather clueless. I found the employees at the Winchester location to be knowledgable and willing to actually help instead of giving up on me and moving on to other customers.