Martha Stewart Craft Line at Michaels – A Review

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One of the things we love most in writing about organizing, is we get to hear rumblings about new ideas, read the formal announcements, see the actual idea or product revealed and finally get an opportunity to review it.  It’s fun discovering, and sharing with readers.

Our friend Amy Mobray has been to Michaels Craft Store, and checked out their brand-new line of Martha Stewart’s new line of craft supplies.  She says good things.  Amy does have her pulse on typical shopping– what has value for the price, and what just seems wrong.  Her opinions are always on the mark.

Amy has written up a great review and even snapped a few pics (where does she find the time?) on Martha’s new line.  Better than we could have done.  Our nearest Michaels is in the Burbank Empire Center, 7 miles away in *uber* heavy San Fernando Valley traffic.  We don’t get there as often as we should.  Here’s what Amy said about Martha’s organizational products:

"I did purchase a few of [Martha’s] organizational products.  I bought the paper box, CD box, and photo box…  I like how the boxes have ribbon in them so you don’t remove the lid completely.  The ribbon acts like a hinge.  Another thing that I like about  her stuff is the packaging.  Apparently there’s storage binders to store all the rub ons, stickers, etc. in.  My Michael’s didn’t have it."

Check out Amy’s review on Martha’s new craft line-up.  If you’ve seen the products, we’d love to hear what you have to say, too.  Enter your comment below.

Picture courtesy Amy Mobray.

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5 responses to “Martha Stewart Craft Line at Michaels – A Review”

  1. Jenny Avatar

    I tried the craft line for kids. Unfortunately, it was not such a good thing. You can read the review at my homeschool blog.

  2. kellie Avatar
    kellie

    i was over joyed with the products martha had to offer, my fav and must have is the 18×18 humongo scrapbook. My daughter whole life story could fit into that one scrapbook!!!

  3. Carrie Avatar
    Carrie

    I work at Michaels and in my opinion, the majority of the Martha line is extremely overpriced and underquality (if that’s a word:)
    I’ve heard the same thing from my customers daily.
    The large scrapbooks are nice and some of the packaging is pretty (if youre still into pink and brown or turquoise and brown), but a huge amount of the line has already began being clearanced, which tells me that it is not selling as well as Michaels or Martha expected it to.
    Another issue is that the manufacturer of the Martha line refused to allow any of our Michaels 40% off coupons to be used on any Martha products. Having this restriction is rare, I mean our coupons are good on everything except sizzix, sale items, and christmas trees. It’s ridiculous.
    We did juuust get a memo about a week ago that Martha products are no longer excluded from the coupon. Which is even worse really because people have paid full price for this merchandise, and now they will realize they could have gotten 40% off.
    It makes my job very difficult having to explain that to customers and try to get the point across that is simply “isnt my fault.”
    I just dont know who Martha thinks she is. lol

  4. Sharon Avatar
    Sharon

    The MS albums are poorly made. I worked for months creating albums for my kids. When the time came to put them together, the album screws disintegrated. They are made of a soft metal and the threads stripped just getting the screws apart. Plus, the sleeves are made such that you HAVE to use two pieces of paper for every back to back page. Makes for a bulky album which is a moot point since the screws will not go back together.

  5. Jefferson Lives Avatar
    Jefferson Lives

    Carrie, I’m not your typical crafter, but I am so impressed by the branding and design of the MS line. The problem is that it could be too hi-brow for Michaels (sorry!). I’m glad it’s there, I bought a ton of her stuff as it was drop dead adorable. I’ll be back to a store I would rarely set foot in.

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