Craft stores

[georgy.livejournal.com]

Are there any craft stores accessible by public transit in Somerville? I'm not referring to knitting/sewing supplies, but more like pipe cleaners, stuffing, googly eyes, wire, wood, etc.? Random stuff like that.

Relatedly, does the Target in Somerville have such crafty stuff?

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[rikchik.livejournal.com]

Pearl in Central Square has stuff like that downstairs.

[cnoocy]

It's not in Somerville, but Play Time is in Arlington Center at the end of the 87 bus line.

[tisana.livejournal.com]

Right across from Pearl Art in Central is a not very well-advertised place called the Artist Supply. They do a lot of fine arts stuff, but also have probably more random crafty stuff than Pearl. Worth checking out.

I'm rather sorry that the one local AC Moore (in Everett, I think) burned down before I moved to Somerville--I mean, it's a pretty artsy area, you think they'd have another one nearby.

[mrpet.livejournal.com]

There is one in Arlington right behind where Wild Women Outfitters was (Mass ave). It's on broadway I think. I can't remember the name but it may be something like Craft Time or somthing like that.

[mrpet.livejournal.com]

err right I should have hit refresh, Play Time it is!

[gringoddess.livejournal.com]

not T-able, and not here yet, but AC moore is coming to the infamous Assembly Sq Mall redevelopment!

[georgy.livejournal.com]

Ooooooooooooh seriously? I live like a 5-10 minute walk from Assembly Sq., so that's fine by me! Do you know when?

[gringoddess.livejournal.com]

not sure, keep your eyes peeled!

[lissie930.livejournal.com]

Cool! I saw that there's also a shoe store (DSW maybe?) and Bed Bath and Beyond coming too. Does this mean Ikea is out?

[joylewis.livejournal.com]

IKEA's website says they have a location in Stoughton coming soon, so I think they're out of the running for Assembly Sq.

[simply-juniper.livejournal.com]

AC Moore AND Christmas Tree Shops AND an arcade all in one plaza? Could they make a girl any happier?! :)

[sissychrissy1.livejournal.com]

I second (or third) Play Time. I plan arts and crafts activities at my job and I do all my shopping there. Their prices are good too.

[julishka.livejournal.com]

i think that ac moore just closed--never heard about a fire. farther up rt. 16 in everett where target is there is also a michaels.

[tisana.livejournal.com]

Possibly..?
I really don't know...it looked just closed to me, and when I mentioned it to a friend, they mentioned something about a fire. Could have been confused.

Either way, Michael's, while nifty, doesn't carry the kind of stuff I go to AC Moore for, sadly. I end up making the trip to Natick occasionally. Though that last trip--mostly to get small cows for the trebuchet--could have been fulfilled at Michael's, I guess.

[tisana.livejournal.com]

Oooh...really? Thanks for the good news!

[julishka.livejournal.com]

they're supposed to be opening the somerville store in '06, iirc. while it's in the assembly square redevelopment, it's not in the mall buildings. at the least it's still listed in press releases as a future store for ikea. they own the property on which they're going to build.

one third of the whole assembly square property was just sold this past spring. (http://lists.somerville.ma.us/pipermail/assemblysq/2005-March/000018.html) the article mentions the adjacent ikea property.

[neversent.livejournal.com]

that big drug store (is it a rite-aid?) in davis sq. has a bit of craft supplies.