a creative reuse shop near me map and reviews in the united states resource

 

Happy Tuesday friends! Today I am excited to start sharing about a special travel section I am going to be adding to my travel journals and stories: creative reuse shop reviews from around the United States! We were first introduced to these shops when we traveled to Lancaster in 2022 after Christmas (you can read more about our trip HERE!) and quickly fell in love with these stores. Since Christmas 2022, mom and I have made it a point to search out these shops in every state and city that we have traveled in. 

For us, in owning December Caravan, these shops have allowed us to use materials that are being rescued and are not being sent to landfills and are helping the environment, along with finding vintage treasures that we use in our journals. We love creating heirloom and legacy junk journals and also helping the planet!

These shops serve as a thrift store/secondhand store for arts and craft supplies along with a variety of "upcycled materials" that are great for projects for every type of artwork that you can imagine. Each store and shop has a variety of different offerings (which is why I am going to be reviewing everyone that we visit so that you can know the "pros and cons" of each) and are an amazing idea and creation for the community. Mom and I have already said that we would love to own one because they can be incredibly inspirational for anyone who enters- whether you consider yourself an artist or not. 

For the past 11 years, in all of my travel posts my hope has been to inspire you and provides practical information for your travels, but I also hope that this listing of stores in the United States is helpful. You can scroll to the end of this post at any time for the map and list of the stores and I will update with any information that I have as time continues. 

As I mentioned above I hope that this is a very helpful post for you. Finding shops and stores like this can be extremely difficult because while the organizational concept is similar (think of these like a thrift store for artists) the names of all of them are different and sometimes do not include the word "creative reuse". In addition to this all of them are very different. Some are large scale and are open 7 days a week, while others are smaller and are only open for a few hours on a few days of the week and finally some are open only during certain seasons (and closed during the Summer). So I hope that this information is helpful for starting your adventures! If you have other shops that I am not aware of- please let me know in the comments and I will update the map accordingly! Happy creative shopping friends!

a creative reuse shop near me map and reviews in the united states resource

*please remember that I will keep this list as updated as I can, but please double check before planning a trip to any listing by contacting the store/site to confirm details on shopping hours and locations*

Please note that ones that we have personally visited and reviewed will be listed and shared below the shop listing on this map! You can also find the complete list of reviews for these stores HERE!

Alaska

1. Treasure Trader  // Wasilla, AK

2. Upcycle Annex // Fairbanks, AK

Arizona

1. Art Resource Center // Tempe, AZ

California

1. Art FORM // San Diego, CA

2. Art from Scrap //Santa Barbara, California

3. East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse  // Oakland, CA

4. Fabmo  // Sunnyvale, CA

5. ReCreate // Rocklin, CA

6. reDiscover Center // Los Angeles, CA

7. Remainders Creative Reuse // Pasadena, CA

8. Reuse Arts & Crafts //Berkley, CA

9. SCRAP // San Francisco, CA

10. The Legacy // Sebastopol, CA

Colorado

1. Art Parts Creative Reuse Center // Boulder, CO

2. ReCreative Denver // Denver, CO

3. The Hidden Treasure 2 //Longmont, CO

4. Who Gives a Scrap // Colorado Springs, CO

Connecticut

1. EcoWorks Creative Reuse // North Haven, CT

Florida

1. Bottom of the Barrel //Seminole, FL

2. Creative Junk Therapy // Brandon, FL

3. Resource Depot // West Palm Beach, FL

4. Reusuable Resources ADVENTURE Center // West Melbourne, FL

5. The Repurpose Project // Gainesville, FL

Idaho

1. The ReUse Market // Boise, ID

Iowa

1. Make It Yours Upcycle Center //Maquoketa, IA

2. The create/exchange // Cedar Rapids, IA

Illinois

1. Greener Good  // Arlington Heights, IL

2. The Idea Room //  Urbana, IL

3. The WasteShed // Chicago, IL

4. The WasteShed Evanston // Evanston, IL

Georgia

1. Scraplanta Creative Reuse // Atlanta, GA

2. Starlandia Supply //  Savannah, GA

Kansas

1. A Thrifty Notion // Ogden, KS

Kentucky

1. LEX Center for Creative Reuse // Lexington, KY

Louisiana

1. Deuxième Vie Creative // Lafayette, LA

2. ricRACK // New Orleans, LA

Maine

1. Ruth’s Reusable Resources // Portland, ME

Maryland

1. SCRAP B-more – Baltimore, MD

Massachusetts

1. Make & Mend // Somerville, MA

2. Swanson’s Fabric // Turners Falls, MA

Michigan

1. Arts and Scraps //  Detroit, MI

2. Learning from Scratch //  Grand Rapids, MI

3. SCRAP Creative Reuse // Ann Arbor, MI

Minnesota

1. ArtScraps Reuse Center //  St. Paul, MN

Missouri

1. Arrow Creative Reuse //  Springfield, MO

2. City Sewing Room //  St. Louis, MO

3. Leftovers //  St. Louis, MO

4. Perennial //  St. Louis, MO

5. Scrapskc  // Kansas City, MO

Nebraska

1. Tinkerhollow // Kearney, NE

New Jersey

1. Propogate Studio Art Supply Thrift Shop // Stewartsville, NJ

New York

1. Craft Bits & Pieces //  Fairport, NY

2. Crafting For Good //  North Chili, NY

3. FABSCRAP //  Brooklyn, NY

4. Retake/Remake //  Peekskill, NY

5. Sew Green //  Ithaca, NY

6. Sew Green //  Rochester, NY

7. Stitch Buffalo’s Second Stitch // Buffalo, NY

8. Up-Stitch // Albany, NY

North Carolina

1. Reconsidered Goods // Greensboro, NC

2. Remnants Thrift and Sew // Mars Hill, NC

3. The Art SHAC //  Winston Salem, NC

4. The Scrap Exchange // Durham, NC

5. Upcycle Arts // Charlotte, NC

6. Village Fabric Shop //  Winston-Salem, NC

7. 923 Fabrics & Crafts //  Monroe, NC

Ohio

1. Indigo Hippo //  Cincinnati, OH

2. Re-Craft Steubenville //  Steubenville, OH 

3. Scrap 4 Art // Maumee, OH

4. Scrap It Up // Cincinnati, OH

5. Upcycle Parts Shop //  Cleveland, OH

Oklahoma

1. Sew Bewitching //  Oklahoma City, OK

Oregon

1. MECCA // Eugene, OR

2. ReClaim It //  Portland, OR

3. Scrap PDX //  Portland, OR

Pennsylvania

1. Art of Recycle //  Ephrata, PA

2. FABSCRAP // Philadelphia, PA

3. Lancaster Creative Reuse //  Lancaster, PA - Review 2024: // Lancaster Creative Reuse Shop (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) // 

4. Pittsburgh Center For Creative Reuse //  Pittsburgh, PA

5. Scraps & Skeins // State College, Pennsylvania

6. The Resource Exchange //  Philadelphia, PA

Rhode Island

1. Creative Reuse Center of RI // East Providence, RI

South Carolina

1. ReCraft Creative Reuse Center // Greenville, SC

2. SCRAP //  Spartanburg, SC

Tennessee

1. Smart Art + Craft Supplies  // Nashville, TN

2. Sustainable Fabric Workshop //  Knoxville, TN

3. Turnip Green Creative Reuse  // Nashville, TN

Texas

1. Artable Curiousities // Seguin, TX

2. Austin Creative Reuse Center // Austin, TX

3. Houston Center for Creative Reuse //  Houston, TX

4. Pegasus Creative Reuse // Dallas, TX

5. Spare Parts // San Antonio, TX

6. Texas Art Asylum  // Houston, TX

7. The Welman Project //  Fort Worth, TX

8. Thistle Creative Reuse //  Denton, TX

9. Untrash Creative Reuse // Richardson, TX

Utah

1. Making Space Thrift Store // Springville, UT

Vermont

1. rePlay Arts // White River Junction, VT

Virginia

1. 757 Creative ReUse Center –//  Norfolk, VA

2. Art Hive //  Staunton,VA

3. ArtSparx Creative Reuse //  Altavista, VA

4. Dabble Creative Reuse Center //  Manassas,VA

5. NOVA Creative Reuse // Leesburg, VA

6. SCRAP Creative Reuse  //  Richmond, VA

7. The Scrappy Elephant //  Charlottesvilla & Palmyra, VA

8. UpCycle Creative Reuse Center // Alexandria, VA

9. Valley Creative Reuse //  Harrisonburg, VA

Washington

1. Allied Arts Reuse Thrift Store //  Bellingham, WA

2. Art Salvage // Spokane, WA.

3. Lost & Found Crafts //  Olympia, WA

4. Our Fabric Stash //  Seattle, WA

5. Ragfinery //  Bellingham, WA

6. Seattle ReCreative  // Seattle, WA

7. Tinkertopia // Tacoma, WA