Road trip in U.S.A. Visiting from U.K.

Hi. I will be going on a road trip around Washington D.C., Virginia, and Pensylvannia soon and would love to visit scrapbook stores along the way. Can anyone recommend any stores in these areas please? Many thanks

Hi Weddingbelle, I frecuently visit Washington and the downtown its beautiful. There are lots of stores in there. I recommend you to visit the main website http://washington.org/attractions , you can find there stores, restaurants, best attractions and its reviews.

Have fun!

Man thanks for the link. Will check it out.

Plan your trip for sight-seeing. Take the tours. You won't find history in a scrapbook store. They'll have the same stuff your scrapbook store has. Spend your time taking pictures. If you are not comfortable with your photographic abilities, they have some very good CD's at every gift shop. You can visit all the Government building for free (you already paid), but travel light, as they check you at every building.
Be sure to contact your Senator for a free tour of the Capital Building. You may have an opportunity for a meet & greet. If not one of the aides will give you the tour.
We went in September, Congress was in session and the kids were back in school.

Where in Pennsylvania will you be?

Thanks. The main point of the trip is the sightseeing and I always take loads of photos! We have got a rough idea of all the places of interest we want to go to. However, it would be nice to see some scrapbook stores in the States. We have very few scrapbook stores in the U.K. and they have far less stock and is much more expensive.

We will be travelling from Gettysburg through to Lancaster and on to Philadelphia.

when will you be in the States? Perhaps you will be around in time to visit one of the CKC conventions or a Scrapbook Expo. They both offer tons of classes and have a HUGE shopping area from many different vendors. I think the website is CKC.com I will try to find the link. Try http://www.CKscrapbookevents.com

We will be there beforehand but it sounds fantastic. Maybe on day! Thanks

http://www.michaels.com/
http://www.joann.com/
http://www.hobbylobby.com/
Use zip code and you will find out nearest locations.
TJMaxx and Marshalls have a few items for a good price usually. Dollar stores too.

If there happens to be a Tuesday Mornings store in the vicinity check them out for scrapping supplies. They have good prices but not always current stuff. Mostly an outlet type store for overstock items. I find great papers there on occasion like all discount places it can be hit or miss when shopping at these stores, and when you have limited time you don't want to miss! Obviously a scrapbook stores will have an overall variety of supplies without the "hit or miss" styles of outlet stores.
The internet would be a great place to view some of what the "box" stores carry (Michaels - Joann's).

When traveling I have always looking in the local phone book (if you are staying in a motel) or Google scrapbook stores for that area. The internet will usually give directions and store hours.

Many thanks. Will take a look

Many thanks Sharon. Will take a look at the phone books. Not heard of the Tuesday ... stores before. Will take a look.

A lot of tourist attractions will have scrapbook items like stickers and other embellishments in their gift shops. I'm sure you'll find city name stickers and tourist attraction stickers easily. Maybe even background papers.

I did a google search of scrapbook stores in the Washington DC area and found a few easily. If you find a Tuesday Morning store I love them for supplies, but I do agree, they are usually older items. They're a store that sells everything, like a department store. I love them for everything!

Many thanks Trudy. Tuesday Morning sounds good. I usually try to look in the gift shops, always thinking scrapping!

The Flower and Home Marketplace in Blue Ball (I'm not kidding - that is the name of the town) outside of Lancaster had some scrappy goodness when I was there two years ago. But it was about half of what it was in 2007. They still list scrapbooking on their website. They are NOT open on Sundays.

http://www.flowerandhome.com/craft

I also did a google search of "scrapbook stores in lancaster county pennsylvania" and found three listings. One was a crop house, but they did list other places that carry scrapping supplies. I think there may still be one in Lititz, PA, (outside Lancaster) but I've never been to it. At one time there was a scrapbook store in the Hershey Outlet Mall, but I've never been to it either.

Hope that helps.

Many thanks for that - I will certainly look up those suggestions. By the way we have a district called Pennsylvania a few miles from where I live!

There us a scrap store in Gettysburg also...can't remember the name tho

Thanks for letting me know. Will do a google search for it

Was just checking the AC Moore site for another reason and saw there was a store in Lancaster, PA. AC Moore is a craft store with a scrapbooking department. I've never been to one, but hope to sometime.

Great, will take a look

A few places in Lancaster to visit:
Flower and craft warehouse in blue ball PA

Farmhouse memories in Paradise PA - they do a lot with fabric and card making but I think they have a nice scrapbooking selection

AC Moore and Michaels Crafts both on Route 501 in Lancaster

There is a store called Paper Place Scapbook Store in Mt Joy, PA. I have been there but not in a while.

I live in NJ but go to Lancaster all the time.

Many thanks. Will be checking those out.

I also live in New Jersey but right across from Philadelphia-Have a wonderful trip!...There are no local scrapbook stores anymore near me-just the chain stores that were mentioned to you like AC Moore, Michaels, Hobby Lobby and Joann's-A large JoAnns is right over the Philadelphia bridge into NJ about 15 minutes.

Not sure when you are coming but at the end of July there is a huge scrapbook convention in Lancaster--someone gave the link to CK-its great!

Many thanks. Am currently in Washington D.C., moving on to Fredericksburg tomorrow.

Hope you find some scrappy goodness. Safe travels.

Enjoy your travels and take lots of pictures! That probably won't be a problem. Hope you find some new papers to scrap the pictures once you get home again.

Most of the scrapbook stores around here have closed but there is still the Queen's Ink at Savage Mill in Laurel, MD and also PhotoScraps in Eldersburg, MD though they keep on getting smaller and smaller.

Have you been to PA yet? If not, I can give you some names of places in PA.

Many thanks

We arrived in PA last night so that would be great.

when you know what cities you'll be in just google scrapbook store and the name of the city & state you'll be in. My daughter is moving to Connecticut in a couple weeks and I'm going to visit a month later. I googled scrapbook stores in CT. and there is one in the town she lives in.

Here a few local scrapbooks stores in PA. You should call first to ensure they are open:

Enchanted Memories, 24 Briarcrest Square, Hershey, PA 717-520-9145
Cozy Crop House, 31 W. Millport Rd., Lititz, PA 717-823-3573
Farmhouse Memories, 148A Harristown Rd.,, Paradise,Pa 717-442-1907
Forevermore Scrapbooks, 238 Baltimore St., Gettysburg, PA 717-338-1600
Joys of Life Scrapbooking, 5222 E. Trindle Rd., Mechanicsburg, PA 717-458-5723
L&L Rubber Stamps & Scrapbooking, 1015 Frys Rd.,Ephrata, PA 717-355-5115
Pages In Time, 16 E. 28 Division Hwy., Rt. 322E, Lititz, PA 717-625-4455

Hope this helps!, and safe travels.

Thank you for that list, rritter17502!! Forevermore Scrapbooks was the store I was thinking of!

Here's some info from the Forevermore Scrapbooks page...they have listed several local PA scrap/hobby/craft stores and other info...enjoy


"The Buggies and Buds Passports will go on sale on May 7th! National Scrapbook day.
The passports are $18.00 and include a Tote bag along with a 20% discount at all participating stores during the event. Not all stores will have a make n' take or take n' make but will have something else special for all of the shop hoppers. Also the prize levels have changed, you only need to visit 8 stores to be enter in the drawnings.
Passport are limited, buy early they will again sell out. This years dates our Sept. 28 to Oct. 10 2016
This year participating stores:

Barbaras Stamping Delight - Quarryville
Country Cottage Creations - Paradise
Countryside Creations - Gordonville
Cozy Crop House- Lititz
Enchanted Memories- Hershey
Farmhouse Memories - Paradise
Forevermore Scrapbooks - Gettysburg
Hobby House Retreat-Middletown
Joys of Life Scrapbooking -Mechanicsburg
L&L Rubber Stamps & Scrapbooking - Ephrata
Pages In Time Brickerville
Shady Lane Impressions Honey Brook
Stampin Station/Home of Purple Daisy Designs - Greencastle
Treasures Old and New - Dover"