Who Gives a SCRAP — Local services in Colorado Springs

Simply my favorite place. So sad I only discovered this recently.

The second you walk in you feel welcome, the ladies they have at the front desk are simply wonderful and welcoming. They have an area right when you walk in with free stuff which I think is really cool, lots of fabric and I found a vintage scrapbook paper book in the free section!

There’s probably 8 million different things in this building. The have an aisle for everything- costumes, a mega envelope wall, sticker aisle, thousands of beautiful stamps any theme you can think of, thousands of scrapbook papers, office supplies, anything you need for sewing/crocheting, an entire vintage/ Knick nack/ trinket section, aisles after aisles full of things you can craft with. What shocked me the most the first time Is that soooo much is new in package. Another thing that shocked me was their sales, each month that have 2 colored tags one at 50% off one at 75%% off. In the actual store next to the shopping carts there is bargain bags that range from $2-20 just absolutely stuffed with items, they’re usually ‘themed’ too so a bag full of string or a bag full of scrapbook papers. It’s amazing

I have been twice, haven’t spent $30 total and have gotten so many items I actually can’t go back for awhile I have to much to craft with

They also have lots of room for classes and things they do

10/10 checking it out, it probably won’t be your only visit here! Also...

Don't get me wrong, I would give this place five stars easy. The store is absolutely amazing and you'll find everything you never knew you needed. I'm giving this place three stars though because the last four times we've been there this same lady that we keep getting as a cashier treat us very poorly. She's got an attitude like we're kids in a convenience store trying to steal something. My husband and I are in our 30s and 40s, we leave our bags in the car, we're very nice whenever we're there and we make sure to use a basket so we're not just carrying a bunch of stuff in our hands. We're not about to steal from a local resale shop. On top of that I was treated very poorly like I was lying when I brought some stuff up to the counter and I guess it was priced wrong? She didn't believe me when I said that there was a lot of things price the same way in the same tub and she had me take her to the tub to show her that I wasn't lying. So like I said this is too many times often and we're not inclined to come back very often because of her specifically. And that makes me sad because I really like the store everything about it is so awesome and every other person that I have encountered that runs this store has been...

Lots of great stuff, I got a vintage sewing machine for an amazing price, because of their 50% off green tag sale. Got a popular stamp positioner for a great low price. That said, some of their prices randomly seem quite high for some used items. For instance, watercolor paper. It's been knocked around and in a bin, and a bit grungy, and it is priced like a new unopened package.

Employees/volunteers seem rather gruff. I felt like I kept getting stink eye from them. And they put signs in weird places, like on a table across the row from the table they describe. A typical person would think that the sign describing a sale would be ON the same table with the sale items, not on a display case across the aisle.

And opening up stamp sets and throwing them in a bin as single stamps is not a great idea in my book.

I hadn't been in since they had moved from Old Colorado City, and it's great that there is so much more room to organize things. But I gave it only 4 stars because I feel like they really could be more welcoming, and maybe find out who's new to shopping there, and give us newbies a bit more of an...