If homemade, crafty holidays are your vibe, you’ve come to the right place! Austin is full of small businesses where you can get all the arts and crafts supplies you need to decorate for your holiday party, wrap presents, and make homemade gifts. Here’s where to go:
🧑🎨 Austin Creative Reuse, 2005 Wheless Lane
Crafting and helping the earth go hand-in-hand at Austin Creative Reuse. All the items the store sells are donated. You can find anything and everything,including: beads, frames, sewing machines, thread, paint, school supplies, books, wood, and more.
🐝 Beehive Craft Studio, 7010 Burnet Road
Whether you’re a quilter or a dressmaker, Beehive Craft Studio has fabric for ya. The shop is full of fabric bolts for all projects. They also host classes and camps.
🖍️ USE2 Neighborhood Reuse Center, 2311 Thornton Road
Austin is lucky enough to have two reuse craft stores! USE2 Neighborhood Reuse Center is packed with craft supplies, board games, books, and puzzles.
📿 Sea of Beads, 2143 W. Anderson Lane
Beads, beads, beads. Sea of Beads has all the tools you need to make your own jewelry, or whatever else one does with beads! Visit for chains, supplies, and classes.
The fabric section at USE2 Neighborhood Reuse Center. (Kelsey Bradshaw/City Cast Austin)
🧶 Hill Country Weavers, 4102 Menchaca Road
Knitters to the front, please. Hill Country Weavers has your yarn, and knitting and crochet needles.
🎨 Jerry’s Artarama, 6010 North Interstate 35
Jerry’s Artarama has stores all over the country and one of them happens to be in Austin! Stop in for any and all art supplies — easels, paint, brushes, paper, drawing supplies, and more.
🏺 Armadillo Clay, 3307 E. Fourth St.
Molds, clay, glazes, tools, and more are available for all you sculptors at Armadillo Clay in East Austin.
🪡 The Needle Works, 4401 Medical Pkwy.
If needlepoint is your jam, visit The Needle Works. The shop, which has been open since 1978, sells thread, needlepoint canvases, notions, accessories, and they offer classes, plusstitching and finishing services.
😀 Happy crafting!
