Urban Scrapbooker

I’m totally shocked at the negative reviews! Urban Scrapbooker is a wonderful store. The owner, Brooke, remembered my name after ONE visit and always takes a minute to chat, even if the story is busy. She special orders just about anything, and does regular pre-​orders for popular craft items that aren’t yet released (e.g., Tim Holtz Ideology embellishments).
The store is very well stocked. There is an excellent selection of high quality paper, ranging from solid colors to the newest lines from companies like Graphic 45, October Afternoon, and so on. There is also a modest but good selection of rubber stamps (this isn’t a stamp store after all) and it’s growing. Many of the stamps the store carries have corresponding dies, which she also carries. Speaking of dies, Urban Scrapbooker stocks a lot of them and the selection is growing. There are embellishments galore, and also has a great selection of mixed media products: Dylusions paint, Copic markers, Distress inks/​pens/​stains, alcohol inks, etc.
Brooke now offers a variety of cardcrafting, mixed media, and technique classes, and almost all of them are very reasonably priced. She also offers make & takes on a regular basis.
Is Urban Scrapbooker spendy? Sometimes. But no more so than any other independently owned business. Money’s always tight for me, but I’d rather spend a little more on my craft supplies to support a local business than add to Michael’s, JoAnn’s, or Hobby Lobby’s profit margin. Besides, most of the things you find at Urban Scrapbooker are things you can’t find at the big box stores.
Oh and read the filtered reviews: They paint a much more accurate picture than the unfiltered review.

Really kind of a shame the reviews are so bad because Brooke is actually very nice…
Some things are a little expensive, but it’s really not a big deal. I love this little place. :)

If you want to be treated like unworthy trash, then go to this store. If you want to be treated like a human being, and get waited on by someone at least pleasant, go to hobby Lobby.
The owner here is so rude and mean immediately when you just step in the door. So hostile, without saying a word! The body language and atmosphere of this store is horrible!
This was the third time I tried going in here, and I’ve had it with the owner being rude and making me feel bad, like I am bothering them because I’m trying to buy something.. Doesn’t she want the business? Honestly, if you go into business serving the public then try to be a people person! I work hard for my money. I will never ever step foot in that place again and she needs to just make it a private club for her people she likes to scrap with.

Not pleased. I got a Groupon for here awhile back and it expired a few months ago. Per Groupon’s policy, they still accept them, just at face value instead of for the discount. We had huge family health problems over the past 6 months and I never made it in, but was so excited to finally be able to go in and get some goodies. I drove all the way from Everett to be told that they didn’t have a scanner to read it. I have used expired Groupons other places so I suggested she could just cross it off her list. She told me that there was no list and that it was too late. I should just call Groupon and get a refund. My friend and I both had Groupons and were ready to spend more than the value on a nice little spree. The whole point of Groupon is to get people to come in and get to know your business. What a total turn off.

I used to go to the Scrapbook Pad for my scrapbooking needs but now that it isn’t an option any more, I landed onto this place.
It’s the nearest to me, although I live in Seattle, that has everything I’m looking for as far as layouts, paper, stickers, ribbons etc.
There’s a huge sale rack on the back which is nice.
A couple times I’d gone to the scrapbook pad and they didn’t have what I was looking for but this place had a huge selection.
They were a bit pricey in my opinion though =/​ (Only downfall which makes a bug difference).

I have been shopping at Urban Scrapbooker for almost as long as the store has been open. I’ve taken several classes and I always learn something great; a new technique, how to use products/​what the best product is for a given task (and often how to use something that I’ve purchased and then has been sitting around waiting for me to figure it out). Brooke (the owner) is always friendly and helpful. I’ve often stopped in with a half-​formed idea and she is always willing to help me flesh out the idea — and usually makes it better than it would have been
09÷16÷13 — Just noticed that my review had been filtered out, as have almost all of the good review for this store, so I’m hoping this update will put it back out there. Three years later, and I still regularly shop at Urban Scrapbooker. The store has changed a lot in that time — she now carries tons of mixed media art supplies (Tim Holtz, anyone?) and a bigger selection of those things than I’ve seen anywhere. Brooke is still always willing to offer helpful tips and the classes offered here are fabulous and priced just right.

Unlike the other reviewers, my experience was not so good.
Brooke was a flat out bitch when I asked her about some ordering a popular line of paper for me (I was willing to prepay to get it even though she charges 20% more than other places for the same items). I was interested in her Washington paper but it is all curled and faded. Definitely not worth $ 2 a sheet! Her selection is poor and there isn’t a good variety of supplies. A lot of it is old and out dated but still marked up ridiculously high.
I won’t be back.

This is a new scrapbooking store, located right on Edmonds Way (Highway 104) on the way to the ferry terminal. When I was in, they had been open only a little more than a month. The owner was there, and she was very nice and helpful.
The selection is smaller right now, but she has been bringing new things in on almost a weekly basis. There was a variety of paper, stickers and other ephemera to choose from, as well as your basic supplies.
The prices on some of the stickers were a little high, while some were incredibly low. The higher priced stuff was things I’d never seen before, so the higher cost would be worth it if you want something new and unique.