The Upcycle Trading Company

Awesome place to shop for crafty people!
The owner is great and totally reasonable on price and great trade in ability.
If you are looking to be crafty this is the place to go, trade in the old and get something new!

This locally owned and operated shop should be on the list of places to visit for any crafters and artists who work with fabric or paper, although their inventory is not limited to just those categories. They basically function as a little exchange where you can get rid of your unused or partially used, unwanted supplies in return for credit towards your own purchases.
What they have can vary, but they have a lot of vintage and contemporary paper supplies suitable for collage, découpage, scrapbooking and card making; contemporary and vintage sewing patterns, zippers and vintage buttons; beads and findings; acrylic and oil paint; vintage photographs and cards; yarn, wool, embroidery thread, counted cross stitch kits and partially or fully finished needlepoint ready to be turned into pillows; polymer clay, records and craft books. In addition, they have a random selection of other things that can change over time. While rummaging through bolts of fabric, candy molds, and enormous belt buckles, I found a pretty cool porcelain doll head, a very nice shadow box, an old fishing lure (!) to use in a mixed media piece, and an assortment of decorative wood cutouts.
Most of their items, especially at the front of the shop, are well organized, although controlled chaos rules in the very back as they regularly receive new inventory that needs to be placed. Their policy is to let the customer pay what he or she thinks is fair for some things, while other items might have a set price. Overall? They do a very good job for such a small amount of space, and you never know what you’re going to find.

Finally St Pete has a great little up cycle crafting shop! Cute little shop with tons of beads, buttons, scrabble tiles, yarn, fabric, thread, paper, stamps, need I go on? They use a pay as you can or just the suggested price, which is usually very fair.
I’ve already gone back twice for more beads and embroidery thread. Will be a regular here!

Cool spot. Great stuff. I like being able to recycle my items too.
I LOVE the coffee shop in the back. Only good coffee shop in Ybor.