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Great store: Arnie’s Arts ‘N’ Crafts
If you find yourself heading up I-75 to the great Michigan land above (known only as Up North to us lower, low pennisula types), make sure to take a break around Houghton Lake. For there you will find a crafter’s dream that goes by the name Arnie’s Arts ‘n’ Crafts. I have a feeling some of you have already been.
The place is huge. A quick Google search returned no results for just how big (journalism degree, go!) but, trust me, it’s huge.And it’s got like everything you could ever want.
Basket supplies? Check.
Enough stickers to choke on? Check.
I kinda got too excited about the variety of plastic canvas colors. (It was at this point that my sister went to wait in the car.)
Now for a sentimental break. I like to think Arnie’s has a special place in the history of Handmade Detroit — I went to high school in Houghton Lake and this was the place I went a lot.
Anyway, if you’re heading Up North, or already there, make sure to give Arnie’s a visit. A few more photos of Arnie’s store on my Flickr.
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This post was written by Stephanie on October 16th, 2009. She filed it in the Feature and Michigan, Etc. categories , and tagged it with arnie's arts 'n' crafts, craft stores, craft tour, craft travel, houghton lake michigan, michigan craft tour, up north activities. So far, 6 people have responded. If you enjoyed it and you'd like to read some related posts, try one of these:
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to this comment On October 16, 2009 at 8:35 am Christina said:
Oh my gosh, I LOVE that place. My husband’s family used to have a cabin in Houghton Lake, and we’d go up there on Memorial Day weekend for the city-wide garage sale. I loved Arnie’s because they had good yarn there - not just the cheap acrylic stuff.
to this comment On October 16, 2009 at 8:52 am Stephanie said:
That’s great!
Where on the lake was the cabin?
to this comment On October 20, 2009 at 1:58 pm Christina said:
It was on the south side of the lake. It was just a tiny little thing, made by his grandpa out of cinderblocks. I wish his family still had that place.
to this comment On October 19, 2009 at 1:46 pm Megan said:
Seriously, the memories I have of that store … thanks for the pictures. Years ago we always used to stop there and pick out an iron-on for sweatshirts.
to this comment On October 20, 2009 at 12:14 pm Liz said:
My grandma and I used to road-trip it to this store all the time. She sold her own crafts for many, many years and this was her one-stop shop. Thanks for recognizing good ol’ Arnie’s!
to this comment On October 28, 2009 at 9:01 pm Jen said:
Mother and I would spend hours in Arnie’s. Every summer it would be the highlight to go and get my new set of craft supplies.
I love this, thank you for sharing.