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A custom map and international list of creative reuse centers – stores that sell upcycled materials, craft supplies, and more!

If you’re googling ‘ creative reuse center near me ‘ hopefully you’ll find my page! This amazing organization concept can be tough to track down because they all have different names. After stumbling on one while traveling, I decided to make a map that makes it easier to map them out. There is also an organized list below – please leave a comment if I’ve missed any that you know of! If you don’t know what a creative reuse center is, keep reading and I’ll explain.

These centers serve as secondhand stores for traditional arts and crafts supplies alongside ‘upcycled’ materials that are great for projects like plastic spools, factory offcuts of fabric or leather, old CDs, bottle tops, and more! They serve to keep things out of a landfill and often run creative classes and workshops. They’re a great place to look for creative inspiration or to pass along your old supplies or recyclables!

If you like this post, check out these others while you’re here!

• Five tips for thrift shopping to upcycle & refashion
• 20+ upcycled thread spool crafts
• What to do with old jeans – 45+ upcycle sewing tutorials
• Why you should shop at Goodwill Outlet if you sew/craft

You often pay by the pound or there is a flat rate to fill a bag, making it a really affordable way to get crafty. I’ve been to two in the past and stumbled on the most recent one by chance, so I decided to make a map of where all the active ones were so I could check it when we traveled! Please leave a comment if you know of one that I didn’t include.

I also noted thrift stores that are more traditional without the upcycled materials, just to keep it green!

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A creative reuse center near me map resource!

First, a list state by state (and international countries too) – keep scrolling to see the map at the end!

Please note that:

• I will keep this list as updated as I can via comments or feedback, but always double check before stopping by!
• Many of these places also offer workshops and classes!

Alaska

• Upcycle Annex (craft supplies only, no upcycleables)- Fairbanks, AK (this was submitted by someone who works there, she affirmed that it was open to the public and included some craft supplies!)

Arizona

• Art Resource Center– Tempe, AZ

California

• Art FORM– San Diego, CA
• Art from Scrap, Santa Barbara, California
• East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse – Oakland, CA
• Fabmo – Sunnyvale, CA
• ReCreate – Rocklin, CA
• reDiscover Center – Los Angeles, CA
• Remainders Creative Reuse– Pasadena, CA
• Reuse Arts & Crafts– Berkley, CA
• SCRAP – San Francisco, CA
• The Legacy (craft & sewing supplies ONLY, no upcycle-ables) – Sebastopol, CA

Colorado

• Art Parts Creative Reuse Center – Boulder, CO
• ReCreative Denver– Denver, CO
• Who Gives a Scrap – Colorado Springs, CO

Connecticut

• EcoWorks Creative Reuse – North Haven, CT

Florida

• Resource Depot – West Palm Beach, FL
• Reusuable Resources ADVENTURE Center – West Melbourne, FL
• The Repurpose Project – Gainesville, FL

Idaho

• The ReUse Market – Boise, ID

Iowa

• Make It Yours Upcycle Center – Maquoketa, IA
• The create/exchange– Cedar Rapids, IA

Illinois

• The Idea Room – Urbana, IL
• The WasteShed – Chicago, IL
• The WasteShed Evanston – Evanston, IL

Georgia

• Scraplanta Creative Reuse – Atlanta, GA
• Starlandia Supply (art/craft/sewing supplies ONLY, no upcycle-ables)- Savannah, GA

Kansas

• A Thrifty Notion (fabric ONLY, no upcycle-ables or craft supplies)- Ogden, KS

Louisiana

• ricRACK (fabric ONLY, no upcycle-ables or craft supplies) – New Orleans, LA

Maine

• Ruth’s Reusable Resources– Portland, ME

Maryland

• New Life Art Supply (craft & sewing supplies ONLY, no upcycle-ables)- Frederick, MD
• SCRAP B-more – Baltimore, MD

Massachusetts

• Make & Mend (craft & sewing supplies ONLY, no upcycle-ables)- Somerville, MA
• Swanson’s Fabric (fabric ONLY, no upcycle-ables or craft supplies)- Turners Falls, MA

Michigan

• Arts and Scraps – Detroit, MI
• Learning from Scratch – Grand Rapids, MI
• SCRAP Creative Reuse – Ann Arbor, MI

Minnesota

• ArtScraps Reuse Center – St. Paul, MN

Missouri

• City Sewing Room (fabric ONLY, no upcycle-ables or craft supplies)- St. Louis, MO
• Leftovers – St. Louis, MO
• Perennial– St. Louis, MO
• Scrapskc – Kansas City, MO

New York

• Craft Bits & Pieces (fabric & craft supplies ONLY, no upcycle-ables)- Fairport, NY
• Crafting For Good (fabric & craft supplies ONLY, no upcycle-ables) – North Chili, NY
• FABSCRAP (fabric ONLY, no upcycle-ables or craft supplies) – Brooklyn, NY
• Materials for the Arts – Long Island, NY
• Sew Green (fabric ONLY, no upcycle-ables or craft supplies) – Ithaca, NY
• Sew Green (fabric ONLY, no upcycle-ables or craft supplies) – Rochester, NY

North Carolina

• Reconsidered Goods – Greensboro, NC
• The Scrap Exchange – Durham, NC
• Village Fabric Shop (fabric ONLY, no upcycle-ables or craft supplies, a portion of a regular fabric store) – Winston-Salem, NC

Ohio

• Indigo Hippo– Cincinnati, OH
• Scrap 4 Art -Maumee, OH
• Scrap It Up– Cincinnati, OH
• Upcycle Parts Shop – Cleveland, OH

Oklahoma

• Sew Bewitching (fabric/sewing stuff ONLY, no upcycle-ables or craft supplies)- Oklahoma City, OK

Oregon

• MECCA – Eugene, OR
• ReClaim It – Portland, OR
• Scrap PDX – Portland, OR

Pennsylvania

• Art of Recycle – Ephrata, PA
• FABSCRAP (fabric ONLY, no upcycle-ables or craft supplies) – Philadelphia, PA
• Lancaster Creative Reuse – Lancaster, PA
• Pittsburgh Center For Creative Reuse – Pittsburgh, PA
• Scraps & Skeins – State College, Pennsylvania
• The Resource Exchange -Philadelphia, PA

South Carolina

• ReCraft Creative Reuse Center – Greenville, SC

Tennessee

• Smart Art + Craft Supplies – Nashville, TN
• Turnip Green Creative Reuse – Nashville, TN

Texas

• Austin Creative Reuse Center – Austin, TX
• Houston Center for Creative Reuse – Houston, TX
• Texas Art Asylum – Houston, TX
• The Welman Project– Forth Worth, TX
• Thistle Creative Reuse– Denton, TX

Utah

• Making Space Thrift Store (craft & sewing supplies ONLY, no upcycle-ables) – Springville, UT
• The Clever Octopus – South Salt Lake, UT

Virginia

• 757 Creative ReUse Center – Norfolk, VA
• SCRAP Creative Reuse – Richmond, VA
• The Scrappy Elephant– Charlottesvilla & Palmyra, VA
• UpCycle Creative Reuse Center – Alexandria, VA

Washington

• Art Salvage – Spokane, WA.
• Lost & Found Crafts (craft & sewing supplies ONLY, no upcycle-ables)- Olympia, WA
• Ragfinery (fabric ONLY, no upcycle-ables or craft supplies)- Bellingham, WA
• Seattle ReCreative – Seattle, WA
• Tinkertopia – Tacoma, WA

Outside the US

yes, I know these are large countries and I could be more specific, but I’m not confident selecting out cities/provinces/what have you so just check the map please 🙂

• ArtsJunktion mb – Canada
• Children’s Scrapstore – UK
• Concordia University’s Used Material Depot – Canada
• Fabcycle – Canada
• Our Social Fabric (fabric only, no craft supplies or upcycleables) – Canada
• REmida Perth – Australia
• Reverse Garbage NSW – Australia
• Scrap Creative Reuse Arts Project Ltd​ – UK
• Swindon Children’s Scrapstore – UK
• Urban Source -Canada

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