Michaels’ Announces Grand Opening Date at Redstone

Michaels’ craft store is planning a large grand opening for its Stoneham store including giveaways and prizes.

The store will open at Redstone Shopping Center at 119 Main St. on March 23 at 10 a.m. A special ribbon cutting will be held at 9:45 a.m.

Heather Byrd, a spokeswoman for Michaels, said Michaels will be giving away more than $1,000 in gift cards and prizes hourly throughout the day.

There will even be a Plinko prize board with jewelry, art supplies, stickers and other items. Byrd noted that attendees can also photograph themselves at the Michaels photo booth and share pictures on social media using the hashtags #getcrafty #Stoneham.

Free in-store craft demos will be held the entire first week from 6 to 8 p.m. and customers can enter to win a gift basket nightly. There will also be Saturday kids’ craft events for $2.

“We are thrilled to be joining Stoneham community and we hope everyone will come out to help us celebrate during our grand opening week,” said District Manager Brett Ramsdell. “Our new store features thousands of products that will inspire every crafter at any level from beginner to expert, plus classes for our customers to learn new skills in painting, cake decorating, knitting, scrapbooking and more.”

According to Michaels, the Stoneham store is approximately 21,491 square-feet and will have 60 employees.

The Stoneham store will also: 

"Feature an open design with wider aisles, warm colors and brighter lighting. Key departments are expanded and re-organized for easy shopping:   

• Home Décor & Floral offers everything the DIY decorator needs to make a house a home, with wall art, tabletop décor, dried and silk floral, vases, candles, decorative storage boxes and seasonal items. Expert floral designers create one-of-a-kind arrangements to order to suit any décor or budget.

• The scrapbooking and paper crafts department features more than 3,000 styles of stickers and embellishments organized by themes like birthday, holiday, sports and travel. New varieties of loose paper, card stock, “bling” and a vast assortment of punches, stamps and ink pads, edging, electronic and manual die cutting, cropping tools, organizers, storage, adhesives and other necessities create a comprehensive selection for creating cards, home décor, personalized art and scrapbook pages.

• The jewelry department has more than 6,000 different styles of pre-strung and packaged beads including 1,900 bead strands, Swarovski crystals, specialty findings, pendants, charms and tools for everyone from beginner to expert beader. Michaels offers customers a chance to learn new techniques through its jewelry making classes.  

• The kids and tweens department provides parents with a total solution to inspire their children's imagination through in-store crafting events and an expanded selection of art supplies such as crayons, markers, paint, craft sticks, pompoms, chenille stems, feathers, glitter and much more. Creativity is a breeze with apparel items such as Tulip Fashion paint, T-shirts and Duck® tape, plus a large selection of Crayola® products, activity kits and Creatology®foam.

• The art supplies area includes an expanded canvas selection and fine art papers with more shapes and larger sizes, more than 230 brushes and a broad selection of acrylic, oil and watercolor paints. Brushes and other products are arranged by skill level from student to professional to help any artist buy with confidence.