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Diy-ing from across the border- Help?

Justine, on July 10, 2022 at 00:04 Posted in DIY 0 6

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This might be a little bit of a weird one for the community. I'm in the US, my fiance is in NB, and we're getting married on his side of the border. We're DIY-ing most of this because I'm stubborn and don't like foisting off responsibility onto third parties. The trick is, being a lowly southerner, I don't know where I should be looking for supplies that I can work on when I'm up visiting and planning this geeky-madness that will be our wedding. The most I've ever seen that I'm familiar with is Michaels, and running google searches is also kind of useless because my IP pings in the States, so even if I search for say "Fredericton" as an area, I still get answers for the US, or at best, Toronto. Any craft supply store suggestions for your (very lost & confused) southern sister?

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Latest activity by Malyssa, on July 11, 2022 at 13:23

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Malyssa · On July 11, 2022 at 13:23
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Just did a quick search and I think Michaels would be your best bet. They do have some dollaramas, no Dollar tree.
Also, sometimes places like thrift stores can be great for finding items! looks like they have a value village and a few smaller shops. (i've found alot of items at thrift stores. )
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Carine · On July 11, 2022 at 08:47
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Michaels is great, I found a lot of wedding stuff at dollarama, but like Rayanne mentioned check Facebook marketplace for wedding stuff in his area, you'd be surprised how much people are trying to get rid of stuff from their wedding.
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Justine · On July 10, 2022 at 18:00
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I drive in (flying has been too unpredictable and expensive) so that was going to be most of what I'm doing, but I wanted to see if there's anything that I'd be missing when I'm up there. From experience, the less I have to truck through Border Patrol, the better.
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Hank · On July 10, 2022 at 17:47
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If you're personally flying in every now and then, I would buy stuff in the states and bring it in your luggage. Even if your stuff is triggered by customs, trinkets like that won't be taxed much. Fredericton is a smaller city compared to most Canadian major cities (there are less people in the whole province of NB than a suburb in Ontario) so whatever selection you find up there will be limited compared to where you are.
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Lissa · On July 10, 2022 at 10:17
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I agree with what Rayanne said. I’m a big crafter and Michael’s is the only large scale store we have (no Joann or hobby lobby etc).
Dollartree is in Canada and they get a lot of the same supplies as the US store. You’ll have to check if they’re in NB
Dollarama is a Canadian dollar store and they have a decent craft isle as well
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Rayanne · On July 10, 2022 at 09:11
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I would try the marketplace in his area. You'll get super cheap (already put together in some cases) decor that if you keep searching might work for you. Canada really doesn't have much besides Micheals as far as I know and I've lived here all my life.
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