Running with Scissors Scrapbooks & Paper Art

Specialties

Open since 2015, «Running with Scissors Scrapbooks & Paper Art» is a 5,000 square foot full-​service specialty scrapbook store located in Kent, Washington. We carry beautiful and unique boutique scrapbooking supplies, including a complete palette of card stock colors to guarantee perfect color coordination. We work with vendors such as Bazzill, Art Impressions, Lawn Fawn, Memory Box, Doodlebug Designs, Simple Stories, Bo Bunny Press, Prima, Kaisercraft, Graphic 45, PSA Essentials, My Sweet Petunia and many more!

We’re the #1 choice for patterned paper and embellishments, wood décor to enhance our clients’ home environments, as well as ribbon, adhesives and innovative paper crafting tools. For a more personalized experience, browse our custom-​designed lines of paper and embellishments for local schools, attractions and sports teams. We offer classes and crops to spark the imagination and satisfy the artistic needs of our clients. Looking for some inspiration? Stop in and let us help make your life a little more beautiful.

Mission: To be the Northwest’s premier scrapbooking destination. We will achieve this goal by creating a welcoming store environment, delivering exceptional customer service experiences and by utilizing the finest products that our industry has to offer in new and creative ways.

Core Values:

1. Golden Rule: Treat others as you would like to be treated.

2. Passion: Love what we do and remember why we do it.

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History

Established in 2015.

We opened for business on March 13, 2015.

Meet the Business Owner

Melinda B.

Business Owner

I have worked in the customer service industry for over 25 years. I love meeting new people and my relationships with others are extremely important to me. The first fifteen years of my career were spent as a licensed cosmetologist and aesthetician, working for client-​centered employers such as Nordstrom, Chanel, Estee Lauder and Sephora.

After a health condition changed my career path, my love for scrapbooking was re-​ignited! I worked and taught classes at the Scrapbook Nook from early 2005 until they closed their doors at the end of 2014. Through the years the thought of opening my own store would come and go but it wasn’t until the Nook was closing that I realized that I was not yet ready for this chapter of my life to be behind me.

With the support of my wonderful husband, Bryan, and our two children, Tyler and Katelen, I began to develop the concept for the store. I was excited. I was scared. (With so many local, independent stores closing was I nuts to even consider doing this