We offer our community a place where they can re-home creative items they no longer need and find surprising treasures to inspire new projects. 

We accept donations of clean, usable arts & crafts supplies and we help them find new homes - keeping them out of the waste stream while providing affordable, accessible art supplies to the north shore area of Boston, MA.

History

Creative Chaos Emporium was founded in summer 2025 by author/illustrator Sarah Lynne Reul, Stephanie Hannus & Janet Cohen.‍ ‍

We began by collecting donations at local upcycled art-making events that we hosted throughout Fall 2025, and we collaborated with the Arts Collaborative of Wakefield on a winter holiday sale at the Albion Cultural Exchange. Since then, we have helped to save over 14,000 pounds (7 tons) of arts & crafts supplies that might have otherwise gone to landfills or languished in basements and attics.

Current Location

Creative Chaos Emporium is excited to be partnering with Project Pop-Up & the town of Wakefield to host a brick & mortar storefront at 239 North Ave in Wakefield, Massachusetts!‍

We are happy to share that our contract was extended through December 2026!

Our partnership with Project Pop-Up began in late January 2026, when we opened the shop. We were originally contracted to run through the end of September - but we recently received the news that we will be able to stay through the end of December!

Into the Future!

We’re hoping to find a way to keep the shop going past December (either in our current space or at another location if needed), if we can make it work financially to cover market rent, business expenses and living wages for our staff.

Please tell everyone you know about our shop, so we can continue to connect creators with a treasure trove of inspiring & sustainable materials!