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    Keppel & Kismet Creative Workshop & Boutique

    5.0 (2 reviews)
    Closed 12:00 pm - 4:00 PM
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Maryland Mosaics

    Maryland Mosaics

    3.0
    (2 reviews)
    12.9 mi

    What a gem! It's a little hard to find back in the business park, but once you're there it's a…read morefantastic spot. We weren't quite sure what we were looking for and the woman working was so kind and welcoming to the store. It seems like you can find basically anything you need for your mosaic projects - with wooden outlines, so many varieties of tiles, and a ton more supplies. Highly recommend, and if we keep up this new hobby, I'm sure we'll be back! Thanks, Maryland Mosaics for being a wonderful help!

    This company is going out of business and having a sale to reduce their inventory. This is…read moreobviously why they don't care about how they treat customers, although they will be open for several more months and are still encouraging sales. I placed an order for purple tile and was sent a pale green tile. I sent a polite inquiry that it seemed I had been sent the wrong product. They asked me to send a photo of what I received, so I did. At this point, Kathy told me I "must be color blind", they don't even sell a light green tile like in the photo I sent (although she went on to describe said tile so she was obviously familiar with the light green tile). Kathy was very rude and I asked if they didn't sell me this green tile, then who put it in the box and shipped it to me? Either way it wasn't the purple tile I had ordered. I gave them 3 options for resolving the issue. Replace with correct product, refund, or replace with another purple tile similar to what I had ordered. Kathy responded that since I did not want to resolve this issue (!?) she was just going to refund my money. Below is the purple tile on their website that I ordered, and the pale green tile I received. So no, I'm not color blind.

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    4.4
    (5 reviews)
    45.2 mi
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    I wanted to give this store a fair chance- I've been twice now, so my review is a combination of…read moreboth experiences. The first thing you notice when you enter the store is that everything is hodge-podged together- the "shelves" are the type of shelves you put in your basement or shed to store boxes- definitely not what you'd use for a store display. That being said, it's new and I'm sure it's expensive to open a new store, so whatever- looks aren't everything. They have a decent amount of items in the store for the size. Good quality sketch pads and pens. My major issue is the attitude of the owner. The owner of the store took every opportunity to speak poorly of the newly closed art supply store that was next door. The owner worked there for many years and opened this current store after the other store closed. When I walked in the first time, the owner was in the midst of a conversation with a customer about how "crazy" the former store owner was, etc etc. That customer left and I was the only one in the store. Since I live in the neighborhood I asked her questions about her new store- I didn't know she had any ties to the former art store in the same shopping complex, so I got to hear how awful this other owner was, how she wanted to overcharge her for everything, etc. I came in again last week to grab a sketch pad and it was the same story- I could hardly believe it. All this effort and breath wasted to put down a business that doesn't even exist anymore. I was so off-put by it, that I didn't even buy the sketchpad. As a business owner in Frederick myself, I think it's pretty easy to assume that we should all play by rule #1: do not speak ill of others when representing your business. Period. I don't know the history between the two women, but that doesn't matter to me- it's just bad business to speak poorly of others. She could have taken the opportunity to explain how she was going to do things differently, what she will carry and her hopes for the store, etc etc- instead she decided to take the low road and insult a company that is out of business and of no threat to her store. While there aren't too many places in town to purchase artist supplies from an independent dealer, I won't be shopping here again.

    The service is excellent, very helpful and friendly. We have been doing business there for years…read moreand I would highly recommend.

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