Michaels Arts & Crafts Store of Matthews, N.C., is one of more than 800 Michaels stores in operation throughout the United States and Canada. For more than 20 years, the family of Michaels Stores have become one of the nations largest specialty retailers of arts and crafts materials. Offering an assortment of products, Michaels provide the ideas and education to complete an array of artistic, leisure and home d cor projects. Michaels product offerings include arts, crafts, framing, floral, wall d cor and seasonal merchandise. The company carries more than 40,000 items. In 2004, Michaels maintained 805 stores.