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Exhibit 99.2

        NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY
FOR OFFER TO EXCHANGE

$800,000,000 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF ITS 73/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE NOVEMBER 1, 2018,
WHICH HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED,
FOR ANY AND ALL OF ITS OUTSTANDING 73/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE NOVEMBER 1, 2018

MICHAELS STORES, INC.

 
        THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON                        , 2011 (THE "EXPIRATION DATE") UNLESS EXTENDED. 

        Registered holders of outstanding 73/4% Senior Notes due November 1, 2018 (the "Outstanding Notes") who wish to tender their Outstanding Notes in exchange for a like principal amount of new 73/4% Senior Notes due November 1, 2018 (the "Exchange Notes") and whose Outstanding Notes are not immediately available or who cannot deliver their Outstanding Notes and Letter of Transmittal (and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal) to Law Debenture Trust Company of New York (the "Exchange Agent") prior to the Expiration Date, may use this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery or one substantially equivalent hereto. This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be delivered by hand or sent by facsimile transmission (receipt confirmed by telephone and an original delivered by guaranteed overnight courier) or mailed to the Exchange Agent. See "The Exchange Offers—Procedures for Tendering" in the Prospectus.

The Exchange Agent is:

LAW DEBENTURE TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK

By Regular Mail or Overnight Courier:   By Facsimile
(for Eligible Institutions only):

LAW DEBENTURE TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
400 Madison Ave—4th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Attn: James Jones

 

(212) 750-1361

By Registered & Certified Mail:
LAW DEBENTURE TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
400 Madison Ave—4th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Attn: James Jones

 

In Person by Hand Only:
LAW DEBENTURE TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
400 Madison Ave—4th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Attn: James Jones

 

For Information or Confirmation by Telephone:

(212) 750-6474

        Delivery of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to an address other than as set forth above or transmission via a facsimile transmission to a number other than as set forth above will not constitute a valid delivery.

        This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is not to be used to guarantee signatures. If a signature on a Letter of Transmittal is required to be guaranteed by an Eligible Guarantor Institution (as defined in the Prospectus), such signature guarantee must appear in the applicable space provided on the Letter of Transmittal for Guarantee of Signatures.


Ladies and Gentlemen:

        The undersigned hereby tenders the principal amount of Outstanding Notes indicated below, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Prospectus dated            , 2011 of Michaels Stores, Inc. (the "Prospectus"), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged.


 
DESCRIPTION OF OUTSTANDING NOTES TENDERED

 
Name of Tendering Holder
  Name and address of
registered holder as
it appears on the
Outstanding Notes
(Please Print)

  Certificate
Number(s) of
Outstanding Notes
Tendered (or
Account Number at
Book-Entry Facility)

  Principal Amount
of Outstanding
Notes Tendered


 
      

     

      

      


 

 
 
  SIGN HERE
 
 

 

Name of Registered or Acting Holder:

 

 

 

 
           

  Signature(s):        
           

  Name(s) (please print):        
           

  Address:        
           

  Telephone Number:        
           

  Date:        
           

  If Outstanding Notes will be tendered by book-entry transfer, provide the following information:    

  DTC Account Number:        
           

  Date:        
           
 
 

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THE FOLLOWING GUARANTEE MUST BE COMPLETED

GUARANTEE OF DELIVERY
(Not to be used for signature guarantee)

        The undersigned, a member of a recognized signature guarantee medallion program within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, hereby guarantees to deliver to the Exchange Agent its address set forth on the reverse hereof, the certificates representing the Outstanding Notes (or a confirmation of book-entry transfer of such Outstanding Notes into the Exchange Agent's account at the book-entry transfer facility), together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), with any required signature guarantees, and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal within five business days after the Expiration Date (as defined in the Letter of Transmittal).

Name of Firm:    


 

 


 
    (Authorized Signature)

Address:

 

Title:


 

 


 

 

 

Name:


 

 


 
(Zip Code)   (Please type or print)

Area Code and Telephone No.:

 

 

 

 

Date:


 

 


 

NOTE:    DO NOT SEND OUTSTANDING NOTES WITH THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY. OUTSTANDING NOTES SHOULD BE SENT WITH YOUR LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

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