EXHIBIT (b)(vi)

                                   DEMAND NOTE

$15,000,000                                                     October 21, 2004

     ON DEMAND, for value received, the undersigned, CRAFTS RETAIL HOLDING
CORP., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to the order of HARRIS TRUST AND
SAVINGS BANK (the "Bank") at its offices at 111 West Monroe Street, Chicago,
Illinois, the principal sum of Fifteen Million and No/100 Dollars
($15,000,000.00) or, if less, the amount outstanding under the Harris Loan
Authorization Agreement referred to below together with interest payable at the
times and at the rates and in the manner set forth in the Harris Loan
Authorization Agreement referred to below.

     This Note evidences borrowings and other extensions of credit for the
account of the undersigned under that certain Harris Loan Authorization
Agreement dated as of September 13, 2004, between the undersigned and the Bank;
and this Note and the holder hereof are entitled to all the benefits provided
for under the Harris Loan Authorization Agreement, to which reference is hereby
made for a statement thereof. The undersigned hereby waives presentment and
notice of dishonor. The undersigned agrees to pay to the holder hereof all court
costs and other reasonable expenses, legal or otherwise, incurred or paid by
such holder in connection with the collection of this Note. It is agreed that
this Note and the rights and remedies of the holder hereof shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Illinois.

     This Note is issued in substitution and replacement for, and evidences
indebtedness previously evidenced by, that certain Note of Crafts Retail Holding
Corp. dated September 13, 2004, payable to the Bank in the principal amount of
$8,000,000.

                                          CRAFTS RETAIL HOLDING, CORP.


                                          By: /s/ Kevin Feinblum
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                                              Name:  Kevin Feinblum
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                                              Title: Vice President
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