Hobby Lobby

I love Hobby Lobby! I could spend hours there walking up and down the aisles. I like to buy when they have their sales which are every week! I just wish customers would acknowledge you with a hello or may I help you? Every time I’ve needed help I have to go up to a cashier and rudely interrupt to ask for assistance. I also wish there was more farmhouse like décor. Being closed on Sunday’s also sucks.

I read these reviews and people are literally complaining about how big the store is… I’m unclear on how having a huge selection of anything and everything you could even think of and things you’d never thought of before as a bad thing. I see that as a positive thing. Just wandering the aisles will spark your creativity. I’m an artist, I stick to mostly using just plain old ballpoint pens. But after checking out hobby lobby I’ve now delved into watercolors. Which they have in cake pan form. Watercolor pencils, liquid Watercolor, and even Watercolor crayons. My 4 year old loves going with me and picking out an art project to do. Such an awesome place! I’ve never had a negative interaction with any employees there and always walk out happy.

There is just so much cheap clutter everywhere it makes me nervous.
I feel that their craft supplies are overpriced and their styles a little bit out of date.

Great place to come for craft and home décor items. Always have coupons available for you to use.

Whenever I have an urge to make my own soy wax candles, latch-​hook a rug, or need fabric for my next quilt I go to Hobby Lobby. They have every sort of accessory you would need for whatever craft you’re currently interested in.
Things that I have searched high and low for online or at other big box craft stores are in stock at Hobby Lobby and are also reasonably priced. My favorite part is that Hobby Lobby employees know their shelf contents like the back of their hand. On multiple occasions I have been able to ask them about a vague hard to find item and have always been told (to my absolute DELIGHT) exactly what aisle and on what section of the shelf. I love that I can ask a question and have someone happily help. It’s a drive from where I live but the plethora of supplies they carry as well as the service I receive is what makes it worth my while.

I am a huge fan of a competitor of this store. They do have some great items, but their prices are a bit higher and they do not take compeititor coupons. They do sell a larger selection of art products and doll house items if that is what you are looking at buying.
Both locations in town are a bit of a drive for me and I will only go there if I absolutely need to. They are also not open on Sunday’s so if you are in need of craft items on Sunday you will need to look elsewhere.

I think they have a good selection here. And I have the app where I can have access to a 40% off coupon for a full price item. If i do not need help and come at a non popular shopping time, its good. Where they are lacking is in customer service. Lines are always really long and it seems confusing for people making returns. I also needed help in the fabric dept. and the 2 ladies I talked to were both older and really confused at what I was asking for. All I wanted to know was if a certain spool of ribbon was in stock but they were awful and both made me feel like an idiot after talking to them :(

Hobby Lobby is like a Wal-​Mart version of a craft store: huge with poor customer service. I’ve been there a couple of times, but today was the worst. I waited in line for about ten minutes behind a woman who was trying to return something. Based on the interaction going on between the woman and the cashier, I won’t being trying to return anything there soon– they were very unhelpful while the woman was trying to be very reasonable. When it was finally my turn, the cashier asked me to walk to another check-​out. This was all after spending 20 minutes trying to find double-​stick tape (which I never found).
I, like the woman who was attempting to return something, will not shop there again.

This place is like a Michaels/​TJ maxx/​Big Lots rolled into one, read: MASSIVE. Go in with a list or I swear you will get side tracked and forget why you even went in the first place. Join their email list for a % off coupon. This location is way out of my way but I went in to check it out. I would return if I needed something craft related and was in the are. On the upside, there is a Lowe’s so if your dude needed to go man-​craft and you wanted to look around that’s an option…

I’m not really looking to pick up any more hobbies. I’ve got a stack of half-​attented ones that beg to be picked up in my free time. So a trip to Hobby Lobby requires the blinders or you’ll get sucked into project-​think. «Ooh yes, I could replace the knobs, hooks, and switch plates out for rustic ones,» and «of course I need a new wreath – why don’t I get the silk flowers and make it myself,» and also, «I’d love to start painting, here’s the canvas and paints.»
It’s quite the the overload. But in a good way. In a way that, in the end, gives you a cuter house, or at least a house with more stuff in it that you did instead of going out and getting into trouble.
Peruse the art section (do it yourself), the framed art (for non-​painters looking for décor), the silk flowers, beads, model planes/​trains/​cars, and a custom framing shop. Fabrics (wait – I saw fabric there, right?) and approximately 8.2 gazillion other crafty McCrafty items at you disposal. Just go in knowing what you’re after or you’ll leave with all your free time wrapped in crafts for the next year.

Hobby Lobby is… I don’t know. It’s huge. And a bit overwheming. And they have everything you’d ever want or need. But, good luck finding it.
I should probably preface by saying, I’m not the world’s craftiest person. But I am a teacher, and a mom, and I have a home, so there are occasions when I might go to a craft/​framing store. And now, I don’t know… I’m ambivalent. It’s just that there was Roberts, which was closer to me, and I knew my way around, and it was nice and small but still had everything I’d ever want or need. But then came Hobby Lobby, which is huge and I’m sure fantastic to all the super-​crafty people out there. But soon after, Roberts closed. And once again I feel lost and overwhelmed. So, in short, we’ll have to see. I’m not crazy about it, but I’m willing to give it a shot.