Hobby Lobby

My wife drags me there but I always seem to spend more then her:(
Always great deals.
Something for everyone.
They are closed on sundays which sucked when I drove 35 minutes to the store and they were closed but you have to respect them for giving up profit for what they believe in.

This place has everything. It’s like a TJMaxx and a craft store in one. Sometimes they have better prices and some times they don’t. I did get an item here that I couldn’t find anywhere else. Service is good also. Employees drop what they are doing to show you where to find an item.
They also have coupons online and a smartphone app that offers coupons on non sale items. Great after holiday sales!

I took my daughter here a few times when it first opened. The prices where a little high and some stuff is definitely cheap. A lot of the metal chains my daughter used for necklaces broke. I don’t go in there unless I have a coupon now. When I first went there I thought we would be going there a lot more, but now we mostly get our supplies online again.

Was so excited to see Hobby Lobby come to town and love the selection.
However:
1. I find the prices to be higher
2. The quality of some of their items is just really bad
3. I HATE their checkout system
4. What is on «sale» always seems to be open to interpretation
5. Being closed on Sunday just doesn’t work for people who work full time
Other than that, it’s ok.

Just to quickly respond to Colin’s review, I hardly think the store is pushing their agenda on anyone. They offer a benefit package, if an employee doesnt find it suits their needs, they are free to go elsewhere. That is how the free market works and news flash: that actually is the principal on which this country has prospered. That being said, it doesnt look like they are having a hard time finding people who want to work there. Politics aside though, I really really love this store. They have literally everything, the store is huge. We just re-​did my daughters room with a beach/​underwater theme. i thought it was going to be hard to do but one trip to this store and we had most of what we needed. I left there the other day thinking their baskets were pricey, only to find them more expensive at target. Plus on both the hobby lobby app and on the website, they have a daily coupon for 40% off of your most expensive item. You don’t even have to print the coupon, you can just pull it up on your phone. You could go there every day and buy one thing and save 40% on everything you buy. We always buy bday presents here for our kids friends bc of that reason. Plus the employees seem friendly and extremely knowledgable compared to the other craft stores. I think its a great place.

I was there yesterday just to see wha they had and it is a crafters heaven. If you are a hobbiest, this is not your store. But fabric? The patterns are different than Jo-Ann’s. If you want inspirational encouragement, check out the wall plaques, if you are looking for miniatures, they have a selection of them. Not so in the other craft stores. They have a large selection of every craft supply. Often I have had to go from one store to another or have had to settle for alternative things. I don’t see that happening at Hobby Lobby. The flower section is huge and orderly with unusual pieces. Prices are in line with the other craft stores, the store is well lit and spacious. Pleasant music is playing in the background while you go from aisle to aisle picking up ideas. My family really enjoyed our visit, we strolled around 3 hours and I had to strongly encourage them to leave. We had 2 full wagons! I saw some fall themed items but no Halloween (witches, ghosts and goblins). I am guessing that is based on the corporations Christian values. Bravo. So many people are afraid to express their belief in God. It is a shame that there are so few who will take that stand. For me and my family, we can’t wait to go back again.

Yikes. I’ll never step foot into this place again and will join the existing ranks of those who boycott this chain. Let me tell you why.
Once I found out what was under construction in this poorly conceived commercial area, I had to wonder why a craft store chain would choose to build a brand new, oversized big box type building
— during a depressed economy
— in a perpetually depressed area
— in the immediate vicinity of three other big box craft stores.
Their answer to this question? Their invisible sky wizard told them to. Seriously. It says so in their mission statement.
I didn’t know this ahead of time, and curiosity (and their cutesy name) got the best of me, so I recently went to check this place out. I already had the notion that they were insane to think that the Scranton area could support a *fourth* big box craft store.
Here are the basics:
— the store is clean (new) and enormous
— Hobby Lobby tries to be the jack-​of-​all-​crafts by virtue of size and selection, yet fails to excel in any particular area (except for one)
— That one area in which they excel? Here’s a hint: the date of my visit was September 25 and I did not take notice of any Halloween merchandise
— The three nearby competitors (JoAnn Fabric, A.C. Moore and Michaels) each excel in specific departments
— Checkout is poorly marked and crammed into a smallish area (given the size of the store) with tallish walls and no indication of who is available to ring you up
— The bare fluorescent lights that run the full length of the ceiling are harsh and unappealing
— Even though the store literally just opened, there is already a clearance section… huh?
— While walking around, plenty of zombie-​like employees shuffled around looking pretty miserable
Furthermore:
— The name «Hobby Lobby» sounds like a store that should carry things that appeal to more than just the church lady/​cat lady/​holiday-​sweater-​wearing crowd. For example, there is no model train merchandise.
— The selection of fabric — across the board — is pathetic. Maybe 10% of what JoAnn offers, at best.
— On the other hand, the selection of home accessories and décor is excessive; there is nothing especially distinctive one couldn’t already find at Pier 1, Target, Burlington Coat Factory, TJ Maxx/Marshall’s, etc.
Finally:
— They are closed on Sundays with a sign near the door proclaiming that this allows their employees to «worship.» Brilliant. Closed for 50% of the weekend. This is a small market with 3 major competitors all of which are open for at least 9 hours on Sundays.
— Not only did they lack Halloween merchandise (their website yields just 53 items when searching for «Halloween,» most of which are listed under «scrapbooking»), they have a huge selection of religious items. Did you need a bible verse doormat, an entire aisle of religious greeting cards or maybe feel the need to update your collection of crosses (127 different crosses to choose from, but only 53 Halloween related items)? This is the place to go.
— Hobby Lobby is suing the federal government over the Affordable Care Act, even in the wake of the Supreme Court decision, because it feels it has the right to shove its twisted agenda down its employees’ throats. I find this reprehensible. It is not, under any circumstances, the place of an employer to dictate the private medical choices of an employee.
Thankfully, Scranton consumers have a choice, even if Hobby Lobby is anti-​choice. My choices:
The highest quality and best selection of silk flowers with stellar service and decades of arrangement experience? Visit Keen’s Floral in Greenridge (seriously).
A vast selection of fabrics in every texture, density, pattern, color or application you can think of? JoAnn, naturally.
Framing? Michaels or any independent framer.
Baking, candy or t-​shirts? A.C. Moore.
Anything else? Anywhere but Hobby Lobby.