Hobby Lobby

I’m torn on this place. On one hand, I love the fact that the selection is great and there are some good deals. On the other hand, I hate the lines and the fact that they manually enter prices into the register. There was a sign saying my frame was half off. The girl at the register decided that it was not half off and refused to give me the right price or even check the display. I won’t be back. I don’t have the patience for that.

I just discovered Hobby Lobby a few weeks ago. It is fantastic. The amount of crafting materials they offer is amazing. They also have a ton of home décor. I can’t help but find myself here once a week since I discovered it! (They don’t have any where I grew up!)

This store is absolutely huge but here’s the problem. Nobody wants to help. I tried asking for help to find something and the associate gave me an attitude like I should know where everything was. This place being religious and closing on Sunday’s you think the associates would be a little kinder or more helpful but no. On another occasion I asked an associate where something was and I got a sarcastic «well have you ever been here before». They should have a map of they aren’t going to help me. And some of the prices are a little too high with some selections being small. Overall I will shopping at Michael’s from now on.

Great place with friendly service, I will definitely be giving them more of my business.

I’ve shopped at Michael’s for years. Shopping at Michael’s entails watching the Sunday paper for their ad and clipping the 40% off any single item coupon. With coupon in hand, proceed to buy one item per week when I’m in the neighborhood. Otherwise, the stuff is priced twice what it’s worth.
I went to Hobby Lobby and bought art supplies, and they were noticeably cheaper than I was used to paying. Last week, I bought clay and it was 30% off. This week, jewelry making supplies were 50% off! They have the best selection of yarn anywhere, and their house brand «I love this yarn» is very nice. Also, they are the only ones that carry Yarn Bee, which is also very good stuff. I’m digging it. A manager told me to download their app, which I did, and I’m checking the weekly offers. I get a 40% coupon with the app I can use once a day! Also, sales repeat about every 15 days.
My one big gripe about the place is the long lines at the registers. They don’t use a barcode scanner! They said it saves money, but you’ve got to stand there while they look up your stuff in a book and punch in each item. Aargh! They are also slow to replace items and I’ve gone week after week to find things I use regularly out of stock.
I don’t care that the owner of the company is religious and fought Obama’s not to have to provide employees with birth control. They don’t pay for Viagra do they? Are we upset?
They’re religious. The place has bibles for sale at the registers. There’s tins of Christian mints the little Jesus fish on them at the registers. Religious motivational plaques. Two aisles of them. I get it. It’s a religions themed craft store. If you don’t like it, don’t shop there. As long as their prices are better, I don’t care if they worship cats like the Egyptians, I’m shopping there. In fact, I’m picking up a «Let the spirit move you» sign for the bathroom!

If I could give less than one star, I would. Screw you Hobby Lobby. I hope nobody ever steps foot in your crappy stores again.

Once I passed my purity test, donned my modesty bonnet, and was assigned my requisite Hobby Lobby male escort to make sure I didn’t make any silly uterus-​based purchases, I was free to shop! I saw heathen yarns of mixed fibers and a plethora of products made in China. Surely, these items were there accidentally as they are clearly not in keeping with a company of Hobby Lobby’s high commitment to all things Christian. Sadly, I will not be able to confirm that these steps have been taken as I failed the exit interview and was banned for life. Pro-​tip: when you are leaving and they ask you «Do you now or have you ever considered yourself a human being, capable of making choices for yourself?» the correct answer is not «Yes, what kind of an idiotic question is that?»
Also, limited parking for the time machines required to get here.

Prior to my most recent visit… I had visited a Hobby Lobby only once before out in Warwick, RI area. My mother was actually the one to suggest checking it out as I had never heard of it. Excited that Seekonk seems to be expanding a bit in the way of craft stores (YAYAYAYAYAY!!!) I was more than happy to stop by here the other day to check out what they had to offer.
Prepare to be blown away by the sheer volume of items within this location. I visited on a Saturday morning… parking lot filled to the brim. Surprisingly though, it seemed like there weren’t nearly as many people inside as there were cars out (though I assume this is due to the enormous square footage of this business). There is an aisle for almost every art and craft imaginable. I was interested to see what each held and found myself wandering for some time deciding what to use my 40% off coupon on. There are scrapbook supplies, floral arrangements, reproduced antique signage, yarn, canvas/​paints, fabrics, picture frames, beading/​jewelry, home accents, needlework and so so so so so much more.
The employees are extremely helpful and genuinely seemed interested in whatever project you are shopping for. After much perusing… I ultimately purchased several yards of a hard-​to-​find fleece fabric pattern I happened across as well as a large sheet of bulletin board cover paper.
I would certainly place this store in my lineup of art/​craft suppliers, though I’m not sure I would primarily shop here and no where else. The sale prices are fantastic when you can catch them (along with any coupons filing through in the mail) but their regular pricing can be a bit steep. I definitely would have left with more if not for this fact. I was turned away by seemingly exorbitant pricing on several home accent items.
P. S. While artsy crafty stores generally draw a more feminine crowd, this place was full of products to fulfill the masculine favor. Plenty of things to decorate those Man Caves and replica memorabilia to tickle the fancy of any buyer within these walls.

My niece is getting married in May and once in a while I like to pretend I am a crafty gal. I’d like to make her some type of memento. Off I head to this brand spanking new Hobby Lobby that appeared overnight out of nowhere. Actually, it’s in the old Sports Authority location. The parking lot was packed, but there weren’t a lot of shoppers inside. I saw many, many employees, all that were willing to help someone locate an item.
This store is bright, clean and enormous. They have almost every type of arts and crafts item that your little heart could desire and some things you didn’t even know you had to have. They fabric section is large with a ton of home décor fabric. If I actually knew how to sew, I’d probably frequent this aisle. There is a ton of «ready to use» home décor and decoration. Sale prices are not bad. Regular prices are hit or miss.
Seekonk is really getting competitive in the crafting area, with the newly expanded Michael’s, this new Hobby Lobby and the soon to open AC Moore. There are a few things working against Hobby Lobby. They don’t open on Sunday «to allow employees time for family & worship». I took a star off for this. I don’t think this is going to work well for them in this area. Route 6 in Seekonk on a Sunday is normally a mass of shoppers. Some people get offended when a store seems to be overly religious. Hobby Lobby prominently sells quite a few more religious items than your normal craft store. If you are a CCD or Sunday School teacher and need crafting items for your classes, this is the place to go.
As for the item I was looking for, they did have it, but the price was a bit staggering. I’ll be checking Michaels next door or waiting until I have a coupon to purchase it… on a day other than Sunday.