Hobby Lobby

only reason why I went here was to match a particular fabric that I needed ASAP to finish a project. disclaimer: I would never set foot in Hobby Lobby otherwise
1 star for being able to find what I want
1 star for the nice staff who needs to evaluate their employers decisions on womens health care
come on Hobby Lobby get with the times…

I’ve only been to Hobby Lobbys in Texas, and I’m immediately much more a fan of these stores in Colorado. The sales people seem to be MUCH more helpful here than previous locations I’ve visited and I’m much appreciative of that.
We came in on a Saturday afternoon which is normally a craft store nightmare, but the store was pretty quiet. Looking to get some posters framed, we headed to the back where we were almost immediately acknowledged as we started playing around with mats. We were wanting to get three frames of equal size/​design, and when this store only had 1 — they called over to Aurora for us to see if they had others. Woo hoo for the assistance!
I was also a fan of how surprisingly well organized and clean this store was. I feel like craft stores are normally such a disaster, but I was pleasantly surprised and will be back.

Hobby Lobby and Jo-​Ann are my favorite places to get fabric as an avid quilter. I believe the lady that assisted me was Mrs. Phillis. She was very pleasant and kind. The line was a bit long but me and my son did not mind waiting. I usually have a sweet disposition so waiting does not bother me. Majority of the customers present in the store are were older and chatty as they laid their beautiful quilt works. Every Hobby Lobby I have been to has been thoroughly organized, with clean bathrooms and awesomely stocked. With accessible 40% coupons and 30−50% off items regularly, how can you not love this place? Another perk is Hobby Lobby was established and headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK; my hometown!

Normally everyone that works there is really nice and awesome, but not this last time. I was treated with extreme disrespect by a middle aged black woman named either Cheryl or Cherry I couldn’t tell because the name tag was faded. The only reason I bring it up is in case a manager reads this when someone is up for a promotion or to be laid-​off. She is the last one on staff that should be getting a raise, because her attitude chases customers like me away. If it weren’t for her I would have given you a five star rating because of how helpful the other ladies have been in the past. I am an artist and business owner, I don’t need to be treated like a 12 year old. The other ladies in the store today were great it was just my cashier specifically. Ordering supplies online takes longer but at least it’s not demeaning. Sad that just 1 bad occurrence can put a bad taste in your mouth. I hope this employees skills/​attitude gets corrected so I can continue to be a long time regular

This is a huge hobby lobby. They have a very nice fabric section with lots of options. BUT they are so low on staff, there is never anyone to help you find things.

I went to get a sketch of mine framed on ⁸⁄₉. I was told that it would be ready on ⁸⁄₂₃ and we would get a call when it is ready. On ⁸⁄₂₆ I went to check on the frame and was told in a condescending way they will call when its ready. Like it was a bother to them to talk to me. I waited and waited and no call on ⁹⁄₁₀ I gave up and went again and was told it was ready it had been their since ⁸⁄₂₃. What a bunch of incompetent employees they have working there. No calls at all no respect for me as a customer. Like you are doing me a favor. I will take my bussness in the future to your competitors.
The fame looked great and if you had treated me with respect It would be four stars. But anyone can frame a print so all you have to sell is your service witch is crap.

Many of these poor reviews are from a couple years ago. I think the store has changed for the better since. Hobby Lobby is now computerized (yay!) and uses bar codes – unfortunately their politics are not as radical as this change. Before the cashiers were stressed out having to enter all the prices manually.
I’ve found that all the customer service people are very helpful and nice. It also seems that they’ve staffed up since a couple years ago. Phyllis in the fabric area is especially wonderful. I buy fabric there because I’m a quilter and it’s convenient, even though I’m not in favor of the lack of certain employee’s benefits.
Go for the craft supplies, and avoid the household furniture and gewgaws-​most are tawdry, flimsy and of low quality.

I am a fan of this Hobby Lobby store and it has always been here when it was time to get crafty! It is also extremely convenient for me which earns it an extra star or two! The store is a good size and they carry a really good variety of arts and craft supplies, including fabrics, fake flowers, furniture, and everything in between!
My most recent stop involved picking up some un-​stretched canvas and some small artist sponges for a new painting that I am itching to get out. Not only did Hobby Lobby carry a couple different brands of both canvas and sponges, I found their prices to be extremely reasonable. In addition, if you look on their website from your phone, you can pull up a 40% off coupon which they will apply to your most expensive item!
I also needed to stop in here for a metallic sharpie pen for our wedding invitations. Not only do they literally carry about ten different brands of metallic pens, but again, they were all very reasonably priced.
If you are looking for a place to get your craft on — you have found a good place to do it! The parking lot is ginormous so you are guaranteed to find a spot for your trusty steed!

This store has everything you could ever want when it comes to arts and crafts! The store is very organized and it is knick-​knack heaven. I could spend hours just looking around. Right now they have all Christmas items 50% off and it’s not even Christmas yet!
They have good deals all the time and make sure you look at the newspaper inserts because they always have good discounts and coupons on about everything in the store.
Plenty of parking and the staff is super nice and helpful!

This Hobby Lobby illegally charges sales tax on labor. I took in a picture to be framed, and the invoice separately stated what the charge was for labor and a separate charge for the frame. When I complained to the Manager that sales tax should not be charged on labor, his response was that «we always charge sales tax on labor». I complained to the BBB but that was a joke. Hobby Lobby never responded to my complaint, and the BBB just let it die.

I don’t know why everyone bitches about the service here. I have NEVER had bad customer service at any of their locations, this one included. My mom and I are regulars here and both agree the service is also nice and helpful. This location also has an awesome variety in all areas. They seem to have a better variety and selection then the other I have been to. The outside looks a little outdated but don’t let that fool you cause it’s quite nice inside. Also, for anyone interested, the fabric selection is huge!

Regular old Hobby Lobby. They’ve definitely got the selection part down when it comes to variety. Variety however doesn’t mean quality. The fact is a large majority of the stuff is poor quality and really is just polished up junk.
We were in to find some large size graph paper, and left empty handed. They just didn’t have the right size nor for the right price. It was probably a good thing because there was one cashier and 4 people in line. The store wasn’t even busy, but come on! Call up another employee to just quickly check them out, then head back to doing whatever the other employees do. Meh, 3-​stars is probably generous, but you don’t go to Hobby Lobby expecting much.

The service at this store is always lacking and my experience there today was worse than usual. A new shipment must have just come in because many of the aisles were stacked full of new inventory. The three things I needed were completely hidden by a wall of boxes. I walked up and down the aisle multiple times trying to find what I needed. During this time there were 2 – 3 employees unpacking boxes and none of them offered to help me. I finally started moving boxes to reach what I needed and 1 employee reluctantly came over and moved 1 box. Not a happy customer!

As much time and money that I’ve spent at Hobby Lobby over the years makes me feel a bit bad about reviewing them so poorly, but honestly 2 stars is the best they deserve.
As other Unilocalers have said, the decorative stuff is cheap, all made in China and really poor quality.
The craft supplies are good.
The service at this store is horrible! I think another Unilocaler mentioned that there is usually about 1 checkout line going, even if there are 10 people in line and 5 of them with returns to do.
They have the worlds most antiquated POS system, and sadly they just updated it, they’re almost into the 1990’s now!
The workers they have are never terribly happy, of course I don’t know if I blame them when it looks like there are no more than 4 people working in the store at any given time.
I had an item framed a couple of weeks ago, my pick-​up slip had a date that it would be ready. I never received a call, so about 3 days after my «due date» for the item I called and asked if it was ready, stating that supposedly it should have been ready a few days ago. The very snappy worker asked «have we called you and told you it’s ready yet», I said «no” — and she quickly snapped «well, then it’s not ready yet, we’re running behind and we’re about 4 days behind, we’ll call you when it’s ready» There was some serious attitude when I simply asked if it was ready, I was unaware they would be calling me. I think I will be utilizing Michael’s for all future framing orders, craft supplies, etc…

I’ll keep it short and sweet with a PSA: No fabric section.
Sad… that’s pretty much the only reason I stopped in. The staff were helpful with suggestions of the closest option though, so that’s a plus

I actually came in here looking for an end table, that’s right, furniture… Now granted they don’t have high end stuff but they had what I was looking for and 30% off. That’s another thing I like about this place — they always have sales — for instance they had the exact shadow box I was looking for and it was 50% off. Boo Ya!

Sometimes you need to pick up strange arts and crafts. I needed to buy some yarn and a few dowels for teaching fly fishing. Hobby Lobby is always there for these type of projects.
The store is huge and you need to search out help, if you need it.
I’ve been shopping at Hobby Lobby for over 10 years. When I went through grad school as an architectural student, I found their balsa wood much more affordable than other art supply stores. Also, many design supplies are priced lower and there are sales all the time.
I’m not into all the other fru fru crap they sell, personally I think it is all tacky. But, others need to buy that crap someplace, right?

Hobby lobby has a new sale item every week so I wouldn’t buy something full price at this place but I would inspect your items. I just bought a thermometer, which was broken :(Now, I have to go back and be tempted by more unnecessary items. This place is the Walmart of craft stores. Also, my eyes can’t focus in that store. I think the lighting is really bad.

I’ve been in many a Hobby Lobby for canvases, yarn, wax, silk flowers, coloring books, stryofoam balls, origami paper, spray glue and gobs of other items you randomly need to make stuff. For these type of things, Hobby Lobby is Okey-​Dokey. The deals as mentioned by others are often incredibly sexy. God help me when they are having a sale.
What bothers me about this particular Hobby Lobby though (and they are a dwindling lot so perhaps it is a «golden age of yore» of Hobby Lobby that I long for) is the piles and piles and rows of rows of completely useless, gaudy, decorative crap. Oh, I’ve been lured in by their sparkles and their inexpensive prices, but when I get them home, the true quality of their craftsmanship is evident.
I almost respect them for being closed on Sundays. The idea of giving your employees time to be with their families is sweet and makes me feel like they actually care about people. Unfortunately, I’d have a better time believing that they cared about their employees if they didn’t leave one overworked clerk all alone to check out 7 customers with carts full of goodies. I always feel sorry for that poor sucker.
If Hobby Lobby was really a big lobby full of stuff for my hobbies, I would be happy. But Noooooooo, it’s a it’s really a back wall full of stuff for hobbies, ¹⁄₃ kits for crafts but primarily a vast expanse of cheaply crafted home décor, frames, seasonal doodads and things you don’t ever really need like wall scones and decorative boxes.
I remember a time when the percentages were more in the crafts favor and the candle and soap making row was a wonderland of choices instead of a mere endcap of meager selection. I can only hope they realign their focus before they are forced to change their name to Shit Shack.

I don’t know why, but for some reason the craftin’ bug always seems to bite me on Sundays. Maybe it’s because it’s a slow, lazy day… and crafting is a slow, self-​indulgent pursuit. Maybe it’s just because there’s no better way to nurse Saturday night’s hangover than by holing up in the house with some hot phở and some craft supplies. Whatever the reason, my propensity for crafting on Sundays is the sole reason I no longer go to Hobby Lobby for my crafting needs.
Hobby Lobby, you see, is closed on Sundays.
They do you the service of hanging a functionally informative sign (though from a craft store I’d expect a bit more in the ol’ creativity department) on their door, of course. It says something along the lines of, «HOBBY LOBBY IS CLOSED ON SUNDAY TO ALLOW OUR EMPLOYEES TIME FOR FAMILY AND WORSHIP.»
Oh. I guess that explains their affection for WWJD bracelet kits.
Do they not hire Jews? Because really… the whole closed-​on-​Sunday thing really isn’t going to help those of the Jewish persuasion with all that Family and Worship stuff. Seriously though… do they not hire Jews?
Whatever… it’s not like they’re any better than Michael’s Craft Stores (which, incidentally ARE open on Sundays). So… Michael’s it is.
Shalom, y’all.