Hobby Lobby

Not impressed with the Hobby Lobby at all. Very pricey for cheap items.
Don’t waste your time here go next door to Tuesday Morning
Sometimes I think the buyers get the cheap stuff for here in Albuquerque

The location of this Hobby Lobby and the cheap hotels nearby make the parking lot a little sketchy. Otherwise, the staff is wonderful and there is one woman in the framing department that is amazing. She is great at her job and has a great attitude!

Just had some document framing done here. Very fast and helpful. Documents look perfect!

This is a great place to go for small general items, but not great for anything of high quality. I will get a mat custom cut here, if I’m in a pinch, but they really don’t do a very good job. There don’t seem to be many places around town that offer this service, so I usually end up here.

Love this place and particularly this store. Clean, cool and the staff are always VERY helpful. Plus the music is GREAT.
Go to website for 40% off coupon or it’s in the Sunday paper every other Sunday. Which is funny since the store is closed Sunday. I wish it wasn’t, but I understand why it is. :)

I have a love hate relationship with Fundy Lobby. I generally use this store as a place of last resort when I go shopping for craft items. This particular location is really hit or miss. I came in tonight asking for some glue that could bind metal to fabric. I walked in and asked a team member where I could find this. This is the response I got:
«It’s in Crafts».
No kiddin’? You mean, a glue made to be used on crafts is in a CRAFT STORE? The entire place appears to me like it has something to do with crafts. What is crafts?
«It’s in the back right left corner of the store»
Then, this is what kills me: Princess gave me the ‘go away’ wave by placing her palm at an upside down L shape, and shoos me away. Yes. Shooed.
Clearly I was inconveniencing the 16 year old girl from texting her friends on her iPhone or keeping her from re-​stocking candy in the check out lines. Yet another Albuqerque kid with entitlement issues that thinks the world owes her something. I see the ‘burqueno smug incompetence is well ingrained in this troll too. But I suppose as long as she prays for forgiveness from management she’ll be just fine.
One star. F-​. Epic Fail. I got the typical incompetent wage slave push around here. Please, please, please shop at a store that has more competent employees that loves all people — not just Cuckoo fundamentalists that employ people at slave wages that can’t find a job anywhere else.

Hobby Lobby’s lawsuit attempting to deny women access to some forms of birth control is deeply disappointing to me. As a professional artist and long-​time Hobby Lobby shopper, I am now looking to other local suppliers. Until this news about the lawsuit, I thought Hobby Lobby was the best — I absolutely love their merchandise but it hurts to shop here knowing of their anti-​woman politics.
Update Aug 2013– well, ok, sometimes I shop here ‘cuz they have such a diversity of inventory

This place has EVERYTHING!
Having recently discovered Pinterest, I went to Hobby Lobby to see what creative mischief I could get myself into. I spent an hour walking around the store looking at all they had to offer (settled on some cardstock that was fairly cheap). From holiday décor to sewing, rubber stamping, painting, scrap booking, baking — they have it all! It seems like everything in store is on sale, if not, it’s reasonably priced. They also do custom art/​picture framing. Check their local ads and/​or website for current deals and coupons.

Hobby Lobby Rocks! Okay well maybe not really but they sure do seem to always have what I need when taking on that next project. I’ve done business at this location for a number of years and I find myself coming back so that should tell you something. I’ve also seen the same employees working which I think speaks volumes about workplace treatment and employee retention.
I always enjoy the 50% off sales that seem to just rotate through the merchandise around the store. It gives you opportunities to pick up things at great prices and if your a frequent flier like me then you know when to check back. I’ve grabbed many of their frames at 50% off (A HUGE BARGAIN) and then gone back several weeks later to take advantage of the 50% off posters and pictures. At Christmas you can get décor and ornaments at 50% off– a total no brainer!

My brother and I came here for one thing only: to frame dad’s San Francisco Chronicle news article. This wasn’t just any everyday newspaper. It was the «GIANTS WIN THE WORLD SERIES. 55 YEARS IN THE MAKING» newspaper. This newspaper replaced me as my dad’s baby. This newspaper is all my dad loves right now. Ever since he got it he told us he was going to frame it. No matter how much he loves it, framing it made the Honey Dew list.
Last weekend, while in Denver I STOLE HIS NEWSPAPER! *GASP* I thought framing it for him would be a perfect Christmas gift. He noticed of course not too long after, who knew he reads it everyday? I wasn’t there to witness his major melt-​down but my mom was texting me the play-​by-​play. Pretty sure the whole ordeal raised his blood pressure. He panicked. My mom had to tell him that it’s in safe hands and he’ll get it back on Christmas before he ended up in the hospital.
So anyway, let’s get to the real reason why I’m writing a review. My brother and I were told to ask for David when we got to the Hobby Lobby. David was really the best guy to work with. He let us know custom framing wouldn’t be done by January, but if we wanted a frame «off the rack» then he could frame it for us in an hour. He helped us decide what exactly to frame and made me feel confident that he wouldn’t ruin this newspaper. I told him our asses were on the line. I was happy to work with him. It seemed like the other guys in framing had been working too long and snapping back at customers. We came back in an hour and the frames were fucking beautiful. David did an excellent job. I am so excited to give my dad gift. Maybe he’ll cry? Whatever my dad’s reaction I know he will love it. And I can relax now that the article is safe behind glass. Thanks David!