This weekend Hobby Lobby opened in my town. It is one of only three to open up in California... and you can bet your pants I was so freaking excited!
{For all of my mid-west and east readers who have a Hob Lob close to them... sorry, just bear with me!}
Luckily I was able to find a hour or so with out the boys to wonder around the gi-normous store by myself! I snapped some quick picks of some of the things that caught me eye. I will apologize in advance for the picture overload! Apparently, many things caught my eye! BUT I walked out buying what I went in there for and one other thing... so, I was pretty proud of myself. {more on those things later}
They had isles and isles of seasonal decor! It was all 40% off, and an associate said it would pretty much stay that way!
Their party isle was so much fun! So many colors and party accessories... endless ideas!
If you wanted to do anything with letters they have every size, in every sort of material, at every price point!
I got super excited when I turned to corner to find this spray paint cabinet! Look at all the color options!! OH and the BEST part... they are not locked up! I don't have to spend 20 minutes waiting for someone to find the key and unlock the damn case!
Jars, jars, jars!! The selection was ridiculous!
They have wall stencils! Though the selection was not huge, what they did have was very on trend and very affordable!!! $16.99!!!! Are you kidding me!?!?
The home decor section of the store was way over the top! They had vases, baskets and bins in every color, shape, and size! Their small occasional furniture is always 30% off the marked price. They had a variety of accent furniture for every design style!
I wanted to take these striped bins home with me so badly!
There was a whole isle just for drawer pulls and door knockers!
And if you didn't want to craft it... you certainly could just walk over to the other side of the store and buy it pre made!!
Clocks, mirrors, and lamps were 50% off too! They compare to Home Goods in this department but a little bit higher in price. Though they did have a wide selection and two of almost everything {you may not find that at home goods}.
And to top it all of they have fabric... not just basic sewing, quilting fabric... but home decor fabric! Look at that rod! It is $21.99 for a 66"-120" rod! And it wasn't on sale so I could use my 40% off coupon for one regular price item!
So overall I was highly impressed with our new Hobby Lobby! The staff was very nice and very helpful even if they didn't have a clue as to what I was asking for! For it being like a Joann's, Michael's, and Home Goods in one store I would say the prices were fairly comparable! I would defiantly suggest not going in there with out a budget and some serious self restraint... even I was on a little bit of eye candy overload!
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Now off to plan some more projects from all of the stuff I made mental notes about!
Is there any super secrets or fun tips for shopping the Hobby Lobby? And I was wondering... are the prices on the west coast higher then at other locations? Just wondering.
13 comments:
I have a rule that I don't buy anything from Hobby Lobby unless it is on sale or I have a coupon. I used a wall stencil from there on my pantry it was $16.99 but of course I had a 40% off coupon so I paid $10.20 and it worked awesome!! From the prices you showed they looked the same as the prices here in the Midwest (Michigan)
Prices are the same in GA--it's a bit high, but the coupons are great, selection is wonderful, and something is always on sale, so if you can be patient, you can usually get what you want for a good price. I lived in CA for 2 years and longed for a Hobby Lobby. Excited for you to have one!!
Thank you for those great pics. I'm so excited that they are opening a Hobby Lobby in my town soon. My bank account is going to suffer.
Wow, your images have me itching to get crafty Tiffany!! We have Michaels up here in Vancouver which looks very similar.
Nancy xo
We don't have any near us. The selection looks great!
I'm so excited for you! I literally go to our Hobby Lobby at least 3 times a week. I think I may have a problem...LOL. From the price tags I could see it didn't look like the prices are any different from what they are here in Oklahoma. My advice is to always look for the clearance row. With your store being new it may be a couple months before you have one, but you will LOVE it!
Quite a sensory overload - so much to look at and right now they look well stocked but that is because they have just opened. Lucky you!
Your Hobby Lobby looks better than mine! I use that same rule: only buy on sale or use the 40% off coupon! Everything goes on sale eventually! I love Hobby Lobby!
Debbie
Ha! I just got home from there! Your spray paint selection is much larger then ours here in Ohio.
Sigh....we need something like that in Canada. I am a tad jealous!
H.L. is great. I'm sorry you've had to wait this long for one :-) Like the others say, look at the sales and coupons. EVERYTHING goes on sale at one point or another, and not just the things they are trying to clear out. EVERYTHING. Something I don't like is that their receipts are really hard to read, so I make annotations of the items purchase in the receipt in case I need to make returns.(I have a lot of HL receipts :-) And one thing to remember is that they are closed on Sundays to offer their employees family/devotional time. Isn't that nice?
Love Hobby Lobby! I was just in there Friday night! LOL! Your store has lot more in stock than mine though! I can't believe I missed those stencils! 16.99 is a great price!
So annoying, there are 2 Hobby Lobbys in MN and not one of them is near Minneapolis :( They are missing out big time! Hopefully we'll get one soon!
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