The greatest arts & crafts store is bar-none; Hobby Lobby. The place is freakin legit. It's no secret that arts & crafts is my main game, but my supply-shopping-technique is. Not only do they have anything and everything you could ever need for a craft project or home decor, but they put on the greatest sales known to man. They have a super duper 50% off sale that is CONSTANTLY going on! They rotate the sale by sections in the store, offering weekly mega blowout prices on certain items. It is key to pick up a schedule and knock-out shopping according to the schedule. For some reason stuff just looks so much more enticing when it's 1/2 off!!!
The 50% off sales are not the only trick to shopping at Hobby Lobby. I want to be clear when I state that these next tips are only for the brave-hearted criminals inside of you all. I don't actually utilize these tips myself, I'm just sayin..... Anyways, though Hob Lob is offering turn-of-the-century crafting supplies, they don't really operate on a state-of-the-art system. Homegirl at the register is still manually typin' in the prices based on stickers. Ahhhhh... the sticker swap. Classic move for a true Hob Lob shopper. Terrible. But clever, and useful when Poly-resin is 50% off, but ceramic isn't :)
Lastly, is not a tip, but a confession. I've not admitted this to many, but in honor of my undying affection for Hobby Lobby, I think it's time I come clean. Once long ago, a friend an I discovered a Hobby Lobby theft-tactic on accident. We were having a Hob Lob shopping spree (which for me, is every time I enter the doors) when we found some relaxing water fountains that would be PERFECT for our moms. We picked 2 out, and placed them on the bottom shelf of the shopping cart under my mountains of paper, paints, flowers, fabric, canvases, ornaments, frames, beads, and anything I could find that had anything to do with birds or was 50% off. I quickly scan the check-out counters to locate the checker who looks most unfamiliar to me, and therefore, can't have worked there any more than a week. Check-out immediately becomes a cluster-F as I try to convince the poor girl that every single thing I have is indeed on her 5 page 50% off list, and there is no need at all for her to sit and labor over it. It gets hairy, since I need everything wrapped in paper, please, and I will be paying using 2 gift cards from my mom and the rest in cash. We load the bags into the cart, and leave the store without her ever noticing the water fountains! Holy Crap! Do we go back in? NO! I feel really bad to this day, but I am confident that I have made up for it in hundreds, maybe thousands of dollarific ways.
I LOVE HOBBY LOBBY! But seriously, quit closing on Sundays. Sundays hold great aura for creativity, and you're holding me back!
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