Hobby Lobby — Local services in Bradenton

It's 1:11 PM on Saturday, June 2, and I just got back from Hobby Lobby. My wallet's a little lighter, my car's a lot fuller, and my brain is buzzing with approximately a million half-formed craft ideas. A Husband's Safari Through Hobby Lobby Oh, Hobby Lobby. My wife's happy place, my personal purgatory. It started, as it always does, with the innocent-sounding question, "Honey, do you mind if we just pop into Hobby Lobby for a minute?" "A minute," she says. Bless her heart. That's like saying you'll just "pop into" the Grand Canyon for a quick look. I walked in today with her, resigned to my fate. My mission: find a comfortable spot on a bench, avoid making eye contact with anything that sparkles, and mentally prepare for the inevitable "Do you think this shade of teal goes with that shade of turquoise?" debate. Seriously, the color variations in that place could launch a thousand philosophical treatises. She, on the other hand, was in her element. Her eyes, wide with wonder, darted from the endless aisles of faux flora to the towering displays of picture frames. "Look, honey! These little gnomes are perfect for the garden!" she exclaimed, holding up a pair of suspiciously judgmental-looking ceramic garden gnomes. I just nodded, already calculating how many more episodes of my favorite show I could squeeze in before she emerged from the fabric section. You know you're deep in Hobby Lobby when you start to identify the different smells: the faint scent of cinnamon from the potpourri aisle, the chemical tang of paint, and the overwhelming aroma of "dreams deferred" from the husbands scattered throughout the store. My personal highlight today was watching a fellow husband try to explain to his wife why they absolutely didn't need a life-sized wooden cut-out of a rooster wearing a tiny chef's hat. He lost, of course. We always do. So, if you're a husband whose significant other has a twinkle in their eye and the words "Hobby Lobby" on their lips, just embrace it. Grab a coffee beforehand, find a sturdy bench, and maybe bring a good book. You're in for the long haul. And while you're there, try to appreciate the sheer joy on their face as they unearth that perfect ribbon or that just-right shade of glitter. Because, let's be honest, seeing them happy makes the journey (and the inevitable dent in the credit card) almost, almost,...

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In 1972, David Green opened the first Hobby Lobby store in northwest Oklahoma City. Green left his supervisor position with variety store TG&Y to open a second Hobby Lobby in Oklahoma City in 1975. He opened an additional store in Tulsa, Oklahoma the next year. Hobby Lobby grew to seven stores by mid-1982, and the first store outside Oklahoma opened in 1984. When Green expanded the scope of the business to include furniture and high-end cookware during the early 1980s, it led to losses as the economy slowed. He returned to an arts and crafts emphasis and by late-1992, the chain had grown to 50 locations in seven U.S. states. As an evangelical Protestant-owned company, Hobby Lobby incorporates American conservative values and Christian media. David Green, the son of a preacher,declares on the Hobby Lobby web site, "Honoring the Lord in all we do by operating the company in a manner consistent with Biblical principles."Similar to Chick-fil-A, all stores are closed on Sundays to "allow employees time for family and worship," according to signs posted on the front doors of their retail stores. Hobby Lobby announced on September 14, 2020, that the company's full-time minimum hourly wage would be raised to $17 effective October 1, 2020, increased from the $15 minimum wage established in 2014. It continued that trend by raising the minimum full-time hourly wage to $18.50, effective Jan. 1, 2022, while increasing its part-time minimum hourly wage by 18% to $13. Hobby Lobby says it has raised its minimum wage twelve times over the thirteen years...

I went in on a Saturday and rain checked some fabric the lady told me that it would be there on wendsday or Thursday that week because they would order it Monday or Tuesday and that they would call me. Went to check out they almost charged me 74 dollars for 40 dollars worth of fabric which was fine they fixed it and they were kind BUT when I called wendsday to see if my rain checked fabric had arrived the woman who “ordered the fabric” was VERY rude. She used a condescending tone and told me it would be ANOTHER week the opposite of what I was told initially by the employee. I could have just ordered it online if I knew it would take almost 2 weeks for the fabric to be in store. The employees are nice but whoever is in charge of ordering fabric is very rude. I apologized for bothering her and just hung up the phone but I will not rain check fabric again. I still have not...