Hobby Lobby — Local services in Colerain Township

My spouse and I came here to buy five frames for some old screen printed rock and roll posters from our favorite shows. Each poster, being a unique piece by a different local artist, was a different size. But we prepared by measuring our art in advance, and we brought a list along with us.

When we arrived, I was very pleased to see a rack of what appeared to be mystery gift bags decorated with alphabet letters that said "Help Yourself." My partner, however, told me that they were for curbside pickup, so I let them be, not without great disappointment.

After searching a while, we found a range of picture frames all the way at the back mostly left corner of the store--back behind the clearance items.

The frame selection was okay, but not super impressive, and many of the options (like much of the store) bordered on that trend of being overly designed and "antiqued" in appearance--a scourge that's plagued the US home decor market ever since it reared its ugly head as "shabby chic" in the late 90's.

But we were looking for middle-range prices on frames that had decent durability, and did find a good buy-one get-one deal on some nice basic, heavy, glossy black $20 frames that were the right size for a couple of our posters.

Unfortunately we had a list of 5 posters to frame, and were only able to find 2 frames in the right size. After searching high and low for other frames that might fit our posters, we gave up, realizing that Hobby Lobby and its frame section was mostly designed for the kinds of decorations that people make from standard digital photography, or that they receive from graduation picture days and sport teams.

I should note here that Hobby Lobby also offers custom framing services, which appeared to range around $100. This was not appropriate to our budget or goals.

When we went to check out from the fairly empty store, we were greeted by a pleasant worker whose teammate was a bit distressed about which registers had their lights on or off. Our friendly checkout worker asked if we found everything okay, and my spouse said "no." Unruffled, she continued professionally with her script and asked if we wanted to give our zip code. "No." Or put in our number for rewards points? "No." My partner paid and she started to bag our two frames, while complimenting my necklace, and then asked if we wanted a bag. "No." We handed her plastic bags back, and headed home with 2/5 frames we were seeking. Outside our van, someone had spit out a Cremesaver which I had noticed for sale by the register when we had been inside Hobby Lobby.

The two posters we managed to get framed up do look great!

Oh, whoops, forget this review. I meant to post that we went to Michael's on Colerain because Hobby Lobby is a horrible store that discriminates against marginalized people and isn't even open on Sunday.

Hobby Lobby gets one star and I hope it messes up their ratings.

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