The first Hobby Lobby also known as Hobby Lobby Creative Centers opened its doors on August 3, 1972 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. First considered an arts and crafts store, these retail stores have added many other items including home décor. The company grew from Greco Products, which was a miniature picture frame company that was established by David Green in 1970. Today, the company has 447 stores in 37 states. It is a privately held company with headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.http://www.hobbylobby.com/our_company/our_company.cfmhttp://www.linkedin.com/companies/hobby-lobbyhttp://www.hobbylobby.com/careers/careers.cfm

The stores offer crafts, hobbies, picture framing, jewelry making, fashion fabrics, floral, cards & party, baskets, wearable art, needle art, scrap booking, home accents, bridal and holiday supplies. Customers can shop online or at one of the brick and mortar stores located throughout the United States. Retail store hours are Monday through Saturday from 9am to 8pm. The stores are closed on Sundays.http://www.hobbylobby.com/home.cfmhttp://www.hobbylobby.com/careers/whyhl.cfm

Classes are offered to customers at the Hobby Lobby stores. There is a variety of subjects like cake decorating, beginning Cricut and card making classes. The classes usually have a fee. Customers can find out some information about the classes online but need to sign up for classes at the store.http://www.hobbylobby.com/stores/store_classes_search_results.cfm

Hobby Lobby offers specials every week and frequently has a store coupon. In addition, a 10% discount on items sold to churches, schools and national charitable organizations when they purchase with an organization check or credit card.

Customers can sign up for a weekly email to be sent to them that contains the specials and a printable coupon. Customers how would like to sign up can do so at hobby lobby.com or click the link at the bottom of the page.http://www.hobbylobby.com/our_company/considerations.cfmhttp://www.hobbylobby.com/email_subscriptions/email_subscriptions.cfm