Dear Hobby Lobby: "It's Not Nice To Mess With Women-You've Made A Big HUGE Mistake"

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8. Indeed! CAN they be sued for sex discrimination?

That'd be a very good thing.

I'm a crafter. I will NEVER patronize Hobby Lobby. The decision's pretty much made for me already - I don't know of any Hobby Lobby stores in SoCal. If there were, I would avoid them like the plague. There are other places to get craft supplies. You can order them online. Or visit a little local ma-'n'-pa store. Scrapbooking shops, bead stores, and ceramics places (especially those that cater to kids and kids' parties) are good starters. Hell, go to Staples or Office Depot for paper supplies and colored markers/pencils/pens/crayons and stuff. LOTS of other places to find craft supplies. Or Michael's or Joann's if you have 'em.

Hey, one day, for a "Crafty Mom" assignment in one job I had, I was tasked with a grocery store dig: go into the local supermarket and find stuff you can craft with, and then make stuff with 'em. I found, quite literally, a gold mine!!! Glues and pastes, paper - colored construction paper and plain white paper, scissors, notebooks, post-its, rulers (check the school supplies aisle), tape! Multicolor drinking straws! Popsickle sticks! Several different kinds of colored tapes as well as the clear kind. Check the housewares aisle. Shelf linings - there were rolls of it, in different colors and patterns. Plaster of Paris (for sand casting and other stuff). Sheer heaven! Even sewing kits, needles and colored thread. There were food crafting options GALORE! The flower department - pressed flowers and petals! Mosaics - beans, lentils, and peppercorns of every color. Dyes and food colorings, and you could go further - with teas and coffees and vegetables like beets that make great dyes and tintings. Eggs - blow out the insides and you have a fabulous start for crafting. I even took a big bunch of celery and cut off the bottom. Do that and then look closely at the part you just cut off. You now have a "stamp" that makes a VERY nice rose image. There's liquid starch in the detergent aisle, and paper towels, and balloons in the aisle with the cheap kids stuff and party supplies = papier mache! And during all the different holidays, there are party supplies and other silly little goo-gaws that are MEGA-useful.

You don't even need a craft store to do crafting. Craft supplies are EVERYWHERE. Take a nature walk through your neighborhood or a neighborhood where there are pine trees or trees with seed pods that drop. SCORE!!!! Every time I walk the dog, I come back with some little treasure I found. If you're near the beach - MAN!!!! Bonanza-time!

All you need is your eyes open, and your creativity turned up.