PhotoSynthesis

10/15/2026

Something’s happening at the shop! Can you guess?! 🤔

10/14/2026

Mazy hanging out, waiting for treats, scoping out the scene. Making friends. 🐶

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10/08/2026

Witches Walk 🧙 is tonight in downtown Ames from 6 to 8 PM! Sip n stroll through the district with special cups from participating bars, and check out specials and treats at many downtown shops!

Free souvenir photos are our gift to you!

Dress up if you’re so inclined and make sure to snap your photo and submit it on our website for your free Witches Walk 2026 souvenir photo!
**Link and code in the comments. 👻 **

Pick up your souvenir 15 minutes after you put the order in if submitted by 7:45, otherwise come tomorrow, we will keep it for you! 🎃

Enjoy a beautiful evening on Main Street, hope to see you in the shop! Boo! 👻

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10/07/2026

Betcha’ve never thought about who invented coin sorters?! 🤷‍♀️⭐️💰

This was a fun digital restoration puzzle! The original article was missing part of its headline, so we ‘fixed’ that for this family…. then piece by piece created a new, cohesive article in a preferred shape, all clean without wrinkles. 🙌😊

What can we restore for you? Save your precious (and unusual!) family memories!

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09/30/2026

At the first internal vendor fair ‘for a day of vendor education, campus connection, and conversation with Iowa State buyers and student organization leaders’. All set up and ready to go. 👏🤩🙌💛❤️

Special THANKS to Larry for making the move to the MU as easy as possible. ☀️ And thanks to Nathan for handling the shop without extra shop help. 👏⭐️🙌

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09/24/2026

Hope to see you downtown Sunday for the popular, annual juried Octagon Center for the Arts Art Festival! 10-4.

Bonus: it’s looking like a lovely fall day! 🍁🙏⭐️ Grab your sweater and a coffee from one of our great coffee shops, and get the heck down to Main Street!

(Aaaannnd don’t forget about bottomless mimosas at Della Viti - Ames if you need a shopping break!)

Congratulations to our shop artists who will be a part of the festival this weekend! You can find their work in the shop all year long. Be sure to stop by their booths this weekend!

09/24/2026

‘Cool puff mushroom!’

‘Ooo take a pic!’

But wait, we need something to show scale.


There!

Oh but now it’s cute. We need a nose!

And, hair. 😆🙌

Happy Thursday!

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09/18/2026

Guess which building this is downtown? It’s peeking above another building blocking it from being seen, a road separating the two.

I noticed the inscription, I think for the first time, just yesterday taking Mazy for a morning walk. It made me wonder why buildings are engraved with V instead of U.

Google tells me it’s a nod to classical Roman inscriptions and the traditional Latin alphabet which did not have a U.

“Buildings constructed or carved in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (such as courthouses, libraries, and museums) frequently copied ancient Greek and Roman design. Aesthetic Preference: Architects and stone carvers felt that using "V" instead of "U" offered a more authentic, timeless, and artistic classical appearance. Famous architects like Louis Sullivan noted that the classical "V" was visually superior and fit monumental inscriptions better than a rounded "U””

So there you have it!

Did you figure out where this is? 👏🙂

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09/18/2026

Ames has the best downtown!
Enjoy these treats at The Recipe until 8. Delicious. Also enjoyed a sneak
Peek at Marmalade Moon!

09/05/2026

Farmers market on game day! 💛❤️