Button, button, who's got the button? I don't know about you,but, I love buttons. My grandma started my love affair with buttons when I was an itty bitty little girl. If I was good, I got to play in her button box. I was fascinated by all the different shapes, colors and sizes. I loved having the task of finding the perfect button when she needed to sew a new one on grandpa's shirt. "The impulse to collect is a basic part of the human psyche, and buttons have been admired and

Remember going to the beach, the feeling of sand squishing between your toes, using your hands to smooth it , or build a sand castle? There's just something about sand that most people can't resist. Well, sand isn't just for the beach. It's a fun, versatile art supply. Thanks to the generosity of Mt. Vernon artist Ruth Ipsen-Brown, we have an abundance of beautiful colored sand and we've had a great time playing with it this week, creating fun sand art. Our projects were pret

It's been an exciting week at The Create Exchange! I attended a very inspiring Visual Marketing workshop Wednesday morning and was lucky to have Main Street Iowa and Anna Woodward here in the store in the afternoon, to help us transform our window display. Anna showed us how to use color, repetition, and scale in the windows to create an eye-catching display. Volunteers Jessica Winkowski, Lauri Richards and Sheryl Layher, brought their crafting skills to the table. They frame