CHA officially opened this morning and our first stop was at Bo Bunny.  Along with a nice selection of their new themed offerings and new colors of double dot papers, we made the decision to add blue and red to the chipboard alphabets and albums that we currently carry.  We then headed over to WeRMemoryKeepers.  We added several new album colors and page protector choices along with selections of their new themed lines. We were impressed with some of their awesome tools, including a cool rotary cutter pack.  They had lots of new Dollar Stamps as well. We picked up lots of fun papers and stickers from Moxxie and a cute little calendar kit.  All of you Technique Tuesday fans will be excited to hear that after a short recess, we will be bringing back some of their quality stamps (Ali Edwards fans will love her stamps) and Technique Tiles into the store as well as two awesome class kits for September and October.  The Robin's Nest has added Tear Drops to their popular Dew Drop embellishments and, as always dazzled us with their glitter papers.  The new Tattered Angels Halloween Book Class will thrill our devoted Tattered Angels students.  Watch for it in late September or October.  I think it's the best one yet!  Of course, we got all of their new Glimmer Mist colors along with all of the new chip tiles, and a sampling of their Bingo cards and stamps.  Imaginisce, as always, had some of the cutest lines we saw.  We loved the boy line so much, we ordered the entire line, and almost all of the others.  We also ordered every single Dollar Stamp they offered. We passed by My Mind's Eye and agreed after seeing it in person that we had made a wise choice to preorder the entire booth (should be arriving at the store sometime next week!)  We loaded up on new stacks and embellishments from another of our favorites, Diecuts with a View.  We ended our day with a visit to Basic Grey, where we ordered all of the packs, almost all of the papers, and a good deal of the embellishments, bling and stamps.

We uploaded over 100 pictures on Facebook showing products and samples. Be sure to check them out at www.facebook.com.

Here are the sales for Wednesday, July 29, 2009:

25% off all merchandise from the Manufacturers mentioned above!

Remember, if you live out of town, you can still take advantage of our sales.  Simply call the store (319) 354-0432 (or email it to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) with your order and credit card and we will be glad to ship it out to you, charging only the actual shipping cost.