PhotoSynthesis

10/30/2026

Mazy is waiting for your visit this morning! 10-1 is Downtown Ames trick or treat ☀️👻 Are you going to stop by or are you too scared…… 🕷️ 🎃 👻

10/30/2026

You might not want to hear this but there are only 8 more Saturdays until Christmas! 😳 Here’s an idea for your gift giving. 🎁

I thought this is be a sweet design for our customized wood photo frames. It’s been popular on our pillow covers. What do you think? Quick to personalize, cute sentiment, easy to switch out display photos!

Plus you can hang it, or use the easel for desk display!

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10/22/2026

Ok all you lefse and krumkake makers! This is the moment! Sign up and let’s have some fun together 🙌👏☀️💃🇳🇴

There’s still time to join us as we welcome Lisa from Aunt Lisa’s Recipe Gifts and Photosynthesis for a special demonstration featuring two Scandinavian favorites: lefse and krumkake. Lisa will show you how to use a lefse grill and krumkake baker while sharing her favorite recipes, techniques, tips and tricks for making both at home.

Your $20 registration includes the demonstration, recipes to take home, an opportunity to try making lefse and/or krumkake yourself to enjoy or take home, plus 10% off purchases at Cooks’ Emporium and Photosynthesis during the event. CooksEmporiumAmes.com/demo

Whether these recipes are part of your family tradition or you’re trying them for the first time, this is a fun way to learn the techniques and tools that make homemade lefse and krumkake easier!

Space is limited!

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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