Surprised in Ames

I don't go over to Ames (Iowa) very often. And I rarely go out and about when I am there. I went this past weekend however and was surprised by the little things of art I came across. I went to Wheatsfield, a health store, and found a lot of great product design. If you are in love with graphic design as well as being crafty then check out my other blog, The Gallery, to see the great packaging I found.

In addition to great packaging, I came across this handmade cards by Lonna.

I only got a chance to get a picture of two of the cards, but you can look through the options and buy your own Lonna's Cards her site here.

One more surprise I came across in the store was an art vending machine. You read right. It was a vending machine where you could get little pieces of handmade art. It was so cool.

It had jewelry, a little bowl (which didn't seem like the best idea to me considering it could break when you let it fall), little drawings, bookmarks, bags, buttons. Just a ton of stuff. It was very cool, unique, and definitely a surprise.