Stitchers will meet today (Wednesday, June 8th) from 10:00 a.m. until noonish. The shoppe is open, and ANYONE is welcome to join us, either to stitch or visit, shop or enjoy a cool beverage and relax and cool down from the summer heat!

I will be getting ready for the city wide garage sales, and the shoppe will have

Join the stitchers at the shoppe, the second Wednesday of every month, from 10:00 a.m. to noon.

New items have arrived at the Corner Shoppe...

Table top signs that say, "Home is where your story begins" and they have the towns of Garnavillo, Elkader and Guttenberg behind the saying.

We also have picture frames with "Clayton Ridge Memories"

Another new item is a small variety of bracelets, with more arriving soon. The new bracelets are charm and bead bracelets, some already to wear, and others that you can add and design your own with the selection of beads and charms.

Don't miss the specials this week end for Mother's Day!

May Events at the Corner Shoppe & Coffee House

** April 30th/May 1st- FREE May baskets,
while supplies last

May 6th - Senior Citizen Day (10% off for customers age 60+*)

May 7th- Mother's Day Tea- Enjoy tea, sandwiches, scones and a
selection of cakes. Reservations preferred ($4.50 per person)

May 8th- Mother's Day serving a variety of cheese cakes 2-4 p.m.

May 11th - Knitting & Stitching Day ( 10 to noon; check out some free yarn)

May 27th- Frugal Friday (10% off for customers 59 and under*)
* meals not included

We also have several new items:

* home made soaps
*signs specific to Garnavillo, Clayton Ridge, Guttenberg and Elkader

New "Flavor of the Month".

We've started a special, 1/2 price, on the flavor of the month latte' (or other specialty coffee). For the month of March, the flavor is Peanut Butter Cup Latte'. Stop in and enjoy!

Thank you

A very special thank you to all who stopped in at the Corner Shoppe on our 1st anniversary. We had a busy day and were glad to see so many of you. We are looking forward to our 2nd year, and as always we are open to any suggestions our customers might have.

The winners of the door prize drawing were:

Jean Parker, Garnavillo - $15.00 gift certificate (at the Corner Shoppe)
Myriam Brandt, Garnavillo - $10.00 gift certificate
Valerie Kurth- Cedar Falls - $5.00 gift certificate
Shirley Schmelzer- Garnavillo - thermometer
Julie Kurth, Farmersburg - Easter sign

1st Anniversary

To celebrate the end of our first year in business, we are featuring our coffee beverages and will have mocha's, latte's and hot chocolate at HALF PRICE. We will have free regular coffee (for in shoppe customers). Plus we have fresh, home baked orange scones, nanaimo bars, date bars and magic bars to go with your coffee or hot chocolate.

Our soups of the day are chili and homemade chicken noodle with dumplings. You can choose a bread bowl or cheese panini to go with that.

Most Christmas related items will be 50% off. A few Christmas items have special discounted prices marked.

Cure the cabin fever blues, by stopping in, sign up for door prizes and check out some new spring merchandise. Once you've made your selection of non sale items to purchase, you will be able to pick a paper with a percent off marked on it. (of course, no peeking). Discounts will be from 10 to 25% off.

1st Anniversary

This weekend (specifically Saturday) we will celebrate our one year anniversary of the Corner Shoppe. It was about a year ago that we had our "official grand opening" even though our first day of business (if you can call it that) was in November.

This weekend we will offer chili and homemade chicken noodle soup with dumplings with a toasted cheese sandwich or bread bowl.

We also have a new line of teas in the following flavors: Cherry Berry Twist Herbal Tea, Chai Black Tea, Wild Raspberry Rose Herbal Tea, Lemon Green Tea, Peppermint Herbal Tea, and Sweet Orange Black Tea.

More to follow about tomorrow's specials....

January Events

Although we are already into January, I am finally getting the months events posted.

Senior citizen day is this Friday, January 7th.
January 12th is knitting & stitching day from 10 to noon. Last Saturday Lanny took me to the Stagecoach Yarn shop in Manchester (where I had received 2 gift certificates for Christmas) and I had my first brief lesson in "casting on " stitches. I learned I was "all thumbs" when it comes to that task!!

The last Friday of the month, the 28th, is frugal Friday, where customers age 59 and under get a 10% discount on merchandise.

Last but not least, on January 22nd we will have a ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! I can't believe we have been open for business over one year (actually opened the day after Thanksgiving, 2009). We will have special prices on our latte's, mocha's and specialty coffees, plus door prizes and other in shoppe specials.

We go to market on January 10th, so prepare for some new things and new looks at the shoppe.