About Us!
Here at the General Store, we strive to offer a contemporary selection of personally crafted items as well as some of your general needs to help you make the best of your photo memories! Every picture tells a story, and whether it’s with something we’ve created or an item you’ve requested, we hope to help those treasured stories and memories come to life in your scrapbook.
Rooted here in the heart of central Iowa, we take great pride and honor in not only offering design elements but also hosting a bevy of fun crafting events that allow us to connect with our scrapbook family in person! We currently co-host 4 crop events a year, each with its own theme. Our events have been turned over to Creating With Connie. If you are hunting some good fun crops search for her dates on facebook under "Creating with Connie"
Our Home Team
Myla is the owner and lead visionary at Chasing Our Memories. Crafting has been a lifelong passion of hers, even though her first scrapbook was started only 3 months before her eldest daughter’s high school graduation. Myla often finds it hard to fit in her full time job on top of all the crafting, but somehow she makes it work. In her free time Myla also enjoys spending time with her family and taking trips.
“A trip to anywhere is an adventure if you make it one!” The retail world has become her newest obsession. Finding great bargains and bring them back to her friends is a real passion of hers.
Gina is our Marketing/Design Director here at Chasing Our Memories. Her scrapbook journey started 26 years ago, when her kids were just 3 and 1. Aside from scrapbooking, Gina finds time to work two jobs and of course be a grandma to her favorite little guy! In her spare time Gina loves to spend time with family, though she’s quite partial to her little grandson and journaling. Gina also enjoys the passion of bargains and sharing great finds with her friends. Retail is so much more fun when sharing it on a live facebook or out scouring the stores.
Sara is our Brand and Blog Director for Chasing Our Memories. Sara’s joy in life comes from being a mom to her son. Crafting and scrapbooking is still a learning process for Sara, but one she has loved learning through attending crops and trying things out! Aside from her full time job as a single mom, Sara is also a full time medical receptionist and part-time nursing school candidate. Sara’s passions also include budgeting and planner decorating and card making.
Maxine Baker is our 2 Sista's Party Co. Liaison. A retired grandmother of 3 Max enjoys spending time with her family, especially her grand kids, traveling and cooking for her family. You can often find Max at our local craft vendor shows and our crops with free samples ready to go! Max also enjoys card making and all sorts of creative projects out on her acreage.
