I am so excited to be participating in the YouTube Layout Hop! This is a great way to get ideas, share inspiration, and actually make some scrapbook pages. This month’s theme was “Mists and Masks” so I used a bunch of different sprays inks and masks to create this sporty mixed media scrapbook page about
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Author: Jennifer Priest
It started with jewelry, beading, sewing, home decor, painting, basket weaving, pottery, and cross-stitch. Marry that to an entrepreneurial spirit & at 9 years old a girl is selling her wares at craft fairs as far as her parents and grandparents would drive her. These days, Jennifer enjoys crafts of all genres from sewing to scrapbooking to jewelry with a little dabbling in the mixed media world. Her style is approachable and she wants everyone who sees her work to feel that they too can embrace creativity and make their home and life beautiful.
Technique Thursday: Punching It Up with Vintage Book Pages and ICE Resin Paper
This week, let’s take a look at a new way to work with paper: punched paper shapes + ICE Resin. Sure, everyone loves a good vintage book page butterfly. But kick that look up a few 100 notches with resin paper! Yeah baby! Here is a series of cards and a layout I made
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Making Hard Decisions – Closing Our Etsy Shop
This year has been rough. And with a rough year comes alot of soul searching and hard decisions that I don’t want to make. At some point, having a huge part of my house dedicated to “etsy central” and a shipping center and boxes and over 500 items in an online shop is just too much
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Putz Style Christmas Villages for the Holidays
I love love love tiny little houses sprinkled (okay, dumped) with chunky glitter and lovely pretty sparkly things for Christmas. Some point over the last few years, I realized the little houses I was loving so much for my holiday decor were called “putz” houses or dime store Christmas Villages. These were largely handmade items
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How to Invite People to Your Facebook Page
A friend posted a complaint about people who “friend” her on Facebook (FB) and immediately post a public note on her wall inviting her to “like” their business Facebook Page. It is good to have a Facebook Page if you have business because our profiles are for non-commercial use. I look at FB like going
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New Style for a New Year!
When I’m creating I am always challenging myself to do something different, make an item unique, or try something I haven’t tried before. This simple earrings and necklace set are one of those projects. I wanted to see how I could make the most of a set of beads by getting multiple projects from it
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30 Days of Holiday Projects – An Easy Peasy Shadowbox
Welcome to 30 Days of Holiday Projects with Xyron!! The Design Team is creating and sharing projects all month long to inspire holiday fun and creativity. Today, I am sharing with you a holiday shaker box shadowbox. This is a fun display item and the kids will have fun giving it a little shake to
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