Welcome to our series about how to make videos & use YouTube! After many requests and lots of phone calls and emails about the hows, whys, and whats of YouTube, I decided it would be best to create a resource that anyone can use. Yes, YouTube has alot of resources and there are tons of
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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.
Hydrangea Hippo and Project Life
Hello there! Holly here today to share with you a few projects I made using the June Kit. I am slowly catching up with my Project Life album as life just keeps moving on. This half page layout is from early February, but this kit has some great details that are just perfect for
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New Session of Social Marketing for Crafters – July 24
Do you have a crafty business and need to promote it? Are you a designer or instructor looking to make your mark in social media but don’t know how? Are you using social media and not getting the results you want? Then this class is for you!! Craft Industry Social
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Copper is This Summer’s Color! An Easy Necklace Tutorial
In the summer I tend to wear a lot of turquoise and orange, bright summery colors, don’t you? Well, a great way to set off these colors is with metallic accessories– especially copper! This gallery length, easy necklace can be created in about 15 minutes featuring faceted metallic copper beads and amber colored crystals.
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Pub Call Support Group
This year, I made a “professional” goal to get published more in magazines. *clearing throat* Okay, more like to get published AT ALL. I have been published in the past but it was never through any large amount of effort on my part. Most of my publications came through being invited or being asked to
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Learn to Sew – on the Saturday Morning Crafts Show!
Join Jennifer and Matt of Hydrangeahippo.com for a LIVE web show on Saturday mornings, all summer long! 9am Pacific Time, on Google+ Hangouts On AIR: https://plus.google.com/115097152907920695681/posts This Saturday, we’ll be creating an easy to sew, zippered pet bed. This bed is washable and we’ll use old bed pillows to stuff it (no messy polyfill to try
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31 Unfinished Projects – Final Update
At the beginning of this month I set out to FINISH 31 Unfinished Projects from my huge on-going list. Read all about the list and the reasons why I am doing this here: https://hydrangeahippo.com/31-days-of-unfinished-projects/ My hope is that the sharing of my journey inspires you to get some things done around your house, in your craft
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