Power Scrapbooking Class – A NEW Class at Collective Journey

Join me for a night of scrapbooking fun! After years of developing and teaching scrapbooking classes as well as scrapbooking for myself, I kept running into a common problem – having too many scraps or leftovers to deal with after I was finished with a page. So many people and companies had created tools to
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Did You Scrapbook School Portraits Yet?

The school year is almost over and let’s be honest: those school portraits are still sitting in the envelope they arrived home in last fall! It’s okay. We’re all in the same place – behind on our scrapbooking projects. Did you scrapbook school portraits yet or not? The end of the school year is fast
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Getting Ready for SNAP Conference!

Last fall I decided that 2014 would be the year I go to more conferences. Well, 8-9 months in advance, how can I know what was going to happen? All hell broke loose in my personal life between October and now and well, I am finally coming out of it. For a few moments, I
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Vintage Easter Decor Ideas Roundup

Waited until the last minute and now you need ideas, fast? Check out my roundup of fun and easy Easter decor ideas: 1. Jenny’s Vintage Style Spun Cotton Toppers These are so dang cute! And if you can’t find spun cotton balls, you can use 2″ Smoothfoam balls from Michael’s or Joanns. Jenny’s Vintage Style
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Now Manufacturers are Closing… *edited*

We know the craft industry, more specifically, scrapbooking, has been in trouble for a few years. Stores are closing, magazines are shutting down, and companies are going out of business. It’s not really anything NEW, seeing as we’ve been in this funk for, what, 6 or 7 years now? I would say the decline started
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6 Cards for 50 Cents – #Under5 Craft Haul Project #1

Last week I shared about my #Under5 Craft Haul Challenge: https://hydrangeahippo.com/2014/04/5-craft-haul-1/ The Challenge: Spend $5 or less at the craft store buying things you will use this week. So, in the spirit of that, I immediately took the cards and stamps I bought and made thank you cards, which I needed. Man, it felt good to
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Gaming It Up With Our April 2014 Kit

Woohooo our April 2014 kit is here! I am so excited for this one because I just love all the colors and the masculine feel. We’ve had alot of flowers with spring time coming so I thought it would be good to break that up with this fabulous Echo Park paper based kit. The papers
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