Birthday Sale!!

Come shop with us through November 20th!! It’s our birthday month — yippeee! Time to celebrate.  It’s a birthday sale! Take 40% off the entire shop now through Nov 20 with code HOLIDAY40 at checkout!! WOOT WOOT!!! Only at https://www.etsy.com/shop/hydrangeahippo Thanks so much – we can’t wait for you to get some crafty goodness!

Power Scrapbooking?

What is Power Scrapbooking? As our kids get older and our lives get busier, we have less and less time to scrapbook while the photos and memories just keep piling up. I encountered this myself over the last couple of years. Not really easy to scrap when you’re spending all day Saturday on the soccer
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100 Tips About Being a Good Designer – Tips #31-65

I’ve been designing and teaching in the craft industry for over 10 years! I can’t even believe it has been that long and then on the other hand, I feel like I have been teaching and creating for my entire life. In that time I have been through the school of hard knocks, learned a
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Introducing…..a ZERO Waste Scrapbook Kit

Do you always have scraps leftover after creating layouts or scrapbooks pages? I do too! And then I have to store them and sort them and hope that one day I use them. BOO!!! Wouldn’t it be cool if there was a zero waste scrapbook kit? Over the last year I have been working on
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Felt Acorn Ornaments

These happy little felt acorn ornaments are great for fall decor or a woodland themed Christmas and they’re super easy to make. They’re super easy to make, in about 15 minutes each. I made a handy dandy tutorial video earlier this week during our monthly Crafty Hangouts. Are you following Crafty Hangouts? If not, check
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Family Time Album

Good day to all this great morning! We are now into the seasons of giving thanks and enjoying all family around us. A time where sharing is key and memories we hold dear are created. The Good Journal November Creative Kit is so awesome in that it has so many beautiful elements and quotes to
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