Handmade Holidays Blog Hop – Day 3!

Welcome to the Third Annual Handmade Holidays blog hop!! The best crafters, designers, and makers have come together to create and share  a series of thoughtful, handmade gifts for the holidays during this 3 day blog hop. Our goal is to inspire you to create something from the heart this holiday season as well as
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This Makes Me Want to Journal – November Kit

Do you ever find a paper that speaks to you, that makes you want to scrapbook, want to journal? That is what these Echo Park papers by Lori Whitlock do for me – I can’t wait to bust into this kit and start creating! Map pages, music, journals, and ledgers – Lori took all of
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A Steampunk Costume for Halloween – We Sew Together

As soon as Katie saw the pattern in the fabric store, she knew what she was going to be for Halloween: A Steampunk Lady. Unfortunately, the fabric store was out-of- stock of the pattern so we had to figure out something else. A few weeks later, I was in Joann’s and spotted the Steampunk Costume
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Wishlist Wednesday – Gilder’s Paste

Have you ever considered making a wishlist of products you want to try or buy? I decided to start sharing a Wishlist Wednesday the last Wednesday of every month! Over the summer, I took a class with Jen Cushman on using ICED Enamels and we used Baroque Art’s Gilder’s Paste to color and patina the
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Roasted Tomato and Carrot Soup – A Fall Favorite

Last year I found a great recipe on Food Network for a roasted tomato soup: https://hydrangeahippo.com/zucchini-lasagna/ When growing your own garden, either you have no tomatoes (what happened to my green thumb this year?!) or your tomatoes all get ripe at the same time, like they did for my mom. Good news for me! It means
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Xyron and Maya Road Team Up – No Sew Felt Mini Book Cover with Jennifer Priest

Welcome to the Xyron and Maya Road Blog Hop! All week long our teams will be sharing inspiration, project ideas, and more featuring Maya Road + Xyron products together. It’s kinda like heaven! Today I am sharing how to create a no-sew felt cover for any Maya Road mini album base using the Xyron Creative
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