12 Days of Minis – Day 12 A Christmas Album

Each day now through Christmas I will share a mini book – a mini scrapbook – with you that I have created! This book is meant to serve as inspiration and along the way, I will share tips, tricks, techniques, and tutorials as well as the story behind the book. My hope is that these
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12 Days of Minis – Day 5 – Using Christmas Decor

Each day now through Christmas I will share a mini book – a mini scrapbook – with you that I have created! This book is meant to serve as inspiration and along the way, I will share tips, tricks, techniques, and tutorials as well as the story behind the book. My hope is that these
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Altered Christmas Birdhouses – Heidi Swapp + Xyron Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Heidi Swapp adn Xyron Blog Hop! All week long our teams have swapped product and challenged each other to create Christmas cheer and papercrafting inspiration. Today, I created an altered Christmas birdhouse in two styles, perfect for display on the mantle for the holidays. Each altered Christmas birdhouse is covered with Heidi
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A NOEL without an O – Xyron 30 Days of Holiday Projects

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. Lately I have been loving working with WIRE! For jewelry and or home decor, I got into wire way back when tole painting was big in the 1980’s. After
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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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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!