12 Days of Minis 2013 – Mini Albums, that is …

Welcome to 12 days of minis! Mini albums that is! I know, you were thinking mini skirts and though that might be comparable to the looks of the guy in the pink tutu, well, I do crafts and not modeling for a good good reason ;) Each day now through Christmas I will share a
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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!


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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Sticky Sticks for Your Plants – A Designer Crafts Connection Blog Hop

Welcome to the Sticky Sticks and Designer Craft Connection Blog Hop!! This hop continues through October 22nd so keep an eye out for this logo to move forwards and backwards through the blogs in the hop: Designer Craft Connection [ Hop back ] [ Hop forward ] Okay, how fun are Sticky Sticks? Last year when
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Doodlebuggin’ Out for Halloween with Xyron!

Xyron has teamed up with Doodlebug all week long to bring you Halloween inspiration! Thanks for stopping by today – I am sharing two cards and two scrapbook pages. Since I have young kids, Doodlebugs paper collection make it easy to create whimsical, fun pages without a ton of effort. The coordinated collections with stickers,
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Crafty Happy Hour!

Several weeks ago, Matthew and I attended a Crafty Happy Hour event hosted by the Mothership Scrapbook Gal. We were lucky enough to be able to broadcast our Saturday Morning Crafts show from the event, LIVE! These events are organized by Rina Gonzales, aka Mothership Scrapbook Gal, as a way for people to gather and
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Designer Crafts Connection BLOG HOP: Pencil Canvas Art – Just BEE YourSelf

Today the Designers Crafts Connection is hopping and crafting with school supplies!! I made several projects for this hop — I mean, who doesn’t love fresh, new schoool supplies, right? Check those projects out here: Crayon  Canvas Art Duct Tape Journal Today’s project is more of an art piece, just with school supplies (pencils) as
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