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Sep 11, 2018 / 0 comment / Jamie Pate

telling stories with hawthorne photo journal

I canNOT wait to show off this Photo Journal that is part of the Heidi Swapp Hawthorne Collection. The beautiful floral print hard cover mini album is a great option for telling any story. To name a few, this album is a perfect book for baby’s first year, a birthday event, a photo a day […]

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Sep 06, 2018 / 0 comment / Jamie Pate

Halloween Party Time

September is here. School is back in. Labor Day is behind us. And the festive season in front of us. Time to start thinking about Halloween parties and decorating. Heidi Swapp’s new Halloween Collection is live and kickin’ at select JoAnn Fabric and Craft Stores, independent and online stores! This quick party was put together […]

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Aug 26, 2018 / 0 comment / Jamie Pate

How to MINC a Scrapbook Title

Minc It Monday is here again. This is the part of the show where the Heidi Swapp Media Team creates yet another Minc inspired technique. The more I use the Minc Machine, the more ideas I discover I want to try. Especially where the Mixed Media portion of the collection is concerned. Today’s Minc It […]

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Aug 22, 2018 / 0 comment / Jamie Pate

5 Ways to Use Mini Envelopes in a Planner

We in this crafty business like to call when we merge one brand of product with another brand of product a collaboration. And that my friends, is just what this here post is all about. Now it’s not the first time the Heidi Swapp Media Team, or any other brand for that matter, are mixin’ […]

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Aug 16, 2018 / 0 comment / Jamie Pate

happy jig and hawthorne play together

  It’s never hard to add a little happy to any page layout. Just by virtue of the fact that the images are your images. And the page is your creativity. Not to mention the vast array of scrapbook product out there that is fun and pretty and, well, just brings joy to your page. […]

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Jul 26, 2018 / 0 comment / Jamie Pate

Storyline at the Beach

Storyline is here again. This time the page will be filled with beach memories. Having just returned from a week on the S0-Cal shore, my memories are fresh and my photos are getting printed. For these stories I am using the Heidi Swapp Storyline Collection available at Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores. Part of that […]

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Jul 15, 2018 / 0 comment / Jamie Pate

Minc it Monday | Foil Dot Background

Lately I have been thinking a lot about the craftiness that is ‘scrapbooking’. How there is this whole community of people out there who take photo + memory and create an artistic display that holds not only unique creativity every time but also heart. These cardstock and pattern paper canvases hold much more than embellishments […]

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Jul 11, 2018 / 0 comment / Jamie Pate

How to Gather with Heidi Swapp Wall Words

I find it kind of funny. The Heidi Swapp Media Team has been featuring the Wall Words here on the blog in recent posts. And so far, we have managed to use these said ‘wall’ words every where except for on a wall. Today is no exception. These Wall Words, that are available at Jo-Ann […]

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Jun 20, 2018 / 0 comment / Jamie Pate

Storyline Storytelling

If there is one thing I know about the Heidi Swapp Media Team, it’s that we are passionate about story telling. And more than that. We are passionate about inspiring you, our readers, to be passionate about story telling. It’s one of our team conversations we have often. How do we communicate to Heidi Swapp’s […]

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Jun 12, 2018 / 0 comment / Jamie Pate

How to Glitter and Shine with Neon Wall Words

You’ve heard me say it here before. Keeping uplifting words and quotes visual servers to help create an uplifting environment. Heidi Swapp’s products serve that mission time and again. And no less with these new Neon Wall Words now available at JoAnn Stores. For today’s Neon Wall Word post, I am taking the word Shine, […]

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