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Sponsor Spotlight: Hydrangea Hippo

September 29, 2011 Leave a Comment

And now a word from our sponsors…

Hydrangea Hippo is an Etsy shop curated by papercrafter & instructor Jennifer Priest. The Hippo Etsy shop includes past class kits, handmade projects, and kits exclusive to the shop, in addition to lots of fabulous embellishments and non-traditional findings from Jennifer’s legendary treasure hunting trips. This Bask In The Sun mini album kit featuring Authentique Paper, unique ink treatments, and loads of embellies, is a past class kit that is featured in the shop this month:

Hydrangea Hippo also assembles Crafting Kits on a theme, such as masculine school themed kits and this sewing kit:

Every month there is something new in the shop, including handmade seasonal items, like hand-dyed bottle brush Christmas trees around the holidays. There are always new and exciting goodies in the shop to give your projects that extra special, unique flair. It’s a happy crafty place!

Hydrangea Hippo’s trim bundles are all trims collected during Jennifer’s trips to the fashion district in LA, to her grandmother’s collection of vintage fabrics, and to flea markets. Delicate lace, hand dyed cotton, jute woven trims…there’s so much to choose from and each week, there’s more fabulous trims added to the shop. These move fast so if you see something, you like, don’t delay. If they get a deal on a trims, they’ll pass that on to you! Here’s a layout featuring some of the trims available in the shop:

Stick pins in several styles are also available in packs of 8 as well as in custom colors and in bulk. Baker’s Twine, handmade felt and paper bag books, diecuts, shaped sequins, and anything and everything else “inspired” is included in the shop.

As a special offer to my blog readers (U.S. only, please!), enjoy 20% off through the end of the month from the Hydrangea Hippo Etsy shop by entering code HANDS9 at checkout.

Hydrangea Hippo is also giving away a Project 12×12 Lace & Trims – Class Kit, which includes 6 layouts, to one lucky winner. To enter, just leave a comment on this post before 10 pm EST tomorrow. It’s that simple! For extra entries, in a separate post, let me know that you are now following Hydrangea Hippo on Twitter or that you’ve ‘Liked’ them on Facebook!

And don’t forget, you can follow Hydrangea Hippo on their blog, too!

Good luck!

Filed Under: Giveaways, Reviews & Sponsored Tagged With: etsy, hydrangea hippo, papercrafts, sponsor spotlight

About Heidi

Heidi Gustad is a craft book author & content creator in love with primary colors & vintage vibes. She specializes in knitting, crochet, latch hook and macramé, and her first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is out now!

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