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Dec22020

Interview with Life with Evi

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Our latest interview features scrapbook artist, Life with Evi! A chiropractor by day, Evi uses scrapbooking as a creative outlet and designs beautiful layouts to capture her favorite memories! She shares videos of her process over on her YouTube channel, where you can watch her work her magic and bring different scrapbook layouts to life. Evi has used some of our PrintWorks products in her designs, like our Colored Cardstock and Glitter Cardstock! We love seeing what she comes up with!

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Nov192020

Interview with Wendy Tipton

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Wendy Tipton is a scrapbook artist who uses scrapbooking as a means of capturing everyday moments and memories in tangible form. Each layout she makes tells a story that highlights all the special things about her family! Read our interview below to learn more about her, her process, and where she finds inspiration!

Wendy also creates handmade cards, and recently used some of our PrintWorks products to create a series of holiday cards inspired by classic Christmas songs! Check them out at the bottom of this post!

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Nov32020
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Interview with Oco Origami

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We recently interviewed origami artist Christine Ott of Oco Origami to learn more about her mind-blowing origami creations! Her work involves lots of colors and patterns, geometric shapes, and what must be hours of paper folding. She has even used our Colored Paper to make a few of her pieces!

Read on to learn more about how she got started with origami, where she gets her inspiration, and her advice for anyone interesting in trying origami for the first time.

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Oct82020
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Interview with A Picket Fence Life

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We recently interviewed Judy Butler of A Picket Fence Life to learn more about the beautiful mini scrapbooks that she sells on her website and Etsy. These scrapbooks are created with themes for all sorts of occasions like travel, new baby, birthday or family, and all you have to do is add your photos to create the perfect keepsake! Read on to learn more about how she came to love scrapbooking and what inspires her designs!

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Sep162020
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Interview with Engineering with Paper

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Are you a parent or teacher looking for a fun way to get kids and teens to learn about STEAM? We interviewed Godwyn Morris and Paula Frisch of Dazzling Discoveries to learn all about their unique approach towards teaching.
STEAM combines art and science in fun hands-on projects. Read on to learn more about their mission to make hands-on creative learning accessible for builders of all ages and the importance of using paper in education.

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Aug262020

Paper in Education – Using Pastel Paper to Tackle Dyslexia

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One of the most frustrating things for parents and teachers alike is when a student is struggling, and it is unclear how to best assist them. No one wants to see their child struggle to learn to read, and not knowing how to make the highly complex and multi-layered reading process accessible to students with reading disabilities, such as dyslexia, can be heart-breaking. You may be surprised to hear that font style, font size, and the color of paper can help students with reading and reading comprehension issues! Studies have found that students with dyslexia may benefit from using different color paper or paper overlays because it reduces stress on the eyes.

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Aug242020
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Paper in Education – Decorating Virtual Classrooms

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In 2020, the image of a classroom has changed significantly as we move towards a virtual teaching format. Many teachers have been faced with the new challenge of teaching from home as we enter a new school year with a new cohort of students. We now must ask ourselves how to best decorate our at-home “classrooms” in order to normalize the idea that a virtual classroom is still a classroom. The challenge is figuring out how to appropriately decorate in a way that is economical in both finances and space.

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Aug182020
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Paper in Education – Virtual Learning Take-Home Kits

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The 2020-2021 school year is certainly not starting as expected, and many teachers have expressed that they feel as though they are starting from square one, no matter their level of experience. A lot of schools have decided to adopt a hybrid or fully virtual learning model until more is known about how to return to school safely. However, ready or not, the school year is coming, and teachers must adapt to make sure students are equipped and prepared for their new learning environments.

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