Granny Enchanted

07/30/2026

Okay, I've been studying junk journal kits, where you basically get a pdf, and/or loads of image files. They're gorgeous. The PDF format is easier to print and cut for most paper crafters, I'm sure. Anyway, as I was studying, I purchased 2 (linked and pictured here).

The baby woodland animal kit came with loads and loads of jpgs. Not individual elements, but several elements to a jpg page. I was floored by how many journal tags, animals, tickets, washi tape... just so so much. I was me, so I was a little sad that it didn't have just the plain background pages. All the pages were pre-layered, looking pre-scrapped so they didn't need anything to be added to them. But they matched the theme well, and they were A+ gorgeous. It just was not the raw ingredients I was hoping for. However, I still think the set was way underpriced for the amount of goodies in it. AMAZING. And gorgeous clipart. Loads of it; none of it loose though. Great purchase. It does not include instructions on how to make a journal but if you're sitting down to make journals or cards it has loads in it.

The butterfly junk journal set: Okay, you buy this and you sort of have a pattern to make a whole junk journal just from cardstock. Like it is pre-printed in the purple butterfly theme, but it would be easy, well, for me, to just put different prints on those shapes and create any junk journal theme I want. This creator went above and beyond by creating a tutorial and the transparency here is phenomenal. She shows every page. She shows every step. And you actually end up with a junk journal that looks like the preview pictures. Just gorgeous. I am very excited to print this one and get started. I learned from the tutorial how to make a waterfall effect and that I should invest in some tools if I'm going to paper craft. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3KiZH2LFp8

Could you give me some thoughts on what you think of pdf print files? Not necessarily craft projects like this butterfly journal, but just huge pdfs with background and elements to just print and cut. Should I offer those?

Butterfly Junk Journal set: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1884728472/scrapbook-album-2-in-1-printable-kit

Baby Woodland Animal Set: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4509465522/woodland-animals-junk-journal-kit-baby

07/17/2026

My family thinks I'm unhinged. But this is just me. I've taken orders from so many teachers for so many years and I've always thought we could just do a little better than what they wanted. And since I'm off leash now, well, why not? Hmmm? Why not bats hanging around? It's so hard to get kids to buy in. Why not just give up and be weird? I made a desk set for a little alphabet center and I made a jumbo set, because go BIG or GO HOME. If I was a teacher, and I'm trying not to be one (have you seen how hard that is?), then I'd want something big, chonky, and easy. I won't know until September/October if this is received well. I just want y'all to tell me it's not bad to be a nutter.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bats-About-Reading-Complete-Alphabet-Learning-Set-17062834

07/14/2026

Okay, FREEBIE TIME!! I love this plaid. I might go to spoonflower and make it into a comforter... or printify. Love how it turned out. https://grannyenchanted.com/a-453-ai-plum-fireflies-digital-scrapbook-paper/

07/05/2026

Happy 250!!! Here's a 50% promo code for anything in the shop.
https://grannyenchanted.etsy.com?coupon=GRANNY250

Here's a link to the Americana 250 kit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4532780925/americana-250-digital-scrapbook-kit

07/01/2026

One month into summer! The school year is out. My Granny Enchanted world has been neglected. I've been working on Teachers Pay Teachers curriculum assets... I'd like to keep you posted on what I'm doing, but I'd also like to give away related freebies... for digi scrappers, not education-ers ... Making curriculum assets has been my job for 10+ years and I was sitting around scratching my thinker after that job closed out → they are STILL making money on my curriculum stuff because I was their contractor. Couldn't I make money on my own curriculum stuff? Plus, I cannot count how many times I would have done better than what the orders coming in were. So I'm going to spend the summer being my own boss. But I miss Granny E. I haven't launched the TeachMyHeart.Com website yet, but I can still make freebies and launch those on the Granny E website without much extra work. Clusters. I'm thinking clusters. Clipart clusters and borders. Those would make good freebies. (This giraffe, my current project, has neck pieces added... if he wants 10 pieces of fruit the student ads 10 neck pieces to make him tall enough. If he then wants 8, the student takes two pieces away. It will be a print and assemble 30-36" tall I hope. —I was just looking at that, realizing that out of context that's one wonky tree and funky giraffe.) Anyway, thoughts on freebies? TPT has some cute and free alpha cards on there in my store. Vintage feel. Made them years ago, and have had 16k+ downloads of it so people must like them... or like free; one of those. Notice the neglected store... seems to be a theme for me right now. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/granny-enchanted

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