Scrapbook Your Way

Amanda Rowinski is a mom of two, former industry insider, and self-described modern-day memory keeping millennial mom who is navigating a creative comeback after years away from sharing online. With experience designing paper lines for We R Memory Keepers, helping launch The Happy Planner at Me and My Big Ideas, and co-hosting the Crafty Ass Female podcast, she brings a unique perspective on returning to a hobby that has changed almost as much as she has. In this conversation, Amanda opens up about what it means to start over in a space you once knew well.
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Hannah Lopez started scrapbooking in 2014 to document her daughter's Make-A-Wish trip during treatment for childhood leukemia, and within six months she was already making YouTube videos about her new hobby. Today she runs The Crafty Maven Getaway, a mixed media kit company and online community she first launched in 2015, stepped away from for several years, and recently relaunched with a design team and a fresh focus. Our conversation covers content creation in the scrapbooking space, the logistics of running a small product-based business, and what younger crafters might do differently.
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Angela Speir is a recently retired grandmother of seven from the Gulf Coast of Mississippi who scrapbooks with big florals, plenty of pop dots, and a philosophy that everyday moments matter more than holidays. As our July 2026 featured artist, she joins us for this My Way episode to share how she creates, what she's learned from decades of memory keeping, and the massive scrap room renovation that's consuming her year.
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Shanel Pettijohn is an Oklahoma-based scrapbooker, elementary school reading interventionist, and design team member for both Pear Tree Cut Files and Hip Kit Club. As a mom of three grown sons and grandmother to four girls, she's found a new creative rhythm as an empty nester, returning to scrapbooking with more time and fresh energy. Her pages are known for bold color, layered shapes, and hand-stitched details that make each layout feel like a small piece of art.
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Leilani Schirmer is a Mississippi-based scrapbooker, Project Life devotee, and self-described indoor kid who has turned her love of nostalgia into a creative practice. Known online as @leilani_scraps, she returns to the podcast to talk about why we’re drawn to looking back, the pop culture and physical media she’s collecting, and how she documents childhood memories she doesn’t want to lose. Turning 40 this year, Leilani brings a colorful, playful, maximalist energy to her craft room and every project she takes on.
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