Hi! Maybe try a small piece in a low oven,maybe 175-250, keep checking to see how it's coming along. That might make the pink dull somewhat,pre-heat the oven ,and take notes :D And good luck! or you could set it in the sunlight.

If your hutch was your grammy's, I wouldn't do anything permanent to change it; it is worth something as is, not if altered. IMO, if you wanted to change something about it, cut a piece of wood to fit in under the top, along the back and make your changes to that piece of wood. If you ever change your mind, you remove it or change it to something different. If you want to change the look of your hutch, add some more colorful accesories to it and arrange those sitting where the urn and candlesticks are to groups of 3s.

Where do you find these magazines? I've been glancing in the stores (Wal-Mart, Target, grocery stores) but haven't seen any scrapebooking magazines. Do I have to go to a book store to find these??? TIA Rachelle

There are a lot of great papers that you just insert your cropped photos into the open spaces. The one I used still had plenty of space for journaling, too. They still look great and it saves a lot of work. You may want to slip one in here and there since you have 20+ years worth! Might break up the monotony for you. I have also seen a paper piecing pattern for a stocking that was patchwork Christmas papers. Instead of a few of the pieces they had three or four pictures. I can't remember where I saw it, but there's a few places I can look. Even if I can't find it, I think this would be pretty easy to do. Just draw a simple stocking shape that takes up most of the page. Crop a few pages into wedges, triangles, etc. that would fit on the stocking, leaving plenty of space between them. Then use assorted Christmas patterned papers to fill in the spaces to complete the stocking. Finish with holly leaves or whatever around the edges. It sounds confusing, but it's hard to explain. If you can picture it in your head from my explanation, you can do it. I'll look for the pattern and if I find it I'll post it. Good luck and happy scrappin'! -Sarah