Adventures in Arting Podcast: Noell & Izzy Hyman

I'm delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!

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Today's guests are husband and wife team Noell & Izzy Hyman.

Noell hosts and co-owns Paperclipping.com -- a scrapbooking website of video tutorials, a popular audio talk show, and scrapbooking articles. She's been documenting her life through journaling since she was about 7 years old, as well as through photos and scrapbooking since she was around 10. Noell discovered the scrapbooking industry while it was still in its infancy in 1996 and began scrapbooking with industry products at that time.

Her background with modern dance influenced the way she scrapbooks: she loves communicating her stories, not only through photos and journaling, but also through visual design…in other words, she's all about using colors, patterns, lines, and other design elements to tell the story. Using design as a visual language to tell a story through scrapbooking is one of her favorite topics to study and share with others through Paperclipping.

"You know how some things get into your heart and soul?

Design got into mine.

I don’t just teach the basics, but I really love to dig deep into design theory so it can be applied a million ways with a million styles and empower scrapbookers to tell their stories, not just with words but also through the visual designs of their pages."

In 2008 Izzy walked away from his full-time career in the corporate world to run two website businesses from home: he owns and hosts IzzyVideo.com where he teaches how to shoot and edit video through his online video tutorials. He also co-owns and produces Paperclipping.com -- his wife's scrapbooking website. Izzy works with local films in the Phoenix area. In March 2013 he will debut the first film he produced himself.

"I’m Israel Hyman (Everyone calls me Izzy), and I’m obsessed with video. To me it’s an incredible art form.

It has the visuals of photography, but when you add audio and physical movement, it takes the art form to a whole new level.

While video seems complex at first, it isn’t. I have devoted the last several years to showing others how easy video is. It’s not the ‘black art’ that people sometimes pretend it is. Developing skills with video is as easy as learning the principles and then practicing them."

On today's podcast we discuss how Paperclipping.com came about, how Noell & Izzy make working together work for them, Noell's ballet classes, Izzy's singing classes, and taking a non-traditional career path.  I hope you'll listen in to our conversation and leave us your thoughts!

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P.S. If you'd like to win a seat in my online class "Stamp Carving 101," Tina is hosting a giveaway on her blog.