When not cropping, I am a rabid, I mean avid, baseball fan. My 12-year-old son is
one heck of a pitcher, and I LOVE to cheer his little league team on to victory! I teach Theatre Arts at a high school near Portland where I most recently directed the musicals Jekyll and Hyde and Les Miserables.
I have been scrapping since 1995, and my scrapbooking style is like fashion. From go-go boots and mini skirts to power suits and pumps, my fashion and scrapbooking styles change with the times. When I first started this wonderful craft, I was "one" with white pages, stickers and die cuts. In the late 90s, I was all about paper piecing. In early 2000, I used my own handwriting and I became shabby-chic. Now I love layering embellishments, exploring different textures and using Bazzill, Making Memories and Heidi Swapp products.
If I were stranded on a remote island I would take Rob Lowe for inspiration(!) along with my Canon EOS Digital Rebel camera with continuous shooting mode, Bazzill cardstock, my Making Memories Paper Trimmer, my Crop-A-Dile, Mini Glue Dots, and Tim Holtz scissors.
The emotional impact of a creating a gift scrapbook for friends or family members makes this craft deeply meaningful for me. And, on the lighter side, I adore shopping for supplies! In the spirit of good fun,my two friends and I travel all over the Northwest to shop at scrapbook stores.
We call ourselves The Snippets, and we cheerfully rank all stores with
1-5 snips for curb appeal, inspiration, product, and customer service.
I love to journal and I am inspired by photos. Right now, I am making 8x8 theme albums for Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day, etc. (It's fun to display them on holidays!) And each year I make an everyday moments book. Recently, I took some graduate education classes and learned to make books and boxes. I have adapted these book arts techniques into scrapbook projects that I want to share with web readers.
It is such an honor to be chosen for the 2009 Craft Warehouse Design Team. I look forward to sharing ideas on this site!