I am so glad you all are as excited about our new team as we are! They have already begun to put some pretty amazing projects together that I just know you are going to love.
Today, we will get to know a little more about Jill, Stacey and Vivian.
Hi, all! I was born and raised on Oahu, Hawaii, and I still live here with my husband Rob and daughter Zoe. By day, I am an English teacher, working with words, surrounded by students' papers, and by night, you'll find me playing with words (and pictures), surrounded by patterned paper. Like teaching, scrapbooking is a creative, challenging, colorful, and rewarding endeavor, and when I immerse myself in it, I am in my element. I see us all as authors of our own stories, and scrapbooking is instrumental in the documentation of that story, motivating us "to embrace a way of remembering that which it would impoverish us to forget", as Robert Frost once claimed about poetry, and which I think perfectly captures what scrapbooking can do for us as well. I like to think of my personal style in terms of "convergence," since I love to pull together bits and pieces until they click for me, until they all say what I want them to say.
"Pretty Nerd Rock" by Jill Sprott
1 - My name is Stacey Kingman and I live in College Station, Texas. It’s the best town ever.
2 - I am married to Doug, a professor at Sam Houston State University.
3 - I have four homeschooled kids, Darby (15), Jolie (12), Cody (8), and Corey (6).
4 - I love to make lists.
5 - I’ve been scrapbooking since Darby was six months old, when I had a small, flat tub of supplies that I carried with me to crops...now I have a scrap room that is full of carefully labeled patterned paper, punches, ribbon, and stickers.
6 - I often use several different-sized photos on a page and mix black-and-white and color photos.
7 - My family is used to me always writing the things they say on random bits of paper to use as journaling for my layouts.
8 - I enjoy gardening – in my garden, zinnias are my favorite flower and zucchini is my favorite vegetable.
9 - Reading gets me into time-management trouble all the time. I’m a Jane Austen fan, love Ted DekKer, re-read The Chronicles of Narnia every couple of years, and can’t pass up good historical fiction.
10 - Other things I do - photography, Words With Friends, and looking for the perfect place to put my couch.
11 - If organizing was a sport, I’d want to be the team captain. I get happy over labeling, containerizing, and sorting any kind of stuff into categories.
12 - I must have 8 ½ hours of sleep every night. Every night.
13 - I have adored October Afternoon since the very first release, and I am thrilled to be returning as a member of the design team!
"How They Make Markers" by Stacey Kingman
Vivian's roots as a paper crafter date back to her elementary school days, when she and a childhood friend ran their own stationery business. Vivian no longer uses paint pens to create sets of stationery with rainbows, unicorns, and ice cream cones; instead, she applies her love of paper, color, and design to scrapbooking and cardmaking. A 2007 Creating Keepsakes Hall of Famer, Vivian has had her work published in most major industry magazines as well as in several idea books. In addition to designing for October Afternoon, Vivian is a member of the Write.Click.Scrapbook. collective. When not gluing patterned paper and photos to cardstock, Vivian can be found working as a curriculum coordinator for her local school district, hanging out with her husband and two elementary-school-age kids, or creating her next masterpiece in the kitchen.
"Good Role Model" by Vivian Masket
Don't forget to leave a comment, we will be drawing a few winners for some 5 and Dime goodies on Friday!