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Meet The Bag Lady
I accepted this to be truth until my first son was born. My cousin Linda handed me my first scrapbook that she herself had started for me. From the instant that book hit my fingertips the obsession started. Now don’t get me wrong, I still covet the smell of turpentine and putting a brush to the board, but there is something about creating artful memories that I cannot seem to get enough of. And who cannot look at a small tube of glitter and not get giddy over its frosty goodness? I am an artist who now can spend hours in a fine art store and a craft store and break the bank equally in both places (my husband does not share in this excitement). No matter what skeptics say scrapbooking is indeed an art. And I should know. I am also a full time middle school art teacher. I think it is important to know whom you are purchasing things from so here are some random bits about me so you get to know your teacher a bit better. I am…
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Meet Justine, Web Extraordinaire
As a graphic design/layout artist, I keep my computer next to me at all times. At work, I ran the Production department at a small publishing company, which ranged from laying out books to designing brochures to creating web pages and e-mail promotions. Post-kids, I am still at the same company, but now I work on new product development, currently producing self-study training programs. Since leaving the hands-on creative aspect of my job, it's refreshing to fulfill that outlet with scrapbooking, although it's admittedly a bit of a transition for me. While layout is second-nature (I'll oftentimes lay out a page on my computer before committing to the physical page), I come from a marketing world where "less is more" (i.e., be sure your message is obvious to the purchaser and don't muddy it up with "extras"). The first time I sat down and worked on a page, I had no idea what to do with the embellishments! It's been a fun learning process, though, I must say. Here are some more tidbits about me...
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I
have been a fine artist since I could hold a pencil and majored
in it in school. Primarily I am an oil painter but I also work
in watercolor, acrylics and clay. I love the smell of turpentine
and the buttery feel of new oil paints, fresh from the tube
(heaven!). I get great satisfaction of rubbing my painty hands
on my smock that I have been wearing since I was seven.
With a fine arts background and a studio full of fine art supplies,
I thought I had no need for glue sticks and patterned papers.
I could not grasp how someone could spend hours in a craft
store shopping. No smells. No mess. No fuss. Where is the thrill
in that? Ignorant, I know.
It's
a family affair. Despite sharing my
childhood bedroom with my *older* sister -- AKA, The Bag Lady
-- for more than a decade, I
am actually willing to work with her. She is, after all,
the one who turned me on to scrapbooking in the first place.