25 Things To Know About Me (The Scrapbooking Edition)
- I’ve been scrapbooking since high school in the mid-1990s.
- I am not someone you would consider “crafty” and therefore would never have picked up the hobby if it weren’t for my mom, who is crafty.
- Three of the four females in my immediate family (my mom, myself and middle sister) would consider themselves “scrapbookers;” the other (the youngest sister) makes her living as a graphic designer.
- I didn’t know this until recently, but apparently scrapbooking is in my genetics.
- I used a computer to scrapbook way back in the late-90s, before I ever heard of anything called “digital scrapbooking” by creating frames and titles on the family computer.
- I started digi scrapping during grad school in 2008; right about the time what one of my favorite scrapbookers (Ali Edwards) started designing elements and templates for Designer Digitals.
- Digi scrapping as a grad student is perfect because you can work on a paper and then use “Cmd+Tab” to switch over the PSE for scrapbooking.
- When I first started digi scrapping I thought that I would continue to paper scrap because one of my favorite parts was feeling all of the textures. Those plans quickly fell by the way side and I haven’t done a paper-based layout or album since 2009.
- I have four 8×8 albums filled with printed digital layouts on my bookshelf.
- I used birthday money to buy my first version of Photoshop Elements. I think it was PSE6 for the Mac.
- I’m currently using the most up-to-date version of Photoshop Elements – PSE 11.
- My favorite supply is patterned paper because it combines two of my favorite things: patterns and color.
- I also really love alphas. I have 84 sets of alphas in my collection.
- The fact that you never “run out” of letter stickers/alphas in digi scrapping is a huge bonus for me.
- I organize my supplies using iPhoto.
- Being the huge organization nerd that I am, I’m considering a major re-do of my tagging system in the near future.
- I currently have 18,393 photos (i.e. individual supplies) in my iPhoto catalog
- I spend the vast majority of my money at Designer Digitals and have since the beginning.
- My most favorite designer is Katie Pertiet at Designer Digitals. I have 340 packs of supplies (e.g. kits/paper packs/element packs/brush packs, etc.) in my collection by her. She is a PROLIFIC designer.
- My second most favorite designer is One Little Bird Designs at The-Lilypad.
- I don’t have any hard numbers to back this up, but I am pretty sure that the most common color in my supply collection is turquoise/teal. I have a hard time turning down kits with turquoise in them.
- My most recent purchase was the “So Fine Kit” by Katie Pertiet. Evidence of #16 and #18.
- I have never scrapbooked “chronologically” and don’t really understand how people keep that up.
- My starting point for a page is almost always photos, then story, and then supplies.
- I love color, texture and documenting everyday life and try to use those elements well on my pages.
Oh! I hadn’t been to your actual blog in a while… love this new about page.