Name: Amanda

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Houston, Texas area

Family (including pets): Billy (husband for almost 10 years) Garrett (5 yr old) Lance (3 yr old :eek: ) Trevor (the really old dog) Ernie and Cat (the hermit crabs) and Squirrel McQueen who visits us every morning.

How long you've been digiscrapping: about 2.5 years

Anything else you'd like to add!: I love love love the beach and spend as much time as possible there. I have a BS degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences but don't use it. 5 years ago I could have named all the bones in a bird. Dang mommy brain! I also have an addiction to Lara Bars. Love those things!

ETA: Your favorite colour!: Green or brown. Depends on my mood.

Name: Tania

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Northern California

Family (including pets): Been married to Joel, my hero, for almost 10 years, we have 1 son, Jeremiah (more affectionately known as JT) who is 5 and we also have 1 daughter, our darling Lulu (or Tallulah as her birth certificate says). We have 2 sweet cats Goose and Alex.

How long you've been digiscrapping: since March of 2005 :)

Anything else you'd like to add!: I had foot surgery today, yowwwchh!!

Name: Sarah

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): We are in Connecticut

Family (including pets): I am married to my highschool sweetheart and have three awesome kiddos! My daughter Lillian is almost 6, Wesley is 3 and Noah is 1. We are trying for our fourth now! I am so excited and cant wait!!

How long you've been digiscrapping: Since late January of this year :)

Anything else you'd like to add!: Ummm I talk alot LOL and I tend to ramble so I aplogize in advance LOL!

ETA: Your favorite colour!: Pink or Lavendar

I've been "lurking" here for quite a while, but just recently started getting more involved in the challenges and such.

Name: Lydia

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Kaysville, UT

Family (including pets): 4th of 7 kids in the family I grew up in. Married to Brett, with two little boys - 3 years and 21 mos. No pets thank you very much.

How long you've been digiscrapping: A little over a year

Anything else you'd like to add!: I'm a Mac girl, love reading, playing the piano, was an editor for ten years before I became a SAHM - most recently for a scientific journal "Meteoritics & Planetary Science" - crazy stuff!

Your favorite colour!: Yellow and Purple

Name: Justine Hastie

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): south of Wollongong, which is about 90mins south of Sydney in Australia

Family (including pets): DH David; DD Alyssa (3y.o. in July); two spoilt birds, George and Nibbler (aka Nibby); half a dozen fish in the back pond

How long you've been digiscrapping: it was about Sept 2005 from memory, a few months after dd was born

Anything else you'd like to add!: I'm a SAHM; I love SSD and I spend too much time procrastinating, driving between places and on this computer

ETA: Your favorite colour!: probably green but varies often

Name: Dorothy Judd

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Southern Suburb of Sydney, Australia

Family (including pets): Married to my best friend Scott for 13 1/2 years, no kids - not by choice:( ,two Cats - Ace and Beau

How long you've been digiscrapping: Since March 2006

Anything else you'd like to add!: I work 4 days a week - Monday to Thursday in purchasing and payroll for a plastics company. I look after my niece, whom I adore, every Friday . I met my husband the very first day at school - we were 5 yrs old. I would live in my pj's if I could

ETA: Your favorite colour!: I love mint green

Name: Elizabeth

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Raleigh, NC

Family (including pets): dh Jason, 4.5 yo Charlotte, 2 yo Gwendolyn and two kitties, Joshua our Maine Coon and Max our Bengal. (Though they are in the DOGHOUSE b/c they started peeing on our furniture, though they have stopped... for now...)

How long you've been digiscrapping: I started in 2005, quit for over a year when I was pregnant, started again March 2007

Anything else you'd like to add!: I had a homebirth with my second child... she was born in a bathtub at my MW's house after 38 minutes of active labor. :)

ETA: Your favorite colour!: Green or yellow

Wow Elizabeth! I think so far you are the CLOSEST person to me I have ever met in DigiLand. I'm in Goldsboro! You're only an hour away :P

Has anyone read this far? :blink:

I'm not new but I've not been really active in the forums.

I live in Arizona.

Family: I have two sons, 7 and 4. Waaaay too many pets, 2 dogs, 4 cats, and two birds.

I started digi scrapping in 2006, I think.

I'm a trained flight instructor doing child care in my home until my youngest ds starts Kinder this fall. Then I'll go back to work full time. I will soon (I hope) legally be a single mom. Actually been a single mom the last 5 years.

My favorite color: green (any earthtones)

Name:Conni (NO "E") Laing Frankl

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!):I live in the small town of Raymore, Sask. Population 600

Family (including pets):Husband of 8 years Darcy, Daughter Stephanie, Sons, Cody and Joshua

How long you've been digiscrapping:Since November 07

Anything else you'd like to add!:I Grew up a City girl and now love being down home on the farm

ETA: Your favorite colour!:BLUE
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I love threads like this! Us newbies love learning who everyone is!

Here is my info:


Name: Toby (my real name; not a nickname!)

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): A decent size college town .. Rolla, Missouri

Family (including pets): Roger, my wonderful boyfriend, and my 2 sons at home...Ryan is 19 and John is 15. Suzanne (who is now known as sbrobinson08 here at Sweet Shoppe; she is new too!) is 21! I am soon to have a wonderful son-in-law by the name of Josh. I also have a cute grandpuppy named Marcie.

How long you've been digiscrapping: almost 2 years but was a paper scrapper for almost 10 years.

Anything else you'd like to add!: Every once in a great while, you will find me behind a sewing machine. I still love to quilt. I also make cards and still do paper scrapping!!!

ETA: Your favorite colour!: BLUE!!!!!

OK, here's mine:

Name: Davita

Whereabouts you live: near Sacramento, CA

Family: husband, 1 dd aged 6, twin boys age 2 1/2 and 2 cats

How long you've been digiscrapping: about 3 and a half years

ETA: Your favorite colour!:Pink

Well, I'm a brand new "newbie" on here ... just joined tonight. ALTHOUGH I've been buying SSD goodies for ohhhh forever. I think since the beginnning, or very close to it !

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So tell us.....

Name:Connie Jean

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Southwestern Idaho

Family (including pets): Hubby's name is John. We have two kids: Hannah Cheyenne (age : 7) and Benjamin Andrew (age : soon to be 5). No pets currently

How long you've been digiscrapping: sometime in 2005

Anything else you'd like to add: Hmmm... we are a Christian homeschooling family. I love digital scrapping as much as paper scrapping AND I love rubber stamping too (card making ... yay!). I am a Stampin' Up Demo and enjoy that as well.

Your favorite colour: pink, green, and brown

Name: Angela Louise Spangler

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Grand Blanc, MI, but will be exported to San Antonio, TX this summer

Family (including pets): Husband Andrew, daughters Cora (8), and Sarah (6)

How long you've been digiscrapping: Since Dec 2005

Anything else you'd like to add!: I totally rock

ETA: Your favorite colour!: blue

Name: Mary aka marnel

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): I live in the Hartford Area in CT

Family (including pets): DH, 4dd's Ro-17, Charlie-15, Helena-13 Ary-4 and 2 ds's Gio-5 & Mason-6mths

How long you've been digiscrapping: Since Nov.2004 and I really stunk at it in the beginning b/c I was just really beginning :p

Anything else you'd like to add!: I work full time as a Med.Receptionist and my oldest dd will graduate this year from High School. waaaaa :(


ETA: Your favorite colour!: hmmm not sure I have one to pinpoint I like about everything....