A getting to know you thread!
 

Ok, so we have so many new peeps lately, and it's so exciting! :)

So tell us.....

Name:

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

Family (including pets):

How long you've been digiscrapping:

Anything else you'd like to add!:

ETA: Your favorite colour!:

I'll start, because I have to get to work!

Name: Jamie

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Newfoundland, Canada

Family (including pets): Tony, my DH, and three kiddos, Benjamin, Amelia and Rachael (aka Rae). Oh, and my cat Pebbles LOL

How long you've been digiscrapping: since June 2007

Anything else you'd like to add!: Not really LOL! I work from home all day, and I scrap after the kiddos go to bed!

Your Favorite Color: Pink and Red

Well, I'm not new around here, but I'll answer...


Name: Kresta

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Panama City, FL

Family (including pets): Hubby of 10 years and 2 kids - Wes (4) and Claire (3)

How long you've been digiscrapping: Since the beginning of '06.

Anything else you'd like to add!: I'm a fraternal twin. My favorite candy in the whole wide world is Twizzlers. I lead worship at my church. I don't particularly like my ankles (more like cankles). I like to read. I'm a SAHM. I stay up late (for me time) after all my family goes to bed. I watch reality shows like Bachelor, Dancing with the Stars, Idol.

i'll play :)

Name: dana

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): wilmette, illinois (northern suburb of chicago)

Family (including pets): charlie (dh) and audrey (dd) ... no pets :) (i'm waaaaay to selfish for a pet ... i like to be able to travel at a moments notice ... and i'm pretty anal too, couldn't handle dog hair LOL!)

How long you've been digiscrapping: october 2006

Anything else you'd like to add!: hmmmm ... nothing that i can think of now :) LOL ...

Name: Becca

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Southern Illinois

Family (including pets): My DH Phillip, three kiddos Austin, Ethan, & Savannah, three kitties Smokey, Ginger, & Pumpkin

How long you've been digiscrapping: hmm since about November 2007

Anything else you'd like to add!: Nothing interesting! LOL! I am a SAHM and I go to school for graphic design. I also have my own website for custom cards,etc.

ETA: Your favorite colour!: Pink & Green

I've been meaning to post an introduction anyway (though I always feel kind of silly since I "know" most of you from other sites).

I'm Dawn
I live in Arizona, in the Phoenix area.
I've been happily married to my hubby, Gary, for 12 years and we have 2 kiddies, Julie and Daniel.
I've been digiscrapping for 2 years, but was a paper scrapper for 5 years before that.

If you really want to get to know me, check out my blog, Camera Confidentials, where I blog about my "glamorous" life as a work-at-home lawyer, compulsive photographer, scrapbooker, neurotic mom, all-around daredevil. It's a regular thrill ride ...

http://dawnmarchantphotography.typepad.com/my_weblog/

Nice to meet you all! I'm glad to be here.

I'm not new but dang it people should know me too!! LOL


Name: Amy

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Eastern NC..smack betwen Raleigh and the Beach :)

Family (including pets): one DH (could fall into the pet category? LOL), Chad
Joshua, 16
Katelynn (Katie) 10
Jacob 9
dogs Brownie and Scooby

How long you've been digiscrapping: since 2004

Anything else you'd like to add!:========ummmmmmmm i dunno, lol ========

ETA: Your favorite colour!: PINK PINK PINK. Is it any wonder I love SSD so?

Name:

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Dallas, TX suburb

Family (including pets): husband Michael, DD Avery, DS Landon and our cat Allie

How long you've been digiscrapping: primarily digi since July '06; paper scrapping since 1996

Anything else you'd like to add!: I play World of Warcraft with my family; AI is the only reality show I watch, but I love CSI / Law & Order and the like, as well as Psych...my new all-time favorite TV show (on USA)...which kind of explains my sense of humor LOL

ETA: Your favorite colour!: Pink will usually always get my attention, but I can't just limit myself to one fav...I love them all at one point or another

Name: Tracy

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Beautiful, sunny Central Florida

Family (including pets): DH -Jay, DS - L.J. (Little Jason) almost 3

How long you've been digiscrapping: almost 2 years

Anything else you'd like to add!: Love me some mexican food, I wear flip-flops just about every day, my desk is always a mess and I would fish every day if I could.

Your favorite colour!: Red in general, green to scrap, but black to wear

Name: I'm Sarah. :)

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): I live in TEXAS! :)

Family (including pets): I have been happily married to Shane for 5 1/2 years now. We have 2 little girls. Kathryn is 3 1/2 and Hannah is 18 months. We plan to have more, but not yet. :)

How long you've been digiscrapping: I have been digi-scrapping since Jan 07

Anything else you'd like to add!: Hmmm. I am a SAHM. I love music. I play the piano and like to sing. I love to read. I love to do almost any kind of crafty project. I'm a little bit of a home-body. :)

ETA: Your favorite colour!: Not sure... it's been red most recently, but I think I'm changing again... to like orange and yellow. Not sure what it is, but I am all about bright happy colors right now!

Name: Angie. I know, you'd never have guessed. I'm tricky that way.

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Medina, Ohio. It's about 30 minutes southwest of Cleveland. Close enough to go there but far enough to make people in the immediate suburbs act like we live 500 miles away. "OMG ALL THE WAY to Medina???"

Family (including pets): Husband, 5 kids. No pets. Have enough peeing and pooping people in the house without pets.

How long you've been digiscrapping: Hmm. I'm not sure really. At least a couple years.

Anything else you'd like to add!: I like nuts in my chocolate.

ETA: Your favorite colour!: Seems to be orange lately. Although I have like 5 red shirts so maybe it's red.

Name: Jacq

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

Family (including pets): Hubby and our 18 month old baby girl, Iyah

How long you've been digiscrapping: since October 2005

Anything else you'd like to add!: I love to read and I hoard ideabooks. I love Grey's Anatomy and Formula One Racing. I enjoy watching movies with my hubby.
ETA: Your favorite colour!: Pink is my favorite! I also like Purple and brown and Red.

Name: Libby

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

Family (including pets): DH Marti (of almost 13 years, step-son Taylor (14), and dd Kendra (age 10). Stupid dog named Scrappy and a sweet kitty named Max.

How long you've been digiscrapping: Since late summer 2006

Anything else you'd like to add!: I wish I had more time to hang out here. I'm sick of my real-life job (orthodontic assistant) and want to be here to PLAY with you guys all day. LOL!

ETA: Your favorite colour!: Well, for years I would've answered green, but within the last year or so, I've been strangely drawn to pink. Perhaps I'm experiencing a mid-life crisis at 30. ;)

Hi everyone, what a great thing to do......

Name: Rachal

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Family (including pets): One beautiful 4year old daughter, Taylor and a 12 month old cat named Elmo.

How long you've been digiscrapping: about 5 months

Anything else you'd like to add!: I'm also a Single mum, I work full time but dream about creating my own beautiful digital kits like Shabby Princess and Sweet Shoppe Designs. I'm a huge fan of Scrapkitchen Designs, Mandabean and a few others. I don't watch television as I'm always at the computer and I hope to soon start my own professional photo studio.

My favourite colour: Before I started shopping for digi supplies I would of said black, but now I love every colour and every shade of that colour except purple, I cannot get into it. But my very very favourite colours if I HAD to choose would be sage green, dusty pink, burnt orange and duck egg blue.

Thanks for introducing yourselves everyone.

Name: Lucrecia

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

Family (including pets): Husband and 3 kids, 15 - 6 & 3

How long you've been digiscrapping: 2 1/2 years, seems longer though

ETA: Your favorite colour!: Green! Or Pink - depends on the day LOL

Name: Leslie

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Fishers, Indiana (suburb of Indy)

Family (including pets): Mark, my husband, and two kiddos, Kylie (8) and Hayden (almost 4).

How long you've been digiscrapping: since January 2007

Anything else you'd like to add!: I am a WAHM mom (medical transcription) and love to read - favorite subject serial killers:) and I LOVE reality TV.

Your Favorite Color: Red.

Heyoooooo!!

Name: Colleen, but call me Col

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Abingdon, MD (north of Baltimore)

Family (including pets): Fiancee Jordan (I've taken to calling him DH cuz I got tired of typing out fiancee) and our dog Tiger. Who I also call Tigah-now thanks to that comcast commercial

How long you've been digiscrapping: Right around a year now

Anything else you'd like to add! I'm not married yet, but I'm lazy so I refer to my fiancee as DH, the wedding is set for 11/10/09, I'm DYING to get my DSLR so I can become a better photographer, I don't take enough pictures of myself and thus I don't scrap enough about myself, I have a BS from Penn State and am a Bridge Engineer.

Your Favorite Color: RED RED RED, and teal/turquoise lately

Name: Christine

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Alqonquin, Ill (outside of Chicago)

Family (including pets): DH Bob (married for 18 yrs this Sept.) Dylan (14), Jarrett (10), Twins-Tyler & Matthew (5), Dog-Bailey, Bird - Buzz

How long you've been digiscrapping: Since late 2005 but really started getting into it in Feb. 2006

Anything else you'd like to add!: I am a freebie junkie and I still paper scrap every-so-often...I am getting into the hybrid thing too!!!

ETA: Your favorite colour!: Pink, Green & Brown

Name: Julie

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): North Idaho, near the Canadian Border

Family (including pets): My DH, Mike. 2 Daughters: Tasha (16) & Melanie (2.5). Yellow lab: Sasha.

How long you've been digiscrapping: May 2006. I started paper scrapping in 2004. Before becoming a SAHM I was a web designer/programmer so I've been using photoshop since 2000.

Anything else you'd like to add! I love my Nikon D80, and I also love doing hybrid layouts

Your Favorite Color: Pink & Brown or Green & Brown.

welcome to all the newbies :)

Name: Bree Clarkson

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Alberta, Canada

Family (including pets): DH Trevor, Mason (5), Natalie (4), Elvis (a basset hound, 1yo)

How long you've been digiscrapping: Digiscrapping since June 2004

Your favorite colour!: Pink!

Anything else you'd like to add: I'm a huge bookaholic, love music and reality TV (well, who am I kidding...any type of TV really, lol) and quite often get distracted playing silly computer games...oh and I work at McD's on the weekends, but during the week I'm a SAHM. :)

Name: Mimi

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

Family (including pets): 1 DH (13 years in Nov), 6yo DS, 4 yo DD

How long you've been digiscrapping: late 2005, took a break at some point and then came back and am thoroughly addicted

Anything else you'd like to add!: I have mad avatar making skillz (yeah, that's joke)

ETA: Your favorite colour!: green

I'm newish...

Name: Melissa

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): NW Houston, TX

Family (including pets): Dan (dh) married 9 years, Geary (ds1 - almost 9) , Adam (ds2 - 7). We have 3 fishtanks with various amounts of fish and 3 cats: Kinsey, Emily (the great gekko hunter ;) ) and Jack. Do I include all the wildlife that come to visit?

How long you've been digiscrapping: Since Dec. 04

Anything else you'd like to add!: I work as an IT Project Manager dealing primarily with Oracle Financials and financial reporting software. My other crafting love (after scrapping) is sewing. I sew most of my own work clothes. And I am a HUGE NASCAR fan (Go Carl!)

ETA: Your favorite colour!: GREEN but for some reason my dh & kids think it's PINK LOL

Name:Cindy

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!):Near Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Family (including pets): Married for almost 8 years to DH Brad, Ashley (5), Curtis (2), we had to have our Jack Russel of 10 yrs put down in Feb. due to heart failure :(

How long you've been digiscrapping: Spring of 2006

Anything else you'd like to add!: I'm a SAHM, don't really have anything interesting to add right now LOL!

ETA: Your favorite colour!: Like Turquoise/Green/blue/black to wear. Love pink, but can't wear it!

Name:La

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

Family (including pets): Kid - Connor (age 4), Cat- Sunny (age 2), Fish - grumpy, crabby and the babies- ages 4-2 lol lol

How long you've been digiscrapping: 3 ish years

Anything else you'd like to add!: no :p

ETA: Your favorite colour!: Purple & Red

I thought I would chime in with my intro.. :)

Name: Aisyah, but in the digi world, I'm known as Sya

Whereabouts you live: Selangor, Malaysia

Family (including pets): Mom, Dad, 3 brothers, 2 sisters, 2 sisters in law, 1 niece and 1 nephew.

How long you've been digiscrapping: Since June 07

Anything else you'd like to add!: I'm in a love/hate relationship with my job. How I wish I can just stay at home and scrap all day.

Your favorite colour: Blue! I own way too many blue outfits..

Name: Jaclyn (Jac)

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Southeastern PA

Family (including pets): DH Ron (28), and my three boys: Wesley (7), Nathan (3.5) and Logan (almost 6 mos)

How long you've been digiscrapping: about 3 mos, but I've been in graphic design for nearly 4 years

Anything else you'd like to add!: I'm a perfectionist, total over-acheiver, super anal organized... LOL! I love photography, reading (when I have time) and reality TV!

ETA: Your favorite colour!: orange, pink, brown

Name: Elizabeth

Whereabouts you live: Native Ohioan transplanted 2 years ago to Central PA.


Family (including pets): DH, Me, DD (10), DD (6), DS (3.5) and DS (12 weeks). No pets....I am already way to busy!!! :D

How long you've been digiscrapping: Did my first "project" back in 2004 but didn't even know it was "digi scrapping". I started full force (join a community online) in October of 2005. So full time about 2.5 years.

Anything else you'd like to add!: Even though I have "scrapped" that long I have never ever printed a page for a "scrapbook" :blink: I have printed a handful for gifts for the grandparents but there is not a "scrapbook" to be found in my house!!! :eek:

ETA: Your favorite colour!: PURPLE!!!!

Name: Susan Toon

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Cincinnati, OH area

Family (including pets): A dh of 15 years, 14 year old sister-n-law that we got custody of getting her from a sad situation, 3 kids of our own Kayla is 11, Madison 9, Connor 5. A Dog named Zoey and Cat named Nikki.

How long you've been digiscrapping: About 3 years now

Anything else you'd like to add!: I paper scrapped for 9 years prior to digi. I own my own photography business.

ETA: Your favorite colour!: My kid's would tell you black since it's all I wear. but I love sage green.

Name: Micheline

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): North Bay, Ontario

Family (including pets): 2 Fat Cat's(Andy and A.J.), and a doggie(Jinx)

How long you've been digiscrapping: *hides* I don't digiscrap...ok I do but rarely, I've only made like 10 layouts total lol, BUT i have been designing for 3 years.

Anything else you'd like to add : Um lol May hafta get back to you on this one...

Your favorite colour: Turquoise or pretty much any boyish color ROFL.

Name: Shannon

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Midwestern Illinois

Family (including pets):
Hubby:Scott
Sons:
Zak 15
Connor 13
Landen 3
How long you've been digiscrapping: Since April/May of 07

Anything else you'd like to add!: I loveeee scrapbooking and made the jump from tagging to scrapping almost exactly 1 year ago. NSD will mark my 1 year anniversary...It is the day I really jumped in with both feet! I spent a TON of money and haven't really stopped. I have been very active at SSD since September of 07. Dani Mogstad was one of the first designers I stumbled upon in my first days, so following her here was like hitting the jackpot!
ETA: Your favorite colour!: PINK!

Name: Aggie

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Philippines, SE Asia

Family (including pets): DH Edil, DS Matthew - 7y/o, DD Martha - 2y/o this May 9th :)

How long you've been digiscrapping: Scrapped my first digi page on December 2005

Your favorite colour!: Pink and Brown!

Anything else you'd like to add: I just became a SAHM, and we just moved to the suburbs.:)

Name: Helen

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): New York City

Family (including pets): I'm a single mom (by choice) to my 6 year old DD Bethany, whom I adopted from China when she was a baby. We have 3 goldfish and right now, we have 5 chrysalises that should be turning into butterflies within the next week :)

How long you've been digiscrapping: a little over 2 years

Anything else you'd like to add!: I'm new to this forum, although I've shopped here quite a few times before! :) Recently, I was introduced to the wonderful products of Kristin Cronin-Barrow and Scrapkitchen Designs, as well as some of the other SSD designers, by some of my buddies over at China Digital Scrapbooks who CT for them (hi, Kimberly, Kristi and Tammy!!)

Your favorite colour!: blue

So tell us.....

Name: Leila

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

Family (including pets): Husband, two sons-Devin & JP, and according to Devin, all his Webkinz and other stuffed friends too

How long you've been digiscrapping: I'll hit my fifth digiversary in June!

Anything else you'd like to add!: Nah. I prefer to maintain an air of mystery and intrigue. http://www.rjgeib.com/about-me/spy.gif

ETA: Your favorite colour!: Navy Blue

Name: Laurie

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): A small little town in Southern Illinois

Family (including pets): My DH of almost 5 years, Nate. My 3 year old daughter Libby, we have another baby due December 11. As far as animals go, we have two teacup chihuahuas, Murphy and Tars and 2 cats, Clyde and Zoe.

How long you've been digiscrapping: since July 2006

Anything else you'd like to add!: Not particularly...nothing that I can think of right now that's all that interesting. LOL!!

Your Favorite Color: Aqua, lime green, pink and red

Name: Sam

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): San Leandro, CA

Family (including pets): DDs Mckenna (4), Cheyenne (3), Piper (18 mo). DH Jeff, puppies Bailee and Callia (6 mo), cats Leroy (12 yo) and Tadd (10 yo)

How long you've been digiscrapping: over 1 year

Anything else you'd like to add!: I love to eat anything, I'm addicted to Starbucks and VH1 reality shows, aspiring photographer and graphic designer (but scared to start GD school)

ETA: Your favorite colour!: right now it's purple

Name: Elizabeth, Liz, Lizzy

Where you live: Northern Colorado. GORGEOUS!

Family (including pets): DH-Dennis (of almost 10 years!!), little darling (DD) Maddie (10), then (DS's) Lukas(7) and Mason(5)

How long you've been digiscrapping: almost one month! I'm a little bebe scrapper!

Anything else you'd like to add: I love Jesus, chai, interior design, I'm always looking for new ways to organize, love love love music and I'm constantly dreaming of travel to distant lands! :D

ETA: Your favorite colour!: green, turquoise, brown and rainbow!

Name: Alina

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Guadalajara, Mexico

Family (including pets): Husband, 4 year old monster (err... daughter), 1 dog, 2 cats, some fish

How long you've been digiscrapping: I don't know, but not for long. Plus, I haven't done a page in like 2 months :(

Anything else you'd like to add!: I'm cuckoo

ETA: Your favorite colour!: blue I think

I will probably obsessively read this thread later, since I'm procrastinating.. but...

Name: Sara

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): Olathe, KS

Family (including pets): DH Jeff, DD Abby (4), DS Joey (2)

How long you've been digiscrapping: 1 year, 1 month

Anything else you'd like to add!: This is my favorite place, ever, and I love all you girlies. :)

ETA: Your favorite colour!: Blue, pink, purple, red

Name: Karrina

Whereabouts you live (be as specific or not, as you like!): I'm an island girl(Hawai'i - the Big Island)freezing my coconuts off in Eugene, OR.

Family (including pets): My husband Steve and our 2 off spring, Hayden(4)and Sierra(almost 3).

How long you've been digiscrapping: Since April/May(I can't remember which)of '07.

Anything else you'd like to add!: I need another cup of coffee.

ETA: Your favorite colour!: Green!