wanna get to know us better??
 

always wondered what some of your fave sweet shoppers are like in 'real life?' have some questions that you've been DYING to know the answers to? looking for a few extra portfolio points? :p
well....here's your chance

i'm nosy. i need to be able to place a face with a name, as well as a voice, and well, just a person's demeanor. soooo, brook and i were talking the other day and decided, we need to update the video list here at SSD.

to make things a little easier for y'all, i compiled a list of questions (thank you ms. traci reed for helping me out in that department) for everyone to answer so you don't feel as stupid talking to your webcam all alone. :D

our wonderful leader, robin, has agreed to give everyone who participates FIVE extra portfolio points. now, if that's not an incentive to do a goofy little video, i'm not sure what is! :wub:

so, without further adieu, here are the questions i have come up with
where do you live?
fav thing about where you live?
who makes up your family?
if you could have more or less kids, would you?
fav thing about your S/O?
what do you do or what did you do before you were a SAHM?
how long you've been scrapbooking?
your favorite thing about SSD?
hobbies aoutside of scrapping?
favorite books?
happiest/sadest time in your life....
morning or night?
celebrity crush?
fav ice cream?
nikon or canon?
mac or pc?
coffee or tea?
fav color? why?
if someone were to torture you with music, what would they play?
what's one thing most people don't know about you?

now, you can answer as many or as few of those questions as you like. as you'll see, most of us staff have answered all of them, but, i think we all like to talk :)

to get you inspired, i let the babes and designers have a little bit of a headstart, so, here are the videos that we have been watching all week. i hope you enjoy getting to know us a little better and i can't WAIT to see everyone elses! :wub:

Laura (and her constant companions)
Lydia
Brook (pt. 1) and Brook (pt. 2)
Lex
Rebecca
Tronesia
Tracy
Lizzy
Laurie
Jacinda
Shannon
Steph
The fabulous Krystal
KCB
the sessy ms. reed
Alisa
Kim
Nicole
Sally
Erin
Sara
Vanessa
Cooper and Keira
Terra
Sara (kscwgirl)
Robin
Tara
Amber
Jennifer
Mari
Heather
Jackie
Sherri
Stacey
NeverendingJen Pt. 1 and Pt. 2

eeeeeeeeeeeeek!

grrrr I'm such a slacker. LOL I promise I'll still do one!

lol Oh how I LOVE these!!!

Seriously y'all are so cute!

*and Krystal is so soft spoken. :) :wub:

I had one - but I took it down... it was quite embarrassing! Not me - my boys! LOL :)

I'll hopefully get one up tomorrow - just need to straighten my hair and look all good for you guys :)

these are awesome i am so going to have to totally get my webcam out, i just gotta get the courage first lol

Awww, Erin!!! I loved yours it was SO great!!! Seriously was one of my faves. Your boys were adorable and wonderfully funny!

Yikes! OK. I didn't do it last time around and always felt like a loser about it, so I will figure out how to work my DS's video thing-a-ma-bob and do it this time!

I know what I will be doing in the next couple of days. :)

These are fun. :) I can relate to each of you in some way. Kristin, my husband works at a printing company and I used to. He started in pre-press. :) I started out helping pressmen package stuff as it came off the press.

I think I might have to do one of these... gotta steal my daughter's ipod though. ;)

Runs in the closet and shuts the door.

I'm a long-winded dork. I went through answering the questions to myself and it took me 30 minutes to answer all the questions. So, I sat here talking to myself and realize I have to be be way more brief with my answers. LOL

Uh yeah, my first run was something like 20 mins, lol.

Incidentally--for those who don't have webcams--I didn't use a webcam. If you've got an iPhone, you can use the camera there. I love that I uploaded from my phone straight to YouTube :)

Everyone should do this! Don't be shy!!!

i agree. seriously. we're internet friends....we're ALL dorks in some way or another. embrace it. seriously.

No web cam, video cam or Iphone - I live in the stone age :) Can we play along by doing a layout? If not, I'll still do one anyway - sounds like fun!

How fun! I don't even know how to use the camera on my computer but will figure it out!

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a17...s/reaction.gif

I want to seeeeee you. :) :wub:

I hope everybody plays along. I was waaaayyyy out of my comfort zone, but I'm glad I did it. :thumbup:

I don't have a YouTube account. Can I email it to someone tom post here?

Can you not set one up?
Photobucket is an option, too. I imagine there are other options, as well.

I did this last time, while visiting my folks, so I was able to find a quiet place other than the bathroom to do it. Not too sure I can manage that at home so I'm going to have scrub the bathtub and buy a new shower curtain before I do mine :)

I just recorded mine and I sound like the biggest idiot ever.

OK, how do I get it here, do I just post it or do I PM Laura the link?

I'm gonna do it. Even though I hate my chins and my voice. :p

I didn't either... I just signed up for one! ;)

LOL!! I didn't know how to use my webcam either... which is probably why my video kept cutting off. Sooooo annoying. I just plugged mine in and recorded straight from my webcam to YouTube. Here's a little how-to: http://support.google.com/youtube/bi...n&answer=57409

I hope you all do this!!! :wub:

YAAAY! :D

just post your linkie to your video here. i'll add them all to the beginning post eventually so that robin can see them all in one spot :)

i can't wait to see everyones!!!!

OMG, I look like a big lipped drag queen. I'm horrified.

here goes nothing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdDbNrTXo1I&feature=plcp

Love it Alisa!! And you so don't sound like a man! And how cool that you know all the capitols - did you have to learn that for a class?

Yayyyy, Alisa!!!!! :D Mint chocolate chip is my second favorite ice cream. Yum. I am so impressed that you know the capitol of every country. I am SO bad at Geography. I wish I had that knowledge!

Erin, no, no need. I'm just a total geek who had a summer job that required me to supervise people who ran the place themselves. So many hours of nothing. Just decided to learn them.

I'm impressed you could all understand my accent. ;-)

Oh Alisa! You are soooo cute! I loved your accent and don't think you sound like a man at all. And I love nerdy facts. :)

You're so cute Alisa!! Love your accent!! And I think it's so impressive that you know all the capitals!!! Wow!!

Here's mine! Dorkiness and all!!!!

But there were NO fights while I took the video and only Derek interrupted and had to sit on my lap!! The other boys were watching TV in the other room!!

I am choosing NOT to replay this so I hope it's not that bad and I hope I answered the questions! LOL

After 25 outtakes and a lot of deleted videos....here I am! LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4H6RpJQZNI

Kim I loved your video!! You seem like such an easy person to talk to!! Derek is SO adorable too!! And finally someone else who is afraid of worms like I am...I can't STAND them!!!

yayy!! you girls are awesome!!

You are a kindred spirit, Kim. :wub:

Loved those Alisa and Kim!

I really, really encourage the rest of you gals to do this - it is so fun getting to know everyone better.

And Erin - I LOVED your first video!!!

I will try to get one done either this weekend most likely Monday. I love watching all these awesome videos.

Me too Erin!!! I thought you were awesome!! I even said to terra (my sister) "you will LOVE erin!" and then she went to look and your video wasn't there :(

I just got done watching everyone's videos!! OMG!!! They are all so awesome!!!

these are fabulous! everyone is seriously DARLING!!!

I LOVE this (& the extra five points doesn't hurt, either). Can't wait to watch all the videos. Only watched yours so far, Laura, and I really enjoyed getting to know you better. I'll do one before the month is up. Rushing to get ready for a vacay right now.

Okay! It took several tries and I ended up banishing my kids to their rooms, but I did my video: http://s1248.photobucket.com/albums/...ideo_00011.mp4

Alisa - It was great! I also LOVE Nelson DeMille books! I could read Gold Coast once a year - LOL

Forgot to add that I have good friends who live in Hewlitt on Long Island :)

I'll try to get one done - I have a web cam on my laptop but not my desktop. I have no idea how to use it! I could also try to use my iPod but not sure how to use that for video either! Can you tell I'm old!?!?

ok, I feel like a total loser in this video, but here it is, lol. Oh and apparently I make a weird clicking sound when I'm nervous and thinking, lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co9dV0742SE

Nicole - I hope I can still be your friend even though I like romance novels.... ;)

oh and I so need me a 9 yr old! LOL

Ha ha! Just cause I don't like them doesn't mean we can't be friends... LOL! :hugs:

LOL!! Erin I was thinking the same thing about needing a 9 year old...I thought 'hmmmm...I need to have a talk with my 7 year old!!' ;)

Nicole you are so sweet!! You seem to be so easygoing and happy!! :)

Sally - love your video too!! So great to get to know you better!!

Dude. We all feel like total losers. Welcome to the club! :wub:

Aww! Thanks! I just finished watching yours (trying to catch up and make sure that I've seen them all--LOL!). We have a lot in common! Except how could you NOT LIKE COFFEE?! :blink: