Announcing your Q2 Creative Team

Hi Everyone!

I am really excited to finally reveal the Creative Team for the second quarter of 2011 (April-June). Along with our 4 permanent Design Team members (Bree, Kim, Kristin and Mara) we have some new and familiar faces to help us cook up new layouts for all of our challenges! So without further ado:

Dana



Lives in: Florida
Blog: They Call me Tater Salad

My name is Dana Tatar, aka datatar, and I am a stay-at-home mom. I have two daughters, Claire (4) and Scarlett (2 1/2). I married my high school sweetheart in 2003 and have been happy ever since. I graduated from MSU with a B.S. in Biochemistry and worked in that field for about 3 years before I gave birth to my first daughter and decided to stay home full time. I have had many hobbies over the years, but scrapping is the one that really gives me satisfaction. I started scrapbooking to preserve memories after the birth of my first daughter a little over 4 years ago. I love to mix products from different manufacturers on my layouts and I frequently find inspiration in music, poetry and pop culture. I love fussy cutting and flowers and both can be seen on the majority of my layouts. I would say that my dominant scrappy styles are shabby chic and clean and simple, but I do like to mix things up a bit, depending on the paper or photos I want to use. When I'm not scrapping, I enjoy cooking and baking, reading, listening to music and spending time outdoors with my family and basset hound.


Jenny



Lives in: Virginia
Blog: Party of Five

Hello Creative Soup-ers!! I'm Jenny Dziekan, Jen, Momma, Mom, Mommy, Atchie (don't ask... it's a curse word according to my 3 year old twins). I've been scrapping for real since the birth of my oldest son, 10 years ago. I started playing with pictures and pretty papers and glue waaay back in high school. My ever growing up-way-too-fast brood of FIVE keeps me motivated to scrap so that we can always remember these deliriously foggy and mind numbing, I mean, precious days of ours. With a hubby who flies airplanes off an aircraft carrier in various warzones, making memories AND recording them is all that much more precious to all of us. I'm a former special ed teacher turned SAHM mom (or rather SAHM running kids to and fro in my bus) about to return to teaching kind of gal. My favorite manufacturer is Sassafras. I'm so serious in my love for this company that my younger daughter is nicknamed Sass, no, seriously! I can't wait to get started!



Jen



Lives in: Hong Kong
Blog: Cheeky bunny

Hey, I am Jen. I live in Hong Kong, but am originally from Canada. I live here with my fiancée who is Australian and one very cheeky bunny who thinks he is a house cat. I have been artistic my whole life, but only started scrapping 2 years ago. My goal this year is to focus on giving myself more creative time and working towards my dream of owning a creative business one day. Besides scrapbooking, I love anything DIY and have fun up-cycling and refurbishing furniture and other treasures I find around. Currently, I am
working on turning our rental house into a more comfy home while being as thrifty as I can. I am also working on the huge project of planning our wedding all the way over in Canada for Oct. 8th! When I am not being creative I work as an ESL teacher to some very funny kids! I am so excited to be part of the Creative Soup CT and can't wait to create with you all!!

Mette



Lives in: Sweden
Blog: Mettes Blog

Hello! I´m Mette! I live in a town called Västerås in Sweden with my DH and our son Adam - soon 17 years.
Our two daughters - Mye, 22 years and Emma, 20 years - have already moved away from home.
I´ve been scrapping for about 4 years now and loved it from moment one, and I just keeping on loving it more and more each day.
I really feel so good when I sit down in my scrappy-corner, and I love to save our memories this way.
I´m so excited to be a part of the CT here at Creative Soup and I can´t wait to start creating.

Stevie



Lives in: Kentucky
Blog: Stevies' Blog

Hello everyone! I'm Stevie. I live in Kentucky with my wonderful Mom and I'm soon to be out on my own. I have a wonderful boyfriend who I've been with for 4 years. I've been scrapping continuously for close to 3 years now, although I played around with paper and glue A LOT in high school. My friends children, best friends, and doofy boyfriend are usually the subjects of my craftiness. I work at Michaels Arts & Crafts as an associate, as well as, teaching scrapbook classes there. I'm so excited to be part of the Team and can't wait to play along!

And Staying on to help Bree, Kim, Kristin and I are:

Jenifer




Katie




Laura

Welcome Everyone!!!!

Congratulations Dana, Jenny, Jen & Mette! So happy to have you on the team!

Congrats everyone and I cant wait to work with you all.

Though we will need some sort of code now that we have a Jen,Jen and Jenny. lol

Congrats Ladies!!!!

Congrats, and welcome!

I wanted to say this was HARD and we hope those of you that applied but did not make it will try again in the future.

Congrats to you all!

Congrats!

Yay!! thanks!! I am so excited!!

Congrats to our new team members! I look forward to working with you.

Congrats.

Congrats to all!

welcome everyone !!!