Meet the Creative Team!

Hi Souper Girls!

I am really excited to finally reveal the full Creative Team for Jan-Mar. We purposely sought out diversity in the team and I think we got it! You'll find a mix of faces you know well and new faces, a great range of scrapbook styles, and a nice mix of international scrappers too. Please join us in welcoming the new team!



Bree (aka Jessica)



Lives in: Georgia
Blog: Jessica*Bree

Call me Jessica or call me Bree, I'll answer to either - Jessica is my first name and Bree my middle name. I have always been a pretty crafty girl! My favorite gifts as a child were art supplies (well, that and Barbies). I started scrapping when my first nephew was born and fell in love. I live in the suburbs of Atlanta with my husband and our dog Seven. I travel a good bit for work which makes for fun pages. I especially love making mini-albums.


Jenifer



Lives in: Nebraska
Blog: Held Scraptive

Hi, my name is Jenifer, I am a mother to 5 awesome kiddo's and I've been married for just over 10 years to my amazing Husband, who was also my high school sweet heart! I love love love scrapbooking and have a serious addiction to all things scrappy! I have been scrapbooking seriously for just over a year now, but have dabbled with it since 1999 after my first child was born. I am so honored to be a part of the Creative Soup Team and cannot wait for all the fun challenges coming up! I look forward to getting to know and work with you all!!

Katie



Lives in: Maine

Hi! I am Katie aka Kate, Katherine, Mom, Hon. I am a city girl at heart but life has lead me to the quiet lakes & mountains of Maine with my two beautiful girls, dear hubby, and our rescued, book-chewing greyhound. I am a creative girl by nature, loving all things that can be made with paper, scissors, sewing, and glue. Throw in some photography, cooking, book reading, entertaining, and running along with being a creative girl then you've got me in a nutshell. I am super excited to part of the inaugural Creative Soup team!


Kim



Lives in: Michigan
Blog: Kim-My World

Hi, my name is Kim. I live in West Michigan. I am lucky to live about 30 minutes from the beaches of Lake Michigan while also having the conveniences of city living. I am currently a full time college student working toward a degree in Social Work. I am married to Lou, have a new baby girl, Julia (born April 2010) and our scaly baby Chemical Warefare, a 5 ft Ball Python. I have been scrapping for about 12 years. I started out scrapping with basic rubber stamps and cardstock, and it just grew from there. I scrap as a way to have a creative outlet for daily stress. Scrapping is more about art and expressing myself, preserving memories is an added bonus!


Kristin (aka K)



Lives In: New Jersey
Blog: Just Being Me

Hi everyone, I'm Kristin (or K as most of the people around here have dubbed me). I'm currently a stay at home girlfriend, trying to figure out the next step in life. While I have some extra free time, I've been trying to craft a lot more, and insert art more into every-day life. I'm not a traditional scrapper--I generally don't scrap every photo I take, or every trip I go on; but I use the scrapping process as more of a creative outlet. I'm much more of a mini-book/project girl, and my newest obsessions are making things a little messy, and using products in a way they perhaps weren't originally intended for.


Laura



Lives in: Chicago

Hi! I'm Laura and I'm so excited to be a part of Creative Soup! I have always loved photography and been a sucker for sentimentality, so it was a match made in heaven when I received a scrapbook kit for a baby shower gift in 2000. I began doing pages in 2001, when my oldest was still a baby, but I didn't discover the "world" of scrapbooking until 2003 when I found my lss, the magazines, the blogs, and the message boards. Now I cannot imagine my life without it! I live in the Chicago suburbs with my husband and our two boys, Mason and Liam. By day I am a high school math teacher, but in my off hours I can be found scrapbooking, of course, reading, or spending time with my family.

{Laura}



Lives In: Georgia
Blog: Progress Not Perfection

Hi y'all! My name is Laura and I live near Atlanta, Georgia with my precious Bichon baby, Lila. In my "real life," I am an Art Therapist who works with troubled children. I started scrapping 5 years ago when my first niece was born and I've been hooked ever since! I love to scrap my family, friends (especially the ATL Peas), my doggie and my life. I think that scrapbooking is a wonderful way for women to tell our stories, and I'm so excited to be a part of doing that here at Creative Soup!


Liz



Lives in: Australia
Blog:Loving Life - Liz

Hi everyone My name is Liz. I live in Adelaide in Australia with my husband of 9 years and my son Kajetan, 6years old and my daughter Kalia, 21 months old. I am so excited to be part of Creative Soup and I am looking forward to all the challenges!! I have been scrapping for almost three years and love how much it has grown over the last couple of years. I love learning new techniques and learning how to use old products in new ways. I mainly love scrapping my children who I think are absolutely adorable. I scrap 12x12 layouts but also do mini albums, cards and off the page.

Mara



Lives in Georgia
blog: Studio L'Orange

Hey guys! My name is Mara and I am a NYC native living in the deep south. I have always loved various creative projects from singing to theater to art. My dad's whole side of the family were artists and Ive been pretty much surrounded by it my whole life. I have been scrapbooking for 10 years and almost exactly 5 years ago met an amazing bunch of women here in Atlanta that have really made this my #1 social and creative outlet! I love doing all sorts of layouts, cards, minis and altered projects. I just love the process of creation the messier the better! Im really looking froward to being challenged by this board and really working on my creativity this year!


Mira



Lives in: Poland
Blog: Miraq Szpinak

Hi! I’m Mira and I live in Wroclaw (Europe – Poland). Some people say WrocLOVE and I’m honestly with them – Love that city! I live with my boyfriend Pawel, study geomorphology and work in a small company recruiting people for training. I love excitement and diversity in my life, that is why I can’t keep doing the same things for too long. I love trying new things, visiting new places and want to experiment all the time. I always have to check if there is something new I haven’t done before!
I love climbing, trekking & sailing, but of course my greatest love is scrapbooking (hope Pawel don’t read that ).
My journey has started about 6 years ago, when I did the first album for my best friend’s birthday. I haven’t know it was scrapbooking yet. I found a great passion for it preparing Christmas cards for my family, one year ago. Now I like to create Layouts and Albums the most. Hope we will have a lot of fun workin’ together on the Creative Soup Challenges!

Sara



Lives in: Florida
Blog: Confessions of a Scrapaholic

Hi there everyone! My name is Sara, Im 21 and I live in the Gulf of Mexico, NW Florida. I am a proud Air Force wife to my wonderful husband and mommy our two Fur babies lovingly named Stinky and Weenie. Scrapbooking has always been a huge passion of mine and I have been scrapping for nearly 8 years now! Being a fine arts major, bringing creativity into the world is what I live for. I started my arts education at the New Hampshire Institute of Art and am on the road to my degree. I work as a free lance artist painting and scrapbooking professionally. I have dreams of owning my own shop and designing my own line of scrapbook and paper crafting items. I have set out to provide those who either dont have the time, energy or creativity it takes to create a genuine personalized scrapbook with a custom crafted work of art, while throwing my two cents out there for all those folks who do!

congrats

Congrats!!!! Very excited to see all of you!!!!

Congrats, ladies!

Congratulations everyone!
I think we have a fantastic, diverse team!

Can't wait to see what everyone creates! We're gonna have some great inspiration here!!

and folks from all over the world!!! Wow!

Yay!!

congratulations!!!

What a fantastic team...congrats to all!

Congratulations!

Congrats to all of our new team members!

Hoorah!!!

Wowsers!

You can get a feel for the different styles of the members in the Get Sketchy challenge since most of the team did it

WOW! Congrats to everyone! Definitely a great year for new creativity and fresh faces. Can't wait to see what's in store!