Congratulations to KawaiiNeko2008, who is the winner of the $15 Shopping Spree from JuicyChristians! I will try to do better at posting the winners of each giveaway.
Today, we are featuring someone I found on Twitter.com. Shellie is know as @Military_Mom on Twitter. Shellie's website is Memories of Distinction, which she is currently working on getting up and running. Memories of Distinction offers personal ways to preserve your family's history through photos and memories. She creates custom scrapbook layouts, memory books, shadow boxes and more. Shellie would love to work with you on putting together a custom memory book that will create wonderful memories for years to come.
Shellie describes herself as "I am a wine drinking, chocolate popping, scrapbooking, wanna be chef, bookworm, shutterbug, soccer mom and military wife." She is also a blogger, and her blog is called Musings of a Military Wife. Click on the title, and it will take you to her blog, but be sure to come back here and finish reading! Let's see what else Shellie has to share about herself:
TDB: Why, when, and how did you get started scrapbooking?
Shellie: I started scrapbooking because my husband was deploying, and I needed something to fill the time and be creative too. It was 4 years ago now, and we lived on base at the time, so there were plenty of friends around who also scrapbooked.
TDB: How does your scrapbooking affect your "military life" or vice versa?
Shellie: As I said above I started scrapbooking on our previous base, so it has helped preserve our memories of friends and events both on and off base. It also allows me to create books for my hubby to take with him on deployments keeping a part of us and home with him when he is away.
TDB: What is the most important thing to remember when scrapbooking?
Shellie: Preserve those moments that are special to YOU, you do not have to scrap every picture you have ever taken. You also do not have to scrap like anyone else or following a time line, just preserve those memories and journal.
TDB: Name all of the places you have lived in your life.
Shellie: Florida, Ohio, Massachusetts, Ohio (yep been there done that twice), Colorado, nothing over seas (yet ;) )
TDB: Name three things in your life that you could NOT do without.
Shellie: My camera, My Family, My new HP HDX notebook pc (this was a hard question)
TDB: If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
Shellie: This might not be a "super power", but I would love to be able to wiggle my nose and have a clean house, laundry done and everything in it's place.
TDB: What are your favorite "crafting" tools?
Shellie: My Crop-a-dile for sure (can not do anything without it), hhmm my ATG adhesive gun (much more affordable), quilling tools (you can make some great embellishments for pages with these!
Here is a little slide show of some of Shellie's work:
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27 comments:
The time with my dad.
Memories of times spent with my Mother and Father.
My husband and I have been maarried for 21 years and we have had some of the best times together.
how would future generation know what has happened. everything to do wiht family members
I have a couple of trips I've been meaning to document. I'd like some help with that.
I am behind on my scrapbooking (and my layouts aren't exactly inspired), so I would probably ask for her help in creating a few scrapbook pages. There are some great Christmas photos of my family that I need a good page design for!
greenyak [at] yahoo [dot] com
for me
It is important to save the memories of childhood, those days slip away so fast. I would want help making a memory book or other item of my boys.
My husband and I have been able to travel the world and we have boxes and boxes of pictures. I would like to be able to put them in SOME sort of scrapbook (I have also kept all kinds of mementos throughout our travels always thinking that I would do some sort of book...but LIFE has always just gotten in the way!!)
Thanks for such a WONDERFUL giveaway.
tskrush (at) cox (dot) net
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tskrush (at) cox (dot) net
Ladies, I am so happy to be apart of this give away, and excited to see who wins and what we will work on! It can be something simple like a brag book, or a shadow box to hang memories on the wall, or a memory book to preserve those memories and add to them as time goes on. If you have question I am available.
Shellie
this is not aan entry :)
I would want Shellie to help me make a memory book for my little sister about my Grandfather. My sister is special and this would be nice to help her remember him.
I'd like to put something together on the trip I took to Italy with my husband and mother.
I would like to do my trip to Disneyland!!
a memory book
Hi again laadies.. I just posted a selection of Shadow Boxes for you to view.
They can be found here: http://memoriesofdistinction.net/?page_id=16
Or by visiting www.MemoriesofDistinction.net and clicking Altered projects.
Shellie
Why you think it's important to preserve your family history - because future generations need to see how important family is and know the hard and good times we went through for them.
Memories of my mother.
ktgonyea at gmail.com
My daughter was adopted from China in 2004. We have boxes of mementos--tickets, photos, maps, menus, etc. Her adoption trip was very important to us all, and we need a nicer way to preserve and remember it than a cardboard box on a closet shelf!
Jennifer, jennem22 at yahoo dot com
I am great at saving things but horrible at organizing and preserving them. It is important to do this because when I am gone, no one will know the significance of the papers and momentos and probably throw them away, which would be a shame
madamerkf at aol dot com
I think it is important to preserve your family history for your children, grandchildren and future generations. Everyone wants to known about their families and past ancestors. You are leaving your family history for future members of your family. garrettsambo@aol.com
So they can See who there ancestors are
its great to have a connection to your blood...I recently dug up an old video telling my family history back the the late 1800s...it was amazing.
My Mother passed away when I was 19 years old from a brain anerism....A year before that We had a sewer backup and Her wedding dress and most Family pictures where gone..So I am very careful and emotional about saving My Family pictures I have...and where I keep them
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a memory book of family
I think it's important to preserve your family history because everyone's family history is unique.
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