From the Heart

Hello Everyone!

My name is Virginia Wong. I have been a Creative Team member at Scrap Shotz since June 2008...and I have been having the time of my life here! I live near Scrap Shotz Headquarters with my two energetic daughters, Madison (8 yrs) and Danielle (4 yrs) and husband, Dominic...oh, and I cannot forget our bulimic fish, Goldie V!

Scrapbooking to me is what electronics is to my husband! It is a big part of our everyday lives - even my daughters are "scrapbooking!" They love all the luscious papers and glittery embellishments almost as much as I do! But what I love the most about scrapbooking is that it has shown me to look at all our daily adventures with a different set of eyes and save all those silly smiles and cute quips in my scrapbook layouts. How about you? Why do you scrapbook? I would love to know - please leave me a comment, ok? :-)

Onto a different topic now...today is the 25th of September and that means it is only a mere 3 months or 12 weeks from Christmas! Do you give handmade gifts? I personally love handmade gifts, be it a knitted scarf, a jar of jam or an adorable playdoh snowman. This year I am planning to make a variety of items such as a set of cards and year in review albums. But I don't want to be predictable and would like to shake up what I am giving so I went on a search. Have you seen Danielle Flander's blog? I think she has the right amount of charm, beauty, uniqueness and love with all her projects.

Oh I would also like to share another fabulously talented lady that I take alot of inspiration from, Amy Butler! She is a designer of beautiful fabrics which feed my other passion, quilting, and has recently entered the world of scrapbooking with her equally luscious papers. Check out her blog here and all of her stunning projects. I am a colour fanatic and that with her amazing talent is what draws me to her blog over and over again. What do you think?

And while you are scrapping away, it is nice to have a yummy meal cooking in the kitchen. Check out this blog, Rock Recipes. Every single photo makes my mouth water! And I cannot forget, one of my new favorite food blogs, Bake or Break. All I can say is yum-O! There is something in those photos that makes me want to break out the Kitchen-Aid!

I hope I have given you some inspiration to create and I would love to see your creations in the Scrap Shotz gallery. And better yet, drop by our very friendly message boards - I would love to hear from you!

Oh! Calgarians and surrounding area scrappers and cardies! Don't forget to drop by the Scrap Shotz booth at the Creative Stitches and Crafting Alive Show at the Round-Up Centre this Friday and Saturday, September 26 and 27, respectively to say "Hi!" It's gonna be a fabulous show and I can hardly wait to meet you!

-Virginia