My name is Sarah, and I'm a scrapaholic. My addiction to scrap booking began seven years ago when I was pregnant with my first child. I love scrapping. I do it at every opportunity. I have found that this creative process has enriched my life, my sense of the moment, my awareness of simple wonders. I have no desire to kick the habit! :) I am married to Bill, am the mother of two children - Bo and Emma, and I work part-time as a home health nurse. I am so grateful for the opportunity to be part of this wonderful team!
Cheryl Mezzetti
Hello my name is Cheryl i'm the mother of four boys and I call Weymouth, Massachusetts home.I thoroughly enjoy spending time with my her family and creating altered art projects. I have designs published in PaperART/ CorrespondenceART, Today's Creative Home Art, Paper Trends, Scrapbook Trends, Memory Makers and Paper Creations magazines. My work has also appeared in Creative Imaginations 25 Days of Christmas and Glamour Shots, Basic Grey Designer Gallery,and Bare Books Online Gallery. I am a contributing editor for PaperART magazine, and design team member for Creative Imaginations, Marah Johnson and PaperHouse Productions as well as one of the guest teachers this September for Simply Southern Scrapbook Convention in Nashville TN. I am excited to be working with Magistical Memories
Kim Moreno
My name is Kim Moreno and I am a stay at home mom to five wonderful children, including a set of boy/girl twins. I have been married for 12 years to my Air Force husband and we are currently stationed in Tucson, Arizona. I have been scrapbooking for around 7 years now. I love that this hobby allows me to be creative and express myself and capture memories for my children to enjoy as they grow. I have been published in Creating Keepsakes, Paperkuts, Scrapbook Trends, and upcoming in Cards, Cantata, and Memory Makers Books. I am SO excited to get started and to be apart of this awesome team!!! .
Janelle Richmond
My name is Janelle and I live in Georgia with my wonderful husband, Christopher. We have 3 fabulous kids-Meghan-6, Matthew-2 and Brenden-1 . I have been scrapping about 6 years now, and I have finally found my groove! I love to ink anything and everything! and have a huge fondess for white space. I like to call my style layered, but simple. I thoroughly enjoy scrapbooking, being the family historian, and preserving all our memories for many generations to come. I have had the honor to have been published in Memory Makers, Scrapbook Trends, Paper Art and Scrapbooking Keepsakes. I love trying new things, products, and techniques. I hope to inspire my fellow scrappers! I am thrilled to be a part of Magistical Memories.
Jill Geraghty - Groves
My name is Jill Geraghty-Groves and I am a SAHM of 3 boys Zane (12), Levi and Jonah (both almost 4). My twin boys have just started kindy in March so I am a free woman (for 5 hours) for three whole days a week! One of these I have devoted to keeping the house sparkling and the homefires burning...the other two, I have now devoted to scrapping! My scrapbooking has taken up pride of place in our formal loungeroom and so is contantly getting worked on. I scrap every day.
I have only been scrapbooking for 7 months but am completely addicted. I have had 8 layouts accepted for publication in Scrapbook Creations and Scrapbooking Memories - the first is due out next month (very exciting for me!).
I absolutely love the freedom that scrapbooking provides me a way to express my experience of life and how I see those who are in my life. Before scrapbooking I have always dabbled in something "arty farty" be it painting, drawing, sewing, etc., etc. I have always loved photography and now I have something to do with all those photos!
My very favorite scrapping obsessions at the moment is chipboard, ribbons and sewing, both machine and hand stitching.
I guess being self taught, adds new dimension to the many products already available. I try not to restrict myself to the way products should be used. I tend to like to shape things how I want them, not limit their use to exactly what they look like when I buy them.
I am sooooo exciting to be working with such a wonderful DT and can't wait to get my hands on some of these amazing US products! I hope I can bring a little piece of Australia to the DT!
Susan Rodriguez
Hi, I�m Susan.
I live in the San Fernando Valley; I am one of the original valley girls � like for sure! :-) I am a programmer by day and scrapbooker by night. I have two boys, three if you count my boyfriend of 9 years. I started scrapbooking in 1996. My son�s 1st grade teacher invited me to a CM party. I was hooked from that point on.
I love life. I love being me. I love my nickname (bucket :-) ) I love reeses peanut butter cups. I love raspberry ice tea.
I am so thrilled Crystle asked me to be on her design team. I can�t wait to share my life with you.
Crystle Torvinen
My name is Crystle and I am co-owner of Magistical Memories. I was born and raised in Connecticut and moved to California in 1999. I really miss the leaves changing in the fall, but I just love it here. (Mostly because I don�t have to shovel snow.) I am a devoted wife to Michael, we�ve been married for 14 wonderful years. We have two children, Justin and Adam. I have been truly blessed with a happy, healthy & loving family. I love driving my convertible to the beach, as a family we enjoy hiking, although we don�t do it as often as we would like. My true passion and my creative outlet is scrapbooking. I like that I am leaving a legacy behind for my family.
Stephanie Guerrero July Featured Guest Designer
Hi! My name is Stephanie Guerrero and I live in Atwater, California. I am a 34 year old mom of three. My oldest son Jake is 6 1/2 and my twins Zack & Nikki will be 5 in August. I have been married to my husband James for 8 years. I have been scrapping for about 6 years and up until a few months ago I was more of a "collector" than a scrapper. I am just finishing up my new scrap studio and I can't wait to start creating in it. I only started submitting in January and I am in the current issue of Paper Trends and will be in the September issue of Cards. Being asked to be Magistical Memories Featured Designer for July is so exciting and I am so honored to have been chosen. I can't wait to start creating!
Sara Dickey August Featured Guest Designer
I'm Sara Dickey, a Southern girl, born and raised in Virginia, who uses the word y'all a lot, even though I was an elementary school teacher for 9 years and know better. I'm currently the Household Manager for my husband of almost 8 years, my 4 yr old son and my 18 month old daughter. I started scrapbooking about 3 years ago to record my son's first year, but really became hooked after attending a CK convention this past August. It opened my eyes to a whole new world of scrapbooking. I like to call my scrapbook style "clean lined, with junk". I love embellishments,(especially cute chipboard shapes) but need the grounding of clean lines. I mainly scrapbook my family & friend's everyday moments and funny stories. I think the small everyday routines are what make us who we are, and are so important to document. I scrap all sizes, depending on my photos and the embellishments I am using. I have been fortunate to have my work published in Simple Scrapbooks, Scrapbook Trends, Paper Trends, & Correspondence Art. I'm addicted to coffee, popcorn and sweet tea- my scrapbook fuel. I'm so excited to be the Featured Designer for August!
Shannon Bastian September Featured Guest Designer
Hi! My name is Shannon. I have been married to my best friend, Keith, for almost 9 years now. I am also a sahm to our 7 year old son, Jarrett. I started scrapbooking shortly after he was born and was instantly hooked. I have been lucky enough to be published several times. Other than scrapbooking I enjoy reading, shopping for purses, photography, and shopping for purses. Oh and did I mention I like shopping for purses? I'm almost as addicted to purses as I am scrapbooking! And I am so excited to be the Featured Designer for September!
Looking thru all the Design Team entries was awesome, having to choose was hard!! We can't wait to share with you who we have chosen. Check back on June 20th to see the FIVE new faces of the Magistical Memories Design Team.