it's the sound of the unlocking and the lift away

so....


i'm a garden girl?

almost exactly 4 years ago, armed with one of those DCWV stacks that my mother gave me (it was the stack 3!), i decided to try my hand at scrapbooking. i'd dabbled in it before, but this time i was determined to use up the damn stack and make this hobby stick. looking for inspiration, i started searching for scrapbooking sites, and stumbled upon two peas in a bucket. i never looked back since, and became hopeless addicted to this thing called scrapbooking.

over the years, i've spent countless hours posting on the boards (i miss the late night threads in the pub!), gazing at the fabulous layouts in the gallery, and was always amazed by the inspiring layouts in the creating garden. oh, how i longed to be a garden girl myself. that dream seemed impossible...until today.

i'm truly shocked and honored to be a garden girl right now. of course, this news came with a bit of sadness for me, because it meant that i had to step down from my positions on the designer digitals and studio calico teams. it was a difficult decision to make, and one i thought hard about. i had an amazing time working with the people there, and they were both a huge part of my life the last few years. i will truly miss working with both sites, and am really sad to go, but at the same time, am excited at this new opportunity that has been presented to me.

studio calico hasn't been able to get rid of me quite yet, though! i will submit my final projects with the february kit, which will be revealed on the 27th.

it's been a crazy, crazy few days.