I’m Jill from
West Michigan! I am an Optician in my other life …since 1989. I
have 3 grown (kinda) boys and 3 adorable grand children that
keep my Muse strong! I have done most every kind of craft from
counted cross stitch to paper mache. I even taught classes at
the USO when I lived in Germany. I started my first "scrapbook"
in junior high school, the traditional... match book covers and
newspaper clippings! My first "real" project was for my oldest
son when he graduated from High School in 1998. I was determined
to continue from that point. (Not!) After my dad died in 2001, I
inherited "the box". 40 pounds of pictures and I knew of about
1/3 of them! That’s when I decided that I didn’t want my grand
children to wonder where they came from. I may never finish with
the pictures in the box but at least they will have a better
start than I did! So I started scrap booking…again! Somehow I
became fascinated with the textures and lumpy stuff and back to
basics…cut and paste! Just like a full circle! Luckily I found
the altered pages website and joined the yahoo group in 2004 and
haven’t looked back!
I am so excited to be a part of the team that gave me wings!
I’m Jill from
West Michigan! I am an Optician in my other life …since 1989. I
have 3 grown (kinda) boys and 3 adorable grand children that
keep my Muse strong! I have done most every kind of craft from
counted cross stitch to paper mache. I even taught classes at
the USO when I lived in Germany. I started my first "scrapbook"
in junior high school, the traditional... match book covers and
newspaper clippings! My first "real" project was for my oldest
son when he graduated from High School in 1998. I was determined
to continue from that point. (Not!) After my dad died in 2001, I
inherited "the box". 40 pounds of pictures and I knew of about
1/3 of them! That’s when I decided that I didn’t want my grand
children to wonder where they came from. I may never finish with
the pictures in the box but at least they will have a better
start than I did! So I started scrap booking…again! Somehow I
became fascinated with the textures and lumpy stuff and back to
basics…cut and paste! Just like a full circle! Luckily I found
the altered pages website and joined the yahoo group in 2004 and
haven’t looked back!