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A Little About Me...

Hi, my name is JJ, and I live in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. For those who didn't do any better in geography than I did in school, I'm about one hour north of Plattsburgh, New York. My husband and I were married in 2001, in a costumed, Renaissance wedding (there’s my weird fact for the day). We have an eight year old boy, and a five year old girl. My kids are the reason that I started scrapbooking. I resisted the hobby for many years, because I knew it would be addicting. No surprise - now I'm firmly hooked!

I've been crafting in one form or another since I was big enough to hold a crayon. Sewing was my biggest obsession, and I go back and forth to that still, as the muses strike, but it's kind of taken a backseat to the scrapbooking. And I'm OK with that. I mostly scrap 12x12, but I dabble in other formats. I have a bit of a scrappy split-personality, as I like to change up my style a little depending on the subject - but there's always ink involved.  Mixed media is my new vice of choice.

Besides Scrapbooking – some of my other addictions are Starbucks, Sushi and loud rock music. But not all at the same time - Peppermint Latte and Spicy Scallops just don't mix. (Green Day is, of course, perfect with either.)

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Canadian Scrapbooker (Canada)

  • Winter 2011 - Passport to Creativity artist feature - 2-page interview plus 3 layouts - page 82-83 ("Pirate Cookies", "Water Art", "i-dorable")
  • Winter 2011 - "Baby's First Christmas" - page 26
  • Winter 2011 - Rosette Tree (papercraft) - page 32
  • Summer 2011 - "Groovy Baby" - page 28
  • Winter 2010 - "Father of 2" - page 52
  • Summer 2010 - "Made in Canada" - page 130
  • Spring 2010 - "Trouble" - page 136
  • Winter 2008 - "Not Quite the Christmas Tree We Had in Mind" - page 118
  • Fall 2008 - "Thank you" - page 18
Creating Keepsakes (USA)
  • Mixed Media special issue - Jul 2012 - "Calm Before the Storm" - page 12
Cards (USA)
  • Vol 6 Issue 1 (Jan 2011) - "Thanks" card - page 122-123
Designed to Color (USA)
  • June/July 2012 - "Thank You" card, with PanPastels - page 10
Histoires de Pages (France)

Memory Makers (USA)
  • Sep/Oct 2009 - "Bat Nan" - page 65

Paper Creations (USA)
  • Fall 2010 - "Robot Happy Birthday" card - page 69

Scrapbooking & Beyond (USA)

Scrapbook Magazine (UK)
  •  December 2011, Issue 60 - "Christmas Concert" - page 72
  •  December 2012, Issue 68 - "Bowling" - page 75

Scrapbooking Memories (Australia)
  • Vol 14 No 11 (Aug 2012)  - "Still Loves to Swing" - page 136
  • Vol 14 No 8 (May 2012) - "Strong & Free" - page 32
  • Vol 14 No 6 (March 2012) - "Easter Ninja" - page 82
  • Vol 13 No 12 (Oct 2011) - "Piratitude" - page 26
  • Vol 13 No 4 (Mar 2011) - "Cars at the Park" - page 42
  • Vol 12 No 7 (July 2010) - "Learning to Crawl" - page 133
  • Vol 11 No 11 (Nov 2009) - "New PJ's" - page 102

Scrapbook Trends (USA)
  • April 2012 - "Happy Birthday" card

Scrap n' Art Magazine (on-line)
  • October 2011 - "Mini-go for 2" - Trendwatch - fabric article
  • June 2011 - "Shopping Cart Pals" - Trendwatch - calico fabric article

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Catalogues
  • Ruby Rock-it - CHA-W 2012 product catalogue - page 13 (wedding layout), page 15 (wedding layout)

Upcoming Publications
  • Create (Northridge) (USA) - October 2012
  • Creating Keepsakes (USA) - Dec 2012 
  • Canadian Scrapbooker (Canada) - Dec 2012
  • Cards (Northridge) (USA) - Jan 2013 
  • Canadian Scrapbooker (Canada) - Dec 2013 
  • Canadian Scrapbooker (Canada) - March 2014

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Teaching Experience

Scrapbook Centrale - instructor - Oct 09 - present

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