celebrate simple week - day 1

woohoo! well i guess it's woohoo and boohoo, huh? welcome to the simple blog party. all is not lost people - we are still here. a large group of simple scrappers dedicated to telling our stories! that's what this is about - celebrating the simple philosophy and making sure that we remember all of the other places we can go find inspiration. there will be an exciting announcement coming soon too. i'm itching to tell but it's not quite ready yet - stay tuned!

remember to check out the other simple party bloggers all this week as well! angie lucas cathy zielske wendy smedley lain ehmann beth proudfoot margaret scarborough rebecca cooper elisha snow tina cockburn cheryl overton candice palmer marnie flores rachel gainer jen wozab elizabeth dillow

simple memory of the day! ok i'm going to try and share a simple memory each day. i started scrapping in 2004 - i did a page for a teacher who was leaving our daycare. see below. how embarrassing!

well even back then the clean, simple lines are evident - the photos are tilted which is rare for me now. i made that page without a cutter even. i did journal - it's just hidden. in that little pocket on the page.

as time went on i bought a cutter, went to crops and collected supplies. i fell hard into this hobby. eventually i found simple scrapbooks magazine. it was liberating for me - the clean lines, the stories, the focus on the photo, the lack of clutter - i loved it.

the real changing point for me however was the book, clean and simple scrapbooking. i devoured cathy's book in one sitting. i tried to go to bed that night, but tossed and turned thinking about the book. i finally got out of bed around 2:30am and went into my studio to scrap a page. not only did my page size change - the whole idea of using fonts on my page and the page fitting in the printer was so compelling - i found the stories and ideas just pouring out of me. i didn't go back to bed that night. a simple scrapper was born!

PRIZES!
every day this week i'm giving away a prize. today i'm giving away a fiskars punch and some wonderful stamps!

you'll need to answer a simple trivia question correctly to be entered to win! you have until midnight on saturday may, 2nd to answer each days question. answer each day on the post for that day. i'll draw winners on sunday morning.

here goes...

who was the founding editor of simple scrapbooks magazine and what was the book she wrote that started the simple philosophy?

tomorrow i'll post links to bloggers who have special posts! they have stories to tell and perhaps prizes to give away! stay tuned.

my super special day is thursday so be sure to come back and enter for my big prize of the week!

WOOHOO!