Spotlight - Holland!

Recently we noticed a wonderful project uploaded to our gallery from one of our international consumers!  Her name is Mireille and she lives north of Holland by the sea with her husband, daughter Amber and son, Noah.

We are delighted to feature the work of Mireille - be sure to check out her gallery HERE.  This is what Mireille shared with us about her journey and love of scrapbooking.

When I was young I spent a great deal of time with my Grandma and her love of crafting; quilting, needlepoint, knitting, card making and crocheting were instilled in me from a young age.  I especially loved making cards, needlepoint and knitting as a child.   As a teen, I traveled a great deal with my Aunt.  She took me on several trips to the city in Paris and London.  During our trips, she educated me about the culture and we collected lots of memorabila and wrote stories about our adventures.  When we arrived home from one of our trips, she bought me an photo album and together we put all of the photos.  She showed me how to add the small trinkets we collected into our album.  There is a page of the Eiffel tower with our entrance tickets, a folded napkin from the restaurant, a flower that was growing below the tower, and story about the architect who built the tower.  We placed these items into our photo album.  My Aunt taught me to "tell my adventures through my art" so my family and friends would enjoy both my photos and items i have collected during my travels.

I was "officially" introduced to scrapbooking as we know it now in the beginning of 2005.  A shared some photos with a co-worker of my daugher, Amber and she shared photos of her son. She carefully took out a cute mini-album from her purse.  It was sooo beautiful.  I had never seen so many gorgeous patterned papers and embellishments.  She spent time sharing her love of scrapbooking and I was hooked!  I am often asked when I started scrapbooking and remember that trip with my Aunt way back in 1986 who instilled the love of sharing my memories with my family and friends.  It is where my love of this hobby all began.

More recently, I have been published in both Holland and America.  I love sharing my work and I am thrilled to teach at local events. You can see more of Mireille's work on her Blog.

Noah's Growth Chart

Supplies:

• Bare Elements Ethan Growth Chart
• Narratives Honeydew Collection - patterned papers, ribbons, quotes
• Bazzill Cardstock
• Stamps
• ink, paint
• Flowers
• Date stickers

Comments

[Zarah]

That girl never ceases to amaze me. WTG Mireille!! :D

[Eva]

you rock
and I am still proud to be the TEACHER:)
bye, Eva

[Marjolein]

This is awesome Mireille, good for you, you rock, your work is amazing and you are a very sweet and talented person!
xx

[Amber Winward]

Yay M!!!! I love this girl! You are totally rockin it. :)

[Eva]

by the way...
love this growthing:)

[Patty Lennon]

I recently spotted this project in the Creative Imaginations gallery. It is absolutely stunning. So nice to "meet" you and learn more about you. Please continue to share your work with us.

[Rianne]

I'm glad that I met Mireille a few times. She's a lovely, funny, sweet and talented lady!
Keep up the good work! You're work is beautiful!
Rianne

[dimitri]

wow, I didn't see that one yet.
It's beautifull
kiss from the king and princesses

[mule]

its a funny thing about green. Green is sort of like blue and blue is sort of like the mammal mule. And the mamel mule is sort of like missing communication. And communication is sort of unlike butterflies. And butterflies are sometimes green. Or blue.