I am very proud of myself. When 2007 started, I had a series of industry-related scrapbooking goals:
1. Get published in Creating Keepsakes.
2. Get onto a kit club team.
3. Get onto a manufacturer’s design team.
4. Win a major contest.
I figured, dream big and see what happens. Imagine my surprise as I slowly ticked my goals off…
1. I had a layout picked up for February’s (which is the one currently on the news stands – check me out on page 98) Reader’s Gallery in Creating Keepsakes!
2. I am proud to design for Serendipity Scrapbooks and My Kits and Pieces. Two great kit clubs. I’m going to be sorry to say goodbye, as I believe my six months with both teams is just about up.
3. I am proud to design for 2Daisies Designs and Sultane. Both are paper manufacturers. I’m looking forward to Sultane’s new line, coming very soon! I haven’t heard from 2 Daisies in a while, so I don’t know what’s up with them. But, I hope we’ll see something new for CHA 2008 in February.
4. Well, I didn’t win either HOF or MMM, which is what I had been thinking about when I made that goal. But I did win the Effer’s “Last Scrapper Standing” and I’m darn proud of that! And, I am very pleased to share that I made it onto the Scrapbook Dimensions Magazine Dream Team!
I had given up hope of getting “the call” after December 21st passed (the date calls were supposed to go out). Then, I got an e-mail on December 22 asking me to re-send my entry because some of it hadn’t come through. So, I did. Then, I checked the website and it said that calls had gone out on December 24. Ah, well. So, I left for vacation and didn’t think about it. But, then I got a message on December 31 saying that Scrapbook Dimensions was looking for me and had been calling for a week! Eeek! I was staying in Alabama at a beach house with no internet access or cell phone reception. I had to drive twenty miles into town to make contact and find out that I was a winner! I’m beyond psyched! Check out the other gals here.
Now, for 2008, I am casting a wider net. In the last few months, I have had scrapbooking tunnel vision and I miss the quilting and beading and such. I feel like I want to keep moving forward on the scrapbooking track I’m on, while also making progress in my other crafty endeavors. So, here are my goals for 2008:
1. Create and enter a piece in Quilt National and/or The International Quilt Show in Houston.
2. Create and enter a piece in Bead and Button’s Bead Dreams competition.
3. Take a photo every day for 366 days (it’s a leap year).
Here’s hoping I can tick them all off by 2009!
PS: I uploaded the first few photos of the year to the “Photo A Day 2008” album on the right.
2007 was an awardwinning year for you. Good luck with your goals for 2008!
I found your page “by accident” and enjoy it very much!
Regards, Kari from Norway
2007 was an awardwinning year for you. Good luck with your goals for 2008!
I found your page “by accident” and enjoy it very much!
Regards, Kari from Norway
2007 was an awardwinning year for you. Good luck with your goals for 2008!
I found your page “by accident” and enjoy it very much!
Regards, Kari from Norway
2007 was an awardwinning year for you. Good luck with your goals for 2008!
I found your page “by accident” and enjoy it very much!
Regards, Kari from Norway
wow so many accomplishments…wtg! good luck with 2008. continue to dream big (love the way that sounds).
wow so many accomplishments…wtg! good luck with 2008. continue to dream big (love the way that sounds).
wow so many accomplishments…wtg! good luck with 2008. continue to dream big (love the way that sounds).
wow so many accomplishments…wtg! good luck with 2008. continue to dream big (love the way that sounds).
As talented as you are I have no doubt you will succeed with this years goal! Big Congrats and hope you had a great vacation!
As talented as you are I have no doubt you will succeed with this years goal! Big Congrats and hope you had a great vacation!
As talented as you are I have no doubt you will succeed with this years goal! Big Congrats and hope you had a great vacation!
As talented as you are I have no doubt you will succeed with this years goal! Big Congrats and hope you had a great vacation!
Glad that your year was great and hoping that 2008 will also be a year of your ticking off your goals! Good luck!!!
Glad that your year was great and hoping that 2008 will also be a year of your ticking off your goals! Good luck!!!
Glad that your year was great and hoping that 2008 will also be a year of your ticking off your goals! Good luck!!!
Glad that your year was great and hoping that 2008 will also be a year of your ticking off your goals! Good luck!!!
congrats to you on all your achievements for 2007 – you should be proud! That is just awesome!
congrats to you on all your achievements for 2007 – you should be proud! That is just awesome!
congrats to you on all your achievements for 2007 – you should be proud! That is just awesome!
congrats to you on all your achievements for 2007 – you should be proud! That is just awesome!
Yay! I love your new goals too.
Yay! I love your new goals too.
Yay! I love your new goals too.
Yay! I love your new goals too.
WOW you have a lot to be proud of! You go girl!!!!
WOW you have a lot to be proud of! You go girl!!!!
WOW you have a lot to be proud of! You go girl!!!!
WOW you have a lot to be proud of! You go girl!!!!
Congrats on everything Julie! All is so well deserved! And, I did check you out in CK, today actually! =)
Here’s to 2008!
Congrats on everything Julie! All is so well deserved! And, I did check you out in CK, today actually! =)
Here’s to 2008!
Congrats on everything Julie! All is so well deserved! And, I did check you out in CK, today actually! =)
Here’s to 2008!
Congrats on everything Julie! All is so well deserved! And, I did check you out in CK, today actually! =)
Here’s to 2008!
you rocked it this year! congrats, you are so nice and talented and deserve it!
you rocked it this year! congrats, you are so nice and talented and deserve it!
you rocked it this year! congrats, you are so nice and talented and deserve it!
you rocked it this year! congrats, you are so nice and talented and deserve it!
Great job with those goals! What an accomplishment! Good luck with ’08!
Great job with those goals! What an accomplishment! Good luck with ’08!
Great job with those goals! What an accomplishment! Good luck with ’08!
Great job with those goals! What an accomplishment! Good luck with ’08!