Leslie Ashe:
A little diddy....by Leslie:
Hi! 'm Leslie. I live in Texas with my cute husband and our 2 fabulous teenagers.
Hands down, my fave people in the entire world...my fam. Lucky girl I am...lucky, blessed, and soooo in love.
I've got a few faves...want to hear them?
--fave day of the week: Wednesday. (it reminds me it's getting close to the end of the week.)
--fave food: mexican. (it makes my heart happy and my tummy too!)
--fave color: pink. (no explanation needed. pink rocks.)
--fave music - anything playing on my Ipod (can't live without it...)
--fave animal: dog. (I have 4 myself...they think they're human and I let them..hee hee! which brings up another fave - puppy breath)
--fave season: fall. (the smell rocks. the brisk wind rocks. fall...it just rocks)
--fave scrappy thing I just can't live without: bling. it's sparkley, shiney and all things fabulous. I use it on almost everything I do!
--fave place to be: anywhere my family is. I love to hang with them, watching movies, shopping, anything.
--fave place to scrap: my desk in my little studio. I just love being in there listening to Itunes or watching a fave movie....
I have to tell you how estatic I am to be one of the "Girls!" - I hope to inspire & be inspired by ALL of YOU!
Stephanie Ackerman:
I am Stephanie...a self proclaimed “Simply Complicated” girl….I love the simple things and most of the time complicate them…in a good way. I am an ordinary girl living an extraordinary life where I get to do what I love for a living.
I am a regular girl who love’s GOD, my family, my friends, my neighbors, my kids school & the teachers who teach there & the volunteers who volunteer there.
I am a simple girl.
I love Chips & Salsa, ice from a bag and Fuji Apples from Costco.
I used to drive a mini van & am not to proud to say I would go back to a mini van any day! (it is easy to haul around bikes, skateboards, boogie boards & skate ramps )
I LOVE paper, batter, fabric, dough (as in cookie dough) & paint..A LOT... probably more than the average person.
When someone asks me how long I have been "creating", I explain that I started at birth. My very first project was when the nurses stamped my lil tiny baby foot in ink and stamped it on something official. As I grew up, I made Barbie Clothes, Barbie forts, pot holders, sit-upons..baked cookies, cakes…pretty much you name it, I have made it at one time or the other.
at any given moment I might be. . .praying, doodling, running, baking chocolate chip cookies, watching my boys skate, surf, boogie board, play soccer, baseball…helping with homework, doing laundry, coordinating fabrics with paper, re-tying Ben's shoes, doing more laundry, REALLY loving paper, sitting at the local skate park, volunteering at the kids school, try to pretend like I am organizing my piles, turning trash into treasures, sewing, did I mention laundry???
I love being a mom, a wife, a neighbor, a sister, a daughter…and I love paper (did I mention that???)...solids & prints, florals & stripe...ditto for fabric, I love the movies "The Notebook" & Serendipity. I love to scrap, sew, bake, paint...I am a regular ol' suzy homemaker...and just about 2 years ago…I married the boy that I fell head over heels in love with when I was 15!
I like straight lines & crooked bangs, flowers in the garden and on fabric, just not on my clothes.
I love the color red, just not on me, and prefer the color baby blue, camouflage & leopard prints over the color pink, stripes and solids ( but only sometimes)
I like fake fingernails but never fake diamonds, I love brides and new babies and love to plan parties around them, but really don’t like to go the parties…I am SIMPLY COMPLICATED and I am…happy.
Check out Stephanie's work here: www.homegrownhospitality.typepad.com
Anna Bess Simmons:
Anna Bess Simmons traded crayons and finger paints for adhesive and 12x12 paper three years ago and started scrapbooking to save her sanity. She is a wife and a stay-at-home mom (but doesn't stay at home much) who loves that her hobby is something her family is enthusiastic about. Anna Bess is a Mississippi girl who never met a cute t-shirt or bag she didn't like, loves a burger with bleu cheese, a glass of sweet tea, and never goes anywhere without mascara (curse those white eyelashes!). Also, you better watch out, you can never tell when she will use her wicked sense of humor on you, OH so sarcastic;)! She enjoys scrapbooking the everyday moments in her crazy life with her easy going husband, two sassy girls, dogs, cats, and whatever else shows up at her house in the woods! Anna Bess has a degree in Interior Design and has always had a passion for the arts. One of her main desires is that people see a reflection of her faith through her work. Her style can best be summed up as whimsical and eclectic, using lots of elements in fun and unexpected ways.
Check Anna Bess' blog: www.thislittlebirdie.blogspot.com
Megan, Brooke and I are so excited to have these amazing talented girls on our team! I met Jen while I was in Atlanta teaching! She is a doll...Kind and an amazing artist! Can't wait to see what she has to share with all of us!
Leslie, is a designer I didn't know, the girls were looking through some blogs and magazines and picked her work out as one of their faves! We are thrilled she said YES to being one of the Girls! Stephanie is a dear dear friend of mine, I have known her and her work for several years...She is not only a huge talent, she is one of the kindest and genuine girls I know! LOVE this Girl! Last but not least is Anna Bess...A Southern girl with a ton of Sass! (it's the red hair) I met her at an event I was teaching at and LOVED her work! So excited to have her on the team! So these are the Girls! They are all talented designers and FUN girls!
Welcome to the Girl's Loft Design Team! Thank you thank you!
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