seven years ago today!

seven years ago, we were living on the east coast, in virginia beach- far from our family. the internet must not have been that huge to me at that point in my life, (i mean i know i wasn't addicted to checking my email every 5 minutes, i may not have even had an email account at that time!) as i was really big into sending my family cards with photos of our family. i had been introduced to stampin up and immediately fell in love. i remember going to a stampin up party and coming home and telling chris how much i loved it- he must have thought i was crazy for sure. anyways, late one night while browsing card sites, i stumbled upon 2peas– they had a card section that i browsed, but it was when i made my way over to the black and white section- i knew that was it. i always had thought scrapbooking was sorta cheesy before- but once i saw this gallery, i knew this is the way i wanted to scrapbook. there in the gallery were 3 ladies who inspired me so much- tara, cathy and joy U,– i will always think of them when i remember this story. this was when simple was in it's beginning phases. and so i started out categorized as that. simple. anyways, if i didn't have an internet addiction before, i clearly had one then… i would check the gallery constantly and began posting myself. two years after signing up, kristina emailed, asking me to become a garden girl– i had been a big fan of the girls' work there so i was and am still super giddy about being a part of the team. here's a few layouts i did recently for 2peas:

there you go! i can't believe how much my life has changed since i began scrapbooking, i am so thankful that i stumbled upon 2 peas that late night in february 2002!