A layout by design team member Grace Tolman

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It’s our pleasure to introduce you to Grace Tolman!

Here’s a little bit about Grace, in her own words:

“My life in a nutshell: During the day I stay at home with my kids, a 5 year old son and an almost 3 year old daughter. Our days are filled with school, trips to the library, park days and sometimes when they’re good a trip to Burger Kingor McDonalds. At night I work part time as a Retail Associate at Aeropostale. A hip, fun clothing store that I constantly use as a great source of inspiration for my paper projects. I have a loving and very supportive husband of 6 years. He’s supported me all the way in this addiction I call ‘scrapbooking.’

Although I’ve been doing some type of scrapbooking since grade school, I only started to scrapbook seriously after my son was born. When he was born I knew I will be staying at home with him but coming from a fast paced sales job I was afraid I would ran out of things to do during the day. Little did I know that with a newborn you won’t have anytime to do anything else. Anyways after going through a basic scrapbooking class I was hooked and haven’t stopped scrapping since. I consider my style to be simple, linear and graphic but I’m not afraid to try new things. I love to tell the story behind each picture.”

1. I can’t imagine my life without …my family and papercrafting. Life without scrapbooking is just boring and life without family is unimaginable. What will I scrapbook if I didn’t have my family. *smile*

2. My least favorite chore is …cleaning the bathrooms. That’s why I’m glad that I don’t live in a big house. I have two bathrooms and I already dread every time I have to clean both.

3. I would love to win a shopping spree to … Scrapbook store and Target.  But then again I pretend I’m in a shopping spree when I go to those stores. I always end up spending way more than I’ve planned.

4. My must have treat and music when scrapbooking is … treat – none. I’m kinda clumsy so food and papers don’t really go well with me. Music- anything upbeat, lately it’s more toward pop and R&B music.

5. When scrapbooking, I love to use … my fiskars border punches and pop up dots. I love ‘em!!!

6. My favorite creative project is … mini albums. There’s a lot more room to add photos, journaling and products.

7. I thought I would never … go back to the work force.

8. My worst habit is … too much computer time. I spend waaayyyy too much time surfing the net.

9. If I were a superhero, my super-power would be … stopping time. Imagine the amount of things I can do while my kids are frozen in time. (just kidding)

10. You would never guess it, but I … thought I didn’t have any creative bone in my body when I started scrapbooking, 5 years ago. During my school years, my artwork would always be average. Nothing too fancy with them, that’s why I even surprised myself when I’ve realized that I CANbe creative.