You can't deny there is special energy about the new year. As much as I encourage scrapbookers to renew their creative commitments once each season, the closing of one year and the welcoming of another is a significant transition. As a business owner, it's my opportunity to listen closely for what...
The end of 2015 was a whirlwind of life/work goodness, but I missed posting my final Around Here recap. To close out that series, I'd like to invite you to take a look back and a look ahead with me. My One Little Word for 2016 is trust, so I also thought it would be fun to connect some of my...
Running the business of Simple Scrapper is not something I can do alone. The members of my leadership and creative teams each play a key role in delivering free educational content, useful membership materials, and engaging workshops to our community. In November I announced a call for additional...
When I published Does Anyone Still Read? in November, I never expected to receive so many comments in the affirmative. My hypothesis was more than correct. On the whole, readers of the Simple Scrapper blog are readers in general. Fluff and eye candy are nice treats, but you like to go deeper. I...
Seven years ago this month I launched Simple Scrapper. I sought to explore what memory keeping looks like in this busy, technology-rich era and ask how we can fit in more soul-filling creativity via simplicity. I don't have a traditional view, however. To me "simple" is far more than a description...
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