Name Michelle McVaney
Location Parkersburg, West Virginia
Age 30
Occupation Work from home Scrapbook Instructor with Leaving Prints, Bellaonline Scrapbook Editor and Scrap Camp Retreat Director, homeschooling mom
Marital Status/length Married to my awesome husband Chad for 9 yrs (10 in May)
Spouse's occupation Electrician at Dupont
Children/grandchildren/ages Brooke-9 and my only girl! Tyler 6 and Nicholas 4. They keep me busy Scrapping all of their activities!
Education/skills BA in Education k-8 and BA in Special Ed K-12 , CKU Masters Degree;)
Experience: taught as a substitute teacher for 3 yrs, homeschooled for 5 years, have been involved with (work from home) direct sales/network marketing for the past 10 yrs. I am Instructor #2 and am so happy to be involved with this company!
Background: Born in raised in Parkersburg, WV! A true hillbilly;) I do wear shoes and currently still have ALL of my teeth;)
Hobbies: You mean there is more to life than Scrapbooking??? My passion is Scrapbooking and teaching others to scrapbook and preserve their family faith and memories.
I do enjoy gardening as well and try to take a little time out of my scrapping to keep a nice garden in the summer months!
I also LOVE basket weaving
Talents: Well I have always been the more creative type than the athletic type that is for sure!! I used to be a Wrestling statistician in high school! I also play the violin and piano.
Your website
http://michelle.leavingprints.com and
www.scrapcamp.com Magazines you've been published: My goal is to start submitting. I have been published in the Leaving Prints Idea book and I am a member of the Leaving Prints Design Team!
Contests you've won: Jewell Craft Crop Contest at CKU Masters 2003
Do you hide your scrapbook budget from your hubby? he has NO clue!
Do you "borrow" grocery money for scrapbook supplies? Thank goodness my Leaving Prints business brings in enough that I still have money left over for scrapping even after groceries!
Do your kids go without cookies because you scrapbook? Oh how I wish! Unfortunately my grandma makes sure that they get all the sugar that they need!
When did you start scrapping? I have been Scrapping since I was in high school by cutting out letters from magazines to make my titles, etc! LOL Then I learned about safe scrapbooking 8 years ago.
What got you started? In high School my Best Friend and I were always wanting to preserve our memories. We would draw little comics of ourselves to act out some exciting thing that we never wanted to forget! We still have those....but since most of them also included old boyfriends I had to let my best friend keep them at her house because my very jealous husband (sorry honey I did have a life before you!) couldn't handle my reminiscing old memories and possibly thinking of an old bo!
And all the other stuff.....
I love the Lord, my family and scrapping!