Featured Blogger: Laurie Willison

Hello and Happy 1st Monday of July!

Last month, I started a new series here on the blog where I featured a special blogger. I had so much fun with the post, and while I didn’t get a lot of feedback about it, I’m going to continue the series.

This time around, I thought I would feature one of my sweet crafty friends, Laurie. I had the honor of working with this gal for 18 months and boy, is she a sweetheart! Her work is recognizable in both blog land and in publications. She has a knack for creating CAS (clean and simple) cards that are simply perfection.

Ready to get started? Let’s go!

Let’s start off with some crafty questions! 

What are the next things on your crafting wish list?

Oh my. I would love to have a Silhouette. That would be one fun machine!

What is your go-to color combination?

Well, my go-to has always been Red, Kraft, Black and White. But I am trying to be more colorful recently and use all colors!

Is there a style and/or technique that you find difficult to duplicate?

I would love to be able to create more “vintagey” projects, but for some reason I can’t layer stuff on! I see those projects and I love them but for some reason, I can’t pull it off!

 Okay, now onto some non crafty questions! 

Tell us about your blog. When and why did you start it?

I started my blog on June 21, 2007. I started it because I started selling stamps and making cards. A friend had a blog and she sorta gave me the push and the rest is history. I can’t believe I have been blogging for 5 years! Wow!

Besides crafting, what are some other things you enjoy doing?

I have 2 kiddos and they really fill up my time! We have lots of fun things we do together and as they get older, its fun to go places and see things. I have always loved to travel. So road trips here and there are a necessity for me! I wish I had a money tree so we could go every weekend! I also love to camp, read and cook! OH and I love taking pics for people…not a professional by any stretch of the word, but I do love it!

If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? 

Oh gosh. Hmmm…besides Colorado? ha! I would love to go to Ireland someday! And Australia! Those are probably my top 2 destinations on my bucket list!

Name 5 things that you are most passionate about:

1. God. He is first and foremost in my life. I don’t know how I would make it without Him.
2. My family. I love my kids so much! I pray every day that I can be the best mom and wife I can be. Growing kids these days is a hard job and I want nothing more than to raise, smart, respectful and honest people. I take it pretty seriously and want to do the best job I can. Family is so important to me and I have been blessed with a great one!
3. Friends. I have the most amazing girlfriends. We have a great church and the group of girls I have here is wonderful. I know I can lean on them for anything! I am one lucky girl!
4. Papercrafting. When I started scrapbooking back in 97, I remember saying that I would never make cards. Look at me now…sorta hooked! It has been so much fun making and selling cards. Being published several times has been a lot of fun. Its a great hobby and I have made some great friends who live in far off places! I couldn’t have done that otherwise!
5. Being a nurse. I am an RN. I work very part time right now so I can stay home with my kids, but I know one day I will go back to the hospital. I loved taking care of people going through a rough patch. It is such an amazing job.

I hope that you enjoyed this interview with Laurie. The plan is to do another Featured Blogger post next month. I have a couple ideas on who I want to feature- now I just have to get the courage to email one of the people. Must remember that going outside my comfort zone is a good thing! :)