Baby Janice Lee
This has been a long time coming, really. I have wanted to blog—and have been encouraged by family and friends to start a scrapbooking blog—for a few years. In fact, I have owned theconstantscrapper domain since not long after The Constant Gardener came out. Though I didn’t much care for the movie, I did like the idea of showing constancy to a passion.
And while I loved the idea of blogging, I worried about putting myself out there that way. I am a seasoned veteran of online lurking. Oh, I’m really good at “lurning” from others’ writing and artwork. But how to find a way to add value to the online scrapbooking community? Not an easy task, considering all the inspiration-, tutorial- and contest-rich blogs out there already. But I think I’m finally ready for the challenge.
Here’s a little information about me. My name is Janice. I’m originally from Willoughby, Ohio, a bedroom community to Cleveland and a sweet place in which to grow up. I was raised lovingly and in a wonderful home by my dear parents, Tom and Sandy Daquila. We lost my beloved father to lung cancer in 2004, and my beautiful and brave mother—who is a savant when it comes to children and teaching them—continues to substitute teach in Chapel Hill at the age of 70.
My only sibling (but with the value of several) is Phillip, my younger brother by 13 months. He has always been my best friend. We started first grade at the same time and have shared many of the same interests ever since (although he doesn’t scrapbook … sadly). Phil teaches media writing and web publishing courses at the beautiful Elon University in North Carolina as well as produces documentary videos for Success Story Videos.
I live with my husband, Matt, and our pets in Austin, Texas. We have owned a business together since 2002. Called VelocityStorm IT, it provides technical support to local small businesses (5-50 computers and at least one server). I met Matt while working at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and we married in October 1997. He completes me … really. But you’ll learn more about him through the scrapbook pages I share here.
As soon as I found scrapbooking in 2003, I dived in. It includes everything I enjoy! I mean, who can resist an activity that involves storytelling, photography, creativity and pretty, pretty products? I want to use this blog to share my layouts, wax poetic about creativity in general, provide useful resources as I find them and present occasional challenges and freebies. I’m happy that you found my blog and really look forward to hearing from you. Please let me know what you think (but be gentle!).
Adult Janice Lee
By the way, that quote in my title is from my husband’s favorite film, Joe Versus the Volcano. It’s a darling movie, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, that’s just full of symbolism and deals with learning to live life fully. I highly recommend it, even though the critics don’t!
I love Joe Vs. The Volcano. Great movie!
It is a good movie.