**edited: 2022. I now live on a little farm in South Carolina (since 2015). My boys are grown, and my husband and I enjoy raising wool sheep and growing our own food. I love spending time in my craft studio making cards and paper crafts, and spinning yarn from my sheeps wool. We enjoy spending time outdoors cycling and kayaking, and are involved volunteering with various activities in our church. I am so very blessed to be able to do what I love and share with others!**
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I am so incredibly excited to be here!! I have always been the creative one in my family. I love to draw and color, and do anything crafty. I started stamping back in 1998. We were stationed in Germany and a friend hosted a Stampin' Up party. I had never stamped before, and I was immediately taken with it and placed a huge order. I started working full time shortly after, and the demo moved away (as is the life of the military), so I didn't keep up with the stamping. I was re-introduced to stamping early in 2008 when my neighbor in Arizona had a Stampin' Up party, and there has been no turning back for me!! My new demo told me about Splitcoast Stampers as 'a place to get ideas' - what an understatement that was!! I joined immediately, and it didn't take me long at all to realize I needed to be in the Fan Club because I was enamoured by the amazing work of the Dirty Dozen and just had to see the galleries! Never did I think I would be in that gallery!
We're a military family and we've moved quite a bit. In my lifetime I have been lucky enough to have lived in (not just visited) 5 different countries and 9 different US states. I've been married for almost 19 years to the love of my life! I met my husband while I was still in the Army, and it was truly love at first site. We were married after dating for only three weeks....and here we are 19 years later. I have two wonderful boys - Houston (17) and Hunter (14) and two Labrador Retrievers we affectionately call 'The Twins' as they are inseparable. I worked as a Systems Engineer for about 5 years. Then I decided to try my hand at Interior Design, so I went back to school for another degree. I had my own Interior Design business for a couple of years before we were transferred to Korea. The year we spent in Korea I really found my passion for stamping and paper crafting! I have met so many wonderful friends through this community of crafters that just keep me coming back for more!
I am now back in Arizona, where we hope to remain. Arizona is home for us (even though I'm originally from Ohio). I love the sun and blue skies, and yes...I love the heat!! I am back to being a systems engineer again. I love computer work, and even as a designer, and a stamper I always seemed to find my way back to it.
I am thrilled to call myself a Dirty Girl. There is a never ending supply of inspiration to be found on Splitcoast, and if I am able to contribute to that even a little, I am truly honored!
Hugs, Jami
Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 GMT Views: 1189
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Registered: November 7, 2007 Location: Amarillo TX Posts: 1839
Wed, Jul 15, 2009 @ 12:57 PM
Oh Jami,
I am so, so thrilled to see that you are a Dirty Girl now! I have long thought that you should be and to see it come to fruition is very exciting - if I'm excited I can only imagine how excited you are.
Registered: January 7, 2006 Location: Central California Posts: 16758
Wed, Jul 15, 2009 @ 2:43 PM
Congrats Jami!! You look way too young to have a 17 year old, and to have been married for 19 years!! You go girl!! Can't wait to see your dirty work for the next 6 months!!
Registered: April 16, 2005 Location: Walla Walla, WA Posts: 15082
Wed, Jul 15, 2009 @ 7:14 PM
Jami, it's so exciting to see you here and to learn about your life! I've wondered if your username meant you were in the military. Your stamping is always so beautiful and inspirational. So glad you made it to the dirt pile!
Registered: April 29, 2003 Location: Uniontown, Ohio Posts: 8354
Wed, Jul 15, 2009 @ 8:13 PM
Congratulations! I have been loving your work since I first started seeing you in the challenge galleries! You truly deserve to be here! Off to go look at your creations!!!!
Registered: August 30, 2006 Location: Saugus, Massachusetts Posts: 65153
Thu, Jul 16, 2009 @ 7:17 AM
Not surprised at all to find you here in the Dirt Pile Jami! Love your new avatar! and how great that you are back in the USA !! can't wait to see your projects for this month! big congrats to you!!
------------------------------ Julia Aston Proud member of SCS Fan Club and Dirty Dozen Alumni, former DT member on Color Challenge My Blog