{"id":5434,"date":"2012-03-10T08:34:51","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T15:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/?p=5434"},"modified":"2012-03-10T08:34:51","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T15:34:51","slug":"team-spotlight-march-guest-designer-erin-from-secret-stash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/2012\/03\/team-spotlight-march-guest-designer-erin-from-secret-stash\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Spotlight: March Guest Designer &#8211; Erin from Secret Stash!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/images\/Blog\/Headers\/GS_blog_TeamSpotlight_Header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"88\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Good morning everyone! I admit, I got a late start today. It&#8217;s so easy to just ignore getting out of bed when I can make my husband roll out to get our little one up and dressed on Saturday mornings. \ud83d\ude09 I&#8217;ve got my coffee now, so let&#8217;s roll!<\/p>\n<p>As many of you have seen and heard already, Erin from Secret Stash is our March Guest Gingerbread Lady.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/images\/Shop_1st_images\/3_2012\/GS_Guest_Header_March_SS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Erin once called GingerScraps her home and was truly honored to be invited back as guest of the month! \u00a0I asked Erin a little bit about herself, her family and her\u00a0designing.<\/p>\n<p><em>I am a mom of two awesome kids, ages 8 and 4. I love to read books (pretty much non-stop, I always have a book going!) and photography. I am also unnaturally optimistic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What is one thing we might not (yet) know about you?<\/p>\n<p><em>That I&#8217;m actually answering these from my padded cell? No no wait. Hmmmm. I like to sing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What is something you&#8217;ve done recently that you are proud of accomplishing? Anything that you&#8217;ve tried that was new to you?<\/p>\n<p><em>I recently guest blogged for Modern June, that was really cool. I&#8217;ve never guest blogged anywhere so I was flattered to be asked and the subject was all about loving ourselves. It felt really good to put some real honesty about myself out to the universe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What got you into designing?<\/p>\n<p><em>I didn&#8217;t get how it was done! I just wanted to understand it was all. I was totally loving making layouts but to create the kits, I was at a complete loss as to how they did it. I wanted to be &#8220;in the know.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What inspires your designing?<\/p>\n<p><em>Everything. I&#8217;ve gotten inspiration from my kids, a commercial, a book, my mood, a magazine, a movie, etc. If it&#8217;s in front of my face, it&#8217;s fair game!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What about your kit,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/store.gingerscraps.net\/Work-of-Heart.html\">Work of He{ART}<\/a>\u00a0? What was the inspiration, your favorite parts?<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.gingerscraps.net\/Work-of-Heart.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" \" src=\"https:\/\/store.gingerscraps.net\/images\/P\/ss_wah_GSpreview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the GS store right now for 25% off!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>It was inspired by my little art lovin&#8217; mess makers! Both my kids are seriously into drawing, painting and coloring, they fight over who has the most paper and crayons [ROFL!]. So it seemed necessary that there was a kit just for the messiest of little artists. My favorite part about this kit is the color swatch I used and the slight vintage touches here and there.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In one word, can you describe your design style?<\/p>\n<p><em>Mine. \ud83d\ude1b\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What is the one thing you can&#8217;t do without while designing? Anything special?<\/p>\n<p><em>I have to design in the morning when my mind is fresh and I HAVE to have a bottomless cup of coffee.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What advice would you give to aspiring\u00a0designers?<\/p>\n<p><em>Persevere. If you like what you&#8217;re doing, then keep at it. Keep growing in your work and keep your mind open to evolving and changing with the times. Don&#8217;t get stuck in a slump, and don&#8217;t feel defeated if it&#8217;s not cracked out to be what you were hoping. If your heart is in it, you can go places with it!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lastly, if you could travel anywhere or anywhen, where or when would it be and why?<\/p>\n<p><em>Ireland. Because my name means Ireland, and I just plain old think it would be sweet.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t argue that! Ireland is definitely on my list of places to see. I want to thank Erin for taking time out and telling us a little bit more about herself. Remember you can get Work of He{ART} in the GS shop RIGHT NOW! \u00a0So, whatya waiting for? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/images\/Blog\/GS_footer_April.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"55\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning everyone! I admit, I got a late start today. It&#8217;s so easy to just ignore getting out of bed when I can make my husband roll out to get our little one up and dressed on Saturday mornings. \ud83d\ude09 I&#8217;ve got my coffee now, so let&#8217;s roll! 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