This week’s Layout Of The Week is Family by jendavey. I love the stacked ribbons, the finishing touches like sand across the bottom and the string weaving through the title. The photo is so great and love how the paper is mimicking the photo. Stunning! Congrats jendavey! Make sure you visit the gallery and the forum to leave her some love!

- Krisi (krisi616)

1. Your screen name? Your real name?
My screen name is mhreen08. My real name is Michelle.

2. What is your main job/career?
I’m a serbian and urdu translator in the Air Force.

3. Are you married/children/pets?
Married for nearly 15 years to my wonderful husband. We have a 2 year old son.

4. Where is home for you?
I’m from Texas, but am currently living in California.

5. What are your 3 favorite foods?
Pizza, spaghetti, and chocolate.

6. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
Rocky Road.

7. Snacks…Salty or Sweet?
Definitely sweet! I have a weakness for chocolate.

8. Beverage of choice?
I love of Dr Pepper.

9. What’s your least favorite food?
I’m not a big fan of seafood.

10. PC or Mac? What program do you use?
PC and PSE5.

11. How long have you been digi-scrapping? How did you get started?
I’ve been digi-scrapping for a little over a year. I had gotten PSE and was online looking for tips to use it. I stumbled across some sites about digi-scrapping.

12. What was your 1st LO about?
My first was from my son’s 2nd birthday. It’s still one of my favorites.

13. Do you have any other hobbies besides digi-scrapping (are there other hobbies)?
I like photography and reading.

14. What is the most challenging part of scrapbooking for you?
I would say journaling is the hardest. In my first pages, I didn’t write much. Now I try to write on most of my pages.

15. What would you like to learn to do (or do better) not related to scrapbooking?
I would really like to work on my photos. We just got a new camera and I would like to learn to get the most out of  it.

16. What are your favorite movies/TV shows?
Since having a child a few years ago, most of my tv watching includes some sort of cartoon talking animal, but I do make time to watch Grey’s Anatomy, Chuck and Bones.

17. Describe your “scrapping” environment. Music? TV in the background? Drinks? Snacks? Where?
It usually quiet. I try wake up before everyone else to work on my scrapping.

18. If you only had 2 elements to use on a LO, what would they be?
I love staples and stitches.

19. Would you like to share a little known fact about you…?
I consider housework theraputic. I know it’s weird, but cleaning relaxes me.

20. Can you tell us a little about your scrappin’ style?
My style is pretty simple and clean.

21. Favorite LOs that you have done? (Pics and links will be needed for the blog post)

Spaghetti Dinner:

San Luis Reservoir:

Best Friends:

Thanks Michelle for letting us get to know you better. We love having you here at SM and love seeing your LOs. Check out her full gallery HERE!

-Shantell (shanscraps)