Member Spotlight

I was so excited when my creative friend Paige Evans joined Studio Calico and started sharing her amazing work in the gallery... there's so much inspiration in all her pages! I'm excited to share a little bit more about her as our November spotlighted member.

Studio Calico Username - PaigeEvans
City, State, Country – South Pasadena, CA, USA
Blog – www.paigeandchris.com

When did you start scrapbooking and what got you started? I started scrapbooking when I was 16 and got my very first job at a scrapbooking store (it wasn’t even my first choice for a job but boy am I glad it worked out the way it did!). My life has revolved around scrapbooking ever since! I worked there (Yesterday’s Scrapbooking & Stuff) until I left for college and got a job at Pebbles In My Pocket, then I started working for Northridge Publishing (they publish Scrapbook Trends, CARDS, the Create: series, Simply Handmade, Bead Trends, and the new Cricut Mags) where I still work for from home going on 6 years now; I was an In House Scrapbooker/Product Designer for American Crafts for 20 months and now I’m their Blog Hostess and Design Team Manager. I also had a brief stint at Archiver’s. My how 10 years of scrapbooking has flown by!
What are your top 5 favorite products and why?

#1 – patterned paper because there are unlimited choices and I love all the things that can be created with it.

#2 – fabric brads because they can be incorporated onto pretty much any project and I love the bit of texture and pop of color they add.

#3 – Bits decorative tags by American Crafts because they’re the perfect blend of design and cuteness.

#4 – punches because they can be used in so many different ways over and over again.

#5 – my sewing machine because it gives all my projects that perfect finishing touch and I love the “homemade/homespun” look.

What is your favorite Studio Calico product and why? I know I’m going to sound like a broken record here, but the patterned paper is my favorite! Every piece is usable!
What is your favorite go-to or signature technique? Because I love using lots of different patterned papers on my layouts and projects any kind of paper technique where I can show off as much patterned paper as possible is okay in my book!
Where do you find your inspiration? Recently – Pinterest! Also magazines like Scrapbook Trends, CARDS, Simply Handmade, Cricut… wink wink

What is your favorite color and/or color combo? Does rainbow count as a color? I’m all about bright, happy, and fun color combos!

Tell us a bit about your design process. I start with a super simple sketch of what I have in mind. Usually it involves a lot of patterned paper so I’ll choose my papers based on the colors of the photo/s and then cut into them to make the embellishments or background. I don’t adhere anything until I’ve figured out the placement. Lots of times I step away from my projects and come back several hours later when new inspiration comes to mind.

Tell us a bit about what else you do since we know you are creative in more ways than
just scrapbooking. I’ve been a mommy for just over a year now so that takes up most of my time! I also love to bookbind, dabble in fine arts like painting and drawing, and home décor projects are always fun. Someday I’d like to get back into the design aspect of scrapbooking. There’s nothing like seeing products you’ve designed in stores or on layouts of friends in this awesome community!

We're so glad to have you as a member, Paige!

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I love your projects and their colorful pattern papers. I went to your blog and I super like it as well. It is a very inspire blog. Thanks for share your work and sorry about my English ( it's very bad :-/)

Posted by: Nelmarie | 11/16/2011 at 07:49 PM