Hi from Erie, PA

[CarolW]

Greetings to everyone. My name is Carol, I retired in 2004 from a child support collection office after 26 years. I live alone with my two cats, Willie and Smokey, they are a lot of company for me. My daughter Kim and granddaughter Laura live nearby and visit often; my daughter Shelli and three grandchildren live in MD but visit a couple times a year.

I enjoy digital scrapbooking and journaling as well as hybrid journaling and digital photography. I don't know what I would do without my computer and tv, they take up a lot of my time. I used to sew and crochet but they have taken a back seat to my digital life.

The guest designer, Berna Datema, had mentioned this site on her blog so I decided I better see what was going on here. I fell in love with this site and hope to submit many pages and purchase many of the items by the wonderful designers. I am happy to be here.

[Monika]

Hi Carol and welcome to the Studio!
Glad to have you here; grab a coffee and take a tour Hope to see your layouts, and feel free to join in the monthly challenges!

[Toiny]

Hi Carol! I'm so excited to have you and get to know you and your family through your pages. My digital life has gotten the better of me too and I love sitting behind my computer and creating, I think you will fit in beautifully.

Big smooches,

Toiny

[msbrad]

Hi and welcome to The Studio. I went to Erie once as a young child. My dad had relatives that lived there. Looking forward to getting to know you.
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[SnickerdoodleDesigns]

Hi Carol! Thank you for taking the time to take a peek around here! I agree with the others! I think you will find it a very warm and welcoming environment. If you would like to jump right in, I would love to see you in my Surprise Me! Challenge!

[Janet-B]

Welcome to the Studio, Carol! This is a lovely place to play, and learn. Can't wait to see your pages filling the gallery!

[CarolW]

Thank you all for your warm welcomes. I do believe I will try the Surprise Me Challenge! for December. How great, an excuse to do some more shopping.

[MissParker]

Hello from Germany, Carol!! I'm sure you'll feel right at home here and can't wait to see your beautiful pages with your family (and maybe even the cats ;-)))

[Renee]

Hi Carol, so happy you found us and I hope you will like it here!

[mandak]

Welcome! Back in 2008, my husband and I spent the night in Erie on our Road Trip Honeymoon! We had dinner at the Olive Garden and every time we eat at Olive Garden, we always remember/talk about the two women sitting at the next table. They got salad with their meal and ordered it like this: No Olive Garden Dressing, ranch instead with "only a little lettuce." When their salad came, they asked for extra ranch and basically consumed an entire Olive Garden salad bowl of ranch dressing. I hope it wasn't you! But that's my Erie story! I hope you continue enjoying theStudio, it's the best site out there, in my opinion!

Hi Carol and welcome to the Studio!
Glad to have you here; grab a coffee and take a tour Hope to see your layouts, and feel free to join in the monthly challenges!