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 Thursday, January 31, 2008
Pleased to Meet You
I’m humbled and excited to have the opportunity to introduce myself as the new Managing Editor of Memory Makers Books. I’ve been serving as the Managing Editor of our sister imprint, North Light Craft, for almost two years now, and I look forward to broadening the scope of both my professional and my personal life to include all things scrapbooking.

I’ve always been a creative person fond of making handmade gifts for friends and family, but I was never a devoted practitioner of any particular craft before joining the North Light team. When I found myself surrounded by so many talented coworkers and authors on a regular basis, it didn’t take long for their enthusiasm for craft to be contagious. I started dabbling a bit in things I hadn’t tried in a while—card making, collage, etc. But soon I was inspired to try something new: knitting. I had always marveled at how a ball of yarn could be magically transformed into a beautiful garment. Now I was ready to learn firsthand how it was done.

A close friend of mine had just found out she was expecting her first child, and I decided a hand-knit baby blanket would be my perfect first project. A coworker helped me create a concept to make the undertaking truly a crash course in Knitting 101: I’d make a patchwork blanket, with each square being a different pattern for me to learn. Then I’d knit a border, and learn to crochet seam everything together.

It took me several months of diligent knitting to complete the project. I knit squares by my fireplace in the late winter months. I knit them on the beach in the early summer months. I knit them on road trips. I knit them on airplanes. By the time my blanket was complete, it had traveled with me from Ohio to New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. It was truly a labor of love—and I was hooked.
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I have since knit several other projects—less slowly, more advanced and with technically better results. But that first blanket, knit with so much constant encouragement, support and troubleshooting from my experienced coworkers, will always be my favorite. Now, joining the Memory Makers staff, I can’t wait to see what I’ll learn from my team members, our authors and, perhaps most of all, from you, our readers. I’m already so inspired by all of the contributors’ beautiful scrapbook pages we’re lucky enough to have temporary custody of here in the office! I look forward to getting to know you all better in the coming months.

Happy Thursday,
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1/31/2008 2:34:02 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #  Comments [2] 
1/31/2008 7:03:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Yay! Welcome to the team, Jessica!
MMChristine |christine dot doyleAT NOSPAMfwpubs dot com
2/1/2008 7:26:36 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Congrats on the position!! I look forward to seeing more & more great MM idea books to come out! And your knitting is beautiful!! A great keepsake!
Lana |l_rappetteAT NOSPAMhotmail dot com
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