Hi! I'm Melissa, From TimberScraps!
My name is Melissa Ash and I am the designer behind Timber Scraps! I have been scrapbooking for almost twenty years now. Those first books are, well, about as good as a fourteen year old can do! But, it was the beginning of a great hobby! I started to get into digital scrapbooking about seven years ago, around the time my first child was born. I wanted to be able to preserve the memories that we made as a family, but let's face it. It took me half an hour to assemble all my scrapbooking stuff, and then to organize it where I wanted to scrap was a nightmare and took another half hour. So, we are into it about one hour by now, and then the mess...Well, let's just say with a new baby, I knew this would not work! So, I got my first program and haven't looked back! Not too long ago, my friend started designing scrapbook kits and I followed her success for a while. We got talking one night and she asked if I wanted to be on her Creative Team (CT). I JUMPED at the chance! I was nervous, as I am pretty dumb when it comes to these kinds of things, but I was so excited and super willing to learn! I asked her about ten million questions, and still do, actually! Eventually I got onto two other Creative Teams and started trying my hand at designing. I am still relatively new in this area, but I work hard at it and am trying to learn something every day! I watch a million tutorials, read as much as I can and practice like crazy! I use GIMP which isn't as easy as Photoshop or other programs like that, but it has been very powerful and I am loving it!
I have been married to the man of my dreams for almost ten years. He is so super supportive and such a wonderful husband and sweet daddy! I have two beautiful children, who are the lights of my life! It is with this sweet family of mine that I love to make memories, and scrapbooking is the perfect way to record those memories. I love to sit and read, and just ask my sweetheart, I can sit for HOURS and not even hear my kids when they yell in my face, because I can be so engrossed in my reading! I love anything from science fiction, to fantasy, to historical fiction, mysteries, you name it! I also live in Utah with its beautiful mountains right out my back door, and love to be in them. You'll see that theme in a lot of my work. I love Anne of Green Gables, Once Upon a Time, I Love Lucy, Sound of Music, and many other wonderful movies/tv series! I work my "real" job as a Transcriptionist for the mental health company here in Salt Lake, and I love being able to work from home! I just love being with my family! I love God. I am very religious and it defines who I am in every aspect of my life! I just love life and all the goodness it has to offer!
With all that, I welcome you to Timber Scraps and hope you'll come back and visit often!
I have been married to the man of my dreams for almost ten years. He is so super supportive and such a wonderful husband and sweet daddy! I have two beautiful children, who are the lights of my life! It is with this sweet family of mine that I love to make memories, and scrapbooking is the perfect way to record those memories. I love to sit and read, and just ask my sweetheart, I can sit for HOURS and not even hear my kids when they yell in my face, because I can be so engrossed in my reading! I love anything from science fiction, to fantasy, to historical fiction, mysteries, you name it! I also live in Utah with its beautiful mountains right out my back door, and love to be in them. You'll see that theme in a lot of my work. I love Anne of Green Gables, Once Upon a Time, I Love Lucy, Sound of Music, and many other wonderful movies/tv series! I work my "real" job as a Transcriptionist for the mental health company here in Salt Lake, and I love being able to work from home! I just love being with my family! I love God. I am very religious and it defines who I am in every aspect of my life! I just love life and all the goodness it has to offer!
With all that, I welcome you to Timber Scraps and hope you'll come back and visit often!