Beth Madland started
scrapbooking as a child when she made end-of-year albums
during junior high and high school. In fact, Beth remembers
trading Mrs. Grossman's "stickers by the yard"
when she was in 6th grade. But Beth really got involved
about five years ago when she walked into her first scrapbook
store and discovered the wonderful world of acid free
paper and stickers.
Beth spent eight years in television
news as a reporter, videographer, producer and eventually
hosted the number one morning news show in Lexington,
Kentucky. On one of her shows, "Let's do Lunch,"
Beth started producing "Scrapbooking Tips of the
Week" in conjunction with a local scrapbook store.
Having more fun demonstrating crafts and scrapbooking
on TV than covering the latest hard news story, Beth
searched for work on a scrapbook TV show and left news
behind.
When she's not cropping and
pasting photos and stickers, Beth enjoys spending time
with her new husband, Will and their two big dogs. Beth
lives in North Dakota.
Julie McGuffee has
been scrapbooking for over 40 years. She received her
own camera at age 11 and has been hooked on photography
ever since. Her father served in the RAF in the early
40’s and documented the years he spent in the
Middle East through the many photographs he took. Julie
loved looking through the albums he put together and,
following his example placed her own photos in albums.
“We didn’t have the wide range of products
available for today’s scrapbooker”, Julie
tells us, “but my dad decorated and titled his
pages and handwrote captions for his photos. To me they
were, and still are, the most beautiful scrapbook pages.”
Originally from England, Julie has
lived in the US for over 25 years with her husband,
2 children and a succession of dogs. She is also a very
talented decorative painter and all-round crafter and
has worked in the Arts & Crafts industry professionally
since 1991. She has authored over 30 “How To”
Arts and Crafts and Decorative Painting books and is
a regular columnist for Craftworks magazine. Her monthly
Creative Lettering column, which she was invited write
in 1997 ran for over 4 years.
In 1996, Julie, and fellow designer,
Jean Kievlan formed their own design services company.
When scrapbooking started to gain momentum they worked
closely with manufacturers to promote and develop innovative
product for this new and exciting market. Julie was
also a host of More than Memories for 4 years, a regular
guest on Hands on Crafts for Kids which also airs on
PBS, A.C. Moores’s Crafters Corner, QVC and the
guest craft expert on “At Home Live with Chuck
& Jennie” which airs on the Family Net channel.
Julie is also a regular contributor to the scrapbooking
section of Michaels.com.
Be sure to say hello to Julie at any
of the Memory Expo shows around the United States and
at the Great American Scrapbook show in Arlington, Texas,
where she can be found at her booth – Jean &
Julie’s Craft Club!
Visit Julie's website at:
http://www.juliemcguffee.com/
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