Howdy, crafty friends! I know it’s been a minute since I’ve shared any projects with you.
With quite a few new followers over the course of the last several months, I thought it might be time to re-introduce myself. So first off, welcome — I’m so glad you’re here! My name is Susan Fox-Bowen, and I’m an independent demonstrator for Stampin’ Up! and reside in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. I use this space to share my love of papercrafts and a few snippets from home.
My childhood friends would probably describe me as a crafty person, but I didn’t really get into papercrafts until college when I began scrapbooking. I fell in love with the process of designing pages and making those design ideas come to life. And I eventually transitioned from hands-on pages to digital. My son enjoys looking through all of my scrapbooks, and it’s fun to see the evolution of design trends through the years.
My mom is the one who invited me to a stamping party, and that’s when I officially became hooked on stamping. I’ve always loved writing to friends and family, and being able to make my own cards to send to them made those notes and letters all the more special. Some of my most treasured family memorabilia are cards and letters, and I hope that others now feel the same about ones they have received from me.
Aside from being an avid papercrafter, I also moonlight as a semi-professional singer. Over the years, I have had the privilege of singing many major works from Mozart to Broadway in renowned theatres in the area, and I have served as a staff musician at several area churches.
My family and I enjoy spending time outdoors, are huge baseball fans (Go, Rangers!), and love cats (we have 4 and a sizable feral colony we feed). All in all, I’m thankful to have this platform and opportunity to share what I love with all of you. So thanks for following along!
For those who have been around a little while and have been wondering about my absence, you may remember me mentioning that I went back to work in September. And in the beginning, that did little to impact my crafty time. But as time marches on and work gets busier, well, I’m finding it a little difficult to balance all the things — family, work, crafting — and I’m having to pick and choose what gets my free time. I have always had the Family First ideal. If put in a corner, I choose family first. So, as you can tell by my absence, my crafting has taken a back seat to life as of late.
The kiddo is, of course, the biggest part of priority family time. He joined a bowling league last year and has been working really hard to improve his game. Between lessons and league play, our weekends (and now our weekdays) stay packed! And that hard work has been paying off as he took the top prize across a number of categories for the school season league, including Top Team and Most Improved Average. Next round of league starts this weekend, and in the last several weeks, he’s already seen another consistent increase in his average and has broken his personal record scratch game score TWICE!
As I said in one of my most recent posts, I really and truly DO have a lot of ideas running around in my head that I would love to make a reality. And there are some adorable new Stampin’ Up! products that I intend to feature. So I hope you’ll hang with me as I work to strike a balance.
Tomorrow, I’ll be sharing some kit alternatives from my most recent Kit Together class using the absolutely adorable new kit called Share a Smile. This kit is even cuter in person than it is in pictures! I hope you’ll drop by and check them all out!
Song Sparrow Papercrafts 