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Judy Dodge
After retiring from her 30 year position as a high school counselor,
Judy Dodge and her husband Jim set out to fulfill their lifelong dream
of sailing together. Their first long trip took them to the San Juan Islands
and British Columbia. Once they returned, Judy knew she needed to scrapbook
to capture the precious memories of that trip and the wonderful ones that
were to follow.
A close friend who scrapbooks directed Judy to local stores. “
I remember standing in the middle going ‘I don’t know where
to begin!’ and holding my hands up,” she admits with a smile.
With guidance from another friend, Judy met a local store owner who took
her under her wing. This Portland, Ore. store owner directed Judy to Hot
Off The Press, located in Judy’s home town of Canby. There, she
fell in love with Hot Off The Press’ paper and idea books and received
guidance from many sources. That was in January of 2004. Since then, Judy
has completed four 12”x12” albums of the sailing trips she
and Jim have taken together.
“It’s a team effort,” she says. “Jim does the
journaling. I set up the page and the template, then tell him how much
space he has.” The writing job is perfect for him, as Jim recently
had an article published in a national sailing magazine.
Judy has always done crafting of some kind and was, in fact, a Home Economics
teacher at one time. She taught sewing, crocheting, cross-stitching, cooking
and more. “If I was teaching that now, we’d be doing scrapbooking,”
she says. She credits her newfound hobby and skill to Hot Off The Press.
“I would not be scrapbooking at the level I am if I did not have
this connection with Hot Off The Press.”
Judy is an avid user of Hot Off The Press’ paper books and idea
books.
“The Hot Off The Press idea books I have are so well used that
the corners are frayed,” Judy admits. “I’ve never had
a scrapbook page that doesn’t have a connection to Hot Off The Press—I
always get ideas from the designer books and inside the back of the paper
books.”
“I love the books because all of the papers coordinate. They’re
all right there when you’re putting it together. I’m not a
great coordinator, so having it together helps me,” she says. “I’m
amazed sometimes after having a page in mind, that even though I start
with a very basic design, it’s unique.”
In addition to scrapbooking and sailing, Judy and Jim love hiking and
spending time with friends. They dream of one day crossing the ocean into
the South Pacific. Judy feels that scrapbooking these sailing memories
is like reliving the adventures.
About This Layout
This month Judy shares a double-page spread from one of their sailing
adventures. Judy used pink papers from Words, Letters
& Textured Papers to bring out the pink in the sunset photo. She
added Bubble Gum Fibers
and spiral clips from Clever
Clip Treasures to accent the pages.
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