Greetings, All!
Today would usually be my day to post on the Memory Box Design Team blog, Outside the Box, but I decided to resign last week after much wrestling with the notion. I've been on this design team for exactly five years, (almost to the day) and I feel downright forlorn and mildly disoriented not to be posting a Memory Box card today.
So I think I'll post a dozen of my particular favorites:
I met Dave Brethauer, the designer and owner of Memory Box, in Nashville, Indiana, in August of 2010, when I took his colored pencil class.
(This is what started my love affair with colored pencils, by the way! If you like my colored pencil creations, thank Dave; if not, it's ALL HIS FAULT.) 😊
Dave invited me to join the Memory Box design team, and I published my first post at Outside the Box on September 11, 2010. 132 posts and five years later, I published my last post at Outside the Box on September 15, 2015.
I hate to step down, but now that Spouse is no longer working the graveyard shift, he and Gigi and I want to get ourselves back together as a family unit. And, although we're all thrilled to be on the same schedule again, there will be moments of... ahem... intense negotiation. That happens with all transitions - lol! So each one of us is making a sacrifice for the common good by removing at least one time-consuming activity. Spouse isn't going to be teaching any watercolor classes this fall, and Gigi is going into rehab for her YouTube addiction (no more than five hours a week, by gum)!
But back to my farewell address! It's been a great run, and I couldn't ask to work for or with a nicer bunch of people than those at Memory Box.
Thank you, Dave and Monica - you are the best. Thank you also to my fabulous DT leader Laura Fulcher, and all my teammates (especially my buddies Pam Sparks and Sherry Hester.) I will miss being a part of the team, but I know where to find all of you... and you can bet I will (hee-hee)!
Deborah
Congratulations, Deborah, on five years of sharing your Memory Box work with all of us. I am happy your family is on a more regular schedule. Sounds like everyone made some tough choices. Big hugs, Judy
Posted by: judy Jung | September 23, 2015 at 03:45 AM
FIVE YEARS?? That is huge.....it will be a BIG miss bit in your life for a while, but of course, family and family unity comes first!!! Enjoy the free-ing up of time this gives you....I'm glad the CCC didn't get the chop!!!
Posted by: Lizzy Hill | September 23, 2015 at 06:04 AM
wow - i can remember when you joined the MB team and how excited you were to be asked - time flies when you're having fun!!
Posted by: Betty | September 23, 2015 at 08:24 AM
You know I'm sad to see you leave the MB team. I wish you well in the new chapter! Thanks so much for the shout out, and you know I'll be following your blog!
Posted by: Sherry Hester | September 23, 2015 at 01:07 PM
5 years--wow! I know they're going to miss you, but I admire you & your family's decision to each give up what is needed so you can reconnect. I know it won't be that much longer you'll have Gigi there as kids grow up so fast. Wishing you peace & joy, Deborah!
Posted by: Greta H | September 23, 2015 at 11:13 PM
Thank you, everyone, for all the support!
Posted by: Deborah | September 23, 2015 at 11:28 PM
Congrats for this 5 years ! The some time for you and your family now :-)
Posted by: NatQuebec | September 25, 2015 at 05:48 AM
You will be greatly missed Deborah! You have been a creative and fabulous designer for mb!!! So exciting to read of all the family changes for you though! YAY! and happy adjusting to you all! I wanted to go through your posts and pick out my faves but alas...time marches on and I haven't gotten it done! Your cards always bring a smile and a big I love what she comes up with!!! Take care and I'll be watching! XO
Posted by: Pam Sparks | September 25, 2015 at 01:22 PM
OMG, I am horrified!! I read Lizzy's comment, and although I am sure memory box will miss you how could anyone think about killing CCC!! OK, I realise it's probably a time consuming thing so I too bow down and worship that CCC lives. I am also humbled cos one of your favourite cards look strangely familiar... Oh yes, it's hanging by my desk and the note you wrote on a piece of paper so I could reuse the card has been glued in. That puppy is mine!! I can see why it's a favourite. I hope your sacrifices help with the new schedule. Hugz
Posted by: ionabunny | September 25, 2015 at 06:14 PM