Greetings everyone,
We are so excited to continue our celebration of National Craft Month by shining a spotlight on our Griffinites! What better way to celebrate than to feature some of the incredibly talented and vital members of our community.
Meet Michelle Compton! Michelle is a wife, a Mother, an AG Member, a pharmacist by day and avid scrapbooker in her free time. We caught up with this extraordinary woman recently and wanted to share the connection with you.
Michelle gifted Anna with a handmade an Eras Tour album complete with friendship bracelet and custom ticket for the Atlanta show.
Party like it's 1999! There's no better way to celebrate our 30th Anniversary than to walk down memory lane. Michelle used a full suite of Anna Griffin wedding invitations for her wedding to Dewey. Wow, what an amazing blast from the past!
We asked Michelle a few questions so we could get to know her a little better!
When were you first introduced to Anna Griffin?
I fell in love with Anna’s products while choosing my wedding invitations in 1999.
How long have you been crafting?
I was a card maker with stamps in the mid 90s but I became an avid scrapbooker when my first child was born in 2003. I went to my local scrapbook store every month to make the Anna Griffin elegant paper crafting scrapbook layouts.
What is your favorite occasion to create for?
I’ve always loved red, white & blue since my son was born on the 4th of July. I make a mini album for 4th of July every summer so I was thrilled to have another chance to buy the Madison paper.
How does crafting help you reach out to others?
Touching & crafting with paper is such a wonderful stress reducer for me. Over the past 2 years I’ve met many California Griffinites that have become dear friends. I had no idea how much this community of special people would mean to me. I recently joined a card exchange. It is the most exciting thing to get hand crafted cards in the mail that are sent with love. We have a great community that gets together on zoom. We are each crafting at home but still in a group.
What is your favorite Anna Griffin product?
Right now my favorite product is the 12x12 paper kits with embellishments. I went to digital scrapbooking for a few years & missed touching the paper. I’m thrilled to participate in Crop at Home so I can make themed albums. During Crop at Home 2 & 3 I did albums of my parents as children, my parents 60th anniversary and a sister album. I’m planning to use Crop at Home 4 as my daughter’s graduation album. I’m even making her take graduation pictures in a dress that matches the papers. I think I will finally make my wedding album 25 years later in the faded rose paper.
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Love the book!!! My granddaughter Maddie would like one of these. she is 15 and she and her mom went to the concert here in Los Angeles. Maddie is collecting all of Taylor Swifts cds, I think it is now complete! :):):)
What a wonderful gift. I really don’t know much about Taylor Swift. I know Anna is a big fan, she is a singer (what kind I don’t know), she is dating a football player, and she is wealthy. But I do have my favorite musicians too, so I know what a wonderful gift this is.
I don’t use social media, so your blog is a great way for this Analog Anna to meet other Griffinites. It is always great to see the different ways that Anna’s products are used.
I look forward to meeting many other Griffinites this Craft Month.
So very nice to meet you Michelle! What fun projects you have created. We are so blessed to be in this wonderful community and get a chance to meet such gifted crafters.
So awesome that Michelle was spotlighted as she is an amazing person and so talented. I feel blessed to call her friend!! Yahoo!!
So nice to meet another fellow scrapbooker! How wonderful that you got to meet Anna in person! Sounds and looks like you are one busy lady and your gift to Anna is priceless. I am sure she will treasure it!