Penguins. Cute little flightless birds … generally well-liked & enjoyed by people the world over. Except me. Oh, don’t get me wrong, I think they’re cute … maybe even adorable. I even find the penguin foursome in the Madagascar movies amusing & entertaining. But I don’t think penguins are very smart … at least, not the penguins I’ve been personally introduced too. But if not for the penguin, I may not have become a digital scrapbook designer. Confused? Let me explain.
Once upon a time, I wanted to be a zoologist. As an intern at a local zoo, I one day found myself on rotation at the penguin enclosure. The penguins crowded around me and the 2 zookeepers, slapping their flat webbed feet on the pavement as they hurried about, heads extended, beaks open wide. Of course, as the intern, I was handed a hose instead of a bucket of fish and I set to squirting the bird doo-doo off the man-made cliffs amidst the squeal of cheerful children watching the frenzied feeding of the penguins. A penguin affectionately dubbed Snoopy apparently believed anything taller than him possessed food. When I didn’t provide the fish he desired, he got my attention with a stabbing peck to my shin. I fully expected to see gushing blood when I checked my injury … but I saw nothing, and later only a bruise the size of a pencil eraser marked my insult. (No, I didn’t kick him.)
So see, penguins aren’t very smart … at least, not when they’ve been raised in captivity. And I can’t really blame them for my choice to pursue other avenues & not continue on the road of zoology … but it’s a good conversation-starter, lol!
Enough about penguins. Obviously, I am not a penguin. And I’ll bet when you clicked on “Meet SuzyQ” you expected to learn a little bit about the artist behind the designs, not be entertained by penguins. (Or maybe you were hoping for a chance to really meet me, in person. I’m flattered. If you really do want to meet the real me, please join me in Las Vegas at Digiscrap*apalooza, a digital scrapbook convention presented by Scrap Orchard. Or, if you live in Utah, maybe we can plan another meet-up with other Scrap Orchard peeps.)
Who am I? I am me. I am Suzy Iverson. I am wife to the love of my life and mother to my greatest adventure, a rambunctious little toddler who was born to move mountains. (At least, mountains of sand.) I am a creator, a woman, a teacher, a leader, a designer, a writer … a dreamer. (See, I’m not all that different than you.)
I am passionate about helping scrapbookers express their creativity and share their stories. I’ve been recording memories since I was 12, writing since I learned the alphabet, & expressing my creativity my entire life. I jumped into the world of digital scrapbooking in 2008 and started selling my creations in January 2009. I love to teach and empower women — to help them recognize the creativity within and realize their potential.
Scrapbooking, to me anyway, is a creative & fun way for me to tell my family’s story & record happy memories (& not so happy memories) … and a means for me to share my journey with my children. I especially love digital scrapbooking — no more mess, no more ruined supplies, no more excuses not to scrap (’cause hey, it’s right at my fingertips, every day).
I create high-quality digital scrapbooking kits and other products so you can express your creativity with fun patterns & happy embellishments. But what I love more than designing is teaching, so you’ll find lots of free digital scrapbooking articles, tutorials, & videos on my blog to assist you in sharing all of your stories — from the photos to the words to an eye-catching storytelling design.
Thank you for letting me be a part of your journey!