Julie
Ranae comes from The Forest City of Rockford, Illinois. She has been married to
her British-import husband Paul for 22 years and is the mother of two children
and Mema to four grandsons.
Her
professional background in retail marketing & consulting eventually led
into her opening the largest rubber stamp and paper-crafting store in
Illinois. She has gone on to organize
paper-crafting events and workshop and retreat weekends which have drawn
crafters from all over the world
In
June 2009, she began a new journey with her creative blog Julie’s Open Window. It quickly became an outlet for her passion
of creative writing and a place to share her work. Celebrating its 3-year ‘blogaversary’, she is
honored that over 1000 people have become followers and participate in a
variety of blog hops, challenges and fun when they visit.
She
is the creator of the very popular weekly color challenge, The Play Date Café
& co-creator of the Clean & Simple Challenge, CAS-ual Fridays .
She is also the Design Team Coordinator for The Twinery
& The
Craft’s Meow and is a designer for EAD Designs. Her work in the rubber stamping industry has
been featured in a variety of trade publications and her designs have been
featured in Scrapbook News & Review, Paper Craft Planet, CARDS and Moxie
Fab World.
She is super excited to be coming aboard at
StopandScrap.com as
Design
Team & Social Media Coordinator
Even though I've only been on board for a short time, I am stepping down due to a designing opportunity that one just doesn't say "no" to. I would like to thank everybody for their confidence in me but hey, look who's coming on board!! I honestly did not or would not consider anybody else for the job. Thank you Julie! Please give her a very warm welcome :)
