Hello! My name is Jody Wenke, from upstate NY, and am married to my high school sweetheart. Together we have 3 of the most beautiful girls who all happen to be the reason why I first started scrapping.

While I am the oldest of this design team, I am also the newest to this craft. I just started a little over a year ago. Still finding out who I am as I create.

As far back as I can remember, I was always the person who had the camera. Annoying, yes, but now everyone is grateful for all the memories that I have preserved. A goal of mine is to show that there is no “right” way to scrap. My scrapping style is definitely clean and simple with an emphasis on the photo. Sometimes, less can be more.

My other passion in life is any form of entertainment. Music, television, books, magazines, movies, broadway shows have all inspired me and I love finding different ways to highlight a photograph. Even while taking a random photo of one of my girls, a song or movie will just *pop* in my head and I instantly know the basis of a page I will ultimately create. Weird, I know

One of my most recent pages that I made was dealing with the aftermath of my 14 yr old daughter’s diagnosis of osteosarcoma, a cancerous tumor in her knee. To say it has been hellish is, of course, an understatement. But having this hobby has given me a little sanity into this sad world we have been thrust into. While taking this photo of her in my parent’s pool, the movie “Hope Floats” just came to me and I knew it was perfect.

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I’m so happy to be a part of this design team. Can’t wait to get started

-Jody