journaling [counts 234 words:
It was such an exciting time when I started as a designer. I had never thought about it let alone thought I would be good enough. I can remember like it was yesterday that I was on the Zig Zag Scrap store CT when Lynne-Marie Favreau sent me an e-mail asking if I would be interested in a designer position in the
store in October 2009. Say wha????? Holy Macaroni was I ever!!!
Then after a while when I was able to think again I realized that I would need a designer name. I knew straight away that I didn’t want to use my own name. My last name is unpronounceable and my first name just didn’t have that wow factor I wanted. So ....how to find a cool name. I went browsing through magazines, looked online, asked friends, ploughed through song lyrics, you name it. Nothing stood out and nothing came up. After a few days [my head filled with a gazillion stupid things] the name Pink Reptile Designs popped up and it just wouldn’t go. With every new attempt I came back to Pink Reptile. The weirdest thing is I am not a fan of the color pink AT ALL. My favorite color is green. And I am not that fond of any sort of reptile eather. I DID however like the sound of Pink Reptile. So I decided to keep it!
credits:
elements: metal rimmed brad 'yes'[
limitless], ampersand chip [
brand new year], bakers twine, red flowers [
bakers gonna bake], red paper heart [
just my type], black and white tape, pink splatter stamp [
homebody], orange flower button [
sisters], journal card turquoise/orange [
on cloud 9], library card [
more smarter], floral ribbon [
laugh out loud], yellow ribbon [
downtown], red circle label [
labels & tags], marker oval [
daily routine], doodled arrow [
me, my selfie and i],orange label [
on this day], tape flowers [
if only], circle stain stamp [
house blend], turqouise texture stamp [
luvyama]
papers: background paper [
feel the breeze], patterned papers [
make a change]
alpha: reasonably sized alpha 
