Anne Jo Lexander's resume

Hello,
I'm Anne Jo Lexander, also known as Ania to my friends and on the web. I'm currently a 28 29 30 y.o. dazed&confused scrapbooker living at the westcoast of Norway in Bergen with my two kids and husband. I currently work at the local newspaper as a photographer. I have been scrapbooking ever since I decided I wanted to do something special with the photos from my youngest childs christening, which was in fall 2005. The minute I found scrapbooking I was hooked and have never looked back since.

My scrapbooking style varies dependant upon my mood - personally I am fond of calling myself jack of all trades - master of noone. I try to go with the flow and am inspired by my photographs and the stories they have to tell. I also love how the products I use often speak to me and inspire my creativity - using a wide variety of product means that my style is often defined by the direction the product takes me.

To me scrapbooking is just not one thing - I scrap due to a multitude of reasons as to why even take up the photos and papers. One day it's because I want to preserve a funny story about my kids, the next day it might be because a special photo speaks to me and I just want to make a pretty page around it. Sometimes I just feel the urge to create whatever - as long as I am creating. Sometimes things on my mind just needs to be put on paper. And let's admit it - sometimes gorgeous papers and sassy embellishments just scream "use me!" to you. To me all of the different reasons and combinations of those are why I scrapbook and what keeps the hobby so interesting to me over time.

I have experience in teaching scrapbooking classes, both independently and having been a Prima Marketing and Tattered Angels endorsed educator in the past. For more information on teaching-experiences and classes, please see this post.

I also wrote for "Vi Scrapper", a Norwegian Scrapbook-magazine for about a year until they closed down feb 09.

To have a look at samples of my actual Design Team work, just scroll down this blog or click on the links below to get to a specific Design Team.

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• Fancy Pants Designs
• Hambly Screenprints
• Pencil-Lines Sketch blog
• Pink Paislee
  

• Guest Design Samples
  

Past Design Teams:

• Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker LLC (2009)
  
• Luxe Designs (2008-2009)
• Bad Girls Kits (Sept 2007-January 2009)

You can find a box with links to my previous guest-design-gigs in the column to the right.

Additionally you can just look at the slider to the right, or click on any of the links to my external Online and/or Design Team Galleries (also found in the sidebar to your right).

Thank you for dropping by :)

Upcoming publications:

Paper Crafts Magazine: January/February issue - project
Scrapbook Trends UK/AUS/NZ: April and May issue - layouts
Pencil-Lines the Sketch Book - several layouts

Upcoming publications:

ScrapStreet.com - ?? - 1 layout
Scrapbook Trends magazine - September, layout
Simply Handmade magazine - June/July: On Vacation (minialbum)
Scrapbook Trends Mini Album Idea Book: minialbum (duh) :)


Miscellaneous:

Scenic Route Monthly Challenge - January
Demonstrating for Scrappers Choice in Bergen - March

Magazines:

{EntreARTistes} Magazine:
Issue #6: 2 layouts - pg 45 and 73

Memory Makers Magazine:
"I do" Idea Gallery (originally Memory Makers Special Wedding Issue 2009): layout, pg 14

Scrapbook Trends:
April issue: 2x layouts pg. 42-43 and 58, minialbum pg 84-85

Simply Handmade:
April/May issue: altered box w/3 cards, pg 126-128

Vi Scrapper (Norwegian), #1:
Card, cover & pg. 25
Card and giftbox - pg 26
Article and layout -pg 54-61
Trend-columns: pg 16-17 and 62-64

Upcoming publications:
Layout in an upcoming Autumn Leaves "Designing with.." book

Magazines:
Vi Scrapper (Norwegian):
#1 - "Kit - a hit", article and layouts pg 82-87
#1 - layout, pg 44
Joined the editorial staff Winter/Spring 08
#2 - Trend Columns, pg 16-17 and p.64-66
#3 - Trend Columns, pg 16-17 and p. 62-64
#3 - Layout, pg 44
#4 - Article about Advent-calendars along with several projects to go with the article.
#4 - Cover of the magazine: closeup of one of my projects for the Advent-calendar

Scrapbook Trends:
December issue, pg 127

Scrapbook & Cards Today (Canadian):
Winter edition, pg 36

Skin and Ink September issue:
Two layouts, pg 75

Ett Trykk (Norwegian):
Juni/July - altered tag / tip

Scrapbooking mm (Swedish):
#2 March/April - layout pg 75


Miscellaneous:

Newsletters:
Scenic Route Newsletter November - layout

Contests:
Scenic Route Monthly Contest, November - layout
Reminisce Capture Contest, September - 3rd place - photography

FotoKnutsen (Scandinavian photography-chainstore):
Photocalendar for 2009, cover

Vi Scrapper (Norwegian):
#2 - "Photoshop - editing tricks", article, p 125-129

Scrapbooking mm (Swedish):
#9/10 September/October p. 52

Contests:
3bugs in a rug monthly contest, September (I think :p) - layout

Ett Trykk:
#3 p. 24

Guest Garden Girl July 2009 - Twopeas in a Bucket:














Bella Bvld, June 09:




Skissedilla - guestdesigner April 09:




3ndypapir - April 09:






Scrap in Japan - January 09:





Prima Marketing Inc - March 08:

I've been teaching scrapbooking-classes since fall 2006, starting with classes for deaf and hard of hearing newbeginners in Bergen, Ålesund and Oslo over the course of 2006 and 2007. I have also taught deaf at weeklong courses at Ål Folkehøyskole in Ål in 2006 and 2007.

In fall 2007 I had my very first class for hearing during an annual event/convention called Papirfesten in Stavanger. I had much fun and it sparkled my interest for holding regular classes.

I became a PrimaDonna around Christmas 2007 - that is - affiliated Prima Marketing Inc Teacher, and a Tattered Angels Educator fall 2008. I have been teaching scrapbooking for both deaf and hearing all over Norway - Bergen, Oslo, Stavanger, Ål and Ålesund.

Personally I enjoy creating altered and minibook-classes, but the most popular classes are the layout ones. I usually base my classes around a few different techniques and try to include at least two styles in one class (i.e. romantic vs funky), and enjoy giving the students the flexibility of adopting and making the creations their own. Past classes include sewing-on-layouts classes, shadowbox-classes, classes based on layering and clustering and minialbum-classes.


These days I am not an active scrapbook-teacher which means I have resigned from my active positions with the aforementioned companies. I am however still available on case by case requests - just feel free to contact me for more info.


Teaching Experiences:
2006:
a number of beginner classes for deaf in both Oslo and Bergen
November - week-long course in Ål

2007:
a number of beginner classes for deaf in both Oslo, Bergen and Ålesund
November - Papirfesten (convention/retreat), Stavanger
November - week-long course in Ål

2008:
April:
Scrappejungelen (LSS), Stavanger - 2 classes (sewing-on-layouts and shadowbox)

November:
1.-2. Papir i Hjertet (LSS), Porsgrunn - 2 classes (layout: layers/clustering and minialbums)
17.-19. Bikuben (LSS), Oslo - 4 classes (layout: layers/clustering, shadowbox and minialbums)
21. Familieminner (LSS), Ålesund - 1 class (layout: layers/clustering)
21.-23. Deaf Club, Ålesund - weekendclass (mischellanous including a basic photography-class)
23. Familieminner (LSS), Ålesund - 1 class (shadowbox)
24. Familieminner (LSS), Ålesund - 2 classes (layout: layers/clustering and minialbums)

December:
2. Hobbykroken (LSS), Bergen - 1 class (shadowbox)
6. Hobbykroken (LSS), Bergen - 1 class (shadowbox)

2009:

March:
Stavanger - minialbumclass
Bergen - demonstrations for Scrappers Choice