A special THANK YOU to each one of you who shared your time and talent with us during this design team search. We know how hard it is to put yourself out there. Many of you shared not only your designs, but a bit about your personal lives too! We loved getting to know you through your entries, blogs and galleries. Thank you for being a part of Prima through this process.
We really do wish we could have the biggest team ever, and add everyone to it! It is always so hard to narrow down the choices. We have spent a lot of time going through each application and have FINALLY chosen the following designers to join our five hybrid gals chosen earlier.
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Amy Parker
United States
Amy Loves: rain stormy days and black tea.
We love: her kitschy style that is not only fun, but so trendsetting-edgy too!
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Anam Stubbington
Canada
Anam loves: Apple Licorice, but detests normal black licorice.
We love: Anam's classic scrap style, fun techniques and knock-out sketch talent!
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Cari Fennell
United States
Cari loves: taking yearly family trips to Cape Cod!
We love: the amazing Cari! Cari won a special prize for being the most productive DT member last year. We let her pick the prize...and she chose another year on the team!
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Caroline Ikeji
United States
Caroline: just moved to San Francisco a week ago!
We love: Caroline's fun use of lots of little photos and clusters of embellishments all pulled together with her unique touch!
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Christiane Müller
Germany
Christiane is: absolutely hooked on wool socks! She can't live without them!
We love: Christiane's fantastic use of color, products and photos that produce that WOW factor!
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Ingvild Bolme
Norway
Ingvild loves: her sweetheart, her precious daughter, AND motorcycle racing!
We love: Ingvild's sense of romantic art that emanates though the delicate layers of each of her projects.
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Iris Babao-Uy
The Philippines
Iris loves: being active. She is frequently at the gym, and joins 5k and 10k marathon runs!
We love: Iris' use of photos and product in a romantic, yet whimsical-at-the-same-time manner!
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Jaime Warren
United States
Jaime loves: reading the same books over and over again (Harry Potter, Twilight, etc.) - it's strangely comforting!
We love: Jaime's bold style that always has a surprise element or two hidden among the perfectly placed elements!
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Janine Koczwara
Australia
Janine loves: ice cream! There really isn't anything better...except when you mix it with a shot of coffee for an affagato! Her favourite indulgence!
We love: Janine's sense of bright, playful femininity that shines from each beautiful layout!
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Jen Jockisch
United States
Jen loves: Mt. Dew Code Red. She drinks one every single morning.
We love: Jen's funky style filled with stunning elements, gorgeous photos and lots of fantastic dimension!
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Jo-Anne te Raa Chater
The Netherlands
Jo-Anne loves: the country of Italy; her best friend is her sister; her heart still flutters when her husband smiles at her; and she falls in love everyday with her son Samuel!
We love: Joanne's amazing altering talent that turns a normal household item into a stunning piece of divine art!
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Joei Lau
Japan
Joei loves: DIM SUM. It's a little bit of everything, not too fancy but yummy - from her home country Hong Kong!
We love: Joei's creative use of art mediums and textiles on her gorgeous life-like projects!
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Julie Fei-Fan Balzer
United States
Julie loves: being an organized fiend. She labels everything...even the inside of her fridge!
We love: Julie's use of art mediums and amazing techniques creatively displayed on each amazing design!
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Malin Dahlstrom
Sweden
Malin loves: everything pink, and at the age of 30 is still a bit afraid of the dark...but could live on chocolate if it was possible!
We love: Malin's soft, delicate touch of wonder and femininity on each of her knock-out layouts!
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Oddbjorg Ringsby
Norway
Oddbjorg loves: an amazing trip she went on to Cameroon (Africa) in 2008. It broadened her horizons and changed her as a person.
We love: Oddbjorg's layered style of colorful products and perfect photos with a touch of distressed goodness!
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Prisca Jockovic
France
Prisca loves : Coco-Cola light! It's a serious addiction.
We love: Prisca's use of bold color and eclectic mixture of elements which create a beautiful, sunshiney effect!
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Tracie Hudson
United Kingdom
Tracie loves: finally fulfilling one of her life dreams. In her 40th year of life, she has returned to school to study Fine Arts.
We love: Tracie's outgoing style that comes through with her color and pattern choices creating boy-filled, happy layouts!
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Sharon Laakkonen
Design Team Coordinator
Sharon will be the design team coordinator again this year.
She loves: this amazing group of talented gals from all over the world that she has the honor to work with in 2009!
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