The power of words.

Ali, what a sweet entry in your blog about Leslie today. I only know of her from two peas and am also a fan. How exciting for her!
Hearing your story about the way you looked to her for inspiration and adored her work reminded me of how I feel about YOU!!! I discovered you at two peas, and now your who I look to for inspiration :) Meeting you in person last weekend at the Portland CK convention was so awesome for me. (As I'm sure it was for everyone who got to chat with you) I am just as excited for you to be where you are at in your sbing journey as you are for Leslie right now! That's just so cool!!!

Don't you just love this about the whole online scrapbook thing?? That people are so willing to reach out and tell you that they love what you are doing. The best feeling ever.
Congratulations to Leslie :)
Tracy

Wow Ali---it's totally amazing to know that you too, have had that same experience. I floated on clouds for days after receiving the first email you sent me and still get a huge thrill when I pull up my email and see your name there! :-) Hearing this about you makes you seem even more "real", if that makes sense. Leslie does have an awesome style and I love to look at her pages. Thanks for the link to her blog---another one to add to my list. This hobby of ours is just so awesome and I love the poeple I've met.

I hope you know how often you give that same special feeling to others...including myself. :) Thanks for always sharing what is in your heart without fear...you rock.
Sara

Ali,
I just received my first email from you this week.. and I reacted the exact same way :) My husband teased me when I told him.. but then he said it was cool. Your posts this week have been very inspiring. I, too, decided to get my booty out of debt this year (actually, it's more like a 30 month plan) but just having the "plan" makes me feel better about things. I actually was going to go to CKU MN and take your class this year, I was registered and everything... and then I decided getting out of debt was more important. So maybe one day I will get to thank you in person for inspiring me.. when we're both out of debt! Missy

I so enjoyed this post ali..so nice to see how scrapbooking truly touches our lives. I met Leslie for the first time at Memory Trends, and she is one of the kindest down to earth gals I have come across in this wonderful hobby.
Kudos to both of you, for celebrating friendship, and to leslie, for taking this new journey.
nia

Thanks for sharing your own inspirations Ali, and such a wonderful story to remember about someone who's become a great friend.

oh...
and ali...
you are so lucky i love you so much - because that photo you posted of me is HID-E-OUS! hee! love ya girl. ha ha ha.

Hi Ali,
I found my new "scrapbook" hobby since last year when I browsed through a Creating Keepsake magazine while shopping @ a supermarket, and that's how I started exploring the different scrapbook stores in town, which eventually led me to your new book, "A designer's eye."
Since then, I am an avid scrapbooker ^^
I bought your book and learned seriously a lot from it :D
I like your neat looking pages and draw a lot of inspirations from it too.
Thanks Ali :)
I would love to share my scrap-pages too at two peas but don't know how to do so.
I guess I'll send them an email and ask how.
And last but not least, thanks for sharing your day-to-day inspiration and story. I also enjoy your pictures posted here on your blog :)
Yvonne

Isn't it Amazing how much of an impact a person can have on you?! I also felt the same way that you did when I got an email from you. I felt really blessed. Somedays when I'm having a hard time, I look to you for inspiration. Thanks for effecting my life in a positive way.
Cheers! :)

Hey fellow dude! I'm so glad I found you over here! Now I'm all wanting an email too LOL...
Take care girl!

It is so funny to me that you posted about your admiration for someone and how they influenced your scrapbooking, because you Ms Ali totally influenced the way that I scrapbook now. I learned from you how to make my pages something I am proud of. You made scrapbooking fun for me again in a time when I wasnt having so much fun with it. Thank you for that. Oh, and I must say that I think I had to suppress a scream the first time I got an email from you ;)

To inspire and to be inspired are 2 amazing things!

I was the lucky recipient of an "Ali email" and it totally brightened my day, once i recovered from the initial shock that YOU had actually emailled me, the euphoria set in and of course, i've saved the email :)
Thanks Ali for spreading so much joy, you are an inspiration to me and you are just TOO COOL !!!!!
* hugs from Australia *

Scrapbook people are the best. I love reading blogs. I have learned so much at 2peas and now by browsing blogs. I cant wait to start posting layouts and look for an email from some of my "heros". Thanks for all you do Ali!