My name is Wilna Furstenberg. Just give me a minute to scream into a towel - that's how excited I am to be the December guest designer for My Mind's Eye! Right, now that I have that out of my system, let me tell you some of my story.
I grew up in South Africa; in 1991 I met and married Jaco who is still my heartbeat. When we got married, he was second year med school and shortly after that I decided to go to University too (he was having way too much fun) and we both graduated in 1996: he in medicine and me in fine arts.
In 1997 we had our first girl, Tia. Even today we wonder what we did to deserve such a sweet child. Of course I tell my husband she takes after me. His response to that remark was not very gentlemanly (which just proves my point). Anyway, in 1999 Kirstin was born. She is the organizer and fashionista in the house. Jana (from our names JAco and wilNA) is our last born. I think if I was not as strong willed as I am, Jana would have her own Credit card. Yes, I said no.
In 2005 we moved to Canada. I joked about our coming to Canada to all my friends saying: the only reason I am coming is to win the scrapbooking hall of fame". And, in 2006, I won Hall Of Fame! After that I have just been making pages and enjoying the journey. We live in Saskatchewan: it really gets very cold here (-40 degrees Celsius). Jana learned early on not to lick the fence when it's that cold. In April this year we got a Mini schnauzer. We all totally adore him and his name is Mac (just because I love Mac computers - very, very much). Just as much I love MME! In fact, when Amber asked me to pick my favorite line of papers, I had such a hard time!
A few more random facts about me: I homeschool our girls. It's one of the best things I ever decided to do...I love it! I love coffee and right now I am not having any because I read this book that told me how bad coffee is for you. I hate that book. I also love cookies... same thing... same book, now I even like the book less. I am so happy that we don’t have to eat scrapbook papers! We can just enjoy it by being creative! Well, after all this rambling I am really happy to be here for the whole month and to make lots of fun stuff!
Much Love!
Would you like to win a few of Wilna's Favorite My Mind's Eye Collections? Leave a comment on this post and we will announce our winner next week.
