20 Questions with Jady Day Studio
Sweet Shoppers, I’m soo excited to be coming to you a day earlier than usual to introduce our newest featured designer whose AMAZING freebie is going to be part of our Digital Scrapbook Day promotions! Before our newest designers were brought onboard back in April, our community asked again and again for this designer to be part of our team and we are sooo thrilled to have her as part of our family! Yari Mower, better known as Jady Day Studio to most of you has an irresistible style that is sure to make your mouth water. She has an exquisite eye for color and detail and that is shown off brilliantly in her stunning featured designer kit, In My Happy Field, which is your gift FREE with any $10 purchase made in the shoppe between now and November 15th. It’s a great time to shop too because everything in the store is 30% off until November 4th as part of our Digital Scrapbook Day celebration. Read on to get to know Yari a little better…
Just The Basics
Where did you grow up?
My dear New York City and loved every minute of it.
What’s your favorite food?
I love Caribbean food, Mexican, Chinese, and Italian.
What’s your favorite guilty pleasure?
One I try to not do very much only because if I do it would not be good for me. I LOVE to eat. I love desserts in particular and nachos. Mmmmmm.
Besides scrapbooking, what other hobbies do you have?
I love trying to further and better my skills at digital photography so I spend quite a bit of time doing that. I also love decorating and fashion (putting together pretty outfits from head to toe makes me happy).
Besides designing, do you have another job or occupation?
Yep! I’m a mommy to four crazy, adorable, and gorgeous kiddos!
What color Is the “new black”?
Gray for sure. I seem to be wearing a lot of it lately.
What languages do you speak?
English and Spanish.
Bath or shower?
Shower for sure, and loooooong please!
Mac or PC?
Mac all the way. I’ve experienced the amazing difference.
Canon or Nikon?
Nikon baby!!! I love my Nikon D3100!
Inside The Artist’s Studio
What’s your favorite kit ever? Why?
I absolutely adore this kit because it so portrays how my life has been as a mom at some point with my children. Haha! I love those kiddos and there have been times when they have totally driven me crazy but this kit reminds me of also seeing the humor in the crazy stuff my kiddos have done (and continue to do). It’s like all my feelings and ideas were perfectly captivated and put together into a kit. 🙂
What’s it really like being a Sweet Shoppe Designer?
I love SSD! I love my fellow designers and the community here. I have had a few rough patches here and there where I didn’t feel like I was that great a designer or times when I was searching for some constructive criticism and these girls just totally helped me and lifted me. I love their designs, how friendly they are, and how we all have the same kind of love and passion for what we do. I am extremely lucky to be here and I’m loving every minute of it.
Do you scrapbook too or just design? If you scrapbook, share your favorite layout. If you don’t, do you wish you did?
I do both. I became a scrapbooker first before I became a designer and I strongly feel that this is how it needs to always be. I love to design and I love what I do, but I also believe in what I do and try to do it as often as possible.
What kind of colors do you naturally gravitate toward and can count on getting great results from when you work?
I tend to use a lot of light aqua in my kits, I have no idea why. It is one of my favorite colors, but it seems to me as if aqua (most of the time) brings a harmonious balance to the other colors I use.
Describe your designing process. Take us briefly from the start to finish of making a kit.
I first start with the general idea of what I want to make and look for inspiration for it. I pick my color scheme. I make a list of all of my ideas for embellishments, papers, and what not, I start on my illustrations first (get the hard part done first), then move on to the rest of my embellishments and leave my fillers for last. Then I make my alpha and then work on my papers with solids typically being the last things I do. And the final thing I do which lets me know for sure if I like the kit or not is make a preview, and this always lets me know that I am happy with it. 🙂
Food For Thought
What gets you excited about life?
My children for sure. 🙂
Do you think crying is a sign of weakness or strength?
Neither. I think that crying is a physical manifestation of something that needs to come out from inside and that is actually quite healing.
Is it possible to lie without saying a word?
Absolutely. There are silent ways of being dishonest. It all depends on what we are going to choose from the get go.
If you had a friend who spoke to you in the same way that you sometimes speak to yourself, how long would you allow this person to be your friend?
Wow, now this is an interesting question. Sometimes I can be a nice comforting friend to myself so in those times I would remain being friends with someone that treated me like that. On the other hand, I can be my biggest enemy so nope, no deal there. So I guess which one do I do more to myself? The mean one so this “friend” would not last long in my life. Guess I better be nicer to myself from now on. 🙂
When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards and just do what you know is right?
The time is now. There is no need to wait, even if it is sometimes difficult to do what you know is right.
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Now that you’ve gotten to know Yari a bit better, take a peek at some of her favorite products, and don’t forget you can pick up her fantastic featured designer kit, In My Happy Field, FREE with ANY $10 purchase made in the shoppe between now and November 15th!
