{"id":78229,"date":"2023-01-09T06:55:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T11:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/?p=78229"},"modified":"2023-01-09T07:43:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T12:43:08","slug":"sweet-talk-with-romajo-1-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/sweet-talk-with-romajo-1-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Talk with: Romajo 1\/9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey everyone I\u2019m excited to bring you one of our blog feature, Sweet Talk, which sheds some light on YOU. Our amazing community members. Once a month we will indulge in some \u201csweet talk\u201d and have some fun getting to know you all a little bit better.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen someone tells you a piece of their life, they\u2019re giving you a gift.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Patrick Rothfuss<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We\u2019ll start off with an ice breaker and show off some gorgeous pages then we\u2019ll end the interview with a lightning round of 15 questions to learn some fun, interesting and cool things about a different member of the sweetest spot in town!<\/p>\n

This month I\u2019m excited to introduce: Marieke (Romajo in the forums)<\/p>\n

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Tell us a few facts about yourself?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marieke says: “My name is Marieke, married for almost 21 years to Robert and we have an 18 year old daughter Joline (when did that happen?). Together we are Romajo (as you can tell, I\u2019m Ma part), which is my nickname online ever since. We live in the middle of the Netherlands in a little town with a lot of history (from the Romans to the Vikings and even a famous monk have been here in a time long ago. Now it\u2019s a little sleep town at the crossing of a river and a canal).”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How you came to find digital scrapbooking?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marieke says: “About 20 years ago I came across a Dutch magazine about being creative with photos, something I did before, but didn\u2019t know it had name. In one this these magazines they showed what you could do digitally. I tried it, but in the beginning I was more looking for freebies than I was scrapping.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What\u2019s your day job, where you live, pets, kids?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marieke says: “At the moment I work as a receptionist for 15 to 20 hours per week. When not working, I\u2019m scrapping (those challenges have to be done). When not scrapping, I\u2019m walking with the dog while listening to a book (something I discovered in 2022. During my burn-out at the beginning of the year, I just couldn\u2019t set myself to read, but listening while walking made me enjoy the stories anyway). Beside a dog we also have a cat.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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I always enjoy looking through her gallery and finding something beautiful like this page doesn’t take me long:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Her Christmas pages are full of joy and spirit of the season. This one jumped out at me and I can’t stop looking at it. I love all the slightly off patterns\/cards as the background, the alpha title with the word strips just continue conveying the holiday spirit. Those photos are adorable and the clusters are perfection!”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I also asked Marieke about her favorite pages from her own gallery and this is what she shared:<\/p>\n

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“I like this page, because it\u2019s made with one of my favorite photos of Joline, plus I love how the clustering came along.<\/strong><\/em>“<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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“a few years ago we had a photoshoot for my mom\u2019s birthday. This is one of the photos and I think it shows the love and the connection we have. The challenge was to scrap a recipe\u2026 so a recipe for love it was.”<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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If you want to see more of her beautiful pages, check out her gallery<\/strong><\/a> here at SSD. But this interview isn\u2019t all about her gorgeous creations before we go let\u2019s learn some more about Marieke. I gave her a list of questions to choose from and asked her to answer any 15 of her choice.<\/div>\n
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  1. What\u2019s the next place on your travel bucket list?<\/strong>
    \nIt\u2019s probably Japan (including Disney Tokyo). Robert wants to go here and I love to travel anyway. I don\u2019t think we will make it to Japan soon. Another trip I would love to make is a solo trip to Disney World.<\/li>\n
  2. Are you an introvert or extrovert?<\/strong>
    \nI\u2019m in between\u2026 not sure if I\u2019m an introvert who can be a show-off or if I\u2019m an extrovert who likes her quiet time\u2026<\/li>\n
  3. What\u2019s your favorite pizza topping?<\/strong>
    \nThere\u2019s not a topping I pick all-the-time. There are many things I like on my pizza. So let\u2019s make a pizza Marieke: cheesy crust, cream or cheese as the base\/sauce, chicken pieces, bacon slices, mushrooms, peppers, olives, spinach, tomatoes and a 4 cheese mixture.<\/li>\n
  4. Are you a binge watcher? What\u2019s the last show you binged?<\/strong>
    \nI don\u2019t watch much TV, but there are a few vloggers I love. They all vlog about Disney World and\/or the other Disney Parks. But I do watch their vlogs with other topics too.<\/li>\n
  5. Back, Stomach, Side\u2026.what\u2019s your sleeping position?<\/strong>
    \nIt used to be stomach, but this year I found out I have sleep apnea. Since I\u2019m sleeping with my CPAP, I sleep mostly on my left side.<\/li>\n
  6. Amusement park or National park?<\/strong>
    \nBoth\u2026 I love to go to theme parks (Disney addict and we have a similar theme park here in the Netherlands that\u2019s all about fairytales and stories we have annual passes for), but I also love to go for a walk in the forest. During my last vacation in Florida we not only went to Disney World, we also visited Honeymoon Island State Park.<\/li>\n
  7. You have one superpower, what is it?<\/strong>
    \nSpreading love and happiness around the world.<\/li>\n
  8. Everyone loves it, but you just don\u2019t get the appeal\u2026what is it?<\/strong>
    \nPasta in any form, since I was a child I just didn\u2019t like macaroni, spaghetti or any other pasta\u2026 Even noodles that are too dough-y are not for me. But it\u2019s not only the dough-y-ness, it\u2019s also the sauce.<\/li>\n
  9. What\u2019s your favorite season?<\/strong>
    \nSpring and not only because I\u2019m born (and married) in April. The longer days, the warmer days, the flowers, the leaves coming back.<\/li>\n
  10. What is your go-to app for wasting time?<\/strong>
    \nRight now I\u2019m playing Township a lot, but I like to scroll through Facebook and Insta as well.<\/li>\n
  11. What\u2019s your \u201cregular\u201d coffee order?<\/strong>
    \nNo coffee for me, something else I just don\u2019t like (I don\u2019t even like the smell).<\/li>\n
  12. What is the first thing you\u2019d spend money on if you won the lottery?<\/strong>
    \nTravel, travel, travel, a newer car, paying off the mortgage and I would adopt a rescued lion of tiger.<\/li>\n
  13. You\u2019re alone for 24 hours, what do you do?<\/strong>
    \nScrap, sleep, walk while listening to a book, sleep, eat, repeat.<\/li>\n
  14. What was your first job?<\/strong>
    \nMy first job was as an assistant at a hairdresser\u2019s. It was the business of my friend\u2019s father where I worked on Saturdays when I was 15. Wiping away the hair, washing hair, rinsing of the dye, but also serving coffee and tea, doing the dushes and the laundry.<\/li>\n
  15. What\u2019s your job now?<\/strong>
    \nRight now I work as a receptionist at the European headquarters of a Japanese company. What I like the best is the people that visit us and preparing for meetings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Well I thought I was brave and I love all the big “cats” but I don’t think I’d adopt a lion or tiger lol, she is braver than I am. Amen to that superpower too!!! I enjoyed learning more about her and I hope that you all did too. Thank you again, Marieke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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