Congratulations to Rita {rbarakat}, our July Guest Designer!

My name is Rita Barakat. I have been married to my wonderful hubby for 18 years. Before I had children I painted life size murals for a living. I am blessed to be a SAHM (stay at home mom) to five beautiful children ages 17 down to 3 1/2! My talents are all in the fine arts. I direct a youth choir and drama team. I sing and have always been a crafter and an artist. When I ran across scrapbooking I was immediately hooked! Scrapbooking is my passion. I am always thinking about ideas for layouts and stories to journal. I have three cameras stashed in several places so I am never without one! (When you have 5 kids you learn to be prepared!) I have scrapbooked for 7 years but have only been blogging and participating on message boards since January '09 (my blog is here http://letsembellish.blogspot.com) I love talking to other "scrapaholics" because we have so much fun, it’s like we have our own language! I am so excited to be a Guest designer at Treasured Scrapbooking! Thanks Leslie and the DT for the opportunity to work with you!