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Work History
Wendy spent from 2002-2009 working as the creative editor at Simple Scrapbooks magazine.During that time she traveled and met thousands of scrapbookers from all over the world. Her knowledge of the scrapbooking inudstry is unparalleded and she is considered one of the industry pioneers and continues to advocate for the scrapbooking industry.
She's the author of three books, Start Scrapbooking: Your essential guide to recording memories (Memory Makers, 2010), The Organized & Inspired Scrapbooker, with Aby Garvey (Simple Scrapbooks, 2006), and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Scrapbooking (Alpha Books, 2002). She also co-authored an Ella eBook, Quick & Creative Quizzes, with Angie Lucas.
Currently...
Wendy works for Big Picture Classes in a marketing capacity as well as teaching occasional workshops.
Also Wendy serves as Deputy Editor for Ella Publishing.
Wendy lives in Utah with her husband and four sons, her oldest son is living in Quebec, Candada serving an LDS mission. She enjoys reading, crafting, antiquing, and trend-spotting, and she's a frequent guest on a local television program, Studio5.
You can stay in touch and follow her on Facebook (Wendy Mansell Smedley) and Twitter (@wendysmedley)
