How'd you get your Username?

[chemedgirl]

Chemedgirl, or ChemEdGirl to make it clearer, comes from the fact that my first master's degree (also from Texas A&M) is in Chemistry (Chemical Education emphasis), and I'm a girl :D

My real name's Lisa :)

[erindipity]

I got my screen name from my son about 6 or 7 years ago! There was this Taco Bell commercial where that basketball announcer, Dick Vitale (I think that is his name) screams SERENDIPITY BABY, SERENDIPITY!! at this basketball player. Well, my son, (about 8 yrs. old at the time) looks at me and screams...ERINDIPITY BABY, ERINDIPITY!!! I loved it and ran to my PC and got erindipity everywhere I could! LOL

[KimberlyK40]

Well, my name is pretty simple, Kimberly (duh) my last name starts with a K, and then, well, I am 40 this year so there ya go !! LOL I know I know, but hey, it's easy to remember !! :)

[brintlee]

:rolleyes: The name is "brintlee". This is a combination of my three childrens' names: Briana, Clint, and Rylee. Hence "brintlee". This was my husband's creation. Not bad! Maybe he should be the creative one scrapping!

[brintlee]

What happens when you turn 41? Oh yeah. We never get any older than 40!!

[DizzyPerryMom]

DizzyPerryMom, well, cause my nickname has been Dizzy for as long as I can remember (my personality?) LOL. Perry, my sir name, and Mom, because I have five children and am planning on adopting more. I also go by DizzyTruckersWife, which, as you probably figured, means my husband is a truck driver. My name is Angela, or Dizzy for short of my nick. I answer to both and all of the above.
Dizzy

[williang]

Well, mine's not as creative as some of y'alls... my name is Angie Williams -- mix it around a bit, and you've got williang. :p

My husband just joined up on the site too... he's Dubya. And no, it's not because he's a big fan of the pres... it's just 2 of his 3 initials! But he IS from Texas, like our POTUS! :)

[BayouMama]

My username is BayouMama. I have a friend from NY that calls my this because I live in Louisiana, and I love to walk the levees along the bayous near my home.

[MrsJackBauer]

COme on, you gotta know :p

[LorisEdge]

My name is Lori Edgerton.....so...yeah :)

[bethliz]

I got my nick from a combination of my real name Elizabeth and my nick name Lizard......I had a good english girlfriend who insisted on calling me Beth and it stuck. I worked at Big W packing shelves with teenagers and they insisted on calling me Lizard and it stuck too...so I thought of putting the two together and besides it was hard to pick something no one else had. I have been scrapping for a while about 4 years and started pasting and sticking the original way to do something with old letters and postcards my grandfather wrote me when I was little. Since then I have done a few albums and always liked the computer for journalling. Anyway I am familiar with Publisher and Power Point and PSP 8 and use the three combined to do my scrapping. PSP 8 I use mainly for photo editing and playing with photos and the other two I use to put together layouts. I have done some albums with Power Point put to music for friends weddings and they turned out okay. Makes a good wedding present. Does anyone else use these programs like this?

[mrsdiddy]

I got my nickname from a friend of my husbands. His nickname used to be P.Diddy because of a silver coat he wore that looked like a coat that Puff Daddy wore in a video. When we got married I became...Mrs Diddy. Silly isn't it.

[bbburdie]

It's what makes you special. :) I love hearing how people got their nicknames! My husband and I have had ours for soooo long that we have decided to figure out new ones that will go more with our current lives(after 25 years ya gotta spruce things up somehow). lol I like how you became the 'mrs'. cute.

[MrsJackBauer]

Come on, you gotta know :p

Did anyone get this??

[omio]

Not unless you're married to Jack. :p

[MrsJackBauer]

Not unless you're married to Jack. :p

I wish LOL!

The name is from the show 24. Kiefer Sutherland is Jack Bauer on the show and I love his character... so hence, my name!

[omio]

Okay, as soon as I put that in, I knew I was going to label myself an old lady!!!! ;-} I knew that name sounded familiar! Ha!

[omio]

P.S. Actually, my first guess (obviously don't watch 24 but do know who Kiefer Sutherland is) was that you were a newlywed. ;-}

[l-o-fantz]

my user name is pronounced just as it is spelled. the letter L the letter O and Fantz. As in the animal. I am an animal lover in general, but obsesive when it comes to elephants. :D I have them EVERYWHERE in my house, jewelry of everkind in the shape of elephants, and even elephants tatooed on my body! :eek: And of course I like to be different, so I couldn't spell it correctly! lol:cool: My real name is Dawn

[shajones]

So I'll make a VERY L- O- N- G story short:) . I'm American Indian and I got my original name Shadoefire from a shamen who was doing a sweat lodge at the time(for you guys who don't know, a sweat lodge is when you go into a lodge and wear minimal clothes{because of sweating so much}, smoke some real wacky stuff:D and meditate, sometimes for days:eek: ) Anyway, my spirit guide told him my name and it means the dark shadow of the doe, hence the spelling:rolleyes:
with a fire within. Tada! I've been Shadoe ever since but there is another Shadoe on here so I shortened it to Sha and my last name...
Was that the short version or the long version...I can't remember now...
What were we taking about?:confused:

[kaybutler@mweb.]

Mine's what it is because I thought they wanted my email name then I was too much of a dork to know how to change it back!! LOL !! Ha ha Love your story luv2skidoo !!

[BansGran]

My name is sort of an extension for how I got involved with scrapping in the first place.. we gave my daughter a puppy to help cheer her up.. and she wanted to start scrapbooking to have every single detail of her puppies life saved forever...

The puppy's name is Banner (who just turned two).. and I became BansGran..... we have added a couple more grandpuppies to the group.. so I was PatnBansGran for a while... but that is a long name..LOL!!!

so BansGran it is. In September 2006 I will be a Grandmother, my youngest daughter is expecting her first child. I can hardly type I shake with excitement at the thought... so the doggy lo's will become baby lo's at least for a while I am sure.. hope you all like dogs!!!!

[2plump]

Love the story about the Skidoo wedding! I work for Bombardier though I work for the boat motor division. Still, its family...
My username is 2plump. I'm sure you all can figure out why ;) Sometimes I use the handle slow2fly because I just can't get with the Flylady system of keeping the house clean. Too much fun to scrapbook, read, and I write logic puzzles for Dell in my spare time.
I'm brand new to digital. Today was the first attempt. I read how to make torn pages and have made 2 pages featuring a couple grandkids. Now to tackle the other two. Maybe I'll try that burned edge on one. Thanks for a great site.
One of the problems I have is using the freebies because my PhotoStudio doesn't accept the png format. On my last page I converted an embellishment to jpeg and then used it. Is this the correct way or is there an easier way?
Bye for now. 2plump

[omio]

Too much fun to scrapbook, read, and I write logic puzzles for Dell in my spare time.

Love those logic puzzles in Dell! I used to use them with my math students. :D

[kopperhead]

So many interesting stories here, and I always wonder about some of the names. Mine...well, I'm a redhead, and my real name, Kaycee, starts with a K, so just spelled it with a K. I don't even like snakes.

[glenda72]

Mine is Glenda. Very original, huh? Well, at least I'll be able to remember it!

[kentaymom]

Mine is pretty simple. I have 2 girls, Mackenzie (Kenzi) and Taylor...so Kentaymom it is!

[kitkat36]

I am a newbie here...but I got my nick name from my real name Kathy so I was called Kat by my friends and when I was pregnant with one of my kids all I craved was kitkat bars...then everyone started calling me kitkat...lol and it's stuck with me ever since.

[Lavender49]

Lavender I got from visiting the Lavender farms in Sequim, WA. I love everything lavender. My bedroom is lavender. 49 came from how old I was when I picked up a user name. My real name is Elizabeth.

[JaLeeRenee]

I got mine from my first and middle names. I got tired of trying to keep the same name (so I could remember) and them being taken already, so I just decided to use my name.

[Stacey]

Hmmmm....this is a tough one for me. Sorry, I don't have time to get into it right now. ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

[Teezer66]

Well...I've had this nick for 5 yrs. It goes way back when I first start chatting in MSN Chat. I met some great group of ppl and one guy was calling me a tease all the time and somehow I needed a new name and he came up with "Teezer". I've been stuck with it since then... even tried to change it a few times but everyone still called me Teezer. The 66 is the year I was born.

[honeymoon]

Why Honeymoon?

That was the names of our cats. Picked up just after our Honeymoon, these two brothers were our children for the first 8yrs of our marriage. Honey was ginger and became my cat (and sadly is no longer with us). Moon is black and very much DH's cat.

My real name is Fiona

[Mavis Mims]

Hi,
I use Tomtwig on most of my correspondence - I'm a Tomlinson twig on the family tree. Not very exciting, but family history was my first love - before digital scrapbooking, which I became addicted to immediately!
Thanks to all you pros.... Mavis Mims, aka tomtwig

[mamawsandy]

[SIZE="4"][/SIZ:) Hello, I was just Sandy cause that is my real nickname. But there were so many Sandys around that I began to get confused with other members. Then MSN gave me the SDTennessee, and I used that a while. Being old, my memory is not what it used to be, so I switched to a name that I have not seen before. It is MamawSandy. I have three lovely grandchildren all under 6. They are my delights. So mamawsandy it is.
My real name is Sandra. I guess that is ok, but too common for use.
mamawsandy:confused: E]

[debbers]

I was born during the heyday of women naming their daughters Debbie. In my high school graduating class, there were *3* Debbie A's alone, and two of them shared the same last name, but were not related. So ... we 3 Debbie (A...)'s got together and made our life a little easier by agreeing who was going to use which name/nickname. (Debbie G, Debbie B, etc ... didn't have as many as the A's.)

Mine would just be 'deb'

Which explains why I still sign my name deb ... but my nickname was something that just happened while I was working at a previous job. One of my staff started calling me 'debbers' (even though I was older than all of them...) and it caught on with a number of people.

So, there you go. Boring, but true.

Thank you all for making this newbie feel so welcome here.

deb

[crafteme]

Well mine is because it is what I am -- crafty! Let's see I've run the gammit from cross stitch to flower arrangements to crocheting to one stroke painting to ceramics to rubber stamping to scrapbooking. I actually have been scrapbooking for 12 years and stamping for 5 so I think there here to stay. The rest well lets say where is that box of cross stitch stuff I just had to have?!!! I'm sure many of you can relate!

Anxiously awaiting my software to add another facet!

[twinkerbell]

twinkerbell because I like tinkerbell and other fairies and I have twins. I pronounce it just like Tinkerbell except with a W. Or like Twinky. LOL! Oh, I almost forgot, my name is Tiffany.

[dotter4]

I picked dotter4 years ago when I saw that my oldest sister chose dotter1 as her email name. I am the fourth daughter in a family of eight girls and for a couple of years my sisters used dotter1, dotter2, etc. I think I am the only one who has stuck with "dotter" as an ongoing user name. My real name is Nancy though.

[momoftwinboys05]

April 14, 2005 I became a first time mother to twin boys.

momoftwinboys05

[cowmommy]

I was either PG or nursing for over 2 years when I had my first two kids 13 months apart so Cowmommy I became and it has stuck:) Edited to Add BTW my name is Crystal LOL

[momoftwinboys05]

lol that is funny cowmommy
cute and funny user name

[delisyus]

delisyus has been white my internet name since 1999, only because white_chocolate is longer to type :)

real name is Mec... and am still really a struggling newbie who's just learning Photoshop :)

thanks to DSP and the tutorials i printed from here... photoshop became a software I can actually use!

[mizamigo]

I've been mizamigo for about 7 years now. We moved into this community and live in "Santiago" Village, so our social club was formed and we bacame the "Santiago Amigos". I started our web site and needed a username for that and of course all the "amigos" and "miss amigos" were taken. So, thinking outside the box, I tried MIZamigo and got it! I've been mizamigo ever since.

It's nice to have such a unique handle since most people can remember it! My real name is Victoria.

[blunosr]

My username is "blunosr" (pronounced Blue Noser) which is the nickname for people from Nova Scotia, Canada. No, not because it's cold, but because of the famous schooner "The Blunose" which was undefeated for many years (about a century ago) in the world schooner racing circuit. I like to use it because anyone from the area immediately identifies where you're from and because I'm now living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and miss home.

[l-o-fantz]

Great story and username blunosr. It is great to be able to see where people are coming from (just mentally in most cases, but I guess geographically in yours too) when they pick their names.

[Rene Bross]

Well Rene' is my first name and Regalmuto is my maiden name. I've been using reneregal to log into every site I've ever registered on. That way I only ever have to remember one log in name. I'm a mom to 2 boys under 3, so my fried mommy brain doesn't let me remember much.

[PhotoCrazed]

I chose my username based on the fact that my husband wasn't very thrilled that I purchased another digital camera (3 in the the last 2 years) and the fact that I'm obsessed with taking pictures but never actually do anything with them (hence PHOTOCRAZED) - until now. I just discovered DSP and I'm hooked. Any suggestions of where to start?

[flowerscrapmom]

Mine was a combination of three things that I love in my life!
flower = I was a professional floral designer and still do wedding and special occassion flowers.
scrap = I am love to scrapbook (in all forms)
mom = I am amother of two beautiful children who make my world complete

There you have it! flowerscrapmom!!!

I didn't think about the fact that I left off my dh in my title - he already knows how much he means to me!!

[Bayonne]

My username is the town I grew up in Bayonne, NJ. I loved the town I grew up in, but it started to change in a less than positive way so I moved to Michigan in 1997. But I have fond memories of my old hometown, I have since named my German Shephard Bayonne also.

Real name: Denise

[two4howie]

My user name two4howie came about because I was 24 when I made it and my last name is Howard. But 24howie suks so I made this one up.

Real name: Lisa.

[narrell]

Mine is my first name (Narrell), I use it so that I wont forget my login...The spelling is a bit different than most Narelle's , but that's because my mother allowed my dad to name me and he didn't know how to spell it, so he just sounded it out, ( as in...Nar...Rell) and I ended up with my name spelt different. :confused:
I have traced the meaning of it and it means "woman from the sea", which is appropriate seen as I live just a short distance from the "Great Barrier Reef " off the coast of Australia.

[Jezture]

Mine is Jezture... my real name is Theresa everyone in High school used to call me Jester BC i was part of the theater bunch and dressed up like a jester on some random day for school (face paint and all) from then on i was Jezture ((spelling change for creative purposes)) and now it is tatooed on my ankle and she is my free and creative side

[bluechin]

I'm Bluechin. :)

I've been using this nickname since i was a young convent school girl.

In my country Singapore, convent girls are dressed in BLUE school uniforms, somehow I fell in love with the colour Blue gradually.

As for CHIN, that's my surname. :D

So i call myself BLUECHIN :p

[Katie M]

:D Er........my name is Kate and my surname begins with M.........kinda boring really :D :D

[the3chickens]

this is actually the name for our website.. My husband, baby & I were all born in the Chinese Year of the Rooster, hence the3chickens.. :)

[TTM-Cheryl]

My username here is TTM-Cheryl

The name I use on message boards is usually twin_trip_mommy. But because this is not a forum about multiples or children I changed it a little.

So the first T stands for Twin because I have twins :) :)

The other T stands for Trip because I also have triplets :) :) :)

The M stands for Mommy because I am a mommy.

The Cheryl is my first name. :D

[haning]

I was not original on my username...Jodi is my first name! Usually it is 4jhanings...my husband, kids and I all have names beginning with "j"...I have been trying to come up with something that suits just me...

I am a newbie here...love the site!

[dogartist]

My username just says what I do<G> - I am a Dog Artist.

(yes, I do more than dogs but being a "dog person" for over 20 years that says it all!) :D

My real name is Amy - and the Doberman in my avatar is our company trademark. We have always had Dobermans and other breeds. I can relate to the gal with 4 Jacks - my daughter has 2, I can't imagine 4!

I have enjoyed reading everyone's stories too.
Amy

[lilbunge]

My user name for everything on the web seems to be LiL Bunge. Bunge is my last name it's pronounced like Bungee jumping. Since my husband is 6'4" and I'm a foot shorter then him, I'm LiL Bunge...:)... Oh my first name is Christina or Christy depending on who you talk to. My nieces used to call me Aunt Christytina! LOL Have a great day e1!

[LyssaLee]

my username LyssaLee is actually a nickname....My name is Lyssa (pronounced Lisa) Marie and a friend in school always called me Lyssa Lee

[offroadmom]

Hi everybody! My name is Tiffany. My username is offroadmom. One of my hobbies is going offroading with my friends and my husband in the mud or on the beach. I have two active, precious boys ages 18 months and 3. So, I figured not many moms would have this username. I am new to digital scrapbooking and am wanting to learn a great deal for my sisters upcoming wedding. I am the photographer and want to create a special scrapbook for them. Im really excited about learning the programs and meeting people with the same obsession for scrapbooking that I do!

[InaPickle]

HI
Newbie Here
My Name is Annie, and well, that username was already taken, so I decided to use, In A Pickle, which goes with a story for a business that I own.
Its nice to be here...and I hope to learn MANY new things!!
Thanks
Annie

[rusty11480]

My name is Anne, but my username here is rusty11480. It's for my dog Rusty's birthday of Nov 4, 1980. Rusty was a rusty red miniature poodle who was so loving, but now he's waiting for me by the Rainbow Bridge in heaven. The Rainbow Bridge is a poem that surely every dog lover knows. I have two white poodles now, age 4 named Lexi and Niki.
The beagle my g-son is kissing is not my dog.
Anne

[SKetchy]

HI! I can't figure out how to post a new thread to introduce myself, so I'll just do it here. Sketchy, what I like to do, who I am, lol. S=Shelly Ketch=Ketchum y=I thought it was cuter that just Sketch.

Perhaps it could also stand for my sketchy memory, my sketchy past...hmmm you'll just have to get to know me better to find out! lol

[Meetje]

My usersname come from the nickname of my dog

[evee]

My full name is Evelyn. pronounced Ev- lyn rather than Eev-lyn, but it wasn't until I got to college at the age of 18 that anyone, including me, thought of shortening the name and I am now known as Ev by a lot of my friends. Then I met someone who called herself Evvy and I decided that it sounded better than EV, which sounded rather solid and heavy (probably suited the build actually). However it was another friend who started spelling it as Evee, and I liked that. So now I am Ev-ee, though some still pronounce that eevie! Can't win!

[voodoolady]

I created my name in college and it's stuck ever since. Voodoo Lady is the name of a song by one of my favorite obscure bands. It's a very funny and catchy song and I'm a fun and catchy person. ;)

Katie :)

[laurarid]

My nick is a combination of my first and last names. I sometimes use Tweety cause i love Twetty bird :)

[babypink]

hi im new hir!!!! my username is ceme from my fav. color... help me guys to enjoy scrapbooking i dont know how... plsss somebody help me

[Karooch]

Mine is a nickname an aunt of mine used to call me when I was little. I never used it but when I started joining on-line communities where I needed a unique ID I found Karen would always be already taken. It's a safe bet that karooch won't be.

[cialey]

Mine is cialey. Just a combination of 2 names: Marcia, that's mine, and Wantley, that's my hubby's.

[Cherylize]

My name is Cheryl and my hubby says I analyize everything so Cherylize became my nick. :)

[Emma]

babypink, how are you doing after a few days of surfing the site? Have any questions? Need help getting started? Be sure to read the New to Digital section, the Choosing Your Software forum if you need software, and the First Page tutorial for whatever software you have. Holler with any questions in the Beginners forum, or just email one of us if you get really lost. Welcome!

[gypsyquilter]

My very first post . . . here goes. Easy to figure out my name, I love to travel and I'm a quilter. In fact we're in the process of selling our home and we're going to move into a 40 foot RV and travel the country. Digital Scrapbooking will be perfect if I can get the hang of it. Been doing the paper kind for a few years but can't haul all that stuff with me. Looking forward to some classes on here. My other name is Paula. Look forward to chatting with all of you.

[allyran]

Mine's pretty boring... allyran was chosen many moons ago as Ally is my first name and back then I was single and Randall was my last...it stuck and I'm now forever allyran! Using part of my married name just doesn't have the same ring :)

[Art-C]

GypsyQuiltier- I too am a quilter. They are the nicest bunch of people! And digital scrapping will be perfect for you. I will be a wonderful way to journal your new adventures. Looking forward to following your travels. Good luck!

[Roaminoz]

Roaminoz was the name of our 40 foot Silver Eagle Coach which we converted into a motorhome and travelled fill time around Australia for 5 years. We towed a trailer with a little 4x4 and tinney on top. What a great life.

[gypsyquilter]

Roaminoz-Sounds great! Would love to visit Austrailia someday. Can't wait to begin our journey around USA.

[Daily]

Humm

I don't know how i came up with Daily Luv

It just pop up in my mind one day and I used it on a website.

I had this username since late in the year of 1999

now I just use Daily mostly but i am still holding the name:)

[islandgirl]

I gave myself the name islandgirl cause i live on a tiny island!

[kapua75]

Islandgirl, that's pretty. What island would that be? Can't be as tiny of an island where I'm from.

Aloha,
Jos <><

[bobbiesgirl]

Mine's easy,given that my other half's mother calls him Bobbie and i am his girl,and i always liked the song "I want to be Bobbie's girl."99% of people call him Bob but that didn't sound right.
Wish i had a lovely story to tell like the snowmoble wedding but i haven't.

[Zephanee]

Well, my online name comes from a name I made up about 9 years ago. At that time, I was playing an online game called Everquest. I really liked the name Stephanie but it didn't sound "fantasy-ish" enough. So I made up this name. Zeph, as she came to be known to my online friends, became someone I escaped to as I was going through a bad divorce. Anyway, Zephanee was reborn in World of Warcraft when I quit Everquest. I've since quit online gaming because I just don't have time for it and I feel I've gotten way too old to be playing games. :p But I learned a lot from Zeph, mostly about how to remain strong during difficult times. I remarried and have a wonderful son and husband. We are trying to conceive our second and last child. I am hoping for a girl and my husband and I have both decided on a name.....Zephanee.

[lilluvbug]

I got my name a few years ago when I first got on line. If any one knows anything about Florida, they know there are lovebugs everywhere in the springtime. I didn't know what to name myself, so I picked "lovebug" but lovebug was taken so I changed the spelling and added lil' that's how I came up with lilluvbug...

My real name is Lisa

[hottytoddySumme]

hottytoddy - i'm an ole miss alumni and that's part of our school cheer...
summer - my name

[Clark2006]

clark is my last name... and well its the year 2006, lol. not very creative.

[kinderkim]

kinder because I love teaching Kindergarten, and Kim is my first name :)

[DSanchez]

My name here is Wolfsub, it's actually a funny way I came to get this name, I did is sort of sarcastically at first. The Wolf part is pretty obvious to anyone who has taken the time to get to know me, on or off line. I love Wolves, no let me say it this way, I LOVEEEEEEEEE WOLVES!!! LOL, Ok so I have an obsessive passion for wolves. The second half of my name is the funny part, off line I'm usually very shy and quiet and I work in a place where people are trying to outdo, outwit, and just down right cast you out, pay is good only reason I stay at this place for now, buy anywho, they always see me so quiet and think I'm weak and submissive, so needless to say they try to do me more often than not I get picked on because of my quiet nature. They soon push enough to find out I'm anything but submissive. So it wasn't a good day the say I signed up and that is how I winded up with my name....WOLFSUB :)

[Busymum]

'Cause I'm a busy mum is how I got my name

[muffie]

my username muffie was my dogs name she has sence passed away but I keep it because it keep her near to my heart

[Karlyn]

It's just my name :o)

[lilsassy]

One of the very first chat friends I made when I got on the Internet was always telling me that I was a "little sassy." So, when I saw the name LilSassy somehwere, a DING! went off in my head and my immediate thought was, "that fits me to a tee." I had a website for a while, and someone once emailed me and asked if I was really "sassy." I emailed back, "Just a 'Lil'!"

My next choice for username would have to be PuterGal, because I LOVE tinkering with computers.

My real name is Debra.

[ima]

It's simply my nickname :)

[darrenswifeONLY]

Mine also is a little easy to figure out, While Darren and I are not married or even rely together right now (having a little struggle) I am married to him completely in my Heart and Soul, He is always worried that I don't love him and ONLY him so when I got the internet he got more worried so at any site that someone may see my name it is always this so that it is clear that I am in love with Darrens ONLY. I t also helps him feel a littel better about things. And He is my heart my life my soul I feel liek I am married to him even when we are apart.

[MommyPanda]

Well, my favorite animal has always been a panda, and it is my youngest daughter's favorite, too. We always called each other Mommy Panda and Baby Panda when she was younger and it has STUCK!!! Oh well, it could be worse!;)

[MommyMandy]

mommymandy- I am a mommy and my name is mandy

[Deafma]

Deafma- I'm really deaf and I'm a mama! :) Had that username with AOL for a long time until I closed my account with them and still use AIM with the same username, my internet email address, etc.

[miss-bee]

Hi thought I tell you the story how I came up with my nick. Well in fact it wasn´t really me who had the idea. In the years 2002 and 2003 I have been working as an Au-Pair in the States. My first name is Birgit and that´s why my host-mum called me Miss B. It sounded like Miss-Bee and I liked it realy so I adobted it and it became my nick for the world wide web. It´s saying that I´m not married *lol* and how my first name starts, but also that I´m a free spirit like a bee.

Yours miss-bee aka Birgit

[Slurpeegirl13]

I got mine from my friends at the University of Alberta - I lived in Residence, and for 3 years, we went to 7-11 for slurpees a MINIMUM of 4 nights a week (in crowds of 10-20).

Because I organized the "Sev-runs" most of the time, people started calling me "Slurpeegirl" ... and my lucky number is 13, so I became Slurpeegirl13. :D I almost lost the nic once when I decided to give up all refined forms of sugar for 40 days, but they bought me a slurpee when it was over and it was just as good as before, so then it was really stuck!

Oh, and my real name is Trina. :D

[jpysgrl]

My boyfriend and I are really into jeeps. On his plates are 'jeepy 87' ('87 wrangler). His handle on the cb is jeepy when we are out on the trails. Mine is jeepy's girl. So I put 'jpysgrl' for short on the boards.

[GGWebGrrl]

GGWebGrrl: I got my name partly from my partner, Graham. GG stands for Graham's Girl and WebGrrl because I love being on my computer doing all sorts of stuff. I love to learn and hope to never stop learning.

[RG_Sony]

What's the origin of your username?
RG_Sony
The letter R and G are from my two last names. My real name is Sonia but my family and friends call me Sony.

Hugs,
Sony

[NoCoLi]

Mine is just the first 2 letters of each of my children's names. lol I always draw a blank when it comes to making up screennames. More often than not, if I DO come up with something, someone else has already beaten me to it. :rolleyes:

[starbucksjunkie]

I'm a Starbucks fan. The joke at work is if you want me to do something for you especially if it's a big favor, just put a Venti Vanilla Latte on my desk and I will do your bidding:D

My real name is Shannon

[ScrapChick1717]

I created my username from my two loves at the time - scrapbooking and my favorite Nascar driver Matt Kenseth (17). My real name is Christine but everybody calls me Christy. I've been scrapping for 4 years and am just starting digiscrapping! So wish me luck! And my husband and I are expecting are first child next month, a little girl, Maygen DaLynn, so wish me luck there too!:p

[penelapop]

My user name is penelapop and my real name is Penelope but usually Penny or mostly Pen. I told my daughter that when I was young I had a boyfriend who called me Lopes just to be different. She then started calling me lopes then she decided to do a name of her own which is Penelapop and when they put the broadband on she stuck that name in and when I found out I could change it both penelope and Penny and Pen were taken, I stuck with penelapop and so have had it ever since. I can also remember it which at my age is a plus.

[penelapop]

I forgot to mention I have been scrapbooking in the physical since Christmas and about a month after that I started digital.
Regards penelapop

[4guysandme]

Well it is 4 guys and me. . . 1 husband, 3 sons, and me. . . Yeah, I've had to explain it various places as they take it negatively and in not so pleasant ways, but hey. . . .

[RuthArt]

My middle name is Ruth, as was my mom's, so to honor her memory, I use that name for my artwork.

[alcaguiat]

mine is alcaguiat.. a and l stands for my name ana leigh... the rest? my last name... by the way im from the other side of the planet, davao city philippines

[witchywoman51]

My first name is Judy. My husband gave me the name of witchywoman. He says that I am just soooo mysterious.

[foxyroxa2]

My name is Roxanna, but sometimes I like to feel Foxy so: Foxyroxa2. The 2 is because at one site someone was using that name so I decided to make it a 2 because I would not change the Foxyroxa part. ha,ha

[punchcrazy]

well, it all started about 9 years ago. I love crafts of all sorts and discovered paper punches. I went crazy over them- quite literally. i managed to collect over 700 of them in a period of 4 years. hence I'm punchcrazy :)

[witchywoman51]

Hello Roxanna,

I have just begun to get interested in scrapbooking. I need all the help I can get!!! Any info is appreciated on how to get started. The best web places, etc. I am especially interested in the heritage aspect of this.

Thanks Judy

[KadensMommy]

Well, my son's name is Kaden so thus, I am "KadensMommy" hehe.. Not too whitty on my part, but it's the name I use for most sites I join :) I love my little guy and have to have him be a part of everything I do, thus his name goes into everything ;P

[bella_daze]

Hi, My name bella_daze is a variation on Beautiful Days. I just liked it.
My real name is Rachel, which I think is boring because I know, like, 5 in my Church and I had a roommate with the same name. There is always another Rachel in one of my classes.
But yeah, I try to stay opimistic. So beautiful days ahead...

[kchlmom]

Hi there. This is a great thread. This is my first post here seeing as I only joined today. I have been digital scrapbooking for ohhh, about two days. LOL. But i have been scrapbooking traditionally (on paper) for two years. Back to the topic of the thread here, my name is my kids initals. Kristopher, Candice, Hailey and Lucas. Not very creative but a great conversation starter.:)

[witchywoman51]

Hello KadensMommy;
Thanks for answering. I am brand new to scrapbooking. My interest lies in Heritage but I have two grandchildren so I am ready to branch out. What programs do you use and where to you get your supplies and downloads? Any info that you can send my way would be greatly appreciated. I use HP Scrapbooking Assistant and Picassa. I don't know where to begin from there. Help!!!!

[Bocca]

Witchwoman51, You may need to post your question in this category to get the help you are requesting. http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=31

I don't use HP Scrapbooking Assistant or Picassa or I would offer to help. Here is a direct link to a tutorial for HPSA in the tutorial section. http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/university/tutorials/hpcsa_addkitsKL.shtml Look at the links at the upper right of this page New to Digital, tutorials, etc. These may help until you can get your questions answered in the Beginners Learning Digital Scrapbooking section.

[jhaddad59]

jhaddad59? first initial - last name - birthyear. Not very original is it? I do use shutterbug alot though.

[MaureenH]

Hello KadensMommy;
Thanks for answering. I am brand new to scrapbooking. My interest lies in Heritage but I have two grandchildren so I am ready to branch out. What programs do you use and where to you get your supplies and downloads? Any info that you can send my way would be greatly appreciated. I use HP Scrapbooking Assistant and Picassa. I don't know where to begin from there. Help!!!!
Welcome to the wonderful world of digital scrapbooking. The tutorials here at DSP were already mentioned and the freebies section (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/place/freebies.shtml) here will give you a fabulous start on the supplies. There are even lots of digital scrapbook kits there.
The chats and challenges are also great. You can get free kits and extras and learn so much from seeing how others use the same kit. A list of June's Chats and Challenges is at the bottom of this page (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14308)
Finally the classes at DSP (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=4) are inexpensive and a great way to learn.

[tjh186]

Boring one here -- first initial, middle initial, last initial, followed by random 3 numbers...at college this was assigned to me as my school user ID, so I got used to using it to log onto every computer lab and more. Since then it pretty much stuck for just about every chat board, log on, etc. I have. Odds are, if you see a tjh186 anywhere, it's probably me!

[Moonshine]

I used the name of my first nationally published quilt pattern. "Moonshine" kitty. He was a big success and started me on a road full of other published projects inclluding two international quilt magazine covers. He's still my personal favorite (and a best seller of mine too even after several years). :)

You can see him on my published works page: http://www.acornhillquilts.com/published.htm and scroll to the very bottom of the page.

[KadensMommy]

Oh wow..I'm a newbie here..I'm surprised I was actually asked a question hehe...Well... I get a lot of my things from the "freebies" section right on this site..I also just use psp8..I don't know what else to use, but for the time being, I enjoy just using that.. I also yahoo "free scrapbook pages" or things like that...maybe not exactly that wording but yeah..

[foxyroxa2]

Hello witchywoman51:

I would highly suggest that you invest in a good program sucha as PaintShopPro or Photoshop. I used to use HP Scrapbooking Assistant and Picassa, but once I found PSP 8 and learned how to use it, I would never go back to those programs. As for sources of digital scrapbook materials you can google it and you will find plenty of places that offer freebies.:D

[Ted]

My mom chose my username about 39 years ago. :)

[bug_babe]

I get mine from my birthday present from my parents....a VW bug. kind of a bummer since i cant drive yet!LOL! My real name is Jade.

[NanniMommy]

Hi I got my name from my daughter. When she was 8 months old she use to call me nanni instead of Mommy. I thought it was cute, so it stuck. My name is Rosalie and I've been scrapping for only 6 months but I am truly addicted. My daughter, Jenna is my muse. I am in love with DSP, I call it home...

[photostorytelle]

photostorytelle -- well, it should be photostoryteller, but there's only so many characters allowed. In retrospect, I should have named myself photostorytellr, which would have been much more descriptive, but I've got two kids, a husband, a full-time job, and an addiction to scrapbooking, so I don't get much sleep and some days the neurons simply don't fire as they should.

I call myself photostoryteller because it's what I do -- I tell stories with photos. Years from now, I want my children to be able to look back and see our family and know the what, when, where, why & how of their lives. It's my legacy of love.

I started scrapping five years ago after my son was born, and though I loved the process and the finished product, I found myself frustrated by the limitations inherent in the craft. Then about a month ago, I was at my local scrapbook store and happened to pick up a magazine about digital scrapbooking. I couldn't believe the layouts! So I went on-line and starting checking out different websites. I downloaded some freebies, and because I already used PSE to edit my digital photos, I was in business! The versatility of the format simply blew me away!!! A month and a dozen completed double-page layouts later, I have officially become one of the truly obsessed.

I even managed to convince my husband that I needed a new computer to handle the software and editing process (truth be known I could get by with my old one, but if I've been this productive with point-click-wait, just imagine what will happen once my new Dell arrives sometime next week!).

I want to say thank you to all the wonderful designers and staff here -- and to my fellow digiscrappers, too (your art inspires me!!!). You have removed the boundaries of my craft and truly changed the way in which I express my deepest emotions. I will be eternally grateful.

[witchywoman51]

Hello;

I have been scrapping for approximately 3 weeks and I am already addicted. I got interested when my daughter opened my eyes to all the wonderful things that you can do. My great love is genealogy. I am trying to publish a book and I just didn't want the same boring white pages with nothing but words staring up at you. You know the kind, the ones that you pick up to read only to fall asleep five minutes into the storyline.
I am a grandmother of two critically ill children so I don't have much time to devote to this the way that I would like, but at two in the morning it becomes a great stress reliever.
I am just a babe in the woods when it comes to scrapping so if you have a heart, please help me with any info that you can to get me started. Where do you get your freebies? What websites are you favorites? What programs do you recommend? I am using HP Digital Scrapbooking starter kit and Piccasa.

[txmama]

Mine is simple and plain....I am from Tx. and a mama :)
My name is Christina.

[photostorytelle]

Hi witchywoman51:

Personally I love Photoshop Elements. It's not as advanced as PhotoShop in terms of bells & whistles, but the price isn't as advanced either. You can download a 30-day free trial of PSE 4.0 from www.adobe.com. Then you can go to the tutorial section on this website for some excellent reference material on how to use it. If you don't like the interface and decide it's not the software for you, you're lost nothing. As for materials, there is a SLEW of stuff out there. Just do a Google search for digital scrapbook and you'll find TONS of links. Almost every site I've visited has freebies, so download to your heart's content. Like you, I'm limited for time to devote to my obsession, so the ploppers on this site are great way to get pages done in a New York minute. You should check them out.

[cybergram]

Mine is simple as well, :) when I signed up for my second ISP in 1998, I was able to pick my own words, so I went with cyber, self explanatory and gram as in grandmother. So much better than with my first provider, first initial, last name. I have been a grandmother for 14 1/2 years & have 2 darling grand daughters & one grandson that, anyone, who has seen any of my pages, will know well:D

So when I signed up to DSP in January 2005, cybergram seemed the logical choice.

Keep on scrapping everyone,:cool:

Nancy
from Nova Scotia
aka cybergram

[Lolifer]

My screen name came about this way: My best friend's son couldn't say "Lori" and would call me "Loli". Loli is what all my friends and family call me now, as far as the screen name, Most screen names need to be at least 6 characters so I asked my hubby to help me out and he came up with "Lolifer" and that's what his side of the family calls me now.

[scrappylibrarian]

Scrappylibrarian because I am a librarian who likes to scrapbook (but rarely has time :p . But now that I have found digital....
Do you think I could get away with doing this at work??

Danna

[Darkfae]

Hello to everyone. My wife has encouraged me to post on the forum and say hi. I believe she is trying to keep me from quitting since Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 and I don't get along that great. I am more into video editing, however every good video/ DVD requires a strong photo editing background to complete the project. So here I am ready to learn...
...for the time being anyway.
My wife goes by TSMSPT. If you happen to send her a message, tell her I love her. It helps to squeeze in a extra "I love you" every chance I can. Darkfae came from a book by C.S. Friedman "When True Night Falls".
By the way, thanks for the kind words about my family pictures I used in my first scrapbook page.

[Carma]

I used my first name. That way I woudn't forget who I am. LOL It seems like we get so many passwords, code names and such that I just get mixed up. It was easier for me to do that. I notice that a lot of times people end up signing their posts with their real name. So I guess this works.

I use Microsoft Digital Image Plus 2006. Just love it and it is very user friendly, It has two wonderful programs with it for making DVDs and Videos, I can narrate and add music as well as have movement and lots of different transitions in them. My friends and family cannot believe the DVD Video that I did on the WWII Memorial and it was just my 2nd try at it. I am working on a life line for my grandson, who gradutated yesterday, I am just waiting for the rest of the graduation pictures from my daughter to finish it off. I was unable to attend the graduation out of state this time as my husband is just recovering from a back surgery.

I am truly addicted to this, I feel like it is my life work now to get my pictures into scrapbook pages.

[Caryatid]

I picked this for my on-line identity because it describes how I see myself as a member of my family.
Caryatid is the architectural (sp?) term for the stone support columns that are carved into the form of a woman. That's me, the strong female support to our family.:)
Oddly, there is a term for the male counterpart but I have no idea what it is and my husband does not use it for his on-line identity.:p

[Tink2Zoe]

Welcome to all our new members.

[DivaMom]

Well ... since you asked!;)

My user name (DivaMom) comes from the nick-name that my dh used to call me when we were dating ... Diva Lady. I am a former professional opera singer and the name DivaLady fit really well, at the time. Later, when I had kids, and still later, when I stopped singing opera professionally, I didn't think that DivaLady fit any more ... Diva Mom was much more appropriate!

[Static]

My user name is partially inspired by Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk because he uses the transitional device "Everything is Static. Nothing is changing. Everything is Chaos. Nothing is staying the same" in it a lot, so when I got my domain, chaostasis.net, I was doing it in partial reference to that, then I just simplify it down to Static for IRC and message boards.

[mariafer]

Mine is also not very original... It is my nickname from home (Tegucigalpa, Honduras - that is in Central America). My name is Maria Fernanda so they shortened it to Mariafer. I now live in Oklahoma and I don't go by that as no one can pronounce - just plain Maria.

[uthatswho]

I couldn't come up with anything that would be accepted the first time I had to make a user name for a website. "you that's who came ot mind" so, I shortned it to uthatswho and it's stuck ever since.

[KraftyKards]

Mine is a nickname that I got from doing rubberstamping for so long. Then I started my website and use the name everywhere. People actually call me Krafty instead of my real name Celeste! LOL!!! So I now answer to both! LOL!!!

Wow DivaMom, I am in awe...a Professional Opera singer! Nice!!!!!
I am totally tone-deaf, but I do sing whenever I can....just makes me feel good!

:)

[Hickabelle]

Hickabelle: "Hick" comes from living in rural Kentucky, and "Belle" was inspired by my Memaw, whose name is "Iris Belle."

[Wuzzygirl]

Wuzzygirl has always been my name online. The story is actually a little embarassing to me but the name has stuck. Ten years ago my sister, my mom and I went to Phoenix to celebrate another sister's 40th birthday. We ranged in age from 66 (my mom LOL) to 32 (my youngest sister). To make a long story short, we had gone to dinner and went back to our room after. Mom thought we were going back to freshen up and go out "clubbing" as she called it (was really just the bar at the hotel LOL). Now mind you this is about 7:30 pm and we ARE all youngsters *grins*. Well boy was mom disappointed when we changed out of our clothes and got into the jammies. Mom just looked at us. She said to me....what are you doing. I said "I'm tired and think I'm just gonna relax". my sisters chimed in and we all got comfy watching some tv. My mother, who I love dearly, said to me......"you are such a wuzz! I can't believe you're going to bed.....wuzzy girl wuzzy girl"

I get together alot with my mom and sisters and guess what..............................i'm usually STILL the first one to go to sleep *grins*....but they love me anyways!

Pam

[oneltlone]

My username is the same for everything. My nickname has always been Little One. I am only 4’11’’. I got tired of having to be Little One 57 or what ever number was next in line, so I moved the number to the front, one little one. I have had this one for a long time. My married name is Elizabeth Taylor, so I am thinking of changing it. Maybe MovieStar ;) ;) ;) Or just Elizabeth Taylor???

[Carma]

WOW now that is a good story. I can say that now I know Elizabeth Taylor. Love it.

[susielein]

My username was a nickname a friend of mine gave to me years ago. She is from Switzerland and spoke German. My name is Susie, and I guess "lein" means girl (as in Fraulein), so I'm pretty sure that it means, "Susie girl." Kinda like calling someone girlfriend, I guess.
Oh, and it's pronounced Susie-line for those of us without Swiss German accents. It sounded so different when my friend said it, though!

[athenamae]

Add me to those with boring usernames. My username, athenamae, is my name, Athena Mae. Athena like the goddess(which what I usually use for a username) and Mae sounds like May, the month.

BTW, I do answer to Goddess. :D

[lovetooscrap]

I got my name from just what is stands for "I Love to scrap"...lol

I am from Australia

Maxine

[angeleigh]

i'm from manila...

i just love angels... & way back in high school my frineds would call me leigh, as in Rachel Leigh Cook... they will just pronounce it as "LEE". so my username is pronounced as "ANGELEE". btw, my real name is april, i'm a newbie here... :)

[Hickabelle]

Cute story, Wuzzygirl :) And what sweet memories you're making with Mom and Sisters!

[olgypops]

Wow! What stories, I am in awe, I am Olga and this is my first post, I've been lurking a lot, but not doing anything useful :) I am Russian, and we use a lot of diminutive suffixes, which is a lame translation from what we call it "there" which is more of the diminutive-tender suffices (I am lost: what is the correct plural for suffix?! Nevermind) so my DH (very English) started adding the above-mentioned diminutive to everything, and since he can't pronounce Olia the way they say it in my family (Susielein will understand), he came up with the pops as our own tender suffix, our two kids will be shocked one day when they find out that nobody else knows what foxipopses and horsypopses are! The two of them are our snugglipopses! LOL!

[sayang]

Hi, I'm Donna, aka "sayang" pronounced sigh-young. While I am Australian, I live in Indonesia, and sayang is an Indonesian word that means kind of "sweetie" or "darling" when you call your kids that.

Some fabulous stories in this thread! I've enjoyed getting to "know" you all! :cool:

[Carma]

Welcome olgypops, and Angeleigh,Athenamae, lovestoscrap, sayang and susilein, hope you all get busy with some of the challanges and contests. We have such a great time in here. It is interesting to see where people are from and what they are doing. You will love all the things you can learn here.

[faitheh]

Hi there! I am a teacher and the kids always call me Mrs H. One day a student found out my first name was Faithe and said "Morning Mrs Faithe H" instead of the usual "Morning Mrs H". So, there you go!

Mrs Faithe H

[Quay]

Not to hard to figure out.. it's my first name.. It's so different I like to use it for a user name!

[Carma]

Very interesting Faithe and Quay, mine is my first name also.
Quay, where in Utah do you live? I am in St. George. Was raised in Orem.

[Esjay0573]

My name - Esjay 0573 comes from the initials of may given names Samantha Joy (S.J.) and the numbers are my date of birth 05.05.73. My mum always writes SJ when writing me a note but my friends call me Sam. I have used this Username for everything on the Net!

[luv2btexmex]

Neat to get inside people's heads and see what it is they think about when "naming" themselves. Mine's pretty easy... I'm a Mexican-American Texan and I love it!

[Cuda]

I always wanted a 1970 Cuda Convertible. Thinking that would never happen I named a golden retriever Cuda. When the internet started getting big (94-95) I just used that for my online ID in just about everything.

Even after Cuda died the name stuck. I did end up getting the car right after the dog. But after the dog died I lost interest in it (the car that is) and sold it.

Good news is I bought it for 8K and sold it for 56K.

I would have never thought that money pit of a car would pay for school!

[marie_em]

There are so many cool user names. Mine very interesting.

I have been using mine for a while. It came from my 'hotmail' account which was set up years ago. Back them I was Marie Eileen Miller. I was aware of not giving out too many personal details over the net so chose my first name Marie and then my middle and last initials marie (underscore) em. I think at the time hotmail didn't allow a dash.
When I got married my surname changed from Miller to Mullen, so marie_em was still appropriate. So I am either marie_em or marie_em_uk.

[marie_em]

I named a golden retriever Cuda.

Even after Cuda died the name stuck. I did end up getting the car right after the dog. But after the dog died I lost interest in it (the car that is) and sold it.

Good news is I bought it for 8K and sold it for 56K. I would have never thought that money pit of a car would pay for school!

What a lovely story. I am sure Cuda (the dog) was smiling down on you from doggy heaven, when you sold the car.

I have a 4 yr old (female) golden retriever Simba. They are such beautiful dogs. I don't want to even think of the future when they day comes to say goodbye to her.
I'll be looking in your gallery to see if there are layouts with doggy pics.

take care

[Cuda]

It was about as bad as losing a "human" family member. We got all kinds of cards and a few people put nice messages in the newspaper. He was only 5 when he died.

He was also the smartest dog I have seen before or since. Now the golden I have now is dumb as a box of rocks! But she is by far the most well behaved dog I have seen so I guess we are lucky.

Whats odd is she does not retrieve and is afraid of the water, unusual for a golden.

She is VERY pretty, I like the "dark goldens" and she is almost a red color.

I am sure she will be my main subject until our new baby boy arrives in August.

One bit of advice I have for anyone that loses a loved pet. Get another one soon as possible. They dont replace what you lost but they do help replace that hole in your heart.

I waited too long as I was so upset over losing Cuda. Hayley has helped us all heal despite being nothing like Cuda.

Except of course...

The perfect pet.

I will always have goldens, they are amazing!

[HumbleTXn]

Mine's easy ... I live in Humble, Texas ... and "it's hard to be humble when you're from Texas" ... yes, I've heard 'em all! :)

[nuzzmark]

Hi! I was making some baby shower invitations & on the bottom of the back of the card, I thought, "It's not a Hallmark it's a nuzzmark"! Everyone call my DH & kids "nuzzy" because of our last name, so I couldn't resist!
Clara (nuzzmark)

[Carma]

I just love that nuzzmark. Great and some day you may be as famous as Hallmark....oh what a fun thought.

[nuzzmark]

:D Thanks!

[MsGini]

I've been a preschool teacher for many years and it's what all the kids called me. Ms. Gini!! (Gini is my first name, not a nickname.)

Boring, eh?!

[scrappinbinkle]

I came up with mine due to my newest hobby of scrappin' and my nickname of 36 years! Whenever I have to use my given name it makes me feel old, so I use my nickname as often as possible!

[BeadLdy]

I'm new to scrapbooking but not to programming or "digital" anything else. Am excited to try my hand at this. My real first name is Sue. I've been BeadLdy as long as I've been on the internet because I used to have my own jewelry business. My pieces were made from antique beads and each came with their own history card. When I would go to my shows, the people used to say "here comes that Bead Lady," so it became my online name.

[bergangirl80]

I graduated from Bergan High School (which has changed to Notre Dame High School) in 1980.

[ArcaneFaery]

Arcane means "old" which I feel most days. Faery is because I love faeries. I have them all over my home, my office, and hopefully soon, my scrapbook pages! I have a few ideas I am hoping to experiment soon, once I learn the ropes.

[doda]

My brother gave me mine! When he was tiny he couldn't say Susan, so it came out Doda (Doo Duh).

So now you know my real name, too.:p

[jhaddad59]

Bergangirl80 - You are about 3 years my junior. I didn't go to Bergen but grew up in the "East" side of your town.

[Carma]

welcome all of you new people, love hearing how you got you names it is interesting... mine is my real name as I wasn't creative enough to think of something cute or wild...LOL.

[mommabyrd2003]

My twins were born early and spent some time in the NICU. The chief neonatologist always asked for momma byrd (our last name is byrd) when he called the house to give the daily report and the name sort of stuck. BTW, it was in 2003 as if you couldn't guess that part.

[bergangirl80]

Bergangirl80 - You are about 3 years my junior. I didn't go to Bergen but grew up in the "East" side of your town.



I was there last August and cannot believe how huge Peoria and the surrounding areas have grown! The construction downtown was a nightmare!:eek: Nice to meet someone from "home"!

[vanillalatte]

Great stories from everyone! This is fun!

Me,well...I'm a coffee-aholic. We lived in Seattle for 4 years and I became absolutely addicted! I start my day with a quad (yes, 4 shots of espresso) vanilla latte from our coffee cart at work. Some days, I drink another coffee drink from Starbucks. So vanillalatte seemed to be fitting.

[plbeary]

Mine is a twist on my actual name Paula Berry so I chose plbeary.

[emrldsky]

Mine is also a twist on my real name!! :D My real name is Jade Cloud, so I chose Emerald Sky (emrldsky) as my nickname on many sites.

[ChuckleBerry]

Heya :) My nickname "ChuckleBerry" has a bit of a story behind it ... I've actually got it posted on my site here: "What is a ChuckleBerry Anyway?" (http://chuckleberry.net/whatis.html) if you wish to read it :)

[ibeeeg]

Mine is first letters of my children's names in order of birth(for the most part).:cool:

Isaiah (out of order - his initial should be 2nd to last), Benjamin, Eva-Marie, Elizabeth, Elliana, Grace.:)

[ScrappinShawne]

I know it's not too original but when I did it I was in a hurry and didn't take much time to be creative. Pretty basic, I'm a scrapbooker and my name is Shawne. :rolleyes:

[knutsen24]

Mine is my last name and my wedding anniversary. No, the "k" isn't silent. It's not "Nutson" ;)

[vanillalatte]

knutzen24, I understand your pain having to explain that all the time! We have lots of Knutsen's in ND and several Knaap's too. I went to school with a few and they ALWAYS had to explain the pronunciation of their name. :) Welcome to DSP!

[knutsen24]

I was actually born in Dickinson! I know that has nothing to do with my last name since I'm married but still though that I would share.

[Pyralis]

My Pyralis stems from a business name (Pyralis Designs) I came up with at least 8 years ago. Pyralis means fire I believe. I prounounce it Pir-al-is.

[Monarch]

I am Monarch because of the Monarch butterfly. I raise Monarch's in the summer. I pick the baby catapillers off of milk weed plants bring them in and feed them. In about 3 weeks the catapiller will form a chrysalis. In about another 2-3 weeks the Monarch breaks out of the chrysalis and dries its wings and then you release them. The catapiller will feed only on milk weed plants. The forming of the chrysalis and the hatching of the butterfly are just amazing to witness. Here is a good web page with a lot more information, http://www.monarchwatch.org/rear/index.htm

[cabin fever]

I live in Alaska, and we have long, dark winters. Cold. And, we often suffer from what we call "Cabin Fever", as we wait for spring. Scrapping is a life saver, not to mention a mind saver..........

Sunny

[BlushingGardens]

I love to watch flowers bloom in the spring. I sometimes think how it looks like the gardens are blushing as they spring forth with new blooms. Almost hesitant after winter.

I wanted something unique and I think it fits this place. All the creations blooming into existance all around. So much to look at here, like one big garden.

[baileyjack]

At the time i came up with my name i had 2 cats Bailey and Jack. Since then i've gotten a 3rd named Sprockett, but can't for the life of me incorporate him in to Baileyjack...:)

[cindylicious]

Well my username is Cindylicious ever since I needed a name for my weblog and other internet-activities.
(no I don't think of myself as being 'delicious';) )
I just like the sound of it:) My real name is Cindy ofcourse, that's not so difficult to figure out!
I hope there are not too many mistakes in my writing, I'm from the Netherlands, so please forgive me!

[inababes]

Boy, this thread is long! But I thought I'd jump in and contribute.

Ina is my real life nickname, and everyone calls me that. My bestfriend in college started calling me inababes, and that's been my online username ever since then. Lately I've been registering just as Ina on online forums, but whenever it's taken (such as here), I just go back to inababes.

Oh and, Ina is pronounced ee-na, just like Ima (I noticed her signature, and I could totally relate!)

[InherentHorizon]

I came up with this name quite awhile ago, so I can't quite remember how or why, but it is my personal way of saying fate, kismet. It has become my "alter-ego" in quite a few places now.

[handkl]

handkl is just the tag for mine and my DH's e-mail address, so that is what I use on everything I register for on the Internet - easy to remember. handk stands for Hannah and Kevin and l is the first letter of our last name. Not very inventive huh?

[Florentine]

I use the first name of my mother. It's a name which I can use everywhere because it's rare.

[LittleBlueFuzzy]

LittleBlueFuzzy comes from back in the 80's or 90's, Howie Mandel had a stand-up comedy act he did, where he talked in a squeaky baby voice. One of things he did was saying "you know what, you know what, you know what?" and then he'd start talking about something totally random. The one thing I remember was him talking about a "little blue fuzzy thing" and the way he said it just stuck with me...

My real name is Michelle.

[spitzlvr]

I had had my name for years. I used to have an American Eskimo Spitz named Fluffy. She was a wonderful girl. So - spitzlvr!

[beachnut]

When I was born the owner of the local grocery store (yes waaay back then we had corner grocery stores. :) called me Beachnut. My maiden name is Beach. Till the day I moved away in my 20's that man always called me Beachnut..no one else did. I have a baby picture I found a few years back and on the back my Mom had written "Beachnut" so I figured it a good name to use.

[eyelet4u2]

My screen name is Eyelet4u2 the Eyelet was because when I first started scrapping I loved eyelets. The rest (4 u 2 ) is because I love to share lol.
My real name is Emma.

[alison48]

:rolleyes: Hummm how did I get my name. Well it is like this I have no or little imagination right now so.......alison my name and 48 my age!

[azuleito]

Evere since I can remember blue has been my favorite color. Azuleito is spelt incorrectly I reverses one of the letters but in spanish it means a bluish color.Nancy

[specialed]

I am an assisitve technologist working within the field of education ... "Special Education". I work with a variety of students who have been identified as having a disability, thus the user name specialed.

[yhalos]

Hi..my first name begins with a Y and the halos is because I am a collector of angels.

[blueroses]

I often use the screen name blueroses--or some other variation of that because I'm obsessed with blue roses! Yeah, I know they do not really exist but ever since I read The Glass Menagerie (I'm a St. Louisian), I've adored the symbolism. I even had a bouquet of blue roses for my wedding.

~Rachel

[isshinryu_mom]

my son practiced isshinryu karate and when signing up for some email list every name I could think of was taken so I plugged in isshinryu_mom in and that was available... I've used it for every public forum since. :)

[CarolKeenan]

My name is Carol Keenan. I just love this sight and all the beautiful things. I am addicted to digital scrapbooking, and have my own style of laying out pages. I like to miss and match, not to use just one kit for a project.

[smileee]

I have a strong desire to teach people the importance of smiling. My favorite saying is "if each of us would find a way to bring a smile to someone's day, we could make a difference in this world.

[Tintenwelt]

My name is from one of my favorite books, namend "Tintenwelt"

[Limbo]

My username was generatet in the Statoil (Norwegian Oilcompany) web system almost 10 years ago and I have had it ever since. LIMBO are letters in my name. Not very innovative, but I was pretty desperate when I was looking for a username years ago :)

[luvs2scrapdaily]

luvs2scrapdaily - I think it is a no-brainer! :-) Scrapbooking is my passion. It truly makes me feel alive when I create a new page

[starletbabe]

I've been using starletbabe for over a year now, for everything from My Space and LJ to forums for bands.
I love acting, and like to imagine myself as a big star one day. A girl can dream.

[mom2triplets04]

Mom 2 triplets 04 = year when my triplets were born.

[CarolKeenan]

Congratulations on the triplets. Must mean a lot of hard work, and many cute pictures. I have a cousin who has triplets. Two boys and one girl. Village15

[evesmama]

I chose my username just after my first child was born. I now have three and have considered changing my username, but I thought it still fit. Plus I like the name. My first child's name is Eve and there aren't too many Eves out there, surprisingly!
My real name is Susan

[danzinst]

I have just spent the last hour reading this whole thread. How interesting to find out how everyone came up with a username.Great stories.
I guess mine is pretty simple to figure out. I am a dance instructor. I have been teaching Appalachian Style Clogging for over 25 years.Still do too.
I am called danz in most chats as its easier to type when the chat is moving so fast. I was a paper scrapper untill about a year ago. Now all that stuff is gathering dust over on another desk. I love digi.
Welcome to all the newbies, you are gonna love this place.
Oh by the way my real name is Faye.

[AimeeWrites]

Well...I was AimeeJane for years on the internet, but a couple of years ago, I kept finding "my" user name already taken at a lot of sites I'd never visited. I can't feel too badly, I suppose - Jane isn't even my real middle name. (It's Janeece.) I had to come up with something for my blog about writing for kids...and AimeeWrites seemed straight-forward enough to do the trick. ;)

I love seeing where everyone got their names! TFS

[GwendalinAivli]

Hey All,
I am totally new here, and to digital scrapbooking. But I can't wait to get started. My username is "GwendalinAivli", and my real name is Wendi. Wendi is usually a shortened version of Gwendalin so I like to "hide" my real name in it, and Aivli is a character in a novel I like. I thought the two had a nice ring together.

[auntydawn]

My name is Dawn and I am an Aunty, origional?

[MommySpice]

I've been on the internet forever...so I've gone through various usernames. the first one I had was H82W8...'cause I was quite impatient as a teen (which was when I started really hooking up to the 'net). Then, that got shortened by people to H8...hate? nah...not me. So I went to justagirl18...the 18 was a random number to make justagirl work. Fastforward a few years to when I was getting my teaching credential and living with my roomate, Tina...we decided I needed a new sn...so she came up with KansasSpice. I was from Kansas, and my friends here in Cali always called me KarafromKansas like it was one word. The Spice came from the fact that I like to cook with herbs and spices and I like to spice things up in other areas of life as well. Now its MommySpice, because I'm officially Californian now so Kansas didn't work, and I became a Mommy last August. Oh wait, its September now...okay...August 2005. :)

[Aubreysmama05]

My daughter's name is Aubrey & I'm her Mama. :D I'm so not creative!

[beckybookworm]

My name happens to reflect my passion: Children's Books. I love to find fabulous deals on children's books at used book stores, on-line, thrift stores, and the ever infamous Borders and Barnes & Noble. You may find me at the library scribbling down authors, titles, and ISBN's of books for future purposes. Afterall, why pay full price? My dream is to one day pass on my library to my own children as a heritage. I am planning on becoming a teacher after I graduate in May, and my library will find use through that venue. And of course, I would be glad to share my love of reading, plush chairs, and Earl Grey tea with you. Please pull up a cozy chair and spend the afternoon with me!

[CarolKeenan]

Hi Becky,
My daughter is also a teacher, and she also loves getting all kinds of childrens books. She has got them on line, throught Borders, at yard sales, thrift stores, and a big place that she loves is Amazing Savings. Most children's books are only $.89, you can't beat that price.

Good luck to you in your carreer as a Teacher. I know your children will cherish all the books you leave or hand down to them. That is a vry special gift from the heart.

[okblues]

I've been using okblues since I started using the net. ok for where I live (Oklahoma) and blues because of a childhood nick bestowed on me by my grandmother (Alice Blue Eyes).

Thanks for mentioning Amazing Savings. I will have to check them out, as our 3 kiddos love books.

Oh, and my real name is...you guessed it....Alice.

[macscrapz]

MAC was my childhood nickname -- my initials before I got married. Everyone who knew me before I got married knew me as MAC. So, MAC scraps or macscrapz!

[Maikki]

My real name is Maikki but I also have several nicks such as Maju, Maya, Majsan. Maikki is in Finnish and I am quite comfortable with it so I prefer to be known with my real name.;)

[Maikku]

My real name is Maikki but I also have several nicks such as Maju, Maya, Majsan. Maikki is in Finnish and I am quite comfortable with it so I prefer to be known with my real name.;)


Hi Maikki!! I had to reply to a fellow finn.:D Welcome to DSP. My real name is Marja-Leena but my nickname is Maikku.

[bethliz]

Whoops i will have to be careful when i type maikku from now on...poor maikki might get all my lame emails...LOL...welcome maikki...good to know you!!Cheers Liz

[CarolKeenan]

I like all your blinkies. The cats are so cute, and the dolphin. The Kisses layout, and the cat layouts. I just love what you did with the flowers and the colors. Very nice.

[Maikki]

:cool: Never mind, it's just cool to meat with you Liz and Maikku! After all the world is a little market place where we meet.

[scrappinej]

My initials are the last two letters. And my kids call me scrappin grammy.
My name is Earla, Earl with an a on the end, my dad was Earl.

I'm new to digital scrapping and trying to figure out how to use the site,
and other things about digital.

I have made some really simple pages the last 2 days, just basics.
picture ribbon background title. They are pretty cute.

I do digital editing on photos so the learning curve should be short.

Its nice to meet you Emma. Have a nice day

Bye Earla

[mamawsandy]

I use the nickname "mamawsandy" because most names I could remember were already taken. Besides, being a mamaw is my pride and joy. I have 3½ beautiful little ones with the 4th to be born next March. Tate, the oldest, is 5 and started K this year.
I also use Sandyd as my name cause that is my real nickname. I add the d because there are lots of Sandys.
Me

[Martinez050804]

The way I came up with my name is a combination of my married last name and the date I was married. :p

[Angel-Pie]

Angel-Pie
Well My name is Angel.. & ever since I was little MOST all my GIANT family called me Angel-Pie or Angel-Cakes or Angel-Baby...
I Kinda just went with the pie.. :o)

[Sydney]

Hi All...my nickname is kinda boring - but since ya asked ;) .... About 5 years ago I became a HUGE fan of Alias, the tv series. I absolutely ADORE Jennifer Garner and her part as a CIA agent as well as the strength of her character made me decide to use the name Sydney. Now the show is over and she's moved on to other things, Im going to change back to my real name, which is Lori :)

[Sherie]

sydney.. it's cool i'm so addicted to ALIAS too, so sad it was the last season.. mine is the boring one coz it's just my real name... actually i wanna change it but i don't know how, anyone help???

[nickieecole]

my name is nickieecole because that is a nick name my grandfather(who has now passed away) gave me when i was younger and he always called me this..i usually just have my name with a couple e's added on the end because for some reason my family calls me coleneee lol
anyway

[PaintedRanch]

My username is PaintedRanch. I came about it about 4 years ago while creating a web site for a friend. He suggested I come up with a name so I could give myself credit for my creations.

So after much thinking on my part I came up with Painted Ranch Designs. Painted because of my paint horses & my paintings; Ranch because one day I plan on having one and Designs is obvious. Most places don't allow spaces so I opted for PaintedRanch. My creations are usually PRD labeled though.

[Jazzys Mom]

I'm new here and have enjoyed reading all these posts about everyone's names. Mine is Jazzys Mom and comes from my almost 6 month old Golden Retriever puppy, Jasmine. Her nickname is Jazz or Jazzy and I am "her mom!"
Real name is Lynn

[scrappinej]

Late reply to your message, My name is Earla ( Earl with an uh). My dads name was Earl. This site has a lot to learn. I was detained in getting back because I have to remove some files from my computer to make room for my scrap items bummer. In the process of trying to remove them, I could not get them archived to cds because of long file names. I have use them ever since they were available. My CD burner won't take long ones. Do you happen to know of a cd burner that would allow that.
Its been nice to chat to you (of sorts) Thanks for the well come and I look forward to learning more.
Your scrap pal Earla

[chalmette]

I chose Chalmette because that is where my boyfriend used to live before Hurricane Katrina flooded the apartment complex he lived in. (Louisiana) We have a lot of special memories there, and I figured why not carry those memories with me:}
My real name is Michelle.

[melonpatches]

My name; melonpatches..............because I sew custom fitted bras and teach bramaking workshops.

[Carma]

Wow melonpatches, I think that is just wonderful...wish you lived close to me, I would love to take one of those classes.

[Maikku]

My name; melonpatches..............because I sew custom fitted bras and teach bramaking workshops.
Lol! Omg I just had to laugh when I saw this!!:D :D :D

[vampyress]

I actually have 2 nicknames.....

DaughterofDarkness8 that I use on MSN Messenger and MSN Groups as well as other psp forums.

Vampyress I use on hobbies that I am really interested in learning like scrap booking.

I prefer to keep them both separate so I don't get confused.

Both nicknames are part of a Vampire forum I am in :rolleyes:

[Pommykiwi]

Hi I'm Pommykiwi ....

The Pommy comes from a common term used in Australia and New Zealand to describe people from the England .. it dates back years ago and is usually spelt POME which stands for Prisoner of Mother England and was used to describe those people that the English sent to Australia as punishment!

I was born in England but have now settled in New Zealand .. hence the Kiwi bit!

I'm fairly new to scrapbooking and completely new to digital scrapbooking .. I'm hoping that will soon change! :) I joined in 2005 but then went and had a baby and he's taken up all my time since!

[Mom Gone Looney]

Hello. My user name is Mom Gone Looney. Well, 19 months ago I became a new mommy, I had a baby that screamed all the time due to acid reflux and no outlet away from the 24hr screaming and feeling like I was on the edge of being commited to the looney bin. One day I decided that I was getting back on the internet after being absent from it for several years. I wanted to come up with a name that was funny, yet clever and Mom Gone Looney seemed to fit. Then I did some word play from there and it became the University of Mom Gone Looney...then my emails would have the heading From the Desk Of The Chief Resident Diaper Changer as I was a stay at home Mom and it seemed as tho' I was changing diapers all the time. My real name is Marcia (pronouced like Garcia but with an M - not Marsha) I am on rock and chisel dial-up as I live in South West Ohio out in the sticks and cornfields. Highspeed internet is not available to us. I am hoping to get to download some neat stuff and become part of this community, but I tried to download something earlier and it told me that it was going to take 30 minutes and I know that my computer will lock up. Anyways, enough said...... Happy Scrappin' From the Chief Resident Diaper Changer