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Bren Boone is having another CT call? WTF! How many times is this woman going to retire and come back?
February 11, 2009 3:28 PM
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Probably as many times as Edeline changes stores. How many stores has she been at since she started? My count is four or five and she's been designing for less than a year.
Bren Boone is having another CT call? WTF! How many times is this woman going to retire and come back?
February 11, 2009 3:28 PM
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Who cares? Her stuff is gorgeous. If you don't like her practices, don't buy her stuff and don't apply for her team. Easy peasy. :)
Her stuff is okay, but it doesn't stand out from all the other stuff out there. I don't care enough about it to follow her from store to store. I wish some designers wouldn't keep changing all the time. I do understand that designers need to find the right store, but changing all the time just doesn't look that good. It's not a good business practice.
Hi there! Bren here and I think that before things are speculated I should be woman enough to come in here and address them myself.
Yes I've retired twice from designing. Both times was because my son was very ill and in the hospital and needed my attention more than I needed to design. I have no regrets for the decision I made.
Yes I've moved quite a few times in my 3 years in this business. 6 to be exact. I feel it's important to find the right store and this has caused me to move more times than I'm proud of.
I also understand that my work may not be to everyone's liking. That's to be expected. I design what I would use myself. My style may not be what everyone is looking for. There's so much talent out there and I certainly have my favorites. And I'm so glad that there are some who like my work enough to purchase it. I'm truly blessed.
In all the time I've been in this business, I'll admit to not always having made the right decisions. I hope my customers can understand that I am trying to do the right thing for myself and my children.
I do what I love, and I truly love what I do. I hope that fact comes across in my work.
I am so very sorry for annoying anyone with the decision I've made to move yet again.
Thanks so much for your time.
Bren :)
WHO in the heck would buy THIS crap
http://www.scrappinbratz.com/shoppe/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19_27&products_id=330
and to top it off.. it says COMMERCIAL USE OK, wth! What designer in their right mind would USE that?
Not to mention that google does NOT authorize use of their logo on merchandise!
http://www.google.com/permissions/index.html#manf
so anyone who WAS stupid enough to buy that and reused it would ALSO be breaking Googles TOU.
WTH are these people thinking.
Everyone wants to complain about so much JUNK being put out now adays, this crap being sold as CU is exactly why!
WHO WOULD BUY THAT?
It's not the worst thing I've ever seen but I do find it funny that she claims to have registered the copyright on that design. I doubt it with the Google screen right in there. The Copyright Office does notice these things.
It never fails to amaze me that designers and well as stores come into this business without any significant knowledge about copyright and trademark laws. Not only did the designer think it was okay to have the google image, obviously the store owner didn't have a problem with it either. I personally refuse to buy from a store that allows products such as this to be in their store (not that I would have purchased this to begin with), but hopefully you get my point.
She's a tagger, say no more, they and thier unscrupulous ways are ruining our industry.
If they are not sharing scrapkits, they are pirating them, or using illegal material in thier kit designs, if you can call that a design.
If anyone likes these:
http://www.wearestorytellers.net/boutique/product.php?productid=16858&cat=0&page=1
Here's the font she used, go make them yourself and actually have stuff written on them you can use:
http://www.dafont.com/font.php?file=impact_label&page=1&nb_ppp_old=50&text=Label+It!++Special&nb_ppp=50&psize=m&classt=alpha
FYI: that My Free Copyright place is NOT affiliated with the Copyright office in any way. Their small print even says they recommend you actually file for a Copyright with the US Copyright office because their service will not protect the files in court. *ROLL EYES* You really DO get what you pay for ladies, in this case FREE= _______ ... LOL
well, at least she named em the same so we could find the font to make matching labels with. lol.
In her defense, the labels are a bit more then just the font.
Actually they're kind of cute. Not $8 cute mind you, more like $3 cute. LOL
The real question is, why do people keep designing that crap if no one is buying it? Like I highly doubt she's sold 200 sets of those. Or any.
Bren Boone is having another CT call? WTF! How many times is this woman going to retire and come back?
Any publicity is good publicity.
Well, check THIS out:
http://www.scrappinbratz.com/shoppe/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=59_62&products_id=387
Whether she has monica's (or whoever else's stuff she's using) permission or not, that's just plain sad. Why would you go and resell someone else's commercial use items as a commercial use product? Why?
What is WRONG with these people? Being a true designer, sooooo much time is spent coming up with unique original designs. Whether they're created from scratched or extracted images, time is the most expended part of a designer's business. I try to keep my items reasonably priced but when I see that sh*t, I just get ill.
I've been in digital scrapbooking for quite awhile now and I've only recently seen this "tagger" stuff popping up. I suppose this shows my stupidity, but I have no idea what that is. Will someone please explain what a tagger kit is and why so many seem to think it's bad?
Well - I have no idea where Bren is moving. I did a google search and Shabby Pickle store has no products. And Bren's store and CT blog haven't been updated in months. I hate that. If you're going to have a web presence, please keep it up-to-date or remove it. Otherwise it just looks neglected.
Who's Bren Boone?
9:33 AM - tagger stuff is not ALL bad. Most is, but not all.
the difference is that it's all very small and good for webuse only. Where a digiscrap paper is 300ppi and 3600 pixels by 3600 pixels - printable Tagger stuff is 72 ppi and usually like 600-800 pixels wide.
geez...give the woman a break. She's had a sick child. If she neglects her web presence to care for her child, then that tells me she has her priorities in order.
12:33 thank you...that clears it up for me!
Bren is at Scrap Orchard now.
In her defense, the labels are a bit more then just the font.
Actually they're kind of cute. Not $8 cute mind you, more like $3 cute. LOL
February 12, 2009 7:26 AM
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True, it's a color and some bevel and emboss.
You can get a free effect from Panos FX to make those tapes. http://www.panosfx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=162&Itemid=54
I've been in digital scrapbooking for quite awhile now and I've only recently seen this "tagger" stuff popping up. I suppose this shows my stupidity, but I have no idea what that is. Will someone please explain what a tagger kit is and why so many seem to think it's bad?
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There's really nothing wrong with "tagger" stuff. Really. If there's a market for it, it should be sold. It's not my place to say it's crap if someone else buys it up and loves it. More power to them. I get lots of request from tutorial writers for tags to use my items. I let them without a problem becuase they're asking my permission and linking back to my store, which usually ends up with me getting more sales, which is good for everyone all around. Perfect.
HOWEVER....
The actual problem lies when these tagger kit "designers" come along and think they can use whatever they want however they want and give it away to whoever they want and scream "fair use" as if they invented the term. One buys something, shares it all around and then there's a whole group of stores selling stuff with items they didn't obtain legally. THAT'S the problem with taggers. While I'm certainly not saying all are lying, theiving pieces of crap, some are and all they can do when they get caught is blame it on someone else and say, "oh, poor me." Unfortunately, these bad apples ruin the entire tagger community's reputation.
Taggers are also well known for sharing kits, they don't care that they are taking sales away from a designer, or food off their table.
Unless its one of their kits that gets shared, then all hell breaks loose.
geez...give the woman a break. She's had a sick child. If she neglects her web presence to care for her child, then that tells me she has her priorities in order.
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Is this a business or not? Many people in business have personal issues but are still able to be professional. It takes 15 minutes to put a notice on a blog.
http://brentboone.typepad.com/
And what about Team Bren? It's a whole team and they no one has had time to update the blog since Oct? Do they all have sick children? http://brentboone.typepad.com/team_bren/
It's just one more example of digital designers not behaving in a business-life manner.
It's just one more example of digital designers not behaving in a business-life manner.
February 12, 2009 9:36 PM
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Some digital designers. Not all. Just because a few behave unprofessionally, doesn't mean they all do.
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You can get a free effect from Panos FX to make those tapes. http://www.panosfx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=162&Itemid=54
February 12, 2009 4:34 PM
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Yes, you can but all too many designers are using these effects to create items for sale and that is NOT allowed.
Also, I have noticed that a few designers in particular use a huge amount of commercial use products. Every time I log into the DCR I see FLERGS post about wanting something else CU for her kits. I really dislike all the new wanna-be designers that do this and have NO shame asking every 5 minutes in public. Does she realize how how that reflects on her skills? Can she not make anything from scratch? In the earlier days it was artists out there now its these CU using wanna-be's that have oversaturated the market with the same old CU crap. I am a trained artist/designer but I'm speaking more from a customers point of view. I want something more original and I feel it's far and few between these days to find a kit with nothing more then CU items in them. [For the record I use NO CU products, although I admit I have used a few items in the past, mostly last year, but not any longer].
Every time I log into the DCR I see FLERGS post about wanting something else CU for her kits.
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No kidding, but I wish I had her following. Just goes to show that the average customer is not as discerning as you think. I gave up designing as I was tired of competing with the CU using designers. I never used anything CU and people didn't want it. Most people like the cookie cutter look.
There's no reason to quit designing because the other designers use commercial use products. You can still be original. This market is huge and even with the US (and global) economy being as bad as it is, the sales are still coming. Worrying about what everyone else is doing just creates headaches and ulcers. My designs are far out there sometimes and I used to fear that my stuff was too different. Not so at all....everyone else's stuff is too much alike. There really are lots of customers out there who don't follow the pack. DST is full of people from the pack. I stay away.
What a load of crap !!!!
Can't you find something legit to have a go at Flergs about. I dare say you can't, or you wouldnt need to make up shit like this.
Jealousy is a curse you know
No kidding, but I wish I had her following. Just goes to show that the average customer is not as discerning as you think. I gave up designing as I was tired of competing with the CU using designers. I never used anything CU and people didn't want it. Most people like the cookie cutter look.
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It's not that the 'average customer' is not discerning. It's that customers care about the end result, not 'how' it was made (It's only jealous designers that worry about that). Flerg's makes fabulous kits and that's why she's successful. Period.
When you buy a piece of clothing, do you only buy from companies that weave the fabric themselves? Probably not because it doesn't matter. What matters is the quality of the fabric, and the look and fit of the clothing.
"fabulous" is in the eye of the beholder. I don't care for her stuff. Lots of people do but I don't share their taste. The fact that lots of people do like her stuff and her constant presence everywhere is why she is successful. I have a few favorite designers that I find fabulous and you won't see their names plastered all over the place. Or anywhere, for that matter.
One more note about flergs that shows her popularity comes mostly from her constant presence....her glitter styles. You could line up 100 designers with the exact same frikkin glitter styles and who would sell the most? Flergs. I don't know why. People drool over them as if they're so goddamn awesome. They are
Artrage glitters. Artrage costs $25. If you saved your money from buying a few of her glitter sets, you could buy Artrage and make as many as you want forever. This isn't a poke at flergs..it's a poke at artrage glitter styles. Everytime I see a "new" set show up somewhere for sale, I want to vomit.
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Is this a business or not? Many people in business have personal issues but are still able to be professional. It takes 15 minutes to put a notice on a blog.
http://brentboone.typepad.com/
And what about Team Bren? It's a whole team and they no one has had time to update the blog since Oct? Do they all have sick children? http://brentboone.typepad.com/team_bren/
It's just one more example of digital designers not behaving in a business-life manner.
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Granted...in the average business, this kind of thing would not be acceptable. However, the reason many people choose to go into designing is because they can be at home to care for their families while still earning some cash. As a mom of a special needs child, that is precisely why I chose it. I can work when things are going well and have to flexibilty to not work when my child needs me. I would think that this community would be much more understanding and supportive of situations like hers.
If anyone likes these:
http://www.wearestorytellers.net/boutique/product.php?productid=16858&cat=0&page=1
Here's the font she used, go make them yourself and actually have stuff written on them you can use:
http://www.dafont.com/font.php?file=impact_label&page=1&nb_ppp_old=50&text=Label+It!++Special&nb_ppp=50&psize=m&classt=alpha
February 12, 2009 1:56 AM
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THANK YOU!!! Seriously people, known designers think they can sell anything at any price just because they are known and that makes me sick. I feel bad for the customers who have $8 to flush in the toilet for stuff like these. With $8, you can buy a lot of good things out there.
Well 9:02 am. Unfortunately this community, speaking about the blog posters, is full of nasty women. They have the -off with your head- mentality. The funniest part about it is that none of them would have the balls to say it to any designers face. If they had the opportunity to meet them in person they would never utter the words. They know that they would probably get knocked out. People use this blog to get back at people they have bad feelings towards because, like I said, they couldn't possibly say it to their face.
There is no community here.
12:32pm Well said. and very sad.
I would think that this community would be much more understanding and supportive of situations like hers.
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I don't even know Bren's situation. I'm just saying that it's unprofessional to have a web presence that hasn't been updated in MONTHS (Especially if during those months she is designing products and moving from store to store). If she has time to do all those things, then you can't expect anyone to believe that her child is so sick that she can't post a notice on her blog or in her store. Or that her CT is so busy that they can't update their blog in months either.
I don't even know Bren's situation. I'm just saying that it's unprofessional to have a web presence that hasn't been updated in MONTHS (Especially if during those months she is designing products and moving from store to store). If she has time to do all those things, then you can't expect anyone to believe that her child is so sick that she can't post a notice on her blog or in her store. Or that her CT is so busy that they can't update their blog in months either.
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Why do you care?
Well 9:02 am. Unfortunately this community, speaking about the blog posters, is full of nasty women. They have the -off with your head- mentality. The funniest part about it is that none of them would have the balls to say it to any designers face. If they had the opportunity to meet them in person they would never utter the words. They know that they would probably get knocked out. People use this blog to get back at people they have bad feelings towards because, like I said, they couldn't possibly say it to their face.
There is no community here.
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You're right. But the people who post here are part of the community. We speak our minds here because there's nowhere else to do it and why start an in-your-face war when there's no need for it? I could reveal who I am and say how I feel right in full view to who I have issues with but who cares who I am? My opinion doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things, anyway. There's lots of designers I can't stand, mostly due to attitude, some due to their sucky stuff but if people like them and like them and their stuff, who gives a crap what is said on here? As long as I don't buy it, I'm good to go.
I don't understand why people come in here and say we're all anonymous bitches with nothing better to do. Sometimes a little venting is relieving and reading this kind of thing is kind of like watching Jerry Springer. It's all a bunch of crap but can be entertaining as hell.
Why do you care?
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Who says I care? I don't care really...I just find it annoying to go searching for a designer (to find out where she moved to) and the only google hits are empty stores and outdated blogs! It leaves me with a bad impression and makes me think she isn't professional and on top of things. That's all.
Now I'm really LMAO! I just checked and Bren has updated her blog! She posted yesterday and again today! Not only that, but she responded to the criticism and apologized. Yeah Bren!
So who says this blog is worthless? Who says the only people that read it are anonymous B*tches? It looks to me like it's a great way for designers to know what people really think so that they can do something about it!
So who says this blog is worthless? Who says the only people that read it are anonymous B*tches? It looks to me like it's a great way for designers to know what people really think so that they can do something about it!
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OMG...yes, let's go with that.
it's always funny to read comments like 12:32's
It's obvious you like to read the smack or you wouldn't even be here in the first place.
You can preach and handslap all you want, but you obviously LOVE the anonymity here. You can read all the smack you want, and then just dole out some righteous indignation when your conscience tweaks at you.
Yeah, this place is terrible and anyone who posts here is just a mean, nasty bitch @@ Yet here you are--reading AND posting and trying to justify it all to yourself by claiming to be outraged.
Whatever helps you sleep at night. You're no better or more honest than anyone else who has read or posted here!
It's that customers care about the end result, not 'how' it was made (It's only jealous designers that worry about that).
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No jealousy here, you need to think outside of your high school mentality. It's not always about jealousy, really.
Who says I care? I don't care really...I just find it annoying to go searching for a designer (to find out where she moved to) and the only google hits are empty stores and outdated blogs! It leaves me with a bad impression and makes me think she isn't professional and on top of things. That's all.
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Again I'm terribly sorry I left such a sour taste in your mouth about me :( I know that you probably want to stay anon and I totally understand that, but if you email me at btbdesigns@yahoo.com I'd be more than happy to give you a special coupon for 100% off for a number of items of your choosing as a sorry gift. In my store at Scrap Orchard. There's nothing negative intended and I promise to keep my mouth shut about your identity. It's just a sorry gift. Thanks again. Bren :)
I understand that you want a place that you can go to whine, complain, and let off steam without any real consequences. If that's what you want to with your time, then that is your business.
But, here's the thing...someone has made this place a public forum. Anyone can come here, feed their own bitterness, and spread poison around...and anyone can read it. So, you see, while you may not reap any outward consequences for the things you say, your victims do feel the consequences. If this were a private members only blog, then you might have a right to be upset if someone didn't like the things you say.
However, if you want to hurt people in a very public way, then you really have no right to be upset when people come in to defend themselves or others in the same very public way. If we didn’t do it anonymously, as you do, then we would just be handing you another victim on a platter.
Don’t kid yourself…we’re not here for the same reason that you are, this is not entertainment for us. As long as you insist on throwing people under the bus and trying to ruin people with your lies, there will be people who try their best to stop the carnage.
What a load of crap !!!!
Can't you find something legit to have a go at Flergs about. I dare say you can't, or you wouldnt need to make up shit like this.
Jealousy is a curse you know
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Eh,Flergs does not stand out to me one bit from the rest of fly-by-night designers and their sub-standard crap that clog up the net. But by all means feel free to spend your money as foolishly as you like. Jealousy may be a curse to you but your pitbull attitude sucks just as well. Facts are facts and opinions are opinions. Wanna get your point across to the original poster better next time? Try not to sound like you jumped right off the back of the flerg-mobile. Honestly I doubt you intimidate anyone here. Toodles
okay I have art rage and I haven't figured out how to make the glitter work in photoshop-I'm missing a tutorial or step somewhere. lol
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