Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Happy New Year!

New space for you.

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Anonymous said...

There isn't any new site out there....just the various forums of shops that are still open. and this smak blog...which I notice is the first place you turned to...LOL...out of the loop, huh?

Anonymous said...

Anyway, please enough with this exhausting Disney copyright issue! I can't understand how you care so much to bother to write and report what you find wrong! Anyway, this is up to you, but it isn't interesting to us at all! Everybody knows copying Disney's images is a huge no no!!! Let's please get back to what do you want in a kit, what is that designers do that you don't like, what are the best stores to sell around (please be specific!!!) anything hat can help us to be better designers and to look for the good stores to sell at!!!
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Where the hell do you think you are? This isn't a social networking blog - you aren't here to better yourself - Moron!

Anonymous said...

'There isn't any new site out there....just the various forums of shops that are still open. and this smak blog...which I notice is the first place you turned to...LOL...out of the loop, huh?'

January 31, 2011 1:28 PM

Lol. Actually, This is not the first place I turned. But I remembered that if there is any gossip going in digi-land, it is to be found on a smack blog. Shame there is no new 'big' place to hang out. Maybe it's a sign of a decline in digi in general?

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
well, thats 3 closings now...MLAS, Matrioshki and now IL. man.

January 31, 2011 12:27 PM

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Yeah, at the end there will be something like 3 shops left: SSD, SBG and... Stuff to Scrap! LOL!

Anonymous said...

oh god, not Stuff to Scrap. Please......nooooooooooooooo

Anonymous said...

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Speaking of Stuff to Scrap: They're having a designer contest. How on earth can those "designers" judge or critique the work of wannabes? Some of the "designers" at Stuff to Scrap wouldn't know quality if it came up and shook their hand.

Anonymous said...

What is it with all the stores closing? Whatever happened to selling the site or passing it on to someone who has the time, energy, resources to run it?

January 31, 2011 12:40 PM
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It's what happens when there's an over saturation of the market. How do you know that they didn't try to sell it and weren't successful? In a depressed economy, the weakest links go first.

Anonymous said...

Shame there is no new 'big' place to hang out. Maybe it's a sign of a decline in digi in general?

January 31, 2011 2:14 PM
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I don't think so, as there are more people getting into digi, just differently. I think it's more a sign of the decline of just doing scrap pages. As for the whole big place to hang, personally, I think people have found they prefer to hang in smaller places. Just an observation.

Anonymous said...

Let's please get back to what do you want in a kit, what is that designers do that you don't like, what are the best stores to sell around (please be specific!!!) anything hat can help us to be better designers and to look for the good stores to sell at!!!
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Not the kind of advice you are going to get on this blog. Why not go to DST and ask? You'd be surprise at the answers.

Anonymous said...

I have just returned to the digi scrap world after a complete break of about 2 years. After looking around in an attempt to get back in the loop, I cannot believe the change in DST. When I left it was so busy, but now there is hardly any activity, it seems. What has happened?? Can someone fill me in please? Is there a new site where all the old faces have jumped ship (a bit like when DST started and everyone came over from 2Peas...?)

January 31, 2011 12:40 PM

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Personally, I think even two years ago DST was on the decline. However, a year ago, the site was sold. The new guys had no clue about digi scrapping. They tried to learn, set in motion the Best Scrapper contest (or whatever the heck it was called) and messed it up royally. It was the final nail for some and they just moved on.

Anonymous said...

Where the hell do you think you are? This isn't a social networking blog - you aren't here to better yourself - Moron!

January 31, 2011 2:09 PM

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Yes, it's a smack blog but there's no need to senselessly smack, however, your punchline says it all, so I understand why you had to do it.

Anonymous said...

If you are coming here to find out how to be a better designer, lady, you are in the wrong place. Try learning your program thoroughly. Get some Tut's. and PAY ATTENTION to whats going on around you. If you don't know what the "best stores" are yet...then you are clueless. While its subject to opinion, there are basic lists of who's who storewise. Obviously, coming to a smak blog isn't going to help you any. but...by all means, keep asking everyone here to play the DST routine and politely answer your questions, or stick to your topics. Good luck.

Anonymous said...

Who is the designer that owns Sun but doesn't sell there? Is it a single owner?

Anonymous said...

I thought mgl owned it. I'd heard she left SBG to start running it again.

Anonymous said...

MGL and Amanda Kay own SUN and they both sell there.

Anonymous said...

Maybe it's a sign of a decline in digi in general?

LOL a decline in digi. Good lord you have been gone awhile. There are a lot of designers who have left the business but only because everyone and their brother jumped on the digital band wagon. For every designer who has left 5 have filled the spot and for every store that has closed another 5 have filled that spot. Many are waiting for there to be an actual decline in all those who think they can make money and are just sticking around for the day to come when the industry goes back to being what it user to be though I doubt we'll see that any time soon.

Anonymous said...

Matriorshi is closing and who the heck is the IL man?

Anonymous said...

So Cassel (She irritates me) Posted this in the Designer forum at DST:

We often read about designers being contacted to verify their sources and such. Often, their reaction is to be totally "shocked that someone would dare ask that question". If someone is unsure about a product of yours, and you know that it IS legal (you photographed it yourself, or purchased it legally), but asks you, how would you react? Do you feel "how dare she question my product?", or do you gladly offer the proof that you own the element/copyright/etc.? Did it ever happen to you?

I remember asking, once, about a product that, in the preview looked like it was from one of my scripts, and sold CU (which is not allowed). The preview being fairly small, it LOOKED similar, but it was not possible to be 100% sure. The designer was annoyed, but with open discussion, it turned out it was NOT from my script, it just looked kind of similar. The case was closed, no hard feeling on either side.

How about you? have you been on either side of such a situation when there is NO piracy or breech of TOU, yet, you inquired/or were inquired about it?
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If someone emailed me out of the blue and asked me to prove where I got my produvt I would tell them to EFF off, it is none of your damn business. Seriously some people have waaaayy too much time on their hands!

Anonymous said...

product not produvt ......

Anonymous said...

I'm really annoyed with Cassel.

Anonymous said...

Matriorshi is closing and who the heck is the IL man?

January 31, 2011 9:30 PM
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Groovy man, it's Inspiration Lane. Peace out.

Anonymous said...

If someone is unsure about a product of yours, and you know that it IS legal (you photographed it yourself, or purchased it legally),
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ROTFL! yeah, I purchased the Disney stickers legally, so I just photographed them, is that okay by you? Good.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Matriorshi is closing and who the heck is the IL man?

January 31, 2011 9:30 PM



The question should be:
who the heck is Matriorshi man?
Has anyone shopped there? It's a miracle they lasted so long!

Anonymous said...

^^^^

Man, dude, LOL

Anonymous said...

If someone emailed me out of the blue and asked me to prove where I got my produvt I would tell them to EFF off, it is none of your damn business. Seriously some people have waaaayy too much time on their hands!

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Won't you then sound just like those who DID pirate stuff? Isn't that how they just react when approached?

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
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Speaking of Stuff to Scrap: They're having a designer contest. How on earth can those "designers" judge or critique the work of wannabes? Some of the "designers" at Stuff to Scrap wouldn't know quality if it came up and shook their hand.

January 31, 2011 4:30 PM

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STS is a great place for newbies, with all those freebies, plus its gallery isn't so discouragingly perfect like others are. Almost all sellers rely way too much on CU, but some kits turn out really cute. I don't shop there, I'd rather get the original CU templates and play around with them! (I am not a designer)
Meanwhile, I think that their CT members must be the worst on earth: they put a frame with a photo on a paper, they place a flower on one side, they put a title "XXXX family" and they call it a LO... Jesus, how attractive for new customers! LOL
About their designing contest: they have some tuts about quality (jaggies etc) on the contest thread. I found them very useful, but I can tell you none of the participants followerd them! I wonder who the winner will be. At least year there winners were CU addicted but the quality was ok. This year it's CU and bad quality too...

Anonymous said...

STS is NOT a good place for newbies. They learn there that using Disney like images is just fine, cuz the owner, Nicole thinks its ok. They learn that while the shop stresses quality, the designers DON'T. Every damn kit there looks the same. The palettes are horrible. How in the world they stay in business is beyond me. and those Tut's? There are so many steps to them, unnecessary steps....its a wonder anyone can follow them. This years crop of new wannabee's is as horrible as last years.

Anonymous said...

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I meant, the newbies think it's a great place! It's easy to follow and it has cheap kits. Newbies don't know and don't mind about unique elements, quality etc.

To me it seems funny that the STS designers list kits that use, for instance, the same Americo's pack of templates!

Anonymous said...

Yippee-yi-yo!
Another new batch of designers going to change the digi world with a Design Guild.
Good luck. This will be worse than trying to herd a posse of cats.

Anonymous said...

Herding cats is easy.........just chuck them some roast chicken and they'll voluntarily herd

Anonymous said...

of the 3 stores closing, what percentage of owners sell at another store?

Anonymous said...

One of my pet peeves are shoppes that do not indicate the date a product was added. For some reason this really irritates me.

Anonymous said...

^^^^^^
What does the date mean to you? How you you use it? You cannot rely on that much to know if it is a new product or an older product (except, of course, if the date IS old). Any designer can revamp an old kit and the date would be new, or arrive in a store and load a ton of old product, but they would all have a newer "date added". How could you tell?

Anonymous said...

Well I just *ass*u*me*d the dates would be accurate and I would be assured that I would be looking at the designers newest creations. When I'm short on time it is nice to be able to logged in and just look at someone's newest work.

Also it would help me to not purchase something I had already purchased. (Don't ask!!)

Anonymous said...

It is Feb 1 and MSA is still open. The announcement about closing is no longer there. Did they find a buyer??

Anonymous said...

Newbies don't know and don't mind about unique elements, quality etc.
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Yes they do. It's the reason I started designing almost as soon as I found digi. I found that so much stuff was crap and almost the same.

Anonymous said...

Herding cats is easy.........just chuck them some roast chicken and they'll voluntarily herd

February 1, 2011 11:45 AM
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You're thinking of dogs.

Anonymous said...

It is Feb 1 and MSA is still open. The announcement about closing is no longer there. Did they find a buyer??

February 1, 2011 2:35 PM
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If they did, good luck to that fool.

Anonymous said...

Where is the Stuff to Scrap design contest? In their forum? Because I just when there to see it and I can't read the forum unless I'm registered. That's so stupid and annoying. I'm not going to register just to satisfy my curiosity.

Anonymous said...

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There are quite a few sites like that. I don't register either. I am sick of the spam that comes to my scrapbooking email address. I am convinced that it is from stores selling my email. I am on the verge of changing my email address and using different disposable address for every store to identify the cuplrit(s). But then I don't really want to put that much effort into since I can't really do anything about spam in the long run.

Anonymous said...

I hate not being able to read a forum without being registered. I want to know what a forum is like before I register, not after.

Anonymous said...

Won't you then sound just like those who DID pirate stuff? Isn't that how they just react when approached?


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Either way I would be offended if you asked me to prove to you I created my own product, especially when I did? Who the hell are you (Cassel or General You) To question me? That is offensive.

Anonymous said...

Won't you then sound just like those who DID pirate stuff? Isn't that how they just react when approached?

February 1, 2011 4:57 AM
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You don't question the shoes you bought, the purse you bought, the jeans you bought, do you? So why question a digi kit you bought? You spent a whole lot less on that, didn't you?

Anonymous said...

Well I just *ass*u*me*d the dates would be accurate and I would be assured that I would be looking at the designers newest creations. When I'm short on time it is nice to be able to logged in and just look at someone's newest work.

Also it would help me to not purchase something I had already purchased. (Don't ask!!)

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I just checked a handful of stores. Most don't have the "date added" feature, but they do have the ability to sort by date. It isn't quite what you were looking for, but it would show you the designer's newest creations first.

Some stores are sorted by date by default...it's a setting in X-cart...the store can choose to sort by date, alphabetical, and I can't remember what else.

As a designer I would never want "date added" on my stuffs. Just because it happens to be two years old, doesn't mean it should be any less valuable. Perhaps you just discovered me. I don't want your opinion to be tainted because you believe something is "old." I sell a lot of my "old" stuff.

I believe that the shelf life of a kit is too short. Designers seem to produce something, then offer it at a discount a few months later, then clearance it out of the store a few months after that. It creates the mentality that only NEW stuff is valuable.

If your product only sells when it's brand new, do a better job of advertising, cut back on your discounting, and make a better product in the first place.

Anonymous said...

You don't question the shoes you bought, the purse you bought, the jeans you bought, do you? So why question a digi kit you bought? You spent a whole lot less on that, didn't you?
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You might question me if I sell designer shoes or purse at a price that is "too good to be true". It is not a question of whether you bought it or how much you spent. If you find out that I am selling something that belongs to someone else, or that I acquired illegally, you sure are entitled to ask. If you don't ask, it is up to you, but you sure CAN ask.

Anonymous said...

If it is found out that many people in the same neighborhood are selling pirated merchandise it would only be natural to question someone else in the same neighborhood. One bad apple can spoil the whole barrel.

Because the pirating situation is out of control in the digi scrapbooking world, designers need to work harder to establish their place. If someone questions anything I make I would have no problem *proving* my copyright ownership. If I copped an attitude people would have doubt. (Pirates, when accused, always cop an attitude) Once people realize that I have proper ownership I will be trusted. Your reputation is one of the best assets a business person can hold.

Anonymous said...

About kit shelf life: I once was told by a store owner that if I hadn't sold a copy of a particular kit over the course of six weeks, it should be removed from the store. Her rationale was that it meant the product wasn't valuable. Sorry, sister, but just because something is new doesn't mean it's valuable. Lots of designers release one (or more) new kits a week and they all look the same. Burnout, anyone?

Anonymous said...

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As if everyone will see that kit in 6 weeks! New scrappers discover designers all the time. I might tend to agree PARTLY if she said 2 years... but 6 weeks??

Anonymous said...

Two YEARS? What the hell are you smoking? Where in retail do you see ANYTHING on the market for TWO YEARS without it looking pathetic?

People want new. Not all people, but most people. You don't see many paper companies peddling last season's goodies - especially at full price! It has nothing to do with marketing...

To me, if I see kits in a designer's store from 2 years ago, I think they look stale and a little lazy and dated. Trends changes. Styles change. And by gawd, I hope the designer has learned a few new things in the past 2 years to improve.

Why would you want anything in your store that doesn't reflect who you are NOW? Just to make a few more $$?

I think the reason you see so many comments about how buyers are "shocked" at the quality found at "big name" stores is because they're buying older products. It's not that they suck in quality, it's just not today's quality.

If you're still selling products from 2 years ago, you may want to clean off some dust...

Anonymous said...

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I agree. Digiscrap trends change so much in only one year. Even stitches can change considerably. 2 years ago you see fresh flowers everywhere, now it's doodled ones. To re-release kits from 2 years earlier without revamping it a whole lot, I think it's quite irresponsible. That said, however, I think 6 weeks limit is just ridiculous. If the store has such limited storage space, then I don't think it looks like a promising one for you.

Anonymous said...

I am not saying that a product should stay 2 years. Yes, things do change, and tastes and trends change to, but i was only making an exageration that if a product has not sold in 6 weeks, it is expecting a lot, but if the store owner says to retire products that didn`t sell in 2 years (or 1 year, you choose), maybe yeah, it is time to retire it. I was talking about a period of "not selling the product". Look at SBG (a store that is there since a long time). Some products there are dated 2006! It is not because something was created 2 or 3 or 4 years ago that they should be retired but if they dont sell, or if the trend is gone.

Anonymous said...

I am a designer and I have products in my store from two years ago that still sell regularly. If it sells regularly I keep it. If it's old and does not reflect my style or is not selling I retire it.

Anonymous said...

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Same here. I don't know why I should retire some 'old' stuff just because some people want the newest trend. Trends come and go and then come back.

Anonymous said...

Just got a $100+ order.
10% of the items were less than 6 weeks old
55% of the items were more than 6 weeks, but less than a year old
35% of the items were between 1 & 2 years old


That's not to say I haven't "spring cleaned" my store...I just don't clean out stuff that sells over and over.

I guess if all your kits are "trendy" they could become outdated...

Anonymous said...

Two YEARS? What the hell are you smoking? Where in retail do you see ANYTHING on the market for TWO YEARS without it looking pathetic?
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What are you smoking? I just recently bought a bunch of stuff that was two years old and I bought it, because it was better than some of the newer stuff. Ever hear of retro and vintage? People love that stuff.

Anonymous said...

To re-release kits from 2 years earlier without revamping it a whole lot, I think it's quite irresponsible. T
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To whom? Maybe the designers you buy from, but not the ones I buy from. They knew their stuff then and they know it now.

Anonymous said...

Digiscrap trends change so much in only one year.
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True, thank goodness I'm not trendy and actually think for myself. I don't need to buy what everyone else is buying.

Anonymous said...

It is not because something was created 2 or 3 or 4 years ago that they should be retired but if they dont sell, or if the trend is gone.
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While I agree they should retire if they don't sell, but not if the trend is gone. Trends are stupid and fickle. If it's still selling, but not trendy, what then? It should go because it's not 'a trend'? That's ridiculous.

Anonymous said...

You totally missed the most important thing: old kits don't have owls and rolled paper flowers! LOL!

Anonymous said...

But I demand original owls and unique rolled flowers!

Anonymous said...

I think trends only really matter if you are posting posting or for CT's. I can use a kit from 2005 and print the layout for my personal albums. My family and friends think it is fabulous. They know nothing about scrapbooking or scrapbooking trends.

Anonymous said...

I just read the looking for a new home thread. There are quite a few shops I have never heard of. I started with SBB, went to DSP, then on to SBG. Then tried out SA, GP, and DSAG. Oh yeah there was a time I spent somewhere I don't remember the name but Melanie Colosimo hosted a recipe exchange there. Then there were more...every time a new store opened I hopped over there to check it out. For the last year I don't spend my time anywhere because I am basically burned out. It takes too much time to chat in forums, upload layouts to galleries, comment on other peoples layouts. Reading that thread I am overwhelmed at how many options there are.

Anonymous said...

"looking for a new home thread"

What a ridiculous expression... How can someone call "home" a forum on the internet. Does she also call "family" the other posters? LOL!

Anonymous said...

About kit shelf life: I once was told by a store owner that if I hadn't sold a copy of a particular kit over the course of six weeks, it should be removed from the store. Her rationale was that it meant the product wasn't valuable. Sorry, sister, but just because something is new doesn't mean it's valuable. Lots of designers release one (or more) new kits a week and they all look the same. Burnout, anyone?

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I agree ... 6 weeks isn't much time. And I also agree about the designers who release things that all look the same. There is one designer in particular that is very popular and I totally don't get it. ALL her kits look the same. Same flowers, same strings, same scattered elements, even the same background patterns, just in different colors. Not sure what everyone's obsession is with her kits ... especially since 90% of the stuff is CU. Just go buy the CU stuff she uses and make it yourself. Save yourself the $7.

Anonymous said...

I really hope designers keep their stuff in their store for more than 6 months.

I'm just starting to buy digi stuff & have bookmarked lots of stuff over the past year that I'd like to get.

If the quality is good (ie no jagged edges etc), it doesn't matter to me if it was made yesterday or 18 months ago.

Anonymous said...

Scrapmatters Design Star is open for contestants - is that a top tier store? LOL! Okay, not top tier, but is it considered decent? I've not shopped there for years, but I wondered if the designers are making any money?

Anonymous said...

I agree ... 6 weeks isn't much time. And I also agree about the designers who release things that all look the same. There is one designer in particular that is very popular and I totally don't get it. ALL her kits look the same. Same flowers, same strings, same scattered elements, even the same background patterns, just in different colors. Not sure what everyone's obsession is with her kits ... especially since 90% of the stuff is CU. Just go buy the CU stuff she uses and make it yourself. Save yourself the $7.

February 3, 2011 4:51 PM

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Who is she?

Anonymous said...

"I'm just starting to buy digi stuff & have bookmarked lots of stuff over the past year that I'd like to get."

Don't do like I did. I had a few things that I wanted to buy with birthday coupons from DST. I waited a few months to use my coupons and the designers had left the store. If you see something you'd really like to have you might want to go ahead & purchase it. The designer might leave to the store or digi altogether.

Anonymous said...

So Ellie Lash is at Scrap Matters Now!

Looks like the same old stuff

http://shop.scrapmatters.com/product.php?productid=7794

You'd think she'd put in a new kit or two
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Anonymous said...

^^^^^^^ Are those Americo's templates?

Anonymous said...

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So what if it is? Obviously, Americo must make a lot of money :)

Anonymous said...

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No, Ellie draws her own stuff.

Anonymous said...

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No, they're similar but not exact. That's an older kit too. And yes Ellie usually draws her own stuff, or her mom does. I think I remember reading somewhere that her mom was an artist and does some things for her sometimes. But, if you look on her blog, there's a Vday kit that has one of Americo's frog templates in it.

Anonymous said...

Scrapmatters Design Star is open for contestants - is that a top tier store? LOL! Okay, not top tier, but is it considered decent? I've not shopped there for years, but I wondered if the designers are making any money?

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I don't consider ScrapMatters anywhere near "top tier". They have some nice designers for sure, but a bunch of crap, too. A lot of it isn't my style, but some of it is just VERY oversaturated, poor looking garbage (Amy Stoffel, Plum DUMPling).

From what I've heard, the designers there don't make a ton of money, either. I have no doubt a few make decent money, but they've been designing for awhile and would probably do well wherever they are. They have way too many designers selling at multiple stores, too - same stuff you can get everywhere (Connie Prince, Trixie Scraps, Mye De Leon).

With how many guests they have every month, I would think any designer out there could just guest, try the store, and then decide if they want to join the store. Make your own decision about how much money is "a lot."

I've met designers who think $100/month is a lot. And I think, WHY do you even bother to sell in a store for that? I wouldn't even waste my time for that nonsense.

The contest just seems like another way to get all the CT members into designing. "Look how easy it is - join us!" These contests are so high school.

Anonymous said...

Ι've met designers who think $100/month is a lot.

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I don't know how many non- Americans are there, but in some countries of Eastern Europe and Asia, $100/month is indeed a lot!

Another subject: isn't it just rediculous for the QC members to be paid in kits? I read an ad the other day and it was like "you will get a $15 GC per month to spend in the store". Holy cow, what a great opportunity! Maybe I should quit my day job!

Anonymous said...

I've met designers who think $100/month is a lot. And I think, WHY do you even bother to sell in a store for that? I wouldn't even waste my time for that nonsense.
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I guess it's all perspective. Designing is my hobby not my career. So I'm happy making $100+ a month.

Anonymous said...

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Good for you, as long as your hobby is not as time consuming as a real job. After all, selling digital scrapbooking kits is not only about designing, there is also some promoting to be done, and I wouldn't consider this a hobby at all!

Anonymous said...

If you want a free kit of nothing but extractions, download Amanda Rockwell's DST kit. For someone who supposedly has people paying her $50.00 for her tutorials and goodies after seeing this kit, I won't be joining her club.

Anonymous said...

I guess it's all perspective. Designing is my hobby not my career. So I'm happy making $100+ a month.

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This is the real reason the digital scrapbooking market is oversaturated.

Anonymous said...

I don't consider ScrapMatters anywhere near "top tier". They have some nice designers for sure, but a bunch of crap, too.
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I'm curious to know who you think the "nice" designers are. And which stores you personally do consider top tier.

Anonymous said...

If you want a free kit of nothing but extractions, download Amanda Rockwell's DST kit. For someone who supposedly has people paying her $50.00 for her tutorials and goodies after seeing this kit, I won't be joining her club.

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At least they are her own extractions, not a bunch of CU stuff.

Anonymous said...

Top tier store for "quality" and top tier store for "designer income" might be very different. What are yours?

Anonymous said...

If you want a free kit of nothing but extractions, download Amanda Rockwell's DST kit. For someone who supposedly has people paying her $50.00 for her tutorials and goodies after seeing this kit, I won't be joining her club.
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And make that extractions that aren't sized right. What the heck am I supposed to do with a button, or whatever the heck it is, that's only 150 pixels wide. Put that on a paper 3600 pixels wide and it disappears.

Not only would I never pay for her tutorials but, thus far, I've never bought one of her kits and after seeing this, I never will. I'd probably end up with half the elements being too small to do anything with.

Anonymous said...

I'd like to know why so many people complain about kits with extractions. Is it that you prefer digitally made elements? I don't mean this in a smartass way I'm sincerely curious. I've seen where some people do not like digitally made items. I know it's impossible to please everyone LOL. I personally don't do extractions due to eyesight and migraines but I do like to include them in my kits at times. I actually prefer to use element templates when I don't want to make something of my own.

Anonymous said...

I'd rather see a 150px button on a page, than one that is 3" across, which I see pretty often. Not sure what size buttons are on other planets, but where I come from, they're pretty small compared to a 12" sheet of paper.

Anonymous said...

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Perhaps they leave them large so that people can downsize to whatever size they like? You can downsize without losing clarity, but if something is too small to begin with you can't upsize it.

Anonymous said...

That is exactly why I leave some of my elements larger than "normal". That way the scrapper has the option to have whatever size they want. It takes 2 seconds to shrink something. But you can do nothing with an element that is too small.

Anonymous said...

Maybe they don't want people making their kit look ugly by making a page with a 5 foot button.

Anonymous said...

I prefer over sized elements myself. I bought a kit the other day from a designer I usually buy from and was very disappointed with some of the elements. They were tiny and practically useless. What annoyed me was that on the CT pages, the elements looked big.

I've seen 3" inch buttons IRL and on real paper scrapped pages. Not all buttons are created equal.

Anonymous said...

People here who are whining about extractions are usually taggers.

Anonymous said...

If you want a free kit of nothing but extractions, download Amanda Rockwell's DST kit. For someone who supposedly has people paying her $50.00 for her tutorials and goodies after seeing this kit, I won't be joining her club.
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I don't know what's wrong with you. She takes her own photos and extracts everything herself. Her style is 'realistic' elements. Of course, if you are into digitally made elements, it's not for you.

Anonymous said...

If you want a free kit of nothing but extractions,

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At least three, if not four, of the five flowers are digitally created and so is the string of pearls. I can see that just from the preview.

Anonymous said...

People here who are whining about extractions are usually taggers.

February 4, 2011 5:06 PM
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I read a lot of stupid things here but that is probably one of the stupidest things I've read.

Anonymous said...

People here who are whining about extractions are usually taggers.

February 4, 2011 5:06 PM
someone who knows nothing about a tagger, if you did you know that taggers extract about 90% of the time, actually they were "extracting" in psp way before a scrapper did

Anonymous said...

I wonder why we didn't complain about the other designers who had just as many "extracted and realistic" elements in their gold kit?

Back on topic. Who cares about top tier stores. I have noticed that a lot of really great designers are spread out in many different stores ranging in popularity. I shop in many different stores and not all of them are popular.

Anonymous said...

People pick on Amanda because she is talented. It's always the jealousy card. I know some of you will disagree with me, but think about it and don't lie to yourself. Women are jealous of other's success.

Anonymous said...

Men are too

Anonymous said...

Amanda didn't ask to be on the gold team list at DST. She was 'selected'. Yeah, she could have said no - she is the first to admit she doesn't do kits anymore, hasn't for a long time. At least EVERYTHING in her kit was made 100% by her.

Anonymous said...

Opinions, please.

lots of people moving around....stores closing/taking on new designers. well, not new - just new to the store. NOT a good time for the 'average' designer (very good designer, not as well known) to try to find a new shop.

with Ellie Lash leaving and now Chris Grieser going to 9th and Bloom....whats up with Sun? worth applying to?

Anonymous said...

whats up with Sun? worth applying to?

February 5, 2011 7:12 AM

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I sold there at one time and felt like there were so many store owners that none of them even knew who the designers were that were selling in their store.

Anonymous said...

What do you all think of this site and do you think it would be worth selling at?

http://www.mymemories.com/store/new_designs

Anonymous said...

whats up with Sun? worth applying to?

February 5, 2011 7:12 AM

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If you have to ask, the answer is no. I sold there awhile ago, too, and don't have a good thing to say about the old owner (Nicole) or the new owner (mgl). Mostly because you never heard from or seen either of them.

Half the time, the blog trains and store collabs had products from designers who didn't even sell there - what does that tell you?
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What do you all think of this site and do you think it would be worth selling at?

http://www.mymemories.com/store/new_designs
February 5, 2011 10:32 AM

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I think it looks like it's all about the software. Forum is dead. It says the software is popular, but who knows what that means. The products I looked at have special downloads so you can download right into the software. I'm not sure if that requires any special processing as you add products to the store, but it's something I'd inquire about.

Otherwise, same answer as above. If you have to ask, the answer is no.

Anonymous said...

The Ettes sold at MyMemories, didn't they? I don't know if they still sell there or not but you could send them a pm at DST or pickleberrypop for an opinion.

Anonymous said...

At least EVERYTHING in her kit was made 100% by her.

February 5, 2011 7:10 AM

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I like Amanda, but it's these BS statements that annoy people. She did not make the buttons, she did not make the ribbons, she did not make one of the flowers. Photographing and extracting something is not MAKING it.

Anonymous said...

Opinions, please.

lots of people moving around....stores closing/taking on new designers. well, not new - just new to the store. NOT a good time for the 'average' designer (very good designer, not as well known) to try to find a new shop.
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I guess it's an indicator of where you are looking and shopping. The places I shop at haven't had many designers leave in a while. I wouldn't say lots of stores are closing. It seems to me that it's mostly the ones that popped up overnight about three years ago. This is what usually happens with an overnight business and one that jumps on a bandwagon.

Anonymous said...

@February 5, 2011 12:49 AM
People pick on Amanda because she is talented. It's always the jealousy card. I know some of you will disagree with me, but think about it and don't lie to yourself. Women are jealous of other's success.
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Oh for fuck sake .. here we go again with the jealousy thing. That's like a politician talking about the "haters". Jeeeesus!

Anonymous said...

People pick on Amanda because she is talented. It's always the jealousy card. I know some of you will disagree with me, but think about it and don't lie to yourself. Women are jealous of other's success.
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She doesn't impress me much. It has nothing to do with jealousy. It does have to do with knowing what I like and what I'll spend my money on. After seeing what she did for the gold kit...I won't spend my money on her stuff since I'd never use it.

Anonymous said...

I like her overlays/textures, but that's it.

Anonymous said...

I like Amanda, but it's these BS statements that annoy people. She did not make the buttons, she did not make the ribbons, she did not make one of the flowers. Photographing and extracting something is not MAKING it.
February 5, 2011 6:35 PM

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Are you kidding me?!!!! Soon, we won't be able to use a scanned plain white paper just because we didn't chew the tree paste ourselves.

Anonymous said...

So who bought MSA?

Anonymous said...

Are you kidding me?!!!! Soon, we won't be able to use a scanned plain white paper just because we didn't chew the tree paste ourselves.

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No babe I'm not kidding you. There is a huge difference between what you just said and scanning and extracting something. Stop being so fucking melodramatic, okay?

Anonymous said...

So who bought MSA?

February 6, 2011 4:33 AM
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1. Who the fuck cares?
2. Probably nobody
3. Some fool who knows nothing and thinks they have a gold mine.

Take your pick

Anonymous said...

sigh another copyright Nazi that clearly knows nothing.

Commonplace objects are not subject to copyright unless they have a unique design. A button would have to have a unique design painted on it to be original. And the violation would have to affect that companies ability to make a profit. There are no damages because we are a different market. These items aren't trademarked either. Most general craft supplies are designed for commercial use. So it is highly unlikely that they would have a case against someone who photographed the object. Until I see someone actually sued over this, I believe that it falls under derivative works.

Go read about it at the US Copyright website. I have a law degree but I don't think it is too hard for the average person to understand.

Anonymous said...

I think Amanda Rockwell is overrated, too, and I am personally over the stamp-grunge-stamp papers she makes. In fact I'm over everything she makes because it was yesterday's style and I'm on to the next. (Her classes are worthless for the woman asking - yup, my opinion, and I stand by it -- anonymously. Take a look at that white flower with the floating center in her gold kit...that's what she's teaching her students?

The students have a wish list for tutorials and post previews on her student forum of items made by other designers they'd like to learn how to make themselves. Weren't we just talking about somebody else who did that -- the person got reamed for daring to do such a thing.

Anonymous said...

sigh another copyright Nazi that clearly knows nothing.

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Where did this come from and how is relevant to the conversation?

If you are referring to the button, ribbon conversation about Amanda's kit, you'll see it had nothing to do with copyright. Someone said she made everything, another person pointed out that she didn't make the ribbons and buttons, just photographed and extracted them. No copyright violations were claimed nor was it relevant.

You may have a law degree, but your reading comprehension skills need work.

Anonymous said...

Okay, so let's get this clear ....

You don't like kits full of CU items that have been recolored.

You don't like kits that look too digital.

You don't like kits that have scanned and extracted elements in them.

So what do you like????

Anonymous said...

^^^^

Who are you talking too? There's a bunch of people who post here and everyone has different likes. We've said it before and I'll say it again, you can't please everyone all the time. Some like this and some like that, so not sure what you are asking or why you are asking.

Anonymous said...

So what do you like????

February 6, 2011 2:30 PM



PAPER!


bwahaha!!!


wv: fartic

Anonymous said...

So what do you like????

February 6, 2011 2:30 PM

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For people to stop asking this lame ass question every 10 days.

Anonymous said...

Take a look at that white flower with the floating center in her gold kit...that's what she's teaching her students?

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The center is not magically floating. If you use a beaded pin inserted in the center of the flower, you'll get that look. The bead would be higher in the 'air', so if you take a photo from staright above, you'll get that exact look.

Anonymous said...

Sorry typo: Staright above= straight above

Anonymous said...

So what do you like????

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Honestly, what's the point of asking people on here - most here are designers or ex designers or ct. The average scrapper is hardly going to be aware of a smack blog.

Anonymous said...

I want it to look homemade by a professional, not a six year old. I want to see an edge and if there are a few jaggies on the curve, then so be it. I don't want the edge so muffled it doesn't hold a shadow, and I don't want to see perfection from vector shapes. I do not see the beauty in perfect computer generated gradients and patterns - I want it broken up with beautifully random semi-erased or scuffed up parts. The trick is, I'd like to see the designer's style show through, but there is a Catch-22 in this: I don't like everybody else's style. So although I appreciate it, I might not buy it.

Anonymous said...

^^

What a helpful comment LOL

Anonymous said...

Just checked out the latest entries in the Stuff to Scrap Designer Darling contest. YUCK! Unless there's some major improvement, they'd be fools to invite any of those "designers" sell at the store.

Anonymous said...

^^^^
Yeah, they will ruin the shop's good rep.
LOL!

Anonymous said...

Does anyone know what happened to Bren Boone?

Anonymous said...

Her blog is still active - http://brentboone.typepad.com

But that's all I could find out

Anonymous said...

Typical of the crew at MSA. I went over to see what was going on, as I'm bored witless at the moment, and someone asked the 'what's happening' question.

A few posts down, someone, neither of the owners, says that Gina posted in ANOTHER forum that things were happening but she couldn't say anything about it. WTF? Why post elsewhere?

And they wonder why the site failed. Sheesh.

Anonymous said...

Bren's blog is there yes, but there hasn't been any posts for a whole year. She was selling at Mscraps, guested at A5, then poof...gone. Too bad, I loved her products. :(

Anonymous said...

^^^

You haven't been around long, have you? Bren always just goes. Those two stores are not the first two stores she's sold or guested at, not by a long shot.

Anonymous said...

At least I made a comment - how about you? And Jen J bought MSA - that's the big news.

Anonymous said...

call me stupid if you have to, but who is Jen J?

Anonymous said...

At least I made a comment - how about you?
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Color me confused, but what are you talking about?

Anonymous said...

I agree ... 6 weeks isn't much time. And I also agree about the designers who release things that all look the same. There is one designer in particular that is very popular and I totally don't get it. ALL her kits look the same. Same flowers, same strings, same scattered elements, even the same background patterns, just in different colors. Not sure what everyone's obsession is with her kits ... especially since 90% of the stuff is CU. Just go buy the CU stuff she uses and make it yourself. Save yourself the $7.

February 3, 2011 4:51 PM

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Who were you talking about?

Anonymous said...

I'd like to see the designer's style show through, but there is a Catch-22 in this: I don't like everybody else's style. So although I appreciate it, I might not buy it.

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pissing myself laughing!!!

Anonymous said...

A few posts down, someone, neither of the owners, says that Gina posted in ANOTHER forum that things were happening but she couldn't say anything about it. WTF? Why post elsewhere?
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That is a good question. I notice that she hasn't posted at MSA in a while. Where is the elsewhere that she posted at???

Anonymous said...

I saw the post at The Lily Pad.

Anonymous said...

call me stupid if you have to, but who is Jen J?
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Well if you're stupid so am I. Not sure who she is.

Anonymous said...

Some people have mentioned that the top stores are not necessarily the stores where designers can earn the highest income. For those in the know, which would you consider the best stores for income potential?

Anonymous said...

A bit of a nosy question, but I'm curious as to how much designers earn. I know there will be a huge range, but would some designers mind posting what they earn in an average month from their designs, just to give me an idea?

Anonymous said...

For those in the know, which would you consider the best stores for income potential?
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In all honesty? The store that best fits your style. There's no point in going to, say, Ninth & Bloom, if you do a lot of altered stuff, however, if your style is too much like the other girls there, you are going to get lost.

I personally think that Oscraps is probably a good store for income. Designers tend to stay there for a long time and they have a good mix of styles.

Anonymous said...

For those in the know, which would you consider the best stores for income potential?
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Considering how designers jump from store to store, I'm not sure anyone is actually in the know. Possibly designers who are making really good income don't waste their time on smack blogs.

Anonymous said...

Low month $1000
High month $2500

Those amounts are my take-home (after store commissions)

But I've been doing this for a while and I am at what I consider a top tier store.

Anonymous said...

i am at several stores including my own, i make about 1500 a month steady every month for the past year, before that it was jumpy sometimes higher sometimes much lower.

Anonymous said...

And i thought i was doing real good with $500 a month!

Anonymous said...

I am new and make around $250 a month but I am slow and only get about 2-3 products uploaded per month and I don't advertise.

I know I sound real ambitious! But it is the truth. It works for me and supplements my scrapping so I can impulse buy anything I want!

lol!

Anonymous said...

I am new and make around $250 a month but I am slow and only get about 2-3 products uploaded per month and I don't advertise.

I know I sound real ambitious! But it is the truth. It works for me and supplements my scrapping so I can impulse buy anything I want!

lol!

Anonymous said...

^^^^

I was the same when I was designing. It was just scrapping money.

Anonymous said...

I saw the post at The Lily Pad.

February 9, 2011 5:07 PM

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That's lame. That just shows how much interest she had in MSA. The whole thing was only started because she didn't like the way Shannon was running DST. I guess she found out that running s site wasn't as easy as she thought it would be.

Anonymous said...

Does anyone know what has happened to Jen Wilson? Her site has been unavailable for months, it seems...

Anonymous said...

I make between $500 and $800 each month. I only only release 2-4 products a month, usually only 1 kit.

This supplements some bills and daycare so it is perfect for me. This is only my spare time income. I have an IRL job (career) that is unrelated.

Anonymous said...

Anyone else get an unsolicited e-mail newsletter from TLC Creations? Just wondering since I've never visited her site and never gave her my address.

Anonymous said...

Average $1600.00 per month

Anonymous said...

^^^^ also after commissions and fees

Anonymous said...

I'm between 700-1200, depending on the flux of that month, without too much work.

Anonymous said...

Wow. Can I ask how long it took you all to reach that amount after you started designing? A year? More?

Anonymous said...

And I'd love to know what stores this is at... if that makes a difference.

Anonymous said...

ScrapMatters

Anonymous said...

Every store and every designer's experience at the store will vary, so really, it doesn't matter WHERE people sell. It matters where you fit in and if you're earning what you want to earn.

I make $800-1200/month usually with only 1-2 new releases and ordinary advertising (newsletter, FB, store forum). It's not that much effort, but it's important. My income will basically double if I increase my releases to 3-4/month. Then I make $1600-2200/month.

(these numbers are after store commissions)

I'm not at a "top-tier" store and I'm by no means a "known" and famous designer. I've been designing less than 2 years. I didn't start out making these numbers, but even as a brand new designer, I made $200-300/month fresh out of the gate.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

I agree ... 6 weeks isn't much time. And I also agree about the designers who release things that all look the same. There is one designer in particular that is very popular and I totally don't get it. ALL her kits look the same. Same flowers, same strings, same scattered elements, even the same background patterns, just in different colors. Not sure what everyone's obsession is with her kits ... especially since 90% of the stuff is CU. Just go buy the CU stuff she uses and make it yourself. Save yourself the $7.

February 3, 2011 4:51 PM

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Who were you talking about?
February 8, 2011 11:55 PM

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My guess is Connie Prince. She can't even mix-up a striped paper. It's the same one over and over again.

Anonymous said...

My take-home income depends on how regularly I release new products. I usually release 3 out of 4 weeks during a month. My income ranges from $1200 - $2000 each month. My highest month was over $3500. Wish I would have another month like that! I am at what is considered a "top tier" store and have been designing for quite a few years.

Anonymous said...

I don't live in the USA, so these numbers mean nothing to me. How are the salaries there? How much would you get paid if you were an average employee at store/office?

Anonymous said...

Anyone else get an unsolicited e-mail newsletter from TLC Creations? Just wondering since I've never visited her site and never gave her my address.


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Nope.

Anonymous said...

I don't live in the USA, so these numbers mean nothing to me. How are the salaries there? How much would you get paid if you were an average employee at store/office?

February 10, 2011 3:03 PM
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Not to be rude, but why not look it up? Seriously, it's not that hard. Do your own research.

If you don't live in the States, what does it matter anyway? You need to compare those figures with the country you live in and decide whether they are good or bad.

Anonymous said...

I don't live in the USA, so these numbers mean nothing to me. How are the salaries there? How much would you get paid if you were an average employee at store/office?


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I don't live in the Stats either, but those salaries/numbers as a full time gig would probably equate to a salary for a teen at McDonalds. I haven't worked in an office for the last 11 years, but when I left my salary as a secretary was around $45,000 annually.

Anonymous said...

agree ... 6 weeks isn't much time. And I also agree about the designers who release things that all look the same. There is one designer in particular that is very popular and I totally don't get it. ALL her kits look the same. Same flowers, same strings, same scattered elements, even the same background patterns, just in different colors. Not sure what everyone's obsession is with her kits ... especially since 90% of the stuff is CU. Just go buy the CU stuff she uses and make it yourself. Save yourself the $7.

February 3, 2011 4:51 PM

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Who were you talking about?
February 8, 2011 11:55 PM
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I can think of at least half a dozen or more designers who would fit into that category, especially if someone was talking smack about them.

Anonymous said...

I really hate talking about how much designers earn. I don't make that much and you're making me jealous.

Anonymous said...

Who were you talking about?
February 8, 2011 11:55 PM

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My guess is Connie Prince. She can't even mix-up a striped paper. It's the same one over and over again.



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That was my guess too. It all looks exactly alike with slightly different colors. meh.

Anonymous said...

Well, it gives me hope! LOL

As for comparing what we make in the states - it doesn't really matter as things are different depending on what part of the country you live in anyway. That is, a graphic designer living in California probably makes a lot more than one living in Iowa.

Anonymous said...

For those who make $1000-3000, what do you sell? Kits? Grab Bags or collections? CU? Do you use CU?
Do you have a lot of faithful customers?

Anonymous said...

Does anyone know what has happened to Jen Wilson? Her site has been unavailable for months, it seems...

February 10, 2011 5:34 AM
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It has been unavailable for months, almost a year in fact. Last big sale was in March 2010, with a grand re-opening, yet again, in April. Up until then, there had been no new products at all for almost a year.

Anonymous said...

I don't live in the Stats either, but those salaries/numbers as a full time gig would probably equate to a salary for a teen at McDonalds. I haven't worked in an office for the last 11 years, but when I left my salary as a secretary was around $45,000 annually.
February 10, 2011 4:12 PM

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I was the one who posted about making $800-1200 with 1-2 releases/month.

I assume your $45,000 was working 40 hours/week - or approx. $21/hour. I don't know if other designers work that much, but I don't work anywhere near that.

If I make 2 products/month, I work at MOST 4 full days. This includes advertising, previews, loading to store, etc. Even if I only make $1000 that month, I've only worked 32 hours tops. That would be approx $31/hour - which isn't too shabby for part time work.

You can't compare a part-time job to a full-time job.

Anonymous said...

^^^^

I said as a full time gig, did I not?

Besides, I was only doing 35 hours a week and it was much easier work than when I was designing. Loved the designing part, hated all the pimping, and I'm using that word because that's what it felt like.

Anonymous said...

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This kit looks like a total knock off to me just a different color scheme.

knock-off:
http://scraporchard.com/market/product.php?productid=21674&cat=384&page=1

Original
http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Cerise-Noir-KIT-Flergs_Noir_Kit1.html

Can anyone be slightly original these days?????

Anonymous said...

^^^^^

Both of them look like dozens of other kits out there at the moment, why pick these two?

Anonymous said...

Oh come on! They are not even the same colors, just the same CU.

Anonymous said...

^^^^

I said as a full time gig, did I not?

February 10, 2011 8:39 PM

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Actually, no, you did not. You mentioned full time as a gig at McDonalds.

Before you're going to be a smart ass, at least don't look like a dumb ass.

You wrote, "I don't live in the Stats either, but those salaries/numbers as a full time gig would probably equate to a salary for a teen at McDonalds. I haven't worked in an office for the last 11 years, but when I left my salary as a secretary was around $45,000 annually."

Anonymous said...

At least I didn't have to resort to name calling, which says a lot about you and the kind of person you are.

Anonymous said...

I forgot to add, you need to brush up on your reading comprehension.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
I don't live in the USA, so these numbers mean nothing to me. How are the salaries there? How much would you get paid if you were an average employee at store/office?

February 10, 2011 3:03 PM
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Not to be rude, but why not look it up? Seriously, it's not that hard. Do your own research.

If you don't live in the States, what does it matter anyway? You need to compare those figures with the country you live in and decide whether they are good or bad.

February 10, 2011 4:05 PM

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I am just trying to make an idea if it's worth the effort!
I googled the average salaries before posting, but the official numbers are so different from reality. For instance, in my country a family has to make 3 times the average salary in order to survive!

Anonymous said...

Before you're going to be a smart ass, at least don't look like a dumb ass.
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Seriously? Why the need to be such a bitch? The OP didn't smack you or anything else.

Anonymous said...

I am just trying to make an idea if it's worth the effort!
I googled the average salaries before posting, but the official numbers are so different from reality. For instance, in my country a family has to make 3 times the average salary in order to survive!

February 11, 2011 2:54 AM
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Ah!!! I understand.

Anonymous said...

If I make 2 products/month, I work at MOST 4 full days. This includes advertising, previews, loading to store, etc. Even if I only make $1000 that month, I've only worked 32 hours tops. That would be approx $31/hour - which isn't too shabby for part time work.
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Honestly, you must have used a lot of CU.

Anonymous said...

Well when I designed I was at two stores that weren't very popular, didn't do a ton a advertising (mainly my blog and DST), only released 1 kit a month and barely made $20 a month. I honestly don't think it was my designs, as my freebies flew off the shelf.

Anonymous said...

^^^
Then perhaps offering freebies was your mistake?

Anonymous said...

I am just trying to make an idea if it's worth the effort!
I googled the average salaries before posting, but the official numbers are so different from reality. For instance, in my country a family has to make 3 times the average salary in order to survive!
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It's nearly impossible to say what would be an "average" salary in the US since different parts of the country can be wildly different depending on what the cost of living is. I live in an urban area and make a decent salary. That same salary in a more rural area would be considered wealthy and in a bigger city, would be considered small.

Anonymous said...

February 11, 2011 5:40 AM

Anonymous said...
Well when I designed I was at two stores that weren't very popular, didn't do a ton a advertising (mainly my blog and DST), only released 1 kit a month and barely made $20 a month. I honestly don't think it was my designs, as my freebies flew off the shelf.

February 11, 2011 6:01 AM

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People wouldn't always buy the things they get for free.

Anonymous said...

This kit looks like a total knock off to me just a different color scheme.

knock-off:
http://scraporchard.com/market/product.php?productid=21674&cat=384&page=1

Original
http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Cerise-Noir-KIT-Flergs_Noir_Kit1.html

Can anyone be slightly original these days?????
February 10, 2011 9:02 PM

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Oh yeah. Because Flergs was the first designer EVER to do black, white, and hot pink. VERY original.

Get a grip.

Anonymous said...

Honestly, you must have used a lot of CU.
February 11, 2011 5:40 AM

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lol this just CRACKS me up! If she can make over $1000/month using CU why would anyone NOT use CU? Only other designers care about CU. Customers don't give a rats ass.

Anonymous said...

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Oh yeah. Because Flergs was the first designer EVER to do black, white, and hot pink. VERY original.

Get a grip.
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Did I say it was the color scheme? Not it was the kit contents!

As soon as I saw the kit I immediately thought of Flergs kit like that just a different color scheme.

Don't get mad Lindsay that someone called you out!

Anonymous said...

Why is there this under Flerg's product?

**previously sold at Scrap Matters**

Did she sell there before????

Anonymous said...

Why is there this under Flerg's product?

**previously sold at Scrap Matters**

Did she sell there before????


She guested there this fall.

Anonymous said...

^^^^^
Oh... that makes sense now. Thank you.

Anonymous said...

Did I say it was the color scheme? Not it was the kit contents!

As soon as I saw the kit I immediately thought of Flergs kit like that just a different color scheme.

Don't get mad Lindsay that someone called you out!

February 11, 2011 8:52 AM


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If you were going on similar elements, then you would have to call out almost every kit in digi land. The only thing that is even close in the Tricolor scheme and the flowers. And, um, most kits have flowers especially those paper flowers.

Anonymous said...

Those are just another two kits with no personality. Unfortunately, they are not the only ones.

Anonymous said...

Sugar Hill Co's new lineup

Amy Stoffel
Angel Hartline Designs
Lesley Grainger Design
Meredith Cardall Designs
Mommyish
Shilo Designs
That Girl
Wishing Well Creations

Anonymous said...

While there are some designers who make decent money ($1000+ a month) the MAST majority do not. I have been designing for quite a long time (as far as digi goes). I have worked HARD to get where I am. I do not treat designing as a hobby... it is my job and the money I earn contributes to household expenses.

I made a little over $22,000 last year working part-time out of my house. I have this figure from filing taxes... yes I have to pay taxes on this income. That means I averaged around $1800 a month.

I don't see any way that what I do can be compared to a full time job outside the house (it's like apples and oranges). I've used to be in the "career mode" and worked outside the home. There are lots of extra expenses (gas, wardrobe, lunch, etc.) when you work outside the house. Most employees have a set schedule and have to be there at specific times. Bosses can be assholes, other employees can have horrible personalities. The list goes on and on.

I work when I want... sitting on my sofa. I can work at 2am if I want. I could work in my pajamas if I want. I don't have to put on my makeup and decide what to wear. I average about 25 hours of design work a week. Which equates to close to $17 an hour without any extra expenses in working outside my house. That is a hell of a lot more than a teenager at McDonalds. TBH whoever wrote that was just being immature (or they are seriously ignorant).

Additionally, I am home when my kids get home from school; I have no fixed schedule, so I am free to do what I want when I want. Best of all (as far as I am concerned) I LOVE what I do.

With all of that being said... I would think that the percentage of designers who earn a salary comparable to mine is VERY small. I have no idea how to figure it out since there are soooo many designers and soooo many stores, but it is my gut feeling.

It is not always about the money. I definitely could make MUCH more if I worked outside my home. I have a degree in Accounting and am a CPA (or at least used to be... but I have let my certification expire since I no longer work in the field). I am only a few hours short of having a Masters degree. It might surprise you to realize that MANY designers have a higher education.

Off my soap box now. Who knows maybe I would like working at McDonalds more than designing. NOT!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for sharing. I really hope to get to that point where you are! I used to work full-time and made a heck of a lot more outside the home, but with the way the job market is now that just isn't possible. I'm hoping that in time I can go back to contributing to my family's income more.

Anonymous said...

Did I say it was the color scheme? Not it was the kit contents!

As soon as I saw the kit I immediately thought of Flergs kit like that just a different color scheme.

Don't get mad Lindsay that someone called you out!

February 11, 2011 8:52 AM
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I love it when someone thinks they know who posted.

When you showed those two kit, I immediately thought of a at least 10 others that looked the same.

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