I agree that Happy Tits blew it big time on this blog, and she clearly has no issues reporting word for word what goes on in her conversations ... so the fact that she isn't doing so with the 9th&Bloom that means she knows she screwed up.
I also think Michelle from Funky is a bitch with an agenda, so I think she probably mis-treated SD too.
I think it's pretty likely that Funky Michelle reads here, and that she was the store owner who posted about reading here. My guess is she has not wanted to associate herself and her store with SD ever since she introduced herself to us here with her collab drama...and then came back to stir it up over and over again. Sounds like SD said something stupid to Lizzy and Lizzy told Funky Michelle who then jumped at the smallest opportunity to get rid of SD.
you are probably right and if I owned a store I'd be looking for a reason to toss happy tits too
(aside - I would never have accepted her to my store in the first place - her blog shouting her immaturity the way it did and her designs aren't very exciting)
Does any designer post here under their real name? Or is everyone too afraid of being totally torn apart?
1. ( o Y o ) 2. Scanned stuff? I'd like to see links of both products. 3. The colors are icky!!! Who had good pieces? I'm lazy! Post the good blog links here.
Holy shit! Very, very tacky and unprofessional of Alyssa to post a public note about FPD and 9&B on FB. She's likely messed up any chance of ever getting into a good store not that she could have anyway.
Does any designer post here under their real name? Or is everyone too afraid of being totally torn apart?
1. ( o Y o ) 2. Scanned stuff? I'd like to see links of both products. 3. The colors are icky!!! Who had good pieces? I'm lazy! Post the good blog links here.
-------------- 1. ha 2. it's all in the previous space, do your own work and go look back there and you'll find the links. where have you been? 3. someone already posted a few of the portions that were decent in the previous space, again. DO YOUR OWN WORK. it's not our job to spoon feed this stuff to you.
and yes, I have seen designers post here under their account name before, but usually only to clear up a misunderstanding that they weren't the one targeted for (I remember Chelle doing this once, and maybe Rachael B? -- and oh, of course, happy tits...)
I'm the one who posted earlier about being a store owner who reads this blog, and I'm not Michelle. That's not to say that she isn't here checking things out, too, as I am sure a lot of us are. But not fair to assume she's here stirring the pot and trying to provoke Studio Demo, just based on the fact that another store owner offered their opinion up. :-)
No one said Funky Michelle was stirring the pot. And even though it's not fair to assume that she is here posting, I do assume that she reads here. I would if I were a store owner.
Does any designer post here under their real name? Or is everyone too afraid of being totally torn apart?
1. ( o Y o ) 2. Scanned stuff? I'd like to see links of both products. 3. The colors are icky!!! Who had good pieces? I'm lazy! Post the good blog links here.
-------------- 1. ha 2. it's all in the previous space, do your own work and go look back there and you'll find the links. where have you been? 3. someone already posted a few of the portions that were decent in the previous space, again. DO YOUR OWN WORK. it's not our job to spoon feed this stuff to you.
and yes, I have seen designers post here under their account name before, but usually only to clear up a misunderstanding that they weren't the one targeted for (I remember Chelle doing this once, and maybe Rachael B? -- and oh, of course, happy tits...)
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It's actually kind of a pain in the ass to search the archives here if you don't know exactly what you are searching for. Sometimes being a little less bitchy is ok. Even on a smack blog. Here are the SMJ links:
I think it's hard (if not impossible) for a store to move from middle ground to the top. The designers that are middle ground will always stay there because there is no where better to go. Any designer that is better than average will either never sell there, or just use it as a stepping stone to a better store. Sad but true.
It's actually kind of a pain in the ass to search the archives here if you don't know exactly what you are searching for. Sometimes being a little less bitchy is ok. Even on a smack blog. Here are the SMJ links:
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It's actually NOT that hard to go back one thread and read a few posts. The blog train just started yesterday, for christsake. Just read thru yesterday's posts. I agree with OP on this one, it's not everyone else's job to search the previous posts and re-post them here, and or to go search the blog train and post the "good links" here. Someone just posted a list of the few worthwhile portions out of the first 20 yesteday. OMG.
I realize that this may not really reflect sales. But I usually don't "like" a store in FB unless I want the sales and other promos to come up in my feed. I also find these numbers interesting because individual designers within the stores actually have higher fan bases than the store itself.
I also find these numbers interesting because individual designers within the stores actually have higher fan bases than the store itself. ---------
I'm not sure why that 'surprises' you. I don't like store fan pages, but I do like designer fan pages. Firstly because I don't necessarily like every designer in a single store and secondly, designers give away the occasional freebie. Maybe stores do too, I don't know, but I doubt it.
Except not everyone visits this blog every day. So how would they know they only had to look one page back? No need to get worked up over it.
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she said "I'm lazy" and asked if someone would just link her straight to the good blog train portions. any IDIOT would know that it launched yesterday, and that you only have to look back one day. WTF. now who's all worked up? you're the one who keeps posting to defend this lazy idiot. or maybe you're the idiot.
Aimee Harrison has some nice plain cardstock. Armina has some nice plain torn cardstock overlays. If you're a designer, you probably already have the master (blank) copies of these CU items.
Of the monkey things, Digilicious (not Digi-licious, not Digiloulous) and Misty Cato were my two favorites, and I kept most of both kits.
Third place was a 4-way tie: Dutsji, Hornbuckle, Moon, and Milly Dee, but I deleted more than half of each kit.
Mdl, Lolipop and CGD, KOD, PZ, UM, and Mandy King got Honorable Mentions because I kept a couple of things from all of them.
Caveat here - I picked up a lot of ribbons and strings and more than a few papers. The rest was mostly hit and miss, so I don't really have a usable kit. I thought this was better than the Pirate kit, but after checking the file numbers (of things I kept), I think it's only because there were better papers this month. It's hard to believe anything was worse than the pirate kit, but from what I kept, Monkeys was worse!
Seriously people! Having to search for things takes away from my youtube fun. *sighs*
Seriously though, thank you for the link. I'm actually pretty shocked that such a well known designer would scan things that are obviously NOT generic.
And for the blog-train... choo choo.
I'm going to say that my fav is by Wishing Well.. I hope next months palette isn't quite so fugly.
I liked the palette. Good for something fall...but, I did NOT like the theme. I had signed up for it...and dropped out after I saw the first couple previews...just yuck. Sometimes its better NOT to be associated with one, otherwise my name might be brought up here again, too LOL!
I'm not sure why that 'surprises' you. I don't like store fan pages, but I do like designer fan pages. Firstly because I don't necessarily like every designer in a single store and secondly, designers give away the occasional freebie. Maybe stores do too, I don't know, but I doubt it.
June 2, 2011 6:09 PM
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I usually like most of the designers at one store. SSD and SO are examples were there are only a couple designers that aren't my style. So I'm looking for storewide sales. I don't really care about freebies.
It surprised me because I never really thought about that as a trend. It wasn't a bad surprise and it makes sense especially since desingers move around.
Anyone thought of informing the Action maker since the actions are CU and not CU4CU. I wonder if a customer is allowed to make CU elements out of them?
I get so tired of people complaining about the blog train. Not everyone hates it. I have over 600 downloads and it's day 2 and oh, my name wasn't mentioned here.
So get over it. Lots of people are liking these trains. Some of you don't - fine. Go out and buy a mega kit.
You can inform a designer in a profesional way. If she has given permission, fine. If not, she will decide what to do. No need to scream and yell at piracy or whatever. Just inform the designer. Simple.
^^^^ Great attitude. I know I don't buy from you, because I don't buy from anyone who participated in that blog train. Now I can happily continue to avoid you, all of you.
So?! Contact her! She may not read this blog. What do you want us to do? Tar and feather Mariscraps? It's possible that she purchased a CU4CU. __________________________________
She's french and her english isn't that great. I doubt she reads this blog.
She's french and her english isn't that great -------
I don't care if she only speaks ancient Rumanian. It's her responsibility to learn the TOU of products if she's going to sell her designs. End of story!
So?! Contact her! She may not read this blog. What do you want us to do? Tar and feather Mariscraps? It's possible that she purchased a CU4CU. -----------
This kind of stuff is brought all the time on this blog, why make an exception this time? Besides, no one is tarring and feathering. Did you post about the screaming and yelling? Someone seems prone to exaggeration.
I get so tired of people complaining about the blog train. Not everyone hates it. I have over 600 downloads and it's day 2 and oh, my name wasn't mentioned here.
So get over it. Lots of people are liking these trains. Some of you don't - fine. Go out and buy a mega kit.
June 2, 2011 10:13 PM
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Some people love to get freebies and will download anything. Some of the kits are ok considering the color scheme you all had to work with. I just don't understand why the color schemes are always so blah. So it might be better to take these complaints and improve on the next blog train. As the designers offering the freebies, it's a good idea to offer the best samples of your work. I know many of those designers have a better eye for color than the train offers!
Great attitude. I know I don't buy from you, because I don't buy from anyone who participated in that blog train. Now I can happily continue to avoid you, all of you. ___________________________________
Actually, there's nothing wrong with that attitude. It's basically a free mega kit offered to the public. If you don't like it fine but why all the bitching? (yes I know it's a smack blog.) No one is forcing anyone to download it. All the bitching is is pretty childish. Not everyone will like the colors so oh well, then pay for one you do like.
I don't care if you buy from me or not - honestly I don't.
So?! Contact her! She may not read this blog. What do you want us to do? Tar and feather Mariscraps? It's possible that she purchased a CU4CU.
--------- If Mariscraps does something she is not supposed to (assuming there is no additional CU4CU licence) we should say nothing? Why? Who will tar and feather? The TOU is clear. Maybe she didn't read it properly? If it is in English and her English is poor?
If Mariscraps does something she is not supposed to (assuming there is no additional CU4CU licence) we should say nothing? Why? Who will tar and feather? The TOU is clear. Maybe she didn't read it properly? If it is in English and her English is poor?
June 2, 2011 10:22 PM
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Then contact Mariscraps. She probably doesn't read this blog. This isn't the end-all source for diginews and many choose to avoid it. To not contact her directly is cowardly since you think she misunderstood the TOU.
Actually, there's nothing wrong with that attitude. It's basically a free mega kit offered to the public. If you don't like it fine but why all the bitching? (yes I know it's a smack blog.) No one is forcing anyone to download it. All the bitching is is pretty childish. Not everyone will like the colors so oh well, then pay for one you do like.
I don't care if you buy from me or not - honestly I don't.'
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I didn't bitch in the first place. I liked the color palette, just not the theme.
You complaining about the critiques is childish and unprofessional. Take it on board and listen to the consumer. It's about them, not you. Deal with it!
Then contact Mariscraps. She probably doesn't read this blog. This isn't the end-all source for diginews and many choose to avoid it. To not contact her directly is cowardly since you think she misunderstood the TOU. ------
Why the fuck don't you seeing as you are so concerned and all. Get off the smack blog and do the right thing. Geez.
This kind of stuff is brought all the time on this blog, why make an exception this time? Besides, no one is tarring and feathering.
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I don't think the problem is that it is brought up. It is that it usually results in "contact the designer" because posting here will not stop piracy. Only the original designer can do that. I agree that there is no way to know if the designers read this blog. So just take it to the source. And I already did contact Delicious Scraps, so bitchy people can just sit on their hands!
I've noticed that more paper companies are releasing some of their older paper lines as digital kits. ie. Basic Grey, etc...
Do you think this will cause a shift in the digi industry away from regular digi designers? Or maybe attract more people to the industry (ie. paper scrappers coming to buy the digi versions of paper scrapbooking lines)???
I think it's hard (if not impossible) for a store to move from middle ground to the top. The designers that are middle ground will always stay there because there is no where better to go. Any designer that is better than average will either never sell there, or just use it as a stepping stone to a better store. Sad but true. -----
Weren't the current top stores at one point a middle ground store? They all had to start somewhere. What makes them go from non existent to automatic top store while others open and then slowly make it to middle ground (or not and end up closing)?
You complaining about the critiques is childish and unprofessional. Take it on board and listen to the consumer. It's about them, not you. Deal with it! _____________________________________
I call bullshit. A consumer is someone who actually buys something. The blog train is a freebie bonanza. And as I already told you, I have over 600 downloads (645 as of this morning) of my contribution, so obviously not many people agree with your assessment.
I thought Little Dreamer closed and wasn't coming back? Anyone know if they will be making a comeback? I really loved Michelle Coleman's designs and couldn't afford them all before she closed shop..and cant find them for sale anywhere. Anyone have any info or know if her digital designs are for sale online somewhere?
I think she is focusing on photography now and planning on that being a store for photography designs. http://www.littledreamerstudio.com/# if you click on her blog link she just posted a couple of weeks ago
"I have over 600 downloads (645 as of this morning) of my contribution"
Speaking from experience, 645 is NOT by any means a big number for a FREE mini kit. If you are confident with the quality of your stuff, you might want to improve the preview. :)
"I have over 600 downloads (645 as of this morning) of my contribution"
Speaking from experience, 645 is NOT by any means a big number for a FREE mini kit. If you are confident with the quality of your stuff, you might want to improve the preview. :) ---------
For this particular BT, I usually average 1500-2000 DL's over the course of the month. So 645 in the first 24 hours is good traffic, especially considering that the thing launched mid-week this time and most people (with jobs, anyway) won't get around to this until the weekend. I'm not the "645 OP" by the way... just someone who thinks that someone else should stick to talking ONLY about what they actually know.
I don't think that the blog train should stop by any means. I think it has the potential to bring new customers to the designers who participate in them.
I'm sorry if it hurts your feelings, but the colors in the blog trains have not been very appealing. The Monkey swatch would have been really difficult to work with. I agree with the other poster who said that maybe you all should speak up about the themes/colors when they aren't as nice as they could be. If you are going to put in the hard work to make the mini, it should have the potential to bring you as many new customers as possible. A more appealing swatch would bring in more interest.
You don't need to be offended by hearing that the swatch was ugly, unless you are the one who chose it. And if you are the one who chose it (Trish) maybe you should let someone else suggest a swatch once or twice and see how that goes. Or choose 5 or 6 swatches and let everyone vote.
yes, here's the link from the previous page before we switched to a new space: http://www.digishoptalk.com/products/showphoto.php?photo=91859&cat=all&limit=last1
You don't need to be offended by hearing that the swatch was ugly, unless you are the one who chose it. And if you are the one who chose it (Trish) maybe you should let someone else suggest a swatch once or twice and see how that goes. Or choose 5 or 6 swatches and let everyone vote. ----
I think allowing everyone to vote is a great idea. If that takes up too much time then someone else should definitely choose the colors next time to see if it works out better.
You don't need to be offended by hearing that the swatch was ugly, unless you are the one who chose it. And if you are the one who chose it (Trish) maybe you should let someone else suggest a swatch once or twice and see how that goes. Or choose 5 or 6 swatches and let everyone vote. ----
I think allowing everyone to vote is a great idea. If that takes up too much time then someone else should definitely choose the colors next time to see if it works out better.
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They could put up a week long poll in the public forum and let everyone choose. After all, it is the customer who gets the kit. Why not let the majority choose the colors they like. It's win win for customer and designer.
I wonder if people are not taking the theme a little bit to much to the letter. "Monkeying around" could mean having fun, and have nothing to do with monkeys, jungles or bananas. Maybe some designers are staying stuck on the wording of the theme, instead of being creative about it. After all, how many people would have use for 100 mini-kits featuring monkeys, even if all of them were great?
I wrote to Deliciousscrapshop, and gave her the exact info thats posted above. Yes, I told her where I got it. Her reply is that she DOES now allow CU4CU with her freebie items, but only with permission. She is checking to see if permission was given in that case. FYI
Yes to poster 11:07 - the designers are taking both the palette and the theme too literally. And this is the difference between a Top Tier artistic designer and a weak, more mechanical, designer.
Take a look at collabs from the more artisitic of the "Top Tier" stores like 9th & Bloom, Digichick, yeah, yeah, you all know the "Top Tier" names that have been posted here. None of the kits are matchy-matchy, and not all the elements pertain to the theme or title of the collab.
If you can find a CU monkey, then so can every other designer, so either make your own, or don't include one.
Designers in a large blog train like this need to step it UP, not DOWN, and find a way to pull away from the pack.
I can see that if 100 designers were actually DESIGNING creatively, with whatever color palette and theme, the blog train could become a great mega, but as someone stated, being too litteral about it (and maybe not so creative) gives something that might be not as appealing.
So, maybe it is not the color or the theme that are the "problems".
I think many of the designers just did a mini without thinking how it woudl fit together with all the rest of the minis .. so they wanted to do a cute monkey and did it ... not giving a damn that there were already 75 of them.
I do still think a monkey kit with no green for leaves or yellow for bananas is stupid.
^^^^ Who said you were forbidden from adding other colors? adding a touch of yellow probably would have been a great addition, and would show some "thinking outside the box" from a palette.
Good Lord please give me the patience to accept the idiots on this blog. If you don't like the Blog Train or theme or swatch then find something else to bitch about because there are plenty of us who are getting downloads and not just from freebie hunters as I see customers names when they've left comments. Yes, some could have taken the thing a bit farther but this kit is good for making LOs for children who Monkey Around, play Monkey See and Monkey Do along with some of the other word art. Maybe you are the ones who can't see out of the box or you just don't have children that might find this blog train cute, or your kids are past the age for acting like monkeys but actually thinking about it you all are sounding a lot like a barrel of monkeys!! ROFL
^^^ Instead of acting like a child pouting because you are not hearing the kind of grateful happy feedback you want on the train, maybe you should take some of it to heart. I am not a freebie hunter. I only download freebies if I'm checking out a new designer.
After following this blog train the only designer I would purchase from based on it would be Misty Cato. And I already purchase from her. I'm sure that there were other potentially good designs there and I may have found new designers I like. But the colors were so off putting to me, that I didn't even bother to download more than 5.
Yes you are probably getting tons and tons of downloads. And they are likely the freebie hunters that are willing to download anything and everything because they NEVER pay for a kit and have to take what they can get. Is that really the only people you want to attract with the blog train?
Sometimes it's not just ungrateful bitches who are making comments. Sometimes it's your potential customer base. Just advice from someone who actually buys kits. Take it or leave it, but know that not all of us are bitching because we didn't get the free kit we felt we "deserved" to have.
Alyssa maybe she read some of the shit you posted on Baby Gaga over the years. It's sure as hell not the first time people have questions whether your child or children are real or made up and where you actually live.
You are a drama whore and you have been for years. You love it. Don't act all surprised that some of the shit you have stirred up over the years online has come back to land in your lap.
How about instead of the long story short, you tell us the real story. You have no problem copying and pasting your store owner's email. Why not your emails with Lizzy? Makes me think that there is a little more to the story than you are telling us. And that little bit makes you look really really bad.
Alyssa, I'm sorry but I don't believe what you said about your story with Lizzy. I think there is more to it than you are telling us.
Even if it is true, it isn't that you took the Shilo situation public. It's that you acted a fool in doing it. You went about it in an extremely unprofessional, immature and dramatic fashion. You could have made it public without all of this. You made yourself a pariah.
If Lizzy really did say what you said she did, she did you a favor in telling you that your public behavior is a problem. You could have just taken the advice, changed your attitude and behavior and had a future doing something fun that you obviously enjoyed doing.
Plus she really could have just cut to the chase and told you no, sorry but your design skills aren't even nearly what they need to be to sell in a store like 9&B.
What I'd really like to know is how you, a victim of theft, came out looking like the complete psycho in that scenario. Shilo should have been the one taking the beating. Somehow you managed to pull the rug of shame out from under her and whirl it into your own personal shit storm.
It was more than $6. I ruined my reputation because l was planning to retire anyway. --- Why did you apply to 9&B if you were planning to retire anyway? If you were planning to retire you wouldn't have applied anywhere. That's just an excuse because you got turned down and acted like a child in return which has kind of forced you to retire. Or make a new name and start applying everywhere with it....
I don't buy it. If Lizzy was also saying nasty things then you would post the emails to try and ruin her reputation as well. Yet you haven't posted any of the emails so you're lying
If what we think doesn't matter then why do you keep coming back here trying to explain yourself? We matter enough for you to waste your precious time doing that.
I know Lizzy and she isn't a nasty person. I have never heard her make a rude comment to anyone or about anyone. Ever. Unfortunately SD, you haven't proven yourself to be that kind of person.
Also, if you don't care what we think, why the hell are you here telling us your sob story again?
I was actually one of the people who originally defended you here when you brought out the story with Shilo. At this point I'm beginning to wonder how much of that story was actually true.
I applied before I found out Shilo was stealing from me. Why do you all ASSume so much? Maybe. Just maybe if I get really bored on my computer later I'll get the dates of the emails just to show you. But wait...nvm. You're anonymous. What you think doesn't matter!
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You applied before you found out she was stealing from you. Yet the reason you were denied a spot was because you made it public that she was stealing from you. Wanna explain how that works?
I call bullshit. A consumer is someone who actually buys something. The blog train is a freebie bonanza. And as I already told you, I have over 600 downloads (645 as of this morning) of my contribution, so obviously not many people agree with your assessment.
I'm on my phone at the moment so I can't get the exact wording without it take forever. But I still not going to disclose the full contents of the whole emails since like I said, it was a personal argument. ^^^ Your emails with Michelle were a personal argument but you had no problem making those public.
I'm not trying to talk you into showing the emails, I'm just pointing out that you're lying and making excuses.
Yes, some could have taken the thing a bit farther but this kit is good for making LOs for children who Monkey Around, play Monkey See and Monkey Do along with some of the other word art. Maybe you are the ones who can't see out of the box or you just don't have children that might find this blog train cute, or your kids are past the age for acting like monkeys ---------------
My seven year old didn't care for most of the kits, she thought they were ugly.
Sometimes it's not just ungrateful bitches who are making comments. Sometimes it's your potential customer base. Just advice from someone who actually buys kits. Take it or leave it, but know that not all of us are bitching because we didn't get the free kit we felt we "deserved" to have. --------------------
SD here you are complaining that Lizzy wouldn't let you into her store because of how you take things public. Can you really blame her? Look at how you handle all the situations that haven't gone your way. You act like a spoiled brat when you don't get what you want.
If what you've said is true then Lizzy absolutely did the right thing telling you no. Why would she want you in her store? Even if you were the most talented designer out there, you are an insane drama magnet. You offer nothing to a shop but a huge headache and a bad reputation by association. And you obviously don't see that you have brought this on yourself. Not only do you not take ownership of your poor behavior, you seem proud of it.
SD here you are complaining that Lizzy wouldn't let you into her store because of how you take things public. Can you really blame her? Look at how you handle all the situations that haven't gone your way. You act like a spoiled brat when you don't get what you want.
If what you've said is true then Lizzy absolutely did the right thing telling you no. Why would she want you in her store? Even if you were the most talented designer out there, you are an insane drama magnet. You offer nothing to a shop but a huge headache and a bad reputation by association. And you obviously don't see that you have brought this on yourself. Not only do you not take ownership of your poor behavior, you seem proud of it.
Actually Alyssa, we are all just like you. We have real lives outside of digi scrap when we turn off our computers. We come here to be entertained by a little bit of drama and to find out what is happening in digi scrap. The difference is that the rest of us can still go about the community enjoying ourselves, while you made yourself look like a complete ass and the village idiot.
You can say you don't care what we think. But you are still here defending yourself.
Quite a few read this blog and I'm very sure that it isn't all designers or store owners..I'm not a designer or store owner! I found THIS link because I use (lol!) Swagbucks search to come to this blog.
http://bizinformation.co/www.dsthof.blogspot.com
Looks to me like more than a "few" scrappers, designers and store owners frequent here so I would watch what I said under my own name if I did indeed care about my rep.
Obviously what we think DOES matter or you wouldn't have retired because of people talking about your tits and you wouldn't have lost a guest spot because of how you behave here.
Everything is so simple but you all insist on making everything so complicated because your lives must be so boring and uninteresting that you make things that happen online (like this) matter more than they should. ------------
And yet, here you are again and again and again and again and again, ad nauseam.
I highly doubt that. Well you might have a life outside of digiscrap but, is it "interesting"? If what happens on this blog is more entertaining than your real life, somethings wrong. You all probably sign on here everyday because you lives off the internet are horrendous. -----------------------------------
sigh.. WHY are you continuing to come on here and argue? Talk about others reading here? If I were you I'd STOP making myself look worse and go play with my child while waiting for dinner.
Studio Demo. You are ridiculous. I was completely on your side during the issue with Shilo. Now though... Michelle and Lizzy made a very good decision in regards to you. Please go crawl back into your amazing real life.
SD I actually kind of feel bad for you because I don't think you realize the damage you could be doing to yourself right now. All of your name calling and insulting people's lifestyles is just making you look worse.
I don't know if you realize it, but a lot of employers Google their potential employees before hiring them. The more you continue to stir things up, the more bad links appear online for your future employers to read. You may not care about your online persona, but your future employer is bound to. And with the current job market, there are so many people looking for employment, that you never know what might be the one thing that will cause you to be passed over.
If you really are about to graduate from college, that means you are on the threshold of a new career. If I were you, I'd call it a loss, walk away now and try to learn from my mistakes.
If you don't believe me, feel free to Google the name Amanda Dykan. Her whole downfall began first with her poor choices regarding copyright. But that was really blown up after she repeatedly poking a stick at the readers of this blog. You might find that the things you say and do online can cause long term damage.
I don't know if you realize it, but a lot of employers Google their potential employees before hiring them. The more you continue to stir things up, the more bad links appear online for your future employers to read. You may not care about your online persona, but your future employer is bound to. And with the current job market, there are so many people looking for employment, that you never know what might be the one thing that will cause you to be passed over. ---- Very good point. You may want to pay attention to that, Alyssa. If you plan on being a teacher then you definitely need to worry about how you look. Schools will google you, check your facebook, myspace, blogs, anything they can find. In your case they would find a lot right now and it wouldn't be good.
Online business is actually a great deal MORE about reputation than it is about product.
Maybe you think it shouldn't be, but it is. (Don't believe me? Go do some marketing training. You'll find out that all big business hire several full time staff for reputation management alone.)
Unless you have a product that is unique and people can't get it anywhere else (and I'm not sure such a product even exists anymore) then your reputation is the ONLY thing that sets you apart from your competitors.
When you grow up, you'll realize that it's true. For now though carry on being young and immature. It's amusing me.
I wouldn't ASSume the people on this blog are nobodies. It is fairly obvious that many of the people reading this blog are store owners and designers. I think there are a large amount of bigger name designers here also. More than one might expect at least.
I know I am an established designer with a thriving online design business that continues to grow each month. I didn't have to know anyone to get where I am. Hard work and good designs got me here.
That was good advice the op gave you about your future. Some employers actually hire people to find out about you. Online searches are easy. Schools are not lax about whom they hire.
Your statement that you have someone who can get you in tells me a lot about you. It tells me that you live a life where you have been enabled and spoon fed and that you feel very entitled. Which explains a lot about your behavior here.
That's not how the real world works. Once you are out from under mommy and daddy's wing, your tantrums and obnoxious behavior are not going to get you what you want. It's just going to get you fired and repeatedly ostracized.
I am not going to pretend that I care about your future, because I don't. However, I am going to take a moment to thank God that I do not live in Bermuda, where it is a possiblity that you could someday be a teacher to my children.
If you didn't get my point, you never will. However, I will try and explain it to you. You are constantly telling us how sad our lives are because we are all worked up about this internet drama, but apparently that doesn't apply to you, even though you are here, almost constantly. The fact that you like drama tells me that your life isn't as interesting as you make it out to be. Which is probably why you think we all have boring and horrendous lives too. I do believe they call that deflecting.
You're delusional. I don't care who you think you know, it's not going to help you when you're attempting to get a job as a teacher. You chose the wrong career if you don't want to act professional. Hopefully you'll grow up a lot before you actually get that degree. Also, I'm pretty sure it's impossible to get a teaching degree in 3 years, even elementary education takes at least 4.
You're quite amusing. You know so little yet think you know everything. I guess that's how most children are though.
---- If I'm a child how old are you? Are you jealous of my youth that you no longer have?
---- I'm not old in age by any means. I also know many people younger than you who I do not consider children because they do not act like children as you do.
What a joke. Do you watch the news? Teachers are getting the shaft- and districts are cutting foreign languages teachers left and right. And if I googled you and found this while incident you can bet I'd make a stink at the school board about the immature brat they hired. But maybe you can teach the kids "fuck" in those languages too.
Alyssa you aren't a very nice person. I think you are not very happy with your life which is why you are so nasty here. You seem to think that your actions online do not reflect on you as a person because it is "online" and not real life. But guess what, it is still YOU doing it, your actions and what you say make you the person that you are. Does it really matter if it's online or off? You have to live with the person that you are either way.
Let's skip over the fact that you are here ONLINE shitting on everyone who is online, but guess what, some of us work online. I make a good living online. It is possible, despite your own bad experience with it. Coming to this blog is like going to the watercooler for some gossip. Thanks for providing some for us, btw.
I would happily own up to the fact that I completely love every minute of my "boring" at home life. With my family and friends who care about me. Also I love my online life and job, and the several close friendships that I've made that started online and moved into real life, which I have not ruined by publicly acting badly. Oh...and I also like my 5 kid boobies.
I think the fact that your online job didn't work out for you (because of your own actions btw) has made you bitter toward everyone that it does work for. Now...back to work for me. Thanks for the break!
My life doesn't revolve around the internet or drama. It just so happens that it is giving me something to do right now while I wait to go to dinner. ----------
There could be a ton of us, but only one of you, which makes you even sadder than the rest of us, doesn't it?
Probably because you flash your body all over the place, are immature and obviously starving for attention. ---------
I'm not a fan of Alyssa, but your posts are getting out of hand. I wouldn't call showing some cleavage, flashing her body all over the place and you are the one that's starting to sound immature.
Maybe Studio Demo doesn't care about her reputation because her whole persona is fake. Personally her actions do not speak to me of a 21 year old in college.
Maybe Studio Demo doesn't care about her reputation because her whole persona is fake. Personally her actions do not speak to me of a 21 year old in college.
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that's what i got out of it too. my 12 year old acts better than SD does.
Wow. I haven't seen the blog like this in a long while. Anyone feel like someone is about to declare that deranged digiscrappers shot out her front door? This whole conversation takes me back to another time, another place, and another crazy person.
I am just an average scrapper, not a designer. I am not active on any CT's, although I have been in the past. I am not active in any "scrapbook community", I don't post on the message boards, and I don't post my layouts online anymore. I read the Digi boards for entertainment, and am constantly amazed at what people share on the internet. I freely admit to reading the scrapbook smack blogs, it is a guilty pleasure.
You can email me at: DSTHallofFame@gmail.com
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1 – 200 of 2452 Newer› Newest»Thanks! Here are some of our "unfinished(?)" businesses from the previous space:
1. "Happy Tits" (SD) and her termination from FPD (somehow involving 9&B's store owner)
2. SMJ and her allegedly scanned elements from Jolee
3. The blog train blog's monkey palette
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Please do continue.
I agree that Happy Tits blew it big time on this blog, and she clearly has no issues reporting word for word what goes on in her conversations ... so the fact that she isn't doing so with the 9th&Bloom that means she knows she screwed up.
I also think Michelle from Funky is a bitch with an agenda, so I think she probably mis-treated SD too.
I think it's pretty likely that Funky Michelle reads here, and that she was the store owner who posted about reading here. My guess is she has not wanted to associate herself and her store with SD ever since she introduced herself to us here with her collab drama...and then came back to stir it up over and over again. Sounds like SD said something stupid to Lizzy and Lizzy told Funky Michelle who then jumped at the smallest opportunity to get rid of SD.
you are probably right and if I owned a store I'd be looking for a reason to toss happy tits too
(aside - I would never have accepted her to my store in the first place - her blog shouting her immaturity the way it did and her designs aren't very exciting)
Does any designer post here under their real name? Or is everyone too afraid of being totally torn apart?
1. ( o Y o )
2. Scanned stuff? I'd like to see links of both products.
3. The colors are icky!!! Who had good pieces? I'm lazy! Post the good blog links here.
Holy shit! Very, very tacky and unprofessional of Alyssa to post a public note about FPD and 9&B on FB. She's likely messed up any chance of ever getting into a good store not that she could have anyway.
Does any designer post here under their real name? Or is everyone too afraid of being totally torn apart?
1. ( o Y o )
2. Scanned stuff? I'd like to see links of both products.
3. The colors are icky!!! Who had good pieces? I'm lazy! Post the good blog links here.
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1. ha
2. it's all in the previous space, do your own work and go look back there and you'll find the links. where have you been?
3. someone already posted a few of the portions that were decent in the previous space, again. DO YOUR OWN WORK. it's not our job to spoon feed this stuff to you.
and yes, I have seen designers post here under their account name before, but usually only to clear up a misunderstanding that they weren't the one targeted for (I remember Chelle doing this once, and maybe Rachael B? -- and oh, of course, happy tits...)
I'm the one who posted earlier about being a store owner who reads this blog, and I'm not Michelle. That's not to say that she isn't here checking things out, too, as I am sure a lot of us are. But not fair to assume she's here stirring the pot and trying to provoke Studio Demo, just based on the fact that another store owner offered their opinion up. :-)
No one said Funky Michelle was stirring the pot. And even though it's not fair to assume that she is here posting, I do assume that she reads here. I would if I were a store owner.
Does any designer post here under their real name? Or is everyone too afraid of being totally torn apart?
1. ( o Y o )
2. Scanned stuff? I'd like to see links of both products.
3. The colors are icky!!! Who had good pieces? I'm lazy! Post the good blog links here.
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1. ha
2. it's all in the previous space, do your own work and go look back there and you'll find the links. where have you been?
3. someone already posted a few of the portions that were decent in the previous space, again. DO YOUR OWN WORK. it's not our job to spoon feed this stuff to you.
and yes, I have seen designers post here under their account name before, but usually only to clear up a misunderstanding that they weren't the one targeted for (I remember Chelle doing this once, and maybe Rachael B? -- and oh, of course, happy tits...)
June 2, 2011 3:17 PM
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It's actually kind of a pain in the ass to search the archives here if you don't know exactly what you are searching for. Sometimes being a little less bitchy is ok. Even on a smack blog. Here are the SMJ links:
http://www.shabbymissjenndesigns.com/shoppe/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=819
http://www.simonsaysstamp.com/servlet/the-29643/Jolee's-Boutique-FUN-AT/Detail
http://cgi.ebay.ca/FUN-BEACH-Sand-Sun-Glasses-Pail-Jolees-Boutique-/260780981641?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item3cb7c1fd89
Thanks! Here are some of our "unfinished(?)" businesses from the previous space:
1. "Happy Tits" (SD) and her termination from FPD (somehow involving 9&B's store owner)
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When did 9th and Bloom become a "big league store"? Don't you have to have "big" sales for that moniker?
FPD will never be "big league" with their ho-hum generic designers.
People were guessing that SD was going to be guesting for 9th and Bloom in June. Maybe that is how they became part of this equation/
I agree about Funky - it will never go anywhere. Everyone was so excited about it when it re-opened and then it just fizzled.
I think it's hard (if not impossible) for a store to move from middle ground to the top. The designers that are middle ground will always stay there because there is no where better to go. Any designer that is better than average will either never sell there, or just use it as a stepping stone to a better store. Sad but true.
It's actually kind of a pain in the ass to search the archives here if you don't know exactly what you are searching for. Sometimes being a little less bitchy is ok. Even on a smack blog. Here are the SMJ links:
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It's actually NOT that hard to go back one thread and read a few posts. The blog train just started yesterday, for christsake. Just read thru yesterday's posts. I agree with OP on this one, it's not everyone else's job to search the previous posts and re-post them here, and or to go search the blog train and post the "good links" here. Someone just posted a list of the few worthwhile portions out of the first 20 yesteday. OMG.
Except not everyone visits this blog every day. So how would they know they only had to look one page back? No need to get worked up over it.
This may help quantify the top stores (or not). Just FYI.
Facebook Fans
9th & Bloom = 1915
SSD = 2022
SO = 1719
SBG = 1796
GP = 1770
CatScrap = 1390
After5 = 2019
TDC = 1283
The Lilypad = 1908
Scrapmatters = 1221
FPD = 951
I realize that this may not really reflect sales. But I usually don't "like" a store in FB unless I want the sales and other promos to come up in my feed. I also find these numbers interesting because individual designers within the stores actually have higher fan bases than the store itself.
I also find these numbers interesting because individual designers within the stores actually have higher fan bases than the store itself.
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I'm not sure why that 'surprises' you. I don't like store fan pages, but I do like designer fan pages. Firstly because I don't necessarily like every designer in a single store and secondly, designers give away the occasional freebie. Maybe stores do too, I don't know, but I doubt it.
Except not everyone visits this blog every day. So how would they know they only had to look one page back? No need to get worked up over it.
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she said "I'm lazy" and asked if someone would just link her straight to the good blog train portions. any IDIOT would know that it launched yesterday, and that you only have to look back one day. WTF. now who's all worked up? you're the one who keeps posting to defend this lazy idiot. or maybe you're the idiot.
Aimee Harrison has some nice plain cardstock. Armina has some nice plain torn cardstock overlays. If you're a designer, you probably already have the master (blank) copies of these CU items.
Of the monkey things, Digilicious (not Digi-licious, not Digiloulous) and Misty Cato were my two favorites, and I kept most of both kits.
Third place was a 4-way tie: Dutsji, Hornbuckle, Moon, and Milly Dee, but I deleted more than half of each kit.
Mdl, Lolipop and CGD, KOD, PZ, UM, and Mandy King got Honorable Mentions because I kept a couple of things from all of them.
Caveat here - I picked up a lot of ribbons and strings and more than a few papers. The rest was mostly hit and miss, so I don't really have a usable kit. I thought this was better than the Pirate kit, but after checking the file numbers (of things I kept), I think it's only because there were better papers this month. It's hard to believe anything was worse than the pirate kit, but from what I kept, Monkeys was worse!
For anyone wanting to see the previews to 60 of the kits, here's the photobucket link:
http://gs132.photobucket.com/groups/q40/R4ILKXR878/
BUT I'M LAZY!
Seriously people! Having to search for things takes away from my youtube fun. *sighs*
Seriously though, thank you for the link. I'm actually pretty shocked that such a well known designer would scan things that are obviously NOT generic.
And for the blog-train... choo choo.
I'm going to say that my fav is by Wishing Well.. I hope next months palette isn't quite so fugly.
the blog train comes out every 2 months. won't be another till August thank heavens.
Am I the only one who liked the palette? I just didn't like what people did with it!
I liked the palette. Good for something fall...but, I did NOT like the theme. I had signed up for it...and dropped out after I saw the first couple previews...just yuck. Sometimes its better NOT to be associated with one, otherwise my name might be brought up here again, too LOL!
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Is that you SD?
I'm not sure why that 'surprises' you. I don't like store fan pages, but I do like designer fan pages. Firstly because I don't necessarily like every designer in a single store and secondly, designers give away the occasional freebie. Maybe stores do too, I don't know, but I doubt it.
June 2, 2011 6:09 PM
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I usually like most of the designers at one store. SSD and SO are examples were there are only a couple designers that aren't my style. So I'm looking for storewide sales. I don't really care about freebies.
It surprised me because I never really thought about that as a trend. It wasn't a bad surprise and it makes sense especially since desingers move around.
Things that make you go mmmm....
selling CU bows:
http://coolscrapsdigital.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_414&products_id=9035
made with free actions:
http://www.deliciousscrapshop.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=67_89_80&products_id=351
http://www.deliciousscrapshop.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=67_89_80&products_id=345
Anyone thought of informing the Action maker since the actions are CU and not CU4CU. I wonder if a customer is allowed to make CU elements out of them?
^contact the action designer. But the terms might allow for CU products.
Her terms do not allow for use of CU items.
Here's a snippet:
ERMS OF USE:
These items are for Commercial Use. The following are the restrictions of use.
YOU MAY NOT:
1. Claim as your own.
2. Redistrubute as a COMMERCIAL USE item. You MAY NOT create commercial use products with my items.
I think point no. 2 is pretty clear.
So?! Contact her! She may not read this blog. What do you want us to do? Tar and feather Mariscraps? It's possible that she purchased a CU4CU.
http://www.deliciousscrapshop.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=83&products_id=344
I get so tired of people complaining about the blog train. Not everyone hates it. I have over 600 downloads and it's day 2 and oh, my name wasn't mentioned here.
So get over it. Lots of people are liking these trains. Some of you don't - fine. Go out and buy a mega kit.
You can inform a designer in a profesional way. If she has given permission, fine. If not, she will decide what to do. No need to scream and yell at piracy or whatever. Just inform the designer. Simple.
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Great attitude. I know I don't buy from you, because I don't buy from anyone who participated in that blog train. Now I can happily continue to avoid you, all of you.
So?! Contact her! She may not read this blog. What do you want us to do? Tar and feather Mariscraps? It's possible that she purchased a CU4CU.
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She's french and her english isn't that great. I doubt she reads this blog.
No need to scream and yell at piracy or whatever.
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I didn't see any screaming and yelling and no one mentioned piracy until you showed up.
She's french and her english isn't that great
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I don't care if she only speaks ancient Rumanian. It's her responsibility to learn the TOU of products if she's going to sell her designs. End of story!
So?! Contact her! She may not read this blog. What do you want us to do? Tar and feather Mariscraps? It's possible that she purchased a CU4CU.
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This kind of stuff is brought all the time on this blog, why make an exception this time? Besides, no one is tarring and feathering. Did you post about the screaming and yelling? Someone seems prone to exaggeration.
I get so tired of people complaining about the blog train. Not everyone hates it. I have over 600 downloads and it's day 2 and oh, my name wasn't mentioned here.
So get over it. Lots of people are liking these trains. Some of you don't - fine. Go out and buy a mega kit.
June 2, 2011 10:13 PM
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Some people love to get freebies and will download anything. Some of the kits are ok considering the color scheme you all had to work with. I just don't understand why the color schemes are always so blah. So it might be better to take these complaints and improve on the next blog train. As the designers offering the freebies, it's a good idea to offer the best samples of your work. I know many of those designers have a better eye for color than the train offers!
Great attitude. I know I don't buy from you, because I don't buy from anyone who participated in that blog train. Now I can happily continue to avoid you, all of you.
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Actually, there's nothing wrong with that attitude. It's basically a free mega kit offered to the public. If you don't like it fine but why all the bitching? (yes I know it's a smack blog.) No one is forcing anyone to download it. All the bitching is is pretty childish. Not everyone will like the colors so oh well, then pay for one you do like.
I don't care if you buy from me or not - honestly I don't.
So?! Contact her! She may not read this blog. What do you want us to do? Tar and feather Mariscraps? It's possible that she purchased a CU4CU.
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If Mariscraps does something she is not supposed to (assuming there is no additional CU4CU licence) we should say nothing? Why? Who will tar and feather? The TOU is clear. Maybe she didn't read it properly? If it is in English and her English is poor?
Trish decides the colors for each one and then posts them in the DCR. We don't get to choose.
Did you post about the screaming and yelling? Someone seems prone to exaggeration.
June 2, 2011 10:19 PM
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Nope wasn't me.
If Mariscraps does something she is not supposed to (assuming there is no additional CU4CU licence) we should say nothing? Why? Who will tar and feather? The TOU is clear. Maybe she didn't read it properly? If it is in English and her English is poor?
June 2, 2011 10:22 PM
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Then contact Mariscraps. She probably doesn't read this blog. This isn't the end-all source for diginews and many choose to avoid it. To not contact her directly is cowardly since you think she misunderstood the TOU.
Trish decides the colors for each one and then posts them in the DCR. We don't get to choose.
June 2, 2011 10:22 PM
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Well, that isn't working. Every time the BT comes around everyone complains about the colors.
Actually, there's nothing wrong with that attitude. It's basically a free mega kit offered to the public. If you don't like it fine but why all the bitching? (yes I know it's a smack blog.) No one is forcing anyone to download it. All the bitching is is pretty childish. Not everyone will like the colors so oh well, then pay for one you do like.
I don't care if you buy from me or not - honestly I don't.'
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I didn't bitch in the first place. I liked the color palette, just not the theme.
You complaining about the critiques is childish and unprofessional. Take it on board and listen to the consumer. It's about them, not you. Deal with it!
Then contact Mariscraps. She probably doesn't read this blog. This isn't the end-all source for diginews and many choose to avoid it. To not contact her directly is cowardly since you think she misunderstood the TOU.
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Why the fuck don't you seeing as you are so concerned and all. Get off the smack blog and do the right thing. Geez.
Trish decides the colors for each one and then posts them in the DCR. We don't get to choose.
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Yeah you do. She ain't your mommy and ain't your bedtime. You do have a choice. Someone needs to speak up.
Why the fuck don't you seeing as you are so concerned and all. Get off the smack blog and do the right thing. Geez.
June 2, 2011 10:40 PM
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Wow! You sure are bitchy!
You must be concerned too since you replied to the topic. So get busy, bitch!
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With what? Bitch slapping you? If only I could.
Why the fuck don't you seeing as you are so concerned and all. Get off the smack blog and do the right thing. Geez.
June 2, 2011 10:40 PM
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aw, the big bad bully has to use bad words to sound authoritative. :(
We're still here... neener-neener
People were guessing that SD was going to be guesting for 9th and Bloom in June. Maybe that is how they became part of this equation/
June 2, 2011 4:04 PM
On SD's fan page there's previews for a collab done with Secret Stash @ 9th&B... maybe something to do with that? It isn't listed anywhere.
This kind of stuff is brought all the time on this blog, why make an exception this time? Besides, no one is tarring and feathering.
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I don't think the problem is that it is brought up. It is that it usually results in "contact the designer" because posting here will not stop piracy. Only the original designer can do that. I agree that there is no way to know if the designers read this blog. So just take it to the source. And I already did contact Delicious Scraps, so bitchy people can just sit on their hands!
I've noticed that more paper companies are releasing some of their older paper lines as digital kits. ie. Basic Grey, etc...
Do you think this will cause a shift in the digi industry away from regular digi designers? Or maybe attract more people to the industry (ie. paper scrappers coming to buy the digi versions of paper scrapbooking lines)???
What's your opinion on this?
^^^^^^^
And the sanctimonious can come and preach. I'm so glad we have you in the world.
We're still here... neener-neener
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Isn't it past your bedtime?
Isn't it past your bedtime?
June 2, 2011 11:09 PM
Nope. It's day time here. Self-centered American thinking the world revolves around your time zones. That explains the lack of class.
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Speaking of class while hanging and posting on a smack blog is hysterical.
PS: Hate to burst your little bubble, but I'm not an American either. You should get out more.
Speaking of class while hanging and posting on a smack blog is hysterical.
June 2, 2011 11:16 PM
LMAO!!!
PS: Hate to burst your little bubble, but I'm not an American either. You should get out more.
June 2, 2011 11:18 PM
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Canadian? Even worse. ;)
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Wherever you're from, that's not where I'm from.
Wow! You sure are bitchy!
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Jealous?
Only white-trash takes pride in their bitchiness.
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Only white trash call other people white trash. This is merely an observation and not anything else.
Thanks "ladies". I needed a good laugh. (and I'm not American or Canadian)
I think it's hard (if not impossible) for a store to move from middle ground to the top. The designers that are middle ground will always stay there because there is no where better to go. Any designer that is better than average will either never sell there, or just use it as a stepping stone to a better store. Sad but true.
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Weren't the current top stores at one point a middle ground store? They all had to start somewhere. What makes them go from non existent to automatic top store while others open and then slowly make it to middle ground (or not and end up closing)?
You complaining about the critiques is childish and unprofessional. Take it on board and listen to the consumer. It's about them, not you. Deal with it!
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I call bullshit. A consumer is someone who actually buys something. The blog train is a freebie bonanza. And as I already told you, I have over 600 downloads (645 as of this morning) of my contribution, so obviously not many people agree with your assessment.
Deal with it.
http://www.littledreamerdesigns.com/
It says "New Site Coming Soon"
I thought Little Dreamer closed and wasn't coming back? Anyone know if they will be making a comeback? I really loved Michelle Coleman's designs and couldn't afford them all before she closed shop..and cant find them for sale anywhere. Anyone have any info or know if her digital designs are for sale online somewhere?
I think she is focusing on photography now and planning on that being a store for photography designs.
http://www.littledreamerstudio.com/#
if you click on her blog link she just posted a couple of weeks ago
"I have over 600 downloads (645 as of this morning) of my contribution"
Speaking from experience, 645 is NOT by any means a big number for a FREE mini kit.
If you are confident with the quality of your stuff, you might want to improve the preview. :)
"I have over 600 downloads (645 as of this morning) of my contribution"
Speaking from experience, 645 is NOT by any means a big number for a FREE mini kit.
If you are confident with the quality of your stuff, you might want to improve the preview. :)
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For this particular BT, I usually average 1500-2000 DL's over the course of the month. So 645 in the first 24 hours is good traffic, especially considering that the thing launched mid-week this time and most people (with jobs, anyway) won't get around to this until the weekend. I'm not the "645 OP" by the way... just someone who thinks that someone else should stick to talking ONLY about what they actually know.
I don't think that the blog train should stop by any means. I think it has the potential to bring new customers to the designers who participate in them.
I'm sorry if it hurts your feelings, but the colors in the blog trains have not been very appealing. The Monkey swatch would have been really difficult to work with. I agree with the other poster who said that maybe you all should speak up about the themes/colors when they aren't as nice as they could be. If you are going to put in the hard work to make the mini, it should have the potential to bring you as many new customers as possible. A more appealing swatch would bring in more interest.
You don't need to be offended by hearing that the swatch was ugly, unless you are the one who chose it. And if you are the one who chose it (Trish) maybe you should let someone else suggest a swatch once or twice and see how that goes. Or choose 5 or 6 swatches and let everyone vote.
I think someone named a kit Doggie Style? In my opinion.. BEST KIT NAME EVER!
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yes, here's the link from the previous page before we switched to a new space:
http://www.digishoptalk.com/products/showphoto.php?photo=91859&cat=all&limit=last1
sooooo funny.
You don't need to be offended by hearing that the swatch was ugly, unless you are the one who chose it. And if you are the one who chose it (Trish) maybe you should let someone else suggest a swatch once or twice and see how that goes. Or choose 5 or 6 swatches and let everyone vote.
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I think allowing everyone to vote is a great idea. If that takes up too much time then someone else should definitely choose the colors next time to see if it works out better.
You don't need to be offended by hearing that the swatch was ugly, unless you are the one who chose it. And if you are the one who chose it (Trish) maybe you should let someone else suggest a swatch once or twice and see how that goes. Or choose 5 or 6 swatches and let everyone vote.
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I think allowing everyone to vote is a great idea. If that takes up too much time then someone else should definitely choose the colors next time to see if it works out better.
June 3, 2011 11:00 AM
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They could put up a week long poll in the public forum and let everyone choose. After all, it is the customer who gets the kit. Why not let the majority choose the colors they like. It's win win for customer and designer.
I wonder if people are not taking the theme a little bit to much to the letter. "Monkeying around" could mean having fun, and have nothing to do with monkeys, jungles or bananas. Maybe some designers are staying stuck on the wording of the theme, instead of being creative about it. After all, how many people would have use for 100 mini-kits featuring monkeys, even if all of them were great?
Things that make you go mmmm....
selling CU bows:
http://coolscrapsdigital.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_414&products_id=9035
made with free actions:
http://www.deliciousscrapshop.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=67_89_80&products_id=351
http://www.deliciousscrapshop.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=67_89_80&products_id=345
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***UPDATE***
I wrote to Deliciousscrapshop, and gave her the exact info thats posted above. Yes, I told her where I got it. Her reply is that she DOES now allow CU4CU with her freebie items, but only with permission. She is checking to see if permission was given in that case. FYI
Is Shabby Princess the same person as Shabby Miss Jenn?
Is Shabby Princess the same person as Shabby Miss Jenn?
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Nope. Two different folks.
Yes to poster 11:07 - the designers are taking both the palette and the theme too literally. And this is the difference between a Top Tier artistic designer and a weak, more mechanical, designer.
Take a look at collabs from the more artisitic of the "Top Tier" stores like 9th & Bloom, Digichick, yeah, yeah, you all know the "Top Tier" names that have been posted here. None of the kits are matchy-matchy, and not all the elements pertain to the theme or title of the collab.
If you can find a CU monkey, then so can every other designer, so either make your own, or don't include one.
Designers in a large blog train like this need to step it UP, not DOWN, and find a way to pull away from the pack.
If you can find a CU monkey, then so can every other designer, so either make your own, or don't include one.
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A-fricking-MEN!
I think a lo of people DID draw their own monkeys, but even so ... you just don't need so many monkeys.
This song comes to mind. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt3R6oTDt44
damn why didn't i think of designing burning monkeys for the kit ...
I can see that if 100 designers were actually DESIGNING creatively, with whatever color palette and theme, the blog train could become a great mega, but as someone stated, being too litteral about it (and maybe not so creative) gives something that might be not as appealing.
So, maybe it is not the color or the theme that are the "problems".
I think many of the designers just did a mini without thinking how it woudl fit together with all the rest of the minis .. so they wanted to do a cute monkey and did it ... not giving a damn that there were already 75 of them.
I do still think a monkey kit with no green for leaves or yellow for bananas is stupid.
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Who said you were forbidden from adding other colors? adding a touch of yellow probably would have been a great addition, and would show some "thinking outside the box" from a palette.
Good Lord please give me the patience to accept the idiots on this blog. If you don't like the Blog Train or theme or swatch then find something else to bitch about because there are plenty of us who are getting downloads and not just from freebie hunters as I see customers names when they've left comments. Yes, some could have taken the thing a bit farther but this kit is good for making LOs for children who Monkey Around, play Monkey See and Monkey Do along with some of the other word art. Maybe you are the ones who can't see out of the box or you just don't have children that might find this blog train cute, or your kids are past the age for acting like monkeys but actually thinking about it you all are sounding a lot like a barrel of monkeys!! ROFL
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Instead of acting like a child pouting because you are not hearing the kind of grateful happy feedback you want on the train, maybe you should take some of it to heart. I am not a freebie hunter. I only download freebies if I'm checking out a new designer.
After following this blog train the only designer I would purchase from based on it would be Misty Cato. And I already purchase from her. I'm sure that there were other potentially good designs there and I may have found new designers I like. But the colors were so off putting to me, that I didn't even bother to download more than 5.
Yes you are probably getting tons and tons of downloads. And they are likely the freebie hunters that are willing to download anything and everything because they NEVER pay for a kit and have to take what they can get. Is that really the only people you want to attract with the blog train?
Sometimes it's not just ungrateful bitches who are making comments. Sometimes it's your potential customer base. Just advice from someone who actually buys kits. Take it or leave it, but know that not all of us are bitching because we didn't get the free kit we felt we "deserved" to have.
Alyssa maybe she read some of the shit you posted on Baby Gaga over the years. It's sure as hell not the first time people have questions whether your child or children are real or made up and where you actually live.
You are a drama whore and you have been for years. You love it. Don't act all surprised that some of the shit you have stirred up over the years online has come back to land in your lap.
How about instead of the long story short, you tell us the real story. You have no problem copying and pasting your store owner's email. Why not your emails with Lizzy? Makes me think that there is a little more to the story than you are telling us. And that little bit makes you look really really bad.
Alyssa, I'm sorry but I don't believe what you said about your story with Lizzy. I think there is more to it than you are telling us.
Even if it is true, it isn't that you took the Shilo situation public. It's that you acted a fool in doing it. You went about it in an extremely unprofessional, immature and dramatic fashion. You could have made it public without all of this. You made yourself a pariah.
If Lizzy really did say what you said she did, she did you a favor in telling you that your public behavior is a problem. You could have just taken the advice, changed your attitude and behavior and had a future doing something fun that you obviously enjoyed doing.
Plus she really could have just cut to the chase and told you no, sorry but your design skills aren't even nearly what they need to be to sell in a store like 9&B.
What I'd really like to know is how you, a victim of theft, came out looking like the complete psycho in that scenario. Shilo should have been the one taking the beating. Somehow you managed to pull the rug of shame out from under her and whirl it into your own personal shit storm.
It was more than $6. I ruined my reputation because l was planning to retire anyway.
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Why did you apply to 9&B if you were planning to retire anyway? If you were planning to retire you wouldn't have applied anywhere. That's just an excuse because you got turned down and acted like a child in return which has kind of forced you to retire. Or make a new name and start applying everywhere with it....
I don't buy it. If Lizzy was also saying nasty things then you would post the emails to try and ruin her reputation as well. Yet you haven't posted any of the emails so you're lying
If what we think doesn't matter then why do you keep coming back here trying to explain yourself? We matter enough for you to waste your precious time doing that.
I know Lizzy and she isn't a nasty person. I have never heard her make a rude comment to anyone or about anyone. Ever. Unfortunately SD, you haven't proven yourself to be that kind of person.
Also, if you don't care what we think, why the hell are you here telling us your sob story again?
I was actually one of the people who originally defended you here when you brought out the story with Shilo. At this point I'm beginning to wonder how much of that story was actually true.
I applied before I found out Shilo was stealing from me. Why do you all ASSume so much? Maybe. Just maybe if I get really bored on my computer later I'll get the dates of the emails just to show you. But wait...nvm. You're anonymous. What you think doesn't matter!
June 3, 2011 4:34 PM
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You applied before you found out she was stealing from you. Yet the reason you were denied a spot was because you made it public that she was stealing from you. Wanna explain how that works?
I call bullshit. A consumer is someone who actually buys something. The blog train is a freebie bonanza. And as I already told you, I have over 600 downloads (645 as of this morning) of my contribution, so obviously not many people agree with your assessment.
Deal with it.
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My, my, my, so professional. I'm impressed.
I'm on my phone at the moment so I can't get the exact wording without it take forever. But I still not going to disclose the full contents of the whole emails since like I said, it was a personal argument.
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Your emails with Michelle were a personal argument but you had no problem making those public.
I'm not trying to talk you into showing the emails, I'm just pointing out that you're lying and making excuses.
Yes, some could have taken the thing a bit farther but this kit is good for making LOs for children who Monkey Around, play Monkey See and Monkey Do along with some of the other word art. Maybe you are the ones who can't see out of the box or you just don't have children that might find this blog train cute, or your kids are past the age for acting like monkeys
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My seven year old didn't care for most of the kits, she thought they were ugly.
Sometimes it's not just ungrateful bitches who are making comments. Sometimes it's your potential customer base. Just advice from someone who actually buys kits. Take it or leave it, but know that not all of us are bitching because we didn't get the free kit we felt we "deserved" to have.
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Word!
SD here you are complaining that Lizzy wouldn't let you into her store because of how you take things public. Can you really blame her? Look at how you handle all the situations that haven't gone your way. You act like a spoiled brat when you don't get what you want.
If what you've said is true then Lizzy absolutely did the right thing telling you no. Why would she want you in her store? Even if you were the most talented designer out there, you are an insane drama magnet. You offer nothing to a shop but a huge headache and a bad reputation by association. And you obviously don't see that you have brought this on yourself. Not only do you not take ownership of your poor behavior, you seem proud of it.
SD here you are complaining that Lizzy wouldn't let you into her store because of how you take things public. Can you really blame her? Look at how you handle all the situations that haven't gone your way. You act like a spoiled brat when you don't get what you want.
If what you've said is true then Lizzy absolutely did the right thing telling you no. Why would she want you in her store? Even if you were the most talented designer out there, you are an insane drama magnet. You offer nothing to a shop but a huge headache and a bad reputation by association. And you obviously don't see that you have brought this on yourself. Not only do you not take ownership of your poor behavior, you seem proud of it.
June 3, 2011 4:57 PM
BRAVO!
Actually Alyssa, we are all just like you. We have real lives outside of digi scrap when we turn off our computers. We come here to be entertained by a little bit of drama and to find out what is happening in digi scrap. The difference is that the rest of us can still go about the community enjoying ourselves, while you made yourself look like a complete ass and the village idiot.
You can say you don't care what we think. But you are still here defending yourself.
Even in an online business, you have to have business persona. And it can't be that of a spoiled, pampered, immature brat.
Quite a few read this blog and I'm very sure that it isn't all designers or store owners..I'm not a designer or store owner! I found THIS link because I use (lol!) Swagbucks search to come to this blog.
http://bizinformation.co/www.dsthof.blogspot.com
Looks to me like more than a "few" scrappers, designers and store owners frequent here so I would watch what I said under my own name if I did indeed care about my rep.
Obviously what we think DOES matter or you wouldn't have retired because of people talking about your tits and you wouldn't have lost a guest spot because of how you behave here.
I'm not the one Shilo emailed but I wish I was!
Everything is so simple but you all insist on making everything so complicated because your lives must be so boring and uninteresting that you make things that happen online (like this) matter more than they should.
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And yet, here you are again and again and again and again and again, ad nauseam.
I highly doubt that. Well you might have a life outside of digiscrap but, is it "interesting"? If what happens on this blog is more entertaining than your real life, somethings wrong. You all probably sign on here everyday because you lives off the internet are horrendous.
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sigh.. WHY are you continuing to come on here and argue? Talk about others reading here? If I were you I'd STOP making myself look worse and go play with my child while waiting for dinner.
Studio Demo. You are ridiculous. I was completely on your side during the issue with Shilo. Now though... Michelle and Lizzy made a very good decision in regards to you. Please go crawl back into your amazing real life.
SD I actually kind of feel bad for you because I don't think you realize the damage you could be doing to yourself right now. All of your name calling and insulting people's lifestyles is just making you look worse.
I don't know if you realize it, but a lot of employers Google their potential employees before hiring them. The more you continue to stir things up, the more bad links appear online for your future employers to read. You may not care about your online persona, but your future employer is bound to. And with the current job market, there are so many people looking for employment, that you never know what might be the one thing that will cause you to be passed over.
If you really are about to graduate from college, that means you are on the threshold of a new career. If I were you, I'd call it a loss, walk away now and try to learn from my mistakes.
If you don't believe me, feel free to Google the name Amanda Dykan. Her whole downfall began first with her poor choices regarding copyright. But that was really blown up after she repeatedly poking a stick at the readers of this blog. You might find that the things you say and do online can cause long term damage.
Wow. What a trainwreck you are! Thanks for the entertainment, ya big hot mess! :]
I don't know if you realize it, but a lot of employers Google their potential employees before hiring them. The more you continue to stir things up, the more bad links appear online for your future employers to read. You may not care about your online persona, but your future employer is bound to. And with the current job market, there are so many people looking for employment, that you never know what might be the one thing that will cause you to be passed over.
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Very good point. You may want to pay attention to that, Alyssa.
If you plan on being a teacher then you definitely need to worry about how you look. Schools will google you, check your facebook, myspace, blogs, anything they can find. In your case they would find a lot right now and it wouldn't be good.
Online business is actually a great deal MORE about reputation than it is about product.
Maybe you think it shouldn't be, but it is. (Don't believe me? Go do some marketing training. You'll find out that all big business hire several full time staff for reputation management alone.)
Unless you have a product that is unique and people can't get it anywhere else (and I'm not sure such a product even exists anymore) then your reputation is the ONLY thing that sets you apart from your competitors.
When you grow up, you'll realize that it's true. For now though carry on being young and immature. It's amusing me.
6:02 is very correct. It's unfortunate that your degree isn't in public relations Alyssa. Might have saved you from all of this nonsense.
I wouldn't ASSume the people on this blog are nobodies. It is fairly obvious that many of the people reading this blog are store owners and designers. I think there are a large amount of bigger name designers here also. More than one might expect at least.
I know I am an established designer with a thriving online design business that continues to grow each month. I didn't have to know anyone to get where I am. Hard work and good designs got me here.
You're quite amusing. You know so little yet think you know everything. I guess that's how most children are though.
I didn't think your tits were all that nice, actually. Average at best.
Its just not as sad as those whose lives revolve around internet drama.
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And yet, here you are. You are constantly contradicting yourself.
That was good advice the op gave you about your future. Some employers actually hire people to find out about you. Online searches are easy. Schools are not lax about whom they hire.
Your statement that you have someone who can get you in tells me a lot about you. It tells me that you live a life where you have been enabled and spoon fed and that you feel very entitled. Which explains a lot about your behavior here.
That's not how the real world works. Once you are out from under mommy and daddy's wing, your tantrums and obnoxious behavior are not going to get you what you want. It's just going to get you fired and repeatedly ostracized.
I am not going to pretend that I care about your future, because I don't. However, I am going to take a moment to thank God that I do not live in Bermuda, where it is a possiblity that you could someday be a teacher to my children.
I didn't think your tits were all that nice, actually. Average at best.
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LMAO! Agreed.
Well I wish you would turn it off forever then. Your phone also since you said that's what you're on now. Please just stop talking.
I like drama period. Your point?
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If you didn't get my point, you never will. However, I will try and explain it to you. You are constantly telling us how sad our lives are because we are all worked up about this internet drama, but apparently that doesn't apply to you, even though you are here, almost constantly. The fact that you like drama tells me that your life isn't as interesting as you make it out to be. Which is probably why you think we all have boring and horrendous lives too. I do believe they call that deflecting.
You're delusional. I don't care who you think you know, it's not going to help you when you're attempting to get a job as a teacher. You chose the wrong career if you don't want to act professional. Hopefully you'll grow up a lot before you actually get that degree. Also, I'm pretty sure it's impossible to get a teaching degree in 3 years, even elementary education takes at least 4.
...must be your amazing karma you've accumulated.
You're quite amusing. You know so little yet think you know everything. I guess that's how most children are though.
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If I'm a child how old are you? Are you jealous of my youth that you no longer have?
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I'm not old in age by any means. I also know many people younger than you who I do not consider children because they do not act like children as you do.
What a joke. Do you watch the news? Teachers are getting the shaft- and districts are cutting foreign languages teachers left and right. And if I googled you and found this while incident you can bet I'd make a stink at the school board about the immature brat they hired. But maybe you can teach the kids "fuck" in those languages too.
Alyssa you aren't a very nice person. I think you are not very happy with your life which is why you are so nasty here. You seem to think that your actions online do not reflect on you as a person because it is "online" and not real life. But guess what, it is still YOU doing it, your actions and what you say make you the person that you are. Does it really matter if it's online or off? You have to live with the person that you are either way.
Let's skip over the fact that you are here ONLINE shitting on everyone who is online, but guess what, some of us work online. I make a good living online. It is possible, despite your own bad experience with it. Coming to this blog is like going to the watercooler for some gossip. Thanks for providing some for us, btw.
I would happily own up to the fact that I completely love every minute of my "boring" at home life. With my family and friends who care about me. Also I love my online life and job, and the several close friendships that I've made that started online and moved into real life, which I have not ruined by publicly acting badly. Oh...and I also like my 5 kid boobies.
I think the fact that your online job didn't work out for you (because of your own actions btw) has made you bitter toward everyone that it does work for. Now...back to work for me. Thanks for the break!
My life doesn't revolve around the internet or drama. It just so happens that it is giving me something to do right now while I wait to go to dinner.
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There could be a ton of us, but only one of you, which makes you even sadder than the rest of us, doesn't it?
Blogger Studio Demo said...
I didn't think your tits were all that nice, actually. Average at best.
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Let's see yours. :) lol right.
June 3, 2011 6:27 PM
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I don't flash my tits around on blog headers like you do, tyvm. ;)
Alyssa will be one of those slutty teachers that fucks all the 'cute' boys in the high school.
Alyssa, I think you are bipolar, do everyone and yourself a favor and seek treatment.
w.t.f. http://www.digiridooscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=17979&cat=0&page=1
Because you have nothing to show off obviously. I have the body so why hide it?
June 3, 2011 6:48 PM
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Or because I'm not a skank. I save the tit flashing for my husband. ;)
Alyssa will be one of those slutty teachers that fucks all the 'cute' boys in the high school.
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and then when she's caught, say it wasn't her fault, shilo made her do it
And this because I'm a bitch on a blog? Okay! Lol
June 3, 2011 6:49 PM
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Probably because you flash your body all over the place, are immature and obviously starving for attention.
Alyssa will be one of those slutty teachers that fucks all the 'cute' boys in the high school.
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That's uncalled for.
I've been seeing a psychiatrist...psychologist since I was 12 years old...More frequently back then. Nothing is wrong with me thanks. :)
June 3, 2011 6:52 PM
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Umm.
Will be back later though!
June 3, 2011 6:54 PM
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Oh, we know you will be, Happy Tits!
Ummm. My father passed away when I was 12. I took it really hard.
June 3, 2011 6:55 PM
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Sorry to hear that, this actually explains a lot.
w.t.f. http://www.digiridooscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=17979&cat=0&page=1
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The price tag is ridiculous.
What the heck is in the kit?
Probably because you flash your body all over the place, are immature and obviously starving for attention.
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I'm not a fan of Alyssa, but your posts are getting out of hand. I wouldn't call showing some cleavage, flashing her body all over the place and you are the one that's starting to sound immature.
Sorry to hear that, this actually explains a lot.
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It does? How?
I have no choice but to sit on the couch and be bored until 9 pm.
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And you call our lives uninteresting??
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If you had bothered to read the rest, you would know she's not at home, which is why, apparently, she's bored.
Aren't you eating dinner yet? LOL
Maybe Studio Demo doesn't care about her reputation because her whole persona is fake. Personally her actions do not speak to me of a 21 year old in college.
Maybe Studio Demo doesn't care about her reputation because her whole persona is fake. Personally her actions do not speak to me of a 21 year old in college.
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that's what i got out of it too. my 12 year old acts better than SD does.
Personally her actions do not speak to me of a 21 year old in college.
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Age has nothing to do with maturity.
I've been seeing a psychiatrist...psychologist since I was 12 years old...More frequently back then. Nothing is wrong with me thanks. :)
June 3, 2011 6:52 PM
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Umm.
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Didn't you know, only people who have nothing wrong with them see psychologists.
Wow. I haven't seen the blog like this in a long while. Anyone feel like someone is about to declare that deranged digiscrappers shot out her front door? This whole conversation takes me back to another time, another place, and another crazy person.
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Sorry, I just read about her father passing away.
20 years old and you need a ride?
maybe studio demo is Amanda Dykan
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