The average customer doesn't participate in challenges. The average customer buys the product and uses it to scrap pages for herself and her family.
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I would bet money that the average customer does not scrap with most of the kits she buys. I'm not sure what they're doing with them, but collecting them for later is my guess.
The only proof I have of this is all the questions I've seen, at DST and in the forums, asking how to manage 10000s of scrap kit files. If they were all used, then they'd probably have one big directory or EHD for the used kits, and just a small directory of the new ones in current use. Once I use everything I like in a kit, I am totally done with it and have no real reason to keep it.
I purchase from all the stores and designers I 'like' on FB. Otherwise, I wouldn't have bothered to put them in my feed. It's like following their blog or getting their newsletter.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ She's moved into photography as have other scrapbook designers. I think photography can be more lucrative than digital scrapbooking without all the drama.
I first encountered Holly at Digi Scrap Diva. Then I think she started the Plain Digital Wrapper site. Then she started Pink Ink Studios (photography related). It used to have a forum but now it is just a shop. My mind is blank about TDC but she was probably there too.
"This is true for me. For example, I read so much about 9th&Bloom, but was disappointed when I looked thru the store. The designs didn't appeal to me (on the day that I looked, maybe different now), but I guess my taste/style is different from the others who rave about it. ---------------------------- I've found my long lost twin! June 6, 2011 10:28 PM -----------------------------
Everyone talks about which stores they like, hate, top-tier, middle-tier, etc...
Why don't we write descriptions of the digi stores so people can maybe find new places to shop at that suit their style. I'll start.
ScrapOrchard - kits that are aimed at kids, cutesy, very themed kits aimed at a specific situation, since the kits are so themed I don't think they are flexible to use for other types of LO's
Holly doesn't design digiscrap anymore. She does photography resources. Some of her products are still at 2 peas though because even after you leave there your products have to stay.
Oh good to know about two peas. Sometimes when a designer retires, their products are just gone. I have thought there should be a site just for retiring designers to house their products. But probably no one in their right mind would want to host such a thing.
Oh shucks. And I thought facebook fan count was a boring enough topic. Now with SD showing up again, can we please go back to find out more about the bottom tier stores' traffic? __________
Anyone has a favorite bottom tier store in mind? :D
"Absolutely. Maya just loves to stalk that store and entice designers away. "
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Maya has always done that. She sends her rabid designers/CT to check out who is a prized designer at other stores and then she poaches them. She's being doing it for a long time.
"Absolutely. Maya just loves to stalk that store and entice designers away. "
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Maya has always done that. She sends her rabid designers/CT to check out who is a prized designer at other stores and then she poaches them. She's being doing it for a long time.
June 8, 2011 4:36 AM
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So what's wrong with that? Any store owner can do that.
The people on this blog can't stand cut-throat business practices. They want everything to be fair. But business is cut-throat and unfair. So they'll always be bitching about something.
"Absolutely. Maya just loves to stalk that store and entice designers away."
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If she's enticing them from there, wouldn't that mean she's offering them a better deal? Let me see if I've got this correct...a designer is supposed to pass on what could be a better deal because you don't like Maya or SBG. Oh yeah, that makes tremendous sense....not.
Personally, I want the owner of my store to actively work to build the best team of designers available. I don't want her to sit around and wait for them to apply, I want her to invite them. It looks to me like Maya sets her sights on the designers she thinks would make her store better, and then goes out to get them. How is that different from any business in the real world? Or most other stores in digi for that matter.
She definitely rubs people the wrong way in doing it. I'm not giving her any kudos for having the most pleasant personality. I've heard that she is very agressive and bullies and intimidates her team when things aren't going her way. Not the kind of work environment I'd personally want, but to each their own.
I've noticed that most of SBGs new designers were guests before they became permanent. To me that says the designer tried it out, and discovered that her sales were better there than they were at the store she came from. Either that or Maya knows the recipe to some really strong koolaid. Or maybe she just scares the shit out of them and they are afraid to leave?
so i'm wondering where COLS is? wasn't she supposed to open a new shop at SDD? no sign of her...but her ESS store is gone. not that i care...but i was waiting to see if yvonne changed her mind or not after reading that alot of the designers were NOT happy about her joining.
I think she thinks it's cute. She is obsessed with her own cuteness. At least her boobs are covered. Imagine that - she can wear 'island clothing' and STILL cover her boobs!
I've noticed that most of SBGs new designers were guests before they became permanent. To me that says the designer tried it out, and discovered that her sales were better there than they were at the store she came from. Either that or Maya knows the recipe to some really strong koolaid. Or maybe she just scares the shit out of them and they are afraid to leave? ------
Yes, she does that now, but hasn't in the past. Designers just used to turn up in her store.
who's moved from PBP to SBG? I don't follow PBP enough to know. ^^^ Dawn Inskip is one. Maybe Charlize, not sure. ---------
Natali Designs is another. A few others that are no longer designing. Wow, they joined SBG and after a year, retired completely. Things that make you go hmm.
The people on this blog can't stand cut-throat business practices. They want everything to be fair. But business is cut-throat and unfair. So they'll always be bitching about something. ------
We are talking about digi scrapping, honey, not a business that requires cut throat practices, it ain't that corporate.
We are talking about digi scrapping, honey, not a business that requires cut throat practices, it ain't that corporate.
June 8, 2011 5:55 PM
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Great, another mamsy-pamsy when it comes to business! No, it's not corporate but that doesn't change that there is competetion and some stores can steal away designers from other stores. Designers and store owners aren't doing this for free.
Great, another mamsy-pamsy when it comes to business! No, it's not corporate but that doesn't change that there is competetion and some stores can steal away designers from other stores. Designers and store owners aren't doing this for free. ----
No, not a mamsy pamsy, but someone who does know the difference between corporate and business. You clearly don't.
I still don't understand why it's so wrong to put new designers in your store. They have to come from someplace. -----
They do, but to actively entice designers away is not a good or wise business practice, despite what the other poster thinks. In a small business world, it's a good idea to get along with your competitors.
They do, but to actively entice designers away is not a good or wise business practice, despite what the other poster thinks. In a small business world, it's a good idea to get along with your competitors.
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If what you have to offer your designers as a store, is better than what someone else has to offer, your designers won't leave you for someone else. It's your responsibility to make your shop the place your designers want to stay. You can cry about it all you want, but if your store is a revolving door, maybe you need to rethink how you are doing things. Crying about how awful someone else is for stealing "your" designer isn't going to get you anywhere.
It's my personal opinion that designers deserve to take the best offer they can get. Whether or not you think it's fair for someone else to offer it.
They do, but to actively entice designers away is not a good or wise business practice, despite what the other poster thinks. In a small business world, it's a good idea to get along with your competitors.
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There's no evidence that SBG did this. We don't know how they got to the store other than by one stupid post on this blog.
Holly doesn't design digiscrap anymore. She does photography resources. Some of her products are still at 2 peas though because even after you leave there your products have to stay. June 7, 2011 7:04 PM
-------- Really? For how long? What a shitty contract.
In a small business world, it's a good idea to get along with your competitors.
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Says who?
I mean you shouldn't be publically fueding but I don't see that happening in this case. And you certainly don't need to be holding hands skipping down the street together either.
Also, PBP has the same opportunity to offer positions to SBG designers. I'm fairly certain that they have done their fair share of stealing designers away from other shops.
Designers don't belong to the stores. They work for themselves. So yeah, if another store owner comes into your store forum and asks the designers to come to their store instead, they are stepping over the line.
To make an offer to a designer privately is completely acceptable. If it's better than what the designer is currently getting, and the designer is in it to make money rather than friends, she'll likely take it. That's just how the world works.
About K studio aka Kristen Rice: I don't think there is a hidden drama there. Sometimes, as a designer, you want to have total control on your business and that's why you open your personal shop. Also, isn't Catscrap an exclusive store?
You can cry about it all you want, but if your store is a revolving door, maybe you need to rethink how you are doing things. Crying about how awful someone else is for stealing "your" designer isn't going to get you anywhere. -----
Also, PBP has the same opportunity to offer positions to SBG designers. I'm fairly certain that they have done their fair share of stealing designers away from other shops. ---
About K studio aka Kristen Rice: I don't think there is a hidden drama there. Sometimes, as a designer, you want to have total control on your business and that's why you open your personal shop. Also, isn't Catscrap an exclusive store?
June 8, 2011 6:55 PM
Kristen has had a personal store for a while now. She was adding her stuff to both shops but just last week she suddenly closed down her CS shop with no warning at all. CS isn't exclusive as Juliana Kneipp has a shop at Oscraps also. It might be part of a designers contract for them to be allowed an additional shop though.
I'm not a store owner. Don't ASSume things. ---------------- hmm, that's funny, there's only one person as of late who's been using that phrase (and that particular style of capitalizing half of that particular word)... and she claims that she left this blog and doesn't ever think about any of us and we all disappear when she turns her computer off. oddly, it would appear that she's still here, lurking... hi SD...
Sorry to bring up SD again but I remember at BG she said her daughter's name was Alani but on all her LOs at DST it says Alana. You should atleast keep your fake kids' names right.
Sorry to bring up SD again but I remember at BG she said her daughter's name was Alani but on all her LOs at DST it says Alana. You should atleast keep your fake kids' names right.
They are the same child. Alani is another name for Alana. She also calls her "Lani". Just like some parents will name their child John by call him Johnny.
I can understand the Lani being short for Alana or Alani but I've NEVER heard of someone giving the nickname Alani to someone named Alana. Just my 2 cents.
I can understand the Lani being short for Alana or Alani but I've NEVER heard of someone giving the nickname Alani to someone named Alana. Just my 2 cents.
June 8, 2011 8:22 PM
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Yeah, you're right. It couldn't be possible because you never heard of it. And you know how many Alana's? (you'll probably answer with some number.)
You've never heard of people putting the long e sound at the end of a name. Ever?
This uses both Lani and Alana: http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1299605&title=lani-kayla&cat=all
I can't believe she's all fake. It would be hard to scrap that many layouts of a fictitious persona. I'm not denying she's crazy though because of her actions here.
I saw something at BG where she said the father of 2 of her children was named Justin. But in an interview someone posted earlier with her farting picture she said she's been with her fiancee for 6 years and all her LOs of him say his name is Miguel. Just something else that doesn't make sense coming from her.
And after looking at the LO you just posted of Alana and Kayla that would mean 2 of her children were girls and the 3rd is a boy. Yet in another LO posted of Alana, it says she just has brothers. So Alyssa claims she has 2 boys and a girl but then she claims she has 2 girls and a boy? I've also seen her say she has children named Aaliyah, Alani, Alana, Maceo, Kayla, and possibly Alijah. Nothing she says makes sense.
What does that have to do with anything? I didn't mention all of the kids she has posted LOs of. Just the ones that I have SEEN her say herself were her kids.
I think Maceo, Alana, & Makayla are her children. I think the others are children of cousins or friends. I didn't have time to go through all of it. But she has a picture of her being pregnant with Maceo.
If that is true, then how come in the LO of Alana it says she has brotherS and doesn't mention any sisters? And at BG she said she had a daughter named Aaliyah.
In a thread at BG I saw Alyssa referring to one of her kids as ANDH so I tried to find more info and here is a thread of someone announcing Alyssa had her son ANDH in Dec of 08 so that would mean so far for sure she has claimed to have daughters named Alana and MaKayla and sons named Maceo and whatever ANDH stands for. Also odd that she is 20 years old and has claimed to have all these kids.
Well, then she's lying. I was hopeful for some reason. Or maybe she doesn't want anyone to know. Do her children really matter that much? Maybe she's hiding their identies? Good thing since she went psycho.
I don't read BG. That place is crazy. (I know, I read here and that doesn't make sense. lol)
Whether it was forever ago or not it doesn't change that she's claimed to have all these different kids. I'm not digging deep. Alyssa was accused of being fake at BG so many times. All you have to do is search Alyssa or Paper Planes on BG and it's all right there. Sorry but I didn't work much for it like you seem to think.
hmm, that's funny, there's only one person as of late who's been using that phrase (and that particular style of capitalizing half of that particular word)... and she claims that she left this blog and doesn't ever think about any of us and we all disappear when she turns her computer off. oddly, it would appear that she's still here, lurking... hi SD... ---------------
I didn't realize she had two kids ... her older is almost 4 - must be tough raising two young kids when she's that young ------------------------------- She's got to have more than two. The layout above is of two sisters. SD posted a photo of her with her son on facebook.
I'm trying to wrap my head around how a twenty year old, raises 2-4 ?? children, is going to college and may graduate early because she is so "smart" and took extra classes over the summer, started a digi scrap business, posts on a blog, posts on facebook, posts in various forums, does collabs with other designers, emails other store owners looking for guest spots, and during her off time when she is bored hangs out on an anonymous blog. My head is spinning just thinking about it. I suppose she cleans house, cooks and has time for her boyfriend.
I'm trying to wrap my head around how a twenty year old, raises 2-4 ?? children, is going to college and may graduate early because she is so "smart" and took extra classes over the summer, started a digi scrap business, posts on a blog, posts on facebook, posts in various forums, does collabs with other designers, emails other store owners looking for guest spots, and during her off time when she is bored hangs out on an anonymous blog. My head is spinning just thinking about it. I suppose she cleans house, cooks and has time for her boyfriend. ___________________
Yes, this. It's what's been spinning around in my head through this entire ordeal. What a load of bullshit. The whole lot of it.
so i'm wondering where COLS is? wasn't she supposed to open a new shop at SDD? no sign of her...but her ESS store is gone. not that i care...but i was waiting to see if yvonne changed her mind or not after reading that alot of the designers were NOT happy about her joining.
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It appears that COLS will not be opening shoppe at SDD. Her quality just was not good enough for a store at SDD.
amanda, aka COLS will argue over and over that its NOT her quality - its her artistic expression thats being judged. she just doesn't get that a stray pixel is just that..and shouldn't be there...or that pixelated area's are a no-no...its NOT artistic, its crap. she will argue till she is blue in the face about it, too. glad to hear that SDD made the RIGHT choice.
Sheesh taking a look at the Photography business at Pink Ink Studios, those girls must be making a KILLING. 30$ for 12 easy custom Photoshop shapes? I wish! It seems that they use special templates (Luxe?) that you can only get if you prove to the printing companies that you ARE a photographer though, I wonder how a designer gets their hands on those.
Sheesh taking a look at the Photography business at Pink Ink Studios, those girls must be making a KILLING. 30$ for 12 easy custom Photoshop shapes? I wish! It seems that they use special templates (Luxe?) that you can only get if you prove to the printing companies that you ARE a photographer though, I wonder how a designer gets their hands on those.
Easy explanation-they are selling for more because they are selling to professional photographers to use in their business unlike scrapbookers who wouldn't pay that for the same thing!!
Well yes but it makes you wonder why we don't all just switch to photography templates at 30$ a pop instead of wasting our time on 5$ sets. Some of those are insane, like 70$ for less than what you'd find in a scrap kit, a few frames, 5 background papers, a few templates... 70$! They must sell too as there were 100 customers browsing their site when I checked, they must be making a killing.
(I've always thought the digital scrapbook industry was underpriced and underpaid)
Maybe you should switch to photography sales then so you can make the kind of money you deserve to make. If we all switched "to photography templates at 30$ a pop instead of wasting our time on 5$ sets" all we would do is saturate their market and the prices would all drop.
You can't sell anything (including digital scrapkits) for more than the market is willing to pay. Even if all designers simultaneously raised prices to match those that you are looking at, it wouldn't necessarily force scrappers to pay more for their kits. It just means that most people would either start making their own scraps, stop scrapping, or start downloading shared kits instead of buying them. IMO, higher prices would mean fewer people would buy and designers would make even less than they are currently making.
You can't sell anything (including digital scrapkits) for more than the market is willing to pay. Even if all designers simultaneously raised prices to match those that you are looking at, it wouldn't necessarily force scrappers to pay more for their kits. It just means that most people would either start making their own scraps, stop scrapping, or start downloading shared kits instead of buying them. IMO, higher prices would mean fewer people would buy and designers would make even less than they are currently making.
That may be true but if they weren't sellIng at this site it wouldn't be out there and then again if it's new, it may very well not be out there too long at those prices!
That sort of stuff has been out there for years and years! It's not new at all. The Pink Ink Studio stuff is on the cheaper side, compared to some places.
she's too busy trying to reinvent herself as tiffany dazzle to stir up shit. she's still applying to stores and using the same kits, just slightly different, to show her designs and possibly get into a store.
If she wants to designer under 2 names and make it complicated, that's her business. ;) I think she's been at TLP for awhile but this is her first time selling there. Or maybe she had a guest spot while she was at SSD?
Anonymous said... If she wants to designer under 2 names and make it complicated, that's her business. ;) I think she's been at TLP for awhile but this is her first time selling there. Or maybe she had a guest spot while she was at SSD?
June 11, 2011 3:49 PM
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When a designer buys a CU item or a CU licence, is it valid for her alter egos as well?
I WAS a designer there. Trish sold it. The new owners had problems with the server, and decided it was too costly to 'fix' - so they shut it down. Right now - no warning.
I WAS a designer there. Trish sold it. The new owners had problems with the server, and decided it was too costly to 'fix' - so they shut it down. Right now - no warning.
"Enchanted Studio Scraps Our store is currently closed due to server issues. Please bear with us. Thanks!
2 hours ago"
Why would they ask us to "bear with them" if they were closing forever? Why not post that they are closed? (not that I'm bearing with them. I didn't care much for the store...)
I WAS a designer there. Trish sold it. The new owners had problems with the server, and decided it was too costly to 'fix' - so they shut it down. Right now - no warning.
______ Who did she sell it to? What kind of problems could they have with a server that would make it too costly? A hosting company can't charge you more just because their server went down or had a problem... they fix it and move on. Unless they just didn't realize how expensive a dedicated server can be. Or maybe Trish's husband hosted the site and that caused problems.
trish did sell it to amy because she can't spend the time needed to keep the site running. they are going to try to keep the site up but are looking at changing servers to someone that is more reliable.
That sucks for the ESS designers. Though frankly, working for Amy would suck too, so they were already in a pretty crummy spot. I hope that those who want to continue designing are able to find new homes.
Just going to clear the air here, and frankly I could care less if you all dont like what I have to say. I was in the process of selling the site to Amy (head admin), the server we were on (which is NOT hosted with my husband, but by GoDaddy) needed to be upgraded and we needed to go to a Dedicated server... I have 3 kids under 6 and frankly got tired of all the digi-land drama.. plain and simple ESS wasnt making money so I was done with it. It was taking up a lot of my time. Once we started having issues with the orders in X-cart, I gave amy the option of either continueing to keep ess open by making payments AND paying the $100 + a month cost for a dedicated server or closing the site altogether. I told her in the long run it just wasnt going to be worth it. My designers did nothing wrong.. I did nothing wrong... Amy did nothing wrong. One of the designers decided to help amy out with payments but in the end it didnt work out, so the door closed to the shop.
The forums and gallery are still open right now... the shop needed to be closed because the server could not handle the IPN's from PayPal and orders were being queued and needed to be manually processed. I have been on vacation with my husband the last week, and was simply waiting for Amy to give me an answer as to what she wanted to do with the site. All the designers were informed a few weeks ago that I was stepping down and Amy was taking over. At that time I had nothing to do with what was going on. Amy new that the server and IPN issues were being worked on at the time she took over, it wasnt until thursday that we were told the server needed to be upgraded to dedicated.
I put my family first and foremost. When it comes down to it, I can do with out the digi land drama in my life. I have other things I can be doing with my time. Words from across the internet do not bother me, and you can ask any of my designers and they will tell you I did all that I could for them and to give them a place to design freely.
Some big name designers started their journey in my shop at ESS, and you know what I am proud of that. It's time to say good bye to dealing with the store owner aspect of the digi world. Its not worth the time, money or drama.
Best of luck to you Trish. I know it's a ridiculous amount of work to keep a store running - many people simply have NO clue exactly how much behind the scenes work there is. I wish you and your kids the best.
Thank You!! I want you all to know that Amy worked just as hard as I did to keep ESS open. It was a decision we made together, and for this time it is the right one.
Unless you have been in our shoes, there is no room for negative talk. You do not know what it takes to run a full service site. You have to be 100% dedicated to it and that hardly leaves room for anything other.
I wish all the other store owners out there good luck, and commend them for keeping their sites up and running. It's NOT an easy job, and yes it is a full time job!
I can honestly say now, that I've been there and done that and Im not going back :)
Any person who starts a store who doesn't expect it to be FULL TIME is a moron. Plain and simple. Full time means 40 hours a week (at least) sitting on your ass in front of the computer running your store.
Running a store means advertising/promotion, recruiting, customer service, etc. That means dealing with the drama that comes when you not only have people to manage, but WOMEN to manage.
Just like most digital designers, digital store owners are never going to be paid a living wage.
The odds of a new store being successful are slim to NONE. I don't care if it's owned by the most well-known people in digiland, the odds are against you. You can run your store 100% perfectly and it can and will most likely fail. No one can work for pennies month after month, year after year.
I'm glad you finally stopped trying, Trish. Not because you're a bad person or a bad site owner, but because all that time spent on next to nothing can now be spent on things that mean more to you (like family) and can be put towards a better paying job (if you need one) that you can leave "at the office".
What would be nice... eventually the bigger stores eating up the smaller ones. Combine TDC, SSD, SO & 9th&B. I think the digi world would be better off with fewer stores.. and the stores that were open were stricter with quality control. Eventually things will regulate out. This is still such a new industry... it's going through all the normal aches and pains of a new craft with the added stress of an online environment in which EVERYONE's dirty laundry gets aired out in the open for people to nit pick. That's just my 2 cents.
I don't think one large store would be a good idea. It would be poorly run like most big box stores. Most of those stores could get more designers if they wanted to. Yet many stay the same size only taking on a designer if one leaves.
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You shouldn't have concerned yourself with the drama, you should have been running your business. I've been in four stores and none of the owners had drama or worried about drama that didn't concern them. All those stores are still around and going strong.
The problem is that so many people think running a digi store, or any online store for the matter, is mostly sitting back and raking in the money. Sure, that could be partly true if it's just one person, but the minute you have other people, then you have to deal with them, as well as the customer. Not to mention all the daily maintenance, etc.
I have to agree with the person who said that if you didn't think it was a full time job, you didn't think at all.
Sometimes the drama concerns one or some of your designers and you have no choice but to deal with it. It's not like Trish ever went looking for drama.
I'm pretty sure that's what cut-throat Maya wants! Stealing designers left and right...
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Oh please. Is Maya taking designers by force? Against their will? No. She obviously offers designers a spot and they accept it. She isn't kidnapping them. It is 100% the designer's choice to move or to stay. And why wouldn't they move if their sales are better there? Is it really so smart for the designer to choose stay in a smaller store with smaller customer base when they have the opportunity for more?
I don't understand why some people think that the industry would be better if all the smaller stores folded or merged into big stores. That would change the community feel of the industry totally, and less stores means less competition which means higher prices.
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That's not drama in digi land, that's drama in the store. Quite honestly, if Trish wasn't expecting some drama in her store, she was being naive.
I already get overwhelmed trying to find what I'm looking for at SSD. I would hate trying to wade through thousands of kit to find what I need for a project. I like smaller stores much better than large ones! Not that there aren't more than a few that need to shut down, just it wouldn't make sense if all the top stores merged into one mega one.
I don't understand why some people think that the industry would be better if all the smaller stores folded or merged into big stores. That would change the community feel of the industry totally, and less stores means less competition which means higher prices.
June 13, 2011 6:00 PM
ONE person posted about that. That hardly means "some people".
Oh please. Is Maya taking designers by force? Against their will? No. She obviously offers designers a spot and they accept it. She isn't kidnapping them.
^You need to look up the definition of cut-throat. It has nothing to do with kidnapping or taking designers against their will.
OH i never went looking for drama.. and MOST of the time the site was my full time job, but the money just wasnt there... I gave it a go, and like I said... its just not worth my time anymore. I knew 2years ago it was a full time job.. I didnt have 3 kids back them nor another full time job. I dont go looking for drama, the only drama I've really had has been since the announcment of the site closing which really is no big deal.. its just that.. a site closing and in reality it doesnt matter the reason.
Don't be such a bitch, everyone reads this blog - everyone. Which may be why she felt she needed to stop the rumors that were starting to build on here.
Trish - good luck with whatever you choose to do. You are a classy lady and I know you tried to do the right thing by your designers. Your family should come first - always.
(no I'm not a designer there, or a CT or Trish - just a customer)
Don't be such a bitch, everyone reads this blog - everyone. Which may be why she felt she needed to stop the rumors that were starting to build on here.
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What rumors?
There was no need to post here since she hates drama so much. It's a smack blog. You post, you get smacked.
Huh? One of the reasons you gave for closing the store was 'all the drama in digi land' and now you say there's been no drama.
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She doesn't have to tell you everything that happened....she owes you know explanation. She's just defending herself to you idiots who have nothing better to do than bash people to make you feel less insecure about yourself.
You shouldn't have concerned yourself with the drama, you should have been running your business. I've been in four stores and none of the owners had drama or worried about drama that didn't concern them. All those stores are still around and going strong.
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How would you know if the owners had drama, unless you WERE one of them? Most stores have at least a little drama....some of them close and some don't.
She's just defending herself to you idiots who have nothing better to do than bash people to make you feel less insecure about yourself.
June 13, 2011 7:56 PM
What is there to defend? The last thing that was posted was the statement about ESS closing posted on facebook. Nobody was smacking Trish up to that point. Wasn't that enough explanation for us? If she didn't post here in the first place, she wouldn't have had to defend herself.
Wow..I never knew about this site until today. You people are fucking pathetic. This is a HOBBY for most and yes it is a job for some. I'm glad that none of you have shit that stinks that you can sit here and be so fucking holier than thou.
What a fucking eye opener to see what a sad bunch of losers lives in the digi community. You people really have nothing better to do then sit around and talk shit about people you don't even KNOW?
You all need to grow the fuck up. This isn't high school and I assume you're all adults and probably most of you are parents.
Really and truly pathetic...assholes. I would love for the customers/members to know that store owners and designers talk and feel the way they do. The fact that you have this blog shows how low your own self esteem is and how really fucked up your own lives are.
What is there to defend? The last thing that was posted was the statement about ESS closing posted on facebook. Nobody was smacking Trish up to that point. Wasn't that enough explanation for us? If she didn't post here in the first place, she wouldn't have had to defend herself. --------------
Here's a little note for all of you. You're all a bunch of stuck up bitches and I feel bad for any children you may have. No wonder the world is going to Hell. People like you should be gathered up and shot.
Wow..I never knew about this site until today. You people are fucking pathetic. This is a HOBBY for most and yes it is a job for some. I'm glad that none of you have shit that stinks that you can sit here and be so fucking holier than thou.
You all won't be so happy to gossip when I spread this happy go lucky bitch fest all over digiland and you all lose your precious customers and money. --------
How do I become one of you? I'm DEFENDING the digi community. You're all sitting here bad mouthing people you don't know, websites that are no concern of yours and customers that you're supposedly faithful to.
Money hungry douche bags..That's all you guys are.
So apparently you guys don't like to scrap or design. Why else would you be smacking all the designers/stores? And if you DON'T, then why the hell do you care what the designers/stores do?
How do I become one of you? I'm DEFENDING the digi community. You're all sitting here bad mouthing people you don't know, websites that are no concern of yours and customers that you're supposedly faithful to.
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And you calling us douche bags and bitches is what??? That's not at all bad mouthing since we are all store owners and designers according to you?
So apparently you guys don't like to scrap or design. Why else would you be smacking all the designers/stores? And if you DON'T, then why the hell do you care what the designers/stores do? ------------------------------
EXACTLY!
It's because they're jealous. They're either shitty designers or store owners who suck at what they do.
Their mothers obviously didn't love them enough and they have no self esteem.
So apparently you guys don't like to scrap or design. Why else would you be smacking all the designers/stores? And if you DON'T, then why the hell do you care what the designers/stores do?
June 13, 2011 8:25 PM
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not all of smack everything moron. we have our favorites.
So apparently you guys don't like to scrap or design. Why else would you be smacking all the designers/stores? And if you DON'T, then why the hell do you care what the designers/stores do? ------------------------------
EXACTLY!
It's because they're jealous. They're either shitty designers or store owners who suck at what they do.
Their mothers obviously didn't love them enough and they have no self esteem.
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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The average customer doesn't participate in challenges. The average customer buys the product and uses it to scrap pages for herself and her family.
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I would bet money that the average customer does not scrap with most of the kits she buys. I'm not sure what they're doing with them, but collecting them for later is my guess.
The only proof I have of this is all the questions I've seen, at DST and in the forums, asking how to manage 10000s of scrap kit files. If they were all used, then they'd probably have one big directory or EHD for the used kits, and just a small directory of the new ones in current use. Once I use everything I like in a kit, I am totally done with it and have no real reason to keep it.
my 2¢, and I might be way off base
Are you kidding? You think all the designers at GP have quality products?
June 7, 2011 12:57 PM
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Most of them yes. I haven't purchased from all of them. Have you? If not, how would you know?
I'm not their FB fans but I buy from them.
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I purchase from all the stores and designers I 'like' on FB. Otherwise, I wouldn't have bothered to put them in my feed. It's like following their blog or getting their newsletter.
And wow! HC is still around?
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Why does HC being around surprise you?
Dude, I am so not in the know. I don't even know who "HC" is...
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She's moved into photography as have other scrapbook designers. I think photography can be more lucrative than digital scrapbooking without all the drama.
Oh! HOLLY!!! I remember her. I bought of her kits way back when she was at TDC!
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I thought she meant Holly McCaig. But that would not be HC would it. Maybe a typo???
I first encountered Holly at Digi Scrap Diva. Then I think she started the Plain Digital Wrapper site. Then she started Pink Ink Studios (photography related). It used to have a forum but now it is just a shop. My mind is blank about TDC but she was probably there too.
"This is true for me.
For example, I read so much about 9th&Bloom, but was disappointed when I looked thru the store. The designs didn't appeal to me (on the day that I looked, maybe different now), but I guess my taste/style is different from the others who rave about it.
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I've found my long lost twin!
June 6, 2011 10:28 PM
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Cool, I always wanted a twin! :)
Everyone talks about which stores they like, hate, top-tier, middle-tier, etc...
Why don't we write descriptions of the digi stores so people can maybe find new places to shop at that suit their style.
I'll start.
ScrapOrchard
- kits that are aimed at kids, cutesy, very themed kits aimed at a specific situation, since the kits are so themed I don't think they are flexible to use for other types of LO's
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I thought she meant Holly McCaig. But that would not be HC would it. Maybe a typo???
June 7, 2011 6:31 PM
yeah, I typoed that. *blush*
I just haven't heard her name for a very long time! That's why I was surprised. I just forgot about her.
Why don't we write descriptions of the digi stores so people can maybe find new places to shop at that suit their style.
I'll start.
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They can't figure that out by just going to the front page of the store and looking at new releases? And I'm sure we won't agree on the descriptions.
She's moved into photography as have other scrapbook designers.
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I think she was always doing photography, or pretty much so.
My mind is blank about TDC but she was probably there too.
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She started TDC, it was her site and store.
Everyone talks about which stores they like, hate, top-tier, middle-tier, etc...
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No the don't. I don't and I know some others here don't either.
Holly doesn't design digiscrap anymore. She does photography resources. Some of her products are still at 2 peas though because even after you leave there your products have to stay.
I suppose refreshing again would have been a good idea before posting. oh well.
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I wonder if they get anything from that?
Yes they do still get paid
Oh good to know about two peas. Sometimes when a designer retires, their products are just gone. I have thought there should be a site just for retiring designers to house their products. But probably no one in their right mind would want to host such a thing.
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/scrap-talk-65/studio-demo-279383/index2.html#post2905623
Wow....this traffic accident just does not go away.
What an applause junkie she is.
"Its my birthday today and right now I'm on a little birthday vacation."
LOL WTF. She's the biggest idiot I've ever seen. First she's retiring and now she's on a birthday vacation.
She is definitely crazy. Although it is entertaining to watch her drive the crazy boat a bit further out.
I wonder if Pickleberrypop would be considered a middle tier store? I see they're having a design call.
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Absolutely. Maya just loves to stalk that store and entice designers away.
Do you mean she harvests the designers in the pickle field?
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I do
"Its my birthday today and right now I'm on a little birthday vacation."
LOL WTF. She's the biggest idiot I've ever seen. First she's retiring and now she's on a birthday vacation.
June 7, 2011 8:27 PM
Ugh, makes you wonder if an idiot shop owner took her in.
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Makes me feel like reposting this:
Oh shucks. And I thought facebook fan count was a boring enough topic. Now with SD showing up again, can we please go back to find out more about the bottom tier stores' traffic?
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Anyone has a favorite bottom tier store in mind? :D
"Absolutely. Maya just loves to stalk that store and entice designers away. "
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Maya has always done that. She sends her rabid designers/CT to check out who is a prized designer at other stores and then she poaches them. She's being doing it for a long time.
"Absolutely. Maya just loves to stalk that store and entice designers away. "
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Maya has always done that. She sends her rabid designers/CT to check out who is a prized designer at other stores and then she poaches them. She's being doing it for a long time.
June 8, 2011 4:36 AM
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So what's wrong with that? Any store owner can do that.
And are you sure they didn't apply to SBG?
The people on this blog can't stand cut-throat business practices. They want everything to be fair. But business is cut-throat and unfair. So they'll always be bitching about something.
"Absolutely. Maya just loves to stalk that store and entice designers away."
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If she's enticing them from there, wouldn't that mean she's offering them a better deal? Let me see if I've got this correct...a designer is supposed to pass on what could be a better deal because you don't like Maya or SBG. Oh yeah, that makes tremendous sense....not.
I think it's more that they can't stand Maya.
I've never known CT to recruit designers for a store. They aren't given that much power.
who's moved from PBP to SBG? I don't follow PBP enough to know.
Personally, I want the owner of my store to actively work to build the best team of designers available. I don't want her to sit around and wait for them to apply, I want her to invite them. It looks to me like Maya sets her sights on the designers she thinks would make her store better, and then goes out to get them. How is that different from any business in the real world? Or most other stores in digi for that matter.
She definitely rubs people the wrong way in doing it. I'm not giving her any kudos for having the most pleasant personality. I've heard that she is very agressive and bullies and intimidates her team when things aren't going her way. Not the kind of work environment I'd personally want, but to each their own.
I've noticed that most of SBGs new designers were guests before they became permanent. To me that says the designer tried it out, and discovered that her sales were better there than they were at the store she came from. Either that or Maya knows the recipe to some really strong koolaid. Or maybe she just scares the shit out of them and they are afraid to leave?
*waiting for Maya to pick me* (just kidding)
http://www.5stardigitalscrapbooking.com/featured/?p=1731
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LOL
Well for what it's worth - the schedule for that has been set since the beginning of the year
Never mind - I'm stupid - that post was from the start of the month - ignore me
so i'm wondering where COLS is? wasn't she supposed to open a new shop at SDD? no sign of her...but her ESS store is gone. not that i care...but i was waiting to see if yvonne changed her mind or not after reading that alot of the designers were NOT happy about her joining.
WTF is with that picture? Did she fart?
who's moved from PBP to SBG? I don't follow PBP enough to know.
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Dawn Inskip is one. Maybe Charlize, not sure.
WTF is with that picture? Did she fart?
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I think she thinks it's cute. She is obsessed with her own cuteness. At least her boobs are covered. Imagine that - she can wear 'island clothing' and STILL cover her boobs!
I've noticed that most of SBGs new designers were guests before they became permanent. To me that says the designer tried it out, and discovered that her sales were better there than they were at the store she came from. Either that or Maya knows the recipe to some really strong koolaid. Or maybe she just scares the shit out of them and they are afraid to leave?
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Yes, she does that now, but hasn't in the past. Designers just used to turn up in her store.
who's moved from PBP to SBG? I don't follow PBP enough to know.
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Dawn Inskip is one. Maybe Charlize, not sure.
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Natali Designs is another. A few others that are no longer designing. Wow, they joined SBG and after a year, retired completely. Things that make you go hmm.
I think she thinks it's cute. She is obsessed with her own cuteness.
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Fairly normal for someone her age, who grew up with the internet and its social networking.
The people on this blog can't stand cut-throat business practices. They want everything to be fair. But business is cut-throat and unfair. So they'll always be bitching about something.
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We are talking about digi scrapping, honey, not a business that requires cut throat practices, it ain't that corporate.
Dawn Inskip is one. Maybe Charlize, not sure.
June 8, 2011 3:46 PM
So signing up Dawn I. & Charlize translates to Maya "pickle farming"? Or has she actually stolen more designers from PBP?
We are talking about digi scrapping, honey, not a business that requires cut throat practices, it ain't that corporate.
June 8, 2011 5:55 PM
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Great, another mamsy-pamsy when it comes to business! No, it's not corporate but that doesn't change that there is competetion and some stores can steal away designers from other stores. Designers and store owners aren't doing this for free.
So signing up Dawn I. & Charlize translates to Maya "pickle farming"? Or has she actually stolen more designers from PBP?
June 8, 2011 5:55 PM
NM. I saw the other post.
I still don't understand why it's so wrong to put new designers in your store. They have to come from someplace.
Great, another mamsy-pamsy when it comes to business! No, it's not corporate but that doesn't change that there is competetion and some stores can steal away designers from other stores. Designers and store owners aren't doing this for free.
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No, not a mamsy pamsy, but someone who does know the difference between corporate and business. You clearly don't.
I still don't understand why it's so wrong to put new designers in your store. They have to come from someplace.
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They do, but to actively entice designers away is not a good or wise business practice, despite what the other poster thinks. In a small business world, it's a good idea to get along with your competitors.
They do, but to actively entice designers away is not a good or wise business practice, despite what the other poster thinks. In a small business world, it's a good idea to get along with your competitors.
June 8, 2011 6:19 PM
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If what you have to offer your designers as a store, is better than what someone else has to offer, your designers won't leave you for someone else. It's your responsibility to make your shop the place your designers want to stay. You can cry about it all you want, but if your store is a revolving door, maybe you need to rethink how you are doing things. Crying about how awful someone else is for stealing "your" designer isn't going to get you anywhere.
It's my personal opinion that designers deserve to take the best offer they can get. Whether or not you think it's fair for someone else to offer it.
They do, but to actively entice designers away is not a good or wise business practice, despite what the other poster thinks. In a small business world, it's a good idea to get along with your competitors.
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There's no evidence that SBG did this. We don't know how they got to the store other than by one stupid post on this blog.
Holly doesn't design digiscrap anymore. She does photography resources. Some of her products are still at 2 peas though because even after you leave there your products have to stay.
June 7, 2011 7:04 PM
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Really? For how long? What a shitty contract.
In a small business world, it's a good idea to get along with your competitors.
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Says who?
I mean you shouldn't be publically fueding but I don't see that happening in this case. And you certainly don't need to be holding hands skipping down the street together either.
Also, PBP has the same opportunity to offer positions to SBG designers. I'm fairly certain that they have done their fair share of stealing designers away from other shops.
Designers don't belong to the stores. They work for themselves. So yeah, if another store owner comes into your store forum and asks the designers to come to their store instead, they are stepping over the line.
To make an offer to a designer privately is completely acceptable. If it's better than what the designer is currently getting, and the designer is in it to make money rather than friends, she'll likely take it. That's just how the world works.
WTF is with that picture? Did she fart?
June 8, 2011 3:27 PM
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ROFL! I thought the same thing. Alyssa really does stink!
the designer is in it to make money rather than friends, she'll likely take it. That's just how the world works.
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Many here don't like it when people make moves that get them more money. They think business should be fair.
But I agree with you! Fair or not, it's how this world works.
About K studio aka Kristen Rice:
I don't think there is a hidden drama there. Sometimes, as a designer, you want to have total control on your business and that's why you open your personal shop. Also, isn't Catscrap an exclusive store?
No, not a mamsy pamsy, but someone who does know the difference between corporate and business. You clearly don't.
June 8, 2011 6:16 PM
Yeppers, mamsy pamsy. Probably a socialist too.
what does business vs. corporate have to do with it?
You can cry about it all you want, but if your store is a revolving door, maybe you need to rethink how you are doing things. Crying about how awful someone else is for stealing "your" designer isn't going to get you anywhere.
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I'm not a store owner. Don't ASSume things.
Also, PBP has the same opportunity to offer positions to SBG designers. I'm fairly certain that they have done their fair share of stealing designers away from other shops.
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Then you would most certainly be wrong.
Yeppers, mamsy pamsy. Probably a socialist too.
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I've seen the way your way works, look at the economy, wow, it worked really well there, didn't it?
what does business vs. corporate have to do with it?
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Being cut throat, do keep up.
About K studio aka Kristen Rice:
I don't think there is a hidden drama there. Sometimes, as a designer, you want to have total control on your business and that's why you open your personal shop. Also, isn't Catscrap an exclusive store?
June 8, 2011 6:55 PM
Kristen has had a personal store for a while now. She was adding her stuff to both shops but just last week she suddenly closed down her CS shop with no warning at all. CS isn't exclusive as Juliana Kneipp has a shop at Oscraps also. It might be part of a designers contract for them to be allowed an additional shop though.
Probably a socialist too.
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No, wrong again. You really do like to ASSume things, don't you?
Before anyone points it out, yes, I did post twice to the same thing. There is no edit feature, so I can't go back and change things.
Then you would most certainly be wrong.
June 8, 2011 7:19 PM
They never have calls or brought on a new designer from another store? How is that different?
Being cut throat, do keep up.
June 8, 2011 7:22 PM
Why is cut-throat exclusive only to corporate and not to business?
Before anyone points it out, yes, I did post twice to the same thing. There is no edit feature, so I can't go back and change things.
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You're gonna get smacked hard for that one. ;)
I'm not a store owner. Don't ASSume things.
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hmm, that's funny, there's only one person as of late who's been using that phrase (and that particular style of capitalizing half of that particular word)... and she claims that she left this blog and doesn't ever think about any of us and we all disappear when she turns her computer off. oddly, it would appear that she's still here, lurking... hi SD...
Why is cut-throat exclusive only to corporate and not to business?
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It isn't. Someone is trying to look smart.
Sorry to bring up SD again but I remember at BG she said her daughter's name was Alani but on all her LOs at DST it says Alana. You should atleast keep your fake kids' names right.
http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=989756
We all know she's a fraud. We don't need to pick through each and every thing she says. That just makes you look like an SD stalker.
Sorry to bring up SD again but I remember at BG she said her daughter's name was Alani but on all her LOs at DST it says Alana. You should atleast keep your fake kids' names right.
http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=989756
June 8, 2011 8:09 PM
They are the same child. Alani is another name for Alana. She also calls her "Lani". Just like some parents will name their child John by call him Johnny.
Good try though.
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I can understand the Lani being short for Alana or Alani but I've NEVER heard of someone giving the nickname Alani to someone named Alana. Just my 2 cents.
I can understand the Lani being short for Alana or Alani but I've NEVER heard of someone giving the nickname Alani to someone named Alana. Just my 2 cents.
June 8, 2011 8:22 PM
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Yeah, you're right. It couldn't be possible because you never heard of it. And you know how many Alana's? (you'll probably answer with some number.)
You've never heard of people putting the long e sound at the end of a name. Ever?
This uses both Lani and Alana:
http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1299605&title=lani-kayla&cat=all
I can't believe she's all fake. It would be hard to scrap that many layouts of a fictitious persona. I'm not denying she's crazy though because of her actions here.
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I didn't realize she had two kids ... her older is almost 4 - must be tough raising two young kids when she's that young
I saw something at BG where she said the father of 2 of her children was named Justin. But in an interview someone posted earlier with her farting picture she said she's been with her fiancee for 6 years and all her LOs of him say his name is Miguel. Just something else that doesn't make sense coming from her.
And after looking at the LO you just posted of Alana and Kayla that would mean 2 of her children were girls and the 3rd is a boy. Yet in another LO posted of Alana, it says she just has brothers. So Alyssa claims she has 2 boys and a girl but then she claims she has 2 girls and a boy? I've also seen her say she has children named Aaliyah, Alani, Alana, Maceo, Kayla, and possibly Alijah. Nothing she says makes sense.
She was scrapping layouts for her friends. One of which is Bean Bunny.
What does that have to do with anything? I didn't mention all of the kids she has posted LOs of. Just the ones that I have SEEN her say herself were her kids.
I think Maceo, Alana, & Makayla are her children. I think the others are children of cousins or friends. I didn't have time to go through all of it. But she has a picture of her being pregnant with Maceo.
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If that is true, then how come in the LO of Alana it says she has brotherS and doesn't mention any sisters? And at BG she said she had a daughter named Aaliyah.
In a thread at BG I saw Alyssa referring to one of her kids as ANDH so I tried to find more info and here is a thread of someone announcing Alyssa had her son ANDH in Dec of 08 so that would mean so far for sure she has claimed to have daughters named Alana and MaKayla and sons named Maceo and whatever ANDH stands for. Also odd that she is 20 years old and has claimed to have all these kids.
Sorry here's the link
http://forum.baby-gaga.com/about428048.html
Well, then she's lying. I was hopeful for some reason. Or maybe she doesn't want anyone to know. Do her children really matter that much? Maybe she's hiding their identies? Good thing since she went psycho.
I don't read BG. That place is crazy. (I know, I read here and that doesn't make sense. lol)
That link is from forever ago. Why are you digging so deep? What are you trying to prove?
Whether it was forever ago or not it doesn't change that she's claimed to have all these different kids. I'm not digging deep. Alyssa was accused of being fake at BG so many times. All you have to do is search Alyssa or Paper Planes on BG and it's all right there. Sorry but I didn't work much for it like you seem to think.
And why does what she did at BG matter now?
You're gonna get smacked hard for that one. ;)
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Ooooh, give it to me!!!
Why is cut-throat exclusive only to corporate and not to business?
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It isn't. Someone is trying to look smart.
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Yeah, as opposed to actually being intelligent, which isn't the same thing either. Not the I expect any of you to note that difference.
hmm, that's funny, there's only one person as of late who's been using that phrase (and that particular style of capitalizing half of that particular word)... and she claims that she left this blog and doesn't ever think about any of us and we all disappear when she turns her computer off. oddly, it would appear that she's still here, lurking... hi SD...
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Fooled you!!! Which, by the way, isn't that hard.
I didn't realize she had two kids ... her older is almost 4 - must be tough raising two young kids when she's that young
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No sympathy. Tough, but her choice. There's always a choice.
Why is cut-throat exclusive only to corporate and not to business?
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It isn't. Someone is trying to look smart.
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Yeah, as opposed to actually being intelligent, which isn't the same thing either. Not the I expect any of you to note that difference.
June 9, 2011 12:41 AM
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Then why don't you answer the original question?
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Because
I didn't realize she had two kids ... her older is almost 4 - must be tough raising two young kids when she's that young
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She's got to have more than two. The layout above is of two sisters. SD posted a photo of her with her son on facebook.
I'm trying to wrap my head around how a twenty year old, raises 2-4 ?? children, is going to college and may graduate early because she is so "smart" and took extra classes over the summer, started a digi scrap business, posts on a blog, posts on facebook, posts in various forums, does collabs with other designers, emails other store owners looking for guest spots, and during her off time when she is bored hangs out on an anonymous blog. My head is spinning just thinking about it. I suppose she cleans house, cooks and has time for her boyfriend.
SD must stand for Super Designer.
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or Super Deceiver
I'm trying to wrap my head around how a twenty year old, raises 2-4 ?? children, is going to college and may graduate early because she is so "smart" and took extra classes over the summer, started a digi scrap business, posts on a blog, posts on facebook, posts in various forums, does collabs with other designers, emails other store owners looking for guest spots, and during her off time when she is bored hangs out on an anonymous blog. My head is spinning just thinking about it. I suppose she cleans house, cooks and has time for her boyfriend.
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Yes, this. It's what's been spinning around in my head through this entire ordeal. What a load of bullshit. The whole lot of it.
so i'm wondering where COLS is? wasn't she supposed to open a new shop at SDD? no sign of her...but her ESS store is gone. not that i care...but i was waiting to see if yvonne changed her mind or not after reading that alot of the designers were NOT happy about her joining.
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It appears that COLS will not be opening shoppe at SDD. Her quality just was not good enough for a store at SDD.
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That's lame. The quality should have been checked before offering her a place.
I guess it was qc'd several times, and she never got better.
amanda, aka COLS will argue over and over that its NOT her quality - its her artistic expression thats being judged. she just doesn't get that a stray pixel is just that..and shouldn't be there...or that pixelated area's are a no-no...its NOT artistic, its crap. she will argue till she is blue in the face about it, too. glad to hear that SDD made the RIGHT choice.
Jackson Pollock she ain't.
Sheesh taking a look at the Photography business at Pink Ink Studios, those girls must be making a KILLING. 30$ for 12 easy custom Photoshop shapes? I wish! It seems that they use special templates (Luxe?) that you can only get if you prove to the printing companies that you ARE a photographer though, I wonder how a designer gets their hands on those.
Sheesh taking a look at the Photography business at Pink Ink Studios, those girls must be making a KILLING. 30$ for 12 easy custom Photoshop shapes? I wish! It seems that they use special templates (Luxe?) that you can only get if you prove to the printing companies that you ARE a photographer though, I wonder how a designer gets their hands on those.
Easy explanation-they are selling for more because they are selling to professional photographers to use in their business unlike scrapbookers who wouldn't pay that for the same thing!!
Well yes but it makes you wonder why we don't all just switch to photography templates at 30$ a pop instead of wasting our time on 5$ sets. Some of those are insane, like 70$ for less than what you'd find in a scrap kit, a few frames, 5 background papers, a few templates... 70$! They must sell too as there were 100 customers browsing their site when I checked, they must be making a killing.
(I've always thought the digital scrapbook industry was underpriced and underpaid)
Maybe you should switch to photography sales then so you can make the kind of money you deserve to make. If we all switched "to photography templates at 30$ a pop instead of wasting our time on 5$ sets" all we would do is saturate their market and the prices would all drop.
You can't sell anything (including digital scrapkits) for more than the market is willing to pay. Even if all designers simultaneously raised prices to match those that you are looking at, it wouldn't necessarily force scrappers to pay more for their kits. It just means that most people would either start making their own scraps, stop scrapping, or start downloading shared kits instead of buying them. IMO, higher prices would mean fewer people would buy and designers would make even less than they are currently making.
You can't sell anything (including digital scrapkits) for more than the market is willing to pay. Even if all designers simultaneously raised prices to match those that you are looking at, it wouldn't necessarily force scrappers to pay more for their kits. It just means that most people would either start making their own scraps, stop scrapping, or start downloading shared kits instead of buying them. IMO, higher prices would mean fewer people would buy and designers would make even less than they are currently making.
That may be true but if they weren't sellIng at this site it wouldn't be out there and then again if it's new, it may very well not be out there too long at those prices!
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That sort of stuff has been out there for years and years! It's not new at all. The Pink Ink Studio stuff is on the cheaper side, compared to some places.
It's so boring here. Studio Demo, come back! ;)
LOL
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she's too busy trying to reinvent herself as tiffany dazzle to stir up shit. she's still applying to stores and using the same kits, just slightly different, to show her designs and possibly get into a store.
Aren't the tattered pear and Lauren Reid basically the same designs? Why call it something else? How many times has Reid sold at TLP now?
If she wants to designer under 2 names and make it complicated, that's her business. ;) I think she's been at TLP for awhile but this is her first time selling there. Or maybe she had a guest spot while she was at SSD?
The Tattered Pear is a collab designer. It's Lauren Reid & Valorie Wibbens
not that it matters a whole lot...but just saw that Enchanted Scraps Studio closed down, effective IMMEDIATELY. How weird! anyone know why?
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If she wants to designer under 2 names and make it complicated, that's her business. ;) I think she's been at TLP for awhile but this is her first time selling there. Or maybe she had a guest spot while she was at SSD?
June 11, 2011 3:49 PM
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When a designer buys a CU item or a CU licence, is it valid for her alter egos as well?
When a designer buys a CU item or a CU licence, is it valid for her alter egos as well?
June 11, 2011 4:41 PM
Yes.
not that it matters a whole lot...but just saw that Enchanted Scraps Studio closed down, effective IMMEDIATELY. How weird! anyone know why?
June 11, 2011 4:40 PM
Where's that announced at? It just says that shop is temporarily closed. They are active on their FB page today too.
a designer posted in the DCR that they all recieved an email today that the shop was closing effective immediately.
oh, and that they (the designers) are looking for new shops, as they were caught very unaware - all displaced.
I WAS a designer there. Trish sold it. The new owners had problems with the server, and decided it was too costly to 'fix' - so they shut it down. Right now - no warning.
When a designer buys a CU item or a CU licence, is it valid for her alter egos as well?
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Technically, in the real world, it would depend on the wording of the license. However, in the digi scrap world, yes, it would be.
I WAS a designer there. Trish sold it. The new owners had problems with the server, and decided it was too costly to 'fix' - so they shut it down. Right now - no warning.
June 11, 2011 7:39 PM
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That sucks for all involved!
Someone is lying. They posted this on Facebook:
"Enchanted Studio Scraps
Our store is currently closed due to server issues. Please bear with us. Thanks!
2 hours ago"
Why would they ask us to "bear with them" if they were closing forever? Why not post that they are closed? (not that I'm bearing with them. I didn't care much for the store...)
The Tattered Pear is a collab designer. It's Lauren Reid & Valorie Wibbens
June 11, 2011 4:33 PM
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oh gee! Why but why?
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Because Tattered Pear haven't been everywhere, unlike Lauren.
I WAS a designer there. Trish sold it. The new owners had problems with the server, and decided it was too costly to 'fix' - so they shut it down. Right now - no warning.
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Who did she sell it to?
What kind of problems could they have with a server that would make it too costly? A hosting company can't charge you more just because their server went down or had a problem... they fix it and move on. Unless they just didn't realize how expensive a dedicated server can be. Or maybe Trish's husband hosted the site and that caused problems.
http://www.enchantedstudioscraps.com/forums/announcement.php?f=2
Trish is still the owner according to her sig and forum tag. Amy Lee is admin.
I think someone posted bad information!
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hmmm. the thread at DST in the DCR is now gone with the reason 'change of circumstances' - guess someone screwed up.
trish did sell it to amy because she can't spend the time needed to keep the site running. they are going to try to keep the site up but are looking at changing servers to someone that is more reliable.
7 min ago they posted to FB that they're done for good.
That sucks for the ESS designers. Though frankly, working for Amy would suck too, so they were already in a pretty crummy spot. I hope that those who want to continue designing are able to find new homes.
Looks like someone didn't post bad information after all
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the sale never went through because of the problems, both parties decided to just be rid of it.
Just going to clear the air here, and frankly I could care less if you all dont like what I have to say. I was in the process of selling the site to Amy (head admin), the server we were on (which is NOT hosted with my husband, but by GoDaddy) needed to be upgraded and we needed to go to a Dedicated server... I have 3 kids under 6 and frankly got tired of all the digi-land drama.. plain and simple ESS wasnt making money so I was done with it. It was taking up a lot of my time. Once we started having issues with the orders in X-cart, I gave amy the option of either continueing to keep ess open by making payments AND paying the $100 + a month cost for a dedicated server or closing the site altogether. I told her in the long run it just wasnt going to be worth it. My designers did nothing wrong.. I did nothing wrong... Amy did nothing wrong. One of the designers decided to help amy out with payments but in the end it didnt work out, so the door closed to the shop.
The forums and gallery are still open right now... the shop needed to be closed because the server could not handle the IPN's from PayPal and orders were being queued and needed to be manually processed. I have been on vacation with my husband the last week, and was simply waiting for Amy to give me an answer as to what she wanted to do with the site. All the designers were informed a few weeks ago that I was stepping down and Amy was taking over. At that time I had nothing to do with what was going on. Amy new that the server and IPN issues were being worked on at the time she took over, it wasnt until thursday that we were told the server needed to be upgraded to dedicated.
I put my family first and foremost. When it comes down to it, I can do with out the digi land drama in my life. I have other things I can be doing with my time. Words from across the internet do not bother me, and you can ask any of my designers and they will tell you I did all that I could for them and to give them a place to design freely.
Some big name designers started their journey in my shop at ESS, and you know what I am proud of that. It's time to say good bye to dealing with the store owner aspect of the digi world. Its not worth the time, money or drama.
Best of luck to you Trish. I know it's a ridiculous amount of work to keep a store running - many people simply have NO clue exactly how much behind the scenes work there is. I wish you and your kids the best.
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Thank You!! I want you all to know that Amy worked just as hard as I did to keep ESS open. It was a decision we made together, and for this time it is the right one.
Unless you have been in our shoes, there is no room for negative talk. You do not know what it takes to run a full service site. You have to be 100% dedicated to it and that hardly leaves room for anything other.
I wish all the other store owners out there good luck, and commend them for keeping their sites up and running. It's NOT an easy job, and yes it is a full time job!
I can honestly say now, that I've been there and done that and Im not going back :)
Any person who starts a store who doesn't expect it to be FULL TIME is a moron. Plain and simple. Full time means 40 hours a week (at least) sitting on your ass in front of the computer running your store.
Running a store means advertising/promotion, recruiting, customer service, etc. That means dealing with the drama that comes when you not only have people to manage, but WOMEN to manage.
Just like most digital designers, digital store owners are never going to be paid a living wage.
The odds of a new store being successful are slim to NONE. I don't care if it's owned by the most well-known people in digiland, the odds are against you. You can run your store 100% perfectly and it can and will most likely fail. No one can work for pennies month after month, year after year.
I'm glad you finally stopped trying, Trish. Not because you're a bad person or a bad site owner, but because all that time spent on next to nothing can now be spent on things that mean more to you (like family) and can be put towards a better paying job (if you need one) that you can leave "at the office".
I wish more store owners would follow your lead.
What would be nice... eventually the bigger stores eating up the smaller ones. Combine TDC, SSD, SO & 9th&B. I think the digi world would be better off with fewer stores.. and the stores that were open were stricter with quality control. Eventually things will regulate out. This is still such a new industry... it's going through all the normal aches and pains of a new craft with the added stress of an online environment in which EVERYONE's dirty laundry gets aired out in the open for people to nit pick. That's just my 2 cents.
Why would it be better if the stores combined into one large mega store?
I don't think one large store would be a good idea. It would be poorly run like most big box stores. Most of those stores could get more designers if they wanted to. Yet many stay the same size only taking on a designer if one leaves.
I'm pretty sure that's what cut-throat Maya wants! Stealing designers left and right...
the added stress of an online environment in which EVERYONE's dirty laundry gets aired out in the open for people to nit pick.
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No it doesn't. I've known of quite a few dramas that never went public.
A few big stores won't prevent all the little stores from cropping up! All store owners think they have what it takes to make the best store ever.
and frankly got tired of all the digi-land drama..
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You shouldn't have concerned yourself with the drama, you should have been running your business. I've been in four stores and none of the owners had drama or worried about drama that didn't concern them. All those stores are still around and going strong.
The problem is that so many people think running a digi store, or any online store for the matter, is mostly sitting back and raking in the money. Sure, that could be partly true if it's just one person, but the minute you have other people, then you have to deal with them, as well as the customer. Not to mention all the daily maintenance, etc.
I have to agree with the person who said that if you didn't think it was a full time job, you didn't think at all.
Sometimes the drama concerns one or some of your designers and you have no choice but to deal with it. It's not like Trish ever went looking for drama.
I'm pretty sure that's what cut-throat Maya wants! Stealing designers left and right...
June 13, 2011 5:31 PM
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Oh please. Is Maya taking designers by force? Against their will? No. She obviously offers designers a spot and they accept it. She isn't kidnapping them. It is 100% the designer's choice to move or to stay. And why wouldn't they move if their sales are better there? Is it really so smart for the designer to choose stay in a smaller store with smaller customer base when they have the opportunity for more?
I don't understand why some people think that the industry would be better if all the smaller stores folded or merged into big stores. That would change the community feel of the industry totally, and less stores means less competition which means higher prices.
Sometimes the drama concerns one or some of your designers and you have no choice but to deal with it. It's not like Trish ever went looking for drama.
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That's not drama in digi land, that's drama in the store. Quite honestly, if Trish wasn't expecting some drama in her store, she was being naive.
I already get overwhelmed trying to find what I'm looking for at SSD. I would hate trying to wade through thousands of kit to find what I need for a project. I like smaller stores much better than large ones! Not that there aren't more than a few that need to shut down, just it wouldn't make sense if all the top stores merged into one mega one.
I don't understand why some people think that the industry would be better if all the smaller stores folded or merged into big stores. That would change the community feel of the industry totally, and less stores means less competition which means higher prices.
June 13, 2011 6:00 PM
ONE person posted about that. That hardly means "some people".
Oh please. Is Maya taking designers by force? Against their will? No. She obviously offers designers a spot and they accept it. She isn't kidnapping them.
^You need to look up the definition of cut-throat. It has nothing to do with kidnapping or taking designers against their will.
If you stay away from DST and here, there is no drama. It's only there if you allow it.
OH i never went looking for drama.. and MOST of the time the site was my full time job, but the money just wasnt there... I gave it a go, and like I said... its just not worth my time anymore. I knew 2years ago it was a full time job.. I didnt have 3 kids back them nor another full time job. I dont go looking for drama, the only drama I've really had has been since the announcment of the site closing which really is no big deal.. its just that.. a site closing and in reality it doesnt matter the reason.
OH i never went looking for drama..
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Yet here you are...
ONE person posted about that. That hardly means "some people".
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While true today, the issue has come up before from other people.
the only drama I've really had has been since the announcment of the site closing which really is no big deal..
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Huh? One of the reasons you gave for closing the store was 'all the drama in digi land' and now you say there's been no drama.
Yet here you are...
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Don't be such a bitch, everyone reads this blog - everyone. Which may be why she felt she needed to stop the rumors that were starting to build on here.
Trish - good luck with whatever you choose to do. You are a classy lady and I know you tried to do the right thing by your designers. Your family should come first - always.
(no I'm not a designer there, or a CT or Trish - just a customer)
Don't be such a bitch, everyone reads this blog - everyone. Which may be why she felt she needed to stop the rumors that were starting to build on here.
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What rumors?
There was no need to post here since she hates drama so much. It's a smack blog. You post, you get smacked.
Huh? One of the reasons you gave for closing the store was 'all the drama in digi land' and now you say there's been no drama.
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She doesn't have to tell you everything that happened....she owes you know explanation. She's just defending herself to you idiots who have nothing better to do than bash people to make you feel less insecure about yourself.
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No one is bashing but you by calling us idiots. Geez, I'm not asking for explanations, just pointing out the contradictions.
Don't be such a bitch, everyone reads this blog - everyone
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The only person being a bitch here is you. And not EVERYONE reads this blog, geez, get a grip already.
You shouldn't have concerned yourself with the drama, you should have been running your business. I've been in four stores and none of the owners had drama or worried about drama that didn't concern them. All those stores are still around and going strong.
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How would you know if the owners had drama, unless you WERE one of them? Most stores have at least a little drama....some of them close and some don't.
The only person being a bitch here is you. And not EVERYONE reads this blog, geez, get a grip already.
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Pretty much - um yes they do. They either read it or know it exists. And it's not known as a good thing.
She's just defending herself to you idiots who have nothing better to do than bash people to make you feel less insecure about yourself.
June 13, 2011 7:56 PM
What is there to defend? The last thing that was posted was the statement about ESS closing posted on facebook. Nobody was smacking Trish up to that point. Wasn't that enough explanation for us? If she didn't post here in the first place, she wouldn't have had to defend herself.
Wow..I never knew about this site until today. You people are fucking pathetic. This is a HOBBY for most and yes it is a job for some. I'm glad that none of you have shit that stinks that you can sit here and be so fucking holier than thou.
What a fucking eye opener to see what a sad bunch of losers lives in the digi community. You people really have nothing better to do then sit around and talk shit about people you don't even KNOW?
You all need to grow the fuck up. This isn't high school and I assume you're all adults and probably most of you are parents.
Really and truly pathetic...assholes. I would love for the customers/members to know that store owners and designers talk and feel the way they do. The fact that you have this blog shows how low your own self esteem is and how really fucked up your own lives are.
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Whatever.
Pretty much - um yes they do. They either read it or know it exists. And it's not known as a good thing.
June 13, 2011 8:07 PM
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Not buyin' it unless you can prove it! There's always some soul that is out of the loop!
Wow..I never knew about this site until today.
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Thank you! You just proved 8:07 wrong for us!
What is there to defend? The last thing that was posted was the statement about ESS closing posted on facebook. Nobody was smacking Trish up to that point. Wasn't that enough explanation for us? If she didn't post here in the first place, she wouldn't have had to defend herself.
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Word!
Pretty much - um yes they do. They either read it or know it exists. And it's not known as a good thing.
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Anyone concerned about anons on a smack blog has much bigger issues.
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Whatever.
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That's the best you can do? Dumbass...
Here's a little note for all of you. You're all a bunch of stuck up bitches and I feel bad for any children you may have. No wonder the world is going to Hell. People like you should be gathered up and shot.
Wow..I never knew about this site until today. You people are fucking pathetic. This is a HOBBY for most and yes it is a job for some. I'm glad that none of you have shit that stinks that you can sit here and be so fucking holier than thou.
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Um, what, like you?
That's the best you can do? Dumbass...
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That's the only thing you would understand.
Um, what, like you?
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You don't even know who I am you cunt.
You all won't be so happy to gossip when I spread this happy go lucky bitch fest all over digiland and you all lose your precious customers and money.
Stupid douche bags...
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You are so funny, you should go on SNL.
You all won't be so happy to gossip when I spread this happy go lucky bitch fest all over digiland and you all lose your precious customers and money.
Stupid douche bags...
June 13, 2011 8:18 PM
Go right ahead! all of us anons will be so sad to lose out on our sales and CT positions.
According to 8:07 everyone knows about this blog already.
You do realize that the more you post, the more you become one of us, right?
You all won't be so happy to gossip when I spread this happy go lucky bitch fest all over digiland and you all lose your precious customers and money.
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Good luck with that.
You do realize that the more you post, the more you become one of us, right?
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She will never be one of us, never!
How do I become one of you? I'm DEFENDING the digi community. You're all sitting here bad mouthing people you don't know, websites that are no concern of yours and customers that you're supposedly faithful to.
Money hungry douche bags..That's all you guys are.
So apparently you guys don't like to scrap or design. Why else would you be smacking all the designers/stores? And if you DON'T, then why the hell do you care what the designers/stores do?
How do I become one of you? I'm DEFENDING the digi community. You're all sitting here bad mouthing people you don't know, websites that are no concern of yours and customers that you're supposedly faithful to.
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And you calling us douche bags and bitches is what??? That's not at all bad mouthing since we are all store owners and designers according to you?
So apparently you guys don't like to scrap or design. Why else would you be smacking all the designers/stores? And if you DON'T, then why the hell do you care what the designers/stores do?
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EXACTLY!
It's because they're jealous. They're either shitty designers or store owners who suck at what they do.
Their mothers obviously didn't love them enough and they have no self esteem.
So apparently you guys don't like to scrap or design. Why else would you be smacking all the designers/stores? And if you DON'T, then why the hell do you care what the designers/stores do?
June 13, 2011 8:25 PM
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not all of smack everything moron. we have our favorites.
It's because they're jealous. They're either shitty designers or store owners who suck at what they do.
Their mothers obviously didn't love them enough and they have no self esteem.
June 13, 2011 8:26 PM
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YAWN! Like we haven't heard the jealousy argument before. Please do try to be original.
So apparently you guys don't like to scrap or design. Why else would you be smacking all the designers/stores? And if you DON'T, then why the hell do you care what the designers/stores do?
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EXACTLY!
It's because they're jealous. They're either shitty designers or store owners who suck at what they do.
Their mothers obviously didn't love them enough and they have no self esteem.
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Replying to yourself is really lame.
You're all sitting here bad mouthing people you don't know
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Aren't you the one who called us stuck up bitch cunt douche bags? Up until then, I do think we were being civilized.
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