"to harm other people, in a deliberate, repeated, and hostile manner"
No one is deliberately and repeatingly brining you up in a hostile manner. I only bought you up because your postin dst made me come here after months of not reading here. I hated the idea that they were mean to you and you've been nothing but nice to me.
No cyber bullying about you here.
I've been cyber bullied here more than you have to be fair.
If I find that I or my designer name has been mentioned in an unkind fashion here again I will take legal action. I am taking screenshots of all posts.
While I am at it I suggest you stop bashing Aly, Charly, and all of the others that you love to bash. It is ILLEGAL. Think about it, if this was something happening to your kids wouldn't you want it stopped? Just because we are adults does not make it okay.
198 oh yeah. That was kind of mean but you have to ignore it. Don't take them too seriously. They'll talk shit because they can be anonymous. If reputations didn't matter and identities were show, I doubt any of them will have the balls to talk the shit that they do.
But look on the bright side. At least they're aren't discussing your health and your children like its some kind of joke. It could be worse. <3
If I were you I would just stop reading. It's not worth it if it's going to affect the way you feel about the business. Don't give up because of these anonymous women.
I interpret it as someone trying to affect my employment and REPUTATION: to threaten a victim's earnings, employment, reputation, or safety. A repeated pattern of such actions against a target by an adult constitutes cyberstalking.
Thanks dawn. I feel the same way but trust me I can handle it! I agree that they went overboard about charly and you. And me tooooo but I bring it on myself ;) it's uncool to talk about my health issues and my kids being "neglected" but I can seriously handle it.
If I couldn't handle it, I wouldn't read. Which is why I think you should like smack your fingers...with a ruler with nails it....when you see yourself typing in the address of this blog. It's just not worth it.
I don't think you can make fonts in Photoshop. You could possibly make the glyphs in Illustrator, but each one has to be assigned to a character. That app makes it simple. Of course, you need an iPad.
It exports the character set to 2ttf.com - there may be other ways of uploading to there. I only just discovered it so I am not a very good advice giver :)
2 yup. You're right. My reputation was trashed because of myself and becAuse of false rumors which people swear are true...without proof! But posting here will make it worse. My chance of getting into any store now is ruined and I'm okay with that! But if u can't be okay with it j ust ignore it.
Another excerpt from wikipedia:, ganging up on victims by making them the subject of ridicule in forums, and posting false statements as fact aimed at humiliation.
Lol, Aly, at the smacking my fingers. I wear a rubberband around my wrist at the suggestion of my counselor to keep me from scratching myself when I get overly anxious.
Aly, I totally get what you are saying but that's kind of like an ostrich burying its head in the sand. Just because you ignore it doesn't mean it isn't happening. If we ignore and turn a blind eye to abuse of any kind we are as bad as the abusers.
13 so you're just a reader here? Not a smacker? Because it all could be solved if people didn't feel the need to talk shit....you included since "anonymous" could be you at anytime.
It would also help if the readers here had minds of their own and formed their own opinions. But it seems people in this industry are sooooooo stuck on the "omg I was warned about her so let me ignore her app even though I've seen no proof because I don't want people to look at me badly". It's bullshit and the whole thing is highschool.
Idk I guess I'm just an understanding person period and I always give the benefit of the doubt if it's just speculation....this goes for anything. For anything...if someone doesn't like it, they could suck my big too. If more people in this industry had this attitude had that attitude it would be so much better and less drama free.
This will never happen though!!! And I don't expect it to! So more and more innocent,,.even if they're slightly mentally ill like myself :)....will have their reputations and chances of getting into stores tarnished because people listen to others way toooo much instead of finding out for themselves.
Hey, I know this is old now - a day old! Oh no!- But thanks for the tip on the iFontMaker app... I managed to make 3 new fonts in about half an hour, which would be perfect for scrapping if I actually still scrapped ;) -----
17 - ah there you are! What a great find. When I first got online in 1998 or so I was very keen to make my own font. I found a program called Fontsy and made the worst font ever in about 3 days.
This app is so much better. Ain't technology grand :)
22 omg you people can't read. Did I or did I not say that I ruined it myself with the help of others? I swear I said that....do you skim read or something????
The Streisand effect is a primarily online phenomenon in which an attempt to hide or remove a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely. It is named after American entertainer Barbra Streisand, whose attempt in 2003 to suppress photographs of her residence inadvertently generated further publicity.
Oh my god, Dawn has me laughing so hard I can hardly breathe. Good luck prosecuting a bunch of anons, half who aren't even in the same country . (just thought I'd add, cyber bullying as you so call it is not currently against the law in my country)
The Fregoli delusion or the delusion of doubles is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that different people are in fact a single person who changes appearance or is in disguise.
32 I still feel like I'm my moms baby. I can honestly say that 80% of what I own was not purchased by me. All from mommy and my step dad. <3 But my kids are different everything they own was mainly purchase by me.
But I got my iPad because I won a bet with my mom. The iMac was from my step dad because he felt I didn't like him. Those are like my only nice "toys". Not nearly a lot
has anyone actually used a template from Cluster Queen Creations? I bought some things from her over insd and am now trying to use them and wow her quality is terrible! Her templates have one jagged edge after another.
thanks for the warning, I haven't tried her templates before.
Unfortunately you might not get too much more feedback on this topic here. I tried posting about templates here the other day, but a few users said that templates were too 'boring' to talk about, & to go to DST to talk about it.
Dawn is the one that got told her designs would fit in at Funky Playground, I think. Saying your designs belong in a certain store is a far cry from cyber bullying. I get that you're emotionally distressed, but it's just scrap booking. You'll notice this blog is about designers and stores, which just like McDonald's or Walmart, are in the public eye and can have anyone, anon or not, give their opinion. If you don't want our opinion, stop selling or don't come here. Smacking people's personal life, that might count as bullying.
In that train of thought, warning other store owners that someone like Alyssa or Amanda Dykan are bad bets for their store seems like the logical thing to do, could that fall under bullying?
what purpose does it serve to post anything here? --------------- Just because some of you don't like the discussion, doesn't mean it can't be discussed.
I don't like a lot of the discussions here, but I'm not telling anyone to 'get over it', 'no one wants to hear', 'go to DST'. May 30, 2012 4:44:00 PM -----------------------
It kinda is bullying. But no one will admit it....Since I'm a monster apparently. I'm not sure who Amanda is so why am I being categorized with her? I thought she was proven to be whatever she was accused of.... I however have not. And never will be because it's bullshit. So how is warning stores about her and warning stores about me the same thing?
40 but in my opinion and probably no one else's....because I'm a monster...yes! It is bullying because it hasn't been proven that I did anything. People just want to think I did and be stuck on the because they don't like me for whatever reason.
Since I was called a whore here I thought this would be an appropriate example hahha...
But much love to those guys who say "fuck what they say I'm going to give you a chance anyway" and in the end his balls don't end up itching like they said they would....
That's the type of store owners this industry needs.....
I do not know Aly or Dawn, but let me say that we have freedom of speech, and expressing an opinion about your designs or the quality of your designs is not slander or libel. I also wouldnt rely on Wikipedia for my legal advice.
Unfortunately you might not get too much more feedback on this topic here. I tried posting about templates here the other day, but a few users said that templates were too 'boring' to talk about, & to go to DST to talk about it. ----
I replied to you twice. Once about Tangie's templates and the other time I gave you the page and post number about the template discussion on this blog. And did you thank me? No, you didn't.
But much love to those guys who say "fuck what they say I'm going to give you a chance anyway" and in the end his balls don't end up itching like they said they would....
That's the type of store owners this industry needs..... ----
I didn't enjoy it when it first happened a year ago. Now I just don't care. Yeah she did. But I Can't help if my ipad messes up while typing. But I am on my computer now for a while so it shouldnt be a problem.
Looking forward to a fresh June thread here on this blog and fresh topics because the topics here are sooooo tired!!!!!!! Can we please talk about something NEW???????!!!!!! Ugh!
68 - That's not my house so its whatever. It's my Sister In Law's Boyfriends house. But my baby is beautiful thanks very much. He's much bigger now.
70 - I know it was random. I was going through my old facebook pics and videos and came across that. Its one of my favs. So I thought I would share a small glimpse into my life! Sorry to those who didn't want to see it! (But don't worry about 68. I didn't take it personally...)
Trying to make friends? I'm pretty sure I was just sharing a video. I'd be stupid to try to make friends with Anonymous people! That will be one hell of a friendship!
The problem with this blog is that it has totally gotten off track. I come here to find out what is going on in the digital scrapping community and the business side of it, etc. Anything other than that can be discussed on YOUR Facebook pages! I am honestly not trying to be a bitch, just stating a point. Either come here to talk business, or don't come at all. That is my thoughts on it. Sorry.
82 I never got the "discuss business" vibe from this blog. I'm pretty sure its a "talk shit about the people we don't like thats in this business" blog.
Reviewing/commenting about a business/designer is no different than posting a review of a product on Amazon or saying the food sucks at a restaurant listed on Yelp. It's your opinion. None of that is cyber bullying. Sorry.
92 It goes WAAAAY past a matter of opinion when accusations start being made....with no proof!!! May 30, 2012 8:06:00 PM
Where is the proof when I say the curry sucks at a restaurant? There isn't any. I may think it sucks and another person who goes there might think it's amazing. I could provide a detailed "proof" of why I think it's disgusting, such as too much spice, not enough spice, too much of this, not enough of that, etc. Someone else will think it's perfect as it is.
Saying a designers work sucks or a store sucks isn't any different than saying the curry sucks. "Proof" or not, some people will agree and some people wont.
>>>This person is a human being. She is non-threatening. Nice. Sweet. Caring. And lost her son in January. Why are you people picking on her? I don't get it? https://www.facebook.com/daybreakscrapsbydawn https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1076875642 Enough already. Seriously.
121 are you stupid? how is saying a designer sucks and saying a designer is a pirate and deletes people's shit the same thing? The latter is NOT a matter of opinion. Yeah, you missed my point.
As far as Tangie's templates or any other designers, why not email them how to correctly save tiff files? I am a scrapper who has been asked to donate a template for a challenge. When I saved my template as a tiff in psp, my template was huge, even though I tried to reduce it as best as I could. It could just be a matter of her program not being able to resize it correctly to your standards. Not everyone can afford Photoshop. But seriously, email the designer, let them know, perhaps show them the correct settings, instead of bitching about the size.
But seriously, email the designer, let them know, perhaps show them the correct settings, instead of bitching about the size. ---------
I didn't bitch about it, I made a comment about the size, quite being negative. She has a CT, they should tell her. It's not my job to tell a designer, who has been a long time in the industry, how to design.
Blog owner please ban Aly! Her conversations with herself are driving me insane and are doing herself no good. I just skipped two pages of comments because I have no desire to read her self indulgent narcissistic ramblings just to find a decent post. I for one am taking a break from this blog because I have no desire to watch the AlyD train wreck.
I don't get Dawn at all. If she is that upset about this blog, WALK THE FUCK AWAY.
I'm not responsible for her feelings nor her reactions, they are up to her.
If someone can drive, write their own checks, make their own phone calls, take care of pets, feed themselves, and are OK to babysit children, they do not need protection from people on the internet.
131-It was more a comment on the store than her work--I know because I was the one that made the comment to begin with. I didn't mean for it to hurt Dawn. I have no reason to do that. She's always been nice to me. I actually like her work. I meant to say that Dawn was going to godigital-she'll fit right in (because that is the kind of person she is), but the STORE is freaky. Sorry Dawn. Please forgive me. I forgot the BUT. I haven't had a good experience at that store.
#144- If you feel that way then maybe we should ban all the posters that say and do things on this blog we don't like, not just Aly. Sadly she has as much of a right to post here as we do.
did she give you permission to post the links to her facebook?
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FB links are public, you don't need permission to post them. It would be a different matter if the page was private and she posted a screen shot of a private page.
Can you imagine if Hollywood started suits for cyberbullying everytime a bunch of people got together and tore their performances apart?
Stating facts or even opinions on someone's work or personality aren't grounds for legal suits. If you're that worried about what people are saying about you, pack your shit and go live in a cave. There will always be someone who doesn't like your work, your personality, etc.
Wow Aly, surprised to see you here. You good girl act amuses me greatly. You in fact did own WLS I have it on good word you did so. You and your BFF bean bunny did it together. Ex BFF I should say since word is you ripped her off her design for the whole site. You bitched when Shilo "stole" a couple of bucks from you then you do the exact same thing to your e-BFF. The stuff I miss when I take a few days off.
So I just got linked to this...normally idc what ppl have to say about me, but this is just ridiculous. Honestly alyssa.. Here's the truth... No one offered me $ for the site design. I wanted it off because our agreement was that we were going to change the site later on when WE (yes me and you) opened the store together (then backed out when I disagreed when you decided that you were gonna run the store as tiffany without letting me know). Then I would redesign one since that particular design is for my portfolio... I asked you before I Asked them and you said" No they won't. They bought the store. That's the store's theme. That's something you'll have to take up with them" I didnt want to just say I want it off. I knew you would try to convince me to let them have it but I was and am not comfortable with strangers having my site design up (and now refusing to take it down)when it was meant to be temporary. I did everything design for that store.. the name the color scheme, the avis, some of the blinkies and even that messed up splash that idk why still hasnt been fixed lol. You STOLE from me. Plain and simple I did not get anything for doing all that and to top it all off YOU want to sell the store including my hard work? Heres where you messed up.. you sold the site under Tiffany..a person who does not exist. thus the contract is void. Something the new store owners should of known. oh and you KNOW I have proof to all of this and Im the ONLY one who can put all these rumors about you to rest.I have all our ims & emails stored and since i was in school i would have to record my screen as I worked to show my professor. Now the ones I turned in are sound free but the originals have most of our skype calls recorded. Did you really think I would trust you 100% after Ive personally seen how fast you turn on people when things dont go your way? This isnt a threat, I may have tons of proof of many things I know ppl would love to see but thats not my concern.I do not intend to use it. The only proof that I need and will show is the one regarding MY site design. I have no problem showing my face showing the needed people the simple things like my id to prove my identity when my lawyer gets back to work on this... but hiding behind your keyboard isn't really gonna do anything this time. The sad part is that since you wont come forward, again the contract to the new store owners is void. You wont loose a thing but the new owners will have to pay someone to redesign the site. not that you care anyways, you got your money. You will not make me out to be desperate for $ when you were the one who went crazy when you thought another designer stole $6 from you... (and to put that rumor to rest she DID NOT steal from me or alyssa. she was bullied out her stores for nothing)
Sorry this was so long to anyone else reading. I'm just tired of this woman and her lies while playing the victim. I had to say my part. I decided to post on here because well everyone reads this blog and if they don't they'll hear it. Store owners cant do anything about it (doubt if they should have to anyways) so emailing them is pointless. Its drama thus it will go where drama goes. Plus its other designers and customers who would be the ones that would want to know. Now alyssa I will drop all of this if you somehow get my site design taken down. I dont ever have to deal with you and youll never hear from me. oh and please take down "tuesday morning" down as a freebie, Its a collab and I did not give you permission to give my part away. (is it still pirating if you slap your name on it and call it your own? then give it away?) idk but again its still stealing.
one more thing... keep my name out of "your mouth" (keyboard in this case I guess) if you need to tell me something you know where to find me. Don't use my name to get out of drama you've gotten yourself into.
#145 The laughter is in post *** Anonymous said... 116 My bet is it's Dawn... she was ENRAGED haha May 30, 2012 8:21:00 PM *** So yes, someone was enjoying and laughing about Dawn's pain. I am a friend of hers and know first hand what she is going through. She has admitted she is overly sensitive right now. Try and imagine if you had lost a child to extremely tragic and sudden circumstances and did not even get to see him to know without a doubt it was him. Then him to be cremated before he was back in town. He had a very tragic accident and she is having PTSD and visions of what his accident was probably like. He struck a wall on his motorcycle on the top level of a four layer series of roads then he flew out 80 feet and down to the ground 220 feet and landed on his face. Just try and imagine what that might be like. She is fighting suicidal thoughts from wanting to be with her son. So yes, she is a little overly sensitive. She is just trying to get back into designing to have something to feel good about and getting posted about here is not helping. She has a few friends that have mentioned to her she has been posted about and they are aware now to not tell her. So we're hoping she will stay away from this blog.
#131, thank you for the explanation. I will be sure Dawn knows. Please let's close the subject now. Maybe most of you don't care about others feelings but I do.
I replied to you twice. Once about Tangie's templates and the other time I gave you the page and post number about the template discussion on this blog. And did you thank me? No, you didn't. May 30, 2012 6:53:00 PM
I'm sorry for that oversight. Thank you for responding about the templates before, I do appreciate it. :)
When a blog post gets deleted by the blog owner, does the number (along the right side of the post) get deleted too, or does that number get re-assigned to the next poster?
just wondering if it's better to respond to a poster indicating the date & timestamp instead of the number of the post in case the number gets reassigned when posts get deleted. (hope that made sense)
Here's a kicker....I would sooooo much rather talk about Jen and Shannon than hear anymore about Aly, Dawn, or Charly!!!!!!!!!! Let's move on!!!!! If you want Aly to stop talking, then ignore her posts!!
152 I owned WLS? Okay if you and your good word say so. And I already explained the site design thing. She only wanted to change it to make money and take advantage of the new owners. I have screen shots to prove it. Unlike others, I get proof when I need to...
But I'm horrible and all I do is lie soooo okay! You win! I ripped her off bad bad bad. Even if I did "rip her off the site design...I'm pretty sureim justified. I bought her so much digi and undigi related. She took advantages of how great I treat my friends If anything....she used me in a way.
P.s. Reading back throughout messages on this, you sound just like Janet. Don't be mad because you weren't successful in ripping Melissa and crystal off.
152-If she was indeed the owner at WLS it sure clears up some mysteries of why nobody would claim ownership. I'll bet they knew if anybody found out she was part owner, they would have fled the site before it started like I know one designer did in fact. Nothing against Bean Bunny by the way other than maybe a lack of judgement to embark on a business venture with Aly.
Not Aly or a supporter but "having it on good word" is not proof. This is the type of thing she is complaining about. Unless you are Bean Bunny and want to share specifics, you shouldn't be making accusations - here or anywhere else. Since you all like to pretend to be lawyers, this is what is known as "hearsay" and is largely inadmissible in court (at least in the US) because what people "hear" is filtered through their own personal morals, emotions and experience so what they "say" they've "heard" is often not what was actually said. And no, I did not get my definition from wikipedia.
Did Shabby Miss Jenn ever work in a regular digi-store? Or did she always have her own shop? Pretty smart to avoid all the drama of a multi-designer store...and she seems successful....
158 - i wasn't in the SO chat, but i know i saw a headline this morning somewhere about new SO designers and for the life of me i cannot remember where i read it. i am not a SO frequenter (not for any particular reason), so i honestly didn't pay attention. if i remember where i saw the headline, i will post it for you.
So, does that mean Tamara is no longer doing classes/workshops at Gotta Pixel? I know SO is an exclusive store, so she couldn't be doing classes at both places.
Neither is "trailblazing" since workshops have been at tons of sites for a long time and hybrid isn't exactly new. What a joke.
Trailblazing means pioneering or innovative. But, in the case of SO, it means "doing everything the same as everyone else, but thinking we're way more awesome than we actually are."
As with most things, I believe the trailblazing was done long ago. Now it's just tweaks and improvements. Look at technology. Nothing really new or innovative has come out in years. Just improvements - granted, some of them are amazing improvements, but still, just improvements - nothing "new". Now, when they come out with the Star Trek technology to beam me to Hawaii from Canada, I'll call that "trailblazing". Although one could argue that Gene Roddenberry had the idea long ago too.
Now, when they come out with the Star Trek technology to beam me to Hawaii from Canada, I'll call that "trailblazing". Although one could argue that Gene Roddenberry had the idea long ago too. ------
I have never bought anything from SG, because their site doesn't appeal to me at all. Maybe their stuff is great, but I've never even ventured into the shop.
the ScrapGirls shop seems really hard to navigate. I also find their preview style to be unappealing and the kits overpriced. $8.99 regular price seems way too high for this http://store.scrapgirls.com/product/1286/A-Boy%27s-World-Collection
When I first started scrapping I got their daily email freebie but I never used a single piece and never purchased from them. It filled up my inbox while I was discovering what else was out there.
I actually started out at Scrap Girls, that was one of the first forums I called "home". This was before I had discovered the community of digi-scrapland, haha. I did buy quite a bit, though they are very generous with monthly prizes and such so a lot of items came from that as well.
Compared to the rest of the digi-community I do see them as fairly overpriced but the work itself is great for the most part. They are the place that inspired me to design, and the people there are extremely nice. I have never seen drama there, if it was...it was kept behind the scenes as it should be ...away from the customers eyes.
Scrapgirls is run professionally & also does not seem to have any drama-filled designers. Scrapgirls has a couple new freebies each week (usually an individual element or piece of patterned paper). They've been having more sales lately than they have had in the past years, including some 1 day only sales announced in their newsletters.
Scrap Girls, while it probably has awesome stuff, looks TERRIBLE. I would never buy anything from there purely because of their previews :/ They make everything look bad. I don't know what it is about their previews that make them so unappealing to me but they are.
Hi! I don't have time to catch up. I'm going on vacation tomorrow so you guys get a break from me for a few days! YAY...unless i get bored one night in bed... =/
So after reading this post I thought this place was gone.
By Misfit Mania:
someone has listened, let's hope more get it! quote'
formerly scrap smack
Why?
I feel like you all deserve an explanation.
Smack is not gone because of any legal threat or the fear of a legal threat. Not at all. The reason why Smack is gone, is because it was time. Smack had degenerated to the point of name calling and nothing more than bullying. There was rarely adult conversation going on any longer.
There are many less magazines, products, design teams, etc that need to be kept in line, so obviously there is much less smack than there used to be. So I believe that people got bored and smacked whatever they could think of.
An attempt was made to clean up the place a bit, to keep us on task, but alas there were too many princesses in the tower, some of whom prefered the gay bashing and fat children comments. I decided that was enough.
This place was also my own guilty pleasure. I understand ... I mourn it's loss in my own way, even tho it was by my own hand. I know there were better times when this place made things happen, but those days are long, long passed.
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«Oldest ‹Older 2401 – 2600 of 2608 Newer› Newest»It's up at the top of this page, Aly, someone mentioned Daybreak Scraps/Dawn I think it was in the 20s(28 or 29) in that area.
"to harm other people, in a deliberate, repeated, and hostile manner"
No one is deliberately and repeatingly brining you up in a hostile manner. I only bought you up because your postin dst made me come here after months of not reading here. I hated the idea that they were mean to you and you've been nothing but nice to me.
No cyber bullying about you here.
I've been cyber bullied here more than you have to be fair.
If I find that I or my designer name has been mentioned in an unkind fashion here again I will take legal action. I am taking screenshots of all posts.
While I am at it I suggest you stop bashing Aly, Charly, and all of the others that you love to bash. It is ILLEGAL. Think about it, if this was something happening to your kids wouldn't you want it stopped? Just because we are adults does not make it okay.
198 oh yeah. That was kind of mean but you have to ignore it. Don't take them too seriously. They'll talk shit because they can be anonymous. If reputations didn't matter and identities were show, I doubt any of them will have the balls to talk the shit that they do.
But look on the bright side. At least they're aren't discussing your health and your children like its some kind of joke. It could be worse. <3
If I were you I would just stop reading. It's not worth it if it's going to affect the way you feel about the business. Don't give up because of these anonymous women.
I interpret it as someone trying to affect my employment and REPUTATION:
to threaten a victim's earnings, employment, reputation, or safety. A repeated pattern of such actions against a target by an adult constitutes cyberstalking.
Ok I see it now Dawn. Post #29.
Thanks dawn. I feel the same way but trust me I can handle it! I agree that they went overboard about charly and you. And me tooooo but I bring it on myself ;) it's uncool to talk about my health issues and my kids being "neglected" but I can seriously handle it.
If I couldn't handle it, I wouldn't read. Which is why I think you should like smack your fingers...with a ruler with nails it....when you see yourself typing in the address of this blog. It's just not worth it.
Bullying is bad you guys! Now quit it.
I don't think you can make fonts in Photoshop. You could possibly make the glyphs in Illustrator, but each one has to be assigned to a character. That app makes it simple. Of course, you need an iPad.
It exports the character set to 2ttf.com - there may be other ways of uploading to there. I only just discovered it so I am not a very good advice giver :)
2 yup. You're right. My reputation was trashed because of myself and becAuse of false rumors which people swear are true...without proof! But posting here will make it worse. My chance of getting into any store now is ruined and I'm okay with that! But if u can't be okay with it j ust ignore it.
Another excerpt from wikipedia:, ganging up on victims by making them the subject of ridicule in forums, and posting false statements as fact aimed at humiliation.
Lol, Aly, at the smacking my fingers. I wear a rubberband around my wrist at the suggestion of my counselor to keep me from scratching myself when I get overly anxious.
8 omg! I was defiantly cyber bullied!
9 lol I'm serious though. No one should read if they let it affect them too much. And that's just one way of stopping themselves.
BTW, the "2TTF Garrery" (no kidding, that is the page title) is a great place to pick up some free fonts. http://2ttf.com/gallery
Aly, I totally get what you are saying but that's kind of like an ostrich burying its head in the sand. Just because you ignore it doesn't mean it isn't happening. If we ignore and turn a blind eye to abuse of any kind we are as bad as the abusers.
13 so you're just a reader here? Not a smacker? Because it all could be solved if people didn't feel the need to talk shit....you included since "anonymous" could be you at anytime.
It would also help if the readers here had minds of their own and formed their own opinions. But it seems people in this industry are sooooooo stuck on the "omg I was warned about her so let me ignore her app even though I've seen no proof because I don't want people to look at me badly". It's bullshit and the whole thing is highschool.
Idk I guess I'm just an understanding person period and I always give the benefit of the doubt if it's just speculation....this goes for anything. For anything...if someone doesn't like it, they could suck my big too. If more people in this industry had this attitude had that attitude it would be so much better and less drama free.
This will never happen though!!! And I don't expect it to! So more and more innocent,,.even if they're slightly mentally ill like myself :)....will have their reputations and chances of getting into stores tarnished because people listen to others way toooo much instead of finding out for themselves.
Hey, I know this is old now - a day old! Oh no!- But thanks for the tip on the iFontMaker app... I managed to make 3 new fonts in about half an hour, which would be perfect for scrapping if I actually still scrapped ;)
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You're welcome. I love that app.
Can you make fonts with just Photoshop or do you need a special program?
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No and yes.
Dawn I have no idea who you are but I just read your blog about your son. I am very sorry for your loss. I cannot imagine what you are going through.
As far as what was said here, obviously I didn't read it as I am clueless, let alone I dont know who you are other than "Dawn"
171 - http://scraporchard.com/forum/showthread.php/44221-Come-meet-our-NEW-Orchard-Girls!
I am taking screenshots of all posts.
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And this will do you good how?
Aly, you ruined your own reputation. Own it and stop blaming others.
17 - ah there you are! What a great find. When I first got online in 1998 or so I was very keen to make my own font. I found a program called Fontsy and made the worst font ever in about 3 days.
This app is so much better. Ain't technology grand :)
If more people in this industry had this attitude had that attitude it would be so much better and less drama free.
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The industry is mostly drama free. But if you seek it out, you will find it.
#23 - I remember Fontsy! Those were the days :)
22 omg you people can't read. Did I or did I not say that I ruined it myself with the help of others? I swear I said that....do you skim read or something????
Are we doing Wiki quotes? Yay, I have one too
The Streisand effect is a primarily online phenomenon in which an attempt to hide or remove a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely. It is named after American entertainer Barbra Streisand, whose attempt in 2003 to suppress photographs of her residence inadvertently generated further publicity.
OMG Aly, you post so much crap, I'm forced to skim read. Try to keep it to one post, the multiple posts are annoying.
I do try! But my iPad messes up so sometimes I can't. :)
25 - LOL. They were most certainly NOT the days. :D Give me my iPad any time :)
I need to go sit at a computer to be honest. But idk why i got the iMac and not a Mac book. I know I hate sitting to a computer.
You got the iMac because there's more power and memory. For someone who said she needed money for hospitals, you sure do have some nice toys.
32 trust me...it was a gift. My mothers boyfriend was trying to buy my love. I couldn't afford an iMac
Oh my god, Dawn has me laughing so hard I can hardly breathe. Good luck prosecuting a bunch of anons, half who aren't even in the same country . (just thought I'd add, cyber bullying as you so call it is not currently against the law in my country)
I got one too.
The Fregoli delusion or the delusion of doubles is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that different people are in fact a single person who changes appearance or is in disguise.
For those that think one poster is actually four different posters at once.
32 I still feel like I'm my moms baby. I can honestly say that 80% of what I own was not purchased by me. All from mommy and my step dad. <3 But my kids are different everything they own was mainly purchase by me.
But I got my iPad because I won a bet with my mom. The iMac was from my step dad because he felt I didn't like him. Those are like my only nice "toys". Not nearly a lot
has anyone actually used a template from Cluster Queen Creations? I bought some things from her over insd and am now trying to use them and wow her quality is terrible! Her templates have one jagged edge after another.
thanks for the warning, I haven't tried her templates before.
Unfortunately you might not get too much more feedback on this topic here. I tried posting about templates here the other day, but a few users said that templates were too 'boring' to talk about, & to go to DST to talk about it.
#38- I think someone came here and posted a hundred times in a row and it got lost.
Dawn is the one that got told her designs would fit in at Funky Playground, I think. Saying your designs belong in a certain store is a far cry from cyber bullying. I get that you're emotionally distressed, but it's just scrap booking. You'll notice this blog is about designers and stores, which just like McDonald's or Walmart, are in the public eye and can have anyone, anon or not, give their opinion. If you don't want our opinion, stop selling or don't come here. Smacking people's personal life, that might count as bullying.
In that train of thought, warning other store owners that someone like Alyssa or Amanda Dykan are bad bets for their store seems like the logical thing to do, could that fall under bullying?
Someone saying they don't like your stuff or it is poor quality is neither libel or slander.
what purpose does it serve to post anything here?
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Just because some of you don't like the discussion, doesn't mean it can't be discussed.
I don't like a lot of the discussions here, but I'm not telling anyone to 'get over it', 'no one wants to hear', 'go to DST'.
May 30, 2012 4:44:00 PM
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Yes I agree :)
It kinda is bullying. But no one will admit it....Since I'm a monster apparently. I'm not sure who Amanda is so why am I being categorized with her? I thought she was proven to be whatever she was accused of....
I however have not. And never will be because it's bullshit. So how is warning stores about her and warning stores about me the same thing?
How many of you just wanted to give me shit because you didn't like my tits? :D
40 but in my opinion and probably no one else's....because I'm a monster...yes! It is bullying because it hasn't been proven that I did anything. People just want to think I did and be stuck on the because they don't like me for whatever reason.
Since I was called a whore here I thought this would be an appropriate example hahha...
It's like going around telling
Whoops I pad messaged up..
It's like being in highschool and going around telling guys... Don't get involved with her because she has herpes!!!
Like biatch...have you seen my clinic result stuff??? It's speculation! And completely wrong to do! It's BULLyING!
But much love to those guys who say "fuck what they say I'm going to give you a chance anyway" and in the end his balls don't end up itching like they said they would....
That's the type of store owners this industry needs.....
I do not know Aly or Dawn, but let me say that we have freedom of speech, and expressing an opinion about your designs or the quality of your designs is not slander or libel. I also wouldnt rely on Wikipedia for my legal advice.
You know the conversation is classy when you're bringing up herpes....
Unfortunately you might not get too much more feedback on this topic here. I tried posting about templates here the other day, but a few users said that templates were too 'boring' to talk about, & to go to DST to talk about it.
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I replied to you twice. Once about Tangie's templates and the other time I gave you the page and post number about the template discussion on this blog. And did you thank me? No, you didn't.
48- I think she was trying to make a point LOL.
48 hahahahahhaahhahah just an example and it totally fits!
But much love to those guys who say "fuck what they say I'm going to give you a chance anyway" and in the end his balls don't end up itching like they said they would....
That's the type of store owners this industry needs.....
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What? Someone who will you fuck you?
When is the conversation ever classy here? At least she isn't smacking anyone badly.
#52- That was classy too.
This has to be the funniest shit I have read all day.
52 did you completely miss the point or was that your attempt at being funny?
47-The Wikipedia definition was a little over the top.
I don't think getting smacked ruins reputations, its how you act when you come here to defend yourself.
#54 - don't talk about classy, it doesn't make you look classy, you know.
Aly, take it how you want it. You brought it up.
49- Tangie's templates are huge.
#59 - yep, her TIFF files are about 10 times the size of her PSD files.
#57 - which wiki definition was over the top? There are quite a few posted.
#58- Me posting to you "That was classy too" was just a statement about what you said.
61- I think it was about the cyberbullying.
It's not bullying if you enjoy it Aly. Didn't the blog owner ask you to not post back to back already?
I didn't enjoy it when it first happened a year ago. Now I just don't care. Yeah she did. But I Can't help if my ipad messes up while typing. But I am on my computer now for a while so it shouldnt be a problem.
Can anyone see this? https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=108932765867401
Yes! I'm showing off my child neglect.
61-What I meant was, that she actually posted a definition from Wikipedia to begin with was over the top. (silly)
The house is a disaster and the baby is not cute - at all.
Looking forward to a fresh June thread here on this blog and fresh topics because the topics here are sooooo tired!!!!!!! Can we please talk about something NEW???????!!!!!! Ugh!
#66 - yes, i can see the video. kind of confused why you posted it here, but i won't bash you for it, like #68 did.
#68 - that was just mean...how would you feel about someone saying that about your baby???...people have feelings!!!!
Why would you post your kids here?
#70- She did it because she is "anon". I highly doubt she would say it under her own name.
68 - That's not my house so its whatever. It's my Sister In Law's Boyfriends house. But my baby is beautiful thanks very much. He's much bigger now.
70 - I know it was random. I was going through my old facebook pics and videos and came across that. Its one of my favs. So I thought I would share a small glimpse into my life! Sorry to those who didn't want to see it! (But don't worry about 68. I didn't take it personally...)
71 Um I can post my kids where I want. It's not like this is porn site or something. I'm sure a majority of us are moms here. What's the problem?
I didn't say it was a problem, I was asking why you posted them here on a smack blog. It didn't make sense to me.
75 I'm bored & lonely right now. I felt like sharing a video of my baby. That's the only reason.
This is not the happy mom friends blog, you have no idea who reads here.
And its weird that you are trying to make friends with people who clearly don't like you.
77 I don't care what blog it is. It's a video...if someone doesn't like it, they will get over it!
Trying to make friends? I'm pretty sure I was just sharing a video. I'd be stupid to try to make friends with Anonymous people! That will be one hell of a friendship!
77/78 Do you get off on lecturing people like they care what you say?
That video was too cute, even if you don't like Alaska.
The problem with this blog is that it has totally gotten off track. I come here to find out what is going on in the digital scrapping community and the business side of it, etc. Anything other than that can be discussed on YOUR Facebook pages!
I am honestly not trying to be a bitch, just stating a point. Either come here to talk business, or don't come at all. That is my thoughts on it. Sorry.
Cute video
82 I never got the "discuss business" vibe from this blog. I'm pretty sure its a "talk shit about the people we don't like thats in this business" blog.
83, I saw what you said first! hahaha Alaksa.
Fun times 2nite!
82 are you having "being nasty to people" withdrawals?
I know, it auto corrected Alyssa to. Alaska on my phone then that post disappeared. It did look funny with Alaska though.
My posts are disappearing. :(
My phone auto-corrected Alyssa to Alaska, then that post disappeared.
89. I was just going to ask how do you delete your posts if you're anonymous. That's weird.
I'm showing 2490 as the post count.
Reviewing/commenting about a business/designer is no different than posting a review of a product on Amazon or saying the food sucks at a restaurant listed on Yelp. It's your opinion. None of that is cyber bullying. Sorry.
26: Aly, everyone fucking skims when you post. There are 90 comments on this page right now, and you are more than a third of them.
Shut the hell up, or do what DigiSmacker asked (in a much nicer way than I am) and condense your shit into one comment so we can ignore it.
92 It goes WAAAAY past a matter of opinion when accusations start being made....with no proof!!!
I think Blogger gets issues with posts disappearing when the post count gets too high.
93 you can not get me to do what you want with curse words! Sorry! :D
#92 that is exactly what I said in #47
#62 - I was aware of that, did you miss my point?
So.... scrap orchard... no one made any guesses?
WTH? =/
WTF 97-99
102 bet you they are going to blame! $20!
I'm going back to my other smack reading, at least it's intelligent and amusing.
Someone bored tonight or is that a secret code to decipher?
Seriously, I have better things to do than delete spam posts.
SO, I'm not sure if I care anymore. They seem to be going downhill.
Other smack?
My bet is it's Dawn... she was ENRAGED haha
I guess that is one way of getting rid of Aly posts.
Temporary moderation, guys. I'm not going to put up with this, so I'll check comments (and approve legit ones) once an hour until the spammer quits.
ya think?
Aly is that you fucking doing that?
92 It goes WAAAAY past a matter of opinion when accusations start being made....with no proof!!!
May 30, 2012 8:06:00 PM
Where is the proof when I say the curry sucks at a restaurant? There isn't any. I may think it sucks and another person who goes there might think it's amazing. I could provide a detailed "proof" of why I think it's disgusting, such as too much spice, not enough spice, too much of this, not enough of that, etc. Someone else will think it's perfect as it is.
Saying a designers work sucks or a store sucks isn't any different than saying the curry sucks. "Proof" or not, some people will agree and some people wont.
That's called LIFE.
>>>This person is a human being. She is non-threatening. Nice. Sweet. Caring. And lost her son in January. Why are you people picking on her?
I don't get it?
https://www.facebook.com/daybreakscrapsbydawn
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1076875642
Enough already. Seriously.
116 - can we lay off dawn? She is going through a lot.
121 are you stupid? how is saying a designer sucks and saying a designer is a pirate and deletes people's shit the same thing? The latter is NOT a matter of opinion. Yeah, you missed my point.
That baby is one ugly mother fucker.
120 - no its not aly thank you very much. I actually have stuff to say. I don't need to type actual jibberish.
122 - did she give you permission to post the links to her facebook?
Sorry blog owner for the multiple posts! ! I'm back on my ipad!
#122 Why would you link to her stuff if you want people to stay away?
And no one was picking on her till she came here and flipped her shit.
So nice that someone else's pain makes people laugh. What a great group of people you all are.
Agreed #122!
No one picked on her, they stated their OPINION about her work.
As far as Tangie's templates or any other designers, why not email them how to correctly save tiff files? I am a scrapper who has been asked to donate a template for a challenge. When I saved my template as a tiff in psp, my template was huge, even though I tried to reduce it as best as I could. It could just be a matter of her program not being able to resize it correctly to your standards. Not everyone can afford Photoshop. But seriously, email the designer, let them know, perhaps show them the correct settings, instead of bitching about the size.
#122 - no one is picking on her, FFS.
Geez, get a clue.
Temporary moderation, guys. I'm not going to put up with this, so I'll check comments (and approve legit ones) once an hour until the spammer quits.
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#132- I have and they ignored the email.
135 <3 :D
Even the one about my baby? Or was that easy because it was about me??? ;)
Dawn posted a link to this blog on her facebook so be prepared for spam and dawn defenders!
Yes, Aly, especially the one about your baby.
Also, my name is DigiSmacker. :)
#138- I didn't see her post one.
135 - unlike ;)
But seriously, email the designer, let them know, perhaps show them the correct settings, instead of bitching about the size.
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I didn't bitch about it, I made a comment about the size, quite being negative. She has a CT, they should tell her. It's not my job to tell a designer, who has been a long time in the industry, how to design.
140 maybe she deleted it?
Blog owner please ban Aly! Her conversations with herself are driving me insane and are doing herself no good. I just skipped two pages of comments because I have no desire to read her self indulgent narcissistic ramblings just to find a decent post. I for one am taking a break from this blog because I have no desire to watch the AlyD train wreck.
I really don't understand Dawn. No one was even picking on her. Like, at all. So anything that is said from here on is pretty much her own fault.
As for someone else's pain,.... wut>?
If you are talking about Dawn losing her son, no one has laughed about that? If you are talking about something else, then I'm lost.
I don't get Dawn at all. If she is that upset about this blog, WALK THE FUCK AWAY.
I'm not responsible for her feelings nor her reactions, they are up to her.
If someone can drive, write their own checks, make their own phone calls, take care of pets, feed themselves, and are OK to babysit children, they do not need protection from people on the internet.
131-It was more a comment on the store than her work--I know because I was the one that made the comment to begin with. I didn't mean for it to hurt Dawn. I have no reason to do that. She's always been nice to me. I actually like her work. I meant to say that Dawn was going to godigital-she'll fit right in (because that is the kind of person she is), but the STORE is freaky. Sorry Dawn. Please forgive me. I forgot the BUT. I haven't had a good experience at that store.
144 - You'll get over it! I am going no where!
#144- If you feel that way then maybe we should ban all the posters that say and do things on this blog we don't like, not just Aly. Sadly she has as much of a right to post here as we do.
did she give you permission to post the links to her facebook?
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FB links are public, you don't need permission to post them. It would be a different matter if the page was private and she posted a screen shot of a private page.
Can you imagine if Hollywood started suits for cyberbullying everytime a bunch of people got together and tore their performances apart?
Stating facts or even opinions on someone's work or personality aren't grounds for legal suits. If you're that worried about what people are saying about you, pack your shit and go live in a cave. There will always be someone who doesn't like your work, your personality, etc.
Wow Aly, surprised to see you here. You good girl act amuses me greatly. You in fact did own WLS I have it on good word you did so. You and your BFF bean bunny did it together. Ex BFF I should say since word is you ripped her off her design for the whole site. You bitched when Shilo "stole" a couple of bucks from you then you do the exact same thing to your e-BFF. The stuff I miss when I take a few days off.
This is going to be long sorry...
So I just got linked to this...normally idc what ppl have to say about me, but this is just ridiculous. Honestly alyssa.. Here's the truth... No one offered me $ for the site design. I wanted it off because our agreement was that we were going to change the site later on when WE (yes me and you) opened the store together (then backed out when I disagreed when you decided that you were gonna run the store as tiffany without letting me know). Then I would redesign one since that particular design is for my portfolio... I asked you before I Asked them and you said" No they won't. They bought the store. That's the store's theme. That's something you'll have to take up with them" I didnt want to just say I want it off. I knew you would try to convince me to let them have it but I was and am not comfortable with strangers having my site design up (and now refusing to take it down)when it was meant to be temporary. I did everything design for that store.. the name the color scheme, the avis, some of the blinkies and even that messed up splash that idk why still hasnt been fixed lol. You STOLE from me. Plain and simple I did not get anything for doing all that and to top it all off YOU want to sell the store including my hard work? Heres where you messed up.. you sold the site under Tiffany..a person who does not exist. thus the contract is void. Something the new store owners should of known. oh and you KNOW I have proof to all of this and Im the ONLY one who can put all these rumors about you to rest.I have all our ims & emails stored and since i was in school i would have to record my screen as I worked to show my professor. Now the ones I turned in are sound free but the originals have most of our skype calls recorded. Did you really think I would trust you 100% after Ive personally seen how fast you turn on people when things dont go your way? This isnt a threat, I may have tons of proof of many things I know ppl would love to see but thats not my concern.I do not intend to use it. The only proof that I need and will show is the one regarding MY site design. I have no problem showing my face showing the needed people the simple things like my id to prove my identity when my lawyer gets back to work on this... but hiding behind your keyboard isn't really gonna do anything this time. The sad part is that since you wont come forward, again the contract to the new store owners is void. You wont loose a thing but the new owners will have to pay someone to redesign the site. not that you care anyways, you got your money. You will not make me out to be desperate for $ when you were the one who went crazy when you thought another designer stole $6 from you... (and to put that rumor to rest she DID NOT steal from me or alyssa. she was bullied out her stores for nothing)
Sorry this was so long to anyone else reading. I'm just tired of this woman and her lies while playing the victim. I had to say my part. I decided to post on here because well everyone reads this blog and if they don't they'll hear it. Store owners cant do anything about it (doubt if they should have to anyways) so emailing them is pointless. Its drama thus it will go where drama goes. Plus its other designers and customers who would be the ones that would want to know.
Now alyssa I will drop all of this if you somehow get my site design taken down. I dont ever have to deal with you and youll never hear from me. oh and please take down "tuesday morning" down as a freebie, Its a collab and I did not give you permission to give my part away. (is it still pirating if you slap your name on it and call it your own? then give it away?) idk but again its still stealing.
one more thing... keep my name out of "your mouth" (keyboard in this case I guess) if you need to tell me something you know where to find me. Don't use my name to get out of drama you've gotten yourself into.
#145 The laughter is in post
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My bet is it's Dawn... she was ENRAGED haha
May 30, 2012 8:21:00 PM
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So yes, someone was enjoying and laughing about Dawn's pain.
I am a friend of hers and know first hand what she is going through.
She has admitted she is overly sensitive right now. Try and imagine if you had lost a child to extremely tragic and sudden circumstances and did not even get to see him to know without a doubt it was him. Then him to be cremated before he was back in town. He had a very tragic accident and she is having PTSD and visions of what his accident was probably like. He struck a wall on his motorcycle on the top level of a four layer series of roads then he flew out 80 feet and down to the ground 220 feet and landed on his face. Just try and imagine what that might be like. She is fighting suicidal thoughts from wanting to be with her son. So yes, she is a little overly sensitive. She is just trying to get back into designing to have something to feel good about and getting posted about here is not helping. She has a few friends that have mentioned to her she has been posted about and they are aware now to not tell her. So we're hoping she will stay away from this blog.
#131, thank you for the explanation. I will be sure Dawn knows.
Please let's close the subject now. Maybe most of you don't care about others feelings but I do.
I replied to you twice. Once about Tangie's templates and the other time I gave you the page and post number about the template discussion on this blog. And did you thank me? No, you didn't.
May 30, 2012 6:53:00 PM
I'm sorry for that oversight. Thank you for responding about the templates before, I do appreciate it. :)
When a blog post gets deleted by the blog owner, does the number (along the right side of the post) get deleted too, or does that number get re-assigned to the next poster?
just wondering if it's better to respond to a poster indicating the date & timestamp instead of the number of the post in case the number gets reassigned when posts get deleted. (hope that made sense)
Here's a kicker....I would sooooo much rather talk about Jen and Shannon than hear anymore about Aly, Dawn, or Charly!!!!!!!!!!
Let's move on!!!!! If you want Aly to stop talking, then ignore her posts!!
Was anyone in the SO chat last night? Who are the new designers?
Or are we going to be forced to continue talking about the same boring crap we've been forced to in the past 48 hours?
152 I owned WLS? Okay if you and your good word say so. And I already explained the site design thing. She only wanted to change it to make money and take advantage of the new owners. I have screen shots to prove it. Unlike others, I get proof when I need to...
But I'm horrible and all I do is lie soooo okay! You win! I ripped her off bad bad bad. Even if I did "rip her off the site design...I'm pretty sureim justified. I bought her so much digi and undigi related. She took advantages of how great I treat my friends If anything....she used me in a way.
P.s. Reading back throughout messages on this, you sound just like Janet. Don't be mad because you weren't successful in ripping Melissa and crystal off.
152-If she was indeed the owner at WLS it sure clears up some mysteries of why nobody would claim ownership. I'll bet they knew if anybody found out she was part owner, they would have fled the site before it started like I know one designer did in fact. Nothing against Bean Bunny by the way other than maybe a lack of judgement to embark on a business venture with Aly.
Not Aly or a supporter but "having it on good word" is not proof. This is the type of thing she is complaining about. Unless you are Bean Bunny and want to share specifics, you shouldn't be making accusations - here or anywhere else. Since you all like to pretend to be lawyers, this is what is known as "hearsay" and is largely inadmissible in court (at least in the US) because what people "hear" is filtered through their own personal morals, emotions and experience so what they "say" they've "heard" is often not what was actually said. And no, I did not get my definition from wikipedia.
Stop feeding the troll. She'll get bored and do something else.
Did Shabby Miss Jenn ever work in a regular digi-store? Or did she always have her own shop? Pretty smart to avoid all the drama of a multi-designer store...and she seems successful....
#165- I'm not sure. I've always seen her just in her own shop.
#158- From what I see the new SO designers are just tutorials and hybrid shit. Not anything "trailblazing".
Thank you to the spammer! Now we have to jump through hoops just to post. Idiot.
Thank you Bean Bunny for telling your side.
158 - i wasn't in the SO chat, but i know i saw a headline this morning somewhere about new SO designers and for the life of me i cannot remember where i read it. i am not a SO frequenter (not for any particular reason), so i honestly didn't pay attention. if i remember where i saw the headline, i will post it for you.
I looked in the SO store for the new designers. Not impressed.
169- It's Wendybird and Tamara (she usually does quickpages). If you look in the store it shows them.
Thank you Bean Bunny. I feel for you.
So, does that mean Tamara is no longer doing classes/workshops at Gotta Pixel? I know SO is an exclusive store, so she couldn't be doing classes at both places.
Neither is "trailblazing" since workshops have been at tons of sites for a long time and hybrid isn't exactly new. What a joke.
Tamara is teaching exclusively at SO now.
And just for the record, SO never said the new designers were "trailblazers" - that comment came from here.
Thanks for setting the record straight. Now I can sleep tonight.
I'm sure anyone who calls a site "trailblazing" is associated with it somehow.
#175- I'm still laughing at the "trailblazing" comment about SO and SSD.
I'm trailblazing. So there.
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Ok call me stupid but what is meant by "trailblazing"?
Trailblazing means pioneering or innovative. But, in the case of SO, it means "doing everything the same as everyone else, but thinking we're way more awesome than we actually are."
180 - YES! Especially Kami. GAG
Ok I see ok thanks!
I actually like SO - no not a designer or ct - but I wouldn't call it trailblazing by any standard.
As with most things, I believe the trailblazing was done long ago. Now it's just tweaks and improvements. Look at technology. Nothing really new or innovative has come out in years. Just improvements - granted, some of them are amazing improvements, but still, just improvements - nothing "new". Now, when they come out with the Star Trek technology to beam me to Hawaii from Canada, I'll call that "trailblazing". Although one could argue that Gene Roddenberry had the idea long ago too.
I'm sorry for that oversight. Thank you for responding about the templates before, I do appreciate it. :)
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You're welcome and I'm sorry if I come off snarky.
Let's all sing "kumbaya".
Now, when they come out with the Star Trek technology to beam me to Hawaii from Canada, I'll call that "trailblazing". Although one could argue that Gene Roddenberry had the idea long ago too.
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If we had the technology, we could rebuild him.
I guess we are all in such a good mood because the new June topic is coming very soon. (Not soon enough though.)
why doesn't this thing have a dam like button LOL
I'm curious to know though .. i hear a lot of shops mentioned.. how about ScrapGirls? What's the word on them?
I have never bought anything from SG, because their site doesn't appeal to me at all. Maybe their stuff is great, but I've never even ventured into the shop.
you have a point .. the site is a bit cluttered
It used to be ok a few years back but now it's just a nightmare
the ScrapGirls shop seems really hard to navigate. I also find their preview style to be unappealing and the kits overpriced.
$8.99 regular price seems way too high for this
http://store.scrapgirls.com/product/1286/A-Boy%27s-World-Collection
When I first started scrapping I got their daily email freebie but I never used a single piece and never purchased from them. It filled up my inbox while I was discovering what else was out there.
I have some stuff from ScrapGirls that I like. I bought it because it was different from everything else out there. I always buy on sale though.
Some of the quality is hit and miss, but that's normal, everywhere I've bought from has hit and miss.
I actually started out at Scrap Girls, that was one of the first forums I called "home". This was before I had discovered the community of digi-scrapland, haha. I did buy quite a bit, though they are very generous with monthly prizes and such so a lot of items came from that as well.
Compared to the rest of the digi-community I do see them as fairly overpriced but the work itself is great for the most part. They are the place that inspired me to design, and the people there are extremely nice. I have never seen drama there, if it was...it was kept behind the scenes as it should be ...away from the customers eyes.
Scrapgirls is run professionally & also does not seem to have any drama-filled designers. Scrapgirls has a couple new freebies each week (usually an individual element or piece of patterned paper). They've been having more sales lately than they have had in the past years, including some 1 day only sales announced in their newsletters.
Maybe their prices are reasonable and the rest of digiland is UNDERpriced!
I agree that the place is a bit hard to navigate though.
Scrap Girls, while it probably has awesome stuff, looks TERRIBLE. I would never buy anything from there purely because of their previews :/ They make everything look bad. I don't know what it is about their previews that make them so unappealing to me but they are.
(and man this captcha crap is annoying!)
http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Lock-It-Up-Vol.-02-CU.html
Are things like Yale and Sargent locks copyrighted?
Hi! I don't have time to catch up. I'm going on vacation tomorrow so you guys get a break from me for a few days! YAY...unless i get bored one night in bed... =/
Don't take my absence as giving up!
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=303593
^^^^ this one ought to be a doozy.
So after reading this post I thought this place was gone.
By Misfit Mania:
someone has listened, let's hope more get it!
quote'
formerly scrap smack
Why?
I feel like you all deserve an explanation.
Smack is not gone because of any legal threat or the fear of a legal threat. Not at all. The reason why Smack is gone, is because it was time. Smack had degenerated to the point of name calling and nothing more than bullying. There was rarely adult conversation going on any longer.
There are many less magazines, products, design teams, etc that need to be kept in line, so obviously there is much less smack than there used to be. So I believe that people got bored and smacked whatever they could think of.
An attempt was made to clean up the place a bit, to keep us on task, but alas there were too many princesses in the tower, some of whom prefered the gay bashing and fat children comments. I decided that was enough.
This place was also my own guilty pleasure. I understand ... I mourn it's loss in my own way, even tho it was by my own hand. I know there were better times when this place made things happen, but those days are long, long passed.
I apologize for no warning.
Best of luck to you all. I hope you find peace.'
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