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Post by wonderwoman on May 23, 2017 7:03:19 GMT
Last weekend there were 3 local crops in my area, I went to one and it it was a flop on many levels.. Kicking my self for not going to either of the other ones. Just wondering was your last crop you attended a fun crop or a big flop?
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msliz
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Post by msliz on May 23, 2017 10:33:36 GMT
Well, the crop I was going to this past Saturday was cancelled on Friday night, so I'd say flop. The organizer was told at the last minute that she couldn't use the property that day because they were spraying for ticks, but she rescheduled for next month, so we're good.
What happened with yours that it flopped "on many levels?"
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Post by peasapie on May 23, 2017 10:42:36 GMT
I've never been to an official crop, but I get together with friends to craft. am curious to read what makes it hot or flop.
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Post by grammadee on May 23, 2017 12:09:47 GMT
The crop I attend twice a year is great for me. Lots of table space, organized so friends can sit together, good lighting, the store is right on site. The food is good. The focus is on crafting, and I can relax and get a lot done. There are a few Make-n-takes, but I usually choose not to participate unless it's something I really want to learn.
The worst crop for me was kind of the opposite. Litte table space, scramble seating. We had to go off premises to eat. Party atmosphere, so lots of noise and interruptions. I did attend a second one by the same group, but that time I registered for all the classes and did a lot of shopping at the on site stores, and didn't plan to get much done, so much less frustrating.
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Post by myboysnme on May 23, 2017 12:18:30 GMT
I went to a crop on Saturday. It was good. It is a regular crop for me, held at a local church. They provide lunch when they can from their community meal ministry the day before. We bring something to share if we want.
There were fewer people there than usual. I had a table to myself in my usual space by the window. I was very unproductive having just come back from my week at the beach the evening before. I got maybe 13 layouts done all day.
There is no music or anything thankfully. The only thing that moved the needle toward the flop category is some people have been bringing their grandchildren and they are running around and carrying on. The first 2 kids were about 7. Then 2 older girls got dropped off and they were 'performing' on the stage at the end of the room. After about 2 hours of it I went over and asked them to please stop or be quieter because they were really distracting me and they stopped and moved over to one of the tables near the grandmother and proceeded to torment their little sister.
This is a trend I am seeing. It used to be us scrappers who brought our kids - much to my disdain, but now we are grandmothers and seem to think sharing the scrap experience with our grandchildren in a contained room for hours on end despite the fact they are clearly disinterested is the new bonding time. I have noticed it at this particular crop the last few months.
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Post by guzismom on May 23, 2017 12:19:28 GMT
My last crop was an event for another message board I'm on....and it was FANTASTIC. Lots of crop space (6 ft table EACH); meeting tons of ladies I only knew 'online'; wonderful eating places and starbucks a short walk away. the hotel spoiled us with drinks and snacks too, totally unexpected but appreciated! Many of the girls made goodies to give each of us, which was nice.
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Post by warrior1991 on May 23, 2017 13:03:20 GMT
I crop with a group of ladies in my area who all work at the same medical center in a nearby town, so they all know each other. But they are very welcoming to "outsiders". lol We always get our own table (either an 8 foot table or a 6 foot round table). They provide meals, we provide snacks to share and our own beverages. It is only held on Friday night and all day Saturday as it is usually in a church fellowship hall. We do not spend the night (so the cost is much cheaper), but we can leave our stuff out and go home to sleep. Some ladies get hotel rooms to have a "weekend" away from the kids. There is usually music playing quietly in the corner of the room and no one seems to mind. Some people scrapbook, some make cards, others just sort through piles & piles of photos. Some even bring their laptops and work on digital pages. Tables are set up so friends can craft together. I don't have any local friends that craft, so I go alone. I am usually set up by a group of ladies and they are friendly and try to include me in conversation, but I'm somewhat shy, so I don't usually say much. Also, I don't have kids and am divorced, so I have no stories to share. And as mentioned, 99% of the ladies all work together so they have many work stories to talk about. I usually get tons done as I don't stop much to talk. I tend to chat more when we stop to eat. The last time I went, I was seated across from a new girl who was very nice. She was newly married, no kids and she sold Close to My Heart. I used to sell that also back a few moons ago, so we had lots to talk about. It was very fun, but she came in late, and left early both days, so I was alone quite a bit of the time. I didn't go this last time they meet in March. I am not sure if I will go in November even though that time it will be at my own church. I'll see.
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Post by caspad on May 23, 2017 14:34:40 GMT
last one was a hit
but I went to one that was such a flop - we still laugh at it they didn't even order lunch until 2 PM 2 pizzas for 12 people and the 2 teenage daughters of the organizer were the first two in line filling up their plates!
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Post by crimsoncat05 on May 23, 2017 14:58:10 GMT
the last get-together I attended wasn't actually a crop, but a CM 'pop up shop' with a woman from the CM home office showing their newest products. We did two projects-- a card and a 2-pg SB layout-- for free, which was really nice. That same CM adviser is the one who hosts the three-day hotel retreats that I attend- NSD weekend, and Croptoberfest. I found out she also hosts crops in her home, 9 am - 10 pm (or later), for only $10, so I'm totally going to attend some of those! (the SB store charges $30 for 12 hours.)
The only thing that took it into 'flop' territory for me is that I thought she would have the product I ordered on NSD ready for me to pick up, but I found out that there was some mix-up so she hadn't even placed the order yet. (booo!!) So instead of picking up my order I ended up ordering even more stuff- lol- but I need to wait till the middle of June to get it.
ETA: that sucks, about the people bringing the grandkids to run around and be annoying. There should be some sort of posted info about that- you can't bring anyone under X age, or if you do, they need to be crafting / working on a project, not running around unsupervised.
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Post by canadianscrappergirl on May 23, 2017 15:04:20 GMT
I went to a crop on Saturday. It was good. It is a regular crop for me, held at a local church. They provide lunch when they can from their community meal ministry the day before. We bring something to share if we want. There were fewer people there than usual. I had a table to myself in my usual space by the window. I was very unproductive having just come back from my week at the beach the evening before. I got maybe 13 layouts done all day. There is no music or anything thankfully. The only thing that moved the needle toward the flop category is some people have been bringing their grandchildren and they are running around and carrying on. The first 2 kids were about 7. Then 2 older girls got dropped off and they were 'performing' on the stage at the end of the room. After about 2 hours of it I went over and asked them to please stop or be quieter because they were really distracting me and they stopped and moved over to one of the tables near the grandmother and proceeded to torment their little sister. This is a trend I am seeing. It used to be us scrappers who brought our kids - much to my disdain, but now we are grandmothers and seem to think sharing the scrap experience with our grandchildren in a contained room for hours on end despite the fact they are clearly disinterested is the new bonding time. I have noticed it at this particular crop the last few months. Yikes kids at a crop ugh that would be a deal breaker for me! If I brought my gd she would have to be old enough to stay and scrap with me and be willing to stay for several hours. I love her but she like my boys isn't allowed to run wild anywhere we are. I love having music play at my table but I put it really low and only if I sit with others/friends who don't mind it.
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Post by canadianscrappergirl on May 23, 2017 15:12:43 GMT
I only go to crops that are good ones lol. No seriously I only go to ones I frequent all the time.
I go to seven or more 3 day ones thru out the year these ones include meals,on site store, classes etc.
I attend 2 monthly one day ones and one weekend crop once a month too. These ones I just get a table no meals or any bells or whistles.
I crop alot and figure I'm not wasting my time with people or situations that make me cranky or uncomfortable.
In June I have crops every weekend I think lol.
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Post by cannmom on May 23, 2017 15:32:35 GMT
I have only been to 2-3 day hotel retreat type crops and have never had a bad time. I go with a friend and we reallyenjoy getting away from home together. We eat out, shop, drink wine, and just hang out scrapping. The only bad thing about our last one is I had trouble sleeping for some reason all weekend long.
I wouldn't like tons of kids hanging around the crop room. At our last crop there was a probably 9-10 yo little girl there with her mom and she was no problem. She actually cropped the whole time. I think she made cards. We weren't sitting close to her; but I saw her quite a bit when I would use the die cut machines and she seemed delightful.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 15:36:24 GMT
Well, the crop I was going to this past Saturday was cancelled on Friday night, so I'd say flop. The organizer was told at the last minute that she couldn't use the property that day because they were spraying for ticks, but she rescheduled for next month, so we're good. What happened with yours that it flopped "on many levels?" I was supposed to go to the same crop AND get to meet msliz so flop! (but next month it will be soooo much better)
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 15:40:50 GMT
I went to a crop on Saturday. It was good. It is a regular crop for me, held at a local church. They provide lunch when they can from their community meal ministry the day before. We bring something to share if we want. There were fewer people there than usual. I had a table to myself in my usual space by the window. I was very unproductive having just come back from my week at the beach the evening before. I got maybe 13 layouts done all day. There is no music or anything thankfully. The only thing that moved the needle toward the flop category is some people have been bringing their grandchildren and they are running around and carrying on. The first 2 kids were about 7. Then 2 older girls got dropped off and they were 'performing' on the stage at the end of the room. After about 2 hours of it I went over and asked them to please stop or be quieter because they were really distracting me and they stopped and moved over to one of the tables near the grandmother and proceeded to torment their little sister. This is a trend I am seeing. It used to be us scrappers who brought our kids - much to my disdain, but now we are grandmothers and seem to think sharing the scrap experience with our grandchildren in a contained room for hours on end despite the fact they are clearly disinterested is the new bonding time. I have noticed it at this particular crop the last few months. sounds similar to one I used to attend...and stopped going because of this exact reason.
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Post by tduby1 on May 23, 2017 16:13:09 GMT
Well, since I planned it I am gonna go with a fun crop! Along scrapbooking/ crafting we did a 1920's murder mystery- complete with dressing in character, went out to dinner one evening and laughed till we wanted to cry.
It is a crafting/ scrapbooking weekend with my cousins we do annually, so just getting together makes it a good time.
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Post by 950nancy on May 23, 2017 16:35:30 GMT
A crop with little kids would be one I wouldn't attend again. I love kids. I don't love to be around them when I am cropping. One of the crops I attend says no one under 12 allowed. That works. I will say that conversations can get saucy and kids do hear things that maybe shouldn't. A place where people are sitting down for 12 hours working just isn't place for kids.
I go to one crop 4 times a year that has 60-200 people ( one day) and another one two times a year that has 24 people (three days). I will sometimes go to a weekend retreat in Estes Park that is just amazing.
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Post by lisacharlotte on May 23, 2017 17:26:15 GMT
I have limited myself to 3 day crops. It's not worth it to me to pack for a 1 day. By the time i get unpacked and started everyone is wanting lunch.
Our LSS sponsors good 3day crops. No kids, some make and takes, some product demos, giveaways, daily gift. I'm not a fan of games, I'm there to crop, so i never participate. They do play music in the room, but i typically have earbuds in. I normally crop with friends and we sign up to sit near each other. But even that is too much talking depending on who's there.
These crops are either held at the store and you choose full or 1/2 table (priced accordingly). A little higher priced is when they hold at a local hotel and everyone gets a full 8 ft table.
There is another group that does a 3 day held at the hotel where I work. I've never attended that one. They bring in outside vendors.
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Post by anniefb on May 23, 2017 19:36:39 GMT
I haven't been to an organised crop for years. A few times in the past I've had a day working with a couple of friends but they don't scrap much anymore. Mostly I just work by myself in my craft room which I really enjoy!
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Post by Night Owl on May 23, 2017 20:54:04 GMT
A woman I worked with had a crop in her house at her kitchen table(!), there was no room and it was so hot in there that bits of paper scrap stuck to my arm from the humidity. Her teenage sons came home and started arguing with her and yelling from the other room and acted like they were ticked we were there and their big dog kept running around between our legs under the table.
Even she must have known it was a flop because now she holds crops at the apartment complex her friend manages where there is plenty of space.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 23, 2017 21:14:31 GMT
I went to a crop on Saturday. It was good. It is a regular crop for me, held at a local church. They provide lunch when they can from their community meal ministry the day before. We bring something to share if we want. There were fewer people there than usual. I had a table to myself in my usual space by the window. I was very unproductive having just come back from my week at the beach the evening before. I got maybe 13 layouts done all day. There is no music or anything thankfully. The only thing that moved the needle toward the flop category is some people have been bringing their grandchildren and they are running around and carrying on. The first 2 kids were about 7. Then 2 older girls got dropped off and they were 'performing' on the stage at the end of the room. After about 2 hours of it I went over and asked them to please stop or be quieter because they were really distracting me and they stopped and moved over to one of the tables near the grandmother and proceeded to torment their little sister. This is a trend I am seeing. It used to be us scrappers who brought our kids - much to my disdain, but now we are grandmothers and seem to think sharing the scrap experience with our grandchildren in a contained room for hours on end despite the fact they are clearly disinterested is the new bonding time. I have noticed it at this particular crop the last few months. That sounds awful. I never understood why people think it is okay to bring children to events where other adults go to get away from kids.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 23, 2017 21:31:32 GMT
I've only been to one crop ever. It was the summer I started scrapbooking. I had just a little paper, two inks, one set of alpha stamps. And some stickers. Heck, I didn't even have a paper trimmer yet, and was using scissors. Well, I go and I don't know anyone there, but since we are all from the same base (my first dh was military), I figured it would be fine. Well, don't you know it, no one really said anything to me, past replying to my "Hello." So, I figured, okay, they're in the groove, I'll just scrap too. And this woman reaches across the table and just takes my stamps and proceeds to stamp her title with them. I was so I left pretty soon after that. In my defense, I was twenty and too worried about upsetting someone who would know my dh to speak up for myself. That would never happen now. I'm kinda known as a loudmouth.
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Post by 950nancy on May 24, 2017 1:29:01 GMT
I have limited myself to 3 day crops. It's not worth it to me to pack for a 1 day. By the time i get unpacked and started everyone is wanting lunch. Our LSS sponsors good 3day crops. No kids, some make and takes, some product demos, giveaways, daily gift. I'm not a fan of games, I'm there to crop, so i never participate. They do play music in the room, but i typically have earbuds in. I normally crop with friends and we sign up to sit near each other. But even that is too much talking depending on who's there. These crops are either held at the store and you choose full or 1/2 table (priced accordingly). A little higher priced is when they hold at a local hotel and everyone gets a full 8 ft table. There is another group that does a 3 day held at the hotel where I work. I've never attended that one. They bring in outside vendors. You're near Omaha, right? I grew up in Omaha and am just wondering where the crops are. I have friends who go to crops in Nebraska (Grand Island and Lincoln) and sell as vendors.
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Post by 950nancy on May 24, 2017 1:31:50 GMT
I've only been to one crop ever. It was the summer I started scrapbooking. I had just a little paper, two inks, one set of alpha stamps. And some stickers. Heck, I didn't even have a paper trimmer yet, and was using scissors. Well, I go and I don't know anyone there, but since we are all from the same base (my first dh was military), I figured it would be fine. Well, don't you know it, no one really said anything to me, past replying to my "Hello." So, I figured, okay, they're in the groove, I'll just scrap too. And this woman reaches across the table and just takes my stamps and proceeds to stamp her title with them. I was so I left pretty soon after that. In my defense, I was twenty and too worried about upsetting someone who would know my dh to speak up for myself. That would never happen now. I'm kinda known as a loudmouth. I usually go to a large crop with my scrapping buddy. We often are seated with a lone wolf. I can't imagine not chatting that person up a bit just to introduce yourself and see if they are chatty. Most of the time they aren't really chatty, but they do talk some. Twelve hours is a long time to sit by yourself and not say anything. Weird on the lady helping herself. I haven't met too many scrappers that don't share if they are asked.
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Post by jstblondie on May 24, 2017 4:02:35 GMT
I've never been to one.
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Post by crazy4scraps on May 24, 2017 4:04:16 GMT
I went to a crop on Saturday. It was good. It is a regular crop for me, held at a local church. They provide lunch when they can from their community meal ministry the day before. We bring something to share if we want. There were fewer people there than usual. I had a table to myself in my usual space by the window. I was very unproductive having just come back from my week at the beach the evening before. I got maybe 13 layouts done all day. There is no music or anything thankfully. The only thing that moved the needle toward the flop category is some people have been bringing their grandchildren and they are running around and carrying on. The first 2 kids were about 7. Then 2 older girls got dropped off and they were 'performing' on the stage at the end of the room. After about 2 hours of it I went over and asked them to please stop or be quieter because they were really distracting me and they stopped and moved over to one of the tables near the grandmother and proceeded to torment their little sister. This is a trend I am seeing. It used to be us scrappers who brought our kids - much to my disdain, but now we are grandmothers and seem to think sharing the scrap experience with our grandchildren in a contained room for hours on end despite the fact they are clearly disinterested is the new bonding time. I have noticed it at this particular crop the last few months. That sounds awful. I never understood why people think it is okay to bring children to events where other adults go to get away from kids. I go to crops very rarely, and when I do it's to get away from my own precious little darling. When I'm paying to go to a crop I really don't want to be subjected to listening to somebody else's kid(s) prattling on and on nonstop for hours on end. Drives. Me. INSANE. Now having said that, I wouldn't have any problem whatsoever with someone's quiet, respectful, well behaved kid who was actually working on stuff the whole time. I've been to crops where there has been the occasional kid like that and honestly if I wouldn't have seen them I wouldn't have known they were even there. It's the noisy, obnoxious obviously bored kids who really have no interest in being there for the intended purpose that I don't want to be around. The last crop I attended was last fall to a fundraiser crop I go to every year. I love going and it's a ton of fun.
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Post by wonderwoman on May 24, 2017 4:42:50 GMT
Well, the crop I was going to this past Saturday was cancelled on Friday night, so I'd say flop. The organizer was told at the last minute that she couldn't use the property that day because they were spraying for ticks, but she rescheduled for next month, so we're good. What happened with yours that it flopped "on many levels?" It was so crowed that you had to have people stand up just so you could go to the bathroom... People were showing up for spaces that they had reserved and they didn't have a spot for them so they were asking if people how long they were going to stay and then started dragging in more tables into and already packed room..
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Post by wonderwoman on May 24, 2017 4:50:28 GMT
last one was a hit but I went to one that was such a flop - we still laugh at it they didn't even order lunch until 2 PM 2 pizzas for 12 people and the 2 teenage daughters of the organizer were the first two in line filling up their plates! lol.. that is bad....
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Post by wonderwoman on May 24, 2017 4:56:20 GMT
Well, since I planned it I am gonna go with a fun crop! Along scrapbooking/ crafting we did a 1920's murder mystery- complete with dressing in character, went out to dinner one evening and laughed till we wanted to cry. It is a crafting/ scrapbooking weekend with my cousins we do annually, so just getting together makes it a good time. That sounds amazing !
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Post by luckylady on May 24, 2017 6:54:50 GMT
Some friends and I used to reserve a room at the library to get together and scrapbook. We had such a good time just chatting and trying out each others stuff. But we haven't done that in many years, life has pulled us in many directions. Now I pretty much just scrapbook on my own in the space I have set up in my house. My tween niece comes over occasionally and likes to create but my daughter has absolutely no interest. I will be attending my first scrapbook retreat in July. 3 1/2 days of with nothing to do but play with all my paper and tools. lol
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Post by scrappington on May 24, 2017 11:25:41 GMT
Some friends and I used to reserve a room at the library to get together and scrapbook. We had such a good time just chatting and trying out each others stuff. But we haven't done that in many years, life has pulled us in many directions. Now I pretty much just scrapbook on my own in the space I have set up in my house. My tween niece comes over occasionally and likes to create but my daughter has absolutely no interest. I will be attending my first scrapbook retreat in July. 3 1/2 days of with nothing to do but play with all my paper and tools. lol I'm sure you will have a great time. Meet some new people.
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