December Daily 2022 MEGAAA thread

My plan is to be done buying DD supplies, with the exception of maybe one or two stamp sets when I’ve seen all the different releases in a couple of months, and any basic supplies I might need after I go through everything.

Amy Grechen reshaped a video on how use the Silhouette to make a stencil.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N10Zpdes3_g

Dropped and disappointed. PP's sticker on recent subs/packages is so lackluster compared to all the excitement usually happening this time of year from all SB companies.

I agree! I don't get how they didn't anticipate how popular the PP album would be. They all said on IG it was a stunner and is very much in the style of Rifle Paper which is super popular . My only thought is that they hadn't done a floral so wanted to be cautious. I would have bought Falala last year except for the bold interior. One of my fave albums is the blue text travel album from a few years ago. So I think having a neutral interior is really really important. I will never ever buy a 10 by 8 album and they have to be worried about how much stock they are going to be stuck with that deconstructed album.

In one of the IG posts, Ali said when they were planning out the release, they were unsure if people were going to like the floral album. I think seeing it in the PP live helped that go quickly.

I was all in on the advent calendar, then saw the comments, waffled for awhile, and finally pulled the trigger. I remember how I liked that the items were unique and I ended up using a lot of the stickers in my album.

My a/c just up and died, so let's see what's more money, my a/c repair or my DD purchase, lol.

If that’s the case ae should hire me to ask which products won’t be as popular as I always seem to want the stuff that hangs around forever and I never seem to like the popular stuff! 😂

My PP order arrived today and didn’t even have the Christmas sticker. Another thing for me to be disgruntled with them about! 😒

So, now FJ is releasing their kit on Sept 9 and not on their regular release day of the 1st.

If you go to their instagram, FJ has a real with sneaks and they will do a countdown til release. They so missed the boat on timing (again). Literally a day late and a dollar short.

Pretty sure last year was slow also and they picked up after product play started.

ETA - it was the product play sneaks and the live mentioned below that got ppl buying, before product play.

Here’s a thought…. PUT THE OLD KITS IN THE DD BOX SALE SO PEOPLE CAN BUY THEM WITH COMBINED SHIPPING.
We obviously aren’t super keen to buy them if they are still in the shop a year later, so why don’t you cut your losses and at least list them with the new dd stuff!!!!
As postage to me is about $20, I might be tempted to pay for a full priced older kit as the postage saving means I’m getting 20% at least off the price of the item. Plus more people would buy the old paislee kit as it has more of the the 3x4 cards that are missing from the 2021 kits…
On this note, you could always cut the cards from the 2022 paper and transparencies 3x8 pack in half like I’m going to for more journaling cards (also trimming the holes off if I want them in the pockets, you get a few cards out of the 2022 kit if you do this!) You get 34 3x4 cards if you are happy to make the two cuts to trim the cards down, and there is only one design (the list) that I would 100% keep whole as I think it’s look silly in half).

100% what you just said. Hot pink and red SUCK as a colour combination, the only way I am interested in this 2021 kit is at a big discount as I won't use half of it (so if it's half price I may consider it.) The Geralyn products from last year had awesome designs but TERRIBLE colours that did not match anything in my stash (and I have a STASH) so I am not tempted to buy them STILL. Again, the only way I would be slightly tempted would be if I could get them in my dd box this year so I got "free" shipping.

I’m wondering who Geralyn is designing for this year. I know last year she did Ali and Feed Your Craft. She did chipboard for Citrus Twist last month but I don’t think she is doing their kit.

Someone has to have her contracted for this.

I think in past years they have put them up for sale, but later in the boxing period of the month.

I watched Shu-Wen's video where she goes through last year's stuff and talks about what she's keeping, what she's getting rid of, and why.

I found it very helpful. I am really bad about getting rid of stuff -- and combined with the fact that I've been doing this for about 10 years means I have a lot and it can get overwhelming.

One idea that I really liked: She said she loved the word strips but didn't use them because it took too long to rifle through them. This year she is going to adhere them to a piece of cardstock and put them with the other word stickers so they'll get used.

I have tons of words and they're all in a pouch. I know it's going to be annoying to go through it all so I'm going to get another 5X7 clear container and organize them all onto cardstock. I think it will help.
In this process I'm going to get rid of all the words I know I won't use. Some sentiments are just so sappy I will never use them.
She said she also doesn't use anything about Peace in her DD and it really resonated with me. My decembers are so not peaceful.
I will never use that word in my album. Even if I'm alone and looking at the tree or if it's snowing for the first time, I'm not going to use that word, I'm going to use my snow or tree stuff.

Anyway. It was an hour well spent.


QUESTION: she mentioned clear sticker paper that you print on. I've seen others use it and would like to buy some. What brand do you use and would you recommend it?