What are your favorite manufacturers? Least favorite?

Since I sub to Ali E and Heidi Swapp, I have become more choosy about other lines. I like some of the 49 and Market from the past year and their quality is so good. I also really love Geralyn (In a Creative Bubble) designs for PinkFresh Studio, but I don't tend to like there other lines. Otherwise, I like some Carta Bella older lines (usually beach, July, travel) and I loved Authentique which I can still find a few places but miss terribly. I will also shop old Crate Paper and Pebbles, but otherwise, not a lot of new lines I like. I will get an occasional Photoplay if it is relevant to a project.

Least favorite: definitely Simple Stories. I really don’t like most of their collections, and I hate their font they always use. Just something about them gives me the ick.

Other dislikes are anything overly vintagey, overly flowery (think most Prima lines, Mintay, and even 49 & Market).

Favorites: I like a variety of manufacturers and lines, but I can’t say I have a distinct favorite. I generally like American Crafts designers, Photoplay, etc. but I’m on a lower budget, so I bargain hunt and never buy the newest collections.

Lol I did like that Prima Halloween line. And you and I feel the same way about Doodlebug, I think.

Oh I forgot another unpopular opinion… I am never drawn to Vicki Boutin collections. Way too bright and messy for me, lol.

My favorite company used to be Simple Stories, but not lately. Not really a fan of most of the things I see. I really like the lines from Cocoa Vanilla but haven't really bought any so I don't know what they are like in person. My least favorite is anything vintage.

I also love checking out all the new lines, even the brands I know I'm not going to buy from.

My favourite is probably Cocoa Vanilla. While I don't always love every piece in every collection I find a lot of it is really easy to use, the colours are totally in my wheelhouse, and it's a small thing, but I love that being Australian she uses our spelling on words like favourite and colour.

I don't think there are any other brands I buy as consistently as CV.

Least favourite is probably Photoplay. I will pick up the occasional piece from them, but overall their colours are just way too bright and the patterns don't usually appeal to me on the ones that are less bright. I always look at their new lines but do so expecting I won't particularly care for them or add anything to my wish list.

I'd also put Maggie Holmes and Paige Evans in this category. MH's are just way too repetitive. There are only so many swans and overblown roses the average person needs, and that number is way lower than the number that have been in her collections. The longer PE designs collections the less I like her stuff, I find her patterns way too busy to work with my style.

My faves:
Cocoa Vanilla
Vicki Boutin
Pink Fresh (I don't buy every collection)
49th and Market (ditto on this one)

The ones that don't come home with me:
Graphic 45
Bo Bunny
Doodlebug
Echo Park
Photoplay
and lately Simple Stories (they're looking all the same)

Felicity Jane was my favorite.

I like the texture and weight of Carta Bella. I hate the lines with slick feeling paper. I think Photoplay? is like that.

I really don't have a favorite right now, since it all seems to be the same old, same old. I have been buying a few sheets of various lines, but no whole collections.

I love me some Vicki Boutin for the saturated colors and graphics, and Cocoa Vanilla. Least favorite is probably Doodlebug with the cutesy themes and faces, or Graphic 45. Just not my style.

Faves: Mintay, Stamperia, Reminisce, 49 & Market, Asuka, Blue Fern Studio Prima, Graphic 45, Scrapbook Customs, Scrap your trip, some CM

Not so much; Pinkfresh is all I can come up with right now.

Favorite companies: Crate Paper, PinkFresh Studios, Heidi Swapp, Cocoa Vanilla

Least favorite companies: Carta Bella, Doodlebug, Amy T, Bella Blvd, Authentique, Fancy Pants, My Minds Eye, Photoplay.

In between: Echo Park, Obed M, and Simple Stories. I rarely buy their paper. Maybe 1 to 2 times a year if that. More misses than hits for me.

I am all over the board - I like different companies for different projects. I like heavy weight papers with lots of embellishment choices and tons of options.

My current favorite: Vicki Boutin's collections for the colors and thoughtful designs. I've learned how to use it thanks to her online presence. Love the mixed media techniques that work so well with it.

Old favorite: Simple Stories, I buy the collections that appeal to me. They offer so many options for my many moods. Love their stickers sheets, chipboard and other embellishment choices. Love the design team and their projects too.

Honorable mention - Bella Blvd for the quality of their paper and the colors. I love that they use the same basic colors in the collection making it a consistent match. The solids and basic patterns (stars, hearts, dots) are so easy to use.

Tired old friend: I have way too much EP due to buying so many collection kits at a warehouse sale. I need to find a way to use it and love it again. I find I don't have a lot of their embellishments which might be part of the issue.

Stuff I don't like - Graphic 45 is just not my style. I tend to look right past it.
Photorealistic papers- can't figure out how to use it.

What I miss: My Minds Eye - still have a small stash
Basic Grey - I still have a lot of - I never knew how to use it. I think I need to start pulling it out and making up some kits to use it up.

I would never mention my least favourite, because in the digital world they're all individual designers, and that would be rude. There are designers whose styles don't match mine, but I wouldn't name them.

My favourites are Just Jaimee, Humble & Create, Lynne Grieveson, Katie Pertiet, Traci Reed, Designed by Soco, Sahin Designs, NBK Designs, Dunia Designs, Gina Miller Designs, Kim B Designs, Anita Designs, Mommyish.... I'm sure I've missed some.

My favourites out of the paper companies who also do digital kits - Simple Stories, Cocoa Vanilla Studio (I wish they hadn't stopped doing digital kits!), Echo Park, American Crafts (Vicki Boutin and Pink Paislee).

My least favorites are Echo Park, Photoplay, Bella, Graphic 45. They are just not my style.

Favorites are usually Vicki Boutin, Simple Stories, Pretty Little Studio, SOME AC…mostly the florals and great B sides.

Great question artbabe.
I'm not usually a big fan of Photoplay, Reminisce, or Doodlebug but they occasionally draw me in.
It's also hard for me to use Pinkfresh; I like it but don't do well actually making pages with it.
Also Graphic 45 is beautiful but I find it difficult to use. Although I did just buy a few sheets. Think I'll frame one of them.
Some of my favorites are Carta Bella, some of the Simple Stories, 49th & Market, and sometimes Fancy Pants.
And I do like a lot of Bella Blvd.
And I too miss October Afternoon, Jillibean Soup, and Lilybee.