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Post by nicolecardella on Sept 22, 2024 18:06:17 GMT
I have some questions…I personally loved her channel with the exception of being minorly annoyed by her improper grammar and inability to pronounce the letter L. But we all have quirks. I never found her comments to be overly religious, but maybe I missed those. I don’t take offense to that anyway. But…always the talk of traveling. Did she travel for some kind of job? Soooo many mentions of traveling and I don’t know many people who travel for leisure that extensively. Especially when frequently remarking about inflation. Those comments about prices make some people uncomfortable apparently…but she speaks the truth. I don’t have a budget for my hobby, but after having been around for 25+yrs, I’m often appalled by the price increases of craft supplies.
I’ve often wondered too, if her ‘little one’ gawd…now that annoys me, has a prolific online presence.
One of my favorite aspects of her channel and videos is her inventory. I remember fondly some old paper lines and miss them dearly. I often scour eBay for older supplies as mine hobby was in storage for almost 10yrs post divorce. And that’s when the manufacturers dried up.
Please discuss…I’m not only nosy, but curious by nature. And she often mentioned Laurie Whitaker…that name rings a bell but I’ve never seen a video
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Post by workingclassdog on Sept 22, 2024 19:35:37 GMT
I never really followed her.. isn't her name Janet? I do belong to a FB group which annoys the heck out of me.. every other post is 'where is Janet'. The only reason I follow I see some good ideas. Otherwise it almost seemed cult like. There are some weird posts.
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Post by 950nancy on Sept 22, 2024 20:27:34 GMT
I watched her videos for at least the last 5 maybe 6 years. I believe she traveled a lot with her husband and home schooled her daughter and they often went places. Lots of Amish looking places from her layout descriptions. I loved to watch her organize (my favorite part about her videos). I think she developed a base that was a lot more wholesome than me.  I always marveled at her use of one syllable words being two and two syllable words being one. I teach vowel sounds every day and I just notice that with everyone. Not judging as much as noticing. We are all products of our environment, for sure. I think Janet filled a niche for more simple scrappers initially. She wasn't trying to sell product as much as just share her craft and find a few friends online who liked to craft as well. Over the years, her style became a bit more "lump and bump" and her followers kind of turned into fan girls. Some were serious fan girls. I think she tried to stay out of the drama (even though a few of her followers didn't). She really became super important to some of her subscribers. I don't know what actually happened with her channel other than her life was changing and she needed to change with it. I know when she quit she was making at least 7K a month with subscriptions. I feel like there must have been something very serious or important in her life changing to walk away from that. Prior to Patreon, I don't think she was making much at all through YouTube. I know people were sending her packages (a lot) and she mentioned them often. Don't know if businesses were as well. I don't think Janet felt inflation as much as many of her subscribers (she had a very large stash), but she did a good job showing people how to make the most out of a few pieces of paper. Either way, I wish her the best. She seems like a really good person for the craft. |
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Post by 950nancy on Sept 22, 2024 20:29:34 GMT
I never really followed her.. isn't her name Janet? I do belong to a FB group which annoys the heck out of me.. every other post is 'where is Janet'. The only reason I follow I see some good ideas. Otherwise it almost seemed cult like. There are some weird posts. Some ladies in that group were over-the-top with missing her. I think she was just very important to them. Maybe she was that friend that people woke up to and that was their human contact for the day. I am sure there are a lot of crafters who are home bound often and I can see Janet filling that void. |
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Post by nicolecardella on Sept 22, 2024 21:36:56 GMT
I never really followed her.. isn't her name Janet? I do belong to a FB group which annoys the heck out of me.. every other post is 'where is Janet'. The only reason I follow I see some good ideas. Otherwise it almost seemed cult like. There are some weird posts. Some ladies in that group were over-the-top with missing her. I think she was just very important to them. Maybe she was that friend that people woke up to and that was their human contact for the day. I am sure there are a lot of crafters who are home bound often and I can see Janet filling that void. I saw that too. I even told a couple of them to stand down. It was too much. She’s entitled to taking a leave for pity’s sake. I just really wondered what all the traveling was about. Like…is her husband a truck driver and she and her daughter rode along? |
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Post by nicolecardella on Sept 22, 2024 21:40:49 GMT
I think that was another reason I liked her videos. She wasn’t a CM girl, a stampin up or CTMH demonstrator. And she wasn’t on design teams that just show product vomit. And there are a couple of new ones I’ve found but they use A LOT of Doodlebug/Bella Blvd and I don’t care for those lines. Ugh…why am I so different 🙄🤣
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Post by infochick on Sept 22, 2024 21:57:27 GMT
I think she developed a base that was a lot more wholesome than me. LOL...I watched her videos because I loved the paper flip throughs and the organization, but I feel very much the same way. |
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Post by Elsabelle on Sept 23, 2024 0:42:54 GMT
Her husband travels for work and she and her daughter traveled with him.
Her daughter doesn't have much online presence. I think she refers to her as her little girl or her little one because she doesn't want to use her real name in her videos. Some of her earlier videos have the daughter's name on the layouts, though, so it's out there.
Laura Whitaker used to have a YT channel but started to have problems with her vision. When she stopped creating content she deleted her videos or maybe she made them private. Janet seemed to enjoy Laura's scrapping quite a bit.
I left the fb group before I unsubbed from her Patreon. It had kind of turned into a swap group mostly. I can only imagine the loss those women must be feeling. Her followers seemed quite attached to her to put it mildly.
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Post by nicolecardella on Sept 23, 2024 1:09:15 GMT
What does her husband do? Thats what puzzles me…
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Wasn't her patreon sub $1? Or did that change? I thought she was charging only $1 because YT was free and with Patreon you have to charge?
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Post by Elsabelle on Sept 24, 2024 0:23:55 GMT
Wasn't her patreon sub $1? Or did that change? I thought she was charging only $1 because YT was free and with Patreon you have to charge? Yes, it was $1 per month. Then Patreon takes their cut but I don’t know how much that is. |
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Post by naby64 on Sept 25, 2024 16:47:30 GMT
What does her husband do? Thats what puzzles me… She always seemed to make it a top secret thing. Maybe gov't work? |
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Post by sudsy on Sept 28, 2024 0:52:29 GMT
Wait, are you saying that Janet has disappeared? I was a Patron of hers for the last few years but ended my subscription about 6 months ago as I didn't have the time to watch anymore. And are you saying that she had 7000 subscribers? Is that where the $7000 comes from? I know it was only $1 for the subscription.
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Post by 950nancy on Sept 28, 2024 2:34:03 GMT
Wait, are you saying that Janet has disappeared? I was a Patron of hers for the last few years but ended my subscription about 6 months ago as I didn't have the time to watch anymore. And are you saying that she had 7000 subscribers? Is that where the $7000 comes from? I know it was only $1 for the subscription. Yes, she has decided to not make videos for Patreon any longer. You can continue your subscription for $1 month to check out all of the previous videos. YouTube has a lot of older videos for free. She said in May that she was taking a break to take care of some important family stuff (cannot remember her exact words, and I don't want to use the word issues). Over the summer months, her subscribers began to voice their concern that she wasn't coming back. Then a few weeks ago she announced that she would not be returning. I don't know that anyone really knows what happened and some of her subscribers aren't taking it so well. While Patreon does make a percentage, yes, that is where the 7k number came from. |
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Post by sudsy on Sept 28, 2024 19:39:55 GMT
Wait, are you saying that Janet has disappeared? I was a Patron of hers for the last few years but ended my subscription about 6 months ago as I didn't have the time to watch anymore. And are you saying that she had 7000 subscribers? Is that where the $7000 comes from? I know it was only $1 for the subscription. Yes, she has decided to not make videos for Patreon any longer. You can continue your subscription for $1 month to check out all of the previous videos. YouTube has a lot of older videos for free. She said in May that she was taking a break to take care of some important family stuff (cannot remember her exact words, and I don't want to use the word issues). Over the summer months, her subscribers began to voice their concern that she wasn't coming back. Then a few weeks ago she announced that she would not be returning. I don't know that anyone really knows what happened and some of her subscribers aren't taking it so well. While Patreon does make a percentage, yes, that is where the 7k number came from. Wow ok, thanks for the info. I had no idea that she had that many subscribers. I hope she's ok. It does seem odd that she would just disappear with not much of an explanation. I wonder if she's still earning the Patreon money? |
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Post by PaperAngel on Sept 28, 2024 20:06:06 GMT
I'm unfamiliar with RTS & its owner, except for mentions on this board. .... And she often mentioned Laurie Whitaker…that name rings a bell but I’ve never seen a video If you're referring to Laura Whitaker, she's a sketch artist. ... I hope she's ok. It does seem odd that she would just disappear with not much of an explanation. ... See this recent thread for her e-mail announcement. |
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Post by sudsy on Sept 28, 2024 20:33:35 GMT
I'm unfamiliar with RTS & its owner, except for mentions on this board. .... And she often mentioned Laurie Whitaker…that name rings a bell but I’ve never seen a video If you're referring to Laura Whitaker, she's a sketch artist. ... I hope she's ok. It does seem odd that she would just disappear with not much of an explanation. ... See this recent thread for her e-mail announcement. Thanks for the link! |
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Post by 950nancy on Sept 29, 2024 15:26:58 GMT
Yes, she has decided to not make videos for Patreon any longer. You can continue your subscription for $1 month to check out all of the previous videos. YouTube has a lot of older videos for free. She said in May that she was taking a break to take care of some important family stuff (cannot remember her exact words, and I don't want to use the word issues). Over the summer months, her subscribers began to voice their concern that she wasn't coming back. Then a few weeks ago she announced that she would not be returning. I don't know that anyone really knows what happened and some of her subscribers aren't taking it so well. While Patreon does make a percentage, yes, that is where the 7k number came from. Wow ok, thanks for the info. I had no idea that she had that many subscribers. I hope she's ok. It does seem odd that she would just disappear with not much of an explanation. I wonder if she's still earning the Patreon money? When I unsubscribed due to a few months of no new content, she had 7k. I have no idea how many she has now. I did hear people say that they were going to keep their subscription so they could go back and watch them all again. I don't watch many movies two times. Not my jam. She is still earning though. No idea how much. Good for her. |
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Post by melanell on Sept 29, 2024 15:48:53 GMT
I'm so far out of the loop that I have never in my life heard of RTS or Janet until the recent post here saying she was no longer going to make videos!
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I always marveled at her use of one syllable words being two and two syllable words being one. I teach vowel sounds every day and I just notice that with everyone. Not judging as much as noticing. We are all products of our environment, for sure. I think Janet filled a niche for more simple scrappers initially. She wasn't trying to sell product as much as just share her craft and find a few friends online who liked to craft as well. Over the years, her style became a bit more "lump and bump" and her followers kind of turned into fan girls. Some were serious fan girls. I think she tried to stay out of the drama (even though a few of her followers didn't). She really became super important to some of her subscribers. I don't know what actually happened with her channel other than her life was changing and she needed to change with it. I know when she quit she was making at least 7K a month with subscriptions. I feel like there must have been something very serious or important in her life changing to walk away from that. Prior to Patreon, I don't think she was making much at all through YouTube. I know people were sending her packages (a lot) and she mentioned them often. Don't know if businesses were as well. I don't think Janet felt inflation as much as many of her subscribers (she had a very large stash), but she did a good job showing people how to make the most out of a few pieces of paper. Either way, I wish her the best. She seems like a really good person for the craft.
