Studio Calico Refugees

Not crazy AmandaA...Regina Phelange has posted here - she has the same avatar as Flibbertigibbet.  

I'm on my third 4 round of watching the series on Netflix every night in my bakery since January.  And if I find it on TV before I go to bed, I'll watch it there, too.  I can't get tired of it!

Well, from reading about the company and the stamps, they're for use with paint and to be stamped on a soft surface (unlike a traditional acrylic stamp with regular stamping ink).  

I mean, great company, sure....but do these stamps belong in a kit?  These seem that they would be better as an add-on or shop item.  But to put one in a kit where you might need something special to use (not everyone has paints if they aren't into mixed media)?  It's just too specialty and just not well thought out.  As usual.  

And, again, trying too hard.

I've only ordered from Blue Moon once. Scott himself called me (yup, on the phone!) to tell me my order had shipped and to thank me for my business! I have never had that level of service from ANY online shopping, let alone scrapbooking companies! I was floored!

aggiebonfire00 I am actually excited about the stamp because it seems like it will work MUCH better with watercolors than either foam or acrylic/polymer stamps will ! ( My attempts to stamp with polymer stamps using watercolors have been more of a disappointing smear-y mess rather than looking artful or intentionally imprecise - I'm HOPING I'll have more success with a wooden stamp, as it seems less likely to repel water in the same way acrylic stamps do.)

However, I share your apprehension about what the trade-off will be with this kit, in terms of kit contents. While I'd love to try playing with a wood stamp, and I LOVE the idea of being able to contribute to a good cause WHILE making a purchase I'd normally make, I'm also wary about what the cost of that stamp will mean for the rest of the kit. Especially since a roller stamp this month - which retails for around $4-6 - meant that we only had *8* pieces of paper in the kit, total; the stamps on the website of the manufacturer linked all seemed to be in the $12 range, which causes me to wonder if the 3 sheets of pp, plus the one piece that's featured heavily in the sneaked projects is all the paper which will be appearing in kits this month.

Maybe AF sold her to keep the company afloat?  

Ha ha ha, good point!

we call my daughter channy fanny-she's a Chandler!
Love me some friends!
Ross--OVEN MITTS!!!

I do find this interesting...and it makes sense.  I read more about this disorder and what's strange is that most people have a hard time accepting criticism initially.  I think it's a natural reaction - no one wants to be told they suck.  But the difference is that people with this disorder go to extreme to not accept it.  

Once in awhile, my hubby will point out my weak points when they become a hindrance to the function of our family (it's almost always related to cleaning - he's more like the housewife with the cleaning and I'm like the dude that would rather sit back in front of the TV and pop open a cold one).  When he brings up the issues and it feels like criticism, I do get a little defensive and feel like my back is up against the wall.  The difference, though, is that after a little discussion, I'm usually able to see his point and admit that I haven't been helping out as much and I apologize and make some changes (he does the same thing when I point out/criticize his weaknesses) where someone with this disorder just straight up argues, denies, lies, contradicts, etc.  Just like a 6 year old.  I have one and it's one of my biggest struggles with him!  I can't imagine him continuing to be this way when he's an adult.  Yikes.  

Anyway, I definitely recognize this is AF and many of her staff members (who are probably just following their boss's lead).

I little while ago I had the realization that we are dealing with a personality disorder at SC. I've wondered for some time what it must be like to have them as a parent. I feel bad for the people who work there, too. Especially if they are young and won't stand up for themselves. I'm sure they don't realize how disfunctional it truly is.

DH always says you don't get a gold star for showing up and doing your job.

Lol – that thread...and your comment was spot on!


I’m not stingy with compliments if a company goes out of its way to do something nice or unexpected. But to lavishly praise a company for belatedly doing its job? No. They’ve already earned interest on customers’ money without shipping items when they should have. They’ve already earned interest on the money paid beforehand for oversold items that you would need to contact them to refund. They ought to be complimenting customers and their pocketbooks!


I’m glad that SC poster got her problem fixed to her supreme delight although I’m sure others who’ve been waiting days on end for a resolution are scratching their heads at the sycophantic drivel. There’s a poster on this thread here who said she’s been waiting for her prepaid merchandise for two months and had not gotten a resolution to her problem.

Did you see the reply on that Customer Service thread???

"It was me! Haha. I'm new-ish and when I tried to enter a discount manually for her, the system took it off auto-ship. Human alert! I'll send you a conversation if you want to know more since I'm not supposed to blab about orders. Teehee."

They have time to send people conversations about other people's issues, but can't answer conversations from subcribers that are currently having issues?

TEEHEE.

LOL @ moo point. It's a cow's opinion, it doesn't matter!