all5ofme
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Post by all5ofme on Oct 14, 2017 3:24:33 GMT
If you post something over there and think it will be deleted, suggest you do it bright and early because she stays up half the night and sleeps half the day. That way, it will get more views by the sheeple before it gets deleted.
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Post by stinkerbelle on Oct 14, 2017 4:19:39 GMT
those ready sketch go classes are no work for her at all. all she has to do is make a layout for the sketches . jen designs the sketches and posts the content in her shop...seriously where does tracie's hard work come in?
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Post by Night Owl on Oct 14, 2017 4:29:58 GMT
If you post something over there and think it will be deleted, suggest you do it bright and early because she stays up half the night and sleeps half the day. That way, it will get more views by the sheeple before it gets deleted. Her staying up half the night and sleeping half the day sounds about right. heeheee that made me laugh and laugh.
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Oct 14, 2017 4:51:14 GMT
So I posted this on the other thread, but thought I would post it here as well. Tracie banned me from her group. I made one post - the first post I've made in a year there- and she banned me. Here is a screenshot of it. She banned you for such a mild post? Seriously? Seriously!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2017 5:47:57 GMT
scrapaddict702 nucking futs wins the 2Peas award this week!!!!!!! I am soooo stealing that, lol.
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Post by jennyap on Oct 14, 2017 8:23:17 GMT
So I posted this on the other thread, but thought I would post it here as well. Tracie banned me from her group. I made one post - the first post I've made in a year there- and she banned me. Here is a screenshot of it. She banned you for such a mild post? Seriously? Seriously! Nah, she banned her for what mom has posted here. She as much as admitted it in her subsequent post. I can't screenshot but this is what she said: She's closed commenting now but not before posting a huge long response to the post stamptastic screenshotted.
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Post by mom on Oct 14, 2017 14:21:11 GMT
So here is the thing: I am not the only one who has called her out. She just happened to figure out who I was. More power to her. The thing is: I said nothing hateful, rude, or accusatory. I was not lying about her. I *was* playing nice.
Oh well. Nothing loss in my world.
EDITED TO ADD: You know, she has a Donald Trump mentality. If you disagree with me, then you should be shut up. Don't question me or my motives - if you do, then its because you are not smart enough, Christian enough, etc to understand. Whatev.
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Post by violetfall on Oct 14, 2017 15:45:48 GMT
Aesalina Compton called her out but she didn’t delete her. Tracie is a fan girl of hers and has had her on her show before. She probably doesn’t want to make an enemy by banning her from her group. F
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Post by mom on Oct 14, 2017 15:52:39 GMT
Aesalina Compton called her out but she didn’t delete her. Tracie is a fan girl of hers and has had her on her show before. She probably doesn’t want to make an enemy by banning her from her group. F Oh don't kid yourself. She banned me because there is nothing I can give her. If Aesalina is going on her show, then Tracie is getting something. She only surrounds herself with people who she can benefit from. SaveSave
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Post by MaryPea on Oct 14, 2017 20:44:42 GMT
Her whole attitude about "please don't listen", "go find a different podcast" if you don't want to donate without knowing a thing about where your dollars are going really rubs me wrong.
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Oct 14, 2017 22:24:06 GMT
Aesalina Compton called her out but she didn’t delete her. Tracie is a fan girl of hers and has had her on her show before. She probably doesn’t want to make an enemy by banning her from her group. F Oh don't kid yourself. She banned me because there is nothing I can give her. If Aesalina is going on her show, then Tracie is getting something. She only surrounds herself with people who she can benefit from. SaveSaveCorrect. This is EXACTLY the reason why she lost her mind on our opinions regarding BH's terrible marketing strategy for the launch of her 'Home' line consisting of wrapping paper. Prior to that, I've made comments about Amy Tan coming off as fake and was handslapped by her (at the time, I didn't want to deal with the drama and deleted my comment because it just wasn't something worth arguing about). She is dismissive about negative comments pertaining to people in the business who might benefit her. They aren't people she likes or is a fan of, she sees them as potential avenues for income. It's a smart approach to people in the industry, don't get me wrong, but where the problem lies is the fact that she needs to be so fiercely defensive of these businesses and/or people...if you don't agree, scroll past and move on, don't antagonize people just because they aren't saying what you want to hear. She wants to control the narrative and can't accept that no business is going to please everyone 100% of the time. All she is going to succeed in by doing that is wearing herself down mentally and managing to be constantly angry and frustrated. We are not defined by our negative opinions of a product/business/brand, because we can hold that negative opinion and still go about our lives happy, but she obsesses about needing to tell people how wrong they are around the clock...it seems that if she's not on vacation or a retreat, that's ALL she does and that says more about her than it does about any of our negative opinions related to industry professionals and/or brands. She doesn't seem to get it that the industry is shrinking at an exponential rate. There are fewer and fewer new shops opening and more and more long time BRANDS (not just businesses selling scrap product) closing their doors than even when I started scrapbooking in 2011. Other than simply assuming fewer people enjoy the hobby, maybe what should be asked are questions that surround the types of opinions we are sharing here. After all, who better to tell you why your business is suffering than the people who utilize products in the industry you operate in? Mindless worship is not how businesses grow and it isn't how they innovate...but it's a really good way to go out of business. She is foolish for not realizing that our opinions are of value and can help steer existing shops and brands as well as people considering opening a shop or starting a new brand toward developing or selling products that us, the consumers, want to buy. There is minimal value (other than ego stroking) of hearing 'good job' over and over again. Even if you feel that way, there is also value in WHY those things appeal to you, but in Tracie's mind, these are the only opinions allowed (unless she's the one with a negative opinion about a 'nobody' consumer). You know what happens when you mistreat the nobody consumers? Eventually, they start taking their dollars to other shops, especially ones that are giving their customers what they are asking for. She holds the false idea that SC carried for so long: it doesn't matter if you mistreat your customers and some leave, there are always more to fill their shoes. It's simply not true. SC might still be standing, but they aren't anywhere near the great that they once were. They also have deeper pockets. She will not survive as a (I use the term loosely) businessperson in the industry with the mentality of: if you don't like that I want your money but how dare you ask me what I'm doing with it and how much I'm hoping to collect, *delete and shame*.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2017 3:21:16 GMT
For your reading pleasure... Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2017 3:22:32 GMT
I guess she wasn't too fond of one of her gals calling her out. Attachments:
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Post by paperamy on Oct 15, 2017 3:56:07 GMT
That is hilarious.
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Post by QueSeraSera on Oct 15, 2017 3:57:44 GMT
She is such a lying martyr. She can afford Cracker Barrel or some other restaurant 2+ times per day but couldn't possibly afford medical payments. Noted.
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Post by dasmith2 on Oct 15, 2017 4:01:57 GMT
Wow
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all5ofme
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Post by all5ofme on Oct 15, 2017 4:04:59 GMT
Tracie, do you seriously believe that everyone doesn't know you obsessively read these forums? You can't help but give yourself away.... especially when you specifically called out mom or are you going to claim a little bird told you about that too. You are such a drama queen... Life and death situation? Yeah, right. It was a life and death situation, but it was worth the risk of death and leaving behind a young daughter and husband so time can be spent flying to Utah and hosting a retreat? At death's door, but sightseeing in SLC? Stop being so melodramatic. Let me share with you a piece of wisdom from the Queen (Dolly) of the Smokey Mountains.... Get down off that cross honey. Someone else needs the wood.
Signed, A Certified Scrapbooker
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Oct 15, 2017 4:05:13 GMT
She is such a lying martyr. She can afford Cracker Barrel or some other restaurant 2+ times per day but couldn't possibly afford medical payments. Noted. Why pay for necessities when others will do it for you? That sure leaves a lot of room in the budget to spend mindlessly. Apparently instead of being a decent person who works and plans for what they need amd want in life, she has found a loophole and wants praise for it while swearing up and down she was sooo deserving. Puhlease.
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Oct 15, 2017 4:06:22 GMT
Tracie, do you seriously believe that everyone doesn't know you obsessively read these forums? You can't help but give yourself away.... especially when you specifically called out mom or are you going to claim a little birds told you about that too. You are such a drama queen... life and death situation? Yeah, right. It was a life and death situation, but it was worth the risk of death and leaving behind a young daughter and husband so time can be spent flying to Utah and hosting a retreat? At death's door, but sightseeing in SLC? Stop being so melodramatic. Let me share with you a piece of wisdom from the Queen (Dolly) of the Smokey Mountains.... Get down off that cross honey. Someone else needs the wood. Signed, A Certified Scrapbooker Not to forget failing to plan and buying a shit medical plan KNOWING FULL WELL this surgery would be needed eventuality.
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Post by Skellinton on Oct 15, 2017 4:14:16 GMT
I love how people like TC are always throwing out that anyone who doesn't support them must be unhappy people who are unproductive and bitter. I feel confident that many on this thread are productive, working members of our respective communities with with happy lives.
Clearly she reads here, she can deny it all she wants, but it is very apparent she does.
I would love to know what slanderous statements she think were made. She accepted donations for a surgery she later admitted the hospital didn't charge her for. She gleefully posts pictures of her hot fudge sundaes, onion straws and other unhealthy food she is eating after heart surgery. She is seemingly proud of the fact she eats out every single day which everyone knows is not cheap, no matter where you eat. No one is slandering her. We are comenting on facts she puts out there.
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Post by psoccer on Oct 15, 2017 4:37:58 GMT
I am not one for keeping a spreadsheet, but now I am going to start. Her comment "Most people in our industry see these people for what they are: bitter, jealous people who fill their days with negativity" just got to me. It sounds like such a mean girl thing, talking smack about people. Obviously anyone associated with her no longer needs my business since that is what they think of their clientele.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Oct 15, 2017 4:40:24 GMT
I love how people like TC are always throwing out that anyone who doesn't support them must be unhappy people who are unproductive and bitter. I feel confident that many on this thread are productive, working members of our respective communities with with happy lives. Clearly she reads here, she can deny it all she wants, but it is very apparent she does. ^^^ yup. I don't listen to her podcast, but I have an issue with people who think THEY can have opinions, but no one ELSE can have one that might differ from theirs. That was the whole point of the Becky Higgins Home collection stuff. And as for the whole 'we didn't know what to do, people kept contacting us so we set up the donation page' thing?!? "We didn't reeeally want to take their money." Seriously?!? It's pretty simple; as has been said so many times on the NSBR board: "No" or ("That's sweet, but No, thank you, we've got it" if you want to get wordy about it) is a complete sentence. Or, tell people "if you really want to donate then donate to your own favorite charity, because we can handle it." ETA: and as for this: bitter, jealous people who fill their days with negativity" I am one of the most optimistic people you have ever seen; anyone who knows me could tell you that. (I'm more of a 'glass 3/4 full' person than a glass half full, even.)
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Post by Night Owl on Oct 15, 2017 4:41:01 GMT
I have read Tracie's stuff for years going way back on Two Peas and I always felt she was desperate to be *somebody* in the scrapbook world. Now that she has people who follow her it makes her feel like a scrapbook "celebrity" and feeds her ego. We all have things in our lives that make us feel good, but frankly why is she so special that we should fund hers? Her self-indulgence and self entitlement are unreal.
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oaksong
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Post by oaksong on Oct 15, 2017 4:52:29 GMT
She is not at all interested in learning and growing with this community. She is only here to be a taker.
Anyone who asks questions is bitter and negative and has unhappy lives. Oookayyy, then....
Just go on with your bad self, Tracie. It seems to be working so well.
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Post by Frazzled Mom on Oct 15, 2017 5:09:04 GMT
Wow, Tracie comes across as so pathetic. Of course she is here compulsively reading up on this thread. What did Shakespeare say? "The lady doth protest too much..." (using the term "lady" in the broadest possible sense here. ) If she weren't such a grifter, I'd actually feel sorry for her.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2017 5:52:17 GMT
Correct. This is EXACTLY the reason why she lost her mind on our opinions regarding BH's terrible marketing strategy for the launch of her 'Home' line consisting of wrapping paper. Prior to that, I've made comments about Amy Tan coming off as fake and was handslapped by her (at the time, I didn't want to deal with the drama and deleted my comment because it just wasn't something worth arguing about). She is dismissive about negative comments pertaining to people in the business who might benefit her. They aren't people she likes or is a fan of, she sees them as potential avenues for income. It's a smart approach to people in the industry, don't get me wrong, but where the problem lies is the fact that she needs to be so fiercely defensive of these businesses and/or people...if you don't agree, scroll past and move on, don't antagonize people just because they aren't saying what you want to hear. She wants to control the narrative and can't accept that no business is going to please everyone 100% of the time. All she is going to succeed in by doing that is wearing herself down mentally and managing to be constantly angry and frustrated. We are not defined by our negative opinions of a product/business/brand, because we can hold that negative opinion and still go about our lives happy, but she obsesses about needing to tell people how wrong they are around the clock...it seems that if she's not on vacation or a retreat, that's ALL she does and that says more about her than it does about any of our negative opinions related to industry professionals and/or brands. She doesn't seem to get it that the industry is shrinking at an exponential rate. There are fewer and fewer new shops opening and more and more long time BRANDS (not just businesses selling scrap product) closing their doors than even when I started scrapbooking in 2011. Other than simply assuming fewer people enjoy the hobby, maybe what should be asked are questions that surround the types of opinions we are sharing here. After all, who better to tell you why your business is suffering than the people who utilize products in the industry you operate in? Mindless worship is not how businesses grow and it isn't how they innovate...but it's a really good way to go out of business. She is foolish for not realizing that our opinions are of value and can help steer existing shops and brands as well as people considering opening a shop or starting a new brand toward developing or selling products that us, the consumers, want to buy. There is minimal value (other than ego stroking) of hearing 'good job' over and over again. Even if you feel that way, there is also value in WHY those things appeal to you, but in Tracie's mind, these are the only opinions allowed (unless she's the one with a negative opinion about a 'nobody' consumer). You know what happens when you mistreat the nobody consumers? Eventually, they start taking their dollars to other shops, especially ones that are giving their customers what they are asking for. I have a very, very small illustration business. I do mostly gaming work. In the past I have been licensed for stationery. This was many years ago. I am reclusive about my business. Shoot, I am reclusive in real life. Past I was reclusive because I was using my income to help pay for my child who was ill and a family who thinks if you have any type of fame you are now Oprah. Now, I am reclusive because it is kind of my claim to fame. I think changing at this point in the game my artwork will suffer. This was about six years ago, I think. I was on a very small stamping forum. Some of the ladies were talking about artists who they would love to have stamps of their work. Somebody mentioned me. I was like "Oh my gosh that is me. That is so sweet." One of the business owners who licenses artwork said she would never ever have my artwork because it was too "wh*rish. No, I was not hurt. Two weeks later that same woman contacts me through my agent and asks if I would think of licensing. I was like "Wow, you have some nerve." I reminded her my work was too "wh*rish. She freaked out, lol. Why I am writing this stupid boring book. Is because as an artist I do have companies that do license my work. Women like Tracie do see me as an avenue for potential incomes and vice/versa. I don't think women like Tracie realize when they are going off like they are it is turning away their potential incomes. That designers, businesses and other potential incomes are taking note. We remember the companies.
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Oct 15, 2017 5:57:55 GMT
Wow, Tracie comes across as so pathetic. Of course she is here compulsively reading up on this thread. What did Shakespeare say? "The lady doth protest too much..." (using the term "lady" in the broadest possible sense here. ) If she weren't such a grifter, I'd actually feel sorry for her. True! And serendipitously (a discussion from yesterday) bathetic too! Soap opera drama, oh woe is meeeeee... I no longer have time for the "us vs them" people whether it is in my hobby area or all the way over to religion and politics. The very moment anyone, in any field, tries to divide and rule, claim superiority or shut down discussion I know exactly what to think of them, no matter how long we may have been friends, associates, whatever.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2017 6:11:26 GMT
I am not one for keeping a spreadsheet, but now I am going to start. Her comment "Most people in our industry see these people for what they are: bitter, jealous people who fill their days with negativity" just got to me. It sounds like such a mean girl thing, talking smack about people. Obviously anyone associated with her no longer needs my business since that is what they think of their clientele. Her comment didn't get to me. I am glad she said it. She just keeps showing me what kind of person she is as a professional. Honestly, she proved to me she doesn't respect women at all with her insensitive comment about when she fell and domestic violence. I do feel that the companies and individuals associated with her feel this way about us too. I have not heard one distance themselves or release a statement. I am definitely not buying from them either. Trust is broken. All of us deserve to have wonderful scrap supplies that make us happy and proud to use. None of us need scrap supplies that we look at that paper and think negative about it. There are so many lovely companies popping up and trying to find their way into the business. I am sure there is a podcaster that would like to get a chance with her or his show. I am sure Tracie will be just fine with her newest donation ploy. She has her fans. I think all of this as positive. We all know who to watch out for. We are a lot more aware.
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Oct 15, 2017 7:16:04 GMT
I speak from personal and professional experience here: you will rarely find a medical or legal practitioner who will testify against a colleague, whether or not they think that person to be culpable. Similar self imposed, self protecting behaviour prevails in our hobby: on NSBR yesterday I spoke of people who speak up in the bedroom but not the boardroom. The craft room but not the boardroom in this case. TC's hypocrisy is very common. A "designer" who put her name on range of paper must have known that her paper was bundled with complementary masks which were copied from an industry leader. By her or by her collaborator/ sponsor, a manufacturer. It went as far as legal letters being exchanged. She got away with blaming the manufacturer- claimed to only have designed the papers, which were "inspired by..." and that the manufacturer added the mask without her knowledge or consent. She still does business with the industry leader. No public rift. My problem is this: if her story is to be believed, she would have to have never seen her own paper in a store (B & M or online) as it was bundled with the offending items. If you designed scrapbook paper, surely you would take a little look-see? Seriously? You never saw it? If she was unaware then became aware, why did she not tell her industry buddy they were being copied until it went legal? There would have to be only one simple answer- sales. Money. The public face, the social media face is a lot different to the ugly underbelly of this lovely, uplifting hobby / industry. People stay quiet, stay in business even with the less honorable ones, protect their income any way they can. Those who remain "friends" after an incident like this probably deserve each other.
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Post by quinmm14 on Oct 15, 2017 12:16:34 GMT
Wow, Tracie comes across as so pathetic. Of course she is here compulsively reading up on this thread. What did Shakespeare say? "The lady doth protest too much..." (using the term "lady" in the broadest possible sense here. ) If she weren't such a grifter, I'd actually feel sorry for her. I don’t think she’s pathetic, I think she’s a bully. And she points her finger and accuses anyone who doesn’t agree with her as being one. Look, people that aren’t doing anything shady won’t get angry or defensive. I think she pretty much owns the market for both. People on the internet are going to comment, and have opinions, that’s all part of sharing your life publically. She gets way too butt hurt over it all. And I just went through the companies I follow on IG who sponsor her and unfollowed them. That didn’t take long, lol. It was pretty childish on my part, but I’m refusing to do business with someone associated with her.
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