nicolep
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Post by nicolep on Nov 2, 2021 15:10:13 GMT
Sorry I'm late to the party but I just received my Story Kit and this whole 'throw all the contents of the kit into a cardboard envie and send it on its way" is ridiculous. What a mess. No thank you. It's cheap and haphazard.
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burnbright
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Post by burnbright on Nov 2, 2021 15:56:41 GMT
There are three projects (and counting) using the globe from the digital Travel kit that I just adore. But do I really want to spend $18.49 for the one element I will use? When does she typically run sales on digital items? The watercolour globe? You could just buy the chipboard tag set for $2.49 or the journal card set for $6.49 if you want the words around it. The wood veneer pack has a globe element too for $2.49. It doesn't have a texture effect that is just the name to match the physical set. I don't know how often digital is on sale. They usually put a single category on sale like only December daily. It is too hard for me to keep track of. Maybe someone else will know.
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Post by janamke on Nov 2, 2021 16:57:32 GMT
There are three projects (and counting) using the globe from the digital Travel kit that I just adore. But do I really want to spend $18.49 for the one element I will use? When does she typically run sales on digital items? The watercolour globe? You could just buy the chipboard tag set for $2.49 or the journal card set for $6.49 if you want the words around it. The wood veneer pack has a globe element too for $2.49. It doesn't have a texture effect that is just the name to match the physical set. I don't know how often digital is on sale. They usually put a single category on sale like only December daily. It is too hard for me to keep track of. Maybe someone else will know. That's the one! I think I have the globe journal card, I'm going to try to scan it tonight and see what it looks like. My scanner is kinda shoddy, but maybe it will be good enough. I can't see spending $18 for one element.
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Post by honeypea on Nov 2, 2021 17:29:05 GMT
Sorry I'm late to the party but I just received my Story Kit and this whole 'throw all the contents of the kit into a cardboard envie and send it on its way" is ridiculous. What a mess. No thank you. It's cheap and haphazard. When the new cardboard envelopes were announced I thought that was the new “inner envelope” and the outer mailer envelope would still be there. But it sounds like the new “omg soooo cute” envelope is IT? The kit contents are just loose in there? That’s nuts. I consider the outer packaging to be garbage. It’s gone through all sorts of machines and dirty carts, bags, trucks, passed through any number of hands. It’s filthy. Like cash money. 🤢 If people are taking that dirty trash and fussy cutting embellishments from it … yuck. Just yuck. They could at least spring for a glassine envelope. FFS.
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Post by honeypea on Nov 3, 2021 2:01:35 GMT
That is not okay. 👎🏻👎🏻
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nicolep
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Post by nicolep on Nov 3, 2021 2:05:44 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2021 3:05:53 GMT
Brandi Kincaid sends her Extravagant Hope mailer in a colored envelope tucked inside one of those stiff card envelopes. Each month the envelope is a different color and sealed with a little bit of washi, which is easily removed.
I love that I'm building a stash of colored envelopes that I can reuse. She also purposely chooses colors that go with the month, so I can easily use them for my albums to tuck away pieces of ephemera.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Nov 3, 2021 12:40:25 GMT
I have not received my story kit yet, but I'm curious about it coming damaged. I hate the idea of excessive packaging. I would much prefer a greener option. But when she announced this, I was thinking it would be packaged in an envelope like the travel kit envelope. And then tucked inside the mailing envelope. This would make it much easier for storage purposes too. I do keep things in the envelopes so they are all kept right together. So I do feel like I am "using" in the envelope. However, I can totally do without all the cellophane envelopes and packaging. That seems unnecessary to me. With that said, I do kind of like it for the cards because I feel like they are stronger and would hold up to mailing better to be held together. So my feelings are all over the board with this change.
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mich5481
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Oct 2, 2017 23:20:46 GMT
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Post by mich5481 on Nov 3, 2021 13:55:31 GMT
I have not received my story kit yet, but I'm curious about it coming damaged. I hate the idea of excessive packaging. I would much prefer a greener option. But when she announced this, I was thinking it would be packaged in an envelope like the travel kit envelope. And then tucked inside the mailing envelope. This would make it much easier for storage purposes too. I do keep things in the envelopes so they are all kept right together. So I do feel like I am "using" in the envelope. However, I can totally do without all the cellophane envelopes and packaging. That seems unnecessary to me. With that said, I do kind of like it for the cards because I feel like they are stronger and would hold up to mailing better to be held together. So my feelings are all over the board with this change. My 4x6 cards were messed up with the new packaging.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Nov 3, 2021 14:03:10 GMT
I have not received my story kit yet, but I'm curious about it coming damaged. I hate the idea of excessive packaging. I would much prefer a greener option. But when she announced this, I was thinking it would be packaged in an envelope like the travel kit envelope. And then tucked inside the mailing envelope. This would make it much easier for storage purposes too. I do keep things in the envelopes so they are all kept right together. So I do feel like I am "using" in the envelope. However, I can totally do without all the cellophane envelopes and packaging. That seems unnecessary to me. With that said, I do kind of like it for the cards because I feel like they are stronger and would hold up to mailing better to be held together. So my feelings are all over the board with this change. My 4x6 cards were messed up with the new packaging. Not what I wanted to hear. I could foresee this happening.
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Post by honeypea on Nov 3, 2021 14:08:16 GMT
This is exactly how it came. 🙄 Damn it all, the more I see this the more I want it. Have you checked out the class projects? Are they good?
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nicolep
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Post by nicolep on Nov 3, 2021 14:17:15 GMT
This is exactly how it came. 🙄 Damn it all, the more I see this the more I want it. Have you checked out the class projects? Are they good? honeypea I haven't checked out the class yet, no. I may be willing to sell the kit if you're interested? Let me look through it and see.
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lynn0117
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Jul 2, 2018 15:47:03 GMT
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Post by lynn0117 on Nov 3, 2021 20:17:36 GMT
Well they deleted another post about the new packaging on the group on FB. People were upset because they didn’t know they were losing the plastic envelopes and pouches. People pointed out again that this is not an eco friendly solution because all the plastic in the kits. This is so stupid. I wish there were kits that I liked that were not produced by inked.
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Post by SnoopyFan on Nov 3, 2021 20:46:24 GMT
Well they deleted another post about the new packaging on the group on FB. People were upset because they didn’t know they were losing the plastic envelopes and pouches. People pointed out again that this is not an eco friendly solution because all the plastic in the kits. This is so stupid. I wish there were kits that I liked that were not produced by inked. I was surprised that it took them so long to delete that post!!
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Post by Citygirl on Nov 4, 2021 0:34:41 GMT
New stamp release tomorrow. A little too much AE handwriting. Most of the themes I already own. I might get the messy Currently circles. I really like Laura’s designs. I will definitely try to get the circle story 6x8 set. I like the alphas but I doubt I will want to spend that much money.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2021 2:14:33 GMT
This is exactly how it came. 🙄 Cheaping out. There has to be some compromise between all plastic all the time and dumping a bunch of stuff into a cardboard mailer and calling it good.
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Post by janamke on Nov 4, 2021 2:14:47 GMT
I really like Laura’s story circles as well. It’s very thoughtfully designed, something lacking in AE stamps lately. I do like the icons on the music set but the AE messy handwriting is a no for me.
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mich5481
Pearl Clutcher
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Post by mich5481 on Nov 4, 2021 2:25:18 GMT
This is exactly how it came. 🙄 Cheaping out. There has to be some compromise between all plastic all the time and dumping a bunch of stuff into a cardboard mailer and calling it good. And there's a difference between a reusable plastic pouch and single use cellphone/plastic wrap.
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nicolep
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Jan 26, 2016 16:10:43 GMT
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Post by nicolep on Nov 4, 2021 11:53:13 GMT
Well they deleted another post about the new packaging on the group on FB. People were upset because they didn’t know they were losing the plastic envelopes and pouches. People pointed out again that this is not an eco friendly solution because all the plastic in the kits. This is so stupid. I wish there were kits that I liked that were not produced by inked. This burns me up! Why can't people have an opinion and why can't an honest conversation be had? ETA - Who's doing the deleting? Is it Lisa Varshine that handles Ali's social media?
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Post by kimba on Nov 4, 2021 12:57:36 GMT
A good presentation is part of my reaction to the product. Cocoa Daisy sends their product in a beautiful manner. Having my kit just show up in pieces parts doesn't make me want to resubscribe to any kits.
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Post by mrsshampoo on Nov 4, 2021 13:18:02 GMT
Well they deleted another post about the new packaging on the group on FB. People were upset because they didn’t know they were losing the plastic envelopes and pouches. People pointed out again that this is not an eco friendly solution because all the plastic in the kits. This is so stupid. I wish there were kits that I liked that were not produced by inked. This burns me up! Why can't people have an opinion and why can't an honest conversation be had? ETA - Who's doing the deleting? Is it Lisa Varshine that handles Ali's social media? When people start unsubscribing they won’t know why.... it seems like a bad business decision to not allow honest, but respectful, opinions, good and bad. I think it is also destroying the algorithm. I don’t even see most posts for the AE groups on my timeline anymore. I am not excited about DD and all the products, because everything has to be approved over there and I am just not seeing things in my feed. Has anyone in the Inked brand umbrella taken a business/marketing class?
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mich5481
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Post by mich5481 on Nov 4, 2021 13:50:30 GMT
This burns me up! Why can't people have an opinion and why can't an honest conversation be had? ETA - Who's doing the deleting? Is it Lisa Varshine that handles Ali's social media? When people start unsubscribing they won’t know why.... it seems like a bad business decision to not allow honest, but respectful, opinions, good and bad. I think it is also destroying the algorithm. I don’t even see most posts for the AE groups on my timeline anymore. I am not excited about DD and all the products, because everything has to be approved over there and I am just not seeing things in my feed. Has anyone in the Inked brand umbrella taken a business/marketing class? Maybe I am remembering things wrong, but wasn't there some kind of marketing class offered years ago?
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Post by huskermom98 on Nov 4, 2021 14:16:01 GMT
I really like Laura’s story circles as well. It’s very thoughtfully designed, something lacking in AE stamps lately. I do like the icons on the music set but the AE messy handwriting is a no for me. I've never minded Ali's handwriting (in limited amounts...) but her new way of creating her words makes her handwriting look awful. I can't handle the inconsistency in the width of the letters within the same word. I do like some of the new sets, but I do not like how the words look (not that I need more stamps...).
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Post by sleepingbooty on Nov 4, 2021 14:26:21 GMT
Kraft envelopes for the kits, Inked. Print them with some Ali prompts like "The story of today". Have the fangirls go wild over collecting them all and punching them to add to their album as a keepsake holder. It's not that hard. Or expensive.
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Post by amp on Nov 4, 2021 14:57:50 GMT
This is exactly how it came. 🙄 Cheaping out. There has to be some compromise between all plastic all the time and dumping a bunch of stuff into a cardboard mailer and calling it good. I would actually be somewhat OK with this cheaping out, if they were just honest about it...something like, "we had to cut costs to make ends meet and this seemed like the best choice...if we can change back in the future, we will"...NOT..."it is what you all asked for," and then when people complain, delete their posts. That is what puts a really bad taste in my mouth.
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Post by amp on Nov 4, 2021 14:59:09 GMT
New stamp release tomorrow. A little too much AE handwriting. Most of the themes I already own. I might get the messy Currently circles. I really like Laura’s designs. I will definitely try to get the circle story 6x8 set. I like the alphas but I doubt I will want to spend that much money. I really like Laura's designs, too. I will be able to get a lot of use from those stamps. I'm definitely going to get all of her new stamps.
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Post by needtime2scrap on Nov 4, 2021 15:21:49 GMT
If the new packaging would have been in addition to the plastic envelopes I would have been fine. But now I'm concerned to see if my stuff arrives damaged or not. I want the Nov and Dec story kits then I'm done.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Nov 4, 2021 15:50:00 GMT
My envelope arrived yesterday and the entire side of it was open. I still haven't compared to the website to see if anything fell out in transit. But it was like the seam on the side didn't hold shut.
And really, I would much rather have the plastic pouch to hold all the contents than have all those individually wrapped cellophane packages. That where they need to be greener. The plastic pouches are reusable.
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Post by lanena on Nov 4, 2021 16:14:39 GMT
A good presentation is part of my reaction to the product. Cocoa Daisy sends their product in a beautiful manner. Having my kit just show up in pieces parts doesn't make me want to resubscribe to any kits. I totally agree about how nice the Cocoa Daisy packaging is! I just subscribed to the Modern Memory Keeping Kit after a couple of years of getting the planner supplies. I really enjoy the CD papers and embellishments. I find that I use them more than I do the AE Story Kit supplies. The Craft the Story FB page is a little too negative right now, with all of the hand-slapping. I think everyone has been expecting Ali to weigh in on the matter, but I believe she is still on vacation right now...plus she is taking an FB break. I wonder how many people will unsubscribe from the kits. I am also wondering if the company will be backing away from the story kits soon.
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