breetheflea
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Post by breetheflea on Jan 14, 2018 1:17:43 GMT
I was at a local antique store that also sells art supplies today. They have a tiny area with 3/$1 paper and a few sheets are from OA, but not any I don't already have (mostly Saturday Mornings and a few from Witch Hazel)... and they had sticker sheets!
If anyone lives in SW Washington, I didn't buy everything...the lines they had stickers for were Rocket Age (letter stickers and regular stickers), Midway, Public Library, Silent Night, 9 to 5 (and journal cards), the school line, Saturday Mornings and Thrift Shop. I think there was some of the birthday line (Cake Walk) letter stickers and the sticker sheet with the labels on it.
No one does labels/stickers like OA did, sniff sniff.
Now if I could just find someone locally selling Basic Grey stuff for .99 I'd probably need to break out the credit card.
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Post by donna on Jan 14, 2018 1:29:51 GMT
I miss both of those lines as well.
If I ran across some Chatterbox paper I would have to buy it all!
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hutchfan
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Post by hutchfan on Jan 14, 2018 1:30:21 GMT
I miss them too! I hope that Steven Duncan from Carta Bella pushes for them to start making the labels, we keep asking for them.
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lesley
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Post by lesley on Jan 14, 2018 1:32:23 GMT
I miss Scenic Route. And Making Memories.
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Post by mikklynn on Jan 14, 2018 2:30:00 GMT
I agree, I miss OA, too. Whenever I use some of my precious staff, it just makes me happy. Of course I'll be sad when it's gone!
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camcas
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Post by camcas on Jan 14, 2018 4:45:04 GMT
And ....mini markets!
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Post by cupcakepeddler on Jan 14, 2018 5:06:47 GMT
I was pretty late to the October Afternoon game but I wish that I was able to get more. I bought up as much as I could when a local online store which would get in old stock in and sell at a huge discount managed to get some. I am an international and even though I had a number of LSS around me only one stocked OA and it was never full lines or all the releases, I think they had even more trouble getting a hold of there stuff then the American retailers. I would love to see someone make the mini markets and labels, they were my favourite.
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Post by anniefb on Jan 14, 2018 6:49:14 GMT
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Post by dasmith2 on Jan 14, 2018 16:52:00 GMT
I agree, I miss OA, too. Whenever I use some of my precious staff, it just makes me happy. Of course I'll be sad when it's gone! After you posted your OA page, I really started missing it. I barely have any OA. Wish I could get more! |
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Post by anniefb on Jan 14, 2018 18:22:53 GMT
I was pretty late to the October Afternoon game but I wish that I was able to get more. I bought up as much as I could when a local online store which would get in old stock in and sell at a huge discount managed to get some. I am an international and even though I had a number of LSS around me only one stocked OA and it was never full lines or all the releases, I think they had even more trouble getting a hold of there stuff then the American retailers. I would love to see someone make the mini markets and labels, they were my favourite. Same in New Zealand cupcakepeddler - people only seems to get in bits and pieces. |
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Post by beachsm16 on Jan 14, 2018 23:14:45 GMT
You know how some of those awesome '80s bands are doing reunions and making a comeback (yes, I'm forever stuck in the '80s)? Well, I have a brilliant plan that some of the very loved, no longer around, scrapbook companies should get together and each do a "come back reunion" release... That would be SO much fun!!!!
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Post by Skellinton on Jan 14, 2018 23:42:04 GMT
I miss them too, I love the designs Steve
Duncan is doing for Carte Bella, but they aren’t the same. My favorite lines were the early (Rocket Age, Detours,
Night Light) ones and the
Daily
Flash lines and I haven’t seen anything close to them.
I will miss them to the end of my scrapbooking days. Routinely when I look at my layouts my favorites are the ones with OA.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2018 21:46:19 GMT
I have hoarded every bit of my OA supplies...I get it out and pretend I'm going to use it and just can't.  |
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Post by pherena on Jan 16, 2018 1:40:00 GMT
I have hoarded every bit of my OA supplies...I get it out and pretend I'm going to use it and just can't. I'm so glad it's not just me. I get a great deal of pleasure just sorting through it all. I can't bring myself to actually use it, although I keep telling myself I should. I'm glad my borderline hoarding tendencies caused me to buy complete lines when I liked them - which was always!  |
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Post by medennis4 on Jan 16, 2018 1:56:15 GMT
I wish they were still around, too! I was late to learning about OA. I went to a couple of their last warehouse sales. I really liked looking at the boxes of different papers, stamp sets, bin of buttons, and much more. They also had mystery bags that I was too timid to buy though.
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Post by jills on Jan 21, 2018 6:37:13 GMT
"No one does labels/stickers like OA did, sniff sniff." YES! I'm still hoarding some. I love the way that they NEVER smeared after printing, and their thickness was PERFECT -- no ripping/tearing/curling. I haven't found a label I've loved as much since. |
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Post by nicolep on Jan 21, 2018 13:06:42 GMT
Oh yes, my favorite! I have a hard time using my stash but in my mind I know I should. That's what I bought it for afterall lol. 😂
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Post by auroraborealis on Jan 21, 2018 19:33:06 GMT
I was at a local antique store that also sells art supplies today. They have a tiny area with 3/$1 paper and a few sheets are from OA, but not any I don't already have (mostly Saturday Mornings and a few from Witch Hazel)... and they had sticker sheets! If anyone lives in SW Washington, I didn't buy everything...the lines they had stickers for were Rocket Age (letter stickers and regular stickers), Midway, Public Library, Silent Night, 9 to 5 (and journal cards), the school line, Saturday Mornings and Thrift Shop. I think there was some of the birthday line (Cake Walk) letter stickers and the sticker sheet with the labels on it. How fun to see/find all those goodies, esp. the sticker sheets! I miss OA too, wish I had bought even more. |
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Post by peachiceteas on Jan 22, 2018 8:02:46 GMT
Sorry if this has already been discussed on the forum but if OA were so loved, why did they end up closing down?
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Post by nicolep on Jan 22, 2018 11:40:05 GMT
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Post by mikklynn on Jan 22, 2018 13:33:59 GMT
Sorry if this has already been discussed on the forum but if OA were so loved, why did they end up closing down? They would never get their product out in a timely fashion. They would put out sneak peaks of new lines and we'd be lucky to see it in a year. Some stores would no longer deal with them due to being unreliable with shipping. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jan 22, 2018 16:19:11 GMT
Sorry if this has already been discussed on the forum but if OA were so loved, why did they end up closing down? They would never get their product out in a timely fashion. They would put out sneak peaks of new lines and we'd be lucky to see it in a year. Some stores would no longer deal with them due to being unreliable with shipping. Didn’t they also have some lines that they never released at all? |
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Post by peachiceteas on Jan 22, 2018 16:45:14 GMT
Yes! Forgot I had already seen this page. Sounds like they had some brilliant employees with great design skills they took for granted. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2018 17:01:27 GMT
Ouch. That makes me like them a lot less. I've had employers matching this description to a T. And no amount of cute paper makes that a pleasant work environment. |
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Post by mikklynn on Jan 22, 2018 17:13:31 GMT
They would never get their product out in a timely fashion. They would put out sneak peaks of new lines and we'd be lucky to see it in a year. Some stores would no longer deal with them due to being unreliable with shipping. Didn’t they also have some lines that they never released at all? Probably! I just know I really, really wanted the Treasure Map line and it took forever. I had given up on it. |
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