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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2020 14:04:25 GMT
I wonder if she's ever wandered the halls of a pediatric cancer wing or a state mental health hospital and mentioned to the parents and families that "There's no problem that gratitude can't fix".
It's just lazy middle-class middle-age white lady thinking.
THERE ARE A SHIT-TON OF PROBLEMS THAT GRATITUDE CAN'T FIX, Becky. And you implying otherwise is nauseating.
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Post by schroema on Jun 29, 2020 15:27:58 GMT
I haven’t followed BH since she started Project Life, but I loved her sketches back in Creating Keepsakes days. I’ve been following this thread and I’m just curious. When did she go off the rails?
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Post by hop2 on Jun 29, 2020 15:53:00 GMT
A little bit at a time until Becky2 came along and then it was a speedy process
She started going off the rails ( and turned me off pocket scrapping ) when she put out passive aggressive digs at traditional scrappers when she started PL . You know the traditional Becky I know best do it my way the other ways are so passé now.
She at one point dissed pocket scrapping until she found digital scrapping and printing books was just not going to make her enough money since she couldn’t be bothered to update often enough in all platforms, then she back tracked a little bit.
But the extra Becky just brought out all of Becky H’ s unpleasant traits all the more and that’s when she really imploded her business. And lots of She knows best and do things her way posts. Anything but her way is so yesterday. Even one long long do it her way rant in which her way was not made at all clear and people were like ?? What are we doing?
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Post by Citygirl on Jun 29, 2020 19:16:38 GMT
Why is her name no longer on the app?
Becky is a real life Colin Robinson for me. I can't watch or read all that word vomit.
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Post by mom on Jun 29, 2020 20:05:41 GMT
I wonder if she's ever wandered the halls of a pediatric cancer wing or a state mental health hospital and mentioned to the parents and families that "There's no problem that gratitude can't fix". It's just lazy middle-class middle-age white lady thinking. THERE ARE A SHIT-TON OF PROBLEMS THAT GRATITUDE CAN'T FIX, Becky. And you implying otherwise is nauseating.But if did fix that little, pesky mortgage problem that she had at her old house. A little bit of gratitude and bam! New, nicer and bigger home and got to walk away from her mortgage. Problem solved
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Post by rune2484 on Jun 29, 2020 23:45:44 GMT
I wonder if she's ever wandered the halls of a pediatric cancer wing or a state mental health hospital and mentioned to the parents and families that "There's no problem that gratitude can't fix". It's just lazy middle-class middle-age white lady thinking. THERE ARE A SHIT-TON OF PROBLEMS THAT GRATITUDE CAN'T FIX, Becky. And you implying otherwise is nauseating.But if did fix that little, pesky mortgage problem that she had at her old house. A little bit of gratitude and bam! New, nicer and bigger home and got to walk away from her mortgage. Problem solved
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Post by refugeepea on Jun 29, 2020 23:51:10 GMT
It's a well-known fact that Mormons embrace tearing up to bear testimony. Some other denominations might also do it but it's at the very least *also* a Mormon thing and it's used outside of church settings as well. The ex-Mormon podcasters I listen to often joke about it. There are plenty of discussions on the ex-Mormon subreddit about "Mormon tears" and how it's a conditioned Pavlovian response, here are 5 random ones out of the (so, so) many: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. And of course, we've all seen Glenn Beck...
And some people are just more emotional than others. We like to give my TBM BIL crap and find ways to make him cry. Don't worry, it's good, uplifting things. Not tearing him down.
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Post by scrapsnneedles on Jun 30, 2020 0:00:57 GMT
Why is her name no longer on the app? Becky is a real life Colin Robinson for me. I can't watch or read all that word vomit. I enjoyed your Colin Robinson reference. I don’t like the new logo at all. The other app updates seem nice enough though.
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Post by pepperwood on Jun 30, 2020 1:49:41 GMT
Why is her name no longer on the app? Becky is a real life Colin Robinson for me. I can't watch or read all that word vomit. It looks like she is distancing herself from the logo. Maybe she is taking her name off the brand in the hope that that she can sell it?
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Post by caangel on Jun 30, 2020 1:53:03 GMT
Why is her name no longer on the app? Becky is a real life Colin Robinson for me. I can't watch or read all that word vomit. It looks like she is distancing herself from the logo. Maybe she is taking her name off the brand in the hope that that she can sell it? Let's hope so!
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Post by lisacharlotte on Jun 30, 2020 3:12:17 GMT
I get the feeling she is trying to distance the app from scrapbooking? Maybe make it look more generic like other collage and journaling apps?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2020 5:46:58 GMT
sleepingbooty I get what you are saying. I asked my best friend today about "Mormon crying". Yes, she said it's a thing but not practiced commonly. She says you see it a lot in more stricter Mormon families that have had a lot more conditioning and brainwashing. She said this all much differently but same gist. A lot of you know the reasons why I distrust this religion- abuse, molestation, deaths, coverups that were done to my friends and family. I don't hate Mormon's. sleepingbooty damn girl you must have a story about what they did to you. Your research is deep- Reddit, Podcasts, that horrendous Glenn Beck! Hope you find your revenge. lasteve1 I get what you are saying about her rambling. It loses me to. I am dyslexic and all that rambling I am lost in the first three minutes. Becky could never ever get me to buy anything because I don't really understand what she is shilling. You all talk about it over here and I still don't get what she is doing. I do think we need to blame her religion for her poor business skills. She has used her religion since CM days as part of her business skills. Since the 1990's there has been a very dominated Utah "Mormon" influence in our scrapbooking world. Back in the 90's it wasn't so much as a big deal because Scrapbooking/Genealogy blah, blah. Most of you know understand about the connections. Then they introduced "scrapbooking star's" & they were all very white and very Mormon working for very large Mormon oriented crafting companies. Still not an issue but it's becoming an issue. You come to this point and the majority of the large multi-million dollar companies that dominate scrapbooking are still Mormon. Then you hear this- "Mormon's don't scrapbook any more." "They don't traditional scrapbook" "Becky is trying to move away from scrapbooking and Project Life." All the other iterations of this mantra that many of us have heard over the years. So if "Mormon's don't scrapbook anymore" then why the hell are they still so dominate in our industry? Why are they not allowing Jewish, Latino, Black, Native American's in this industry? I don't bring all this up because of BLM. This has been a glaring issue for years. This is a religious dominated business that "Doesn't scrapbook any more" That is the problem with Becky she has it so ingrained in her to run her business like a 1990's religious based business she doesn't know how to grow. She has been told by her religious based companies to run her business, magazines and other aspects of the business world in a certain way. That woman is on a loop and she can't get it out of her head. I am sure she does want to back away from her brand but she doesn't know how. You throw in a woman like Becky P who is very dangerous in the worst way a conditioned Mormon manipulator well all I can say Becky Higgin's is not coming back. Now she is just hateful rambling social influencer. I don't think they realize it but I feel like Becky, Heidi, Lizzy, Maggie and that whole lot are being abused. Yes we are angry with them. We have a right to be. Their behaviors in the last few years have been atrocious & privileged. I am not giving them a pass. I also look at it as women who wanted to be independent had to listen to a bunch of old abusive men telling them how to run their lives and business. They don't know how to turn that off now. That's why we will never see a black woman in this industry because she will tell American Craft's what she thinks of them. To put this in context Shimelle stood up to AC and they let her go. Think about that everyone.
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Post by Embri on Jun 30, 2020 8:42:44 GMT
It's not just the visible minorities that narrow 90's business thinking lose, it's a big chunk of the Caucasian folks too. So many of the mainstream scrapbooking lines are dated looking and quite frankly, boring. Florals, paisley swirls, inspirational quote. Pink. Polka dots and wallpaper patterns. Nothing at all wrong with those things in isolation, but when they make up the bulk of the offerings in the aisle, it says "this is not for you" to a lot of people. Pair it up with which holidays / life events are prominently featured and which are conspicuously absent? Even more so.
Scrapbooking companies have by and large failed to evolve with the times, and it shows.
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Post by camcas on Jun 30, 2020 8:47:26 GMT
@amayalylac.....what happened with Shimelle?
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Post by frenchie on Jun 30, 2020 13:52:41 GMT
@amayalylac how has Heidi been atrocious and privileged?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2020 14:56:05 GMT
Did she just say " real estate" and "worth it" in the same sentence. Oh, Becky, you're funny! PS - she's flogging the audio course HARD!!! Discounts, free samples, payment plans. I guess people weren't up to paying hundreds of dollars for a course Becky couldn't explain that consists of hours of more "deep thoughts by Becky Higgins". Oh, and the obligatory "testimonial" (from Dad) Attachments:
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Post by lasteve1 on Jun 30, 2020 15:03:00 GMT
frenchie I don't know what @amayalylac was referring to about Heidi and generally she seems like a good business woman and to have a good message. At least, from what I have seen over time, I have respected her and her company, although I rarely buy her products because they're just not my style (e.g. I don't do memory planning). But, this morning I was watching her stories and it was like we weren't even in the middle of a pandemic. So I scrolled back through her photos and was shocked by her reaction to COVID. Except for one post back in April where she wore a mask to go grocery shopping, she seems to act like we're not in a pandemic... constantly posting photos of her and her family in large gatherings, people hugging and posing for photos, and this morning I saw stories about her catching up on her memory planner and she mentioned that they've taken two trips since early May and was showing her photos from the past month or so and they involved lots of large groups with people hugging/cheek to cheek for photos (and not just immediate family). Then she had stories about throwing an anniversary party for her parents. To me, that reeks of privilege... acting like the social distancing rules don't apply to you and that you get to continue just having fun and hanging out while everyone else has to stay home and sacrifice. I totally get it if she had to see people because she was an essential worker or because she literally needed to work to feed her family, but it seems like she is refusing to do her part (or even acknowledge that she has a part to do) and is not letting the coronavirus pandemic interfere with her busy social calendar. On top of that, I believe she lives in Arizona (correct me if I'm wrong?) and they are literally one of the hot spots for COVID right now and they are at their peak of positive tests... even worse than March when the outbreak first took off in the USA.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Jun 30, 2020 15:19:47 GMT
PS - she's flogging the audio course HARD!!! Discounts, free samples, payment plans. Can one drop out of their payment plan when they find a bigger and better audio course?
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Post by sleepingbooty on Jun 30, 2020 15:26:17 GMT
On the topic of Heidi Swapp: overall, I like her but there have been things when I've seen that red flag pop up. Far less than Becky Higgins, though. She's setting new records all the time.
I remember from listening to many of Heidi's interviews in 2018 and 2019 about her work after Cory passing away that one time she gave a different glimpse into the issues he was suffering from and it wasn't pretty. That's the one time she admitted he wanted to leave the Church of LDS and she wouldn't let him. She said she put her foot down and refused (punishing him and making him go to church). What she learned from counceling after his suicide? That Cory would have had enough time to return to the Church an that she should have let him go while he was a teenager because they could've worked on getting him back in the religion. Yikes. That was *the* red flag that she had still a lot of work to do and that she was not be the best person to take advice from when you have teenager struggles at home.
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Post by joblackford on Jun 30, 2020 22:47:07 GMT
But, this morning I was watching her stories and it was like we weren't even in the middle of a pandemic. So I scrolled back through her photos and was shocked by her reaction to COVID. Except for one post back in April where she wore a mask to go grocery shopping, she seems to act like we're not in a pandemic... constantly posting photos of her and her family in large gatherings, people hugging and posing for photos, and this morning I saw stories about her catching up on her memory planner and she mentioned that they've taken two trips since early May and was showing her photos from the past month or so and they involved lots of large groups with people hugging/cheek to cheek for photos (and not just immediate family). Then she had stories about throwing an anniversary party for her parents. To me, that reeks of privilege... acting like the social distancing rules don't apply to you and that you get to continue just having fun and hanging out while everyone else has to stay home and sacrifice. I totally get it if she had to see people because she was an essential worker or because she literally needed to work to feed her family, but it seems like she is refusing to do her part (or even acknowledge that she has a part to do) and is not letting the coronavirus pandemic interfere with her busy social calendar. On top of that, I believe she lives in Arizona (correct me if I'm wrong?) and they are literally one of the hot spots for COVID right now and they are at their peak of positive tests... even worse than March when the outbreak first took off in the USA. Geez, I would not be happy seeing that! That's probably why they're a hotspot now, because she's obviously not the only one acting like that, if she's getting together with gatherings of people who are presumably also getting together with various people...
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Post by julie5 on Jun 30, 2020 22:54:14 GMT
On the topic of Heidi Swapp: overall, I like her but there have been things when I've seen that red flag pop up. Far less than Becky Higgins, though. She's setting new records all the time. I remember from listening to many of Heidi's interviews in 2018 and 2019 about her work after Cory passing away that one time she gave a different glimpse into the issues he was suffering from and it wasn't pretty. That's the one time she admitted he wanted to leave the Church of LDS and she wouldn't let him. She said she put her foot down and refused (punishing him and making him go to church). What she learned from counceling after his suicide? That Cory would have had enough time to return to the Church an that she should have let him go while he was a teenager because they could've worked on getting him back in the religion. Yikes. That was *the* red flag that she had still a lot of work to do and that she was not be the best person to take advice from when you have teenager struggles at home. Fvvvvvvvck. I always give Heidi a wide berth because of what she’s had to live through but that is heavy. As you all probably know my youngest is a transgender male. Last summer we had a blow up where I begged him to “just be normal” (gasp. It’s ok. That was horrible). He went to his dads (that he hates) and stayed there. One day about a week later I was trying to contact him way past waking time. No one had heard from him all day. I had a bad feeling. I was terrified he killed hinself. Finally dad gets back to me amd says Ian is ok and I begged Ian for forgiveness. He was willing to not have a mother to be true to himself. And I realized there is NOTHING on earth I can’t get used to and accept for my children. None of my kids really want anything to do with my religion (I’m a converted Lutheran) and that’s ok. I can still ask God to guide and protect them.
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Post by refugeepea on Jul 1, 2020 0:37:18 GMT
I get the feeling she is trying to distance the app from scrapbooking? Maybe make it look more generic like other collage and journaling apps? Yeah, she barely mentioned scrapbooking as a form of memory keeping in her stories. She seemed to say it very fast.
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Post by refugeepea on Jul 1, 2020 0:44:06 GMT
Geez, I would not be happy seeing that! That's probably why they're a hotspot now, because she's obviously not the only one acting like that, if she's getting together with gatherings of people who are presumably also getting together with various people... There's 20 counties in Utah that are at yellow where groups of 50 or less can meet. She might have been going by that. It sounds like they weren't being safe about it once they were together.
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Jul 1, 2020 1:11:30 GMT
But, this morning I was watching her stories and it was like we weren't even in the middle of a pandemic. So I scrolled back through her photos and was shocked by her reaction to COVID. Except for one post back in April where she wore a mask to go grocery shopping, she seems to act like we're not in a pandemic... constantly posting photos of her and her family in large gatherings, people hugging and posing for photos, and this morning I saw stories about her catching up on her memory planner and she mentioned that they've taken two trips since early May and was showing her photos from the past month or so and they involved lots of large groups with people hugging/cheek to cheek for photos (and not just immediate family). Then she had stories about throwing an anniversary party for her parents. To me, that reeks of privilege... acting like the social distancing rules don't apply to you and that you get to continue just having fun and hanging out while everyone else has to stay home and sacrifice. I totally get it if she had to see people because she was an essential worker or because she literally needed to work to feed her family, but it seems like she is refusing to do her part (or even acknowledge that she has a part to do) and is not letting the coronavirus pandemic interfere with her busy social calendar. On top of that, I believe she lives in Arizona (correct me if I'm wrong?) and they are literally one of the hot spots for COVID right now and they are at their peak of positive tests... even worse than March when the outbreak first took off in the USA. I believe she lives not too far from me in the Phoenix area. I can assure you that we are, in fact, in the middle of a pandemic. Unfortunately, she is not the only one around here acting like everything is totally normal—hence why we are making national news about how badly things are going here.
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Post by refugeepea on Jul 1, 2020 1:35:56 GMT
I believe she lives not too far from me in the Phoenix area. She lives in Utah; Utah county. Becky lives in Arizona. I think she lives outside of the Phoenix area.
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Jul 1, 2020 1:41:21 GMT
I believe she lives not too far from me in the Phoenix area. She lives in Utah; Utah county. Becky lives in Arizona. I think she lives outside of the Phoenix area. Ohhh I thought we were talking about Becky. I guess reading comprehension is a good thing.
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Post by Night Owl on Jul 1, 2020 4:34:48 GMT
I still remember Heidi moving to China for cheap labor for her husband's company and then letting her kids run wild on the Great Wall. Sometimes one of the downsides of being in scrapbooking a long time is having a long memory of people's shenanigans. That's why I have never gotten into the scrapbook "celebrity" thing, I knew somebody who achieved that fame but spent all her time getting published and well known and her family life went to crap because of it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2020 6:23:43 GMT
On the subject of Utah their cases are rising- www.thespectrum.com/story/news/2020/06/29/coronavirus-case-surge-continues-utah-southwest-region/3280924001/ camcas- Forgive me my peri headache has come back. If I screw this up early apologies and I hope one of the ladies can provide more context. Shimelle was let go from AC. She handled it with grace, sweetness and dignity. Sources say she was let go because she spoke up about her designs and the AC guys did not like that. I don't want to drag poor Shimelle through more gossip mongering. She's an introvert that just wants to move on. I do find it disturbing that if she was let go because she wanted more input into her designs then it shows that this industry is still a male religious dominated industry that is racist and sexist. Once again a glaring example of men controlling what they think is best for us. That is no say in our scrapbook lines or tools. I am going to be sick thinking of it. Seriously, it makes me nauseous thinking of male control freaks. Now on to Heidi. Where shall I begin. Most of the ladies here covered it, ROFL! There is so much more. The gossip over the years. I know a lot of us can just make a list of questionable things Heidi has done over the years. I don't think Heidi is atrocious, per se but I think she has some entitlement ostrich head in the sand thing going on. Trust me Heidi is not an angel So many give her a pass because of Cory. Losing Cory was so horrendous. We watched him grow up so a lot of us loved him to. Heidi's questionable acts were way before Cory. I do like Heidi. I do think she is a genuine nice and not fake nice like some of the stars in this industry. I am sure a lot of the girls here would be like "Girl, STFU" about Heidi being nice so for them she falls into atrocious scrapbook star category. Yes, Heidi is very, very, very, very privileged. That should not even be a question "How is Heidi privileged?" I can tell you one way you can see it because all of us who have not grown up privileged we can see privilege. If you can't see it then you are privileged. If you have to question it you are privileged. I am not saying this to be racist, angst, malice or any form of negativity. It is just a fact for those of us who have to navigate a society built on privilege. It is our survival skill. Night Owl Girl did you ever say the truth, ROFL! It is really true one of the downsides to our hobby is the long memory of people's shenanigans I guess that's why we are the memory keepers, lol. I have a feeling I know who your scrapbook star is that you are talking about. If it's the same one yeah she really did a number on her family. On a Becky Higgin's note I found BH's PL cards at Dollar Tree tonight. They had several different design packs. I only picked up one. I got some of Heidi's things two weeks ago. My DT still had some of her items. Several of my friends found Dear Lizzy and Amy Tan at Dollar Tree in California. Now, don't all make a run and act all sorts of crazy. Please social distance, wear masks and for gosh sakes don't act like one of the girls in my DT tonight who was spraying aerosol cans in the air freshener section.
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Post by camcas on Jul 1, 2020 9:49:34 GMT
Thanks @amayalylac
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Post by scrappieannie on Jul 1, 2020 17:21:12 GMT
I found this board a couple months ago while Googling WTF is going on with Becky and Project Life. I have greatly enjoyed lurking. Finally posting today to see if anyone saw what I perceived as a subtle clapback from Ali in her stories. She randomly goes into detail about the Just Write prompt system and how it helps people tell their stories, even if they don't scrapbook them. This delighted me in some terrible way. I find Becky's recent "discovery" of journaling and telling personal stories so absolutely absurd--and obviously an attempt to take back some of the spotlight from folks who've had success building on the Project Life system she has abandoned. It's all been very entertaining to watch, although I do wish Becky would just release some new physical product. Read the room: People have been asking for it, and the Covid-19 pandemic homebound lifestyle has only increased interested interest in hobbies such as scrapbooking.
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