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Post by impearia on Aug 31, 2018 1:23:03 GMT
I imagine the flat rate shipping for people who want a small package of stickers or similar would be annoying! The $15 flat rate international is great for me in Australia though...I can no longer order anything from places like A Cherry on top because their shipping to Australia starts at MORE than that for 1 item. Scrapbook.com is great with shipping but even they start at around $8-$12. FYC has flat rate shipping internationally and it is $13, so I think $15 which will include an album is pretty fair.
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Post by marie on Aug 31, 2018 1:25:54 GMT
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Post by impearia on Aug 31, 2018 1:49:52 GMT
So I watched Ali's Facebook live - And a few "unpopular opinions" based on stuff I'm reading on here: 1. First I see a few people making fun of her voice - but as a woman who is also 5'9" and also has a deep voice for a woman - I actually like that Ali does not have a high voice and doesn't constantly apologize and say "like" and have all of the other common but unfortunate female speaking voice tics. Two thumbs up for tall girls with deep voices 2. I don't mind the Facebook live format as a replay. I found the video quality of the replay video on her blog to be fine. 3. I think she is offering a lot of interesting products meant to appeal to a wide variety of crafters. Unfortunately, as the scrapbook industry contracts there are fewer and fewer companies offering anything really new or different. So I appreciate her efforts to give her customers choices, while sticking to a familiar design feel. So far I have not seen any other companies release anything like the oversized rubber shapes, 6 to 8 different designs of transparencies, 6in numbers, or holiday silk screens. Is everything my style - of course not. But that's what makes crafting fun - we don't all have to love the same thing or do the same thing 4. And finally on prices - yes, I agree I think Ali is charging a healthy mark-up on a lot of these products, but she is also taking on a significant risk that stuff may not sell and she may end up with a garage full of embossed tags. People on here seem to think Ali is like Walmart or Amazon - when in reality she is a small business owner in an industry with I suspect very tight profit margins. Although I think she makes good money with the subscriptions, I think December Daily is probably important to her overall bottom line. Plus she is offering a boutique style product. All of us can walk into Hobby Lobby tomorrow and buy some mass-produced holiday scrapbook paper line and a cheap album and call it a day. But clearly we are not that crowd - we are a crowd that spends our evening chatting on a scrapbook message board that is a tribute to a long defunct scrapbook company. So like everyone else I'm not rich and I also want to feel like I'm getting a good value - and after all it is just paper - but to me at least I think her prices are pretty reasonable for what she is offering. 5. My only criticisms are I wish she was offering more album choices, and I wish she would go back to offering the main kit with an album included. I'm a fan of just getting a kit with everything included and then using my stash to fill in gaps. I'm not excited about having to deal with sales drama and scrolling through the site just to get the main kit and the album - all I really want. That's it
These are some excellent points. Ali's voice doesn't bother me at all. I think it is fine.
It is hard to appeal to everyone all of the time, and scrapbooking is much more risky as a business than it used to be. I think some of what we are experiencing with the same sameness in all areas of this industry is its safe, proven seller stuff. New things can be huge hits but they can also be more risky, and like you said you end up with a basement full of excess stock!
I also wish there were more album choices! The first year I did DD I got the cute sequin print album by Kelly Purkey...I love whimsical stuff. I wish she had something like that that wasn't a kid's album. I would totally buy the kid's album if it was 6x8. I would also have considered the star album if that was available in 6x8...not sure if I would want an album included with my kit unless there was a choice...what if the only one they offered, you hated?! But a one stop click and buy option does sound appealing.
A few items seemed quite overpriced to me: the 3 die cut pages for $7.99 seemed very high! You could buy the 3x8 transparencies for that! Sequins for $6.99 also seemed a bit much. Other things seemed well priced though: wood veneer numbers $3.99, 12 rubber words $7.99 vs the 3 massive rubber pieces for $12.99!
I am holding out for Ali's main kit because I really need an injection of new stuff into my DD supplies, and while Ali's prices for some of the a la carte items may seem high her main kit is usually a good deal with a a nice balance of goodies. I am furious with myself for procrastinating last year and missing out. I was thinking to myself "Oh yeah, the main kit NEVER sells out, I have time!" This year, if I like Ali's kit I am buying it right away. I already like that it seems to include yellow (it is summer here in Australia!) and the grey rubber stars are lovely. The colours of her kit look like they might go nicely with Crate Paper's Merry Days, so I might use that to supplement.
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Post by anniefb on Aug 31, 2018 2:01:25 GMT
I imagine the flat rate shipping for people who want a small package of stickers or similar would be annoying! The $15 flat rate international is great for me in Australia though...I can no longer order anything from places like A Cherry on top because their shipping to Australia starts at MORE than that for 1 item. Scrapbook.com is great with shipping but even they start at around $8-$12. FYC has flat rate shipping internationally and it is $13, so I think $15 which will include an album is pretty fair. Yep totally agree impearia about the flat shipping. I just wish I wanted more from Ali to really make the most of it. But so far all I've got on my list is a possible album. |
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Post by justlisa7 on Aug 31, 2018 2:31:00 GMT
Oh, I should add, I do love the smaller pack of chipboard with circles, squares and stars and the 3.99 wood veneer numbers. Was just looking at what I wrote down last night. Could be swayed with those possibly. 😉
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Post by QueSeraSera on Aug 31, 2018 2:31:03 GMT
Ali's normal tone of voice is fine. What annoys many of us is when she slips into vocal fry and makes that smacking sound with her lips. It is not at all professional. It is also distracting when she does it repeatedly.
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Post by mom on Aug 31, 2018 3:08:44 GMT
Ali's normal tone of voice is fine. What annoys many of us is when she slips into vocal fry and makes that smacking sound with her lips. It is not at all professional. It is also distracting when she does it repeatedly. Agree. It isn't her voice, per say, that grates on people. Its the vocal fry and smacking that is a turn off. Both of which can be corrected & is generally seen as a negative by who are professionals. |
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Post by mom on Aug 31, 2018 3:17:07 GMT
So where is OLB going to land for December Daily? I thought for sure she would be have an AE kit. Maybe SC?
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Post by sleepingbooty on Aug 31, 2018 4:00:50 GMT
First I see a few people making fun of her voice
*Peter Kavinsky voice* Woah woah woah... (PSA: if anyone on here is into rom-com fluff and Hallmark romance movies but hasn't watched To All the Boys I've Loved Before yet, what are you still doing here? Do yourself a favour and get off this board right now, head over to Netflix and fawn over this beauty.)
Hi legalmemories ! I'm not sure if you're projecting your own experience of people possibly having mocked your deeper voice (which is totally rude and horrible, sorry if that happened to you) but I didn't read anyone mocking Ali's voice. I haven't read every single page of this thread since I've been gone but in the past four or five pages, it appears I'm the only one bringing up the annoyance of having to sit through 1 hour of this vocal deformation nuisance (which, again, is an affectation that currently runs in certain socio-economic circles and can be at the very least heavily reduced if not completely eliminated by simple speech therapy). Deep voices are totally fine (and if anything, actually, trendy right now which is a plus since I'm not a high-pitched lady myself  ). Vocal fry or "creaky voice" not. As a matter of fact, I don't judge the quality of a rendition of, say, Fauré's Requiem by skipping to Pie Jesu or In Paradisum but rather by Libera Me (oh, Peter Kooy, you magnificent beast of a bass *dreamy sigh*). Hopefully, this puts this deep voice hate claim to rest. Also, we have discussed Ali's vocal fry (and lip-smacking) on this board before. It's an ongoing topic (and grievance). Of course, you're absolutely allowed to like the products and the "healthy" mark-ups (I'd argue they're unhealthy when they start alienating one's customers but that's a whole other discussion in itself). That's totally ok. We do not discourage that. It just seems most of us are a little tired wit the lack of innovation and recycled elements, sentiments, etc. Trust me, it was a very unpopular opinion to say anything negative about Ali on this board a couple of years back.  I do, however, feel it important to point out that AE is not an indie brand. If the product doesn't shift (although it has shifted pretty much without a hiccup until now), it's not really her problem, it's Inked Brands'. She's under their umbrella. They do a lot of the work: brand development (ahem), some of the design work, manufacturing, logistics, customer service, promotion, etc. She only has to worry if product doesn't shift that her brand is no longer the beacon of perfect, bright light it has been for all these years, not that she'll be stuck with unsold binders and washi tape. She's a licensed brand. She doesn't even do all the design work. Inked might not be American Crafts but going by the order numbers in my AE account, she's extremely popular and Inked's golden goose. I'd argue she sells better than some traditional SB brands who are in the "classic" circuit. I can't remark on the Hobby Lobby situation as I'm not American, never lived in the US. I have never had the possibility or ease of walking into a big store and just picking up papers and photo-safe adhesive on my way back home. I've relied on online retailers and imported goods purchased through the Internet since I started out with this craft. If anything, Ali is far better positioned to have immediate access to my money as an international than most other brands in the industry. It's the same reason why Studio Calico (the original Inked brand) appealed for so long to many internationals. On a final note, I just want to preach some basic minimalism values because spending can be fun, but it should be done so reasonably in my opinion. This is often dismissed on crafty boards so I take it as a bit of a personal duty to speak up for practicing careful hobby spending: I have no duty to overspend just to support a dying industry. It's up to the industry to make me want to spend and offer a good quality/price point balance. I owe no loyalty to businesses, especially when they keep hiking up the prices and now force me to spend an expensive flat rate shipping fee just to be able to purchase two or three lightweight items like I used to. Pardon the bluntness but I'm over this I-must-spend-or-it-will-all-disappear attitude. It's counterproductive both for said dying industry (enabling bad practices much?) and my own financial (and emotional) wellbeing. I have a budget, I stick to it. If a company's increasing profit margins by upping pricing (while reducing the contents of the actual kits), I don't feel I have to follow just because I once did. That won't do me any good in the long run. We have discussed elsewhere some red flags popping up in the way the AE business is currently being run (the AE thread, Studio Calico Refugees). The mandatory flat rate to be allowed to buy something from the DD release this year is yet another. I'm moving further and further away from being a returning AE customer. This will likely be the first year I don't buy anything December-related from her shop. With good reason. I know it can be annoying to see people keeping a list of what's wrong when you really like a brand/person heading said brand, but it has its (and, arguably, very much necessary) place in the discussion of said brand. If anything, keeping tabs and being vocal might help reverse this silly flat rate decision next year (not that I'm counting on it). All that said, welcome aboard! We're a feisty bunch (I think you already figured that out  ) and Zeus knows I'm not one to bite my tongue or hold back criticism. But, please, make yourself at home. We embrace differences in opinions and love to document December, no matter how much or how little each of us spends on new goodies! Despite our no-nonsense approach, we still get excited when order selection opens, new kits are revealed and Christmas lines hit the stores.   |
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Post by cbscrapper on Aug 31, 2018 4:30:44 GMT
I imagine the flat rate shipping for people who want a small package of stickers or similar would be annoying! The $15 flat rate international is great for me in Australia though...I can no longer order anything from places like A Cherry on top because their shipping to Australia starts at MORE than that for 1 item. Scrapbook.com is great with shipping but even they start at around $8-$12. FYC has flat rate shipping internationally and it is $13, so I think $15 which will include an album is pretty fair. I agree on the shipping - I think $5 flat rate for domestic is reasonable, considering regular shipping for a single item is normally $3-4. It’s a great deal for anyone getting an album or a kit. |
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Post by QueSeraSera on Aug 31, 2018 4:34:55 GMT
Seems like OLB has been MIA for months. Hope all is well in her world.
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Post by gigi333 on Aug 31, 2018 7:30:57 GMT
I am ok if she wants to charge more for items. If I like the item and think the value is there, there I will buy. What I AM NOT ok with is the flat shipping charge. If I only want one set of alphabets that is $3.99 and you charge me $10 to ship - well, thats over the top and just flat ass greedy because she is pocketing the difference in what it should cost for shipping. Sorry, Ali. This is your biggest money grab yet, and I refuse to play. For me, this is just another fuck up because she is in bed with Inked.  Ali knows she's the queen of December albums these days and has established her market power. So, guess what? Now, there's a buy-in to play. Yeah, no thanks. I'm a customer, not someone who feels the need to make it into the exclusive clique.
I just feel priced out and like maybe I should just walk away from ordering anything at all You shouldn't feel bad about walking away if that's what suits you and your budget the best. It's totally ok not to spend a crazy amount of money on a 1-month album even if you earn a decent living.
Fun part of not ordering anything from Ali this year? Money's been freed up to buy elsewhere! I get to buy the Crate Paper line and any album I want without feeling any guilt about it. Yay!
Anybody know whether these wood album covers match Inked's page protectors? I asked ten days ago on the website but haven't heard back yet. It would be such a pretty and cost-effective album option for DD. With gold rings. I won’t walk away cause I love Christmas supplies, but I am feeling like it’s just too much to spend, particularly as I plan to it seeveral other kits |
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Aug 31, 2018 7:32:00 GMT
lasteve1 the thinnest album I used was designed as a folder to hold business cards. It had rings that were just under an inch and I fitted 25 days in a mix of one and two page spreads in it. My style that year was mostly flat - just a few pieces of ribbon and some decorative headed pins. I totally think you could mix up the sizes now, particularly if you had something non Ali next year as well, and that shade of green is gorgeous.
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Post by elegantsufficiency on Aug 31, 2018 7:35:15 GMT
OLB? Sorry, brain not in gear yet...remind me please.
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Post by Ren on Aug 31, 2018 7:36:29 GMT
OLB? Sorry, brain not in gear yet...remind me please. One Little Bird, Peppermint Granberg... she seems to be MIA. |
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Post by elegantsufficiency on Aug 31, 2018 7:57:10 GMT
At the risk of revealing my (very) advanced years and sounding like my mother when Shimelle first began her Journal your Christmas project and Ali's December Daily hadn't even been TM'ed there was no such thing as a kit or purpose made albums and the whole flurry of activity in September was just focused on going back to school. A group of us shared ideas of course and there were Christmas products around, but there wasn't really a ready made kit...just collections from Basic Grey and suchlike. You know, I think it made us more creative? So what if the third page didn't quite match the fourth page and they were a slightly different red? Did it matter that the font on page sixteen was different from the one used on page seventeen because I slipped up and hit the wrong key? Not really. If I ran out of red dot paper then I'd use something else and to quote Tim Gunn, "make it work". It then became so easy to buy a kit and bundle it all together that I took that route for a while until I noticed that a) I wasn't using more than about half the stuff they were including and b) my album was totally product driven. Strangely that's exactly the sentiment that I think was driving Ali's story project - I'd lost the story somewhere in all of that product.
So the last couple of years I've just bought a collection of papers and a few embellishments to add to the collection I have already (don't know that I need any more stuff but hey, I'm a sucker for bright shiny new things too) I've made my own album because I've not found one that's the right combination of spine size/page size/colour/design and what I've created has been far from perfect but it's mine. I'm not making it for publication, I'm not looking to sell anything or gather IG followers or extend my fan base - I'm making it to record my Christmas and along the way, have some fun (and therapy) with a glue stick. I'll grump and grumble that I've got too much to do to be fiddling around with pretty paper and I will think that it's never going to come together and work right, but you know, at this time next year I'll fish it out of that messy basket and think it's the best thing ever....and my family will agree. Sorry, no penny lecture intended...I just wanted to add a bit of encouragement to "just do it" and not to feel pressured to buy product that doesn't float your boat. Your DD album will be gorgeous regardless of whether you used that sticker or not, because you will have made it with l-u-r-v-e. (and if I were sleepingbooty I'd have found a Barry White gif to include there!) |
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Post by elegantsufficiency on Aug 31, 2018 7:57:45 GMT
OLB? Sorry, brain not in gear yet...remind me please. One Little Bird, Peppermint Granberg... she seems to be MIA. Thank you @deb13! |
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Aug 31, 2018 9:24:26 GMT
So the last couple of years I've just bought a collection of papers and a few embellishments to add to the collection I have already (don't know that I need any more stuff but hey, I'm a sucker for bright shiny new things too) For the last couple of years I haven't even really bought a Christmas collection. It helps being in the southern hemisphere when all the supplies are largely geared towards a cold, snowy Christmas with colour schemes to match, and when all the good DD stuff is sold out by the time I even wake up. This year I bought a Vicki Boutin junk journal binder on sale at a local craft store (Riot for those in Aust) for $13. I picked up last year's Falala stickers on clearance and some FJ Christmas transparencies on sale. Unless something in a yet to be revealed sneak blows me away I'll just dig through my stash in late Nov and pull together some pretty things that work with the few supplies I already have and make my own summery Christmas kit. I love looking at all the new stuff but I seriously cannot make myself spend US$ 100+ on this project even if that is what floats anyone else's boat. |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 31, 2018 10:52:25 GMT
Maybe I'm too nit-picky, but it drives me nuts when an advertisement has spelling errors. Your advertising is supposed to be your best work, edited, read over by many eyes. It should show the best of you so that I want to buy what you sell. "Coarse" means rough, gritty, not smooth. ETA: And make sure you "Grab you kit" today! |
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Post by pancakes on Aug 31, 2018 11:05:35 GMT
sleepingbooty I am only commenting to support your support of Peter Kavinsky. If I had a type, it’d 150% be him.
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Post by Ren on Aug 31, 2018 11:12:47 GMT
It then became so easy to buy a kit and bundle it all together that I took that route for a while until I noticed that a) I wasn't using more than about half the stuff they were including and b) my album was totally product driven. Strangely that's exactly the sentiment that I think was driving Ali's story project - I'd lost the story somewhere in all of that product.
So the last couple of years I've just bought a collection of papers and a few embellishments to add to the collection I have already So much of this! My first two DD’s were paper collections I loved, the next was a kit a local shop in Australia put together, then I used Ali’s main kit and several minis, then A mini and Elle’s studio kit but with papers and embellishments I loved... my least favourite is the year I used the main kit. I found it made me anxious as I’d see how other people would use it and I felt stifled.. this year I’m supplementing things that will go with My Minds Eye Jingle all the way and will go back to my DD roots! Ok there will be a few pocket cards, but not a whole kit! |
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Post by dawnnikol on Aug 31, 2018 11:40:54 GMT
I recommend that anyone swooning over the Netflix movie, go read all the books.  The books are always better, IMO. |
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Post by needtime2scrap on Aug 31, 2018 13:05:14 GMT
I remember doing my original DD for 2009 and it was a canvas album from Maya Road I believe. The next few years involved picking a Christmas collection pack too and adding the embellishments that I thought I might use, wooden stars, red alphas and that type of thing. I had a single page with a bit of a story. Now it feels like (and to no ones fault but my own) that I need multiple pictures to fill up that 2x2 page protector. I think I might need to take some time and check out the Christmas collections that are out right now and maybe reevaluate how I'd like to do my DD this year.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Aug 31, 2018 13:25:03 GMT
At the risk of revealing my (very) advanced years and sounding like my mother when Shimelle first began her Journal your Christmas project and Ali's December Daily hadn't even been TM'ed there was no such thing as a kit or purpose made albums and the whole flurry of activity in September was just focused on going back to school. A group of us shared ideas of course and there were Christmas products around, but there wasn't really a ready made kit...just collections from Basic Grey and suchlike. You know, I think it made us more creative? So what if the third page didn't quite match the fourth page and they were a slightly different red? Did it matter that the font on page sixteen was different from the one used on page seventeen because I slipped up and hit the wrong key? Not really. If I ran out of red dot paper then I'd use something else and to quote Tim Gunn, "make it work". It then became so easy to buy a kit and bundle it all together that I took that route for a while until I noticed that a) I wasn't using more than about half the stuff they were including and b) my album was totally product driven. Strangely that's exactly the sentiment that I think was driving Ali's story project - I'd lost the story somewhere in all of that product.
So the last couple of years I've just bought a collection of papers and a few embellishments to add to the collection I have already (don't know that I need any more stuff but hey, I'm a sucker for bright shiny new things too) I've made my own album because I've not found one that's the right combination of spine size/page size/colour/design and what I've created has been far from perfect but it's mine. I'm not making it for publication, I'm not looking to sell anything or gather IG followers or extend my fan base - I'm making it to record my Christmas and along the way, have some fun (and therapy) with a glue stick. I'll grump and grumble that I've got too much to do to be fiddling around with pretty paper and I will think that it's never going to come together and work right, but you know, at this time next year I'll fish it out of that messy basket and think it's the best thing ever....and my family will agree. Sorry, no penny lecture intended...I just wanted to add a bit of encouragement to "just do it" and not to feel pressured to buy product that doesn't float your boat. Your DD album will be gorgeous regardless of whether you used that sticker or not, because you will have made it with l-u-r-v-e. (and if I were sleepingbooty I'd have found a Barry White gif to include there!) SING IT! I mentioned in another thread that we are creative crafty people. Everyone using the exact same limited manufactured products gets boring. My first DD I used a SMASH book and my very limited stash. It’s not publish worthy but it’s all mine and I enjoyed making embellishments as part of my creative process. There was some pushback about how making embellishments can be more costly than purchasing. I’ve been with the peas 4-5 years now. I’m calling bullshit based on the constant talk of the majority and their many, many years of stash and tools. BE CREATIVE!!! |
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Post by justlisa7 on Aug 31, 2018 14:39:55 GMT
At the risk of revealing my (very) advanced years and sounding like my mother when Shimelle first began her Journal your Christmas project and Ali's December Daily hadn't even been TM'ed there was no such thing as a kit or purpose made albums and the whole flurry of activity in September was just focused on going back to school. A group of us shared ideas of course and there were Christmas products around, but there wasn't really a ready made kit...just collections from Basic Grey and suchlike. You know, I think it made us more creative? So what if the third page didn't quite match the fourth page and they were a slightly different red? Did it matter that the font on page sixteen was different from the one used on page seventeen because I slipped up and hit the wrong key? Not really. If I ran out of red dot paper then I'd use something else and to quote Tim Gunn, "make it work". It then became so easy to buy a kit and bundle it all together that I took that route for a while until I noticed that a) I wasn't using more than about half the stuff they were including and b) my album was totally product driven. Strangely that's exactly the sentiment that I think was driving Ali's story project - I'd lost the story somewhere in all of that product.
So the last couple of years I've just bought a collection of papers and a few embellishments to add to the collection I have already (don't know that I need any more stuff but hey, I'm a sucker for bright shiny new things too) I've made my own album because I've not found one that's the right combination of spine size/page size/colour/design and what I've created has been far from perfect but it's mine. I'm not making it for publication, I'm not looking to sell anything or gather IG followers or extend my fan base - I'm making it to record my Christmas and along the way, have some fun (and therapy) with a glue stick. I'll grump and grumble that I've got too much to do to be fiddling around with pretty paper and I will think that it's never going to come together and work right, but you know, at this time next year I'll fish it out of that messy basket and think it's the best thing ever....and my family will agree. Sorry, no penny lecture intended...I just wanted to add a bit of encouragement to "just do it" and not to feel pressured to buy product that doesn't float your boat. Your DD album will be gorgeous regardless of whether you used that sticker or not, because you will have made it with l-u-r-v-e. (and if I were sleepingbooty I'd have found a Barry White gif to include there!)
This is so true!! I love all my Christmas albums and some of my favorites are actually the older ones. When I look back at my albums and my family too - we look at our memories and not what product I was able to buy. Thank you for taking the time to write this post.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Aug 31, 2018 16:24:41 GMT
Since several of us have expressed interest in moving away from kits this year, I thought it would be nice to compile product that is out there that would work well to make your self-curated DD kit on top of picking some pretty papers and themed embellishments from a specific SB Christmas line. Hope this helps to inspire some people to move out of the comfort zone of buying a kit and still get all their goodies while staying on budget/getting more creative/trying something different. DIY DD kit with 2018 releases from traditional SB lines (list will be updated as products are revealed): 1. Weathered wood album by Carta Bella (1inch rings) 2. Red plaid album (1inch rings) by Echo Park Paper 3. Large spine/large rings (2inch rings) Christmas album by Simple Stories 4. Gold foil 1-31 numbers by Echo Park Paper 5. Red, green, cream 1-31 numbers by Simple Stories 6. Candy cane alpha chipboard Thickers by Pebbles 7. Bronze foil chipboard Thickers (alpha + numbers) by BoBunny 8. Christmas/winter sentiment chipboard Thickers with wood print finish by Pebbles 9. Christmas sentiment (+ general shapes) puffy Thickers in gold finish by Crate Paper Scrapbook.com offers December kits that include album + papers + limited embellishments + page protectors for a very reasonable price. Think of checking those out for a budget option. Example: this Carta Bella kit. You can select some extra goodies to fluff it up while staying under the $50 mark.
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Post by christinebk on Aug 31, 2018 17:08:19 GMT
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Post by anniefb on Aug 31, 2018 18:27:14 GMT
Nice picks sleepingbooty! And in organising some of my stash this morning I rediscovered a Cocoa Daisy Christmas kit I must have saved from last year - oops. I definitely don't need any more products this year so think I'll just pick up that Simple Stories album from Scrapbook.com. I really need to use up what's in my stash! |
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Post by anniefb on Aug 31, 2018 18:28:27 GMT
I went back and skimmed through Ali's video again noting down prices. I just cannot pay that kind of $$. $12 for 3 rubber pieces? Crazy money for a few sequins?
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). Vocal fry or "creaky voice" not. As a matter of fact, I don't judge the quality of a rendition of, say, Fauré's Requiem by skipping to Pie Jesu or In Paradisum but rather by 
) and Zeus knows I'm not one to bite my tongue or hold back criticism. But, please, make yourself at home. We embrace differences in opinions and love to document December, no matter how much or how little each of us spends on new goodies! Despite our no-nonsense approach, we still get excited when order selection opens, new kits are revealed and Christmas lines hit the stores. 
Ali knows she's the queen of December albums these days and has established her market power. So, guess what? Now, there's a buy-in to play. Yeah, no thanks. I'm a customer, not someone who feels the need to make it into the exclusive clique.
The books are always better, IMO.
