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Post by paperamy on Sept 13, 2017 18:22:08 GMT
I'm subbing to the story kit and the story stamp, I'm not crazy about the stamp this month, and I particularly don't like that you've to line up the semi circles to make a clock I'm just not that steady it would take me forever I like the story kit, I love the rubber words and the acrylic word, I actually really like the clock but that's cause my sister is due a baby in November and I totally see using the clock in a when you were born layout I do want the 3x8 notepad but the same as the rest of the addons it is highly overpriced I debated on getting the digital file for the notepad, but then I figured if I'm gonna print it, might as well make my own.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 13, 2017 18:13:46 GMT
And now my cart is over $100?!? I really wanted a Minc and can't figure out how to get it for cheap. Grrrrr. Try adding a bunch of baking cups. They are regular price $9 but on sale for $1. So you could get 10 packs and it adds $90 to your subtotal before discount.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 13, 2017 16:49:58 GMT
I wonder how many orders they are going to flat out cancel, now that they finally figured out they fucked up the codes. It's actually still going through, just not letting you check out more than once per account. I figured it was worth a shot trying to check out on a ghost account and I had no problems. Still going through with mystery AND the $100 off code? I actually didn't know the $400 subtotal was pre-discount so I actually placed an order that was $107 that would have been $7. Picked up a minc, foil, 10 mystery kits and a ton of other crap I didn't need, but I'm going to sort and donate what I don't want. So I don't really care about not using the code cause I've been wanting that damn minc machine.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 13, 2017 16:38:39 GMT
Actually, it looks like they fixed it entirely. I really wanted the Been & Gone set, too! Oh well! Wasn't meant to be! ETA: It actually looks like you can apply SAVEBIG to multiple orders, but it won't let you check out more than once per account. I have a friend struggling to use the $100 off on both sites, it only worked on one. My order was $10 and then it went through saying $88 and scared the shit out of me. Fortunately, there was a banner at the top that said 'couldn't process your order' but my heart is still racing! $88 would not have been okay with me!!!!!! I wonder how many orders they are going to flat out cancel, now that they finally figured out they fucked up the codes.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 13, 2017 16:33:51 GMT
I have always been and am honestly still an Ali product fan but I would really like to ask her about this. Idk that I would get an answer but it is a huge difference. I'm an AE product fan as well. I love both the story stamps and the AE shop stamps. They are my most used stamps that I have. I was not an early adopter of the kits/stamps so I never knew they had thinned out that much. I am a current subscriber and the only thing that is keeping me from dropping the kit sub once I am able to, is that with both kits, I get the digital kit as well. I've been playing with the digital kit by recoloring and resizing, and either adding to my photos as digital or printing them out as embellishments. So I want to keep the digital and physical stamp, so I'm basically getting the physical kit for free. If I didn't get the digital with it, I'd drop the physical kit.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 13, 2017 16:09:14 GMT
The kits were definitely not always this thin. Take a look at pics of the early ones- First, Gather, am/pm, Little Things. You'll be shocked at how much better they were! Where are the older kits listed at? They used to scroll across her site but I haven't seen that for a while. I think they are pretty much just on the blog. I searched and found the am/pm kit and it IS a huge difference. ETA: for reference, this is the current Time kit.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 13, 2017 15:42:11 GMT
Another thing that irritates me. The timeline notepad. It has no description to say how many pages and even in the video, she says she has no idea how many pages it has. Even if I wanted that notepad, I sure wouldn't blindly pay 7.99 for an unknown number of pages. I do like the stamp set this month. I can see myself using the digital clock numbers stamped in red on pictures, and I have a lot of stamps with numbers, but none like that. So I'm happy with the stamp. The kit, not so much. I like those numbers too, but I am annoyed that the round clock face is only half a clock! So you have to put it going off the page like she did in her sample project. Yeah in the video she mentioned you could stamp the two halves together to make a whole circle but I know I won't be able to line that up perfectly. I'm not as annoyed with that, because I have plenty of circle punches that I could use to make a claim close face.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 13, 2017 14:54:14 GMT
Another thing that irritates me. The timeline notepad. It has no description to say how many pages and even in the video, she says she has no idea how many pages it has.
Even if I wanted that notepad, I sure wouldn't blindly pay 7.99 for an unknown number of pages.
I do like the stamp set this month. I can see myself using the digital clock numbers stamped in red on pictures, and I have a lot of stamps with numbers, but none like that. So I'm happy with the stamp. The kit, not so much.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 13, 2017 13:24:50 GMT
I think it's a fair amount of #1's, however I think they should have included more 0's. If I'm doing a layout about time, chances are it a going to be 7:00, or 5:00, or 12:00. And what if you want to document something that happened at 11:11? All ones are used. If you do 11:00 then all your ones AND zeros are used up on one sheet. I agree with zero as well. There should be more zeros. There should be at minimum 4 ones and 4 zeros per sheet. Minimum.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 13, 2017 10:45:00 GMT
So the new AE story kit is previewed for subscribers. (I always lump AE in here, Should we start a thread just for Ali?) I would like that! Done.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 13, 2017 10:44:36 GMT
I posted this on the SC thread but decided to start a new AE only thread. Feel free to bitch about or praise Ali and AE Designs here. So the new AE story kit is previewed for subscribers. The theme is time and they included a sheet of number stickers. Why in the fuck would you only include two 1s on a sheet of stickers in a kit about time? There are 2 sheets included but with all the times that include 1, there should have been at least four 1s on one sheet. If you use 24 time format, you're especially screwed.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 13, 2017 10:35:02 GMT
So the new AE story kit is previewed for subscribers. (I always lump AE in here, Should we start a thread just for Ali?) The theme is time and they included a sheet of number stickers. Edit: moving to a new Ali thread.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 12, 2017 21:34:51 GMT
youtu.be/M1F0lBnsnkEMashup of old movies set to Uptown Funk. It's an old video but I just found it recently. I've watched this several times this week, when I needed a "pick-me-up". Just thought I'd share.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 12, 2017 20:41:30 GMT
I think putting the story albums in is the obvious choice... so obvious, they should've been there from the start for people who wanted a more basic album (or have this be an opportunity to come out with them in a few additional colors like white, red, green). It really is odd that they didn't put them in originally...unless they wanted to make sure they sold out of the main albums.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 12, 2017 19:40:15 GMT
I'm putting money on them adding her story albums to the selection, for people who didn't get albums. I saw someone suggest that and she said they were looking into it. Didn't they do that last year? Well she didn't have her story albums last year. She may have had other albums in stock, I'm not sure, as I didn't really shop with Ali at that time.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 12, 2017 16:46:42 GMT
Ali Edwards DD update (I sat through ALL the IG stories about the kids being at school while staring at her fake eyelashes only to get to the very last IG story and finally get a DD update!): they will be communicating in the next few days regarding the items that are sold out. They have "a plan". Uh-huh. I'll believe it when I see it. I'm putting money on them adding her story albums to the selection, for people who didn't get albums. I saw someone suggest that and she said they were looking into it.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 12, 2017 16:43:58 GMT
You guys are killing me. I just ordered from studio calico for the first time in 4 years.
Broke down and got the minc, because I never found it at Tuesday Morning. Grabbed some other things to get my total above $100 and then got the free mystery kits.
Overall I'm happy with my purchase. Probably will get a lot of crap kits but should be a fun box to open.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 11, 2017 21:00:24 GMT
How did this crazy mf'er get so much money? Well for one, after his company purchased a drug from another pharmaceutical company, he increased the price from around $10 a pill to $750 a pill. This drug is a treatment for malaria and toxoplasmosis. He's a truly piece of shit person.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 11, 2017 20:54:10 GMT
He claims the secret service contacted him about it, and he has since commented that it was basically a joke.
I'm not a violent person...but I guarantee I would punch that slimy weasel in the face if I ever met him.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 11, 2017 20:29:11 GMT
In case anyone is interested, an older DD stamp was added to the DD order selection, marked at $8. Looks like Inked is finding all kinds of shit stuffed everywhere. I think this just showed up today.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 11, 2017 14:55:38 GMT
Mine is a minor and petty rant compared to others. Hugs to everyone facing struggles.
My neighbor has decided that even though she has a full yard, the ideal place for her to lay out in the sun is 3 feet from our fence. Which, would be fine because it's her property, but she takes her cat out with her. Our dogs hate cats. So when I let our dogs out, they go running to the fence to bark at her and the cat. If she wasn't so damn close to the fence, they'd be fine. And I won't let the dogs bark outside so I make them potty and come back in, instead of enjoying a night day outside. So like I said, minor and petty rant.
So yesterday, neighbor is right by the fence, with her cat. Dogs go run up and bark. I tell them to be quiet and "go potty".
My sweet 2 year old pup takes a huge shit right by the fence, directly by her. I was 10 feet away and could smell it.
My husband, who does NOT like our neighbor, said he's never been more proud of our dog. Within 5 minutes, the neighbor went inside.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 9, 2017 16:56:59 GMT
Glad you saw the doctor. Your period issues could be thyroid related, too. Did she check you for thyroid antibodies for Hashimoto's Thyroiditis? Just checking TSH isn't always enough. Two of my daughters have Hashimoto's and the older one has had great success with a gluten free diet. I had ablation done about four years ago. It's been amazing. I do still have a period, but I use tampons for 1-2 days and a regular tampon lasts 8 hours--no kidding! Before I was soaking an Ultra tampon and nighttime pad an hour. My iron was also very low making me exhausted. I'm not sure on what she is checking regarding the thyroid. She said she's doing Complete Bloodwork.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 9, 2017 14:23:02 GMT
I picked up quite a few things. I love her alphabet stickers, so a got a couple more in each color. I also picked up this stamp set that I've been loving, just never broke down and got it.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 9, 2017 3:44:17 GMT
So honestly I do think it's the whole 'lifting the leg' thing that my mom was against. But do they still lift if they are neutered at an early age? I'm so sorry I honestly don't know! (Hanging my head in shame). I do know that a neighbor had a male that squatted. I think the squatting vs lifting of the leg can also be related to the dog's personality. My male Great Dane was neutered at 1 1/2 years. He was always a scared baby and he only lifted his leg once...to pee on my female Dalmatian who was laying down inside. She spun around and barked him into a corner and he never lifted his leg again. However, he would pick up his right FRONT leg almost every single time he peed.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 8, 2017 22:52:33 GMT
Did she also check a CBC to look at your hemoglobin? Heavy periods can easily result in anemia which can make you more fatigued and certainly contribute to a lack of libido! Right, yes, thank you. She did say she was running full blood work and I remember her saying to check stuff like cholesterol and hemoglobin. I was just thinking about the thyroid, I forgot she said that.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 8, 2017 21:17:02 GMT
Further update, after my doctor's visit.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 8, 2017 21:02:00 GMT
I agree with those who said do NOT tell them you have this info and how you found out. My experience as a compensation manager many years ago is that you should not use a coworkers info when negotiating salary. In this case, if you bring it up, you are showing your employer that you can't handle private information in a professional manner. In fact, at my company, if you brought up a coworkers salary - when you had access to that as part of your job, they would begin the termination process. If you want an salary adjustment, you need to show why you are worth more to them and give them some competitive market data. There is always a chance they will raise your salary if you ask why you are getting paid less than your coworker but - it is a big gamble. A thousand times this. At a previous job, I was in IT but I had to run reports for payroll when they had issues with batches not posting correctly. I knew exactly how much my colleagues made and how much their yearly bonuses were, because I had to analyze the data to determine what didn't post correctly. I would have been immediately fired had I tried to use this information to my advantage. Doesn't matter how you found out, even had the data NOT been marked out, if you have access to personnel information for whatever reason, whether it is accidental or part of your job, you cannot disclose this or use it to leverage salary discussions for yourself. Good luck with whatever you decide to do but be very careful.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 7, 2017 20:22:44 GMT
I saw on the DD Facebook group that someone asked if they would add some of the story albums to the boxing option, so people could at least get an album in their box without having to make a separate Shop order. Ali says they are "looking into it".
That seems like a good idea but also a disaster waiting to happen. If they do that, I'm betting on a lot of missing albums.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 7, 2017 16:17:56 GMT
Ali posted this update. It's ridiculous.
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Post by paperamy on Sept 6, 2017 19:46:18 GMT
Oh my goodness, that puppy belly on the flipped one. Congratulations.
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