Message Board Announcement

this is a bummer. I may not be active ie posting often, but I certainly browse and read through to see what others are up to to get inspiration, read about others lives, feel some sense of community where I don't have another outlet. *sigh*

These boards are the reason I stumbled upon SC and started buying their products in the first place. I wasn't that active in posting but I gained a lot of crafty information and skills from reading the forums here. I always checked in to see what was new and what techniques and products people were using. Like others have mentioned it seems like I've had the wind knocked out of me because I have suddenly been cut off from this community and all the information it held. I am on instagram and it in no way compares to the message boards. Everything SC posts there is promotional. And barely anyone comments on those posts. I'm so disappointed and sad to see this all go away.

I'm incredibly disappointed, too, even though the message board isn't what it used to be. I disagree that its because folks are moving towards other social media platforms. And, business-wise, I think it's a mistake to take away a "captive audience" and put them out to platforms that have a LOT of competition. It only takes 1 click to unfollow or unlike a company. I'm hoping the blog may fill a portion of what I'm looking for, although personally I get visually overwhelmed between what I'm exposed to at work and at home and prefer to have an option for chatting with other crafters. Bummer...

@joelaw I subbed to the stamp sub because you once posted that you were looking forward to the ticket and tag stamps coming up. I hadn't seen any of those sneaks.

This is just sad. I agree the boards have been painfully slow, but it's a way to connect with other crafters. I'm not on FB and I don't see IG as a way to connect with a large group (just the few scrappers I follow, like Ali Edwards or certain members of the creative team...and "connect" is not even the right word because all I do is take a peek into their scrappy and/or personal lives.)

I'm so disappointed. The boards were slow but not dead. I looked forward to @whambampam 's thread every Friday, the LOAW challenges and @Penny 's monthly survey. The message board added a lot of value to my sub, and certainly won't be the same without it. This has taken a lot of the joy out of subscribing, and without out the MB I'm not sure how much longer I will continue to sub. I do not have a FB account, and don't want one. Instagram is not a great place for conversation. This is sad.

O.M.G.
I did love Studio Calico with all my heart. I was one of the most "defensive lawyers" of this company WITH they constant changes.. ( in the last 2 years of changing every single minute something..). I (BELIEVE IT OR NOT) didn´t travel on the 27ths just to buy their kits. I cancelled my sub of 6 years, a month ago.. because I knew this was smelling BAD.
good luck!!!

I am shocked and extremely disappointed in the movement away from community here. So basically it's just another store????

I don't know what to say....just super sad and will miss my "friends" here and seeing their family grow and being a part of their lives, including the creative team members.

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This is unfortunate. I too liked coming to the boards to see what the other members have been up to. Like others, I have even purchased more merchandise as a result of members' recommendations and perspectives. As @penny has asked perhaps SC can consider enabling the previous board for read only for a time so that we can get some information of interest from the posts.

I feel like the message boards are what made studio calico special - it's been a place where I have found love, support and inspiration over the years .......and not just about scrapbooking . Whether I've needed a layout idea, a recipe, something to read, parenting advice - or just moral support - this community was my go to place. This makes me sad .....and maybe a little bit lonely (since I don't have many crafty people in my life in person).

This makes me so sad. The boards were my go-to for scrapping questions, I felt like I could reach out to the community and even if it was just the regulars helping me out, it helped me. out. Even though at times I would get frustrated with some of the negative comments, I feel that the positive always outweighed them. The boards were also a place to share ideas & feelings. I'll miss them.

What is the status of the blog? Unless I missed something the last post was from August. Is that coming to an end as well?

This has been a long time coming. The countdown begins till when the kits are gone. Studio Calico and April Foster have left the scrapbook community for something shiny.

I wish there had been a warning this was coming. It sucks that they're just gone. With the Mega Mega sale and now this, I wonder if SC could be going out of business. I will miss all of you. Even when I didn't comment, I checked in just to see what everyone was up to. Sad news.

I've only ever used the SC boards for my communication and connection with fellow scrappers. This board was something I looked forward to visiting, the good and the bad, it was a way for me to feel connected with others. The message board was one of the main reasons why I subbed back in 2010. This is so very sad! I will definitely miss seeing all the lovely friends I have come to know on the boards. I don't do instagram or facebook either, I feel like I'm being pushed out:(

Let’s call a spade a spade, shall we SC? The once-active boards became quiet because you banned paying members and started locking threads. Your creative team hardly ever posted. You started charging for workshops for kit inspiration, something which should have been accessible to all subscribers. You drove your audience away and left the message board for dead. Don’t try to pull the wool over our eyes by blaming us for using FB and Instagram - I can see that your posts only get a handful of comments nowadays, unlike the hundreds and hundreds of comments you used to get.

The message board was the best thing SC had going. I’d venture a guess that many of your subscribers chose SC over the competition because of the community. I know I did.

I guess the writing is on the wall, isn’t it?

I am sad. I check the boards daily. I love the ideas. and frankly most of my "add on sales" were because of the board. (Just bought more embellishments with my Oct sub because of a members post!) . I will check into 2peas.
Frankly, I left scrapbooking for a while. I rekindled my love because of a new years resolution. Studio Calico has helped me fill two albums for my now three year old. Our story is amazing. The SC boards help me make it amazing and find my long lost love a scrapbooking . I hope @Kaybree is not correct. I will love your kits and classes so much. Please rethink your decision. We are loyal. We are customers. We are papercrafters.

does anyone have a link to the 2peasrefugee board?

I'm sad but certainly not surprised that the message board has been closed. SC stopped caring about their customers when they found all these shiny new things to chase after. A little TLC from SC staff and the CT may have bought it back to life after all the bad business decisions that were undoubtedly the cause of members leaving the boards in the first place. I feel like so many benefits of being a subscriber have been taken away and there is now very little reason to remain subscribed... especially now that the community aspect that I enjoyed so much is gone.

I just finished a 12.5 hour shift. I came home to upload my weekly No/Lo challenge. No more boards, no warning, just the BEST part of SC gone! Crazy, crazy, suicidal, crazy! Are you trying to shoot yourself in the foot, cut off your nose to spite your face? I don't do INSTAGRAM and Facebook is not the same.
I mean, seriously, people came & spent time on your site daily, multiple times daily. Enabled each other, encouraged each other, browsed the classrooms, perused the shop, discussed what they wanted to buy, what they needed. I mean, really, these boards were a gold mine & you just deleted them!
Why would any of your customers hang out here anymore, there's no one to talk to. We can't even message any SC staff anymore. What's next, no more communication between members?
I AM FIERCELY DISAPPOINTED BY THIS MOVE.