Message Board Announcement
Over the past ten years, we’ve watched as social media has changed the way people communicate online. When we started Studio Calico in 2007, message boards were the virtual coffee shop of the internet—a place where people came together to discuss things they have in common. As Facebook and Instagram came onto the scene and flourished, many have turned away from message boards, favoring the smaller groups and more personal interactions they can have on those platforms.
Here at SC, we have seen the same thing. Our once active message boards have become quiet. Because of that, we have decided to close them so that we can put our resources towards connecting with you all in other ways. We are thankful for the community that has grown around Studio Calico and look forward to being able to share more on Instagram—both in our feed and in our Stories. Both the SC blog and our Creative Team and Member galleries will be a place to continue to get inspiration, and we’ll be reaching out to the LOAW challenge posters so that we can continue to maintain that on the blog. As always, there will still be forums and lesson comment sections in our classrooms so that you can interact with your teachers and fellow students.
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I've posted this week's No/Lo to Facebook
I know not all of you use Facebook, but I already have a group there, so that's where I'll start. If a lot of you reach out that you would like me to take No/Lo over to 2Peas, I will. Sorry if my Facebook post, is not as complete as usual. I'm a little rattled right now.
Before SC shuts down anything else here is my email
[email protected], if you write to me please include your SC username so I know who you are.
The No/Lo Facebook group is "No/Lo Spend 2017"
my Facebook is Pamela McGillin or I think I can also be found under WhamBamPam
@TerryB @mtercha @CeliseMcL @penny @RhondaN @iScrap @Gigi333 @juliee @cloudyya @peachiceteas @Sunniva @CristinaC @ginny @alakard @ShellyJ @lasteve1 @Joelaw @ATXmom @huskermom98 @mandy1632 @clippergirl @audmac @corinne @christieamber @KarineC @Kaybree @Leanne1965 @andreahoneyfire @pinksoup @honeykd @tpgirl @lirathea @cmsplitt @ohdessa @scrapally @theslowcrafter @Leah
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I'm not finding a "No/Lo Spend 2017" on Facebook. Is it not created yet?
Thank you for always taking the time to post the no/low spend. I truly appreciate all your efforts:) I didn't upload projects much but I always tried to quietly play along. Seriously thank you:) I'm super bummed. I don't have any near by "paper friends" but always felt connected checking in.
I'm not on Facebook, but spend a fair amount of time on the various boards at 2peas. Thanks for the tag though. Hope to see you over there as you were one of the most active folks around here!
I'm not on Facebook either, but hope to see you at 2peas.
I just asked to join the Facebook group, @whambampam. I am Michelle Lynne on FB. :)
I asked to join too Pam - I'm Michelle Bond on FB.
I asked to join Pam. I'm Linda Lundin Tereba on FB.
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It feels like a "I'm breaking up with you so you can't break up with me" kind of move.
I will really miss everyone here. I signed on to 2PR but still unfamiliar with it.
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Does this work https://www.facebook.com/groups/1272750279451990/?ref=bookmarks
The boards are a little different, and I agree change is hard. But it does have some nice features that these boards didn't - like quote and go to first new post. Hope you give it a chance and find a new home there :)
@WhamBamPam it does work.
Funny, when I typed your name here there was no drop down to select a name. Do they not want to make it easier to find a person now?
@pinksoup I noticed that the drop down suggestions are gone and wondered the same thing.
Are you all using the same name? @ATXmom, @pinksoup, @alakard at 2PR?
@clippergirl I am using pinksoup on 2PR and Kathleen Makar Smith on FB.
@clippergirl Sorry for the late reply... haven't been over here much without the boards and just came over to start downloading my digitals just in case.
I do not have the same name (or avatar). But if you check on the general scrapbooking board over there I started a roll call thread and people are starting to pop in over there to introduce themselves. Hope you will join us!
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OK, so this is weird - I'm trying to start a "conversation" to cancel my workshop subs and it won't let me continue after I click "no" on the option to skip a month! Naturally, I have no other way to get in touch with SC now as the boards are down and the chat box has disappeared!!
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the chat box is gone... lol... lmao... OMG... what is going on SC?
I think the chat box only shows when staff are there. Well at least I only ever see it late at night or early morning here in Australia.
@joelaw I had that happen to me once also, I had to close that box without answering to get past it.
It will only let you manually skip, not cancel. When I did it a few months ago, I just started a regular convo and the reason was cancel a sub... and I think it then pulled up my subs to let me tell them which one. And someone replied to me the next day or so that they had cancelled it for me. Hope that helps.
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Honestly this is very disappointing to me also. I have belonged to several kit clubs but SC was my favorite and I loved the board. I am not a fan of the 2peas refugee message board, (I have a hard time following the threads). I joined Pam's facebook group. I hope this will keep me motivated to continue with this hobby.
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The 6th has come and gone. I did not get a shipping notice. Did anyone? By the way, It is World Card Making Day... Anything?
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I did get a shipping notice yesterday. With UPS tracking that shows Wednesday delivery. When all the shipping was chaotic, I don't think I was getting tracking, and most months it was USPS.
No reason to get upset that my kit will be delayed. There won't be anyone to play with anymore.
I got one, but it was odd since I never caught my order "packing" which is usually the status for at least a day.
I haven't gotten a shipping notice or tracking number in months. It just shows up on my door step.
IT is now the 9th and mine is still showing active. How is it that non-subscribers have their orders already and some subscribers aren't even in packing yet?
I just tracked my package and it's not supposed to be here until tomorrow... the 14th. (Pretty much the half of the month has gone by) And I only live in MA so it's usually only a three day ship. Frustrations all around.
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I noticed that the message board was down yesterday and thought “hmm, maybe down for maintenance?” and have to admit that I was REALLY surprised to read this post this morning. I went over to Facebook to check things out. The thing is, Studio Calico has a “page” there, not a “group” that I could see. Would it be an option moving forward for SC to form a group as well, like Ali’s Craft the Story group? It provides a bit more privacy for people who want to connect with their scrappy friends :) And the Craft the Story group is flourishing!!! It’s such a lovely place to be for all the reasons we’ve loved the SC message boards. It definitely provides a forum for more interaction and an opportunity to connect with our tribe. (Annnnnd there’s lots of enabling there as well, lol)
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I'm not surprised they are closed. So many negative posts- who would spend money on hiring someone just to monitor that? Those were about the only posts left. The normal chatter/excitement were so rare lately. I think the message boards slowed down so much they were not part of my daily routine for awhile now. They were a place so many came to gripe for sport, practically. Of course there were plenty of legitimate gripes but it also became a game for so many. Not surprised that was shut down. I do feel bad for those who really relied on the boards for part of their morning or daily routine- that stinks. Maybe someone will start something up somewhere else aside from the 2peasrefugee boards. Or I'm sure there are some forums there that are nice and helpful.
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2PeasRefugees is definitely both nice and helpful, and extremely active. The SCRefugee thread might not be everyone's cup of tea, but it's easy not to read that specific thread. The 2Ps forum is much, much more than just that one thread. There are dozens of crafty and non-crafty threads started every day, and you can start a thread there about *literally* anything you want. No one will censor you and most of us over there are happy to talk on threads that interest us and ignore those that make us angry. There are even specific red tags on political threads (in the non-scrapbook side of things - the NSBR) for people who want to avoid that kind of thing. Please, everyone come over and take a look.
It will be very clear if you do that message boards are not dead.
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When someone shows you who they are, believe them.
How many more ways can SC show us who they are before it becomes clear who they are ?!
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I wonder if this means no more crops for NSD and other events. I always enjoyed those.
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Everything seems so "up in the air"......ugh.
I am afraid that you're right. Today is World Card Making Day, and SC doesn't seem to be doing anything for it. I enjoyed the special events, too. It's sad that this may be the end of those.
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I've decided to cancel my doc sub, does anyone know when I can do this....I had a 12 month sub, and am way past it, so do I still have to wait until after the 25th or can I do it now, I am so, so, so sad about this.
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@clippergirl anytime after the 5th of the month according to the FAQ.
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Thank you @CeliseMcl.....it's done.
I am so gutted about this decision. I have stuck through with all of SC's past changes since being a member since 2010, but this is the final "last straw" with the closing of the boards. I will definitely miss each and everyone here on the boards. I know we never met but I considered everyone here as friends. Love you all!
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Hi everyone, I just changed the name of the Facebook group to No/Lo Spend instead of No/Lo Spend 2017.
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@WhamBamPam please let us know if you post the challenge somewhere besides Facebook, such as 2peas.
I am sorry if I missed it @WhamBamPam but could you post a link to the FB page? I didn't participate but I enjoyed reading! Thanks!
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Wow! Can't believe this.
I don't do social media- so no facebook or instagram.
How are we suppose to chat with each other, ask questions and talk about our craft.
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Seems our only option is to keep this thread going. This is such a let down.
But I bet this thread gets taken down or locked at some point @pinksoup -seems like the goal is to keep us from talking to each other
They are already working on that @juliee. I had to scroll through 3 pages of comments here to find your comment where you tagged me. Before, I would just click the notification on top and it would land on the comment. No more. :-(
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I went to see that I liked your FB page - and I have - which surprised me as it never shows in my feed. This is one aspect of FB I detest - if I've gone to the effort of liking a page, you'd think it would show in my feed. But more surprisingly, I noticed SC hasn't posted on FB since around mid September - so that isn't boding well for more engagement!
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I noticed that sc hasn't been posting too. Andyesterday the SC instagram story was all about a new instagram feed for planner girls. It might be great for planner girls but doesn't seem to help the traditionalpha scrapbookers like me at all
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Wow....the message board was what kept me coming back to SC. This feels like a way to stop people from expressing their opinions - or, perhaps, preventing any negative opinions from being easily accessible to new customers.
Of course, SC as a business can choose to do whatever it likes regarding having a forum and plenty of businesses succeed without them, but for a company whose community seems to have kept it in business and been a clear point of difference to other kit clubs, it seems like a poor decision.
Guess I've got no reason to stop in regularly anymore! Hey there 2Peas, guess it's time to quit my lurking and join up.
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Although extremely sad to see the message boards go, I respect the decision. However, please please at least bring them back to 'read-only.' There was so much GOOD stuff - info, ideas that I would often times go searching for. I will miss checking in daily to see what's new.
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YES!. The direct links for past kits for example!!!
Yes, this would be awesome. I would appreciate being able to search out posts to refer to again and again.
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Yes! Especially with December Daily around the corner I will miss all of the chat they had for the past years I referred to those often:)
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I use the DD board every year! Super bummed.
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This is surprising and saddening, but I definitely visited SC way less once I cancelled all my subscriptions. And now that the message boards are gone forever, I will have absolutely no reason to visit. I'm sure this will drive the traffic way down. Good luck with that SC! I had no idea until I had to actually search for the message boards on Google and came across this post. You could have at least emailed your members or mentioned it in the "October Lookbook" email that you sent on the 5th. But the lack of communication does not surprise me at all. Farewell and good luck!
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This is such a true comment
This should have been emailed
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@ATXmom Maybe I'll just cross post the challenges, so look for me on 2Peas, I'm still under WhamBamPam. I'm still not comfortable with 2Peas site, but what the hell, I'll give it a go.
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