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Katie has done it again. I saw this and picked my jaw up off the floor and wiped the drool off.
This is using my new Tinsel Town collection with Pink Paislee – shipping to stores this week. I never in my wildest dreams knew it could be so beautiful. I mean, you design this stuff, and then wait to see what people do with it. Katie never lets me down!
To see it bigger and more detail shots – click here.
Really, Katie, how much to get one myself? GORGEOUS!
I can finally post a “real” link here proving it’s all real!
Pink Paislee has only done two shows, and we’re in Archivers now! Awesome! For those unfamiliar, I am the product designer for Pink Paislee – a scrapbooking manufacturer. Archivers is a store mostly in the midwest that carries a lot of products.
Big honkin’ balls!
The drama started four days ago and I really wasn’t prepared. I know my last post pretty much summed up the B.S. I am dealing with. And, if you have read that post, please note that TODAY, finally, yes, on Sunday, I got a reply back from my host apologizing for the delay.
It’s too late. I spent a while going back and forth with a different host, one recommended by X-cart and we went over my stats and he’s trying me out on a Virtual Private Server. We’ll monitor it and then decide if we need to go full dedicated. When you have large files – many nearly 100 MB big, you have that issue of bandwidth. The larger we get, the more traffic, etc. It will happen. It’s okay. I’m okay with that. What I’m not okay with is when your host doesn’t communicate a need to you. So far, this company has been great with communication and I’m pleased so far. We’ll see. The are starting the process today to transfer our files. It will take a long time, but it will be worth it.
So, Pink Ink Studios store is closed for a few more days while this occurs. Figured it was best to stay down now. I can’t wait until I have Lunar Pages GONE!
The stress really did get the best of me, as I’ve had headaches, restless nights, and worry. I worry because I’ve dealt with some major douche bags over it all. Customers. Yes, I’m saying that out loud. One jerk-off actually thought it was all about an antiquated software system we used, and claimed that his “blind brother” could do a better job. Funny how the asshole didn’t bother to be a subscriber to our email newsletter, nor read our blog, or he would realize that his cocky email to me was completely off topic and out of line.
It got me to realizing that I’ve been fooled by the photography industry…really not much different from the nasty digital scrapbook world I’ve experienced in the past. Quick to pass judgement without any knowledge first. But, frankly, most of the nasty photography world tends to be of the male persuasion. I’m assuming it’s overcompensating for something lesser in their lives. Ahem!
Which really brings me to another thing that has happened that has me pretty much irritated. You have to read Andie’s post on her blog today. I usually stay out of other people’s issues, leaving them a comment or talking to them privately about it, but because I too am a photographer, I felt it was important that people know this. You can read Andie’s post here. I won’t link to the asshole’s blog that ripped her apart, why give him that satisfaction of reader hits, right?
Some people don’t realize that taking a photo without permission isn’t right. You should ask. Andie is right…what if someone took a photo of one of her buildings and posted it on a site all about tearing down buildings. She donates to building preservation. It would be wrong. There are just so many reasons for it being wrong. First it was disgusting perverts taking pictures off Flickr of people’s kids. Then, others feel the entitlement of just using your photos how they want. Love the excuse he made of “her watermark is on it” – yeah, true…which puts her at risk if it’s used in a wrong matter. The problem was that the guy didn’t ask permission and was slimy about it. Since then he has managed to slander her reputation because she said “NO” to him.
What sucks about this – the dude is also a photographer! He should just GET IT! What a jerk.
It’s a pretty kick-ass photo, right?
Posted with written permission from Andie Smith – how hard was that?
P.S. if you love Andie’s work as much as mine – ah, c’mon! – know that Andie will be in St. Louis with me at the end of September, we’re available for photo sessions. Then, we’re heading down Route 66 through Springfield and through Oklahoma to Dallas. We can make arrangements to do sessions along the way if you contact us now. Then, we’ll be in Dallas, heading down to Houston after that. The sad part, I have to drive all the way back by myself…anyone want to ride back with me? LOL
Here’s your new Pink Paislee Calendar for your desktop. Remember, you can click here to go to the video tutorial I created last month to see how to insert images and save it.
To download the regular desktop, please click here.
To download our widescreen formatted desktop, please click here.
Sorry…sometimes things get so crazy and creep up on you that other things get neglected…like the blog.
Yesterday – Thursday, I drove to Columbia to meet up with Rebecca. She is in the KC area so Columbia is halfway between for both of us. Less than 2 hour drive really. It was really great because we’ve nailed down so much that you’ll be seeing in Pink Paislee’s Winter Show release in January. Yay! However, I did have to drive in a horrific rain the entire time back. Not fun! Anyhoo – word is that orders are shipping to the stores now! So, if you’re a retailer that ordered AT CHA, you should be getting your orders soon!
I got up this morning and jumped right on things only to find that the hosting company for our Pink Ink Studios store area didn’t like the load we were using after I sent out a last reminder that our sale ended today. So, they turned it off. And, guess what? They won’t return any contact with me. Such assholes. I’m so not happy. Didn’t turn off the rest of that site, just the store – the poriton that makes us money! My living, my livelihood! Mutha F*ers. I’m really unhappy. So, I’ve had a few drinks, and am juust hoping something gets resolved tomorrow or I guess we’ll just start over and move the site somewhere else. It sucks because we’ll be down for longer because of that. Seriously irritates me.
Lastly, I am honored to be the Guest Designer at a new digital store called Inspiration Lane. I really don’t have time to get back into the digital world, but it is fun from time-to-time to create a few things. This was a great outlet. So, for the month of August, you’ll find a few BRAND NEW, exclusive designs from me over there. Including these:
I made this layout with this kit – and it’s also available as a Quick Page for purchase:
And, I have a new dog kit over there as well:
Here’s a layout for it that I did:
On top of that, I have a few other misc. items for sale there that are new:
I also contributed a few pieces to their Mega Kit that you can get free with purchase. There might be a few more extra things going in there before my Guest Month is up too.
So, thanks to the Inspiration Lane team for inviting me to be their first Guest Designer!
