A little bit of exciting news!

I have been itching to tell this but I hate it when I see on blogs "I have a secret but I can't tell you yet" and you keep checking back and 5 years later they are still keeping the secret! So I kept my big trap shut for once (hard to do!)

GUESS WHAT???

No! I am NOT pregnant! I was chosen to be on the Creative Team for Rakscraps October newsletter! All I have to do is do 2 lay outs for each sponsor for October (there are 3 sponsors). How cool is that? I get stunning kits in the process. I can't wait to get started! And I am so honored and proud to be chosen! Whoo-hoo!

NO MORE FREEBIES!

I have reached the point where giving away freebies is just not worth it anymore. I am not going to be giving out freebies anymore to the public.(my friends will still get them). I started this whole freebie thing because I wanted to contribute something, I enjoyed making them and found it fun and loved the idea of other people using my kits and gaining pleasure from them. I did it because I loved it, despite the comments, (or should I say lack of) I persevered knowing that those few who did comment made up for the ones that didn't. However, saying this,I am also frequently saddened for the fact that for the amount of downloads made per kit, I am lucky if I receive 4 comments per kit.
If my things are being downloaded, I don't understand why people don't drop a short line to say thank you or that they liked it? I ALWAYS do so when downloading from someone. It is decency and manners, a thing I have realized is sorely lacking in a lot of people. As I said, I don't do it purely for the comments, but enough is enough.
For those of who did take the time to comment I appreciate it so much. I see the regulars and you guys are the best.
People like this anonymous person leaving ugly comments just make me sick, and this is for you:you probably remained anonymous because you are a coward and by your comment you don't sound like a nice person. Now everyone can read your comment:

"Do you ever make any thing at 300ppi? I thought I was getting Background paper but if you set it at 300ppi it is not even big enough for a photo mat. Yes I did read the terms of use, why bother making it if it isn't good quality paper that can be used?"
The notice in my sidebar is just that: a warning against this exact thing. No, I do not have a program that supports 300dpi but I do find my stuff is good quality and can be used for scrapping, I have even printed out my own things and you cannot tell the difference, but I understand that 300dpi is the accepted norm so I kindly put a notice there for those who this matters to. No one is being forced to download my stuff, they do it out of their own will.

These are the kind of things I am talking about-It is not worth it and just makes me upset and depressed. I am hurt by things like this, even it if may seem silly to others, it matters to ME. Lack of appreciation and hurtful comments have made me decide that I don't HAVE to do this, my life would be far simpler and less stressful, and I will save on bandwidth and get more sleep instead of staying up late to upload and waste bandwidth for a lousy 200 comments for over 4500 downloads and crappy comments like the ones above.
So don't expect to see any more kits on here. And if that is the only reason you visited my blog, then good riddance to you! I make a point of reading the blogs I visit even if I take freebies (for which I comment for)

Golden Rule of life: Treat others the way you want to be treated.

over and out!

I'm a nominee!

I'd like to thank my dad for this support, without him this would not have been possible...I would also like to thank my husband, my children, my friends and family all over the world, my cat, my pet aphid, Jeremy the spider....   Okay seriously now!! Guess what????   I was NOMINATED!!   For what? You may ask? ----Well For Blog of the month at The Scrap Habit -   You can see all the nominations at http://www.thescraphabit.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=38 I can't believe it! I didn't even know there was such a thing! I didn't even know such a site existed! I am speechless, clueless, proud, amazed, happy...Who cares if I don't win? To be nominated Blog of the month along with some I admire myself is fantastic! Thank you! I think if you did want to vote for me you have to be a member of The scrap Habit and I am not one to beg or ask people to go and join just to vote for me. If I win I win out of nothing I did myself! And that to me is better than anything!   Wow,...still shocked...excuse me while I go flush my head to wake up from this dream!