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MacksMom
PeaAddict
PeaNut 77995 - 3/26/2003
Posts: 1260 Layouts: 8
Loc: N. Dallas...land of McMansions
Count: 2 |  Posted: 5/4/2009 2:05:34 AM
I overheard this at HL on Saturday..."What is chipboard?"
I know this is our hobby and if you are like me - even if you don't USE something SBR others find common, you probably KNOW what it is. Like the Cricut machine. I know what it is, but don't have one. I think being so knowledgeable about our scrappin' hobbies, we forget there are actually people in the world that have no clue what things are that we take for granted.
When I heard this I kinda laughed to myself, then thought "wow, she was serious!". Then I thought it was a little strange, because even though I don't knit, I still know what yarn is. |
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Kathy Montgomery
Addicted to the Exclamation Point!
PeaNut 42004 - 7/5/2002
Posts: 10092 Layouts: 272
Loc: N.CA
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After working at two different lss's over the last 4+ years, I'm not surprised at all anymore. Sometimes it's just a matter of the name itself (i.e., "chipboard" vs. "cardboard" ) and sometimes it's just a matter of never having seen it used, or never having been shown how it's used, that makes people unfamiliar with a particular item or technique.
But it doesn't take long before a short explanation and a lot of enthusiasm get them ready to play with something all on their own!
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disneypal
PEAS Porridge Hot
PeaNut 93127 - 6/28/2003
Posts: 13171 Layouts: 136
Loc: Somewhere over the rainbow
Count: 3 | Posted: 5/4/2009 3:26:49 AM
Yes and no.
In a situation like you were in at HL - it would not surprise me. I would think either the person was new at scrapping or was a non-scrapper (sometimes my BFF goes with me to HL - she doesn't scrap so she would ask me a question like that)
But I have seen things posted here on the GS board asking a question like that and the poster will have a HIGH post count and/or have an old registration date, so I wonder how they could have been around 2peas that long and not know what something like that is. | |
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Pretty In PeaNK
BucketHead
PeaNut 417489 - 3/31/2009
Posts: 717 Layouts: 2
Loc: Bay Area, CA | Posted: 5/4/2009 3:34:48 AM
I found out what Stickles were 2 weeks ago! But, I was AWOL from scrapping for a little while, so it's not that surprising that I had no idea what it was.
Hey, that's what Google is for, right! | |
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melroseV
PeaAddict
PeaNut 263952 - 6/4/2006
Posts: 1363 Layouts: 60
Loc: in the land of fruit, nuts, flakes & quakes!
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How surprised are you when someone doesn't have a clue about a SBR item?
I'm not *that* surprized because *that* someone is usually ME! LOL
I just learned about chalk yesterday! I've been scrappin' for YEARS! |
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dianaj1012
BucketHead
PeaNut 396329 - 10/21/2008
Posts: 931 Layouts: 86
Loc: Rochester
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Not everyone is pea-crazy about scrapping. My MIL loves the craft, but couldn't name 5-10 items used to save her life. Some people are admirers and craft sometimes. |
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HappeaGirl
The Pea formerly known as KevinsAngel
PeaNut 6359 - 8/31/2000
Posts: 32868 Layouts: 781
Loc: ......I left my heart in Holland!
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Not really. I mean think about it...could you walk into the model train section of HL and identify half of that stuff?  |
April
"After I was done reading it I felt like I was Punk'd." sues (my biblio-hero) | |
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Budletsmom
PeaNut 65877 - 1/30/2003
Posts: 8514 Layouts: 18
Loc: So CA | Posted: 5/4/2009 2:47:53 PM
What amazes me is when I go to a LSS and the people there don't have a clue about any of the new products - it has happened so many times. |
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aufait
BucketHead
PeaNut 32675 - 3/17/2002
Posts: 604 Layouts: 19
Loc: PA
| Posted: 5/4/2009 3:07:57 PM
What amazes me is when I go to a LSS and the people there don't have a clue about any of the new products - it has happened so many times.
me too! and then when they tell you "well I have never heard of it" don't you just want to tell them they need to "get out more"!!!
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scrapnmomof2
mom of two sweetpeas
PeaNut 78125 - 3/27/2003
Posts: 15194 Layouts: 371
Loc: Orange County, CA
Count: 11 | Posted: 5/4/2009 3:09:13 PM
No, not really. Sometimes they can be new to scrapbooking and are still learning about all the supplies out there. And sometimes it can be someone who has only used a limited selection of products and hasn't seen that many scrapbook embellishments and supplies. |
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BabyBokChoy
BucketHead
PeaNut 68435 - 2/10/2003
Posts: 856 Layouts: 63
Loc: Minnesnowta | Posted: 5/4/2009 3:13:06 PM
I'm not surprised at all. Every hobby has its own "specific" things, so I can understand. I didn't know what floss (embroidery kind) was till I started to use it on my layouts |
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gothamgal
PeaAddict
PeaNut 324102 - 6/25/2007
Posts: 1673 Layouts: 30
Loc: Akron, OH
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julieberg
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 160179 - 7/30/2004
Posts: 2366 Layouts: 0
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I was in Archivers and was buying some Un-do and the saleslady said, "What is that used for"? I couldn't believe that she worked there and didn't know! Then she proceeded to say, "I was dusting the other day and saw it on the shelf and was wondering what it was". What the heck. Pick it up and find out. That is your job!!!
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emilymom
PeaAddict
PeaNut 91077 - 6/16/2003
Posts: 1347 Layouts: 79
Loc: New Jersey
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I was away from scrapping for about 1 1/2 years. Did not shop, did not visit the boards so many new products came to market and I was just not aware of them. I am still playing catchup at times... | |
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scrappermegan
AncestralPea
PeaNut 20729 - 8/29/2001
Posts: 4544 Layouts: 1
Loc: Concord, CA
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I'm not that surprised. Last year at a scrapbook thing these two girls were going on and on about Stickles and I was like "What are Stickles?" they then looked at me kinda weird and then explained. I was like, oh Stickles are glitter glue! Brand name versus generic versus product lingo. I never say "I'm out of cardstock" to my hubby, I say "I'm out of paper".
I was in Archivers and was buying some Un-do and the saleslady said, "What is that used for"? I couldn't believe that she worked there and didn't know! Then she proceeded to say, "I was dusting the other day and saw it on the shelf and was wondering what it was". What the heck. Pick it up and find out. That is your job!!!
That is so funny! I often wonder why most store managers/owners do not train their staff better. I once went into a stamp store and the three ladies working there didn't have a clue about stamping. Seriously, I worked at a candy store and a water park, we were encouraged to go down the waterslides and have a new piece of candy everyday! |
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GIPfunny
PeaNut 147074 - 5/14/2004
Posts: 22266 Layouts: 521
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Not surprised at all. Scrapbookers have a way of using common stuff and giving it fancy or wacky names. |
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RnKMom
Prima 'n' Stickles Pea
PeaNut 80424 - 4/8/2003
Posts: 6515 Layouts: 6
Loc: Southern California | Posted: 5/4/2009 7:34:10 PM
I chalk it up to this board being so informative. Many times at crops a lot of ladies have never heard of ____________. Heck, I was at a Cricut-crazy LSS this past weekend that had never heard of SCAL.
This board truly is a wealth of information.
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If I have to use all this paper before I die, I'll live forever!
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Tam2
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 358347 - 1/22/2008
Posts: 2721 Layouts: 46
Count: 3 | Posted: 5/4/2009 7:39:49 PM
I agree with a lot of you - these mb's offer a wealth of info. If someone is talking about something I'd never heard of, I either as or google it real quick. Plus, I do get a sb magazine (but mostly I Pea!). |
Tami
Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things. Philippians 4:8
~~~The Queen of Quoting~~~
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EllenPea
Pea with a Pen
PeaNut 70644 - 2/19/2003
Posts: 14307 Layouts: 564
Loc: Southern California
Count: 34 | Posted: 5/5/2009 12:46:35 AM
I would not expect non-scrappers or beginning scrappers to know all the lingo. But what did surprise me once was when the owner of an LSS I'd just discovered didn't know what Basic Grey patterned paper was. This was several years after BG came out, and not so surprisingly, this LSS closed the following year. |
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jennyap
PeaAddict
PeaNut 379453 - 6/13/2008
Posts: 1504 Layouts: 28
Loc: UK
| Posted: 5/5/2009 3:28:12 AM
I think a lot of time when people don't know about things, it might be because they don't use online resources like this place. Lots of people still don't really use the internet, and for me that's by far the main way I get exposure to all the different products out there. |
Jenny
"We're not all the same, we're not all posting at the same time and we are not Borg." - Gamerbabe
"I think semantics do matter, context does matter, words do matter. Because on a message board, like in politics, most of the time they're all we've got." - me!
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octlove
BucketHead
PeaNut 381573 - 6/30/2008
Posts: 876 Layouts: 66
Loc: currently in Virginia
Count: 20 | Posted: 5/5/2009 7:49:11 AM
Not really. I mean think about it...could you walk into the model train section of HL and identify half of that stuff?
Ditto, plus most of us have used yarn when doing a kid's craft, I do not recall playing with chipboard growing up! |
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paper&glue
PeaNut
PeaNut 346031 - 11/3/2007
Posts: 127 Layouts: 7
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same here. yes and no. I called HL yesterday to see it they had any 12x12 artbins to hold some scrap paper. I started talking to a really old sounding lady that did not even seem to understand why I would want such a thing. Then she transfered me to someone in the department that could help me. A young sounding man got on the phone to help me. He said yep I got it right here, what color do you want. Stripe, solid, clear, pink. I said hmm, I was not aware of all the new styles, so I confirmed that this was a see thru plastic bin with a handle. He said yes. I said then I want the stripe one half joking knowing that I was going to get the wrong item. I went to HL later to pick it up and it was a hard cloth covered accordian file folder style box.....
I had to walk back to the storage isle myself and grab right what I wanted. Took all of 3 mins.
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Erin in Okc
PeaNut
PeaNut 118722 - 12/5/2003
Posts: 283 Layouts: 0
Loc: Oklahoma City | Posted: 5/5/2009 1:56:13 PM
Hailey's scenario reminded me of a communication problem exercise we did in one of my college classes. You essentiall just sit two people back to back, and try to describe something to the other person. You can't see, so it does no good to try to talk with your hands. It was surprisingly HARD, for everybody. Both seats were very difficult. I try to remember that when I'm trying to describe something to somebody over the phone. | |
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amanda1050
PeaNut
PeaNut 330811 - 8/4/2007
Posts: 299 Layouts: 20
Loc: Pennsylvania
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When I go to crops I notice that a lot of people are asking me about some of my supplies. The last crop I went to, about 6 people were astounded by my ATG gun...they really got a kick out of it. I guess if I didn't go online as much I wouldn't have known about it either (but I'm glad I do, because I (heart) my ATG gun!! ) |
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CamiCar
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 269939 - 7/24/2006
Posts: 7792 Layouts: 0
Loc: Midwest branch of HellMouth
| Posted: 5/5/2009 2:20:07 PM
Well, I didn't know what Stickles were until someone upthread pointed it out. Then again, I never use glitter, so why would I know? Just like I don't have a Cricut and have no interest in one, so I didn't know what SCAL was until recently.
I think it all depends upon what your interest is and how deep it goes. Plus how important it is to you to be 'in the know'.
I scrapbook regularly, buy regularly, but I don't really keep track of new releases or the names of companies or what's 'hot'. |
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sugarcoated
PeaAddict
PeaNut 140176 - 4/3/2004
Posts: 1125 Layouts: 0
Loc: At Work
| Posted: 5/5/2009 3:59:20 PM
Never. Different strokes, you know. I don't expect everybody to know every little thing. How familiar are you with all the items available in an art store or an auto parts store or a hardware store? | |
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Scrapazzam
PeaNut
PeaNut 337400 - 9/17/2007
Posts: 228 Layouts: 0
Loc: UK
| Posted: 5/5/2009 4:33:25 PM
What I don't understand is the number of people who never look at the gallery, never go to crops, never read scrapbooking magazines, and they say they do scrapbooking as a hobby! Their layouts haven't changed in years. I've met several.... If you follow a hobby, whether it's building model trains, quilting, or scrapbooking, don't you think it would enrich your enjoyment to learn ALL about it? Take a course, read a book, subscribe to (or at least read regularly) magazines, find other people interested in the same hobby. Aaaarrggh. It makes me nuts! |
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dmbcrush
PeaNut
PeaNut 249979 - 2/21/2006
Posts: 39 Layouts: 26
Loc: Southcentral PA | Posted: 5/5/2009 6:05:31 PM
Doesn't really surprise me because at some point and time we all had to learn what chipboard and every other SBR item was! Yarn is to knitting what paper is to scrapbooking, I'm sure there are lots of other hobby/ craft items that we'd have no clue what it was or is for. | |
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hilsmom
PeaAddict
PeaNut 292577 - 1/20/2007
Posts: 1667 Layouts: 24
Count: 2 | Posted: 5/5/2009 8:47:00 PM
Before I started scrapping, things that are now commonplace for me were completely unknown, but I guess after awhile, they become so much a part of our everyday life that it is kind of shocking to realize other people may not even encounter most of these items!
What I don't understand is the number of people who never look at the gallery, never go to crops, never read scrapbooking magazines, and they say they do scrapbooking as a hobby! Their layouts haven't changed in years. I've met several.... If you follow a hobby, whether it's building model trains, quilting, or scrapbooking, don't you think it would enrich your enjoyment to learn ALL about it? Take a course, read a book, subscribe to (or at least read regularly) magazines, find other people interested in the same hobby. Aaaarrggh. It makes me nuts!
My grandmother managed to make stacks upon stacks of beautiful quilts and crochet pieces, including afghans, bedspreads, tablecloths, doiles, and such. I never once saw a magazine on either subject in her house, and I can assure you that she did not have a "gallery" or even a message board to visit. She took no courses on these things either, except for what she was taught by her mother at a young age. She did not even attend quilting bees. And let me assure you that these were most definitely her hobbies, and she excelled at them. Someone has to come up with an original idea that catches the attention of the masses in order for it to become a trend. So I guess in her days of pre-internet and few neighbors she relied on something really rare to get her by. Talent! |
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
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christysheffield
PeaNut
PeaNut 320701 - 6/6/2007
Posts: 41 Layouts: 22
Loc: Mississippi
| Posted: 5/7/2009 6:29:21 PM
It doesn't surprise me. I have a friend who scrapbooked years ago and is getting back into it. We hung out a few weekends ago to have our own "mini-crop," and when I started pulling my stuff out her jaw dropped. She didn't know what half the stuff was because all she remembered about scrapbooking was paper + stickers + decorative edge scissors. She had no clue what chipboard was. And while she has visited HL and Michaels, she's only been the the aisles that are familiar to her. Not every scrapbooker subscribes to a magazine or surfs the Internet all the time to stay abreast of the latest trend.
I really get into the latest trends because I love the design element of scrapbooking. But ultimately that's not what defines me as a scrapbooker. I am a scrapbooker because I want to share my story. I want to memorialize my history, my loves, my family, etc. Whether I use chipboard, stickers, or cardstock matters not.
However, it is disappointing when a scrapbook store employee is clueless about the hobby that they are trying to sell to you. |
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