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SDeven
Love Letters Pea
PeaNut 65,852
January 2003
Posts: 28,197
Layouts: 380
Loc: Nashville, TN!
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htstepper
PeaNut
PeaNut 553,072
May 2012
Posts: 195
Layouts: 0
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Oh no! I have a two year subscription! I had no idea.... | |
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johnmac44
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 216,827
July 2005
Posts: 5,935
Layouts: 86
Loc: Crazyville
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I just renewed. Kind of a little ticked that they sent me a renewal. My last issue is July. I will miss them though since they were second favorite to Scrapbook Trends. |
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TracieClaiborne
Perfectionist Pea
PeaNut 23,809
October 2001
Posts: 15,668
Layouts: 364
Loc: Just a short drive from Nashville, TN! (Yee-Haw Ya'll!)
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I almost renewed this month. I'm just sick about this! I love them! I just got the new one last night and I'm waiting to savor it.
Scrapbooks, etc. announcement | |
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Thracian
PeaAddict
PeaNut 12,633
March 2001
Posts: 1,956
Layouts: 128
Loc: Utah
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Ugh. Not happy. I generally like that mag.
Plus . . . I just renewed for TWO YEARS.  |
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Gem Girl
PeaAddict
PeaNut 460,363
March 2010
Posts: 1,388
Layouts: 7
Loc: Lost in thought
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That IS sad; SDeven/Sarah, how did you hear, & do you have any further details? Thanks.... | |
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Gennifer
Biting my tongue.
PeaNut 79,412
April 2003
Posts: 5,571
Layouts: 275
Loc: Utah
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SDeven
Love Letters Pea
PeaNut 65,852
January 2003
Posts: 28,197
Layouts: 380
Loc: Nashville, TN!
| Posted: 5/9/2012 11:48:21 AM
Facebook. |
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zoeybug
BucketHead
PeaNut 425,771
June 2009
Posts: 682
Layouts: 7
Loc: Dallas
| Posted: 5/9/2012 11:50:40 AM
Not surprising but I thought CK would shut down first. Hate seeing any publication go under but I guess it's the price we pay for technological progress. | |
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paperkraftD
PeaAddict
PeaNut 360,824
February 2008
Posts: 1,284
Layouts: 38
Loc: San Diego, CA
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Well THAT's a bummer. I like SE best of all the scrapping mags, always have. There's just nothing like having a paper mag in your hand. Glad I didn't renew, though, or I'd be furious. As it is, I'm not sure which issue is my last. Now I'll have to check. Thanks for the heads-up Sarah. |
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Alissa103
prepPEA
PeaNut 39,261
May 2002
Posts: 8,219
Layouts: 98
Loc: Nashville. Yay!!!
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journey fan
"Rome! By all means, Rome."
PeaNut 308,186
April 2007
Posts: 11,522
Layouts: 0
Loc: California Coast
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I blogged the announcement and my thoughts HERE .
Suffice it to say ...  |
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Memoreez2
PeaAddict
PeaNut 486,668
October 2010
Posts: 1,551
Layouts: 0
Loc: San Antonio, TX
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AvonPooh
BucketHead
PeaNut 308,156
April 2007
Posts: 839
Layouts: 0
Loc: Midwest
| Posted: 5/9/2012 12:10:09 PM
I just emailed customer service to see what will happen to those of us with longer subscriptions. Mine isn't up until August 2013. I don't know if a refund would be offered or not. I hope that they don't offer us a subscription to something else in its place. No offense but I don't want Better Homes and Gardens. I will post here when I get a reply. |
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Heather Marie
PeaNut
PeaNut 300,303
February 2007
Posts: 190
Layouts: 0
Loc: Defiance, OH
| Posted: 5/9/2012 12:13:59 PM
I am so mad because I paid for a subscription this morning just before they made the announcement! | |
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patchmom4
BucketHead
PeaNut 297,771
February 2007
Posts: 835
Layouts: 8
Loc: With my own Mr. Darcy...
| Posted: 5/9/2012 12:17:20 PM
What a bummer. I really like SE |
Pam
You will eventually lose someone you love - and love someone you never thought you'd find. People are going to hate you, love you, love to hate you, and hate to love you, but the ones who mean the most will always be there...Sex & the City.
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amytangerine
Garden Girl
PeaNut 305,620
March 2007
Posts: 813
Layouts: 190
Loc: Venice, CA
| Posted: 5/9/2012 12:19:22 PM
so sad! | |
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JannyGirl
BucketHead
PeaNut 58,996
December 2002
Posts: 685
Layouts: 11
Loc: The City That Never Sleeps
| Posted: 5/9/2012 12:20:28 PM
I just emailed them too, asking what will happen to my remaining subscription, which I JUST paid for. I'm so sad to see the magazine fold, but I must say that I am very annoyed that they accepted renewals so recently if they knew they were folding in August. I would have appreciated an email too, instead of having to hear it first here. (Thanks for being on the ball and posting this here, SDeven.) |
Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right. - Henry Ford
My Crafty Life
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Kerri W
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 7,171
October 2000
Posts: 7,925
Layouts: 0
Loc: Kentucky
| Posted: 5/9/2012 12:24:45 PM
Sad news. SE was my favorite magazine.  | |
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Gennifer
Biting my tongue.
PeaNut 79,412
April 2003
Posts: 5,571
Layouts: 275
Loc: Utah
| Posted: 5/9/2012 12:26:08 PM
I don't understand why they continue to take subscriptions when they KNOW they are closing?
ETA: Especially in light of this. |
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Shannon Tidwell
Garden Girl
PeaNut 6,751
September 2000
Posts: 15,985
Layouts: 513
Loc: Texas
| Posted: 5/9/2012 12:27:33 PM
so very sad. I wish we could have known they were in trouble. could have done a subscription drive. |
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paperpilekitten
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 118,945
December 2003
Posts: 2,809
Layouts: 121
Loc: Stockholm, Sweden
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Oh, noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
Such sad news! Scrapbooks Etc. is my favorite magazine, alongside Scrap 365. Oh, I will miss Scrapbook Etc. so much.
The blog post said that they have 350,000 subscribers. Very sad that a such a number of loyal readers is not enough to keep a great magazine going...
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beachgurl
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 288,459
December 2006
Posts: 5,585
Layouts: 0
| Posted: 5/9/2012 12:38:24 PM
I have been told that it is advertising revenue that sustains a magazine, rather than subscription revenue. I would imagine Scrapbook Trends is following a different model with their limited reliance on advertisers and a higher subscription/newstand cost. Hopefully, they will last.
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ScrapNatya
Is this an instrument of torture or communication?
PeaNut 1,583
October 1999
Posts: 7,445
Layouts: 399
Loc: Long Island
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I'm pretty sure my subscription was up. It's the only magazine I look at SB wise. Sad to see them go. |
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scrapincat
BucketHead
PeaNut 407,192
January 2009
Posts: 895
Layouts: 0
Loc: Denver, CO
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Thanks for sharing! This is sad news, I like this publication. I'll have to call them to find out how I get a refund for the remainder of my subscription. It doesn't expire until Feb 2014! | |
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naby64
Made 5000, now what?
PeaNut 180,263
December 2004
Posts: 7,593
Layouts: 154
Loc: Arkansas
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SuperiorPea
Olympian Pea
PeaNut 55,688
November 2002
Posts: 30,757
Layouts: 905
Loc: Upper Michigan - on the shore of Lake Superior
| Posted: 5/9/2012 12:50:32 PM
so bummed, especially when only four days ago Michelle posted this:
Hey, Peas! Michelle Rubin from Scrapbooks etc. here. We are still in publication! In fact we're busy working away on our June issue. We're checking into this e-mail, though. So it's business as usual. Please feel free to renew your subscription!
Michelle Rubin
Editor
Scrapbooks etc.
Michelle Rubin
Editor, BHG Scrapbooks etc.
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I just wound up here, not sure how!
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Heather Marie
PeaNut
PeaNut 300,303
February 2007
Posts: 190
Layouts: 0
Loc: Defiance, OH
| Posted: 5/9/2012 12:55:26 PM
I just called and the rep I spoke with said my money would be refunded automatically and I would not need to do anything. | |
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FerbLover
BucketHead
PeaNut 450,739
January 2010
Posts: 584
Layouts: 0
Loc: Colorado
| Posted: 5/9/2012 12:55:51 PM
That kind of ticks me off how Michelle just came on here and said oh no, everything is peachy! Then it made the Discount Magazine place look bad when it was probably the true thing that was happening
Well, I have a whole year left on mine, wonder what will happen...
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{Jen Jockisch}
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 184,442
January 2005
Posts: 7,241
Layouts: 660
Loc: Central Illinois
| Posted: 5/9/2012 12:59:37 PM
I honestly don't think Michelle or anyone else on staff at SBE knew about it, even as late as last week. I think it's very surprising news to them. And they are all suddenly out of a job. I feel awful for everyone involved, and this is a big loss for us as a community. |
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beachgurl
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 288,459
December 2006
Posts: 5,585
Layouts: 0
| Posted: 5/9/2012 1:02:25 PM
so bummed, especially when only four days ago Michelle posted this:
She posted that on March 5. Roughly 60 days ago. |
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lizziej
PeaNut
PeaNut 91,198
June 2003
Posts: 85
Layouts: 2
Loc: Texas
| Posted: 5/9/2012 1:06:43 PM
I'm SO sad!!! I ALMOST renewed this weekend, because I had a nice offer. I don't know when my subscription actually expires, though. I, too, hope they don't give us Better Homes and Gardens. I subscribed to it one time, and I got nothing out of it but recycling material. |
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gluestickgirl
Olympian Pea
PeaNut 171,168
October 2004
Posts: 20,366
Layouts: 976
Loc: somewhere in middle america
| Posted: 5/9/2012 1:10:56 PM
I was in their office a couple weeks ago and they were working on the October issue - so I don't think this came with much warning. Like Jen, I think this is a huge loss for the scrapbooking community. |
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TravelAgent
Resident Smart Ass
PeaNut 294,429
January 2007
Posts: 12,671
Layouts: 7
Loc: Indiana
| Posted: 5/9/2012 1:50:42 PM
so very sad. I wish we could have known they were in trouble. could have done a subscription drive.
Don't feel responsible. They had 350,000 subscribers and couldn't make it. I doubt even the Peas could have made much of a dent in that direction. As one Pea said, it's advertising revenue that truly controls a magazine's survival.
And I've worked for several that went belly up on my watch. The editors and graphics staff rarely know anything until the morning it's announced. Especially in a large corporation like Meredith. They've closed many titles and alerted the staff (my friends and colleagues) the next morning. Most of those people were up the night before working on deadlines six months out.
Sad news, but I can't say I haven't been expecting it for several years now.
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Nantini
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 274,935
August 2006
Posts: 5,099
Layouts: 8
| Posted: 5/9/2012 2:05:30 PM
I had the renewal in my purse to send today. |
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dall
PeaNut
PeaNut 85,424
May 2003
Posts: 47
Layouts: 2
| Posted: 5/9/2012 2:12:54 PM
I sent my renewal yesterday! oh dear.
I loved that magazine. | |
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purpledaisy
Calm
PeaNut 116,261
November 2003
Posts: 25,154
Layouts: 102
| Posted: 5/9/2012 2:24:43 PM
Nooooooooooooooo!!! |
Becca
May we be consumed with the Creator of all things rather than with things created.
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MousEarz
PeaWee
PeaNut 443,499
October 2009
Posts: 5
Layouts: 0
|  Posted: 5/9/2012 2:33:51 PM
This is awful, just awful. |
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scrappycass
You Wanna Peas of Me?
PeaNut 413,587
February 2009
Posts: 5,620
Layouts: 40
Loc: Western New York
| Posted: 5/9/2012 2:50:02 PM
Wow....this is a bummer. I am surprised. I still have another year left so I hope I will get a refund then. |
Chocolate......who needs a reason?!
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Kelly Goree
The Princes & the Pea!
PeaNut 116,087
November 2003
Posts: 12,846
Layouts: 802
Loc: Saddlebred Capital of the World
| Posted: 5/9/2012 2:54:59 PM
I'm just so sad. My heart goes out to all behind the publication and I wish you only the best in the future. xoxo |
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scrapmomto5
PeaAddict
PeaNut 318,259
May 2007
Posts: 1,228
Layouts: 0
Loc: Florida
| Posted: 5/9/2012 2:55:31 PM
Terrible!! | |
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scrapkatze
BucketHead
PeaNut 110,802
October 2003
Posts: 926
Layouts: 85
Loc: Germany
| Posted: 5/9/2012 3:07:21 PM
Oh NO!!!!!
I always liked Scrapbooks etc. but they didn't allow international subscriptions
Finally I found a way to get a digital subscription and now this! Every sb magazine I subscribe to folds - Paperkuts, Scrapbook Answers, Memory Makers and now Scrapbooks etc. seigh! |
Barbara
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety" Benjamin Franklin
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mrsk2004
Hap-Pea To Be Here
PeaNut 361,190
February 2008
Posts: 5,892
Layouts: 0
Loc: Upstate New York
| Posted: 5/9/2012 3:17:50 PM
SBE was always my favorite scrap magazine, this is so sad to hear. Best wishes to all the staff, I'm sure they're sad also. |
~Sarah
People may not remember what you said or did, but they will always remember how you made them feel.
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kelleykreates
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 37,012
April 2002
Posts: 5,012
Layouts: 54
Loc: Lehigh Valley, PA
| Posted: 5/9/2012 3:19:42 PM
I love Scrapbooks Etc. I've been very disappointed by the content in CK lately and I can't afford Scrapbook Trends. This is very sad news. |
Um, this is Two Peas. First world problems are the subject of approximately 93.17% of the threads here. It's our specialty. -Busypea
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've always imagined. ~Thoreau
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I am Jen
PinkKitchenStudio
PeaNut 14,286
April 2001
Posts: 15,204
Layouts: 244
Loc: Louisville, Ky
| Posted: 5/9/2012 3:20:05 PM
Ugh, horrible news, so sad to see another scrapbook mag go. I cherish the mags that are left & this is sad to hear. |
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twinsandtwo
PeaNut
PeaNut 330,704
August 2007
Posts: 422
Layouts: 22
Loc: Fairfield, Ohio
| Posted: 5/9/2012 3:29:44 PM
SO sad to hear this. I just let my CK subscription lapse, since I had my SBE subscription all paid up through Aug 2014.
Now I have no scrapbook mags to look forward to getting in the mail.
Guess I'll have to renew CK. Sigh.
I wonder how they will refund those of us with remaining issues? I ordered my sub through Tango using Paypal, I think. It's been awhile back.
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knoxpea
BucketHead
PeaNut 291,250
January 2007
Posts: 737
Layouts: 16
Loc: avoiding laundry...
| Posted: 5/9/2012 3:42:15 PM
A sad day indeed. I just sent in a 2 year renewal, glad I did not send payment yet. I was thinking about purging some old issue, but think now that I will hang onto them awhile longer. | |
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scrapboo
PeaAddict
PeaNut 409,406
January 2009
Posts: 1,527
Layouts: 0
| Posted: 5/9/2012 3:48:10 PM
Dang it all!! I hope the rest of the industry isn't going to go the way of the magazines. Someone come back and let us all know when you hear what's going to happen to those of us who were mid-subscription. | |
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ScrapinCT
Apron Wearing - I Love Lucy inspired Housewife
PeaNut 248,491
February 2006
Posts: 5,870
Layouts: 104
Loc: Wallingford, Connecticut
| Posted: 5/9/2012 3:48:13 PM
Ugh!! I loved them too!
What happens to our subscription? I just renewed mine in january for another year, on top of this year...
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joyfulitl
PeaAddict
PeaNut 13,267
March 2001
Posts: 1,340
Layouts: 121
Loc: Barnhouse Studio: Lindale, TX
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