An old listing of designers and the stores they are in...

[joyfulheartdesigns]

I was Googling yesterday and came across this old blog post of a listing of TONS of designers and the stores they are in! It is sad to see how many stores have closed and designers that have stopped designing I am listed on there as Jennifer Howland, I was at The Digi Chick at the time, and it says Scrap Quick is my second store...I don't even remember what that store was!!! Anyhoodle, I thought some of you guys who have been around since the early 2000's might enjoy looking at the list for the memories...

A to Z Designer List

Where do I even begin? There are sooooo many fabulous designers out there. And so many wonderful stores! So here is an alphabetical list. It is a bit hard to keep track of them all - many have their own...

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[Cherylndesigns]

That's SO interesting, Jenn. Thanks for sharing.

 

[angbrey]

Wow that's quite a list!! So many shops I never heard of. I actually created a database of all of my purchased kits. It makes it easy when I do challenges and I need to know what store I purchased what at. So the main spreadsheet has everything on it, but I have pages for each shop. I have the kit name, a preview photo, the category, type, designer, shop and purchase price, lol. I have a second spreadsheet organized by designer so I know that I have from them. I love it!! It took me a long time to create it, but now it's just maintenance.

 

[joyfulheartdesigns]

Wow that's quite a list!! So many shops I never heard of. I actually created a database of all of my purchased kits. It makes it easy when I do challenges and I need to know what store I purchased what at. So the main spreadsheet has everything on it, but I have pages for each shop. I have the kit name, a preview photo, the category, type, designer, shop and purchase price, lol. I have a second spreadsheet organized by designer so I know that I have from them. I love it!! It took me a long time to create it, but now it's just maintenance.

That is AWESOME!!!! You go, girl

 

[wombat146]

Good grief, there were so many stores....... but quite a few after this time as well. Mscraps was one and there was a site called Marouuska or something like that and I was on the CT there. And some stores too, just think of them off the top of my head. What a big list designers too! I have not heard from a lot of them but quite a few very familiar!! lol!! What a rabbit hole to disappear down!

 

[Laura ODonnell]

Oh wow, what an interesting read. I didn’t recognize a lot of the names or shops, but some the ones I did I haven’t thought about in years. All the way at the bottom is said the list was last updated in 2008.

 

[faerywings]

What a bittersweet walk down memory lane. I have always been here at the O (@wombat146 says since Moses came down with the tablets ) but I spend some time at NDISB, Two Peas in Bucket, Scrap Girls, and then Mscraps.
So sad to see how many are gone.

 

[wombat146]

What a bittersweet walk down memory lane. I have always been here at the O (@wombat146 says since Moses came down with the tablets ) but I spend some time at NDISB, Two Peas in Bucket, Scrap Girls, and then Mscraps.
So sad to see how many are gone.

I was actually updating our CT list and found my little note about those tablets and had a giggle about that today!!!!!!

 

[faerywings]

That will *always* make me laugh!!!

 

[joyfulheartdesigns]

Good grief, there were so many stores....... but quite a few after this time as well. Mscraps was one and there was a site called Marouuska or something like that and I was on the CT there. And some stores too, just think of them off the top of my head. What a big list designers too! I have not heard from a lot of them but quite a few very familiar!! lol!! What a rabbit hole to disappear down!

I was at Mscraps for a while until it closed! It was a wonderful store

 

[Laura ODonnell]

I was actually updating our CT list and found my little note about and those tablets and had giggle about that today!!!!!!

"since Moses came down with the tablets" OMG I am dying over here

 

[wombat146]

I was at Mscraps for a while until it closed! It was a wonderful store

That's where I 'met' you!

 

[wombat146]

"since Moses came down with the tablets" OMG I am dying over here

Miss Faery doesn't look a day over 22 but yeah, she has been here that long!!! and was here when I started back in 2008!

 

[faerywings]

"since Moses came down with the tablets" OMG I am dying over here

Don't let Ona's sweet disposition here fool you-- she is brutal!

Miss Faery doesn't look a day over 22 but yeah, she has been here that long!!! and was here when I started back in 2008!

 

[scribler]

What a trip down memory lane. But it made me a little sad too cause so many designers and stores are no longer around.

 

[joyfulheartdesigns]

What a trip down memory lane. But it made me a little sad too cause so many designers and stores are no longer around.

Yes, same here, Cindy!!!

 

[pachimac]

I recognize so many of them - so many that I was on their CT's and wondered where they had gone to as well. Seems so many just dropped off the face of the earth when certain stores closed. So sad!

 

[joyfulheartdesigns]

I recognize so many of them - so many that I was on their CT's and wondered where they had gone to as well. Seems so many just dropped off the face of the earth when certain stores closed. So sad!

I know...I had gotten to know so many of them at the different stores I was in, chatting at DST, actually talking on the phone with several of them! And then also seeing that they quit designing when they were SO GOOD!! Amanda Rockwell and Jen Wilson were two of my favorites...it is sad to not see their beautiful creations anymore

 

[pachimac]

I know...I had gotten to know so many of them at the different stores I was in, chatting at DST, actually talking on the phone with several of them! And then also seeing that they quit designing when they were SO GOOD!! Amanda Rockwell and Jen Wilson were two of my favorites...it is sad to not see their beautiful creations anymore

Ronna Penner (CT member for years), Jen Wilson, Amy Stoffel (Where are you Amy????), Agnes Lahur (was on her CT), HuniBuni ( on her CT), Created By Jill (on her CT), Dianne Rigdon (CT), Gina Cabrera (my dream team back then - I got 2 guest CTs), Jen Ulasiewicz used to make such awesome realistic woodsy items, Miki Ferkel (for very different designs people weren't doing yet!) Ohhhhh and Miss Mint - loved her!!!, Natalie Braxton introduced me to strings and things and The Lily Pad. I loved all her little jewels!!!, and who can EVER forget the Shabby Princess!!!! So many of us started out with her fantastic freebies, Vera Lim (CT)

Wow...what a blast through the past!

 

[pachimac]

"Since Moses came down with the tablets..." That's how I feel lately!!! LMAO!"

 

[melscrap]

Wow, that was truly a blast from the past!

 

[joyfulheartdesigns]

Ronna Penner (CT member for years), Jen Wilson, Amy Stoffel (Where are you Amy????), Agnes Lahur (was on her CT), HuniBuni ( on her CT), Created By Jill (on her CT), Dianne Rigdon (CT), Gina Cabrera (my dream team back then - I got 2 guest CTs), Jen Ulasiewicz used to make such awesome realistic woodsy items, Miki Ferkel (for very different designs people weren't doing yet!) Ohhhhh and Miss Mint - loved her!!!, Natalie Braxton introduced me to strings and things and The Lily Pad. I loved all her little jewels!!!, and who can EVER forget the Shabby Princess!!!! So many of us started out with her fantastic freebies, Vera Lim (CT)

Wow...what a blast through the past!

Oh yes, loved many of them...so many of them were genuinely NICE, too!!! Ah, Shabby Princess...I always loved her site design, too!

 

[Kythe]

Ha ha At the moment I feel like Moses never mind the tablets!
I was at several of the ones on the list as a CT then went to the Digi Chick for many years.It was so sad when Kim passed away. She was so talented and kind. After than I was lucky enough to be asked to come here where I have stuck like glue.