Slightly Disillusioned

I absolutely LOVE the scrapping world and have not yet met someone that is not ridiculously kind and fun to talk to. It was disappointing, therefore, for me to find that there are definitely people in the scrapping world that are... well... not so kind! I was reading some comments about grab bags and was really sad to see that many of the commentors were basically talking "smack" about the bags. I think that I feel the old saying, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything, I mean... if you don't like it, say it's not your style and that you're not going to buy it. But I think it's completely unwarranted to accuse designers of copying other designers and saying they have no talent! Honestly... there's only so much that can be done! There will always be the "staple" elements of flowers and leaves and staples and buttons and such. What I love about the digi-scrap world is that there are so many different takes on such things! I think what really set this off for me was seeing a few posts that said Scrap Orchard only had designers that were copy cats and basically had no talent. That made me mad because I LOVE all the designers at SO and think they ooze talent. Yes, to each their own, but I think it's rude to say something so degrading and hurtful. That being said I'm PROUD to be a CTM for Scrap Orchard and think the designers there are FABULOUS! I'm done with my rant, that probably won't be read as I have few readers, and that's that. I'm disappointed to see the uglier side of scrapping but I still love it! I'll be back soon with some exciting news. I have some stuff to show off but photobucket is dying on me. :(