I had a ton of Pixels & Company stuff, and now with most of those designers gone and setting up shop at The Digital Press, I can't just go back in and download that stuff. (That includes my PL template, by Laura Passage.) Luckily, I will be able to recover everything from the designers who stayed at P&Co, since they keep your download links forever.
I also had a TON of product from The Lilypad. They only keep download links for a month though, so I was only able to re-download a few things. I had to re-download the collection I used for this PL spread.
And of course, I had various other things from all over digi land, much of it kits for sites like My Scrapbook Art that only offer them for a limited time before they're gone forever. :( I'm just really bummed about it. I'm trying to keep it all in perspective- this is SUCH a first world problem - but it's still pretty disappointing. I've also spent countless hours organizing and tagging my product in ACDSee and it all feels like such a waste.
Le sigh... anyway, I'm still trying to scrap, despite my loss. I made the template myself, with square corners because I'm lazy but I do like the rounded better. Being on Jaimee's team, I am able to re-download things if I need to use them again, so I grabbed the December Storyteller to use on this spread. Isn't that card with the animals and trees the cutest? I also love the cut out words cards in this kit, and had to use one. It's beginning to look like Christmas around here!
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| created with December Storyteller Collection by Just Jaimee; template by me, The Reed and Bebas Neue fonts |
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So, thanks for reading/listening to my sob story! Maybe go check your back up, just to make sure...
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UGH, Lynnette, I'm SO SO sorry...what an awful bummer. And now I'm off to check my crashplan...
That's a huge bummer! Maybe you can contact Laura Passage and ask for the template? I would take pity on you :)
It sucks worse when you are doing what you thought you were supposed to do! And having all those designers move? What a pain!
On the bright side, I guess you get to start your organizing from scratch?
I heard Debbie Hodge say you should make sure you backup is actually working, so I do periodically check it out, but thanks for the reminder!
Oh, that's too bad! Maybe you can pick a few favorites from TLP and ask to have downloads reset? I recently found a product there I was going to buy on SOSN, but their system said I had already bought it, but it wasn't on my computer. It was months past, but they reset it for me. They are so nice, I bet they would be willing to reset a few for you. And in the mean time ... enjoy all the new products you will get as you go forward.
:( I think a hard drive crashing is a digi scrappers worst nightmare! So sorry!
Thanks for your sympathies! I guess it's bound to happen at some point after so many years of scrapping. I'm just grateful my photos and layouts are all safe! I know if I were a designer I'd probably happily reset links, but I just had SO MUCH stuff and I feel uncomfortable asking!
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