[April Showers]

scrapbooker918, on 31 December 2009 - 09:05 PM, said:

It was a Beautiful Year not a Beautiful Life! lol Anyway, I still don't have it.

Email Angie (hello@scrapgirls.com) and she can get you new download links for the collection. It is such a pretty one.

[Heather09]

What a fun thread!! My first purchase was in May 2008 and I got some AYO pages (Dear Mom and Shall We Dance) and some actions.

My first collection was the Breathe Collection and I still love the colors used in this one.

[sarabethp]

Now I swear I thought my first collection purchased was Bookworm Scrap Pack Biggie by Erica Hite. I went and double checked and would you believe I was wrong? My first collection purchased at Scrapgirls was Frog Prince by Valerie Randall. I remembered seeing it featured in the newsletter and for some reason just had to have it. I still use that little frog with the crown as my login image for my computer. It is a favorite of mine.

[Smiles]

Mine apparently was the Cottage Quilt club by Amanda McGee. I still love it. That was March 07.

[KFiasco]

I was very new to digiscrapping and bought 3 kits. It was April 13th and my niece was due to deliver her baby, Nick, in May so I bought Vintage Nursery and Baby Cake to scrap his beginning. I used them to scrap my nephew's daughter, Payton, as well. Because the 4th of July is always celebrated in my family to an extent I also boughtAmerica Collection Mini. I am glad to say that I have used all three more than once, but I have others that I just had to have but have not used them yet. LOL I have a lot of scrapping to do because I have a lot of kits.

[Becca]

Oh, this is a fun thread!

My first purchase was on 1/18/2007. I bought...
A Wishful Star Collection
Brush Set: Pen and Ink
ScrapSimple Digital Layout Templates: Curvy
ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Unwrapped Biggie

And then the very next day, I signed up for the SG Club. I've been hooked ever since.

[Westina]

My first kit in 2006 was Valerie's mini kit: Family Tree Collection Super Mini. It was perfect for my first attempt at creating a printed family tree.

[siskitkat]

This thread reveals how "old" I am. My first purchase was in April '05. It was the Scrap Girls Club. The kit was Cafe Sorbet by Design Butcher. Most of the links to my early purchases are no longer active. Grunge Soccer Blue Collection Mini by Cheryl Barber is one of the few of my early purchases still in the boutique.

[Cheri T]

Well I jumped in with 2 feet during a sale...I'd been reading the newsletters for awhile and had admired several products, and layouts that led to more products. So I got the ingredients!
Blue Christmas Collection Biggie
Brush Set: Christmas Whimsy
Earthen Vessel Collection Biggie
Lettering Delights Deck The Halls Font
Mixed Media Collection
Radiant Collection Biggie
ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brushes: Stitches
ScrapSimple Transparency Overlays: Street Grunge - Scratches
Weather or Not Collection

[MLLatscrapgirls]

I had to go back and look too! My first purchase was two days after my birthday, May 10, 2006, Secrets Revealed and also included the Refresh kit. (Refresh 1 and 2 are still my favorite kits!) Then I must have watched the videos twice before being brave enough to actually buy something because my next purchase was not till July 29!

For mu first purchase I got Beloved and Bunches of Roses so I could do a layout for my niece's wedding.

[Laurel Lakey]

This is a fun thread! I didn't realize I could track my old orders like that. Duh.

My first real collection purchase was 3 1/2 years ago and it was the Beloved Collection by a one Angie Briggs. You may have heard of her.

That was not the first product I purchased, just the first collection. The first products were:

Brush Set: Fancy 3 by Keri Schueller
Brush Set: Grunge 2 by Lori Cook
Brush Set: Playing Around by Mandy Steward
Brush Set: Sixties Swirl 2 by Durin Eberhart

That was cool to see what and when everyone has purchased.

[KarinaS]

scrapbooker918, on 31 December 2009 - 09:00 PM, said:

My first two collections purchased at the same time were a Beautiful Life and Extra Extra. Somewhere along the way I lost A Beautiful Life! lol My first collection was purchased in Jan 08. Has my collection increased in 2 years! I better get scrappin!

How did you "lose" it??? Like in a computer crash or something? You could email Angie at hello@scrapgirls.com and get it back, I'm sure.....

[chambray]

JessicaLeigh, on 02 January 2010 - 07:18 AM, said:

My first Kit, was Mossy Collection Biggie, one of Brandy Murray's collections. I have used it numerous times for all of our berry pickin and buggy riding adventures! that was in July of this year. When I just finished counting, I have over 100 different sets of things I have purchased. (boy, I didn't realize how much I had til I started looking at it closely!) I intend on getting even more so I will be more amazed at the stuff I have and what I can use it for! SG is Great!

Jess, Brandy's Mossy Collection has come up before as one of those favorite "go back To" collections. I have over 100 collections, too. It's amazing what we've accumulated in such a short time! I always look forward to seeing your layouts!

[catinkeri]

This may or may not crack you up ... it's certainly effected me though After reading this blog and adding in my cents worth on December 31st, I went back over my purchase history (I owe you one Janine ... I think!!) and noticed that a few of the things I had bought weren't in my various folders. So, silly me ... thought I would make a fool proof step-by-step system. I already had one in progress but obviously a few of my earlier kits slipped through the net. So ... three FULL days later I am all up-to-date on my collections and individual folders and I am pleased to say that I have added twenty more collections to my list ... BUT ... I also found out that I had double purchased about 10 kits as well. This is why my fool-proof system will now be in effect even more from now on.
The double purchasing seems to occur when I buy things when I'm away from the house, and my spreadsheet of what I have in my collections ... serves myself right really, don't it.
So - now that I have more stuff to play with I'm off to see what I can make with all of my new bits and bobs. It's like Christmas all over again!!
Oh, and if you're the ultimate anal/organised person in the world and you want to check out just how truly anal/organised I am ... drop me a PM and I'll send you my step-by-step instructions on what I do and you should probably get a kick out of it. As well as make you roll your eyes and thank the powers that be that you aren't as anal/overly organised as I am!!
Have a great day ladies!! I'm off to play!!

[J9Buckles]

catinkeri, on 03 January 2010 - 03:02 PM, said:

(I owe you one Janine ... I think!!)

LOL......always glad to help!

[podiumchick]

I had to go back to May 2007 to find I bought Day to Day Life Collection. I still use it almost all the time. So versatile!

[anna]

catinkeri, on 03 January 2010 - 03:02 PM, said:

This may or may not crack you up ... it's certainly effected me though After reading this blog and adding in my cents worth on December 31st, I went back over my purchase history (I owe you one Janine ... I think!!) and noticed that a few of the things I had bought weren't in my various folders. So, silly me ... thought I would make a fool proof step-by-step system. I already had one in progress but obviously a few of my earlier kits slipped through the net. So ... three FULL days later I am all up-to-date on my collections and individual folders and I am pleased to say that I have added twenty more collections to my list ... BUT ... I also found out that I had double purchased about 10 kits as well. This is why my fool-proof system will now be in effect even more from now on.
The double purchasing seems to occur when I buy things when I'm away from the house, and my spreadsheet of what I have in my collections ... serves myself right really, don't it.
So - now that I have more stuff to play with I'm off to see what I can make with all of my new bits and bobs. It's like Christmas all over again!!
Oh, and if you're the ultimate anal/organised person in the world and you want to check out just how truly anal/organised I am ... drop me a PM and I'll send you my step-by-step instructions on what I do and you should probably get a kick out of it. As well as make you roll your eyes and thank the powers that be that you aren't as anal/overly organised as I am!!
Have a great day ladies!! I'm off to play!!

You might try using Google Docs for your spreadsheet. That way, it would be online and always available to you, regardless of where you are. It doesn't have all the fancy formatting that Excel has, but for things like this, I like Google Docs a lot. It's free if you have a gmail email account.

[catinkeri]

Thanks for that Anna. I've never heard of that before. The one email account I don't have is gmail (I have seven others though - should that count?! LOL) I think my spreadsheet is a tad too convaluted for that though as there are various things on there that I really like having on a xcel instead of a doc. Thanks anyway though - that's a handy device to have at your ready when you're traveling.

[mimes1]

I just looked - for me it was Thao's Art Journal Collection Biggie

[no_idea]

My first kit was Buried Treasure, then the day Paris Pink.

[Sherry Lynn]

My first collection was Combat Navy--- to create tribute layouts for my Dad!!!

[sarabethp]

catinkeri, on 04 January 2010 - 08:44 AM, said:

Thanks for that Anna. I've never heard of that before. The one email account I don't have is gmail (I have seven others though - should that count?! LOL) I think my spreadsheet is a tad too convaluted for that though as there are various things on there that I really like having on a xcel instead of a doc. Thanks anyway though - that's a handy device to have at your ready when you're traveling.

Google docs actually does spreadsheets. In fact they have a really good spreadsheet. Other than some of the really fancy things Excel does I use the Google Docs Spreadsheets a lot. You can always import your spreadsheet that you already have created and see if it works

[bjc]

it was brandie's templates wellworn... and i bet i didnt even know how to use a template at the time...lol.... and now that i do i am inspired by the mb to use these...thanks

[TallCool69]

My first purchase was in October 2006 and it was
Bella Collection by Thao Cosgrove
Bella 2 Collection Mini by Thao Cosgrove
Amber Romance Collection Mini by Keri Schueller
and my very first 6-month subscription to the Scrap Girls Club.
That month, it was Bookworm Collection Biggie by Erica Hite

[Armi Custodio]

Just saw this thread. So fun to read!

My first collections were:
Amanda McGee's Doodle Dandy Collection Biggie
Thao Cosgrove's Affection Collection
Erica Hite's Love Always Collection Biggie

I still love these collections, they are timeless!

[Blesha]

The first collection I downloaded from here was the one that was free for new members back in August 2007.

The first collection that I bought was the ScrapSimple club in August 2009. In it were among other things something called Daybooks. I love those!

[nicole_j]

Spice of Life... I believe that was Keri's. My first purchase was Ro's Scrabooking Secrets then Blossoms & Blooms - Fall.
Fun stuff!

[Nutmeg]

My first collection was Vista Linda, quickly followed by Legacy.

[RosemaryS]

My first purchase was destinations. I was scrapping a cruise! LOL...........go figure!