A very long time! I first visited on opening day, and I think the gallery wasn't even open to customers at that point. At that time my digi home was Scrapbook Bytes, and I wasn't looking to get that involved in a 2nd community. Over time my digi home became DST, but I still shopped and sometimes lurked here. Eventually the feel and type of LOs over at DST changed, and I was looking for a new home with great challenges, friendly people, and a gallery where my paper-style layouts would fit in. Enter SSD. My forum join date is Dec. 2007 and my first LO seems to have been in spring 2008. (I would have sworn it was earlier, but I guess the gallery doesn't lie.)
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