What happened to Digiland?

[pixelstix]

Okay, I've been very much out of the loop for a couple of years now. I used to keep up on all the latest and participate in galleries, forums, challenges, etc... but I haven't scrapped forever. I come to this store and a couple of others when I need stuff for cards or my blog or whatever, but I really want to get back into it and see what's new and get in on the forums, so I went on DST and MSA today, and they seem kind of... dead? The forums anyway. Only a few posts per DAY when it seems like there used to be constant activity.... is there a new "place" to go or is all the action here in the individual store communities/ forums?

[nun69]

WELCOME back to digiland and I do think that most of hte chatter is in the individual store forums now...I think DST just got to overwhelming and LOTS of people left...they still have an open gallery that everyone can post too, but other than that I am not sure what goes on over there LOL!

[Valgal]

I've only ever been involved here at at TDC. I don't keep up with the others at all.

[MommaTrish]

If I'm remembering correctly a lot of people left DST's forum when the new owners took over. Plus there was some drama or something.
I don't know about MSA. I've never really hung out over there.

[pixelstix]

Thanks! I hope I'm really going to find the time and motivation to be back for real

So how do you find out about new designers and stores and stuff?

[nun69]

I think most of us have just found designers that we really like by seeign LO's in the galleries and other than that, I don't really look for a designer {I do the majority of my shopping here {...and if you do the monthly challenges here you can earn points and then get a % discount the next month! you could probably find a majority of the designer population in the gallery at DST or MSA, since they have open galleries....are you looking for anything in particular?

[lynnirene]

Are you on facebook at all? There is a lot of activity on there. A lot of my facebook friends are actually digiscrap friends, and many will post about their favorite designers, or post their most recent layouts, etc. Most designers have fan pages on there, so you can keep up with their new releases and information there, too.

[pixelstix]

Thanks gals!

I wondered if there was drama or something, or if the communities just kind of fizzled out a bit. Do any of you post in the open galleries, where's the best one to go for inspiration?

Also has anyone created a good place or way to just do general searches for digital scrapbooking supplies? I still use digi supplies here and there even though I haven't been scrapping or in the communities at all. I deck out my blog and create cards and things, but I used to check DST's product gallery when I needed something in particular and I would find new designers to like that way, but that's not good anymore, so I just end up going to each of my favorite stores and searching there, it's just so time consuming!

I do have a couple of designers and sites that I follow on FB, Dani is one of my favorites so I often look here if I need something. Back in the early days of digi, I tried having a digi "home" a couple of times, but I really liked the faster pace of the big forums and having a place to go to hear about new trends, stores, and designers. I should try a smaller community again, it would probably not be so much of a time suck (which was a big reason I stopped all the digi stuff I was just wasting a lot of time with it not even scrapping!)

Thanks for the tips about the challenges here. I will look into those for sure. Sweet Shoppe has always been one of my favorite stores, everything is good quality here! I also think it would be fun to get my gallery going again and maybe try for some CT's so they can keep me moving and getting LO's done.

[MommaTrish]

I don't think there is anywhere like that anymore. I do know that Me So Scrappy goes once a week and checks out all the different stores and posts their favorite stuff from each store. But you can't search through just that.