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I think I started shopping here as soon as the pad opened! I started coming to chats and hanging out here a bit when my dear friend Tania was a Polly. Then, Michelle's Godin, whose team I was on, moved in here, and I became a CT member for Amy Wolff, who I have known since our days at RAKScraps, and I just settled in!

A little more than a year ago, my mojo took a serious nose dive. I didn't scrap for months. I was so uninspired that I almost gave up, but the challenges and inspiration here pulled me out of the funk - as you can tell by looking at my gallery! I heart this site! :)
 
I started with the Pad when it first opened, and I was on Natalie's CT. That evolved into CTing for Amy W. and Kate, and then becoming a Polly when they started up a site CT. It's been an amazingly wonderful thing, watching it evolve into what it is today, and being part of that. I can't imagine life without the Pad!
 
For me it was the quality of the product . . . from all the designers. It is a perfect balance . . . of course the challenges are top notch and the chatter is hilarious!
 
I started digi scrapping about 3 1/2 yrs ago or so I guess, after the basic lessons at Jessica Sprague. I got exposed to a number of different sites but only one kept "calling me" back. I think first I was here for Krista's things, then Sara's templates but I've expanded my number of favorites here exponentially. Let me say I'm a pretty good Lilypad enabler in my digiscrapping online group! Ask me for a suggestion, I've usually got one for you.

I've been doing challenges pretty faithfully for a few months now and I think my layouts are a lot better because of it. The only place I'm active in forums is here and I don't want to go anywhere else!
 
I love this thread so much. It's so neat to see what brought us all here and really I think it all comes down to the same core things. We feel at home, creatively or with relationships or both. :beat

I found The Pad at a time my creative style and scrapping was evolving and my friend Sarah was making beautiful creative goodies with the products and she was gushing about the designers here...so I came, and I never left. And it immediately felt like home. I applied for the very first Polly call because I knew I needed to be a part of this family and I'll never forget the day I got that email from Amy. And I was so happy to be able to work with all the people I loved so much in the community and who *inspired* me so much. And that hasn't changed to this day.

Later, when I started designing I ached for this to be my designing home but felt so out of my league. And then one day, like lightning in the clear blue sky Amy made my dreams come true again when she invited me to join the team as a designer. That was 18 months ago. ♥

I love the people here, I love the creative juices, I love every.little.thing about The Pad and feel so blessed still to be here!
 
awww...I'm another who bought here waaaay back in 2007...one of my first things was a pack of Kate's stitches...then I went exploring around the digi world, stuck around one shop for about a year, then moved on to another that I made my digi-home for quite a long time, even becoming part of their site CT. All the while, I'd pop back over here, check out the loveliness in the store, buy a bit here and there...then go back to what I was doing. Then, last spring, I had my third daughter, and shortly after, my laptop decided to attempt suicide. The lappy spent a looonnng time doing rehab and serious counseling, and in the meantime, I had a tiny, little, low-power netbook to use...not very scrapping friendly. My productivity took a nosedive, I resigned from all my teams (:cry), and took a several month hiatus from scrapping. My laptop finally made a complete recovery, and my mojo has slooooowly been working it's way back. And the mojo is coming back, in large part, due to the awesomeness of TLP. Instead of going back to where I had been (most of the designers I had loved there are now spread all over digi-land), I was in search of a new, friendly, inspiring, no-stress digi-home...one of my good friends kept posting pages on FB she'd been making with TLP stuff, and I thought, well...I've always dug their stuff, I'll go try the challenges...yep, I'm hooked! And you all leave awesome love in the galleries, and everyone seems soooo friendly! I still lurk more than post and chat, but I'm coming out of my shell (took me a while at my last home, too), and TLP is just a great place to be.

Long story short, I am really just loving ALL the aspects of TLP...and there is SUCH amazing inspiration around here!!! :beat:heartslub:beat
 
Love me some TLP since the doors opened and then really was hooked when I got onto a couple of designer CTs! I can't help myself, this place just ROCKS!
 
I came because I love Krista Sahlin's Products and lurked for a long time. I don't have a lot of TLP stuff yet and my layouts seem a very different style than what most of you create, but there is an energy here that attracts me. The board is super friendly and I am always smiling when I'm here.
 
i shopped @ TLP a bit back when it opened in 2007~ picking up pieces from Natalie Braxton, Amy and Kate. at the time i was scrapping for another site as CT Lead and dabbled in a few other digiland places. i always felt like the inspiration at TLP was the "cream of the crop!" Seriously!~ I was almost intimidated by the pages that the Polly's created and though i lurked, i didn't post a page here until earlier this year. i did take a break from creating after one of my main scrapping places closed and i felt my inspiration and time go out the door too.

when i came back to scrapping, i started by becoming a member of Jacque's team and slowly added a few more designers. i would have to say that every designer at TLP creates designs that i would love to make pages with and the inspiration here has kept me coming back for more. i would agree that TLP is the most friendly place! thanks for making me feel like "i'm home."
 
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Gosh, I remember shopping here and there when Natalie used to sell here. I got more involved when I first started CT'ing for Gina and Rachel, but more so within the last year. I love it here! This is my only home and I just adore this community :beat
 
I fell in love with Kate's doodles first...and then Krista's designs....and Sara's templates of late...and, well, let's just say I was too embarrassed to post in the "how much have you spent here" thread ;)
 
I've been stalking TLP since it opened. I hang out here because I'm so inspired by the style. I've always thought the Pollys were so inspiring, and I love to see how folks use the stuff here. The gallery is so warm and inviting, too; I always get loved on when I post layouts. I just wish I had more money to spend. : )
 
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