Arrrr. Pirates.

So see below where a few of my links to scrapbooking pages are missing? Yeah. That is because the entire 2BScrapped site is down. Someone or some people direct linked a freebie in a Yahoo group. So thousands or more people have been stealing bandwidth. Great. That means I lose out. My main gallery is down. I cannot download a kit or two that I need to finish a layout for my challenge in 2 weeks. Not only me, but the vast 2B community loses out. It is supposed to be up today. It is 2:00 PM CST. I am not holding me breath.

This whole piracy thing that runs rampant through the digital community brings me to two points that I do not understand. This often happens with Yahoo Groups. First, I have never heard or seen anything good come out of a Scrapbooking Yahoo groups. If a designer wants me to post on one or join one as a requirement, I will not apply for that CT position. I was a member once of one. I forget the name. I hated it. The freebies were junk and I did not learn anything new. And it filled my Yahoo Email with useless emails. Ick.

Second. The sharing of freebies. Now, if a designer has a freebie on his or her blog and posts a message on a board about it - that is one thing and perfectly fine. If the reader of said board then posts a message on a different board about said freebie or passes it along in an email or on their own blog, to me that is wrong. Seems like a form of piracy to me, although a lot less than stealing bandwidth and direct linking. Let people find freebies themselves.

If you want to read more on piracy - here is a great source.

In other news.

I found what I want on my mother's ring. I am super excited about it. Have been since I got married. See, my engagement ring is a one of a kind design that my lovely hubby picket out all himself. My wedding band is also one of a kind and made to shadow my engagement ring. My mother's ring will go above my engagement ring. Super cool, huh? Need a photo do ya? (I'll work on it!)
So the Deuce is due in December and that birthstone is a deep blue. I saw one today when at the jewelry shop getting my ring cleaned and polished. And J's birthstone is a light blue (March). I am a diamond and Andy is a sapphire. Anyone catching on yet? I am going to have them make a cool ring starting at deep blue (sapphire) to white (diamond). How cool is that? How gorgeous will that be? So stunning sitting atop my diamond engagement ring which sits atop my funky angled wedding band with 2 diamonds in it.

Watch. Deucie will arrive in November. November's stone is citrine. Yes, people. ORANGE!

posted by Stephanie @ 2:11:00 PM