Wow I was completely overwhelmed by all the lovely and
really caring comments I got on my last post! To be honest,
when I put out a post like that, I feel exposed. It's usually
late at night and I toss and turn, thinking I should get up
and retrieve it {then I think, darn, it's in everyone's readers by
now anyway LOL!) All your love made me realise that while I
may not be good enough for some, I am good enough for
you, and, weird as it is for me to believe at times, I actually
do inspire people!
So I'm going to try to get through this and keep on going..
The problem is there are other things going on in my personal
life right now that are making it difficult for me to concentrate
a huge amount of energy on my papercrafting efforts, and that
makes me feel bad, but that's life...people get sick, people get
divorced, friends disappoint you, people betray you, blah blah...
Yes it sounds bleak but I truly am having to deal with all
those things at the moment and I'll do my best not to burden
you with them all. This blog is meant to be my personal
place of escape so I'm going to do my best to keep it that
way and I'm hoping that soon I'll have some artsy work to
share with you here :)
Yesterday I found a great article on
Disappointment herewhich I am making my way through {it has 4 parts} BUT
I also think that some of my "crafty" disappointment is
justified because I think a lack of thought is also to
blame on behalf of the challenge blogs/manufacturers/
kit clubs etc that practically all of us apply to regularly.
(I feel brave enough to say that here now as I've had
a number of e mail chats about this since my last
post and know that a lot of you feel the same way).
I realise it's a touchy subject and I'm not trying in any
way to be rude or disrespectful. I just think that
whoever is holding a Design Team call should send
out an e mail to ALL APPLICANTS who didn't
make the team - despite how busy they may be -
as it makes perfect marketing sense. How to keep
your customers as opposed to risk losing them
through lack of thought. It also softens the blow
A LOT!! Not "making it" is not as much of the
problem as feeling disregarded - to me that
is a lot more difficult to handle.
and good manners - and I know they had a huge
international response to their call, yet they typed
out a little letter, popped it in an envelope and sent
it out TO EVERYONE who didn't make it along
with some chipboard! How awesome is that?!?
International postage paid! Now I don't feel like
all my free advertising (when I personally endorse
a product because I genuinely love it) is for nought.
I'm not in this for the money, but a little bit of love
sent in my direction goes a long, long way!!
Another thought is that companies should BE HONEST
and just say "no international applicants please" instead
of pulling the wool over our eyes by not saying it and then
selecting a large team of 100% Americans - I do object to
wasting my precious time. It's every companies prerogative
if they want the American market only or the whole world
BUT please just say so so that I don't go through the
motions for nothing!! So there you have it - my 100%
unsolicited opinion on Design Team call etiquette!!
I haven't applied for a job in decades - for many years
I have freelanced for my husband's company so got
to forego the interview LOL...but...I wonder...what is
the procedure these days? If you apply for the job and
submit an up-to-date CV, together with fresh samples
of your best work, do you ever hear from the company
again or do you just eventually conclude, weeks later,
that they didn't pick you? Food for thought isn't it?!