I think I'm having the digitizer's version of "writers block" lately. First, I have a tough time trying to come up with ideas for new designs. Then when I think I have something, I fool around with it for a while, and cannot seem to get it to materialize the way I am envisioning it. I have a pile of unfinished work set aside, because I finally became so frustrated with the designs. They weren't coming out as I wanted, or simply didn't seem 'good enough' when I finished one or two items of a set. I'm probably being too hard on myself, but I cannot put a set on the site unless I feel good about the way it turned out.
I've always enjoyed creating designs for others, so if you have some special design you would love to see, let me know! Or if there is even a certain style of design you're looking for. Send me your "wishlist" and I'll see what I can do!
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Vote for your favorite Alphabet!
As you've likely already noticed, voting has been enabled again. So take a moment & vote for your choice for the next free daily alphabet! Voting is restricted to one vote per person, let's make it fair for everyone!
Thanks for visiting FerretLady Designs!
Thanks for visiting FerretLady Designs!
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Voting had to be removed
Hi folks,
Sorry to say, but the voting had to be removed for now. Although there were some safeguards in the poll script to prevent duplicate votes by the same person, it didn't have the most stringent duplicate-vote protection possible. I didn't think it was too important - I thought most people would vote once (maybe twice) and then let everyone else have their vote, and leave it at that.
Anyway, upon checking the poll logs, I found that there were 4 or 5 people who were voting over & over & over & over... One person had 262 votes in a row just this evening alone , another 195 non-stop votes. Youch, I imagine they had stiff fingers after clicking that many times! That obviously is not fair to everyone else, for a few people to try to "force" the vote to go to their choice. A few duplicate votes could be overlooked, but 200+??? I know, it never stated not to vote more than once, but come on, I think common sense would tell you that voting over 200 times non-stop in a row is not the right thing to do.
I'm going to try to find another poll script with tighter security measures against multiple votes, and when I get one, I'll put it up on the site. Sorry for the inconvenience! I'll simply select another alphabet at random this time around, but maybe by next week, voting will be back in place.
Sorry to say, but the voting had to be removed for now. Although there were some safeguards in the poll script to prevent duplicate votes by the same person, it didn't have the most stringent duplicate-vote protection possible. I didn't think it was too important - I thought most people would vote once (maybe twice) and then let everyone else have their vote, and leave it at that.
Anyway, upon checking the poll logs, I found that there were 4 or 5 people who were voting over & over & over & over... One person had 262 votes in a row just this evening alone , another 195 non-stop votes. Youch, I imagine they had stiff fingers after clicking that many times! That obviously is not fair to everyone else, for a few people to try to "force" the vote to go to their choice. A few duplicate votes could be overlooked, but 200+??? I know, it never stated not to vote more than once, but come on, I think common sense would tell you that voting over 200 times non-stop in a row is not the right thing to do.
I'm going to try to find another poll script with tighter security measures against multiple votes, and when I get one, I'll put it up on the site. Sorry for the inconvenience! I'll simply select another alphabet at random this time around, but maybe by next week, voting will be back in place.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Check your email....
(Happy ending to the tale - the customer had me confused with another designer - she DID get her order from me after all! Yay! I still do hate providers filtering mail though....)
Email woes again. Having a digital product can have it's conveniences - no packing up parcels, running to the post office, filling out customs forms for overseas deliveries, etc. But it can certainly have it's own set of problems as well.
I heard from a customer this morning, that she had not received her order. Upon research, it appears that the email account she used either blocked my emails, flagged them as 'spam' or some other such thing - anyway, she apparently never received ANY of the emails that were sent to her. (Order email, follow-up email, and a later free gift email)
I heard from her today (from the same email address) - wrote back to her promptly, and it seems as if she still isn't getting my messages. I've sent emails to her from several different accounts, in hopes that *one* of them would get through - but it doesn't look too promising at this point. So, I'm stuck at this point - I've got a customer who didn't get their order, I cannot get in touch with her since her email address doesn't appear to receive my emails no matter what I do, so now what?
Moral of the story --- when dealing with ANY site that offers download-able products, *please* make sure that you can receive email from them! FerretLady Designs does have an Instant Download system in place now, but for custom orders, inquiries, etc, you still may have need to receive an email from me. Please be sure that
ferret - at - mybargainstuff.com and
mbsauctions - at - gmail.com
are whitelisted/allowed in your email program!
Many providers these days take it upon themselves to decide for you what you should & shouldn't receive - (a practice I personally despise - I'll set up my OWN spam filters, thank you very much... I'm adult enough to make my own decisions about what I do & do not want to receive, I don't need someone holding my hand & telling me what's good for me... ) Letting someone else decide what is & isn't "spam" will almost always end up causing some "good" email to get sucked into the twilight zone in the process.
I guess it's just my age - but I get very cantankerous when someone else tries to make decisions for me, even if it's something as "minor" as deciding which emails I should & should not receive.... that attitude was fine when I was a child who didn't know better - but I've been an adult for more years than I care to reveal (grin) so durn it, I'm old enough to deal with spam as I see fit, thank you - I don't need some provider playing "protective mama" for me.
Situations like this poor customer's order - and the fact that apparently her email provider is over-zealous in blocking emails - just make my stand on "do-it-yourself spam filtering" that much stronger. She can't get the product she ordered, or any of my emails, because for some unknown reason, her provider has apparently decided she should not receive emails from me.
Bah.......
Email woes again. Having a digital product can have it's conveniences - no packing up parcels, running to the post office, filling out customs forms for overseas deliveries, etc. But it can certainly have it's own set of problems as well.
I heard from a customer this morning, that she had not received her order. Upon research, it appears that the email account she used either blocked my emails, flagged them as 'spam' or some other such thing - anyway, she apparently never received ANY of the emails that were sent to her. (Order email, follow-up email, and a later free gift email)
I heard from her today (from the same email address) - wrote back to her promptly, and it seems as if she still isn't getting my messages. I've sent emails to her from several different accounts, in hopes that *one* of them would get through - but it doesn't look too promising at this point. So, I'm stuck at this point - I've got a customer who didn't get their order, I cannot get in touch with her since her email address doesn't appear to receive my emails no matter what I do, so now what?
Moral of the story --- when dealing with ANY site that offers download-able products, *please* make sure that you can receive email from them! FerretLady Designs does have an Instant Download system in place now, but for custom orders, inquiries, etc, you still may have need to receive an email from me. Please be sure that
ferret - at - mybargainstuff.com and
mbsauctions - at - gmail.com
are whitelisted/allowed in your email program!
Many providers these days take it upon themselves to decide for you what you should & shouldn't receive - (a practice I personally despise - I'll set up my OWN spam filters, thank you very much... I'm adult enough to make my own decisions about what I do & do not want to receive, I don't need someone holding my hand & telling me what's good for me... ) Letting someone else decide what is & isn't "spam" will almost always end up causing some "good" email to get sucked into the twilight zone in the process.
I guess it's just my age - but I get very cantankerous when someone else tries to make decisions for me, even if it's something as "minor" as deciding which emails I should & should not receive.... that attitude was fine when I was a child who didn't know better - but I've been an adult for more years than I care to reveal (grin) so durn it, I'm old enough to deal with spam as I see fit, thank you - I don't need some provider playing "protective mama" for me.
Situations like this poor customer's order - and the fact that apparently her email provider is over-zealous in blocking emails - just make my stand on "do-it-yourself spam filtering" that much stronger. She can't get the product she ordered, or any of my emails, because for some unknown reason, her provider has apparently decided she should not receive emails from me.
Bah.......
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Updates on Free Daily Design rotations
You may have already noticed that you can now vote for the next free alphabet - if you haven't already voted, please do so! At the moment, it's a close call between the Chopin Script and the Ladybug Alphabet - much too close for me to know which one will be next! I'll check the votes this evening and your choice will be the next daily free alphabet!
Update 4pm - whew, y'all are keeping me on my toes with this vote! I thought I might be able to go ahead & get the new alpha lined up this afternoon & have it ready to go - but it is SUCH a close race that I won't know which is the winner til this evening! LOL!!! One moment, Chopin Script has the most votes - a little while later when I check again, Ladybug has the most! Keep up the voting -- I'll have to cut off the votes sometime this evening so I can get the new one in place, but there's still some hours left to go, so vote for your favorite!
I'm going to start rotating the Daily Freebies on a more regular schedule. I will try to set things up so that every week, one new series starts. The alphabets seem to be the most popular daily downloads, so I will stick to the current routine, of having at least 2 different alphabets going at all times, and other slots will be filled in with other designs.
The poll box will remain in place, so that you can always vote for the upcoming new alphabet & your choice will be the one I'll go with!
Thanks for visiting FerretLady Designs! As always, your feedback is valued so feel free to leave any comments here, or to email me at any time!
Update 4pm - whew, y'all are keeping me on my toes with this vote! I thought I might be able to go ahead & get the new alpha lined up this afternoon & have it ready to go - but it is SUCH a close race that I won't know which is the winner til this evening! LOL!!! One moment, Chopin Script has the most votes - a little while later when I check again, Ladybug has the most! Keep up the voting -- I'll have to cut off the votes sometime this evening so I can get the new one in place, but there's still some hours left to go, so vote for your favorite!
I'm going to start rotating the Daily Freebies on a more regular schedule. I will try to set things up so that every week, one new series starts. The alphabets seem to be the most popular daily downloads, so I will stick to the current routine, of having at least 2 different alphabets going at all times, and other slots will be filled in with other designs.
The poll box will remain in place, so that you can always vote for the upcoming new alphabet & your choice will be the one I'll go with!
Thanks for visiting FerretLady Designs! As always, your feedback is valued so feel free to leave any comments here, or to email me at any time!
Friday, March 28, 2008
Congratulations to our latest Free Set winners!!!
Congratulations to "M" and "D" who both won their choice of any free set yesterday! Normally, only one person can win at a time, but their entries came in SO close to one another, that I couldn't penalize the second person for being app. 45 seconds later than the first!!!
What? How do you win a free set? you're asking.... (Sly grin) Well, I'm not going to spell it out in details & tell you everything but I'll give you a few sneaky clues.... up to now, I haven't even mentioned it at all & simply given free sets away to those who won - but here are some clues:
a) What kind of little critter do you think FerretLady really loves? (that one should be easy!!)
b) These little creatures love to run around & hide, and are always on the go, moving from one place to another (when they're not sleeping!! LOL!)
c) Sometimes, they hide away & sleep for long hours - so they're not *always* around to be seen - but when they ARE up & about, you might find them just about anywhere!!! (In other words, the 'winning thing' is not *always* on the site, it's entirely random when it is & isn't available.... hey, I can only give away so many sets for free.....that's a large reason why I didn't even mention this before - it is random, only available sometimes & I know some people will likely get irked at me that it isn't possible to win a free set every day... again, I give daily/weekly freebies already - it is possible to get almost every single design on the site for free - so I can only do the "Free Sets" sporadically as a way to reward those who look around the site a little bit, I can't give away free sets each & every day....
LOL, by now, either you're curious & have some ideas of how to win ---- or you're furious at me for not just coming right out & telling you in plain english*exactly* what to do! Hopefully, most of you are just curious & will have some fun with this!
What? How do you win a free set? you're asking.... (Sly grin) Well, I'm not going to spell it out in details & tell you everything but I'll give you a few sneaky clues.... up to now, I haven't even mentioned it at all & simply given free sets away to those who won - but here are some clues:
a) What kind of little critter do you think FerretLady really loves? (that one should be easy!!)
b) These little creatures love to run around & hide, and are always on the go, moving from one place to another (when they're not sleeping!! LOL!)
c) Sometimes, they hide away & sleep for long hours - so they're not *always* around to be seen - but when they ARE up & about, you might find them just about anywhere!!! (In other words, the 'winning thing' is not *always* on the site, it's entirely random when it is & isn't available.... hey, I can only give away so many sets for free.....that's a large reason why I didn't even mention this before - it is random, only available sometimes & I know some people will likely get irked at me that it isn't possible to win a free set every day... again, I give daily/weekly freebies already - it is possible to get almost every single design on the site for free - so I can only do the "Free Sets" sporadically as a way to reward those who look around the site a little bit, I can't give away free sets each & every day....
LOL, by now, either you're curious & have some ideas of how to win ---- or you're furious at me for not just coming right out & telling you in plain english*exactly* what to do! Hopefully, most of you are just curious & will have some fun with this!
Don't forget all the 'other' freebies!
Hi everyone!
I hope you all have had a great week! I just wanted to remind you - don't forget to grab all the other freebies that are on the site! You know about the Daily Freebies on the front page, but every single set on the site has a free sample download also -- AND these rotate weekly, so over time you can end up getting all the designs for free!
The weekly rotation is set for midnight Monday night/Tuesday morning - so starting each Tuesday, you can get a new letter or design from each of the sets! Of course, I greatly appreciate those who have purchased sets from me - but if you can't buy, this is just another way to get the designs as freebies. It might take a while to get through the entire set, but if you're patient, you'll eventually be able to get them all!
Thanks for visiting FerretLady Designs!!
I hope you all have had a great week! I just wanted to remind you - don't forget to grab all the other freebies that are on the site! You know about the Daily Freebies on the front page, but every single set on the site has a free sample download also -- AND these rotate weekly, so over time you can end up getting all the designs for free!
The weekly rotation is set for midnight Monday night/Tuesday morning - so starting each Tuesday, you can get a new letter or design from each of the sets! Of course, I greatly appreciate those who have purchased sets from me - but if you can't buy, this is just another way to get the designs as freebies. It might take a while to get through the entire set, but if you're patient, you'll eventually be able to get them all!
Thanks for visiting FerretLady Designs!!
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