I joined the MB in 2006 & I think that was when it started ... I joined in August & there were quite a few members already. I think the Cricut was introduced in late 2005 or early 2006.

I think most of the people that I got to know back then stopped coming to the MB in the last couple of years.

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I bought my 1st Cricut in May 2006 and joined the MB the same day.

I joined in Aug. 2006 & had my Cricut about a month or two before I joined. I think the Cricut was out for a short while before I bought mine. I'm guessing in early 2006 this board came about, & not sure exactly when the Cricut was out though for sure.

There were members here when I started but not a whole lot.

I got my first bug in August of 2006 and joined that same week. I know it was open for several months before that.

I don't have one but I think the anniversery edition of the e came out in 2010 but don't remember what month or even if that was tied to the month of the original. That would put the e @ 2005 but don't know if the baby was aleady out or not.

I remember my first experiences with the Cricut because the memories are tied into the memories of my first pregnancy. I got home from Germany in Oct. 2005 and shortly after I was having trouble sleeping because of pregnancy-related sinus issues. I caught a middle of the night infomercial. I thought it looked neat but I wasn't a papercrafter.

In Spring of 2006 with my newborn in his Baby Bjorn carrier, I stood and watched a demo of the Cricut in my local Ms. It was really cool, but I wasn't a papercrafter.

Around August 2006, I started scrapbooking all those thousands of pictures I was taking of my newborn and started seriously considering the Cricut. I asked for it for my birthday in October. The week before my birthday I went into Ms and there was an unadvertised Manager's Special on the Cricut and it was pretty much half off. I told DH we weren't going to find a better price and we bought it. I, in fact, didn't see a better price on the original Cricut for years.

I joined the messageboard a few weeks later as soon as I found it. It was already pretty bustling.

At this point, you could still use coupons on Cricut stuff. I bought Base Camp and New Arrival with coupons.

Exactly a year later, I was packing up to move. I wanted to buy the Expression and I needed to buy it before I moved because my local Ms ignored all the fine print on coupons and would still let you use them on Cricut stuff, long after the exclusion had been added. I got my E 40% off the day before the movers showed up. I took it out of the box just long enough to be sure it turned on.

At that point, I only owned George, Base Camp, New Arrival and Animal Kingdom. Then, I found eBay and things changed quickly.

This has been very fun to read!

I remember seeing an info-mercial, I dont' know when. One Christmas I saw a machine being demonstrated at my local J's ( the best J's demo I have seen, not so good now ). And I really wanted one. It was probably the next Christmas, 2008, that DH got me one. I found the boards and lurked for a couple of months before I joined.

I have DS but I don't remember when I got it. I actually just updated it last week! It has a file on it I want to make again.

I got my Gypsy maybe a year after they came out. Again, I don't remember when, but when the prices came way down. I LOVE my Gypsy. It is the best addition to my Cricut world that I could have gotten.

I bought a used baby bug when I "sold" a Gypsy to a lady at J's one day! I have "sold" several of them!!!

I got my Imagine last Black Friday, but my family would not let me open it until Chrismtas day . We traveled quite a bit last year (DH retired) and I really didn't start using my I until late in the summer. I LOVE it. I am sorry it got discontinued. I haven't has any problems at all with it, and I love the printing and cutting. I just wish I had more I carts than I do.

I got my babybug not too long after it was introduced on QVC by Lisa Bearnson. BJR.

My first introduction to a cricut was a long time ago and my friend brought a cricut to a crop. I think this was back in the fall of 2004. This criut was attached to her computer and cut from her computer. Interesting? I don't know about the message board beginning as I personally didn't have a cricut until the baby bug was on sale at walmart on black friday one year.

I purchased my first Cricut in July 2006. I remember that none of the stores here in Phoenix had any in stock and I had to purchase mine from ebay if I wanted it in my hot little hands. Which of course I did. I haven't stopped buying since. A lot of money invested in Provo Craft products. But I feel it is worth it.

Purchased mine at Michael's. i think it was in April of 2006. The local store would'nt let me use a coupon so I called around to find a store that would!