One Final Note

I woke up today to my conscience.

Thinking back on the recent issue which was all the rage on my blog, I realized I was acting unprofessionally in handling it. Again, I want to apologize to the victim of my outburst for my unpleasant tone. I'm a little worried that she was traumatized by my accusations, even if they were true.

I should have just shut up in the first place, swallow the whole thing and move on, like every other crafter/artist/designer does. Or let the photos do the talking instead of putting my anger into writing. >.<

Anyway, I've removed the two posts to prevent more people from joining in the fun of hurling insults at someone just for the sake of it.

To all readers with good intentions of reminding me the importance of a sense of humanity, I extend my thanks for making me realize my immature display of anger.

Also, to old-timers who know my works best, thank you for your incessant support on this issue.

It was certainly a lesson learnt.

Kiss and Make Up - Happy Valentine's Day!

After thinking over the copying issue, I have to admit that I was probably wrong to have publicly lashed out at someone, even though from every evidence gathered up till today, I'm very sure I did not make a wrong accusation.

The major problem in the realm of crafting is that anyone can incorporate anyone else's idea into their work and call it inspiration. Crafters, artists and designers, freelance or professional, have no legal protection against reproduction of their works, unless these are patented.

All is well when a person stumbles across your creations and decides to make something similar to give to a friend as a birthday present. While making the item, he/she will most likely want to put something into it that he/she can call his/her own idea, one that distinctly shows his/her own unique style. This is what we call personal imagination with a dash of creativity, which is what creating handmade items is all about.

But to make unmistakable replicas of the original creator's work and sell it off for one's own benefit is, I believe, too much for anyone to swallow.

Ok, I'm not trying to start grumbling again.

The purpose of this post is to apologise to LG for my harsh tone. However, I still stand firm on the belief that the accusation was not without justified reasons. I have not taken down the initial post, but replaced the photos with original ones form her shop. I see now that splashing 'copycat' in bold red letters is just too harsh.

*Sigh* I think I'm being too nice. T-T I'm even promoting the darn things with their original photos. *gags*

I shall take this episode as a lesson learnt. As WryAndGinger put it;

" If someone is copying your ideas, glance back at them over your shoulder and whisper "good luck keeping up sucker!" and just get on with making your cool and original shit. "

And that is how I celebrated Valentine's Day.

{ My cool and original shit that I created last weekend together with the Happy Sundae Treat }

I actually wanted to leave it till I get more supplies in the mail so that I can list it on Etsy as a complete necklace. But since things call for a little sweetness, I decided to list it anyway.

{ Ice Creamy Candy Lover's Dream }

Let's all have a little ice cream and blow them bitterness away. I sure did mine. :)

Let the world be your inspiration but only uniqueness comes from you.

Sparkly Bejewelled Happy Sundae Treat Locket Necklace

The weekend was long. So I whipped out my polymer clay, working materials and tools and started a day of fun!

{ Sparkly Bejewelled Happy Sundae Treat Locket Necklace }

I made some tiny sweets and assembled them onto a large brass locket I bought on Etsy. It was a happy process, mixing different colours, shaping the sweets, cutting out the hearts and attaching the swarovski crystals. The locket has got two plastic flower cabochons too.

A few days before Chinese New Year, I went to Macy's on Petaling Street to have a look at their geniune swarovski crystal flat-backs. I got 1.9mm ones selling for RM28 per packet (of how many I don't know) and 2.5~2.7mm ones for RM38 per packet. I thought putting some really sparkly blings on my polymer clay creations. :P

{ Yummy treat to last you a lifetime }

I have it up for sale on Etsy. Check it out here.