All right, I’m fired up now.
Earlier this week I cruised on over to Ellia’s blog (which I’ve been lurking reading only since FOREVER ago), only to find out that some dirty, rude, rotten, stinky-toed, baby-seal-clubbing inconsiderate person has been borrowing stealing her art.
That is not cool. I mean it. Not cool at ALL.
Check it out:
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See the similarities? Line style, expressions, posture…even the characters’ clothing.
When Ellia instructed the imposter to immediately remove all the copycatted art from her site, Pink Petticoat refused and even tried to draw lawyers into the discussion.
As of today, though, she has caved (and rightly so!) and is refunding all money made from the sale of the stolen art. Obviously I’m quite glad to see this resolution, though I continue to be displeased with Pink Petticoat’s “victim” attitude. But hey, you can’t make everybody like you 
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I also feel sorry for Ellia, who has now lost trust and faith in her internet community. I would, too, though. I’m just glad she hasn’t sworn off blogging or creating art forever 
I’ll end this by encouraging you not to patronize Pink Petticoat, and I offer a hearty, ringing endorsement of Greenbean Baby Art. Maybe her recent situation can teach us all a lesson – that even in our cozy little crafter-filled corner of the Internet, there are still bad guys out there, and it’s never totally safe.
It’s just a shame that it’s necessary to slap an ugly, giant (c) over every image to protect yourself.
Or at least, I really wish that I had the money for a pair of cute happy cowboy boots that I could wear to work. ::le sigh::
(I love these. The tiny little leaves hanging in front were salvaged from some gawd-awful ugly piece of business that Mom salvaged from a junk store. Take ‘em out of the ugly context, and they’re adorable! Pure whoop-de-do.)
(I love these. They’re so simple and essential! I’ve worn them like 3 times, and I’ve only had them for a week.)
(I love these. Aren’t they neat??? They’re so exotic looking! I also like how even though they’re long and dangly, they still look good when I’ve got my hair up. That’s rare for me)
(I love these! The big pink beads are so neat. It’s hard to tell in the photo, but the outside is clear pink and the inside is a milky, pure pale shade. They’re geometric and substantial but not clunky.)
(I love these. The theme I’m assigning is “industrial Valentine’s Day” because of the red and white theme and the vaguely heart-shaped stones, but the pewter color and little bit of dangly chain. Yup. These were made with the lah-de-dah technique.)
(I love these! I don’t know the name of the blue beads at the bottom, but they’re actually…engraved?…painted?…covered in silver. They remind me of my wedding, what with the cobalt and silver.)
(I love these. They were originally part of the big pink square ones above, but Mom divided them into two pairs so neither were so heavy. They’re really swingy and move-y, and the pearls and clear glass beads offer great dimension. I think (blah-blah-blah?).)
(I love these! I got to help design them. They’re to go with my Maude Louise sweater (which still needs buttonbands and a collar…). I chose the beads and drew the design on a Post-it note, and Mom made it happen. How does she DO that?! I can’t wait to wear these with my new sweater, and I’m saving them ’till I get it done (Hellooooo motivation!))