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By Vanda, March 12, 2010 5:56 am

Hark, a vagrant: 228.

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By Vanda, March 9, 2010 7:41 pm

09/03 – Silas

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By Vanda, March 9, 2010 12:27 am

24/02 РSara stopped by to model our new necklaces for Arr̻te mon Coeur

25/02 – New things

26/02 – My Mother’s 70’s lamp lives with us now.

27/02 – All the oranges fell with the wind.

28/02 – Still raining.

01/03 – Going through my ephemera collection.

02/03 – Bokeh, just because.

03/03 – Pretty.

04/03 – Yukata.

05/03 – My hump.

06/03 – Spiky.

07/03 – Paraparararapapa, paraparararara

08/03 – Seriously, enough. It’s like Macondo when the rains came.

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By Vanda, March 8, 2010 8:05 pm

19/02 – Once you go DSLR, you can never go back. Case in point.

20/02 – See here

21/02 – Feeling 80’s

22/02 – Nananananers

23/02 – Awful photo of new pretty things.

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By Vanda, February 20, 2010 7:21 pm

little doodles: Saucy Little Birds.

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By Vanda, February 19, 2010 2:23 pm

10/02 – Vintage

11/02 – Bergman

12/02 – Huddling for warmth

13/02 – Starting

14/02 – <3

15/02 – Dark

16/02 – <3 pt II

17/02 – Pink

18/02 – Working on new things

Also, I’m blogging here, every week day!

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By Vanda, February 14, 2010 3:55 pm

An old photo, has I haven’t taken the daily photo for today yet.

I’m signing off the internets for the day, but here’s a lill gift:

A Valentine’s gift from Paraphernalia to you – 40% off until the 15th of February with coupon code LOVE at http://paraphernalia.nu!

Have a good one!

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By Vanda, February 10, 2010 4:13 pm

08/02 – Library

09/02 – Travel bug

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By Vanda, February 7, 2010 7:21 pm

06/02 – Hummm, palmiers.

07/02 – No schedules today

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By Vanda, February 7, 2010 12:53 am

I was actually having a nice day today. That is, until I opened up Etsy’s front page.

Plagiarism is not new to me – I’ve come to accept that Paraphernalia’s style of jewellery has become a style on its own, and it doesn’t belong to me anymore. I’ve had run-ins with crazy copycat people, like the one who copied my entire followers list on Twitter, thinking I wouldn’t notice, and then proceeded to tell everyone that I was bullying her, when my friends called her out (and rightly so).

This particular one, though, I ignored for a long time. I ignored her until I happened upon her website (outside of Etsy), saw the Heart and the Goldfish that remain my best sellers for sale there, and realized that her wholesale information was mine, word for word. I sent her an e-mail, expressing dissapointment and disbelief, telling her (truthfully) that I had actually bothered in the past to check her Etsy shop to make sure we weren’t selling the same images when I was creating new collections.

I never got a reply, but her wholesale information was changed. The necklaces remained up.

I don’t think I’ll ever understand this. I’m aware that I use vintage illustrations that are copyright free, and although as far as I know (and I researched this thoroughly before opening Paraphernalia) no one had quite used them in the way I do before I did, there is no reason to use the same images, and doing it so callously. I had come to terms with dress necklaces, typewriter necklaces, heart necklaces, binocular necklaces, etc – because at least they weren’t exactly like mine.

It’s clear to everyone with eyes where she got the idea for her Wonderland necklaces. It’s mind-boggling why she chose to use the exact same frames I do to make her bracelets, which are also exactly like mine. Why copy? Why not use your brain to create something new?

This is what gives indie artists and Etsy a bad name. Etsy who decided to reward someone like this.

I’m confused, and upset, and I truly wonder how someone who consistently plagiarizes another artist can sleep at night.