Monday, June 11, 2012
Scared to share....
I am starting to feel really nervious about releasing my Wooo Horse Pattern....not nervious that it will be cruddy...nervious I am going to be ripped off and taken advantage of....what are your thoughts? I have had a lot of people contact me about it and wanting the rights to sell the Woooies they plan on making....that makes me even MORE nervious....it is copy righted, it is also copy righted to the graphic designer/printery it was created at....my biggest fear is that a not so moral person or persons even may feel they have a right to take it and say to hell with the copyright and use it for their own gain, disregarding the time effort and love I have put into it....
Some of you would know that I am friends with Natalie Folk from Natalie Creating and what she has been through lately is exactly what I went through about 7 months ago...cyber bullying, copy catting without even trying to hide it or deny it...constant self doubt and that feeling of doom and sadness ever time you see one of you heart and soul creations being ripped off.
Legally I know I have a strong leg to stand on and the printery has backed me up saying they too will follow through on any misrepresentations of my pattern, but it doesnt take away that feeling of dread and I am reaching out to anyone who has already released a pattern or knows of a similar situation in which someone has put themselves out there in good faith and has either had it returned or cruched!
For those who have been waiting and supporting me during this pattern making, assessing, mulling over, deliberation....I DO want to get it out there, I am just procrastinating and possibly self sabotaging myself by holding on to it that little bit longer....I will get over it, I just need some feedback to help me get there....or run away at the speed of lightening! LOL
Mrs Woo
xxx
Sunday, October 16, 2011
No longer dreaming...
It has been an up and down year in relation to my Woooies. I have had and still get, sky high, heart squeezing moments when I see photos of my Woooies at their new homes being loved and then on the other hand, gut wrenching, heart shattering moments when all my hard work and interlectual property is stolen from under me and used without the passion and love I created them with. BUT I am a glass half full girl and I want to keep my focus stirnly on my dreams of making my Woooies more than thread on a stick and turn them into a pattern that I can share with the world. I would love nothing more than to see 1000's of people making my Woooies, but I want these people to give me the chance to get to the point where this can happen, and where EVERYONE is happy about it! At the moment those who have copied my designs are breaking me a little bit at a time, cutting and leaving scars that I don't want to have. I don't want to worry that when I look on madeit or facebook that I am going to see a mirror image stairing back at me of my dreams, in the hands of another. I understand that from the outside it looks like a good gig, make a horse like mine and get yourself some quick cash without the effort and time it has taken to build them up to where they are now, but that is just so unfair. Please wait for me to finish this journey before piling onboard my ride or the wheels are going to fall off and it is going to crash in a messy heap!
SOOOOO I am waiting on my patent, I am writting up my instructions, I am looking for a good graphic designer and I am making my dreams come true...a little sooner than I had hoped, but still with all the love and passion I have!
I am definately going to honor all of my custom orders for this year and next...there is only one REAL WoooHorse, but I understand that once this pattern becomes available, others will soon be making them and you may find one that you prefer more, please do not feel bad as it will still make me so incredibly happy as it is still me behind it, I just won't be holding the reins. I am feeling teary and have a lump in my chest like I am about to bungie off a bridge into icy water...but this is what I want so bad and I hope that everyone out there can support me through this process and then when the ride does finally end here, it begins for you with you making a Woooie all of your own! Please add some love and passion to each and everyone and give them a kiss on the nose before sending, as I do each and everytime xxx
All my love tonight, with a few tears and a sniff!
Mrs Woo xxx
( Here I go...off to make my dreams come true, wish me luck )
I will add details of what I am puting in my pattern on WhimsyWoo in time, it will be fun and flexible!
SOOOOO I am waiting on my patent, I am writting up my instructions, I am looking for a good graphic designer and I am making my dreams come true...a little sooner than I had hoped, but still with all the love and passion I have!
I am definately going to honor all of my custom orders for this year and next...there is only one REAL WoooHorse, but I understand that once this pattern becomes available, others will soon be making them and you may find one that you prefer more, please do not feel bad as it will still make me so incredibly happy as it is still me behind it, I just won't be holding the reins. I am feeling teary and have a lump in my chest like I am about to bungie off a bridge into icy water...but this is what I want so bad and I hope that everyone out there can support me through this process and then when the ride does finally end here, it begins for you with you making a Woooie all of your own! Please add some love and passion to each and everyone and give them a kiss on the nose before sending, as I do each and everytime xxx
All my love tonight, with a few tears and a sniff!
Mrs Woo xxx
( Here I go...off to make my dreams come true, wish me luck )
I will add details of what I am puting in my pattern on WhimsyWoo in time, it will be fun and flexible!
Friday, September 23, 2011
SALE NIGHT INFORMATION
Ok there have been some changes...first and most importantly the sale will now be held on my FACEBOOK page not my webby as technical problems out of anyones control have made it too hard to hold it there.
SO Tomorrow Saturday night 7pm AEST.
You will have to use the SHOP NOW tab located on the left of my page to buy items.
All previews of items available can be seen in the photo album (SALE 24th September) in my photos.
VERY IMPORTANT! Please read....
I could not add postage individually to the items in my shop (?!) so I have made it that once you have finished shopping you add the postage that is appropriate to your sales...I'll explain the best I can.
POSTAGE SMALL (REGISTERED)= $4 such as a bungie
POSTAGE STANDARD = $6 pre-paid bag, can be clothing adding up to 300g in weight, obviously I do not have the weights on the page but you can roughly guess if it will be more than that, you can get a fair bit in for 300g. (an owl weighs 200g)
POSTAGE HORSE #1 = registered post $15
POSTAGE HORSE #2 = Express post $20.
Payment can be made via bank deposit, PayPal or COD, I would prefer if you contact me prior to making payment if you are unsure about anything. I will send invoices out to those that need them for direct debt option, please use contact me tab with your name and purchased item detail so I can do this with as little stress to both of us as possible!
Please use your best descrepancy and understand it is very hard to calculate postage prior to a sale when I am unsure how many items you may purchase. If you have any questions after the sale and want to negotiate postage I am more than happy to do so on smaller items such as bungie cords, however clothing and larger items will be sent in prepaid bags for tracking purposes and buyer reassurance, you will not regret paying an extra $2 if you know it is going to arrive safely.
I am sorry if the horse or owl you had dreamed of is not in the sale, but I have just run very thin on time and have many cut but simply no time to sew them.
Thank you so much for supporting WhimsyWoo and I hope to see you after the sale!
Mrs Woo xxx
SO Tomorrow Saturday night 7pm AEST.
You will have to use the SHOP NOW tab located on the left of my page to buy items.
All previews of items available can be seen in the photo album (SALE 24th September) in my photos.
VERY IMPORTANT! Please read....
I could not add postage individually to the items in my shop (?!) so I have made it that once you have finished shopping you add the postage that is appropriate to your sales...I'll explain the best I can.
POSTAGE SMALL (REGISTERED)= $4 such as a bungie
POSTAGE STANDARD = $6 pre-paid bag, can be clothing adding up to 300g in weight, obviously I do not have the weights on the page but you can roughly guess if it will be more than that, you can get a fair bit in for 300g. (an owl weighs 200g)
POSTAGE HORSE #1 = registered post $15
POSTAGE HORSE #2 = Express post $20.
Payment can be made via bank deposit, PayPal or COD, I would prefer if you contact me prior to making payment if you are unsure about anything. I will send invoices out to those that need them for direct debt option, please use contact me tab with your name and purchased item detail so I can do this with as little stress to both of us as possible!
Please use your best descrepancy and understand it is very hard to calculate postage prior to a sale when I am unsure how many items you may purchase. If you have any questions after the sale and want to negotiate postage I am more than happy to do so on smaller items such as bungie cords, however clothing and larger items will be sent in prepaid bags for tracking purposes and buyer reassurance, you will not regret paying an extra $2 if you know it is going to arrive safely.
I am sorry if the horse or owl you had dreamed of is not in the sale, but I have just run very thin on time and have many cut but simply no time to sew them.
Thank you so much for supporting WhimsyWoo and I hope to see you after the sale!
Mrs Woo xxx
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
I'm not a nutter, I'm just stupid!
Don't you hate it when you keep making the same stupid mistake...but maybe it is just me! On Monday I took the kidlets grocery shopping, packed their little sandwiches before I left to be 100% prepared for the starvation melt down that happens 5 minutes in to most trips, resulting in a bag of piklets which we then Hansel and Gretal the isles with all the way to the check out. ANYWAY...for me Peanut Butter is in the same category as baby poo of someone elses child...when I smell it is makes me a little weak in the stomach, if I get it on me I wash my hand thoroughly, followed by sanitiser, if it gets on anything else I carefully pick it up with the very tips of my fingers and immediately wash it...get the point...it is BAD S*#T!
SO why did I eat that quartered crust of sandwich that has a whisper of Peanut Butter on it while doing the groceries, rather than wrapping it back up and stowing it in my handbag till I passed the next garbage bin?! I thought at the time 'Pffft, as if that is going to matter, I'll be fiiiiiine' ...2 hours later I am standing in my kitchen beating myself about the head with a cast iron skillet...numerous times actually...well that's how it felt anyway! Obviously my alergy to Peanut Butter is not life threatening, it does not affect my breathing, I do not rash up or puff up or anything as sinister as that, but I do get the worse headache ever, one that medication, won't touch, and since I am actually seriously allergic to the medication they give you for migrains, it is a wait till it wears off type, and that sucks! So today, Tuesday now, I have had this thumper for a day and a half and have dragged myself around the house playing happy mummy to two kidlets who are stuck inside because of the horrid weather. Playing play dough, arts and crafts, sheet cubby houses, pretend cooking...you name it, all the while I feel like I am in the tower with Big Ben as he clangs out his brain shattering bell chime!
So enough complaining about my self inflicted tourtour, and a mental note to self, 'DON'T EAT THE BLOODY PEANUT BUTTER YOU STUPID WOMAN' I can see you asking yourself, 'why make Peanut Butter sandwiches for the kids if I get this reaction?' Well today I asked myself that same question and decided they will be fine without it in their lives and the end of Peanut Butter sandwiches has arrived at the Mulligan Mansion...good ridance!
Mrs Woo xxx
SO why did I eat that quartered crust of sandwich that has a whisper of Peanut Butter on it while doing the groceries, rather than wrapping it back up and stowing it in my handbag till I passed the next garbage bin?! I thought at the time 'Pffft, as if that is going to matter, I'll be fiiiiiine' ...2 hours later I am standing in my kitchen beating myself about the head with a cast iron skillet...numerous times actually...well that's how it felt anyway! Obviously my alergy to Peanut Butter is not life threatening, it does not affect my breathing, I do not rash up or puff up or anything as sinister as that, but I do get the worse headache ever, one that medication, won't touch, and since I am actually seriously allergic to the medication they give you for migrains, it is a wait till it wears off type, and that sucks! So today, Tuesday now, I have had this thumper for a day and a half and have dragged myself around the house playing happy mummy to two kidlets who are stuck inside because of the horrid weather. Playing play dough, arts and crafts, sheet cubby houses, pretend cooking...you name it, all the while I feel like I am in the tower with Big Ben as he clangs out his brain shattering bell chime!
So enough complaining about my self inflicted tourtour, and a mental note to self, 'DON'T EAT THE BLOODY PEANUT BUTTER YOU STUPID WOMAN' I can see you asking yourself, 'why make Peanut Butter sandwiches for the kids if I get this reaction?' Well today I asked myself that same question and decided they will be fine without it in their lives and the end of Peanut Butter sandwiches has arrived at the Mulligan Mansion...good ridance!
Mrs Woo xxx
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Love Hate Relationships....
I have a love hate relationship with those super organised woman out there...I used to work with a lady that would Dymo label you if you stood still too long. Believe it or not this lady actually Dymo labeled the photocopier..."Photocopier". BUT in saying that if you asked her for something it was in your hot little hands before you blinked! SOOOO I am a Stumbler and stumbled upon this the other day and I got all excited and nervious at the same time because I loved what I saw and then feared the logistics of keeping it that way for any length of time. I just got myself a new sewing desk and felt so liberated and free, the space was refreshing and then I found the desk was a bit sticky...it just seemed to be gathering S*#t before my eyes! I cut some fabric..the remant remained, I cut some ribbon...the roll remained...and so on until now it feels like I am working on a card table and not a 2m x 1.8m corner desk! Chaos = Creativity but Mess = Non-Productivity....so I have to clean up, and that takes time, and THAT = FRUSTRATION....I need to learn how to work neatly but still keep my creative flare that comes with grabbing this and that off a cluttered and crazy desk!
Anyway much to do about nothing really, but more to share this link of some really great organising ideas...my fav...actually two faves...the jars with the lids screwed under the shelf and the plastic basket with the ribbons in it!
http://pinterest.com/casabellaproj/organization-ideas
Mrs Woo xxx
Anyway much to do about nothing really, but more to share this link of some really great organising ideas...my fav...actually two faves...the jars with the lids screwed under the shelf and the plastic basket with the ribbons in it!
http://pinterest.com/casabellaproj/organization-ideas
Mrs Woo xxx
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Good Crafternoon
Actually it is crafter-evening, but I am brewing and bubbling up the idea of having a once a month 'crafternoon' here. I have a wod of patterns and a stack of enthusiams but am lacking in buckets of time and motivation! I am unsure exactly how to run it and where...should I charge and if so how much? I want to lend my 'untrained' self to others for the sharing sake of it and for the teapot tipping and biscuit dunking fun that comes with unbridled b*tching and nattering about much to do about nothing!
I would like to use my own patterns and patterns I have purchased to help someone make something they have dreamed of creating but have never taken that step forward due to fear of failure, lack of skill/inspiration/motivation etc.
I don;t think there is anything to be scared of, I am untrained and when I sew with my highly skilled friend I feel free...I do not know how you are 'meant' to do it and have bunny hopped and pig rooted my way through my sewing life disregarding the 'rules' and for this reason I have no boundaries that stop me from trying out new things. My highly skilled friend, lets call her... 'Jo' because that's her name...measures 50 times before cutting once, while I cut once, swear, throw something, breath in - breath out and then find a solution to my misake, which can ends in a pretty cool 'unique' creation. I do try to stretch the ropes and stand outside the boxing ring that everyone puts themselves in. They all stand in there and fight over who is copying who, when really they are all doing exactly the same thing as they are using the exact same pattern! It is a "who came first, the chicken or the egg" situation. Don't get me wrong, I don't pretend that I am cool about copying, I do spark up and fight like a wild cat if I feel I have been cheated as I 'know' my things are mine and if they arn't, then I credit the person I got it off! SOOOOO IF I do choose to run some workshop/crafternoon fun, I will have to relinquish my rights to my designs and ideas and roll with it, BUT I would like the people who join me to respect my intelectual property and at least credit me for it if they choose to make my patterns into 'things' and sell them...is that fair? Also I would never share the patterns I have purchased that ask not to be shared or sold...just the standard book and tissue paper or downloadable *free* patterns.
Anyway it is nearly Crafter-morning again and Wednesday is my only sewing day so I better be off to brew and stew over this a bit more...then wake to start a sew-a-thon of Wooohorses for my September orders and the sale night ont he 24th!
Mrs Woo xxx
I would like to use my own patterns and patterns I have purchased to help someone make something they have dreamed of creating but have never taken that step forward due to fear of failure, lack of skill/inspiration/motivation etc.
I don;t think there is anything to be scared of, I am untrained and when I sew with my highly skilled friend I feel free...I do not know how you are 'meant' to do it and have bunny hopped and pig rooted my way through my sewing life disregarding the 'rules' and for this reason I have no boundaries that stop me from trying out new things. My highly skilled friend, lets call her... 'Jo' because that's her name...measures 50 times before cutting once, while I cut once, swear, throw something, breath in - breath out and then find a solution to my misake, which can ends in a pretty cool 'unique' creation. I do try to stretch the ropes and stand outside the boxing ring that everyone puts themselves in. They all stand in there and fight over who is copying who, when really they are all doing exactly the same thing as they are using the exact same pattern! It is a "who came first, the chicken or the egg" situation. Don't get me wrong, I don't pretend that I am cool about copying, I do spark up and fight like a wild cat if I feel I have been cheated as I 'know' my things are mine and if they arn't, then I credit the person I got it off! SOOOOO IF I do choose to run some workshop/crafternoon fun, I will have to relinquish my rights to my designs and ideas and roll with it, BUT I would like the people who join me to respect my intelectual property and at least credit me for it if they choose to make my patterns into 'things' and sell them...is that fair? Also I would never share the patterns I have purchased that ask not to be shared or sold...just the standard book and tissue paper or downloadable *free* patterns.
Anyway it is nearly Crafter-morning again and Wednesday is my only sewing day so I better be off to brew and stew over this a bit more...then wake to start a sew-a-thon of Wooohorses for my September orders and the sale night ont he 24th!
Mrs Woo xxx
Sunday, July 31, 2011
WANT this style!
FOUND the perfect boot....check out Http://www.polyvore.com for what to wear with what shoe and when!
I am in LOVE with D.Co Copenhagen and Frye boots....sadly my bank account doesn't share my love and is telling me to wake up to myself!
I am in LOVE with D.Co Copenhagen and Frye boots....sadly my bank account doesn't share my love and is telling me to wake up to myself!
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