Blogging's back. At least for today.
I've been working hard on my accessory shop. Hope it'll take off to Straits Times, just like LR ( l y l a r o s e , or MYnt - the people whom I'm friends somehow... But then again, my friend cum neighbour mailed me about bad service LR has given to customers. I read all the mail conversations and my comments will remain to myself, incase I get sued for blogging, which is so common these days. So becareful about what you say.
I'm gonna get famous in The Straits Times! Definitely. Even if this year's new year resolutions have not been achieved, but one thing that I've greatly achieved is that I've taken HMMA to a higher level. Uniqueness, indeed.
Oh and you know that girl who I have been blogging about copying me and stuff?
SHE DARE MAIL ME SAYING I COPIED HER.
Goodness. I totally reasoned out and told her off in this mail.
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Hi Chermaine,
Firstly, I think your rings were the one who started to have similarities to mine first.
Similar to Franny where the teardrop ends at the same place as how Rose syrup's teardrop ends as well..
My technique is using the same thing like my Franchesca Ring, just that the beads I used were smaller, and different.
I used the teardrop design technique and all the other rings that had made, then your rings started to have the teardrop technique as well. Your rose syrup has my design of rings which includes teardrop and flowers. So I do not conclude this as me copying you.
For Majorie, my necklace has a lot more other designs than yours. Moreover, it has wirings to and from it. However, your necklace designs majors in the center of the pendant, with no wirings going out and from it, whereas for mine, my main focus is mainly on the right side of the pendant. I did not put butterflies like your Summer and Red Garden necklaces.. Except for 1 flower, which is very commonly seen in all my accessories whenever there is wire related to it. I only added wires, vintage charm, teardrop, wire and a rhinestone, no swarovski crystals.
And I have not visited your site except on the day when I place an advertisement tag on your blogshop then I came across it.
I do not conclude this on my own opinion as well. I did ask my friends, customers and other blogshop owners. They do agree that the pendant used is the same coincidently. But design wise, mine is really different from yours. Its just the same pendant used.. that's all.. They also have told me that your some of your necklace designs are similar to queena from mistress of glam. Like handpainted one, and sophisticated rose. But that's not related to me, just letting you know what they say only..
I have also noticed that your recent pictures like Twirls, gold member, flower power, hippie, swallow's flight, Cupid love and so on have the same thing like the date is always placed at the bottom of each picture and the same way like for me offering my customers a choice of silver and black rhodium chain to choose from?
So at the end of the day, whose copying who?
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She goes on replying..
hmm.. thank you for your opinion.but just to clarify things,i have not copied anything from you and neither have i copied from erm.. mistress of glam cos i have my own sense of creativity and of cos some constructive feedbacks on what i should do.but afterall that's said, i don't think i'm gonna explain myself any further cos from what i've seen, i know you're going shoot straight back at me. and i don't want to start a quarrel. so.. i'll just let you think whatever you want k?
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Hi Chermaine,
You have not copied anything from me, then how about what I have mentioned earlier about the silver and black rhodium chain option, dates when on pictures when posted, and the teardrop on rings? Don't you think its just sheer similarities? Or is it getting too surreal?
I don't want you to just avoid this whole situation based on letting me think whatever I want? From what you have mentioned, you made it seem as though its my fault and you're giving in to me because of all that I have said. But if you seriously want to end it as that, then okay lor.. I've said my piece.
I am not shooting back at you, that's definite. Up to you to believe. But anyway, I'm just speaking of which what I see. I did admit I used flowers and the same pendant. But I have explained myself in the previous mail already.
I mean I have no right to comment, but as a designer, you have your duty to protect your designs as well. So I don't know, and I'll leave it as that. Cause its not for me to decide.
Goodnight.
Regards,
Jean
HAND MAKE MY ACCESSORIES
Accessories made uniquely for you!
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alright then.i'll explain it all to you.for the silver and black rodium chains thinggy, my good friend who is a designer herself, told me that if i were to give potential buyers a choice of the chain colours used, it would be able to boost sales. so that's what i did. i gave buyers a choice plus i added in a picture of how it'll look like.for the dates on pictures when posted, well.. i found a few other ppl copying me and when i told them, they said i couldn't prove that cos i didn't state when i posted up the accessory. so i had to put down the date to show when i did it right? as for it being on the bottom right-hand corner, its pure coincidence. cos for me, by putting words at the bottom left-hand corner is just plain weird cos i grew up writing extra stuff like these on the bottom right-hand corner. for eg writing the page number and your name when you hand in yr work.the teardrops on rings is just smt that i came up by myself. plus my teardrop is super small cos i wanted to make it seem a bead like the rest from far, but when you get closer, you'll realise that it's actually a teadrop? also, you may not believe it but the "Rose Syrup" ring was actually done up a long time ago but taken down cos the pictures were ugly. i only just posted it back up again because i was clearing my stuff and found that i still had it.i hope that answers yr questions. if anything, just ask.
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I replied.
I know the line blurs between what's being copied and what's not. Well maybe at least for you.. But I'll leave it as it is since I've gotten ur explanation.
SEE? TOO MUCH ANOT?
Nevermind.
I know at least my customers KNOW and there are people who tagged at
her blogshop saying that she's copying a rather famous blogshop.
That blogshop's gotta be MINE.
Thank you to all those who defended me!
Appreciated.
And moreover, I have at least taken designing accessories to another level.
She's already lost to me
HANDS DOWN!