*sigh* Another great idea up in smoke...

Just needed to vent. I had come up with what I thought was an incredibly
wonderful, brilliant, clever, ORIGINAL idea. Now I see that someone else has
done it way before me. And it's a weird enough thing that there is no way I
can do it without it looking like I'm copying the other person. Poop.

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Hi Tink , I just got your gorgeous bead today , Thank You !

I gotta say that we are not out here inventing the wheel , but we are here
to put a new spin on it . I have ancient stuff , & have to say I've seen
folks say , 2 or 3 thousand years later , that it was "their" idea !

You have to go with your creations , & your creativity , & you have to know
that it is your special inventiveness that came up with it ! You go Girl !!

Love you , & your art ,

Helene
"Tink" wrote in message
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Just needed to vent. I had come up with what I thought was an incredibly
wonderful, brilliant, clever, ORIGINAL idea. Now I see that someone else
has
done it way before me. And it's a weird enough thing that there is no way
I
can do it without it looking like I'm copying the other person. Poop.

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I had come up with what I thought was an incredibly
wonderful, brilliant, clever, ORIGINAL idea. Now I see that someone else has
done it way before me

So what was your idea?

Jo Jo

Make what you want and weather the results, sweetness. It is the only way you
are going to be truely happy.


Becki
"In between the moon and you, the angels have a better view of the crumbling
difference between wrong and right.." -- Counting Crows

As I was moving last December, I found my collection of old skeleton keys. I
made a couple of pendants that looked amazingly like the ones on Ki


Key jewelry was in 15 years ago - at least - that I can think of -- so the
idea isn't exactly original to her either ! LOL

if you want to make key jewelry - do it - there's no patent, trademark or
copyright issue involved... as long as yours are different...
Remember - an "IDEA" cannot be copyrighted -- only the copying exactly of a
design or original work....
then again - I didn't particularly find the piece appealing... LOL
Cheryl of A HREF="http://www.dragonbeads.com" DRAGON BEADS /A
Flameworked beads and glass
http://www.dragonbeads.com/

That is a cool site, Tink! I think you could go ahead and make those skeleton
key beads -- for us!!!! On Kim Ballor's site, it says:
"While visiting here you will find not only handmade glass beads and jewelry
made from those unique beads, but also great ideas, inspirations and fun."

I'd say go ahead and do it -- just put your spin on it. Have it reek of Tink
style, which is distinctive and groovy and will make it different. Go! Go,
go, go!

Here is what I was talking about the idea ---
http://www.kimballor.com/jewelry/key.htm
As I was moving last December, I found my collection of old skeleton keys. I
made a couple of pendants that looked amazingly like the ones on Kim's site,
though I never saw her site or knew of her work until about an hour ago.
LOL! Figures, eh?


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Sooz
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exciting discoveries. ~ A. A. Milne

then again - I didn't particularly find the piece appealing... LOL

I didn't like the way Ms. Ballor did it. It was overdesigned. (Knowing When
To Stop -- again) All that wire and crap, and the bead wasn't the right color
to go with the aged metal (lime green???? yech). Your colors, Tink, actually
would be more appropriate. I think you should try it, at least.
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One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making
exciting discoveries. ~ A. A. Milne

Well, I'm going to give it a try again. The ones I did before were pretty
cool and got scarfed up immediately. At the very least, I'm going to do a
couple to stick in my bedroom keyholes. LOL!

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"Dr. Sooz" wrote in message
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then again - I didn't particularly find the piece appealing... LOL

I didn't like the way Ms. Ballor did it. It was overdesigned. (Knowing
When
To Stop -- again) All that wire and crap, and the bead wasn't the right
color
to go with the aged metal (lime green???? yech). Your colors, Tink,
actually
would be more appropriate. I think you should try it, at least.
~~
Sooz
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http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making
exciting discoveries. ~ A. A. Milne

'Pout'. I was going to say that... but not as enthusiastically as Sooz can
do it. :-)

Haw! I beg to differ. Diana can be as effusive and anybody. :-P
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Sooz
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One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making
exciting discoveries. ~ A. A. Milne

Tink - I am hearing a continuing thread here - (no pun intended.) Correct me
if I'm wrong, but see if this sounds accurate:
making beads / glass slinging = happiness
happiness = guilt
photographing, selling, shipping, etc = unhappiness

Now, if I have that correct, maybe you should run with that premise and ask
yourself if it's really making sense to hang onto the control of the stuff
you don't like to do? It's ok for you to do what you enjoy. Maybe, just
maybe, there is someone close by who gets as much happiness out of the
number crunching kind of selling busywork as you get out of melting stuff.
It's really possible! I don't think you should have to be anything but
happy, doing the work you like to do and, I might add, the work you are so
good at and obviously suited for!

Just my opinion.

Live and be well,
Christy

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"Tink" wrote in message
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I am SO glad you're enjoying your bead! That's the kind of cheering up I
really needed tonight!

I'm thinking about chucking the whole website and rebuilding from the
ground
up. Or something. I am so bored with myself right now that it's not even
funny. I think I need to do some serious glass-slinging this weekend. I
feel
kind of guilty though, making more beads when I already have so many that
I
need to photograph and sell.

Here is what I was talking about the idea ---
http://www.kimballor.com/jewelry/key.htm
As I was moving last December, I found my collection of old skeleton keys.
I
made a couple of pendants that looked amazingly like the ones on Kim's
site,
though I never saw her site or knew of her work until about an hour ago.
LOL! Figures, eh?

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"BeadFairy" wrote in message
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Hi Tink , I just got your gorgeous bead today , Thank You !

I gotta say that we are not out here inventing the wheel , but we are
here
to put a new spin on it . I have ancient stuff , & have to say I've seen
folks say , 2 or 3 thousand years later , that it was "their" idea !

You have to go with your creations , & your creativity , & you have to
know
that it is your special inventiveness that came up with it ! You go Girl
!!

Love you , & your art ,

Helene
"Tink" wrote in message
...
Just needed to vent. I had come up with what I thought was an
incredibly
wonderful, brilliant, clever, ORIGINAL idea. Now I see that someone
else
has
done it way before me. And it's a weird enough thing that there is no
way
I
can do it without it looking like I'm copying the other person. Poop.

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