Comments on: etsy showcase: toys from recycled materials http://whipup.net/2008/03/06/etsy-showcase-toys-from-recycled-materials/ handcraft in a hectic world Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:57:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Rachael Rabbit http://whipup.net/2008/03/06/etsy-showcase-toys-from-recycled-materials/#comment-299210 Rachael Rabbit Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:36:21 +0000 http://whipup.net/2008/03/06/etsy-showcase-toys-from-recycled-materials/#comment-299210 I LOVE using recycled materials for making my bunnies too! I LOVE using recycled materials for making my bunnies too!

]]> By: Tammy http://whipup.net/2008/03/06/etsy-showcase-toys-from-recycled-materials/#comment-298376 Tammy Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:38:08 +0000 http://whipup.net/2008/03/06/etsy-showcase-toys-from-recycled-materials/#comment-298376 Great ideas here for what to do with leftover felted wool from handbags that I make! These felted birds are adorable. I'm wondering if I've seen them someplace in a Japanese craft book - so the idea could have come from anywhere & everyone interprets it their own way. How many variations on a chick are there anyway? Great ideas here for what to do with leftover felted wool from handbags that I make! These felted birds are adorable. I’m wondering if I’ve seen them someplace in a Japanese craft book - so the idea could have come from anywhere & everyone interprets it their own way. How many variations on a chick are there anyway?

]]> By: val http://whipup.net/2008/03/06/etsy-showcase-toys-from-recycled-materials/#comment-297545 val Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:14:00 +0000 http://whipup.net/2008/03/06/etsy-showcase-toys-from-recycled-materials/#comment-297545 the mushroom ROCKS! the mushroom ROCKS!

]]> By: michelle http://whipup.net/2008/03/06/etsy-showcase-toys-from-recycled-materials/#comment-296823 michelle Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:46:26 +0000 http://whipup.net/2008/03/06/etsy-showcase-toys-from-recycled-materials/#comment-296823 i thought perhaps i had seen this elsewhere too... i'd agree the heads are very similar but the beaks and bodies are different. but i thought that somewhere i originally saw this in a japanese craft book. we're all inspired by others, but this starts the whole debate of what is whose idea and is something derived yours or still copying? it's a hard line to define and draw when creations are sold for profit. i thought perhaps i had seen this elsewhere too… i’d agree the heads are very similar but the beaks and bodies are different. but i thought that somewhere i originally saw this in a japanese craft book.

we’re all inspired by others, but this starts the whole debate of what is whose idea and is something derived yours or still copying? it’s a hard line to define and draw when creations are sold for profit.

]]> By: Kristin La Flamme http://whipup.net/2008/03/06/etsy-showcase-toys-from-recycled-materials/#comment-296307 Kristin La Flamme Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:23:25 +0000 http://whipup.net/2008/03/06/etsy-showcase-toys-from-recycled-materials/#comment-296307 Cocoon Designs' mushroom scenes are delightful, but I can't help but wish Lass o The Moon hadn't copied Stephanie Barnes' chicks quite so closely: http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=54143 Cocoon Designs’ mushroom scenes are delightful, but I can’t help but wish Lass o The Moon hadn’t copied Stephanie Barnes’ chicks quite so closely: http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=54143

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