Comments on: 3 tips for craft blog etiquette

By: Mark Sabine

Mark Sabine — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:25:25 +0000

Finally somebody that recognises that we are not all ‘born’ with a deep and resonating understanding of how these things work! Only started blogging today and have already encountered a million things that I need to address.

This is deffo a set of articles that i will be returning to again and again in the coming weeks!

By: se7en

se7en — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:59:56 +0000

I just love this series, it is such a brilliant idea! Thanks a stack for all the effort you are putting into this, I really appreciate it!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:14:17 +0000

I’m really loving this series and excited to read more! I’ll be linking.

By: Connie G.

Connie G. — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:01:02 +0000

Thanks for posting these tips – good advice for beginning crafty bloggers and beyond!

Reposting a blog post in whole post is plagiarism unless you have permission from the author. A lot of people don’t seem to realize that. They think if it is on the internet it is free game – not so!

Sometimes I discover bloggers who have lifted and posted my patterns – the charts are free, but the patterns are still copyrighted. And they are licensed. So are the photos. And I don’t hold the license. It belongs to About.com.

I am always willing to provide a similar photo for someone who would like to feature one of my projects. I’d never feature a photo without asking permission myself – it’s just how I roll ;) I ask for permission in a quick email. Most people are happy to allow me to post photos as long as I credit them and/or provide a link to their site.

My favorite tip – “Try your best not to be nasty.” I have found that most craft bloggers follow this concept which is why I am proud to participate in this community.

By: Michele-A House Called Nut

Michele-A House Called Nut — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:46:37 +0000

Thanks so much for this! Happily, I’ve only come across lovely, polite people in the online crafting world. But the transition from reader to blogger can be a bewildering one, and it’s very nice to have some guidance.

By: Abi

Abi — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:12:53 +0000

Great article – you make some really interesting points here, and it’s good to see the unofficial ‘rules’ spelled out so clearly.

I always do my best to link back to tutorials I flag up or to the makers of items I feature, and I’m really pleased to say that most of the time everyone’s happy. Not sure if you’ve found this, but I’ve found about 1 in about 100 occasions I’ll have a situation where someone asks me to take a (credited) photo down, or claims that featuring their project is somehow ‘copying’. I am always more than happy to oblige, but have to admit I find this odd. It’s generally the case that people are proud of their work and want to get it out there, but this tiny minority don’t seem to look at it that way. I’d be intersted to know why.