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just a quickie

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modflowers: pencil caseWe have returned from our weekend in Devon celebrating lad’s twelfth birthday.

His friends were away on their holidays and he was a little disappointed not to be able to hook up with them for the usual fun. So we decided to sort out some family fun instead.

It was a gorgeous weekend all round. Beaches, pizza, ice-cream, countryside – and a VW tent at the bed and breakfast for lad to sleep in…

VW Camper tent!His presents included a new watch gadgety enough for even the most gadget-obsessed lad, headphones – and some drawing pens from his best buddy, delivered by his dad before we left.

I had to run up a quick pencil case this afternoon, for lad to keep them in. Which took me all of ten minutes.

The birthday weekend was over all too quickly.

But his friends will be back to play soon. ♥

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not remotely flattered

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modflowers: not my dollsI am definitely not the first.

And I am absolutely certain that I will not be the last.

Of course, I could be just imagining it. Flattering myself. But somehow, I don’t think so. The coincidence is too great.

What am I waffling on about? Copying, that’s what.

The pictures in this post are not of my dolls.

I found these photographs on Instagram the other day, whilst checking out the profiles of people who had recently liked my own photos.

I was looking for new and interesting folk to follow, but I got more than I bargained for, interest-wise.

These photos were posted just a few days ago. The dolls in them look, to my eye, interestingly similar to my own recent creations…

modflowers: not my dollsBut is it also just an interesting coincidence that seven weeks ago this person happened to like one of my photographs of almost-identical dolls? Or that there are no earlier examples of similar ideas or designs amongst their own photographs?

I have a feeling… not.

The maker of these dolls seems to follow an awful lot of doll-makers on Instagram.

And whilst that is no crime, and nothing is truly original, and everyone is influenced by the work of others, there are… limits.

So what can be done about this sort of thing? Well, not a lot. To share your work is to invite imitation, apparently. They do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, don’t they?

I didn’t know you could block people on Instagram. But I do now.

And just for the record, I am not remotely flattered. ♥

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a day to myself

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At long last, it’s the school holidays. Whilst not getting many days to myself whilst the holidays are here, I always anticipate the time they will afford for fun and frolics… On Saturday, we frolicked down to London to meet up with my partner’s … Continue reading →

the joy of mistakes

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It’s funny isn’t it, the way that sometimes the things that happen just by chance (otherwise know as mistakes) turn out to be better than the things that go just as planned. Yesterday’s Dobbit was a perfect example of this. If … Continue reading →

dobbit

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Yesterday was the last full day of school before the holidays. I’ve been feeling a bit under par this week, just exhausted and probably fighting off a cold or some other minor ailment, so I haven’t actually done much making for a … Continue reading →

not planning ahead

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I mentioned last week that I used to not be good at committing to things. Well, something else that I am not very good at is planning ahead. For example… With just three short days of term left, we still … Continue reading →