It's Party Time! Sand Fibers 6th Etsy-versary! HUGE Announcement!

Six wonderful years on Etsy! You bet I'm celebrating.

Earlier in the month, I posted about some business changes I have made, changes that I hoped would keep Sand Fibers moving in the waters of commerce. Well, there are many more on the horizon, not the least of which is the new Sand Fibers logo that Chris of Goodquill Hunting and I developed in hours of brainstorming and designing via phone and email.  It's amazing how much work it can take to "keep things simple." I love this and hope that you will as well:

 

I really really wanted to roll everything out by March 1, but business got in the way.  Seriously.  February 2012 will go down as best month for jewelry sales at Sand Fibers to date. The only problem with that is that almost everything I've sold is "made-to-order," which means that it has to be beaded, by me, myself, and I.  What a horrible problem to have!  I wanted to bead and the universe listened. LOL

What this means is that I do not have the time to modify over 80 pattern files and 80 listings on Etsy in order to do what I wanted to today:  To announce that

ALL patterns at Sand Fibers are now 

"for personal/commercial use."  

Every last one of them.  Even if your copy says it's "for personal use only."  Happy Sand Fibers Etsy-versary to me and to you!

When I finally get everything edited, the patterns and the listings will all have the following licensing statement:

 By purchasing this pattern, you agree to the following conditions:

● to credit either Sand Fibers or Carol Dean Sharpe with the design (or derivative) in any listing/photograph/posting

● to credit either Sand Fibers or Carol Dean Sharpe when selling an item (or derivative) made from this pattern off-line;

● to sell any work made and sold from the pattern ONLY if you yourself hand-created the piece (in other words, no mass production);

● to NOT resell or distribute (for free or for pay) or teach (for free or for pay) the pattern or any part of the pattern in any format, through any media.

Purchase of this pattern in no way implies purchase or transfer of the copyright for either the pattern or the design itself which shall remain with Sand Fibers/Carol Dean Sharpe. Thank you for supporting your pattern designer's rights!


©2012 Carol Dean Sharpe/Sand Fibers. All Rights Reserved. 

Effective IMMEDIATELY, please consider any Sand Fibers pattern you have purchased from me to carry that license. Also, effective IMMEDIATELY, please consider any Sand Fibers pattern that you will purchase that still has "for personal use only" wording in the listing and/or in the pattern itself to carry this license.  As I revise the pattern file itself for each design, I will be raising the cost of the pattern by approximately one third.


The Sand Fibers 3 for 2 Pattern Program will remain in effect.


Those of you who have purchased "for personal and commercial use" editions of Sand Fibers patterns will receive credit toward the purchase of more patterns. I will contact you individually once I have made the full shift to this new system.  If you want to purchase something before then, please contact me prior to your purchase and I will work out your credit.   This does not apply to patterns that were never issued as "for personal use only" editions: Blooming Beads Volume One, Elegant Enchantment, Ruffles, and The Tocadora.


So what does this mean to you?  Any pattern you buy at Sand Fibers between now and the time I get the pattern file edited will be at the current lower pricing but will carry the new "for personal/commercial use" license.  The pricing on patterns will change as I get the files themselves edited (and I am NOT sharing what order I will edit them in).

Many of you have commented that you enjoy finding out about the "why" behind my decisions. I don't do these things willy-nilly, I promise.  When I first started offering patterns of my designs, I was determined not to create competition for myself as a seller of beaded jewelry...and so I insisted that my patterns were meant for personal use only. Absolutely no selling. Then I caved and offered patterns for commercial use as long as the item was priced no lower than what I sold it for on Etsy. Then I dropped the pricing restrictions. 

And now, well, now I am comfortable enough with both my reputation and goals as a designer/beader to tell the control freak in me to "hush up!"  Getting to this point has taken me years and more soul-searching than I care to share (yes, even I have sharing limits). I'm just glad I got here. 

It will be so much easier on my schedule and kinder to my emotional energy to say "You bought the pattern? Great. Yes, please do make items for sale from it! I wish you  many sales."

And now that I've bored you to tears once again, be well and get going!