Well, it's been an interesting month. After spending 2.5 weeks in West Africa, I received an email from a lady who claims she was the first to make the design of my "Life Within" pendant. Long story short, website archives show her posting her version less than a week before me, in another country, and with a differing design. It's been much heartache, but I removed it from my site after selling it for over 4 years because I don't have the money to hire a lawyer. I can't believe that another designer would do that, when it is quite obvious I did not "copy" her...indeed, I had not even heard of her.
BUT, the silver lining is this...I have "birthed" several new pendants that have been gestating in my mind for a couple of years now...I just needed the impetus to finish them. Here is one of them...let the world note, I thought of these myself, based on my own experiences, and hold the "copyright" to these designs. That said, I think there is plenty of room in the world for the work of all designers. May you let your own creative juices flow!
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