$.99 and No Reserve? Has she lost her mind?

This is just THE sweetest set!
And she's offering it at $.99 with
NO (zero, zilch, nada) RESERVE!



Click on the picture and check it out...
it's a TOTALLY Custom, any way you want it listing!
SAWEEET!

Are you a designer that has character?

There has been much discussion lately on this blog about designers who "do" characters.

Let's unpack this a little bit...
Designers X & Y want to hear what our readers think!

Many designers do character appliques and paint characters on their custom clothing for children in the boutique world and there are two schools of thought on this, we've been told.



The arguments for doing character wear:
a. it's what people search on ebay, internet, etsy etc.
b. it's popular among kids and parents
c. it brings da coin!



The arguments against copyrighted characters:
It just isn't ethical
It's not right to do your own "Interpretation" of a copyrighted character, it's still infringing
It's unfair to the original artist of the character (i.e., disney, spongebob, etc)
It's illegal to steal someone's ideas or artwork and copy them




If you are a designer that does characters,
we want to hear from you too,
What are your reasons for "doing" them?
Have you ever been busted?
Do you think it's unfair and you should be allowed to create whatever you want?
Do you make more money on character items than your non-character items.

Why do some designers get trolled out and some don't?

What all the HOOPLA about? (CPSC & CPSIA Buzz)

Designer Y is hot on the trail of gathering all the facts & buzz about the Consumer Product Safety Commision & Consumer Product New Safety Regulations That Can/Will/Might Affect all of us WAHM Designing Moms.



There are a lot of rumors, good information as well as misinformation out there, I'm doing my best to sort through it all and bring you the most concrete and definitive answers to the questions we all have about this issue.

We don't want to bring you the wrong information and post hastily, so if you have comments, questions or something you'd like addressed, please comment here, and we'll try to answer it when we come out with our story.

Thanks for your patience, and STAY TUNED to the Designing Minds blog...
we want to bring you the facts you need!