I'm in, happy to tweet daily. Same info for me: @cmaille on twitter & promoting http://cmaille.etsy.com

Thanks for all your hard work!

I know I have a very minute capacity for this sort of thing, so I'm sorry I cannot volunteer. Though if it keeps going, I'll keep tweeting — since week one I've tweeted about one featured member every day (usually a link to a specific item in their shop) plus a weekly shout out to all 7. I'm happy to continue doing that!

Take care of yourself! Health first is right!

Andrew, I agree. I surely didn't mean to start anything, and feel badly now I said anything it all. It mostly struck me as funny to see those tweets mixed in and the one in particular that I listed the link to. I didn't think that it would cause any movement to change. It doesn't bother me. My "sadly" was a turn-of-phrase.

If you google HAF you come up with a whole bunch of crap. The way I look at is just like our personal site we use MBOI but there is some person in Africa and some aids thing. So be it I'm not changing MBOI because that is who we are.

Same thing with HAF we used HAF because it was a logical shortening for our site. But there are a ton of other sites or companies that use that as well. I don't know if your going to be able to get away from it. My thoughts are that the larger we become over time and the more we use the #HAF tag the more relevant it will be.

The tag #ETSY was meaningless 6 years ago or so. Now it has meaning.
I think you can say that about any tag.
Regardless those are my feelings. I'm going to continue to use the tags I've been using #HAF #HAFteam #HAFshop #HAFguild
Like I said keep using them and they will override the others.
My 2 cents

#HAFring ? Or is that advertising the covert operations of the ring?

Sadly, we're getting mixed in with the other #HAF crowd, who now seem to be reveling in our "ignorance":

http://twitter.com/BiGDADDYNiNA/statuses/24704023408

I'd like to be in the Ring.

@cmaille

If it happens before the 5th of September, I'd like to promote my Shadowbox and giveaway on EtsyStalker:
http://etsystalker.com/?page_id=11533

My shop is on vacation at the moment, so my next choice (if after 9/5) would be my blog:
http://news.cmaille.com

Thanks!

I've been out of town and just got back to looking to the site and see almost all photos gone (including mine), with the exception of a "private label" kit developed by one woman along w/ Urban Maille -- and they're aware. I did get a reply to my cease & desist e-mail:

"there seems to be a mistake i do not have nobodys jewelry on my web site;the only work i have is my work.i make my designs from maagzines and  chain maille books thats what i do i choose designs that i can make and sell.it s. not your work.i look at the picture than i make itmy own.again my site is under construction at this time.i will takemy workoffand make some new things.belive me i am to old for children games and i am old enough  to know better.(but i do amire your work)and its the best onthe web?sorry if this caused to problems.it will not happen again .i just want to do my work and sell it and mind my bussiness."

>> Well, my earrings & bracelet are not kits nor in magazines or books, so I can't see how that applies.

Anyway, thanks for all the help.

Many of the images are taken from here:

http://www.pkjewelry4u.com/index.html

And yet that site too seems potentially sketchy, selling kits of The Alchemist's Star's "Sharone's Flowers" that she developed w/ Urban Maille (which she's now aware of).