What is wrong with people?!

By wordweaver · Oct 29, 2007 · 660 · 5
  1. I am completely dumbfounded!

    I make Christmas Spiders, (yes you read that right. ;)) and sell them at craft fairs. There is a legend that goes along with it, and the short of it is where we get the idea for putting tinsel in our christmas tree. It's an old folk legend that originated in about the 1600's.

    Anyway, to my rant.

    There was an older woman who was selling spider brooches at a fair I was at last weekend. Fine, they were brooches and mine are christmas tree ornaments. I talked to the woman all weekend, and was really nice to her, I even gave her phone numbers for other craft shows.
    Well... yesterday at the craft fair I was in, she was there. I was happy for her that she got in.

    BUT, when I went to talk to her at her table I noticed something... she had my legend on her table!!!! She even went so far as to try and make spiders like mine! I was shocked, pissed, and couldn't believe it!

    At the show I met her at, when I was taking down my table I noticed that someone had stolen one of my scrolled legends that was there for display. I thought it was weird but didn't think anything more of it... until I saw that woman had photocopied it and was trying to pass it off as her own!

    The legend, is readily available on the net, it's not that which bothers me, it's the fact that after being so nice to her she would steal from me, and try to sell them as her own!

    The audacity, and lack of morals really baffles me. I never said anything to her, (although now I wish I had...) but I am a firm believer in what goes around, comes around.

    Here is a pic of some of the ones I make. Just so you guys can get an idea of what I'm talking about. ;) The legend is in comments.

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  1. wordweaver
    ~ The Christmas Spider Legend~

    A long time ago, a mother was busily cleaning house in preparation for Christmas.
    The spiders that usually stayed in the living room corner fled upstairs to the attic to escape her broom.

    From the attic they could hear all the excitement in the living room as the decorations were being made for when Father Christmas was to come on Christmas Eve. Frantic to see the decorated tree, the spiders slowly crept downstairs for a view.

    'Oh what a beautiful tree!'

    In their excitement, they scurried up the trunk and out along the branches. They were filled with happiness as they climbed all through the tree to see the glittering beauty. But alas, by the time they were finished climbing all through the tree, it was completely shrouded in their dusty-grey cobwebs.

    When Father Christmas came, he smiled as he saw how pleased the spiders were with their handiwork. However, he knew how heartbroken the mother would be when she saw the tree covered with dusty webs, so he reached out and touched the webs, blessing them he turned them to silver and gold. The tree sparkled and shimmered even more beautifully than before.

    From that day on tinsel became a treasured ornament for trees all over the world. It was thereafter believed that to have a spider on a Christmas tree is Good Luck; thus, the custom of having a spider ornament amongst all other decorations on the Christmas tree was born.

    Good Luck to You
    and a very
    Merry Christmas
    wordweaver, Oct 29, 2007
  2. Banzai
    People suck. Simple as.



    Now you see why I'm a sociopath ;)
    Banzai, Oct 29, 2007
  3. Funny Bunny
    Hey, there is room for all. I think your ornaments are very nice too. Like you say, it is free on the web.
    Funny Bunny, Oct 30, 2007
  4. maelyn
    that would piss me off too. it would be different though if she asked about using the story, and making ornaments like yours before she took it upon her self. people like that are why i have a hard time sharing my writing with people. that and the fact it makes me a little too vulnerable. i dont know. i never heard that spider story before, i like it, spiders arent something generally associated with christmas, thats why its interesting. anyways, i 'spose i should get out of your blog now, lol.
    maelyn, Oct 30, 2007
  5. wordwizard
    I was so mad when you told me this hahaha. It is probably best that I wasn't there. I am gonna order some more spiders from you this year-they make pretty good stocking stuffers and are really good for the people who drop by unexpected. So don't let me forget!
    wordwizard, Oct 31, 2007
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