Re: [lace] ioli contest/stencils

2005-11-12 Thread suzy
also the fact that i am adding color to the stencil will make it a more original idea. most of those stencils can't even be copy-writed, not that it gives someone the right to duplicate it and call it thier own. i'm not doing that at all. nothing i've seen in the stencils can be used as is for w

Re: [lace] ioli contest/stencils

2005-11-11 Thread suzy
i got mine from both a temporary tattoo website and a stencil website. i don't know for sure what i'm going to do with it, but there were some really good ideas, so if i change my mind i'll be in good hands. they had a ton of popular topics. i definitely am going to alter the design. i did look

Re: [lace] ioli contest/stencils

2005-11-11 Thread suzy
that does help a lot. the patterns i am looking at are not the kind that require patents and are free and so popular that anyone would recognize them, but they are not lace patterns and i plan to alter them to do what i want. i will cite where i got my ideas in a note to keep with the finished la

Re: [lace] ioli contest/stencils

2005-11-11 Thread bevw
Perfectly all right for personal use. There is lots of inspiration for design all around us. I found a pattern in one of the magazines where the lacemaker was inspired by the design on a light fixture :) The pictures on gift wrap is another good source for interesting shapes that could be interpret

[lace] ioli contest/stencils

2005-11-11 Thread suzy
would anyone know if it is legal to get some of your ideas from stencils? i am searching for ideas and i found one i want to use. i'm not going to use the stencil as it is, just one or two of the designs on it to draw my own pattern. please let me know if its possible! from suzy in tennessee,u.

[lace] IOLI contest submission rules

2005-09-08 Thread Barbara Bulgarelli
Re: submitting a photo and delivering lace piece at convention - As a past contest chairman, the opportunity to have the pieces judged prior to coming to convention was a major plus time wise. It is very difficult to judge a piece via photograph. Having the pieces judged at convention can somet

[lace] IOLI Contest submission rules - another query

2005-09-06 Thread Clay Blackwell
I can certainly appreciate the need to take *ultimate* care of the volunteer labor you have in organizational publications! And yet, I still have not heard a clear response to my question - why can't a person send their own picture, along with an entry form - for use of the committee? (and then br

Re: [lace] IOLI Contest

2005-09-04 Thread Alice Howell
There seems to be repeated concern about Canadian entries having to be sent to the US and then carried back into Canada. I'm sure I remember a posting that said they were working on a plan to have US entries sent to a US address, and Canadian entries sent to a Canadian address, so postage/cust

re: [lace] IOLI contest entries

2005-09-03 Thread Bev Walker
> willing to tick off "gift, under $15", on the custom's form? And then No, tick gift, write handmade item, NCV - (no commercial value - although I've been told this isn't such a great idea, but never had that properly explained - the last time I sent a competition entry, overseas, I declared it w

RE: [lace] IOLI contest entries - Insurance

2005-09-03 Thread Carolyn Hastings
hen there would be a good chance of knowing what happens to it. Regards, Carolyn > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 10:37 AM > To: lace@arachne.com > Subject: Re: [

Re: [lace] IOLI contest entries - Insurance

2005-09-03 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 9/3/05 9:18:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > In the US, people should know that they will not be paid one cent unless > they have either a sales slip, or else an official appraisal. This sad > lesson was something I learned when I shipped some antiques

RE: [lace] IOLI contest entries

2005-09-03 Thread Carolyn Hastings
AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Jeri Ames > Cc: lace@arachne.com > Subject: Re: [lace] IOLI contest entries > > > Insurance can be a very grey area when you try to value a piece of > lace. It's worth what someone will pay for it and that's how > insurance > co

Re: [lace] IOLI contest entries

2005-09-03 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Insurance can be a very grey area when you try to value a piece of lace. It's worth what someone will pay for it and that's how insurance companies make their valuations. In UK Lace Guild members can get insurance through the Guild. I'm not fully in touch with the current situation but I do

Re: [lace] IOLI contest entries - Insurance

2005-09-02 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 9/2/05 10:35:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Jeri's point leads me to I wonder, does anyone know if something comparable > > has ever been addressed at former conventions, and, if so, how? It would be > easier for each person who was concerned about

Re: [lace] IOLI contest entries

2005-09-02 Thread RicTorr8
In a message dated 9/2/2005 8:20:39 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: is something to think about. I think everyone would rest easier if the contest entries were covered by insurance. Someone should be asking: "Does IOLI have an insurance policy that would cover such an i

Re: [lace] IOLI contest entries

2005-09-02 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 9/2/05 7:28:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I do not think that pieces belonging to someone else that you cart across > the border into Canada would be taxable or dutiable - unless IOLI is going > to sell them? It is worth investigating from 'your end'

[lace] IOLI contest entries

2005-09-02 Thread Bev Walker
Hi everyone > (we may have to chip in for customs duty, as well as overweight luggage I do not think that pieces belonging to someone else that you cart across the border into Canada would be taxable or dutiable - unless IOLI is going to sell them? It is worth investigating from 'your end' ahead

[lace] IOLI contest

2003-08-15 Thread Janice Blair
Mary Lou Sulecki wrote: Congratulations the piece was wonderful. I would have voted for it myself but I had a vested interest. I wasn't even sure what kind of lace it was not being a needleworker. I think it was Jean Leader that said it was Limerick. Makes me want to take up a needle!!! Didn'

[lace] IOLI contest

2003-08-14 Thread MLSulecki
Janice Blair wrote: Who came third?  Was it the Limerick Statue of Liberty with fireworks? Yes, I was very pleased that my Limerick Statue of Liberty, "It Isn't a Celebration Without Fireworks" won the third prize. The original-design category was a sweep for Arachne members, even though I'm usua

[lace] IOLI Contest

2003-07-11 Thread Barbara Bulgarelli
For all who entered the IOLI contest, the final number of entries is 15. Good luck to you all. Barb B in MI - Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PR

[lace] IOLI Contest

2003-06-27 Thread Barbara Bulgarelli
For all of you who are submitting lace pieces for the contest - The have started arriving - so far I have 4 pieces. They will remain unopened until after July 10th. At that point, I am hoping that all enties will be here. All entries with a postmark date up to and including JULY 1 will be acc