Other helpful articles I read on the subject are here and here, those links provided to me by ElleC.
Before all this I had no idea that blog-scraping even existed, let alone that it was such a huge problem! I guess I've led a very sheltered little blogging life so far, just imagining everyone was just like me, quietly plugging away in their own little world, talking about things that are near and dear to their own hearts, things they are passionate about. In a not-for-profit kind of a way. I know, how naive, right? I am learning, boy am I learning! To find out that content theft often relates straight back to that really annoying Adsense crap you see on some blogs is an eye-opener.
In happier...? well, in decidedly more mundane and less nefarious happenings, anyway; later on I am walking this big ball of fur in to have her shots.
min 10C, max 23C, fine and sunny
Details:
Dress; using a design from Pattern Magic 2, sand coloured silk/linen mix, details here
Cardigan; part of a self-drafted twin-set, of leopard print stuff, details here, and see this leopard twinset styled in 6 different ways here
Shoes; c/o Misano
Today, my family is wearing the following me-mades, this shirt and this shirt
Craig's shirt; Burda 7767 modified, white cotton, details here
Sam's shirt; Burda 7767 modified, striped stuff, details here and my review of this pattern here