This girl I went to college with made a cupcake facebook business page. I know her level of baking and the picture she posted was not of the quality she could produce. In fact, it far surpassed it and I know she's an avid pinterest-er. I asked her how she made the cherry on top, if it was fondant and she gave a very detailed explanation:
"Yes they are! It was a bit difficult to work with antique icing and fondant but, it came out great."
But, after a little google-fu, I found the real bakery who made the cupcakes on flickr, with an entire photo set of the cupcakes.
ARRRR. As a baker, I want to call her out on this, but I don't want to be a catty asshole.
Why the fuck would she be so jerky and steal someone else's work?
Post by phdprocrastinator on Feb 2, 2013 19:48:39 GMT -5
Did she just post the one picture you linked? If so, I'd post a link to this picture www.flickr.com/photos/hello_naomi/1470259931/in/photostream/ that clearly shows the cherry cupcake and ask her for details on the other cupcakes in the series.
Or just wait until her work shows up on cakewrecks
I just looked at the link and clicked on the pics, and they are copyrighted!!! so she can maybe have a bit of trouble if someone finds out./ just sayin..
I'm at my parents' house now, but I'm like raging over here, lol. H keeps making that stupid reeow sound at me. She's always been a fib teller, but this is a little much.
Post that link on her fb page with an "omg! Look at this! Someone stole your picture! What kind of person would claim a picture that wasn't theirs??!?!?"
Post by fuckyourcouch on Feb 2, 2013 20:08:53 GMT -5
i actually did something like this once - i bought a print from an etsy seller and then about a year later, i saw the same print, but blown up and framed at a local furniture store. i totally messaged her and asked her if she knew about it because i was concerned they stole it. turned out she had sold them the rights to produce it for a lump sum or whatever, but she was very appreciative i brought it up.
Either I'm going to try and get Nev from Catfish to out her orrrr I'm just going to message her straight up and say I found the pictures from the original baker.
You should warn her that "someone else" is trying to post "her" cupcakes on pinterest and pass it off as their own. That way you look like the hero and out her at the same time. Duh
Call her out! That is bullshit. Someone who really knows what they're doing is getting bent over and she's going to capitalize on it. She's wrong. Cupcake-gate commence!