The Industry, The Click, The Lies and Dishonesty

There have been many of you that I have contacted over the years, hoping to get your support for myself and my work. I contacted you well before Julie did. Those of you have knowingly chosen to support an artist who has capitalized on my brand and style of work, in essence you have supported an unethical thief and a liar. Those of you listed below, as far as I am concerned, are unethical, cruel, thoughtless and mean spirited. Some of you have openly mocked my kindness and generosity. You are in positions to help people, including myself, yet by your own actions or lack there of, have in fact spoken loudly about what you do when given power.

To Fairytales Fantasy and Folklore team on Etsy:
Nothing is as nothing does. Your unsupportive, dishonest way of handling me coming to you about an artist copying my work on OUR team is unforgivable. <SHAME on you! Karma 101

To Breeze otherwise known as Ms. Troll from “Enchanted Forest” who asked me for link exchange:
When I went to see your site you had Julie Fain’s art on your homepage. I asked you about it, told you what was happening. You pretended you did not see what picture I was talking about. I did save our correspondence BTW. Why would I do a link exchange with someone who has an artist who has copied my work on their site? Get REAL. You played games, skirted the issue and cared nothing about what I was telling you. You are a cold, callus and uncaring person who does not value others. How about being a human being? Ethics? SHAME on you! Karma 101

To Faerie Magazine:
I contacted you many years ago when your magazine first started. In fact, I even advertised in your first issue and offered to do graphic art for the magazine. I sent you some of my work as a complementary sample. When I submitted my work, you never once included me in your magazine, with the exception of a picture of my dog Gidget for your pet section. You treated me poorly and avoided speaking with me. I absolutely did not pester you as we discussed ideas and such. You were very quick to take my money though. What ingratitude you have shown me for my love and support. Apparently taking advantage of my goodness is what you are about. When I sent to you my work I was the first person doing silhouettes with vibrant and rich backgrounds, including the moon over the water with faeries in the foreground. Years later on facebook you were totally unkind and I had no idea why. I did nothing wrong. You also knowingly supported Julie Fain, who’s work is a knock off of mine. You gave her front cover and treated someone who copied me better then you treated me. You never gave me an explanation for your conduct or why you would act this way toward me when I had done absolutely nothing wrong to you other then be the sweet and generous person that I am. What you have done is unethical, immoral and cruel. Who the hell do you think you are? Wait never mind I see you for who you are and I believe you are exactly the person you told me you are. A cold, callus, uncaring person. <SHAME on you!
Karma 101

To the Faery Society:
It amazes me how often I submitted to you and had not one response. What 15 times over the span of 7 years or something like that? Years before Julie Fain came on the scene I submitted to you. Isn’t that correct? Yet you accepted Julie Fain into your “Society”. You knowingly supported someone who copied my brand and style of work. On your site you say your all for being ethical? Ethics extend to more then simply a professional field. If your not an ethical and moral person/people then doing something to skirt human responsibility is still unethical and immoral. This also includes the artists on your site who have treated me poorly. Apparently the “click” is what your about and not being decent people.

To Tree Free Greetings:
It’s amazing how I submitted my work to you well before Julie Fain and yet you licenced her and not me. I sent my work to you registered mail. I even called you and never received a return phone call. You knowingly licenced and artist who copied my work. So much for ethics and morals. I don’t know about anyone else, tree free or not, but I would not buy greeting cards from someone who do that to another human being knowingly. You hid yourself and avoided me when I called to confront you. You even continued to license her even after I told you about it????!!!!! Business Ethics at Tree Free Greetings? <SHAME on you.
Karma 101

To Ron at “The Fairy Village”:
When I came to you and told you Julie was copying my work, brand and style. That she got her ideas from me this was your response. OH YES I saved that e-mail! See below>

Hi Liza,
I took a look at your site and Honestly, I like YOUR work better then Julie's.
Do you sell your prints wholesale.
If so how much are they?
Thanks
Ron

Then after speaking with Julie you back peddled. Did not want to “get involved” and continued after all these years to knowingly support and artist who copied another’s work.

Hi Liza,
I'm not sure if you can copyright an art form or a style.
You can probably copyright individual images but not the whole art form.
Ron

Well Ron as you have shown yourself to be a coward and someone who would rather take the easy way out then do the right thing as a human being. What more can I say? Fairy Village and ethics? <SHAME on you!
Karma 101

To David Riche and Myrea Petit:
I opened up to you. I told you about Julie Fain first. I came to you when I really needed support in my life and neither one of you cared at all. Given what I had heard about your life from David , I am very surprised at you Myrea. You reminded me that just because people go through tough times does not necessarily make them compassionate. Perhaps they have not yet LEARNED ENOUGH yet. Even if neither one of you wanted to help me. You chose to be hurtful instead by continuing to support someone who was and is copying my brand and style of work. You may have kept my work up there too, but it makes no difference to me anymore. Because what both of you, all of you, have done by being bystanders is made a decision. You tried to steer me away from pursuing truth. WHY? That is thoughtless and cruel.
Lastly Myrea there are no “bad” children. Only lousy parents. I saw that on your site somewhere and I been dying to say that out loud to you.
I don’t want to hear that either one of you “care” about children. Because by allowing and supporting the Julie Fain’s of this world you are NOT making this world a better place for children. We “the grown-ups” shape society by what we do and by consenting to that type of standard ARE condoning it. This is the world you are building. Well I want no part of it.
Ethical Standards as Fairiesworld? <SHAME on you!
Karma 101

To “Peaceful art Jewelry Design”:
Ditto. When someone comes to you about the same topic and you choose to “look the other way”
and cover for them without any proof of your own that’s just wrong. Did not even want to look into what I said or take action. Easier to just sit there.
Peaceful Jewelry Designs? Ethical Standard? <SHAME on you

To the people who are too numerous to name. The ones who “fained” (yes I am aware of how it is spelled) interest in my work. The ones who bid on my work way back when I was on ebay and did not pay for their purchases. To the ones who built up my hopes but were only playing games. To the ones who once I had to leave ebay because I could not longer afford to list my work and pay listing fees for items not purchased, but then once I left “artists who copied my work” then popped up. To those of you who basically ganged up on me, set me up then tried to take from me my hard work. I see you. Each and every one of you and what you did to me, all the lies from so very many people, for so very long. Even outside of ebay. Good folks? Ethical? Moral? Loving?
May everything you chose to do based on gossip, nonsense and greed come back to you. <SHAME on you
Karma 101

To WOF:
I submitted my work to you last year for the third time. Yes I have had three awards from you. But when Julie Fain followed me there a month after got an award and I told you about her copying my work I received no response from you. I truly am surprised given what you have been though and the fact that I personally have been honest with you both. Though I did take the blame for something I did not do, sculpt. I still feel I did the right thing by you. MY BAD!!!!
I really thought this one painting you did Brian was so exquisite, to me it was so magical. Honesty, the soulfulness of his eyes. Touched my heart.....MY BAD again. I realized that just because a person creates something does not mean they actually believe in it. How very disappointing and I am so glad that is not how I feel about my own work. I no longer feel honored to receive your awards, because anyone can have one. Even someone who has caused harm to me.
Julie Fain has followed me, she has tried to not only copy my work, but also take on my persona and I see right through this as well. I think it is pitiful and pathetic. But she could not have done this alone. Do you understand that people? You all did take action and you all DID get involved by supporting someone who did me wrong.

To Julie Fain:
You already have a background in web design was it necessary to be so greedy and copy my work too? Don’t you have ENOUGH Julie? May the agony of everything you have done to me and my family come back to you. May you FULLY understand the pain and harm you have caused to another human being and when you seek to find one single kind person left in the world, may you wait eight years before you even see a whisper of relief to your agony and stand as proud and as strong and as beautiful as I am today. Then you will KNOW me. But Know this, you will never BE me. EVER. You have followed me from place to place pretty much and stalked me for quite some time. This is evident. But you underestimated me Julie and that is your mistake.
Your website was created in 2006. I saw you already tried to hide this on your “whosis” website look up info. Guess word got back to you huh? Well I made print outs. I also have print outs of your claims of doing this style of art in 2002. So if you’re a web designer why would you wait to have a website until 2006?
Did I mention my website faeriewood.com was created in 1999? Did I mention my work is registered copyrighted and well before your website was created?
Hey everyone, feel free to look up my website whosis info and also on the registrar of copyrights website.
Anyone out there have documented proof of Julie’s claims? How about you Julie after all the e-mails I sent to you to resolve this with me I have yet to actually see you show me anything.
Hey by any chance, did Julie do free web and graphic design for any of you? Just wondering....
I am speaking my truth here. I do not see human beings who care here and no matter what your “Status” is your still human beings. I would treat no one differently. I feel that much of what has been done here is and was done on purpose. I do not believe those of you when you say you had no idea because I know your not telling the truth to me. I would not want to be a part of any of your circle at this point. Because your circle is about “sheep” and all following along like sheep. Instead of listening to your hearts and conscience.
You have made yourselves known to me by your actions. I see how you choose to live and I would not want to be a part of something like that at all. But know this I WANT NOTHING from you. Absolutely none of you have anything to offer me at this point that I WOULD want. It is way too late for that. It is you who have burned the bridges with me. That is your mistake.
To those who read this, I hope you can listen with your hearts and hear about what actually been done to me here by bullies and cowards. The hardshipes I have faced and the humiliation I have felt as a result of forced isolation by people I reached out to. I absolutely WILL stand up to the “industry” and the people in it.
I AM working and creating. Have been all long. That is because I am still grateful for my life and my gift. No matter how these people have tried to set me up to fail, I will not fail. The only thing I realized here is that I simply did not need them, to be like them, to go along with them. I don’t need a click to be secure or that narrow minded view of what it is to be “in”. That never was my thing anyway. I have always been freer then that and glad for it.
There are faery artists and there are FAERY artists. I am the latter one:D I am not only doing this for myself and my families quality of life, I am doing this out of love for children. There are so many sweet kids out there filled with inner beauty who just don’t stand a chance because of bullies and morons out there. Some of them may give up on life way too soon. Dreams always deserve a chance, my inner child’s does. Bless her strength and compassion, her wisdom and love.

This is my truth and a part of my story. I am saying it out loud and out of love for myself and my work. My name is Liza Lambertini and that is how I sign MY work. MY work is inspired by a childhood experience that touched my heart so deeply and effectively that I devoted myself to creating it. This experience preserved the wonder in my heart and I feel truly blessed to have this in my life. I create beauty and positive, this is how I serve my purpose in this world joyfully. My work is filled with light, love, magic, power and positive pixie possibilities. It is born out of love for children and nature. Therein be the true magic of faeries in my work.
And I will be one who stands for something.

Blessed be!