BLOG POLICY

This is a personal blog, written and edited by Joy Kelley. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the blog owner.

I (Joy Kelley) will only endorse products or services that I believe in, based on my expertise, experience and that I think are worthy of such endorsement, many times without any compensation from the manufacturer of the product or service. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider.

This blog accepts forms of sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation. The compensation received will never influence the content, topics or posts made in this blog. I will always disclose if I am being compensated for a post.

Most of the tutorials have links to the materials and tools used, these links go to either the product mentioned or HowJoyful’s amazon store, Joy Kelley will receive a monetary compensation if the product is purchased from the Amazon store.

Please read the Frequently asked Questions section for more information.

Intellectual Property Rights
A lot of hard work and sacrifice goes into creating templates and tutorials. I would appeal to other crafters in the community to respect my copyrights and intellectual property. All patterns, projects and images not sourced belong to me and have been copyright under Joy Kelley – Howjoyful. You may NOT use any of my patterns or projects for commercial purposes and please do not pass them along as yours.

HowJoyful blog and all the content by Joy Kelley is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.
Thank you for respecting my work

Images and Content
I genuinely appreciate blog-friends that help to share my tutorials and projects with a larger online community. Please feel free to use images and content from this blog for the purposes of blogging and publicity. It helps to spread the love. But please make sure to NOT blog the entire post, only use a couple of the images copied and hosted by YOU, always source them and link back to me. I ALWAYS make sure to do the same for others, after all it is the RIGHT thing to do.

Comments
I love comments! But please be respectful to the effort that all original content means. Comments that are offensive, excessively promotional, or unkind will be removed. As well as extra links to your blog or business, I have no problem with you linking back to show something related to the post, but other than that there will be only one link back per comment. If 3 or more of your comments have been removed due to the previous causes you might end up blocked from this site.

Tutorials and Safety
All do-it-yourself activities involve some kind of risk. I am by no means an expert in the subject. None of my tutorials are tested for child or infant safety. Although I have made every effort to ensure accuracy, the reader remains responsible for the selection and use of tools, supplies, and methods. So for your own safety please obey local laws, follow manufacturers’ instructions, observe safety precautions, and use common sense. All posted tutorials should be use at your own risk.

Personal information
This site collects personally identifiable information from the visitors only on a voluntary basis. These information may include name, IP addresses, email address, and url, that are submitted via forms on this site, such are comment form and contact form. Personal information received from any visitor will be used only for internal purposes and will not be sold, distributed, leased, or provided to third parties unless I have your permission or are required by law to do so.

The use of your information
Your name will be displayed when you make a comment, along with a link to your url (if provided). Your email address will not be displayed but you will need to enter an email address to post a comment use the contact form and specially if you want to get a response.

Links to other websites
This site may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave this site, you should note that I do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, I cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement.

Accessibility and Web standards
This blog has been designed using web standards. It uses valid XHTML for content, CSS for presentation, with some JavaScript. This blog has been designed to be as accessible as possible, whatever browsing device you use. However, if you have trouble using the site, please let me know so that I can try to fix the problem.

Disclaimer
While every reasonable effort is made to ensure that the information provided on this site is accurate, no guarantees for the currency or accuracy of information are made. HowJoyful blog content and material relating to information, products and services (or to third party information, products and services), is provided ‘as is’. It is provided without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.

HowJoyful does not accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material derived from this website. Howjoyful does not warrant that the functions contained in the material in this site will be uninterrupted or error free. Also, HowJoyful does not warrant that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available is free of viruses or represent the full functionality, accuracy, and reliability of the materials.

The use of this blog constitutes acceptance by the user of these Terms and Conditions. The owner of this site, Joy Kelley reserves the right, without prior warning, to bar information or comments from individuals who fail to comply with these Terms and Conditions and Howjoyful further reserves the right to delete any material which it in its sole discretion considers to be offensive or inappropriate. HowJoyful reserves the right to alter or amend, at any time, these Terms and Conditions.

Contact
If you have any questions or concern about this blog, please contact me.

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