I can understand her getting peeved if you were making a profit. Doesn't mean she has any recourse, I don't know anything about that... but I can understand her being a little upset.

She didn't mention in the blog if the money was being donated to a rescue, I don't know if she knew... even if she did, the blog is her baby. I can see being a bit miffed if other people start using phrases and advertising my blog without my permission. But then again, I also will fly into a rage if someone tries to take a piece of cheese off my plate, so I might not be the best judge of normal reactions.

She's always said she's very open to collaboration... it probably would have been best to offer her your help and show her the design before getting started.

Have you talked with her since the blog post? (I don't read the comments, so I don't know what sort of drama happened on there).

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