Craft Porch is a blog about crafts, party ideas and how-to guides. You came here to make something, plan something or just browse, and these Terms explain the ground rules for doing that. They’re written in plain English on purpose, because a document that no one reads doesn’t protect anyone.
Accepting These Terms
By accessing or using Craft Porch, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and by any local laws that apply to you. If you don’t agree with any part of them, please stop using the website.
Who May Use Craft Porch
Craft Porch is meant for people who are at least 18 years old, or at least 13 with a parent or guardian’s permission. If you’re under 13, you may not use the site. If you’re a parent or guardian allowing a teen to use Craft Porch, you accept these Terms on their behalf.
What Craft Porch Is
Craft Porch is an informational blog that shares craft ideas, party ideas and how-to guides. It’s a place to find inspiration and step-by-step instructions. Craft Porch doesn’t sell products directly, doesn’t provide services to individuals and doesn’t promise any particular result from a project.
Your License to Use the Site
Craft Porch gives you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to view and use the content on the site for your own personal, non-commercial use. That means you’re welcome to make the crafts, plan the parties and share a link to a post with a friend. This license doesn’t transfer ownership of anything to you.
What You Can’t Do Here
Unless you have written permission from Craft Porch, you may not:
- Modify or copy the materials on the site, except as allowed under your license
- Use the materials for any commercial purpose
- Attempt to reverse engineer any software used on the site
- Remove any copyright or other proprietary notices from the materials
- Transfer the materials to someone else or mirror them on another server
- Scrape, harvest or copy content from the site, whether by hand or by automated tools such as bots, crawlers or scripts
- Frame the site, or any part of it, inside another website
Sharing a photo with a link back to the original post, using Pinterest’s Save button, or quoting a short excerpt with credit is fine. Reposting a full article or tutorial elsewhere is not.
How to Behave on the Site
Be considerate. While using Craft Porch, you agree not to:
- Harass, threaten or abuse other readers or the site owner
- Post unlawful, offensive, hateful or misleading content
- Send unsolicited commercial messages or spam
- Disrupt the site, its servers or its security in any way
- Use the site to break any law or violate anyone else’s rights
Who Owns What
Everything on Craft Porch, including text, photographs, graphics, logos, design and software, belongs to Craft Porch or its licensors and is protected by copyright and trademark law. Copying, reproducing or republishing any of it without express written consent is prohibited. Images that come from third parties are used according to the terms described on the Images and Copyright Notice page.
Comments and Submissions
If you leave a comment or submit anything to Craft Porch, such as a message, a photo of your finished project or a tip, you keep ownership of it. By submitting it, you grant Craft Porch a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, display and distribute it in connection with the site. Craft Porch may moderate, edit or remove any comment or submission at any time and for any reason.
Links to Other Websites
Posts on Craft Porch may link to other websites, such as suppliers, tutorials and tools. Craft Porch doesn’t control or endorse these sites and isn’t responsible for what’s on them. If you click a link and visit another site, you do so at your own risk.
Affiliate Links and Commercial Relationships
Craft Porch may take part in affiliate programs, including Amazon Associates. If you buy something through an affiliate link, Craft Porch may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. A separate Affiliate Disclosure page explains this in more detail.
Privacy
Your use of Craft Porch is also governed by the Privacy Policy, which explains what information is collected and how it’s used. Please read it at /privacy-policy/. By using the site, you agree to the practices it describes.
Content Is Provided “As Is”
The materials on Craft Porch are provided “as is,” without any warranty of any kind, express or implied. Craft Porch makes no promises about the accuracy, completeness, reliability or fitness for any particular purpose of any content on the site. A project may turn out differently from the photos, and a tutorial may not work as described for every person, tool or material.
Use at Your Own Discretion
Craft Porch provides general information only, and results may vary depending on your materials, tools, skill level and circumstances. Crafts and parties can involve hot glue, craft knives, paints, candles, small parts and food. Read the instructions and safety information on every product you use, supervise children, and check food ingredients for allergies. You are responsible for deciding whether a project or idea is right for you.
Mistakes, Changes and Updates to Content
The materials on Craft Porch may contain technical, typographical or photographic errors. Craft Porch doesn’t promise that any content is accurate, complete or current. Content may be changed at any time without notice, and Craft Porch isn’t obligated to update it, although errors are corrected when they’re found.
Limits on Liability
To the fullest extent the law allows, Craft Porch, its owner and its agents will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising from your use of, or inability to use, the site. This includes injury, property damage or loss from attempting a project, and it applies even if Craft Porch has been told such damage is possible. Some places don’t allow these limits, so they may not apply to you.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Craft Porch, its owner and its affiliates from any claims, damages, losses and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, that come from your use of the site, your violation of these Terms or your violation of any third party’s rights.
Ending Your Access
Craft Porch may end or restrict your access to the site at any time, with or without notice, for any reason, including a violation of these Terms. If that happens, your right to use the site stops immediately.
Events Outside Our Control
Craft Porch won’t be responsible for any failure or delay caused by something outside its reasonable control. That includes natural disasters, war, terrorism, internet or hosting outages and government actions.
Changes to These Terms
Craft Porch may revise these Terms at any time without prior notice. If you keep using the site after changes are posted, you accept the revised Terms. It’s your responsibility to check this page from time to time.
Governing Law
Any claim related to Craft Porch is governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the website owner is established, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
If One Part Doesn’t Hold Up
If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions stay in full force and effect.
The Whole Agreement
These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any other notices published on Craft Porch, are the entire agreement between you and the site. They replace any earlier agreements about your use of the site.