Blondie
09-12-2012, 09:56 PM
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!
Okay! Now that I got that out of my system!
I got my Fish Butt in the mail today! This has been a long, long, LONG wait for it too. Over three months to be exact. I ordered my tail June 7th!
Here's the "original" design I had made for Stevi for my tail.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/Sliver_Shine29/finaltai.jpg
My tail was inspired by Hannah Fraser's and Aquamarine's. I was having a hard time trying to decide between this or a "thirteenth year" tail. And I am very please with the final decision.
Let me start off by saying, Stevi is superb in keeping contact with her costumers. I know I was a bit annoying with my emails, but she always had a reply for me within a day. She's very kind and understanding in her emails, and she truly cares about what YOU want. She wants you to be happy!
Now moving on from that, I've had a very, very, VERY long wait for my tail. I ordered it back when I graduated at the very beginning of summer in hopes I'd have it a little after the 4th of July. Originally, she had a 3-5 week wait for tails, now it's a 6-8 week wait. Still, I waited a total of 12 weeks. Which was pretty bumming. But Stevi was battling through some rough times. She made it very clear that she was dealing with a lot and even offered to make me a free top. I already have a top so I kindly told her no thanks. In the end, summer's over and I won't be swimming in my tail as much as I had expected to.
Moving on to today, I told Stevi I needed my tail by the 13th because I was going to the Florida Mer Meet up. I told her this around mid August and assumed it would be out waaaay before that date because the tail had been curing for almost a week now. And Stevi told me she would have it to me before that. It was shipped out on the 6th and supposed to come in the 11th. I was pretty nervous about FedEx because my family has had numerous problems with late packages and them in the past. Within the next morning the date was already pushed back to the 12th and I was starting to pull my hair out. I REALLY wanted my tail for the meet up. Thankfully the next few days went by and it was in GA, which meant only a few more days till it was in FL. The 12th comes around and I waited in the morning/afternoon for it. Nothing. Went to class, came home at 5, still nothing. I actually spent 40 minutes just laying by the window hoping the truck would pull up, but it was now past 7:30 and I gave up hope. And within ten minutes my dog was barking at the door and I took off in a bolt! The box was HUGE! Much bigger than I had expected! I waddled in with it and ran to my room to open it up!
The tail wasn't in it's wax paper sheeting that I had been told it would be in. It was in two garbage bags. Odd... But okay? Whatever works right?
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/Sliver_Shine29/8C0FA332-AA86-4508-B80D-E07492A139A4-24897-0000203E4D98320C.jpg
It came out pretty easily and wasn't sticking like I had expected it to be because of the Florida heat. When I looked it over I was in total shock! So happy with how beautiful it came out! The picture Stevi showed me didn't even do it justice! And I'm sure my pictures won't either. It looks SO fish like! Just as I wanted it to!
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/Sliver_Shine29/BA43DC6E-06CA-48D7-A843-7B5848AA2F5E-24897-0000203E5531C79E.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/Sliver_Shine29/0BCEF859-CFA6-4053-B557-9B72B87F3581-24897-0000203E511DC586.jpg
There was good amount of dust/dirt and animal hair on it. Which was okay, I have a dog and cat too so I didn't take offence to it. I know how pet fur is xD
The vinyl fringe was never attached to my tail though. I asked Stevi about this when I saw the picture, and she told me she was sorry but she didn't do the fringe anymore. I knew that she had stop doing dorsal fins because they weren't secured enough, but I was not aware of her stopping the fridge at the fluke because she sent me this when I asked her earlier this summer...
From: Stephanie Summers <mermaidparties@gmail.com>
To: Kiersten <iblondie@ymail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: Mermaid Tail
Hi Kiersten!
First off let me say how sorry I am it's taken me this long to get you an update. With all the new design changes and what not I was putting off tails til I had it fully figured out and it's taken me forever to catch up. But I'm back on track now and here is a picture of the first step of your tail :D Paint! It's just the front, it started raining on me and now it's pouring. I'll have to get you the back tomorrow. And then next is scales and I'll put it together and ship it out. I did want to tell you I will not use the vinyl for fringe any more for dorsals, I'm not sure if I mentioned this already but the last tail I did it on, it all came completely off. I can still give you a fringed dorsal but it will be like Lanai's new tail that I posted today, painted like you want. It's a lot sturdier and wont stick to the rest of the tail. I can still do the vinyl at the bottom of the fluke though. Any ways, let me know what you think and I'll talk to you soon!
Stephanie
So, I was a little thrown off by that... Also I had asked for a "blended" waist line, where the scales where sort of cut out at the end. And that was not included on my tail.
From: Stephanie Summers <mermaidparties@gmail.com>
To: Kiersten <iblondie@ymail.com>
Sent: Friday, June 8, 2012 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: Mermaid Tail
Yeah, I think I can do that. Like the baby tail I made? I attached a picture.
Stephanie
Mermaid Parties
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Kiersten <iblondie@ymail.com> wrote:
Ahh!! Another thing I wanted to ask! I kinda sorta drew it on my plans but just making sure, is there a way you can make the top of the tail look like scales breaking away instead of a straight line of fabric. I think Raina calls it a blended waist line. I don't know if I explained that right. Thanks again!
So that was not added either... Then I had also asked her if she could cut it more like this when she painted it since the fluke wasn't "exactly" what I wanted.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/Sliver_Shine29/lines.jpg
And she replied with...
From: Stephanie Summers <mermaidparties@gmail.com>
To: Kiersten <iblondie@ymail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: Mermaid Tail
Hi Kiersten!
Yes, I can definitely trim the fluke like that for you. I'll do it after I get it all together though so I know the front and back match. And the big iridescent glitter is what I used in Allie's tail. I dont think the fine silver and black I have will look bad on your tail at all actually. I think it'll look really pretty in the scales :D I have to take tomorrow off for a doctors appointment and a promo shoot for my event in Sept but I'll have another update for you by Friday :)
And it was not cut in the end.
So now I HAD to try the tail on! When I put my ankles in, I already felt like the tail was REALLY tight. After wiggling a little more I got it up to my thighs with generally no problem. Then, there was my butt... I have um rather *cough*plump*cough* booty, yet my waist is generally small. So getting the waist part over my butt was tough. And I mean tough. Like "Holy CRAP this is tight." tough. It took me almost 20 minutes to get my tail on and I didn't have much space to wiggle without tugging on it. So I couldn't straighten it out completely. I think I need to invest in some conditioner or lube to get this on. Because I felt like I was going to ruin it trying to get it over my butt ><
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/Sliver_Shine29/448B0EBA-C077-4BF8-BAA5-C26423DE5F33-24897-0000203E58F11F88.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/Sliver_Shine29/7AA3B9EF-2719-42A2-B79C-3D1AF86023C4-24897-0000203E5C5BD02D.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/Sliver_Shine29/44CE99F3-CA4F-482D-B61D-3632835E23B9-24897-0000203E5F8AF83E.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/Sliver_Shine29/862FCE93-723D-4337-A17A-76D966C5802D-24897-0000203E675825A4.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/Sliver_Shine29/D44C7185-8F39-4803-8D7E-72EFF32E42F9-24897-0000203E6DBE5FA2.jpg
Overall, I'm pleased with my tail. If the conditioner helps get it on, then we're going to say no real problems with it. The only thing that made me a little upset was the wait, lack of fringe, uncut fluke, and the waistline. Stevi is a wonderfully nice person. She's a pleasure to do business with and it's hard to say anything negative about her. There was a good numerous things that weren't what I asked for in my tail. And I don't really have any intentions on sending it back for her to fix it just because it took so long to get here. So my rating as of now is a 3/5. My water test is on Friday where I'll post the pictures from the springs and give the swimming lowdown :)
Okay! Now that I got that out of my system!
I got my Fish Butt in the mail today! This has been a long, long, LONG wait for it too. Over three months to be exact. I ordered my tail June 7th!
Here's the "original" design I had made for Stevi for my tail.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/Sliver_Shine29/finaltai.jpg
My tail was inspired by Hannah Fraser's and Aquamarine's. I was having a hard time trying to decide between this or a "thirteenth year" tail. And I am very please with the final decision.
Let me start off by saying, Stevi is superb in keeping contact with her costumers. I know I was a bit annoying with my emails, but she always had a reply for me within a day. She's very kind and understanding in her emails, and she truly cares about what YOU want. She wants you to be happy!
Now moving on from that, I've had a very, very, VERY long wait for my tail. I ordered it back when I graduated at the very beginning of summer in hopes I'd have it a little after the 4th of July. Originally, she had a 3-5 week wait for tails, now it's a 6-8 week wait. Still, I waited a total of 12 weeks. Which was pretty bumming. But Stevi was battling through some rough times. She made it very clear that she was dealing with a lot and even offered to make me a free top. I already have a top so I kindly told her no thanks. In the end, summer's over and I won't be swimming in my tail as much as I had expected to.
Moving on to today, I told Stevi I needed my tail by the 13th because I was going to the Florida Mer Meet up. I told her this around mid August and assumed it would be out waaaay before that date because the tail had been curing for almost a week now. And Stevi told me she would have it to me before that. It was shipped out on the 6th and supposed to come in the 11th. I was pretty nervous about FedEx because my family has had numerous problems with late packages and them in the past. Within the next morning the date was already pushed back to the 12th and I was starting to pull my hair out. I REALLY wanted my tail for the meet up. Thankfully the next few days went by and it was in GA, which meant only a few more days till it was in FL. The 12th comes around and I waited in the morning/afternoon for it. Nothing. Went to class, came home at 5, still nothing. I actually spent 40 minutes just laying by the window hoping the truck would pull up, but it was now past 7:30 and I gave up hope. And within ten minutes my dog was barking at the door and I took off in a bolt! The box was HUGE! Much bigger than I had expected! I waddled in with it and ran to my room to open it up!
The tail wasn't in it's wax paper sheeting that I had been told it would be in. It was in two garbage bags. Odd... But okay? Whatever works right?
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/Sliver_Shine29/8C0FA332-AA86-4508-B80D-E07492A139A4-24897-0000203E4D98320C.jpg
It came out pretty easily and wasn't sticking like I had expected it to be because of the Florida heat. When I looked it over I was in total shock! So happy with how beautiful it came out! The picture Stevi showed me didn't even do it justice! And I'm sure my pictures won't either. It looks SO fish like! Just as I wanted it to!
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/Sliver_Shine29/BA43DC6E-06CA-48D7-A843-7B5848AA2F5E-24897-0000203E5531C79E.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/Sliver_Shine29/0BCEF859-CFA6-4053-B557-9B72B87F3581-24897-0000203E511DC586.jpg
There was good amount of dust/dirt and animal hair on it. Which was okay, I have a dog and cat too so I didn't take offence to it. I know how pet fur is xD
The vinyl fringe was never attached to my tail though. I asked Stevi about this when I saw the picture, and she told me she was sorry but she didn't do the fringe anymore. I knew that she had stop doing dorsal fins because they weren't secured enough, but I was not aware of her stopping the fridge at the fluke because she sent me this when I asked her earlier this summer...
From: Stephanie Summers <mermaidparties@gmail.com>
To: Kiersten <iblondie@ymail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: Mermaid Tail
Hi Kiersten!
First off let me say how sorry I am it's taken me this long to get you an update. With all the new design changes and what not I was putting off tails til I had it fully figured out and it's taken me forever to catch up. But I'm back on track now and here is a picture of the first step of your tail :D Paint! It's just the front, it started raining on me and now it's pouring. I'll have to get you the back tomorrow. And then next is scales and I'll put it together and ship it out. I did want to tell you I will not use the vinyl for fringe any more for dorsals, I'm not sure if I mentioned this already but the last tail I did it on, it all came completely off. I can still give you a fringed dorsal but it will be like Lanai's new tail that I posted today, painted like you want. It's a lot sturdier and wont stick to the rest of the tail. I can still do the vinyl at the bottom of the fluke though. Any ways, let me know what you think and I'll talk to you soon!
Stephanie
So, I was a little thrown off by that... Also I had asked for a "blended" waist line, where the scales where sort of cut out at the end. And that was not included on my tail.
From: Stephanie Summers <mermaidparties@gmail.com>
To: Kiersten <iblondie@ymail.com>
Sent: Friday, June 8, 2012 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: Mermaid Tail
Yeah, I think I can do that. Like the baby tail I made? I attached a picture.
Stephanie
Mermaid Parties
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Kiersten <iblondie@ymail.com> wrote:
Ahh!! Another thing I wanted to ask! I kinda sorta drew it on my plans but just making sure, is there a way you can make the top of the tail look like scales breaking away instead of a straight line of fabric. I think Raina calls it a blended waist line. I don't know if I explained that right. Thanks again!
So that was not added either... Then I had also asked her if she could cut it more like this when she painted it since the fluke wasn't "exactly" what I wanted.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/Sliver_Shine29/lines.jpg
And she replied with...
From: Stephanie Summers <mermaidparties@gmail.com>
To: Kiersten <iblondie@ymail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: Mermaid Tail
Hi Kiersten!
Yes, I can definitely trim the fluke like that for you. I'll do it after I get it all together though so I know the front and back match. And the big iridescent glitter is what I used in Allie's tail. I dont think the fine silver and black I have will look bad on your tail at all actually. I think it'll look really pretty in the scales :D I have to take tomorrow off for a doctors appointment and a promo shoot for my event in Sept but I'll have another update for you by Friday :)
And it was not cut in the end.
So now I HAD to try the tail on! When I put my ankles in, I already felt like the tail was REALLY tight. After wiggling a little more I got it up to my thighs with generally no problem. Then, there was my butt... I have um rather *cough*plump*cough* booty, yet my waist is generally small. So getting the waist part over my butt was tough. And I mean tough. Like "Holy CRAP this is tight." tough. It took me almost 20 minutes to get my tail on and I didn't have much space to wiggle without tugging on it. So I couldn't straighten it out completely. I think I need to invest in some conditioner or lube to get this on. Because I felt like I was going to ruin it trying to get it over my butt ><
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/Sliver_Shine29/448B0EBA-C077-4BF8-BAA5-C26423DE5F33-24897-0000203E58F11F88.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/Sliver_Shine29/7AA3B9EF-2719-42A2-B79C-3D1AF86023C4-24897-0000203E5C5BD02D.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/Sliver_Shine29/44CE99F3-CA4F-482D-B61D-3632835E23B9-24897-0000203E5F8AF83E.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/Sliver_Shine29/862FCE93-723D-4337-A17A-76D966C5802D-24897-0000203E675825A4.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/Sliver_Shine29/D44C7185-8F39-4803-8D7E-72EFF32E42F9-24897-0000203E6DBE5FA2.jpg
Overall, I'm pleased with my tail. If the conditioner helps get it on, then we're going to say no real problems with it. The only thing that made me a little upset was the wait, lack of fringe, uncut fluke, and the waistline. Stevi is a wonderfully nice person. She's a pleasure to do business with and it's hard to say anything negative about her. There was a good numerous things that weren't what I asked for in my tail. And I don't really have any intentions on sending it back for her to fix it just because it took so long to get here. So my rating as of now is a 3/5. My water test is on Friday where I'll post the pictures from the springs and give the swimming lowdown :)