Adorable silicone sea creatures on Etsy!

[Elodea the Mermaid]

Here's a pic of my kelp top and bracer in action at a ren faire last weekend. I got sooooo many complements and gave out your Etsy info right and left. I couldn't take two steps without people asking about its awesomeness.
Also, I too want a striped octopus.
Also, hi Storm! Pod told me he enjoyed hanging out with you :-P



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[Theobromine]

Elodea, I love that picture so much! I'm going to have to show it to my sister, she's been wanting to put together a nereid costume and I was planning to make her a top for it.

Also, maybe I should get some business cards printed up...

[Fifi Tigg]

What sizes do you offer for the kelp bra and how much do they cost? Beautiful

[Theobromine]

I can make them in any size! I'm working on finally making an actual Etsy listing for them (it's taken me a while to work out how to do that, go me), but at the moment I'm charging $150 plus the bra base (you can send me your own), or $175 if you don't want to send me a bra and I'll supply one. I prefer to have people send me a bra that they know fits, because that takes a lot of the guesswork out of it; and I've had enough "fun" bra shopping even for myself that I know that sizes and shapes can vary a lot across brands :P Also, some bra sizes like larger or unusual ones can be harder to find, from what I understand. But the way I made the kelp, I can apply it to any size bra, and I can add extra pieces if I need to cover especially large cups. And no two ever end up looking exactly the same, which is nice.

[Theobromine]

Oh, and a quick poll if anyone feels like helping me out: how big around are your wrists? I wanna get a general idea of how much people's wrist sizes vary and what some average or common sizes are, for the kelp bracelets. I can make them custom of course, but I was also thinking of just making a few ready-to-go ones I could list for people to buy, and then just charge a little more for custom size/color.

[CheshireKat]

My wrists are 6.5 inches around. Yeesh I have stick wrists...

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[Elodea the Mermaid]

My wrists are 6.5 inches around. Yeesh I have stick wrists...

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I feel ya. Mine are 6 inches and I'm 5'10".

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[MerEmma]

6" around.

[Fifi Tigg]

6 inches around

[Vrindavana Starfish]

6" around. When I was a bigger girl, it was 7".

[Theobromine]

Thanks everyone! This is helpful! Mine are 6.5" around, and the bracelet I made for Elodea was a bit tight on me but fit her perfectly. Interesting.

Also, I added the cuttlefish and kelp top listings to my Etsy And if people are interested, I might make a separate listing for striped octopus? I'm going to experiment with some different cuttlefish colors, too.

[Vrindavana Starfish]

I love the striped octopus, and yay more cuttlefish!

[Mermaid Lorelei]

I'm 6.5". :P I'd probably want mine to be larger though so I wouldn't have to worry about it getting stuck on my hand.

[Mermaid Neri Elvina]

Just found this thread and they are all sooo cuuuuuteeeee <3 <3

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[Theobromine]

I already sold both cuttlefish I had listed, so I have to make some more now!

I'm going to try making the kelp bracelets in larger sizes, cuz I don't like having things stuck on my hand either!

[PearlieMae]

Ok, greenish gold kelp is easy enough to do! I'll start making some when my box of pigments arrives (totally out of green). I've been calculating the volume of each mold so I know how much silicone I'm using, so I should be able to figure out how to price everything soon.

Any chance of buying just a strand of the kelp? An estimate on the price of a goldish/green? I have an idea for a top and the kelp strand would be a component.

[Theobromine]

Pearlie, I will PM you!

[Mermaid Neri Elvina]

A separate listing for the striped octopus would be great!

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[Mermaid Neri Elvina]

Just found this IDEA.

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[Theobromine]

So cute! Well, as you might be able to tell, I adore cephalopods! In fact, I'm working on a new one right now, something that a lot of people have been asking me to do and I'll also put up a listing for the striped octopus soon, but I was actually thinking of doing something similar to that guy as well! Everyone likes teh cute.