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    Purple Mermaid Studios!

    Hi everyone!

    Earlier this year I made two partial silicone tails (neoprene & ge silicone), with the intention of testing them out for the summer and seeing how they held up. I was pretty confident in them before I tested it over the summer, and now I'm really confident in the quality/durability! The person that owns the other tail has used it all summer, and I've heard nothing but good things from her!
    Anyway, so with that, I've decided to start selling them! I know there is a huge lack of mid-range tailmakers, so I'm hoping to at least kind of fill that role.
    They start at $250 as a base price, and I charge a little extra for complex designs, zippers, and large extra fins. Shipping isn't included in that price, but I don't charge for it until the tail is done. I do finis foils by default, but I can do some other monofins as well!
    Here are some pictures of my work:
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    I'm also holding a raffle right now. There is less than a week to enter! Entries are $5, and I'm limiting the number of entries to 3. I know raffles have been a problem in the past, which is why I hesitated to post it here until now. I have it on rally up, and it's set up more like a crowdfunding campaign per their request. I also have it set up so that no money is collected until the goal is met. I've got 75% of the goal met and only 6 days left so I'm hoping the mer community can help out!
    There is a more detailed post about it on my facebook page
    And here is the link to enter!

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    Senior Member Pod of Oceania Mer-Crazy's Avatar
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    Roughly how much do they weigh? These look super cool!

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    Senior Member Pod of Oceania Mermaid Jaffa's Avatar
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    How far from the fluke edge is the monofin? Can you line one up on the fluke so we can see how it sits inside the tail? And is the monofin removable from the tail?
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    The second one is really pretty. I just love those colors!

    Do you have any threads going about how you nake your tails? I'm curious on the process.

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    Senior Member Pod of Cali Merdude Ricky's Avatar
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    I'm interested in buying one. How do we order from you?
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    congrats! so wonderful to have mid priced tails again! you really did your work. I wish you the best of luck!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mer-Crazy View Post
    Roughly how much do they weigh? These look super cool!

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    A bit more than a fabric tail, Probably around 7-10 pounds? I do know for sure that they weigh WAY less than my silicone tail!

    Quote Originally Posted by Mermaid Jaffa View Post
    How far from the fluke edge is the monofin? Can you line one up on the fluke so we can see how it sits inside the tail? And is the monofin removable from the tail?
    The ones I have made so far have the monofin sealed into the fluke, but I could do velcro or snaps to make it removable!
    I'll take pictures of the fluke/monofin as soon as I can! (probably tomorrow)
    Quote Originally Posted by Hydra1337 View Post
    The second one is really pretty. I just love those colors!

    Do you have any threads going about how you nake your tails? I'm curious on the process.
    Thanks! I haven't made any threads about mine, but I'm pretty sure there is another mer that made a ge silicone/neoprene tail on here.

    Quote Originally Posted by Merdude Ricky View Post
    I'm interested in buying one. How do we order from you?
    You can PM me on here, message my on my facebook page, or email me at purplemermaidstudios@gmail.com and we can discuss design/pricing. I do payments through paypal. Thanks!

    Quote Originally Posted by AniaR View Post
    congrats! so wonderful to have mid priced tails again! you really did your work. I wish you the best of luck!
    Thank you! I was really hesitant to start this because I know there have been a lot of problems with these kinds of tails in the past (mertailor, fishbutts, merberry)
    I hope it goes as well as I want it to!

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    I'm sorry for posting on a dead thread,but I'm interested in a neoprene tail :3 are you still making them?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MermaidSabrina View Post
    I'm sorry for posting on a dead thread,but I'm interested in a neoprene tail :3 are you still making them?
    I am! Feel free to pm me on here, email me (purplemermaidstudios@gmail.com), or message me on my Facebook page!

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    Quote Originally Posted by MerQueen Nerissa View Post
    I am! Feel free to pm me on here, email me (purplemermaidstudios@gmail.com), or message me on my Facebook page!

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    I tried going to your Facebook page and it kept showing me an error message >.<

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    Quote Originally Posted by MermaidSabrina View Post
    I tried going to your Facebook page and it kept showing me an error message >.<
    Sorry about that! I think I typed it wrong, it should be fixed now!

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    Thank you!

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    I finally finished the raffle tail!
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    Beautiful job!!!!

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    OMG THAT IS BEAUTIFUL

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    Very pretty!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Keiris View Post
    Beautiful job!!!!
    Quote Originally Posted by MermaidSabrina View Post
    OMG THAT IS BEAUTIFUL
    Quote Originally Posted by Seraphina Suds View Post
    Very pretty!!

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    Thanks everyone!

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    Senior Member Pod of Oceania Mermaid Jaffa's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by MerQueen Nerissa View Post
    I finally finished the raffle tail!
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    I love this one! Its nice to finally see a tailmaker that does smaller sized flukes.
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    Your tails are so pretty! Can't wait to see more of your stuff!

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    These look absolutely wonderful, really lovely work
    Frosty Mermaid from the lonely Lapland <3

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