Showing posts with label Lolita. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lolita. Show all posts

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Storenvy Saturday #5: Hime Gyaru Edition

Sorry for skipping two Saturdays in a row but on both I worked 13 hours shifts in high heels so I completely collapsed when I got home. Thankfully today I only worked seven and a half so I still have some energy left after eating my weight in pizza. (Okay, so not that much but I still ate a lot.)

This is Storenvy Saturday HIME GYARU EDITION.

So quick history: I was really into Hime Gyaru in the 6th and 7th grade but given that I was on a strict allowance and didn't have a Paypal account or even a debit card, I couldn't really invest in the style and appreciated it from afar. Especially because I am not stick thin, so I was discouraged. However, I discovered a plus sized gyaru who is absolutely gorgeous and brilliant when it comes to Gyaru despite not being in Japan. Yay for creative gaijin gyaru ~~ I found her while I was browsing my Tumblr dashboard and saw several Hime Gyaru tagged posts.

So I decided on a whim to do a EDITION-HIME ~!!

This purse is $28.99 USD, and totally reminds me of something Liz Lisa would proudly display in their store. I am not sure if it is a very light pink or a soft ivory, either way it would be an amazing edition to a Hime Gyaru wardrobe. Even a Sweet Lolita could wear this quite easily. Plus a Classic Lolita could wear it too since it has nothing overly sweet about it, however simpler Classic Lolita's may think too much is going on with the eyelets, the lacing, and the bow. 

$15.99 USD and incredibly Liz Lisa, so Hime Gyaru. Easily Jesus Diamante too ~~ For the quality of the product I think this is a fair price, I mean look at how rich the bow is and THAT LACE. Beautiful embroidery, I could seriously cry over how beautiful it looks!

Below are more bows from various shops all in the $10.00 USD ~ $15.00 USD range. Some bows are more extravagant than others, but all resemble Hime Gyaru, perhaps even Hime-Kaji (Princess Casual).




There is also a more spendy alternative, but the quality is super impressive because the gal designs bows for Lolita, and Lolita has strict rules about what materials and lace can and cannot be used.

The Royal Rabbit carries bows of extremely high quality, but the price is equally up there, the particular bow above going for $24.00 USD. It is not the most expensive bow one can buy but it isn't cheap. She sells many gorgeous bows, some of my favorites are in pink but have sadly sold out already. Stock rotates fairly frequently and sometimes sold out styles come back - or at least I think I have seen styles go missing and reappear. That being said, it is a shop to enjoy and check out!

The bow above is $5.00 USD and a much more affordable alternative for most pocketbooks. Although, to me, it looks more Hime-Kaji, it would look absolutely adorable. 

But maybe you are all bow-ed out, I know I could never be but ~ I know my sister thinks I should stop posting so many bows. So those of you who are not bow-obsessed like I am please take a look below!

$14.00 USD and you are awarded a gorgeous pink rose polymer clay headband! Apparently you can slide the bows off the headband so you do not have to wear all three. It also comes in white. Personally, I want both. I think flowers are beautiful and they are a popular motif in Hime Gyaru. Just looking at Dream V and their dresses you can see that the Hime Gyaru crowd loves floral print. 

My goal is to add one "in-home" item in every post I make for Storenvy Saturday. This means it is something you can use or display at home, rather than something you can wear around. These decorated picture frames are $8.00 USD, and absolutely gorgeous. I love the one on the bottom right corner. That being said, I also love the pearl details on the top frame. 

My Kawaii Box always has cute nails, but to me these scream Hime Gyaru in length and style with the gold, pink flowers, pearls, and silver rhinestones. The set is $25.00 USD which is about normal for nails this decorated, I have seen some lower and some much higher (around $40.00 USD) so these are reasonable.

This item may seem a little silly but I have seen plenty of Gyaru in Japan running around in rabbit shaped coats, so why not a subtle scarf? 100% wool, although the user says it can be made in another material for those with wool allergies - actually she doesn't say what she will do but she suggests that it can be suitable for vegans or people with wool allergies so I assume she would make it in another material. For $30.00 USD this scarf can be yours! This is expensive for girls on a Fairy Kei budget but not bad in the Gyaru and Lolita world. It's up to you to decide if it is too expensive for you or not. I know I have seen a lot of scarfs sold where I work fall apart in a matter of days and they are around $48.00 USD ~ $60.00 USD. Then I have seen scarves go on sale for $19.99 and people go on to use them for years. . .and this is coming from the same boutique too.

Last item for today is this purse for $30.00. It comes in several colors but I like the light pink the best. I easily fall for anything quilted, plus this has bows so I am seriously thinking about getting it. There is something very Chanel about quilted purses, and I have loved Chanel perfumes and accessories ever since I was a little girl especially Chanel bags. My dream is to one day own a vintage quilted Chanel bag in white and gold ~~ * u * ONE DAY IT WILL HAPPEN !! 

I tagged this with Fairy Kei and Lolita because there are select items in here that could work for the styles, it depends on how you coordinate the items (with the exception of the photo frame). I'd love to know what your favorite items are, if you have ordered from any of the shops, or if you own any of the items above or times similar. Are you liking the themed finds as much as I am?

I hope you enjoyed this post~~ As per always I appreciate comments, emails (kiminokokoro@mail.com, from my old blog), etc. I will love you forever if you follow my blog. ^^ I appreciate all of your support.

XOXO ~~ 


Saturday, January 12, 2013

Storenvy Saturday #3 ! CREEPY CUTE EDITION

I can't believe we have come to another Storenvy Saturday! This week went by so quickly for me! I can't complain, because I got my paycheck this Friday. The portion not going into savings was spent on tights (for me in all sorts of cute fairy kei/mahou kei designs) and jewelry for my younger sister (whose style is very creepy cute). So you guys can look forward to those posts eventually.

Anyway, ONTO STORENVY SATURDAY.

This time I am doing something different and making a CREEPY CUTE addition in honor of my sister Theresa (who is turning 17 on February 26th. She is getting so grown up. TT u TT <3) and her adoration for all things fluffy, adorable, creepy, and maybe slightly morbid. Some of these items are on the sweeter side, and some could be use in Gothic Lolita, sooo~ this gets the lolita tag and the fairy kei tag.

Choco Cloud carries items that are Fairy Kei but some delve into Creepy Cute, for instance this bow works for both Spank! styles and Creepy Cute. For $4.50 USD this bow can be worn in your hair with an alligator clip or pinned to clothing with a pin. I just adore polka dots so this is ranked pretty high in my book. Plus there is purple. Plus there is sparkle. Look at how that bow glitters. It shall hypnotize you with it's shininess!! "Buuuuy meeeee~~"

For $3.50 USD these earrings can be yours at Darling Deers Kawaii. Heck, I bought them for Fairy Kei since they look so pastel and 80s. However, bats and pastels are common in Creepy Cute. (Bold colors such as purple, teal, hot pink, and lime green are also used with black, white, and gray of course.) Every other picture of a girl in creepy cute I see pastel colored hair, bat motifs, and crucifixes everywhere. So these are something I frequently find missing from my room and hanging from my sister's earlobes. Up close in this picture you may see "flaws," how some beads don't close up as much as others. However, once on your ears (and even more so moving a bit) you really can't tell - but mine were really nice too. They look so cool when my sister is walking because they look like flying little bats.

Also - my sister has really sensitive ears, so most metals and heavy earrings bug her. Let me go into mini-details here because you may think you have sensitive ears but you have no idea how bad it can get. Theresa had to get her ears pierced three times - and I am just talking about a simple lobe piercing. She still has to sanitize her ears after having them done for years because they become red and infected so easily. Plus she should be doing it every time she takes earrings in and out. I can't say that she always cleans them, but that may be why around the lobe her ears are often dry and red.

The amazing thing about these? She has had no problems with and she says they are super light weight.

Vinyl, leather, lace - you may think I am talking about the wardrobe of Lady Gaga or Adam Lambert but nope. These three items are common for clothing and accessories in Creepy Cute. So why not showcase a vinyl bow by  Melty Dream that costs $8.00 USD. For a vinyl bow that is sewn this well, I could see myself purchasing this for the price. It's actually a fairly large bow. Warning though: Melty Dreams isn't exactly thrifty. A lot of items in her shop are more. . .wishlist items.

It was tough to only pick one headband from Creepy Little Girl because to be honest, I want them all. Flower headbands are still appearing everywhere in Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese magazines - and I would think in many other Asian magazines too. Even Vogue caught on and had a few girls dawning bouquets in their hair. It's trending right now, which makes people give you a few less looks but it also works well in a lot of Fairy, Lolita, and Creepy Cute looks depending on the flower quality, the headband quality  the colors, the additional items mixed in, etc. The headband is $15.00 USD and the anklets/shoe garters are $15.99 USD. More expensive, but these could make fairly easy DIY experiments. (I think my sister may take a trip to dollar tree so we can make these for a DIY. . .) This gal makes a lot of cute items though.

These little devil horns have made their way all over Tumblr, and I can see why. They are super adorable in Creepy Cute, and my sister who is also a Homestuck fan already has plans to paint the white ones into. . .I don't know who the character is, but apparently the character has candy corn colored horns like that. (I avoid Homestuck because the fandom is obnoxious. Yet I am a Whovian. Whut?) These are sold for $8.00 USD at Jinx Me.

Now, want to know a secret? EVERYTHING ON JINX ME IS ON EBAY. For at least half the price. Just do an ebay search and you can find everything. 
If this looks familiar it is because I bought it for my sister for $12.00 USD at Miss Jediflip. And since my sister is a total creep (or a cutie - both terms are correct for Creepy Cute) she is IN LOVE with this amazing bow. Although the bat has photographed silver it is a metallic lavender and gorgeous. The quality is amazing, and my sister loves wearing it every way she can. Including pinned to clothes.





Sugar and Spice DIY is my sister's second favorite storenvy shop. (I promise I will show you her first favorite too!) It contains a lot of Creepy Cute stuff in bold and bright colors, which can sometimes be the more difficult colors for her to find. So I listed a ton of our favorite items from the shop. In order of appearance: Crucifix Bow - $7.00 USD, Crucifix Necklaces - $6.00 USD each, Graveyard Dust Charm Necklace - $9.00 USD, Suck My Bats Brooch Set - $7.00 USD, Star Brooch Set - $8.00 USD.

Spooky Crafts is my sisters third favorite store which sells mostly hair accessories but does dabble in bowties and necklaces. This coffin box is $15.00 USD, and Theresa's most loved item from the store. It is her favorite of all of the handmade coffins Wendy has ever made. Wendy is also happy to do custom work! Be sure to check out all of her glitter skeleton hands! Those are so fun and sparkly ~~ (plus reasonably priced).

(Con)Artistry sells a lot of Victorian, Lolita, Creepy Cute items. This is our favorite item and it only costs $6.00 USD which is our most thrifty find since this hairpiece looks so darn expensive.





The Biscuit Bar!! This is her favorite FAVORITE shop on Storenvy which sells amazing rings (for the most part its all rings) and some iPhone cases, but neither one of us has an iPhone. We are Andriod gals. All of the rings shown are $10.00 USD each, which isn't expensive but not super mega thrifty either. I am including this shop because it is her favorite shop of all time. Including everything on eBay and Etsy which is saying a lot.

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Storenvy. . .Saturday? #2

Some of you may have noticed that Storenvy Saturday didn't appear in your blog subscriptions yesterday. I am sad to say that I am a day late posting this, life just got busy for me over the weekend. So here I am posting this super late at night on Sunday. ONTO THE POST~

Cuteness Overload is a sensory delight from Sweden specializing in all things cute and fluffy. Everything in the store is a reasonable price: the best example is that these bracelets are $2.00 USD each! She carries so many cute bracelets, a lot of them I have envied and can be viewed in my profile. These are perfect to stack on your wrist for Fairy Kei and possibly Sweet Lolita. ( Oh my goodness - the blue with the lavender stars in Sailor Lolita <3 I am overflowing with joy ~ )

I know anime and manga sometimes go over pretty roughly with the lolita crowd, mainly because so many are asked if they are cosplaying when fully dressed up OR cosplayers of Miku, cosplayers in maid outfits, etc, all think they are dressing up in Lolita even though they are clearly not to all Lolitas. However, anime and manga are strong themes in Fairy Kei so I present to you an adorable pastel Pikachu button from Shadow Anime which carries all sorts of otaku gear. This pin comes in at $3.95 which is reasonable since it is a giant three inch button!
Baby Cupcake Boutique has some of the cutest headbands this week. If you click the picture linking to her post, she has better pictures of three adorable Hello Kitty headbands and one bunny. Priced at $7.00 USD I am so jumping on getting a white one for my winter white Sweet Lolita co-ord. These headbands have so much frill and sparkle, plus if you are a budget Loli this can be a great substitute for a big brand headband. It's versatile enough that you should get a lot of wear out of this headband.

Bowkuma is well known for elaborate bows, and even I have purchased some from this lovely shop. Now for $3.00 USD you can get your very own Sweet brooch. It's even made with a fancy fancy turning lock, meaning it's going to be extremely difficult to fall off whatever you pin it too: clothing, bookbag, stuffed animal. I know I have seen this resin piece before but this is the best made brooch I have found of it and one of the cheapest too.
$2.00 USD earrings? I am so there! In fact I was just over at Little Sugar Girl a little over a week ago. These are on my next purchase from her shop, and I am so excited to see them in person. Absolutely Fairy Kei but a Sweet Lolita could easily get away with them. I love anything with stars or planets so these earrings are definitely on my list plus the shop owner is darling.

Before you Lolitas call me out for not being elegant enough, I am featuring these lovely earrings from Roaring Through Crowds. Priced at $8.00 USD these are more spendy but they also look much classier. I want to buy most of the earrings in this shop because they look so magical. This perticular design you could wear with a fancy Fairy Kei outfit, a Sweet Lolita co-ord, or even with my sister's style Creepy Cute.
From Creepy Cute to Fairy Kei Pii Kawaii is the perfect shop to visit for really unique accessories. These rings come in at $6.00 USD each with a lot of customization available. I think these are adorable for Fairy Kei and Creepy Cute because Fairy Kei has that made-it-myself feel it it and with Creepy Cute anything goes as long as it is pastel or black (and white!) and adorable.

Millions of Bows always has many many many cute bows - right now her store is actually lower in stock than normal. Anywho - this pin is only $4.00 USD and LOOK AT HOW 80'S IT IS~ The colored mesh can be layered in any combination you want as well. Possibly my favorite find of this week and oh so Fairy Kei. Be sure to check out her three dollar scrunchies too if you are into the style!

That finishes this week's Storenvy Saturday erm. . .Sunday. As always your feedback is greatly appreciated! Is there anything you want me to change? Perhaps you would want me to post only stores I have bought from even though I try to review all of them? Or maybe you want me to focus on one shop every week? I love hearing feedback from all of you Fairies and Lolis out there! ^^

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Shop Review: Miss Jediflip

If you like the creepy, the cute, the pastel, or the unique then check out Miss Jediflip on Storenvy! There is so much I want from her store but expensive prices meant that I had to be really picky about what I bought. This order did come before Christmas but I have been so busy with the holidays and the holiday aftermath that it took some time to get this post up.

This is the only picture I took of the massive Sweet Bat bow (running $12.00 USD) as it was a gift to my sister who is deeply divulging into the Creepy Cute style. It was so perfect for her and I love the amazing paintjob Miss Jediflip does on all of her clay creations. With my sisters long golden curls this bow looks so amazing! To see her sequel on Christmas when she unwrapped it the price was more than worth it.

Here is the Kira Star Bow ($8.00 USD) and the Sweet Spiral Lollipop ($8.00 USD) both of which I bought for myself. Even in my terrible lighting you can see just how much the lollipop sparkles with the glitter glaze she covered it in. The lollipop is fully customizable and she lists what colors you can make the bow and the lollipop itself. I even got stripes on mine! The only downside is that the lollipop is really heavy and although the clip is secure enough it has never fallen out of my hair, it can feel heavy after wearing the weight for a few hours. I have grown used to heavy accessories but if you are newly entering Fairy Kei or Sweet Lolita this clip may be too heavy for you to wear on your head - you can still pin it to clothes however! ^^ Although the clay on the Kira bow is made out of clay it is not too heavy - the bow is mostly cotton afterall.

Miss Jediflip sent some freebies with my order. She sent two business cards which is wonderful because I do hand these out when people ask where I got my accessories. Plus she sent me three stickers and a lovely thank you note. I love it when shop owners take the time to write personalize thank you notes to their customers, it shows how much they appreciate us ~ TT u TT <3

If I were to order again, which I probably will I would order the Minty Spook Bow because both my sister and myself could wear it, the Angelic Creep Necklace because again my sister and I could share, and the Bubblegum Star Bow.

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Communication: STARS 10 / 10 STARS ~
There was no contact needed so I can't take away any stars.
Shipping: STARS 10 / 10 STARS ~
$5.00 USD for shipping - which with the weight of the package, I could believe it. Plus she gave me so many extras that any pocketed money was clearly made up for.
Arrival Time: STARS 10 / 10 STARS ~
I did run into a problem: Storenvy updated and every store had to accept the new paypal permissions before Storenvy would alert sellers that their was an order placed in their store. Miss Jediflip was one of three stores that I had ordered from that didn't approve the new permissions yet. So after a week where my order didn't appear in my order history I contacted Storenvy and they explained that the shops hadn't seen my orders yet because they hadn't grated Storenvy proper paypal access. Within 10 days that one of the Storenvy employees emailed the store owners all three orders appeared in my order history.

The package arrived a few days later after the order appeared. I am not taking stars away because I don't know really who to blame in this strange situation. Either way when the order appeared reasonable time was taken to complete my custom lollipop accessory and then they arrived in reasonable time as well.
Product Safety: STARS 10 / 10 STARS ~
NONE of the items arrived damaged or broken.
Product Quality: STARS 10 / 10 STARS ~
All of the items are well made.

Grand Average Total: STARS 10 / 10 STARS ~

Overall experience: Although the prices are steep the quality is there. It's like brand - you may have to save up a little more to purchase the items but it is worth it. Plus the package arrived in an adorable pink envelope so the smile start from when you find the package in your mailbox and continue every time you put the item on. Recommended store ~


**I was not sponsored by this artist to promote her products.

Shop Review: Little Sugar Girl *Updated w/ Seller Reply

Any readers that follow the #Fairy Kei tag on Tumblr may have noticed a little shop opening called Little Twins Stars Little Sugar Girl. (Please don't tell me I am the only one that almost calls the shop Little Star Girl every single time - which reminds me of Little Twins Stars. o n o <3 ?) She sells lots and lots and lots of Fairy Kei and Spank! inspired designs however most of the items could be worked into Sweet Lolita and Creepy Cute. 

So naturally I simply HAD to order from this new shop, especially because the shop is so pretty and so pastel. ONTO MY ORDER~

I purchased on Thursday December 20th and it arrived Friday December 28th. Considering Sunday the 23rd the post office was closed and it remained closed on the 24th and 25th, it only took four business days to arrive which is AMAZING in my book.  

Here is the total order. LOOK AT ALL OF THAT PASTEL AND THE STARS AND THE HEARTS AND THE SPARKLE ~ I get so excited just looking at my haul from Little Sugar Girl. She uses air dry clay (or at least it looks and acts like air dry clay) so everything is super light weight. Nothing is worse than heavy jewelry weighing you down, so I am glad that it is so light ~ ^^






Spending $6.00 USD for this bow that is so reminiscent of Chocomint is very worth the price, especially because the shipping costs for Chocomint can knock people out of their seats. I took a close up of the beads and a close up of the side of the bow so I could show you how thick and puffy the bow is. So many girls on Etsy and Storenvy make bows with little beads trapped in them. I have found that most of the bows are a thin single layer of satin with tulle over them - which make for very limpy wimpy bows. Little Sugar Girl actually folded the satin several times making a puffier bow. When the light hits the tulle just right, the tulle almost sparkles! I love it when my hairpieces sparkle. Found here ~

These little stars are both rings and can be found here in so many different designs! I bought design B and design D even though E and F were tempting. . .I may need to go back and order them. These are $4.00 USD each which is reasonable given they are made from air dry clay which can be expensive depending on the quality. The rings are adjustable so even on the days where my hands are a little puffy I can still comfortably wear the rings.


I bought both design E and design I of this Planet Pop necklace. I would have bought D but someone else bought it. TT ^ TT My only regret is not buying one in a little planet shape. The more I look at design A the more I want it. Hm.. Anyway these are again made of air dry clay and the lollipop stick seems to be a real lollipop stick adding to the authenticity of the item. Even in my terrible lighting you can see how much the little gems sparkle and reflect very colorful light. The chains are hot pink and I had no problem slipping them over my head - which is great because lobster clasps can be really annoying to work with. Now if I were to wear twin tail clips in my hair I would need to take those off if I wanted to slip this necklace over my head. The Planet Pop necklaces cost $7.00 USD each and are available here.

I have mentioned I don't like lobster clasps on necklaces but I really hate them on bracelets because I can never seem to get them done without someones help. However for a bracelet this cute I was willing to rush to my sister to bug her to do the clasp for me. To me the hot pink chain looks a little strange with the pastel but once on my wrist it looks so super cute! For $6.00 USD this bracelet can be yours!



I SO SO SO wanted design A but someone already bought it so I bought design D and design E for $6.00 USD each. I really love design F as well but perhaps I will wait on that one. The planet is my favorite with the sprinkles added on top of the melty-ness. It reminds me of ice cream the way she designed it! In the photograph the star brooch looked more periwinkle, and I love periwinkle so I was a little sad that it turned out being baby blue - however it is still cute!

If you love earrings from Spank! or adore the 80s then these wire earrings are a wonderful throwback and cheaper alternative. $6.00 USD is what it costs for these wire earrings which I think will be great for my Spank! inspired outfits. Most of my earrings are super pastel so it's good for me to get something a little brighter that I can wear.

I think I already have my next order planned out: Necklace Design ABrooch Design FBow Design A, and Earring Design A. Now I just have do decide if I jump on them now while I can or wait for my next paycheck. OTL, the daily struggle of my life.

**UPDATE 12/30/12 @ 7:20 PM PST
The seller responded, thanking me for reviewing which I was happy to do for her and for all of my wonderful readers who like knowing shops are trustworthy. She addressed two issues: the smoke smell and the high shipping costs.

She does not smoke and lives in a smoke-free household. So I can only assume that the package was traveling with smoke-heavy packages and that is where my package picked up the scent. This could be entirely true since the items aired out in a days time, and when I get packages from sellers who do smoke, the scent can be much more troublesome to remove. Plus I can see lots of chain smoker grandmothers sending gifts to family for the holidays. No really, I can envision blue-haired grandmothers chatting over cigarettes at the hairdresser's about how they knitted a sweater and took the time to glue on a picture of a cat face to it. I digressed.

Next issue is the high shipping cost. She is trying to lower the shipping costs! And the profit gained from shipping is very limited due to small orders. (I understand because the bubblewrapped lined envelopes at the post office can be spendy~)

She also commented about how she uses so much bubble wrap only to ensure the accessories arrived safely. I was puzzled as to why she mentioned this and then I realized - what I typed may have come out rather negative! Especially because this is probably her first time visiting my blog and doesn't know that I don't mind heavy packaging so long as the products arrive safely. So let me rephrase in case other readers misunderstand me. My reasoning to the shipping cost being so high is the plethora of bubble wrapped used to wrap every item. Three layers is a bit excessive in my eyes - but if my package arrives safely I will not mind spending ten minutes fighting with my scissors and hyperventilating trying to to cut the beautiful accessories.

A warm thank you is extended to Andrea of Little Sugar Girl for responding to my feedback on her shop. Thank you so much Andrea, and please continue making such beautiful accessories for all of us Spank!, Fairy Kei, and Lolita lovers.

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Communication: STARS 10 / 10 STARS ~
I can't add or subtract stars because there was no other communication other than letting me know my order was shipped.
Shipping: STARS 9 / 10 STARS ~
Shipping was EIGHT DOLLARS. Which is a lot. I almost canceled my order because I hate paying so much for shipping. But the items were super cute so I continued. When the package arrived I understood why the cost could have been so high. THE GIRL ATTACKS HER PRODUCTS WITH BUBBLE WRAP. Now I don't subtract points for sellers being extra cautious so their products arrive safely. But seriously - each item was put in a small plastic bag and then was covered by three layers of bubble wrap and then the entire package was layered in packing tape. Then all of the items were in a bubble wrap layered envelope. Post cost $2.97 because it says so on the package so rounding up it means she got $5.00 extra dollars in her pocket. Now part of that five dollars I am sure goes into all of the bubble wrap and packing tape she goes through but unless Georgia has high taxes for bubble wrap she is probably making a little profit through shipping. Minus one star for steep shipping price. (I spent $52.00 USD and then the $8.00 USD bumped it to $60.00 USD)
Arrival Time: STARS  10 / 10 STARS ~
Given the fact that I was ordering through the holidays the arrival time was reasonable.
Product Safety: STARS 10 / 10 STARS ~
NONE of the items arrived damaged or broken.
Product Quality: STARS 10 / 10 STARS ~
Human errors are pretty nonexistent.

Grand Average Total: STARS 9.8 / 10 STARS ~

Overall Experience: I really enjoy her shop and her products - although they do smell a bit like stale smoke. I let them air out for a day and they were fine. It might have just been the packaging that carried the stale smoke smell. I personally don't smoke and although I have nothing against those who do, I do not want my products smelling like stale smoke. The quality is really really nice and the designs all fall under unique or a good interpretation of already existing accessories available at a cheaper price. Shipping was a little steep so I do give that warning as well but overall I enjoyed the service and I will recommend this shop.

**I was not sponsored by this artist to promote her products.