Retailers are not being my friends right now

[mellymell]

I've been watching this wig on ebay for months now, and today, was going to buy it, and now it's gone, I can't find it anywhere, not even in completed auctions. I've emailed the seller asking about another item that's the same style but wrong color to see if she had anymore of those in dark brown. Several months back, she said she always has that style and color in stock, so hopefully she does and can list a buy it now for me. My short blonde/light brown hair just isn't going to cut it for Arwen. I can probably find another one somewhere, but she had good prices and I know the wigs (even synthetics) are nice, unlike a lot of the very plastic looking ones I see.

Ordered the SyFabrics velvet last night as soon as I got home. I didn't see any shipping options, so I'm hoping I can get it quickly. The swatches came in two days, but I have no way of knowing how they're sending this order.

I used up the entire 3oz. bottle of stop flow last night, and only have about a third of the fabric coated. Guess I'm ordering a couple more bottles of it today. There's another $20 to my budget (mental note, find better solution for next time). I started to work on some of the painting last night. Finished 4 little paisleys in gold, not much, and I need to get faster. I figured out, it was the paint that said let dry 24 hours, the stop flow dries in 30 minutes. I'm almost feeling like I should have gotten an antique gold, but it'll be fine I guess.

I was going to dye the midnight blue habotai last night, but at 9pm, didn't feel like getting into it, not being completely sure how long it would take. I'll do that as soon as I get home tonight.

I'm inching along through my to-do list. Chris is giving me guilt trips about all the things we can't do this weekend because I'm having to work on costumes (Brewgrass festival in Asheville, camping anywhere, 2 night stand of String Cheese Incident in Atlanta, etc.). But, no way am I feeling guilty. He's done the same thing to me when he put off school projects until the last minute and had to spend all of an eventful weekend at home. I told him he could go do whatever he wanted, I'd fit him before he leaves, but he won't go without me. So, it's not my fault, he's got the opportunity.

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Edit: SWEET!! She just put one back up. And since you guys found the chiffon, I'm feeling a lot better.

Comments

[lordofhaladin.livejournal.com]

don't worry, for me syfabrics got me the stuff in 5 days and if I remember corectly... they send it usps. but I wouldn't put much stock in that, I'm not sure.. but they do have fast shipping. and try the seller "jenny (s?) hair sense" or somthing like that, I *think* sister sola got a wig from tham for her Arwen costume and it's fantastic looking, I think she said she got a synthetic wig and I personally thought it was real. so hope you the best!

[mellymel-cos.livejournal.com]

ooh, I hope it's USPS, it only takes a couple of days for that stuff to get across country. I really need it by like Tuesday at the VERY latest. This is what I get for waiting until the last minute.

And jenny is the seller I'm talking about actually ;] sistersola's wig was the one that made me start looking at jenny's stuff, and although hers is definitely nice, I found a longer one that I had been keeping an eye on, waiting for an opportunity to buy it. And yes, it's synthetic, and that's why I really want to buy from jenny, because even her synthetics look really nice!

[aranel13.livejournal.com]

I order from SyFabrics religiously. I've gotten packages from them two days after ordering and it's NEVER taken more than five. It does come by the USPS in a box, unlike Denver Fabric who sends things in bags.

[mellymel-cos.livejournal.com]

good to know, thanks!

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

Isn't this the chiffon we wanted?

http://cgi.ebay.com/White-silk-chiffon-fabric-44-embroidered-w-beads_W0QQitemZ8226140686QQcategoryZ48103QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

[mellymel-cos.livejournal.com]

SCORE! yep, that's it, I looked all through the auctions yesterday and didn't see it.