Steampunk and its growing following

[Taffy Saltwater]

That blows chunks.  I'm am really sorry that they have beens such poots.   You can get eBay's telephone # & a temporary pin by hitting the contact us button at the top; on the next page in no. 1 click I didn't receive my item & ASK; next page in No. 2 click call us & they will give you the phone # & a 1 hour pin number. 

I'd say to contact eBay directly and let them know what's going on with this company, lack of communication, lying about shipping, etc.  Let them light a fire under these people's butts.

[RumbaRue]

I tried like hell to find the long stick pin blanks for several years after finding them at a local craft store (believe me I bought every one of them they had at the time).
Westrims makes them, but you can't buy any of their stuff unless you own a store.....

[Taffy Saltwater]

You can find up to 8" blanks on eBay, RumbaRue.  I had the best success searching for:  hat pins clutches.  The blanks are very difficult to find and some of the vendors go crazy w/the postage charges. 

[Taffy Saltwater]

As requested, hat pins:

[dbaldock]

So, how far do you stick those into your scull?  






EDIT:  Ooops, fixed typo.

[Taffy Saltwater]

Until I'm sure my hat won't be bidding adieu to my head!

[Rani Zemirah]

Oh, Taffy!!!  Those are GORGEOUS!!!!!!  And I want... well, all of them!!!  LOL  There are three in particular that really speak to me, though, and those are the rectangle (is that enamel cloisonne?), the round red (looks almost like a gyroscope from that angle) and the fan shaped pink!  Just beautiful!!!

I need to go bead shopping with you, because the bead shops up here just obviously kinda... well, suck!!!

[Taffy Saltwater]

Thank you, thank you very much! *bows*  The large rectangle is from a cheap-o Buddah rear view mirror dangle.  The pink fan is a one of a kind my mom picked up somewhere - she's got shelves crammed from bottom to top w/them.   There will be a bead show in town next month she's been trying to rope me into going to so I may go (although it's my idea of hell) to see what I can find.  I wish you could see the colors - truly spectacular.

[Rani Zemirah]

Uhhhh... I'll go with your mom!!!  LOL  Oh, well, I would if I had an extra $300 to spend, anyway... 

[Rani Zemirah]

I ran across this mask on facebook a few minutes ago, and I just had to post it here!!!  Weird, and kinda creepsy, but awesome work, nonetheless! Wow...

[Elennare]

Cool mask, but how do you breathe in it?!?

Taffy, love the hat pins!

[Rani Zemirah]

Yeah, that's a big part of what really creeped me out about it, but I guess you have to be a mouth breather and breathe through the mesh parts down by where your mouth would be...

Bleh... just looking at it again gives me the willies!!!  LOL

[Rani Zemirah]

Sooooo....  I now have a USPS tracking number...

!!!!!!!!!

I'm hoping it's actually attached to my corsets, but it took filing an actual CLAIM with PayPal to get just the number.  Oh, and they said it was a UPS number, so when I tried to track it, it came up non-existent, which kinda freaked me out.  Then I realized I should check postal, since UPS and USPS are easy to mix...

I'm having a hard time typing with all my fingers crosses...  LOL

[Taffy Saltwater]

SQUEEEEEEEEE!  I got an e-mail from her earlier today saying she was sending out 100 corsets because I told her that in addition to my corset, my friend in OK had not rec'd her two.  If it it's USPS, as far as the number, it really doesn't track a package.  Once the pkg is delivered, it's put into the system as delivered.   As far as ever ordering from her again, fool me once ...

[CelticOne]

100 corsets? What are you gonna do with 100 of them? lol.