Soft Lilac Lace on Etsy REVIEW! Handmade Lolita skirts

It is not without a heavy heart that I am writing this review.

Soft Lilac Lace on Etsy makes handmade Lolita clothes to what seems like amazing prices.

Jennifer and Jessie-Lee from Lowestoft in the UK has a good business concept.

Affordable, wearable, made after your measurements - Lolita clothes.

I fell for this dirt-cheap skirt, since I wanted a perfect everyday Lolita garment. 

Custom Made Plain Colour Pleated Bell-Shaped Lolita Skirt & Bow

Picture from Etsy

For £20 for the skirt + £6.50 for postage (total ca 275 SEK) that is amazing value.

There was several colour choices, I chose brown, and Soft Lilac Lace made the skirt after my measurements.

Good package

Cute note

Matching head bow, skirt bow, bracelet + free gift bracelet! :)

The skirt comes with a detachable bow, and I received 50% off on the head bow (only £3), + very cheap bracelet (£1)!

I ordered the skirt August 25th and received the skirt September 10th (total 3 weeks).

Which is very quick, considering the Taobao Lolita brands may take 1-3 months.

So, I REALLY do WANT to give Soft Lilac Lace five Hazelbelle nuts. But... I just can't and here is why:

Really bad zipper... This is just when I opened the parcel, I haven't even worn the skirt yet!

As you can see on the picture, the first thing that I notice with the skirt is that the zipper is really bad sewn on. I mean REALLY carelessly and unthoughtful "sewn" on. They might as well have used an office stapler. 

And the lack of quality simply continues...

Terrible seam

The seams in the skirt are awful. Sloppy made and simply put - lousy sewn.

WTF?!

Loose lace...

The cotton lace is of absolutely OK quality, and the colour match is perfect - but seriously?! WHY would you just sew ONE brown seam over white lace?! The perfect choice here would have been to sew two white seams, on top and bottom of the eyelet lace. 

Raw edges

All the edges of the cloth is raw, meaning Soft Lilac Lace has not zig-zagged or used overlock to seal the cloth. This is inferior quality, which will result in loose threads and eventually the seams will fall apart.

The skirt is of a good design and has a beautifully soft underskirt, which really is weird - since they choose good cloth, good lace, a good design and end up with this piece of junior school sew-mess...

I'm just going to say it: I could have done this so much better myself.

Obviously Soft Lilac Lace was in a hurry to put together this skirt. I know now, that if the price is "to good to be true" it probably isn't even worth it.

I'll have to finish of all the sewing myself (zig-zag raw edges, attach the zipper properly, detach the eyelet lace and sew it back on with better seams) and it is going to take time... :(

There is nothing wrong with the design, just terrible achievement and commitment to sewing :(

Skirt with Dear Celine Marshmallow Petticoat

Pretty but terribly made.

It is totally unacceptable to send a half-made skirt to a customer, when you promise something else. I am going to have to do a lot of extra work on this skirt, just to make it wearable (so the zipper doesn't fall off during a meet :(.

I'm very sad, because it feels like Soft Lilac Lace could have done this SOOOO much better. I would rather have waited a month more to get a diligently sewn skirt than this poor executed heap of threads.

2 out of 5 Hazelbelle nuts, if the skirt had been sewn properly it would have received 5/5.

Review:

Did the items match the pictures on Etsy? 2/5 No. The low quality was not perceived through Etsys pictures.

Where the items of good quality? 2/5 Poor seems, carelessly made. Good quality cotton and lace. Great with a magically soft underskirt.

How was the sellers communication? 5/5 Very good.

Cost versus quality? 1/5 Terrible!

LUCKY PACK! Til the last petal falls on Etsy

Two huge Lucky Packs! USD 19 (including postage!)

Yäj! I recieved my Lucky Packs that I've ordered from two accessory stores on Etsy :)

I'll start off with a post on Til the last petal falls.

I never ever rate lucky packs :) I simply describe the contents - since no Lucky Pack ever is the same. Lucky Packs are of so good value and they are a great way for the seller to get rid of their old stuff (that no one else wants LOL ;) - so they really are a hit or miss - and often both!

Most often there's always something you love  - and the rest you can either give away to a friend or sell! Lucky packs are great for Christmas gift shopping to those you never know what to give... ^^

Mystery Bag - Destash Princess Accessories SEK 33.47 (USD 5)

I bought two lucky packs from this seller - since they were so cheap :)

I expected something very princessey, and the seller had beautifully packaged the lucky packs in my favourite colour - PINK! :)

Lucky items in pretty Organza bags and a cute letter :)

20% off coupons!

Lucky Pack 1 content

Lucky Pack 1 contained, 2 necklaces, 2 rings, 1 pair of earrings, 1 hairclip, small cute erasers and stickers.

Princess scrabble and frame necklaces

Stickers! Tink unfortunately suffered some wrinkles during the transport.

Erasers in a bag, 2 rings, 1 pair of stud earrings and a hairclip.

The ring needs some more glue :)

Princessy stickers!

Lucky pack 2 contents

Frame and scrabble princess necklace

Two rings, stickers and erasers

Stickers, hair clip and earrings!

My favourite pieces are the green heart earrings (I'm wearing them as I write this ;) and the Tinkerbell frame necklace! I love the green chain :)

I'm very pleased with my Lucky Packs and I'm looking forward to using the coupons in Til the last petal falls store :) :) :)

REVIEW of Pink Ribbon Boutique on Ebay/ Etsy; Broken chains and ugly crudeness

I really WANT to like this store, I mean I love the business card slogan:

"Jewellery for girls born with glitter in their veins" 

and the rainbow and the unicorn...

And I love that I managed to find a JEM and a Rainbow Brite necklace...

But sadly, Pink Ribbon Boutique has a very low quality standard.

The Jem necklace is crude in its finish. The middle part doesn't really fit the frame and the chain is awful - cheap and ugly. When I'm wearing the necklace, it somehow always twists so the back is facing forward - highly irritating! The fastenings are really ungracefully done, bits of metal sticking out. :( 

The Rainbow Brite necklace is BROKEN when I receive it! The chain is off, and one of the links is still in the plastic bag it came with. Here again, I notice crudeness, because the Rainbow Brite picture is too small for the frame and it is just glued in "the middle" (slightly off center!) in the frame.

I was really sad, because even the Cherry earrings was of low quality.

Where I've marked with an arrow there is a chunk of black plastic fused to the cherry that doesn't come off and is really ugly. The metal in the earrings look cheap (irregular colour) and doesn't have the same high quality shine as NiNEFRUiTSPiE's earrings.

I'm very disappointed with the store items quality.

I am not going to buy from this store again and I do not recommend you to buy from this store either, if you care about quality.

I am going to have to mend the Rainbow Brite necklace and change the chain on the Jem necklace.

I feel that I want to give the store only 1/5, but since the items arrived alright and the packaging was good; I have to give them 2/5.

I paid £12 for all three items and £4-5 for postage. Unfortunately it was a waste of money.

Review:

Did the items match the pictures on Ebay? 2/5 No. The low quality was not perceived through Ebays pictures.

Where the items of good quality? 1/5 Very poor quality, broken chains and careless made.

How was the sellers communication? 3/5 Nothing bad or good.

Cost versus quality? 1/5 Terrible!

I do not recommend this seller. :(

Etsy shop NiNEFRUiTSPiE delivery and REVIEW! :D

Today I received my package from Etsy Shop NiNEFRUiTSPiE!

Wonderful Claudia at NiNE FRUiTS PiE has made a lovely package, wrapped up in black and white silk paper and matching washi tape:

You can clearly tell that Claudia has put a lot of effort in packaging the goods both safely and beautifully.

Inside the package was my handmade skirt, earrings and not only one - but two surprise gifts!

It was a pretty kawaii Hello Kitty hair bow (with both alligator clip and safety pin!) and a really cute pink mobile phone dust stop charm.

The skirt is so pretty! I really love the mint lace and cute naïve fairy pattern! This is very Korona - it is like a page from a children's book!

Skirt detail. The seams are good, sometimes they deviate a little - Claudia may not yet be a pro seamstress, but for a handmade skirt I find that +/- 5% deviation of the seams is absolutely OK! (And only noticeable if you look at all the seams very carefully).

So cute mousy-earrings!

And my absolute favourite - the Game boy Game Over earrings!!!

They are actually the reason to why I bought from Nine Fruits Pie.

I really love the design and the colour! :D

Both the earrings are allergy-friendly too :D I easily get a rash from the metal in cheap earrings, but I didn't notice any itching from these earrings and I wore them all day long! :D

Claudia had sent two very cute handwritten notes, too:

I'm definitely going to enter the competition as soon as my other Fairy Kei clothes arrive!

I really admire how talented a lot of people on Etsy are!

I'm very pleased with my order from NiNEFRUiTSPiE and I will most certainly order from Claudia again! :)

Review:

Did the items match the pictures on Etsy? 5/5 Absolutely!

Where the items of good quality? 5/5 Very good quality

How was the sellers communication? 5/5 plus stars for all the cute notes! :)

Cost versus quality? 5/5 Absolutely affordable!

I'm giving NiNEFRUiTSPIE 5 out of 5 Hazelbelle nuts! :D

I highly recommend everyone to buy from this store (: