Order Status Update (December 22, 2009)

Status of Current Orders:

✿ 1 Kandi owl [chersi] - order received November 27, 2009 - FINISHED - SHIPPED out Monday Morning Dec. 14, 2009

✿ 1 Kandi owl + 1 winter mushroom bear [rmacasieb] - order received November 30, 2009 - FINISHED - SHIPPED out Monday Morning Dec. 14, 2009

✿ 1 Kai owl [lgund] - order received December 4, 2009 - FINISHED - SHIPPED out Monday Morning Dec 14, 2009

✿ SPECIAL ORDER for AA-CHAN - in the making: custom order

✿ 1 marching polar bear [simplefreak] - Order received on December 7, 2009 - payment received - in the making...will try to ship this out promptly before I leave for South Korea - will try to ship out on monday - FINISHED - SHIPPED December 17, 2009

✿ 1 Kandi owl [scrappie12] - Order received on December 10, 2009 -FINISHED - SHIPPED out Monday Morning, December 14, 2009

✿ 1 Gwen owl [ameabq] - Order received on December 11, 2009 - FINISHED - SHIPPED out Monday Morning, December 14, 2009

Orders that will be taken care of once I come back to Toronto

✿ CUSTOM ORDER for 1 Umbreon [keymonsterdesigns] Order received December 8, 2009 - will work on this when I come back to Toronto :)

✿ 1 Kandi Owl [potatobutterflies] - Order received on December 11, 2009

✿ 1 Kai Owl [reggeek] - Order received on December 12, 2009

✿ 1 Kai the winter owl [suzanne1995] - Order received December 14, 2009

✿ 1 marching polar bear with a red hat [SpikesCafe] - Order received December 14, 2009

✿ Pandas [staceylavender] - Order received December 17, 2009

✿ Jiyong Mushroom Bear [Kaypglick0807] - Order received December 19, 2009

✿ Kai the winter owl [kdaumer] - Order received December 21, 2009


Thank you all so very much :D

Order status update.

Status of Current Orders:

✿ 1 Mushroom Bear Family, 1 Carrot Bunny, 1 set of Ducky Family, 1 set of polar bear pins, Mushroom bear stationary, carrot bunny stationary [aileenlunaburgos] - order received October 29, 2009 - FINISHED - will ship out on Tuesday, December 8, 2009*my mom wants to include something inside for you lol :) - SHIPPED DEC 10, 2009

✿ 1 mushroom bear [Villains] - order received November 26, 2009 - FINISHED will ship out tomorrow - SHIPPED DECEMBER 10, 2009

✿ 1 Kandi owl [chersi] - order received November 27, 2009 - 75% finished - will ship out tomorrow

✿ 1 Kandi owl + 1 winter mushroom bear [rmacasieb] - order received November 30, 2009 - mushroom bear is FINISHED; owl is 75% finished - will ship out tomorrow

✿ 1 Kai owl [lgund] - order received December 4, 2009 - 75% finished - will ship out tomorrow

✿ SPECIAL ORDER for AA-CHAN - in the making: custom order

✿ 1 marching polar bear [simplefreak] - Order received on December 7, 2009 - payment received - in the making...will try to ship this out promptly before I leave for South Korea - will try to ship out on monday

✿ 1 Kandi owl [scrappie12] - Order received on December 10, 2009 - in the making...will try to ship this out promptly before I leave for South Korea

✿ 1 Gwen owl [ameabq] - Order received on December 11, 2009 - in the making... will try to ship out promptly before I leave for South Korea

✿ CUSTOM ORDER for 1 Umbreon [keymonsterdesigns] Order received December 8, 2009 - will work on this when I come back to Toronto :)

Slight delay in shipping orders.

Hey everyone. There's going to be a slight delay in shipping out orders. I was suppose to go to the post office today, but we have a really big snow storm this morning. So if the weather calms down a bit in the afternoon then I may be able to get out to the post office, but if not, then I'll have to wait until tomorrow morning. Sorry about that. I'll keep you all updated :) Thanks for your patience. I really appreciate it :)

Photo update.

Here are some of the photos that I meant to post up sooner. They are the toys from my most recent orders that I've shipped out. My other orders will be finished this week and hopefully shipped out this week :) I will keep you all updated. Thanks for being so patient :)

10 days left until I travel to South Korea for the christmas holidays and new years :) I hope everyone will have an amazing holiday :D Please remember that any new orders that I currently receive from today onwards, will most definitely ship out after I come back to Toronto. Thank you for understanding :)







All of the above toys are available in my shop with the exception of the needle felted ducks*, and the pink and blue small momo bear* (but if you'd like me to make one of those for you, please send me a message :) I may relist them again later on in the new year).
In order from top to bottom:
- Kai the owl
- Marching Polar Bear
- Small Momo Bear*
- Needle Felted Yellow Ducks* with Jiyong Mushroom Bear
- Mushroom bear Family

Status of Current Orders:

✿ 1 Mushroom Bear Family, 1 Carrot Bunny, 1 set of Ducky Family, 1 set of polar bear pins, Mushroom bear stationary, carrot bunny stationary [aileenlunaburgos] - order received October 29, 2009 - FINISHED - will ship out on Tuesday, December 8, 2009*my mom wants to include something inside for you lol :)

✿ 1 mushroom bear [Villains] - order received November 26, 2009 - FINISHED will ship out tomorrow

✿ 1 Kandi owl [chersi] - order received November 27, 2009 - 75% finished

✿ 1 Kandi owl + 1 winter mushroom bear [rmacasieb] - order received November 30, 2009 - mushroom bear is FINISHED; owl is 75% finished

✿ 1 Kai owl [lgund] - order received December 4, 2009 - in the making

✿ SPECIAL ORDER for AA-CHAN - in the making: custom order

✿ 1 marching polar bear [simplefreak] - Order received on December 7, 2009 - payment received - in the making...will try to ship this out promptly before I leave for South Korea

✿ CUSTOM ORDER for 1 Umbreon [keymonsterdesigns] Order received December 8, 2009 - will work on this when I come back to Toronto :)

Shipped. To-do. Progress.

New updates concerning orders. See below for which ones have shipped out, and the progress of others. Will ship the rest out asap (hopefully within this week!) Thanks everyone for being SO patient with your orders. I really really appreciate it! Please don't forget to let me know when your order arrives by leaving me feedback on Etsy (if you ordered your toys through my Etsy Shop), or just send me an email (if you did not order through Etsy). Hope you will all have a lovely weekend. I took many photos of the orders that I shipped out today (before I shipped them out of course). I will post them up here shortly (after I finish eating my lunch :D).

Status of Current Orders:

✿ 1 Mushroom Bear Family, 1 Carrot Bunny, 1 set of Ducky Family, 1 set of polar bear pins, Mushroom bear stationary, carrot bunny stationary [aileenlunaburgos] - order received October 29, 2009 - FINISHED - will ship out on Monday, December 7, 2009

✿ 2 custom small momo bears in the colour pink and purple [zeehondpunk] - order received October 31, 2009 - FINISHED - SHIPPED out on Saturday December 5, 2009

✿ 1 Owl [Yilin] - order received November 12, 2009 - FINISHED - SHIPPED out on Saturday December 5, 2009

✿ 1 marching polar bear [gamemaniac] - order received November 17, 2009 - FINISHED - SHIPPED out on Saturday December 5, 2009

✿ 1 mushroom bear [Villains] - order received November 26, 2009 - 90% complete

✿ 1 Kandi owl [chersi] - order received November 27, 2009 - in the making

✿ 1 Kandi owl + 1 winter mushroom bear [rmacasieb] - order received November 30, 2009 - mushroom bear is 90% complete; owl is in the making

✿ 1 Kai owl [lgund] - order received December 4, 2009 - in the making

✿ SPECIAL ORDER for AA-CHAN - in the making: custom order

Side note--to the people who try to order from my shop without paying:
Under certain circumstances I can understand why someone might not pay for their order right away. Maybe you are new and need time to set up your PayPal account in order to transfer funds and purchase your item. But sometimes I come across a few people who order from my shop, and deliberately do not pay for their items. I can understand if you forgot. But if I email you back right after you have placed your order and still have not received any payment from your OR any REPLY from you to let me know that you need more time to pay (or that you really just don't plan on paying)... I'd appreciate it if you would LET ME KNOW. It's not that hard to reply back to a simple email is it? I don't like chasing these people down to try to get a reply back... I don't think that I should have to, and I don't like doing it either because then I feel like I'm coming across in a bad way. I'm not trying to be negative, but all I'm asking for is a simple reply -- 'sorry I forgot' or 'I will need a bit more time' or 'I've changed my mind and would like to cancel' -- it takes 2 minutes to reply back to my email. Yet when I see that you have not yet paid and I send you that email as a reminder, I don't get a reply back.

From now on what I'm going to do is this:
- I'll still send out the email if I notice that I have not received your payment yet. So I'll send it out as a reminder.
- If I do not hear back from you within 3 days, I'm going to cancel your order (so that I do not get charged the extra fees that incur when a transaction takes place

Lesson: Immediate payment is greatly appreciated! BUT if you need more time that is understandable, just PLEASE do let me know. Thank you!

Awaiting payment from:
✿ acciohecka - Order received on December 3, 2009 for 1 Kai Owl - PAYMENT NOT YET RECEIVED - email reminders have been sent... no reply yet. -- order has been canceled***
✿ simplefreak - Order received on December 5, 2009 for 1 marching polar bear - PAYMENT NOT YET RECEIVED payment received :) - email reminders have been sent... no reply yet.

Featured in Jenny's Holiday Picks.

A big shoutout goes to Jenny N. of JennyNDesign over on Etsy for featuring my winter mushroom bear, among other Christmas inspired goodies from numerous Etsy shops. I love her picks of Joy since Christmas has such a big joyful and fun-filled theme. I'm definitely looking forward to spending Christmas and New Years this year in another country and numerous cities (Seoul, Daegu, Busan, and back to Seoul). I'm sure that my friends and I will have a lot of fun getting to spend the holidays with each other :) Thanks again Jenny! Definitely stop by her shop and her blog for more goodies! She makes the most fantastic bags. I already own a pouch from her (which looks like her Travelers) and definitely want one of her shoulder bags!


Image Credit: JennyNDesign

Status of Current Orders (Last updated on December 4, 2009 @ 5:20 pm):

✿ 1 Mushroom Bear Family, 1 Carrot Bunny, 1 set of Ducky Family, 1 set of polar bear pins, Mushroom bear stationary, carrot bunny stationary [aileenlunaburgos] - order received October 29, 2009 - FINISHED - will ship out on Saturday, December 5, 2009

✿ 2 custom small momo bears in the colour pink and purple [zeehondpunk] - order received October 31, 2009 - FINISHED - Will ship out on Saturday December 5, 2009

✿ 1 Owl [Yilin] - order received November 12, 2009 - FINISHED - Will ship out on Saturday December 5, 2009

✿ 1 marching polar bear [gamemaniac] - order received November 17, 2009 - FINISHED - Will ship out on Saturday December 5, 2009

✿ 1 mushroom bear [Villains] - order received November 26, 2009 - 75% complete

✿ 1 Kandi owl [chersi] - order received November 27, 2009 - in the making

✿ 1 Kandi owl + 1 winter mushroom bear [rmacasieb] - order received November 30, 2009 - mushroom bear is 75% complete; owl is in the making

✿ 1 Kai owl [lgund] - order received December 4, 2009 - in the making

✿ SPECIAL ORDER for AA-CHAN - in the making: custom order

A little bit of change.

I'm up early again. My current sleeping habits have adjusted to a different time zone (such as that in Korea lol), even though I am still in Toronto -- meaning I'm awake when I should be sleeping, and sleeping when I should be awake, haha. I guess I am more productive during the night time/early morning.

Tuesday was an extremely productive day for me. Usually I am only able to complete 1 order in 1 day. Sometimes it might take longer. But on Tuesday, I was able to finish 3 different orders (4 toys in total: 1 owl, 1 marching polar bear, and 2 custom small momo bears). I'm also half way finished the mushroom bears. I'm really proud of myself for being able to catch up on these orders fairly quickly after being held back a bit while finishing up and shipping out my wholesale orders 2 weeks ago.

I hope that this level of productivity will continue today, although I can already feel fatigue setting in. But it's okay because I am having fun with these orders and I find that they are turning out better and better and I'm getting faster at making each one. I really love the way that I currently make my owls and question myself as to why I hadn't thought of doing it that way a lot sooner. I think the finished result looks a whole lot better compared to my original. I really should post some photos of how my owl has evolved from the very first version of Kai, to his current version. I think I will definitely stick with his current version because it makes him look a lot cuter but he doesn't lose one bit of his character :). I am also really tempted to do a line of mushroom bears. I really love their size -- I love how they sit comfortably in my hand, and how they can sit on their own. I hope I'll have time.

Order status will be updated again very soon. Most orders will ship out tomorrow (Thursday December 3, 2009) or on Friday (December 4, 2009) -- in order to minimize the number of trips to the post office.

My most recent orders will also ship out very soon as I'm sure I'll have a chance to finish them this week :D So please do check back as I'm continually updating the status of each order as I make further progress with them.

Once these are finished I'll finally get a chance to work on my special order for Alex! I'm really excited to work on it and I hope it'll turn out great!

Photos to come soon :)

Oh yeah! And I changed the look of the blog. I'm still in the middle of making changes, but I thought that more colour would do me well lol.

Status of Current Orders (Last updated on December 2, 2009 @ 8:52 am):

✿ 1 Mushroom Bear Family, 1 Carrot Bunny, 1 set of Ducky Family, 1 set of polar bear pins, Mushroom bear stationary, carrot bunny stationary [aileenlunaburgos] - order received October 29, 2009 - 75%% complete - will ship out this week

✿ 2 custom small momo bears in the colour pink and purple [zeehondpunk] - order received October 31, 2009 - FINISHED - Will ship out this week

✿ 1 Owl [Yilin] - order received November 12, 2009 - FINISHED - will ship out this week :D

✿ 1 marching polar bear [gamemaniac] - order received November 17, 2009 - FINISHED - will ship out this week

✿ 1 mushroom bear [Villains] - order received November 26, 2009 - in the making

✿ 1 Kandi owl [chersi] - order received November 27, 2009 - in the making

✿ 1 Kandi owl + 1 winter mushroom bear [rmacasieb] - order received November 30, 2009 - in the making