Moo-ving along.

So I went out to the yarn store today to look for some yarn that I need for my wholesale order as well as another order that was placed recently, and to my surprise the yarn store that I usually go to did not have any of the yarn that I need! How frustrating. So as soon as I came home, I placed an order for the yarns that I needed. I hope that they will ship it out to me in a timely manner.

The good thing about this particular yarn company is that it's main shop is located in a city that is somewhat close to my own (a few hours away), so once they ship out my order, I'll receive it within 2 days. The thing that somewhat annoys me about this particular place is that sometimes it takes them one week before they even bother to ship out my order, and so I am left waiting. I really wish that the store in my location actually carried all of the yarns that they have in their main shop, because I would rather buy it in person, than online, since I hate having to pay for the shipping cost (especially when their shipping costs increases depending on the total cost of your order).


So here I sit, patiently waiting. My miniature cow, along with my funny looking sumo wrestler character cup are urging me to keep moo-ving forward. So don't think that I am sitting around doing nothing, as I am still working on other parts of my wholesale order with the yarns that I currently do have in stock :) It's just that the shop didn't carry any of the organic cotton yarns that I am needing for some of my toys :( So I have to wait. Hopefully it'll arrive early next week (keeping my fingers crossed).

Also it's been brought to my attention that some of the orders that I had recently shipped out are taking a bit of time to reach their final destinations. I do not know what is up with the mail lately but I'm really hoping that everyone will safely receive their packages. I usually ship items out in batches so if it hasn't arrived for one person but has for another, then I would expect that it'll arrive some time soon for those who are still left waiting. Hopefully all will be fine and your items will arrive. I've experienced this one time myself when it took about 2 weeks until I received something that I had ordered from the US (when it usually takes only 1 week). Hopefully we'll see a happy ending to all of this waiting. But if you are concerned about your order, please feel free to contact me and I'll be happy to help out as much as I can to the best of my ability.

I hope you are all having a lovely week and keeping up with the Olympics. It's really such an exciting time, and I've been enjoying getting to watch some of the events :) I'd like to watch a bit more but I think I'll head off to rest for a bit considering I have not slept yet ... (yes I've been awake for over 24 hours again), not to mention I'm feeling quite motion sick from that bus ride back home...

Shipped.

Just a quick message to let you know that all orders that have been received while I was away during the christmas holidays, as well as orders that were received in January, have all been SHIPPED. The only things I have left to work on is my special order for my friend AA-Chan, as well as my wholesale order for Kumquat. How exciting! As always please check out the order status section of my blog for the most updated information on your order status. Thanks everyone for being so patient.

And with that, today marks the beginning of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. YAY~!

Are you excited???

It also marks the long weekend here in Toronto, since it'll be Family Day, Lunar New Year!, and of course Valentine's Day. Yes, this weekend is something to be very excited about ^___^ yay!

A Surprise Date.

There's a curious cute couple of penguins that have been wandering about the garden. It seems that they are on a date! Oh what's this? Mister King Penguin is carrying a heart shaped object! I wonder if it is a present for the misses! How excited she must be to receive a lovely gift before valentines day :)





This cute couple will be made available to order, and will soon be listed in my Etsy Shop. It makes for a great valentines gift, but is also a nice present during any time of the year to show the one you love that you are thinking about them :)

More of their photos can be seen under Character Intro.

Order status updates.

I've updated the order status section, so you can view when your order will be shipped. I had to push back some of the dates by one or two days because I seem to keep running out of time each day to complete all of the ones that I had planned on completing. I really hate how time seems to fly by so quickly and before you know it, it's a brand new day.

At night I'm usually trying to keep myself awake in order to finish as much as I can. In the day, I still try to keep myself awake in order to get as much as I can finished, but I usually end up passing out around the afternoon, and waking up around dinner time. Because I'm shifting in and out of regular sleeping and waking hours, I think it's definitely taking a tole on my health. I'm finding lately that I've become a lot more tired than usual during the day when I am awake, and at night during certain hours I feel very unfocused because of fatigue.

I'm not trying to make any excuses for myself, as I'm already pushing myself as much as I can to complete these orders on time. But I do promise that they will get out to you. I'm super, super sorry for the delay and any inconvenience this might have caused you. Please know that I'm working extremely hard on finishing these as fast as I can.

My goal is to have all of my orders completed by the end of this week. Most of your orders will be shipped out between Monday and Wednesday of this week (so between Feb. 8 - 10).

If you have any questions or concerns about your order please do send me an email or a convo message through Etsy and I will respond to your question asap (usually right away).

Thank you all again for being so patient. I really appreciate it.

Polymer Clay Fun with Penguins.

King penguins are fun to make. I've been having a lot of fun sculpting them out of polymer modelling clay, as well as painting them. I've got some new ones that I still need to take photos of, but for now, have a look at some of my very first King Penguins! The gardening King Penguin isn't available yet, but I've already sold the Valentine King Penguin to one of my previous customers. There is still one more left in my Etsy shop, so definitely check it out when you get a chance. More photos of these penguins can be found by clicking on 'Character Intro' up at the top of my page :)


Gardening King Penguin ✿


Valentine King Penguin (Version 1) ✿

It's been fun getting to play with polymer modelling clay! I'm really glad I decided to buy myself a box to play with and create :D It's definitely a good break away from all the knitting and crocheting that I have to do, and it is a lot easier on the hands. Painting is pretty relaxing (when I don't mess up haha). The whole experience itself has been quite enjoyable.

I'm definitely thinking of extending my line of cute oddballs to include stuff created with polymer modelling clay. They'll be listed under the section 'Oddly Cute' in my Etsy Shop, so definitely keep an eye out for that in the near future.

The Gardening King Penguin will soon be available in my shop, once I have enough time to make another batch (as the one in the photo, is for me to keep... hehe).

Aside from making these penguins and finishing up orders, I've been revamping my blog to make it more user friendly and look a lot nicer :) I hope that it'll make it a lot easier to navigate through my blog :)

NEW* Order Status Updates.

Lots of late nights working on orders (many nights where I go without or with very little sleep). Trying my best to finish them all as fast as I can. Thank you so much for your patience as I finish all of these one by one. Similar items will be made at the same time and shipped out at the same time as well. Again thanks for being patient with your orders as I try to work through the backlog of orders that I had over the christmas holidays when I was away. Please do know that I'm working day and night and every time in between whenever I can to get these out to you all asap~~ Thanks again for being so patient, I really appreciate it :)

Status of Current Orders (Last Update February 5, 2010):

✿ SPECIAL ORDER for AA-CHAN - in the making: custom order - trying to finish this by this weekend.

✿ Jiyong Mushroom Bear [Kaypglick0807] - Order received December 19, 2009 - yarn ordered - 90% ... will ship out on saturday, February 6, 2010

✿ Kandi owl [madhatstudio] - Order received December 27, 2009 - yarn ordered - in the making - 80% complete...will ship out on Friday February 5, 2010 - SHIPPED

✿ Molly lamb [BrianStaff1980] - Order received January 6, 2010 - in the making...will try to ship out Monday February 8, 2010

✿ Jiyong Mushroom Bear [jennyndesign] - Order received January 24, 2010 - 90% complete - will ship out Saturday February 6, 2010

✿ Light pink mini felt Mushroom Bear [octobra] - Order received January 24, 2010 - will ship out on Saturday February 6, 2010

✿ Valentine King Penguin (1) [mgilna] - Order received February 3, 2010 - will ship out on Friday, February 5, 2010 - SHIPPED

✿ Winter Marching Polar Bear [ywntseng] - Order received February 3, 2010 - will ship out Monday February 8, 2010

Thank you all so very much!

:)

Updates + New Stuff

NEW ITEMS***

^ Valentine King Penguin (2)
- I'm currently making a bunch of these so more will be listed as I finish making them ^^


^ Winter marching polar bear
- Larger version of my regular marching polar bear, and outfitted with a super cute red hat with white pom pom


^ A mister polar bear named Edward
- New photos of the polar bear ^___^

Status of Current Orders (Last Update February 3, 2010):

✿ SPECIAL ORDER for AA-CHAN - in the making: custom order - will try to get this out this week :)

✿ 1 Kandi Owl [potatobutterflies] - Order received on December 11, 2009 - yarn ordered - in the making - SHIPPED

✿ Jiyong Mushroom Bear [Kaypglick0807] - Order received December 19, 2009 - yarn ordered - 50% ... will ship out on friday February 5, 2010

✿ Kandi owl [madhatstudio] - Order received December 27, 2009 - yarn ordered - in the making - 80% complete...will ship out on Friday February 5, 2010

✿ Molly lamb [BrianStaff1980] - Order received January 6, 2010 - in the making...will ship out next week :)

✿ Jiyong Mushroom Bear [jennyndesign] - Order received January 24, 2010 - will ship out next week :)

✿ Light pink mini felt Mushroom Bear [octobra] - Order received January 24, 2010 - will ship out on Friday, February 5, 2010

✿ Valentine King Penguin (1) [mgilna] - Order received February 3, 2010 - will ship out on Friday, February 5, 2010

✿ Winter Marching Polar Bear [ywntseng] - Order received February 3, 2010

Thank you all so very much!

:)