tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47740353219082541762024-03-08T19:55:59.544-05:00▼ ▼ ▼sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.comBlogger196125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-13989543716654030952011-03-15T16:47:00.002-04:002011-03-15T16:51:24.665-04:00gotyoume?!As mentioned earlier, I'm in the process of switching blogs.<br />Getting rid of some of the clutter in hopes of staying more organized.<br />The new blog can be found over at <a href="http://gotyoume.tumblr.com" target="_blank">http://gotyoume.tumblr.com</a>.<br />There's not much there yet, but some important information such as my shops Terms and Conditions, have been updated over there.<br /><br />Getting back to work.<br />Cheers!sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-70380197784083040592011-03-13T13:36:00.002-04:002011-03-13T14:24:16.634-04:00Just a few things..I'm in the middle of switching my blog over to another site where it will be a bit easier for me to make posts. As such, order status will not be updated on this page. Please check your etsy to see if your order has been shipped. For those who I have contacted, your orders will be going out as planned within the next couple of days. There are only a few of you left who I have to ship out orders to, so thank you all for your patience as I make my way through each order. I really appreciate it.<br /><br />On another note, please note that when ordering from me (for new and repeat customers), no refunds mean NO REFUNDS. I can't say this enough. It's stated in my shop, as well as in the shop announcement. It is also stated that I've been backlogged (therefore there is a delay). By purchasing from my shop, you are agreeing to these terms. Sure, it may be easy for you to say you want a refund due to the amount of time it is taking me to complete your order, but please try to look at it from my perspective. There's only so much I can do in a day, and whatever is left over from that day, is carried onto the next. <br /><br />There have been A LOT of things that I've had to make recently (photos coming soon), which all take up a great majority of my time. For the people who know me personally, and for the people who have ordered wholesale from me, they can all vouch for me that I spend a great majority of my day working on everything, and sometimes even when I want to get things out earlier, my hands are so fatigued from the amount of work that I've already been doing, that they can't work any faster. I literally have permanent scars on my index and ring finger now (on my right hand) from the yarn, from trying to get out orders fast enough. <br /><br />That being said, if your order hasn't been marked "shipped" as of yet on etsy, it doesn't mean I haven't been working on them. It's easy to ask for a refund (although I will reply to your answer with a simple, "no" for reasons mentioned earlier), but take into consideration that I've already spent time working on your order for you. That time could have been spent working on other people's orders (who have been just as patient as you, if not MORE), and that time could have been spent doing other important things like studying, or working a real job... <br /><br />I will no longer tolerate the excuse "you can give what you were making me to someone else"... A) It's not guaranteed that someone else ordered the same item as you; B) I've already spent a lot of my time working on this (these) for you, which took time away from someone else's order, as well as a great majority of my time (my hands cry and I become irritated if I see messages similar to that). <br /><br />I know I can't please everyone, but I still try to do my best with what I can, and with the time I have. I too, have to eat, and sleep. And I can tell you now, the past few weeks, I haven't done much of either. During the last few weeks I've been up around 6am or 7am in the morning, working on orders until 3am the following day. If you tell me I'm not working fast enough, or that the wait time is unacceptable... may I point you in the direction to my shop announcement where it says I've been backlogged. And if you're a previous customer, you should know this already. <br /><br />On another note: "birthdays" are not an excuse to request a refund.<br />The only customer's I'll believe who need their order as a birthday gift, are those who have contacted me when they've made their purchase. To tell me you needed your order as a birthday present, after becoming impatient with your order is unacceptable. For the most part, people do contact me either before placing their order, or they leave me a message upon checkout, but there are some people, who do not leave me any such message, and to those people, I cannot read your mind. So a message is greatly appreciated.<br /><br />I know I too, can be sending you all messages to let you know the status of your order, and I'm trying my best to do that (at least to confirm when your order has gone out, or to let you know that I'm still working on your order), but because I already spend so much of my time working on orders to begin with, normally once I've finished (for the day), and once I no longer have the energy to stay awake, I just pass out in my bed from exhaustion, to get what little sleep I can before starting again the following day -- hence the lack of updates that you've been seeing on this blog lately. (Again, those who know me personally, as well as my friends in Korea and Australia, can vouch for me on this one, especially since I'm awake during "normal hours" in both timezones! -- that's a 13-15hr time difference!).<br /><br />Lastly, on some occasions, I'm nice enough to send orders out via express-post because I know how important orders are when they are needed by a certain deadline. Although I cannot do this all the time (since I don't always have the money to do so, and since express mail is expensive depending on where you live in the world), I <u>have</u> sent out orders via express mail on some occasions. I work hard on each and every order (and I take photos of everything before they go out). If I could, I'd be making some of these toys for myself to keep, but I never have time to do that for myself since I'm always busy with the current orders that I have. <br /><br />Also, I currently don't actively promote my shop because I'm still catching up with orders. Once I'm fully caught up with my individual orders (I think there are only 8 left to work on (but some of those orders are for more than one item)), I'll be working on the second batch of my wholesale order, as well as an additional order for Hootsuite.<br /><br />With all that said, I'm really sorry if I sound bitter, and I understand not everyone will agree with what I have to say, and that's perfectly fine. But I felt like it needed to be said, so I took some time out of my day to write this. After I have lunch, I'll be getting back to work. Thanks to DST, I've lost an hour of work haha T_______T but I'll catch up somehow.<br /><br />Again, I'll be contacting those of you who are still waiting for your order to confirm that it has been shipped. Thank you to those of you who are patient and who continue to be patient. I know that it might seem like I'm neglecting your orders since you've been waiting a long time, but I've been working hard on them to get them out to you, and to make sure that you'll love what you receive. I always put in a ton of effort to make sure everything is of great quality, and since you've waited for a long time, I want to make sure what I send out meets those standards.<br /><br />Sorry about this long winded entry... it's been a while.<br /><br />Lastly, it's my birthday next Saturday (YAY ME) but I'm pretty sure I'll be working on orders during that day too...<br />Who says I'm not working hard? hah! T___Tsheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-41491475626989550712011-03-02T12:43:00.003-05:002011-03-02T12:45:34.935-05:00Quick Note:Due to the wholesale order that I need to ship out tomorrow (was suppose to be today but I'm still finishing it off), the individual orders that I was planning on shipping out this week, will be going out next week instead. Sorry for the delay. Lots to ship out next week!<br /><br />I will not be updating my Etsy shop until the rest of my orders are finished. I need to catch up on so many things. Sorry for the delay but thank you again for your patience. I appreciate it... very very much!<br /><br />..Back to work.sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-70493645120688356792011-02-14T06:48:00.003-05:002011-02-14T06:55:41.056-05:00It's been a while~Good morning folks!<br />Sorry for the lack of updates. I know it's been a while since I last updated this page. <br />Orders have been shipping out. The ones that I've mentioned in my previous post have gone out already.<br />The second list of orders have also been shipped (although a few days late from their original shipping date as posted on my Etsy page, since I wasn't able to get out to the post office until later that week), but you should be receiving those soon!<br /><br />In other news, my goal for this week is to finish up one order per day and have those shipped out by Sunday. We'll see how that goes. I've still got to get more work done for my wholesale order as well, along with one of my other larger individual orders that I'd love to get out by the end of this week as well *crossing my fingers that I'll be able to do so*.<br /><br />Last Friday was a super productive day for me. I meet up with a good friend of mine and we had a "work" day together. He was working hard on his art pieces, and I managed to get through quite a bit of Etsy orders that day as well (when I can get through 4 orders in a day, I consider that a pretty productive day!).<br /><br />I'll try to update this space more frequently, although I haven't been that successful at doing that recently! But I'll try to keep things updated on here at least every week! <br /><br />Again, order status is updated on Etsy first, followed by an update on here. Thanks for being so patient with your orders. Hopefully by the end of this month I'll be fully caught up on EVERYTHING! ^_______^<br /><br />Cheers*sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-87855117669411388822011-01-24T16:05:00.004-05:002011-01-24T16:24:08.239-05:00Orders going outThe following is a list of people who I'll be shipping out their orders to this week. These mostly consist of people who had ordered owls from me ^^ Thank you for your patience! I'll update the order status section later this week, but your statuses will be updated on Etsy when your item goes out in the mail.<br /><br />srdryja<br />auntiemcc<br />suzannetodd<br />yokoume<br />mgilna<br /><br />This next list are for orders that I'm hoping to get out early next week:<BR><br />YannK<br />SamMan55<br />positate<br />sorrymymistake<br />neraEcri<br /><br />Again thank you all for your patience~!<br /><br />Also, we've been featured in some treasuries today! Thank you to the following people, and please do check out these wonderful treasuries that they've made:<br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d39d4ee8e2a6d91a9468433/love-in-small-packages?ref=pr_treasury" target="_blank">Treasury #1 - Love in Small Packages</a> by <B>aicreatures</b><br /><a href="www.etsy.com/treasury/4d3c573907b78eef6b1c2929/its-so-fuzzy" target="_blank">Treasury #2 - It's so Fuzzy</a> by <B>brienna</b><br /><a href="www.etsy.com/treasury/4d3d9461b25a8eef453a8074/somebunny-love-me?index=0" target="_blank">Treasury #3 - Somebunny Love Me?</a> by <B>sweetharvey</b>sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-37786983157586058012011-01-09T16:37:00.003-05:002011-01-09T16:49:49.295-05:00UPDATED!Okay, finally, time to update! So I just finished with exams which means that I have more time to work on orders. I've already contacted some of you already to let you know your orders will be shipping out this week (since I've been really busy over the holidays and studying for finals). <br /><br />Now that I have more free time on my hands, I should be able to finish the remaining orders by the end of next week. Therefore, this week and next week, you can expect that a great majority of orders will be shipping out! So terribly sorry for the wait time on some of your orders, but I'll be working hard to get them all out this week and next week. I have about 10 or so orders left to work on. Order status has (finally) been updated on here, but I always update on Etsy first.<br /><br />I hope you've all had a great weekend! My week has been pretty hectic due to studying for exams but I'm happy that's over with. Staying up from 5am until 2am studying everyday was completely exhausting! But I think it went well. I finally caught up on some needed rest and plan on using the rest of the day to work!<br /><br />Happy new year everyone.<br />I'll have a list up on here again later to let you know which orders I'm planning on shipping out next.<br />For the people who I did contact through etsy, your orders will be going out this week for sure.sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-48829901183663568392010-12-31T09:23:00.003-05:002010-12-31T09:43:57.739-05:00The Owlys have been spotted, and Happy New Year!Happy New Year (well almost) to everyone! It's been a pretty crazy year, and yeah, I'm still catching up! But thank you to everyone who have been super supportive and patient! I can't tell you enough how much I really appreciate it. I've been working hard on getting orders finished. There are still quite a bit that I need to ship out, and I apologize for the delay T____T I'm heading out to the post office to ship some out today, and more will go out next week. <b>I've got a final coming up</b> which I have yet to study for (my exam is on <b>January 8</b> for those of you who are curious, which is REALLY SOON! So I really need to study for that. BUT after that exam, I'll have a lot more free time to work on these orders (while I job search haha).<br /><br />ANYWAYS, some more exciting news!<br />I woke up to an awesome tweet, which was posted by <a href="http://blog.hootsuite.com/hootsuite-fan-owl-art/" target="_blank">Hootsuite</a>. Photos of the owls that I had made for them is now posted on their blog! <br /><a href="http://blog.hootsuite.com/hootsuite-fan-owl-art/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5003/5309794462_2da8db1aa4.jpg" width="400"></a><br />Some of these photos you've probably seen before if you had read my previous blogpost <a href="http://y0omii.blogspot.com/2010/11/hootsuite-plush-owls-behind-scenes.html" target="_blank">over here</a>. But there are some additional photos of the owlys traveling around the world, along with other Hootsuite fanart made by many other people! So definitely check it out~! <br /><a href="http://blog.hootsuite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/5304487368_879677a182_z.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://blog.hootsuite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/5304487368_879677a182_z.jpg" width="400"></a><br><br /><a href="http://blog.hootsuite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/5303892987_c13367a7cd_z.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://blog.hootsuite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/5303892987_c13367a7cd_z.jpg" width="400"></a><BR><br /><a href="http://blog.hootsuite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/5303893479_658ee8673d_z.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://blog.hootsuite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/5303893479_658ee8673d_z.jpg" width="400"></a><br /><br />Again, <b>I haven't updated the order status on this blog yet</b> (I will on the weekend however). But the packages that I have shipped out have been marked shipped on Etsy already, so do check there. There are still a lot that I need to get out, but the holidays have been super busy, and I've been dealing with a bunch of weird allergies this week. First on my hands, and now around my eyes. It's SUPER annoying T_____T! Anyways, I need to finish off a couple of owls and a dog so that I can ship them out today.<br /><br />HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! I'll try my best to get all of these orders out to you really quickly!sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-17313720688651513912010-12-25T11:42:00.003-05:002010-12-25T11:53:28.516-05:00Merry Christmas!I just wanted to quickly wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! I hope you're all having a great day today! Is anyone going out on boxing day??? haha! I still have a ton of work left to do T___T so I'll do my best to get out more orders out to you within the next week! I had an awesome opportunity to meet two of my Toronto customers the other day, which was really great! It was a bit of a hectic day that day, since the night before, the unthinkable happened... I had run out of yarn! I had stayed up all night to finish as much as I could, and then headed out early in the morning to quickly buy the extra yarn that I needed to finish an order for a giant and small mushroom bear! I ended up showing up to our meeting location late (since I was trying to finish making 3 bears that day), but thankfully both people were still there. It was really great meeting them and being able to give them the stuff they had bought ^___^. Afterwards I headed back out to do some last minute christmas shopping for my family~! I had no sleep that day, but happily passed out on my bed after coming home and eating dinner~<br /><br />I hope that everyone will have a wonderful christmas and enjoy the rest of their holiday! I'll be working on orders (like usual starting again this afternoon) as well as studying for my finals. Yes, while most people had theirs before the holidays, mine happens to be in January =___=. Good news is, I'm going in with a really good mark! HAHA, lets hope I give myself enough time to study so that I can do just as well on the exam!<br /><br /><B>Orders that I've shipped have already been marked on Etsy.</b> <u>I have not updated order status on this blog yet</u>, as things have been extremely hectic around here since it is the holidays, but I'll update that as soon as I can.<br /><br />Within the next week I'll post up more orders that will be shipping out (in a list format like in my previous post). There are a couple from the list in my previous post that I still have to ship out. Sorry for the delay, but again, thank you all so much for your patience! I greatly appreciate it, and I wish all of you a wonderful holiday!<br /><br />Rest up, and enjoy your time with your loved ones~!<br />And again, MERRY CHRISTMAS!sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-83622021890994125782010-12-18T10:12:00.008-05:002010-12-18T21:01:01.865-05:00Photos!For those of you who want to see what I've been up to, and why I've been so busy~ <br />This post is picture heavy.<br /><br />+--- Note important information from previous post --+<br />Again, <B>if you see your Etsy username</b> in the following list, it means that I have either already shipped out your order this week, or I am planning on shipping it out really soon...<br />- doodlebugart<br />- CindyBraniff<br />- blancamonrosgomez<br />- chupala<br />- cpelliccioni<br />- bananeanne<br />- JasonJaySharma<br />- neraEcri<br /><br /><h1>P.S.</h1> for my Toronto folks (kgigi and tensing) I'm hoping to have your orders ready by early next week, so I will contact you both soon about a meeting location.<br />+------------------------------------------------------+<br /><br />Don't see your name? It means I will be trying to ship your order out to you next week. Therefore you <B>will</b> receive it <u>after christmas</U>. Really sorry about that. I will have another list up later. I still haven't slept yet T_____T and I'm suppose to head out with my family later today, so when I get home I'll need to continue working on orders (assuming I don't pass out). When do I even have time to sleep today? I honestly don't know haha =____=;; <br /><I>OMG I just realized I've been awake for 24 hours! ... </i><br />.<br />.<br />.<br />Anyways, here are photos of what I've been making! If you're wondering why it takes me so long to get out your order.... this is why! It's because there are a lot of you, and some of you order more than one thing from me. PLUS I had my wholesale order to do. AH! I need sleep haha. Enjoy the photos. I'll try to update again later~ Anyways... proof that I've been busy making everything.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5204/5270655813_d9e1a94eec.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5271262672_92cbf149a6.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5167/5270655949_1d2d009061.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5087/5271278960_ff9aea375b.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5126/5270672353_377aa6e6bb.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5246/5270672443_6c6dcef5f1.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5005/5270783353_440497f22d.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5041/5270783461_7bdcc1c94e.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5086/5271391934_cf8a06e021.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5166/5270783643_8fcf7d2476.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5246/5270785139_41ab3e9c84.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5085/5271393664_b50b1fb8d1.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5082/5270785281_bf115dfc45.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5202/5271393828_89b5cc3cfd.jpg" width="400"><br /><br />+--- Wholesale ---+<br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5203/5270783737_cebd908d7b.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5001/5271392280_09eba7dcfc.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5245/5271392376_f87922328b.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5161/5271392492_0b82b20ace.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5009/5271392586_fff95d1552.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5050/5270784301_9ffc3843f5.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5003/5271392782_5d4bcba827.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5248/5271392898_483530c80d.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5205/5270784637_b1a898c96f.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5210/5270784745_28601efecf.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5245/5270784821_d9645c6023.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5004/5271393296_286f86b68a.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5290/5270784983_a27fdc3d6a.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5001/5271393464_ce12ecae26.jpg" width="400">sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-80911742620878965262010-12-14T08:39:00.004-05:002010-12-14T18:48:41.932-05:00Busy Schedule.Good morning folks! Just a quick note (since I have not slept yet), but <B>the following orders will be shipping out this week</b> (at least I'm trying my best to get these ones out this week):<br /><br />- doodlebugart<br />- CindyBraniff<br />- blancamonrosgomez<br />- chupala<br />- cpelliccioni<br />- bananeanne<br />- JasonJaySharma<br />- neraEcri<br /><br /><B>If you do not see your Etsy username here, it means that I will be shipping out your order out next week (hopefully!)</b> These are shipping out (roughly) in the order that each order was placed. So if you do not see your username listed, please <u>check back again next week</u>.<br /><br />I really wanted to get all of these out before Christmas, but it's super difficult (this year) considering the amount of orders that I have, as well as how long each one takes me to make (my mom already complains that I do not sleep, even though I did get my 8 hours of sleep in yesterday.... not yet today however). It didn't help that I had very little time last week to work on these considering I was in the court house the entire week for jury selection, as well as a final paper to write for school.<br /><br />This whole week I'm dedicating a great majority of my time to finishing up these orders as quickly as possible which means, <B>no sleep for me!</b> lol. But anyways, the people I've done wholesale orders with are complete angels. I've been busy finishing up one of my wholesale orders heading for Australia, so I'll have photos up later (along with the other photos that I keep promising to put up... they'll all be up later). The other person that I do wholesale with has given me a bit more time to work on her order as well, since she knows how much work I still have to do for my individual Etsy orders, and I honestly can't thank her enough. <br /><br /><h1>P.S.</h1> <B>for my Toronto folks</b> (kgigi and tensing) I'm hoping to have your orders ready by early next week, so I will contact you both soon about a meeting location.<br /><br />Thank you to everyone again for your patience! You have no idea how much I appreciate it. To my most recent orders, most likely you will be receiving yours in January, but if it is possible for me to ship it out before then, I definitely will.<br /><br />Cheers!sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-62173839806948323412010-12-06T18:41:00.004-05:002010-12-06T19:13:57.865-05:00Jury SelectionJust a really quick update.<br />Order updates will be slow this week on my blog because I've been summoned for jury selection here in Toronto. It is something we must attend. I originally thought it would be for just one day, but found out today that it's for the entire week. If selected to be on the jury, it means that I'll be in the courthouse for more than a week, and depending on how long the trial goes, it could be even longer. <br /><br />Because of this, it's going to be a bit hard for me to get as many orders out this week as I would like to. Today I was there from 8:30am - 4:30pm, and for the rest of the week, I've got to be there from 9:30am - 4:30pm. I've also got a final paper to write which is due this weekend, and wholesale orders that I MUST ship out this week.<br /><br />That being said, I still have individual orders to catch up on. I know I say this time and time again, but I really do appreciate how patient you've all been, and I'm really sorry for any inconvenience the delay in receiving your orders have caused. Please do know that I'm doing as much as I can to get these out as soon as possible to all of you.<br /><br />I really want to be able to get all of them out before christmas, but some of you may receive yours after that date, due to the large volume of orders that I have received.<br /><br />Unlike last year, when I didn't have school, and didn't have as many orders to work on, this year, the response on my characters have been quite overwhelming. I'm really happy that you've all liked them enough to purchase them, and so I'm working as hard as I can to get these out to you, even if it means little sleep.<br /><br />I do ship out multiple orders each week, so if you haven't received yours yet, please expect that it will go out soon. I've been trying to ship everything out in the order that I've received the orders in, accommodating different deadlines when I can. There's only so much I can do in a day, and now because of jury selection and the possibility of jury duty, I'm having to re-arrange my schedule this week in order to finish all the work that I need to get done.<br /><br />As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do send me a message on etsy. If you send me an email, please send it to <a href="mailto:oddlycuteyoomii.gmail.com">oddlycuteyoomii@gmail.com</a>, as it's hard for me to check my hotmail address (since it doesn't always work). If you haven't heard from me first, and you're concerned about your order, please don't hesitate to contact me, but please also know that I do not read minds... there's a lot on my plate, and so if I am contacting you first, it would be to let you know that I've finally shipped out your order after the long wait.<br /><br />Again, I greatly appreciate how patient everyone has been. My short update has turned into a bit of a lengthy one.<br />I'm going to have some dinner (since I missed breakfast, and they didn't give us enough time off for lunch for me to find something decent to eat.... I only had yogurt for lunch today).. and after dinner I'll continue on orders until about midnight.<br /><br />Have a great night, and again, please contact me on etsy if you have any questions. <br />Thank you~<br /><br />(p.s. more photos WILL be posted soon.. .they're all on my camera still....but I've been so busy with making stuff and studying, that I haven't had time to upload and edit pictures.<br />p.p.s to those of you who had contacted me recently, and I said your order would ship out last week, I'm still working on those, as I had to finish up wholesale orders and that took longer than expected. I'll try to get those out to you this week. sorry T___T)sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-61756395237628453652010-11-26T16:29:00.006-05:002010-11-26T19:00:03.748-05:00Hootsuite Plush Owls: Behind the Scenes<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5003/5209641865_2f2001d2f0.jpg" width="200"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5206/5209782875_c296ddc8f8.jpg" width="200"><br />So, I've finally finished my Hootsuite order! <br /><br />It feels so good to have finally finished, although it has taken a lot longer than it should have (but that was because of all the other orders that I also had to work on at the exact same time... my fingers are definitely crying right now~). Anyways, I wanted to quickly share the photos that I've taken during this whole process. I've posted a few of them before, but I guess I'll repost those ones as well, for the purpose of this blog entry. This post will be a quick one, as I still have a bunch of other orders that I need to work on (which I'm trying to get out before Christmas), so for the most part this post will be pic heavy. My desk feels a whole lot emptier without those owls around. I kind of miss them already~!<br /><br />Here's hoping for their safe flight to Vancouver! Can't wait to see photos of them once they're in Hootsuite's HQ hehe~<br /><br />+--- In The Making ---+<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4150/5025076173_0cca43ffd8.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5025690206_a4264ef5d3.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/5052509619_5bf206c7ef.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5157762274_3ee6d5de0b.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1090/5157153313_0218141da2.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/5209639539_ce348ebee3.jpg" width="400"><br /><br />+--- Finished Owls ---+<br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5123/5210238972_840f05e410.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/5209639939_0035910a33.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5206/5209782875_c296ddc8f8.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5121/5209640255_dfef88bc3f.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5049/5209639337_7557af4693.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5209640409_5e06f5b640.jpg" width="400"><br /><br />+--- Extra Photos ---+<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/5209640559_714b0cbd98.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/5210239990_4fbcf18e19.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5122/5209640927_f107a5040c.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/5210240434_75c42c9fc3.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5281/5210240742_fb040ee082.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5003/5209641865_2f2001d2f0.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5163/5209642039_b5ec8703c7.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5209642207_d65080cfb8.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5168/5209642377_74795841c0.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5086/5209642521_237de081eb.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5085/5210241792_134932e493.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5004/5209642799_f930a6a78a.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/5209642949_356cae2354.jpg" width="400"><br /><i>*red hat borrowed from one of my other owls~</I><br /><br />Getting 20 owls to fit in the box was quite challenging. I thought it would be impossible...hahaha, I don't think the little owls were looking forward to this part either~<br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5003/5209685425_031675dd23.jpg" width="400"><br />^ The Medium Box (it was a bit small, but the Large box CanadaPost offers would be too large)<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/5209685581_511ff93098.jpg" width="400"><br />^ All 20 owls waiting to go in<br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5127/5210285124_9928094ba3.jpg" width="400"><br />^ The first 10 have gone inside<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/5210285330_105424cbf2.jpg" width="400"><br />^ Now there's 12 inside<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/5210285526_601b5e55bf.jpg" width="400"><br />^ Make that 14<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/5210285694_73bdb7c8c3.jpg" width="400"><br />^ The last 6 have made their way inside. No more space! They're all so squished >_<<br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5084/5209686583_b16cc9628d.jpg" width="400"><br />At this point I'm wondering whether or not I'll be able to close this box properly<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/5209686419_e45f40c97e.jpg" width="400"><br />Horray! They fit! And yes, I drew doodles on the box for fun~<br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5010/5210286110_16ed295322.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5084/5210286240_0ec1bccb67.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5208/5209687077_4d03960d69.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5290/5209687211_d08c102b76.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5210286692_5da333335d.jpg" width="400"><br /><br /><B><I>Side note:</I></b><br />Sorry about the poor editing job on the photos... I rushed through them (while eating dinner) since there was a lot. I might go back to re-edit them later if time permits, but I still have many other orders to catch up on, including two more wholesale orders. Must.. get.. everything out.. before christmas!!!sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-13562803043612424612010-11-22T04:49:00.009-05:002010-11-22T05:11:32.771-05:00Back on task.Hey everyone, so I'm finally caught up in my school work, submitted my assignment, and currently catching up on orders. This week will be super busy as I will be trying to ship out two wholesale orders this week as well as some of your individual Etsy orders. Hopefully I can stay on task. It's going to be tough, but I'll do my best. <br /><br />Order status is usually updated on Etsy first before I update it on here. If you're still waiting for your order, your continued patience is greatly appreciated. I do ship out as much as I can each week, so every week a couple of orders do get sent out.<br /><br />I haven't had time to transfer photos from my camera yet, but once I get a chance to, I'll have more photos posted.<br /><br /><a href="http://kidindependent.com/2010/11/plushie-palooza-y0omii/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/5197471287_b5b6b4cf20.jpg" width="250" align="center"></a><BR><br />In the meantime, please check us out on <a href="http://kidindependent.com/2010/11/plushie-palooza-y0omii/" target="_blank">Plushi Palooza</a> by Kid Independent. One of my owls is featured in their giveaway this month (along with many other goodies by other Etsy Artists). You can vote for your favourite for your chance to win something awesome (like my little owl). Check out the site and definitely enter to win~! This little owl is looking forward to his new home (and if you win, you get the exact one that was photographed ^^).<br /><br /><I>*Side note:</i><br />Pardon me while I freak out a little as there are SO many orders that I want to try to get out before christmas! Thank you all for your support!! Compared to last year, this year has been way busier with orders~! (But unlike last year when I didn't have school and was able to dedicate more time to orders, this year I've got school and orders... it's a little overwhelming but I'll continue to do my best! Thank you all again!! ^________^)sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-65833901765857263192010-11-15T00:12:00.004-05:002010-11-15T04:11:06.910-05:00ScheduleThis is my study schedule for this week (Nov 15 - 22). <br />Please do not rush me this week with orders as I have a lot of work that I need to catch up on (in terms of school as well as etsy) since I had neglected my studies completely during the last week due to purely working on orders. <br /><br />My mornings and part of the afternoon will be dedicated to catching up on readings for school. The rest of the afternoon into the evening will be dedicated to working on orders. Thank you for your continued patience. Again please do not rush me this week with orders. I know they are important, and it's important for me to get them out to you, but I really need to catch up on these readings and work on my assignment for class. I will post updates as they become available (concerning the status of some of your orders). As always, they will be mailed out asap once they've been completed, but my top priority this week is <B>school.</b><br /><br />Additional photos of things I've been making will be posted at a later date (for now you can check the previous entry for some photos that I had posted up recently)~<br /><br />+-----------------------------------------------------+<br /><b>Monday:</b> WK6 Chapter 7<br /><b>Tuesday:</b> WK6 Chapter 8<br /><B>Wednesday:</b> WK 7 Chapter 9<br /><B>Thursday:</b> WK 8 Chapter 10 (if time permits)<br /><B>Friday:</b> Research for assignment 2<br /><b>Saturday:</b> Research for assignment 2 / write up assignment<br /><b>Sunday:</b> Assignment 2 DUE!<br />+-----------------------------------------------------+<br /><br />Again mornings will be dedicated to pure studying. Late afternoon-evening will be dedicated to working on orders.<br />Thank you~!<br /><br />ps. I do ship out multiple packages out each week~sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-26598040570392138402010-11-08T04:28:00.004-05:002010-11-08T04:36:24.194-05:00Quick Photos.Here are some photographs of various orders that I have been working on. More photos will come soon~<br /><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1402/5157761616_a0cc3ef7d5.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5157761442_9ffcf6cdba.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/5157152665_de109d7a76.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1103/5157152849_819287a384.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/5157762094_a9bfc3458b.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1090/5157153313_0218141da2.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1425/5157153501_a960e17f3f.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1368/5157153701_96d7216da5.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1082/5157763084_8551f7bef5.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/5157154105_87de42be82.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/5157763492_5719635012.jpg" width="400"><br /><br />Thank you for your patience~sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-67799005302711920372010-10-31T20:56:00.003-04:002010-10-31T21:08:25.272-04:00Current OrdersHey everyone! It's been such a busy week. Catching up on orders, homework, and writing my assignment for school. I feel so overwhelmed and drained. I spent my week working on orders and doing readings for school. I spent my saturday researching and writing up my assignment, submitting it at 5am, and falling asleep around 7am. <br /><br />It's now sunday, and current and past orders are being worked on right now. I will probably not be online as much as before during this week because I will be extremely busy catching up on everyones orders so that I can ship them out. I also need to grab more supplies because I'm running out! T_____T<br /><br />If you had messaged me on etsy last week regarding the whereabouts of your order, I most likely have replied back to your message already to let you know that I would be shipping them out this week. And I'm going to do my best to do so. There's really a lot to catch up on. I still need to ship out one of my wholesale orders as well. Actually 2. But they're almost finished.<br /><br />For any new orders that do come in (although it is unlikely for the time being), I would really appreciate it if you <u>let me know in advance</u> whether you will be needing your order by a certain date. It's really hard to accommodate an order in a really short amount of time, when I have a lot of other customers who have been <i>extremely</i> patient with their orders, and I really do not want to make them wait any longer.<br /><br />I know what it's like to wait and wait and wait for an order to arrive, and I know it can feel frustrating, and leave you wondering "is she really working on them? did she forget?"<br /><br /><b>I really am working on them. And no I did not forget. </b> ^__^<br /><br />As always, you can reach me via <B>Etsy convo.</b> If you are going to send me a message regarding your order, please do so through <b>Etsy Conversation</b> rather than <b>Email</b>. I don't check my hotmail as often because it gives me a lot of problems. So it's much more convenient for me to check my Etsy page to see if there are any messages. <br /><br />For this week, there are some bunnies that need to be shipped off... as well as some bears and monkeys. If these sound familiar to you, they might be your orders.<br /><br />I haven't had time to update the order status section of this website this week, but I will try to do so tomorrow, or when I get most of the orders out that I planned on getting out this week.<br /><br />If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. <br />It's time to get back to work. Time taken to write this is time taken away from making! <br /><br />Hope you are all having a good sunday.sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-55015310666120356002010-10-25T04:33:00.002-04:002010-10-25T04:36:28.085-04:00Quick update.I'm going to do my best to ship out additional orders next week. Since I have an assignment for school that is due by the end of the week, this week is going to be really busy for me, and so I will not have as much time as I need to finish orders to ship out this week. That being said, after I finish my assignment, I'll do my best to get everything out as soon as I can. Thank you for your continued patience and understanding, as I try to find a balance between my studies and my etsy shop. Sorry for the delay and inconvenience that this may cause some of you, but I am trying my best, and I really need to do well on my assignment.sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-3700597224695366032010-10-16T17:27:00.003-04:002010-10-16T18:32:22.139-04:00Quick update + General Info about Christmas Orders<img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/5087763878_83f417a0ab.jpg" width="400"><br />Just a really quick update everyone. I'm sick. Been resting a lot today (I think I've pretty much slept this entire day). Super drowsy. Anyways the photo above shows a fraction of the stuff that I had been working on over the week. I'll try to ship out more orders asap, since I know you've all been patiently waiting. Thanks again for being super awesome.<br /><br /><B>Quick reminder:</b><br />If you plan on ordering something for Christmas, please place your orders in early. With the amount of orders that I currently have left to complete, it will be very hard to fulfil christmas orders if they are received in December. So please try to place your orders in ahead of time (meaning during October and early November) so that I have time to work on them, since as most of you all know already, everything in my shop is currently <b>made-to-order</b>. <br /><br />Thanks again!sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-52632766076797899592010-10-11T13:31:00.011-04:002010-10-11T14:09:41.496-04:00Another busy dayHappy Thanksgiving! <br /><br />Today will be another busy day of studying and working on orders. I've actually made a list of everything that I have left to make, and posted it on my desk so that I can keep track of everything, and eventually cross things off the list once they are completed. Seeing the list itself really made me realize just how much work I have left to complete. I literally have around <B>100 things</b> that I need to finish up in terms of <u>orders</U> (and that includes individual and wholesale orders combined), as well as one more chapter to read for class before being caught up (since I do not want to fall behind in that). I'm hoping that having a physical list right in front of me will help me to visualize the amount of work that I need to accomplish, so that I don't lose track of things. It also helps me determine the amount of time that I'll need to spend working on orders versus studying versus having a social life. <br /><br />On a side note, I was able to see some of my friends over the weekend whom I haven't seen in <i>the longest time</i>. It was really great getting a chance to catch up with them while we had lunch. I hope I'll have more time later on to see them all again. But first things first...it's time to get back to work.<br /><br />Here are some more behind the scenes photos of some of the orders that I had been working on. Additional photos will be posted up later.<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/5070453108_09699c2f40.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/5070453518_aab1a22389.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5069848995_ff17de0f4c.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/5069873525_5f629a44cb.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5071640502_d386cb24af.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/5071033363_3d1eb48e17.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/5071034359_65e417c930.jpg" width="400"><br /><br />Again, if you feel that I'm taking long with your order, or if you just want an update about its status, please don't hesitate to <a href="mailto:oddlycuteyoomii@gmail.com">contact me</a>. But please do understand that I <u><i>do</i></u> have <i>a lot</I> of orders that I have to work on, and your patience is greatly appreciated. Each one does take time to make, and so if you think that I've been taking too long with your order, please understand that there are other people as well who are patiently waiting for theirs too, and that I'm doing my best to work on them all at the same time so that I can get them all out to you. <br /><br /><b>NOTE:</b> Because of the amount of orders that I have gotten (and I'm really thankful for all of them), please note that I'm not sure if I will take in any special requests for <B>christmas orders this year</b>. Last year I received many orders right before christmas, and although I am not flying off to another country this year for the holidays, I don't know if I will be able to handle a high amount of last minute orders. Please take into consideration that I'm currently <u>backlogged by about a month</u>, and while I am trying my best to get everything out in a timely manner (as humanly possible), creation and shipment of your order may get delayed. <br /><br />Thanks again so much for your continued support and for being so patient with me as I work hard to complete everything. For now, I will leave you with this photo that I took during my recent mini-photowalk to Centre Island. It's one of my favourites out of the batch that I had photographed that day~!<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/5064206976_c98d55f4d1.jpg" width="400">sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-75358506801763542512010-10-04T21:55:00.006-04:002010-10-05T04:58:23.402-04:00Quick Progress ReportSo, all of these owls that I'm making for Hootsuite all have their wings and are awaiting their faces to be sewn on. I hope to have that completed by the end of this week and have them shipped out promptly after. Photos of course will be posted up to show their progress.<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/5052509619_5bf206c7ef.jpg" width="400"><br />I've also got some new owls started up (different colour scheme), which I hope to have finished soon, so please look forward to seeing them in the shop soon.<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/5053227232_893aa2d78e.jpg" width="400"><br /><br />Aside from <i>still</i> working on individual orders to get them all shipped out, as well as some new <b>wholesale orders</b> that I've been working on, I cannot take in any more <b>custom orders</b>. I've still got a ton of work to catch up on, and with the addition of school into my <i>already</i> busy schedule, I'm finding myself quite, well, busy. <i>Overwhelmed</I> might seem like a more appropriate way to describe things.<br /><br />Although I am still happy to take orders for anything listed in my etsy shop, as far as <u>custom orders</u> are concerned, I'm afraid that I cannot take in any more requests for the time being. By custom orders, I'm referring to the ones which I would have to design and make from scratch, and I really do not have the time to work on any additional ones at the moment. <br /><br />Once my schedule has cleared up a bit, I will happily accept any new custom order requests that people may send in.<br /><br />Thank you for your continued patience. I'm hoping to have more stuff shipped out this week, including a pair of wedding cake toppers! More photos to come, so stay tuned.sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-22316116659088964412010-09-28T11:27:00.010-04:002010-09-28T12:43:18.123-04:00QR codes and some new additions to the blogAside from the obvious layout change, I've added a few new things to the blog. Get to know a little bit more about my online shop and how it all started in the <a href="http://y0omii.blogspot.com/p/about-yoomii.html">about section</a>. I have also added a new <a href="http://y0omii.blogspot.com/p/fun.html">FAQ section</a> in hopes of answering some of your most burning questions. Additionally, you might have noticed a couple of barcode images off in the side bar. I've recently become quite obsessed with my barcode scanning application which I had downloaded onto my phone. Call me crazy, but there's something really fun about being able to scan a bunch of different barcodes with my cellphones built-in camera, and instantly accessing the information that is embedded within those barcodes, in my cellphones mobile browser. <br /><br />The application, <b>ShopSavvy</b> by <a href="http://biggu.com" target="_blank">Big in Japan</a>, works on both Android and iPhone, and allows the user to scan different barcodes with their phones built-in camera, in order to gather additional information about any given product (e.g. price; where to buy). When it works, it's absolutely fantastic! I found that it was surprisingly accurate for some of my Japanese products (eye drops, sunscreen, pens, etc.), and somewhat accurate with more local products. <br /><br />With the addition of another application, <b>Share by QRCode</b>, ShopSavvy becomes even more awesome (for me at least). <b>Share by QRCode</b> (for Android) let me create my own QR codes for this blog, as well as for my <a href="http://y0omii.tumblr.com" target="_blank">lookbook</a>. If you scan the first QR code that you see off in the side bar, it will load my shops lookbook into your cellphones browser. Awesome right? I thought it was a really great way to share/gather information really quickly! I liked the idea so much, that I added the code on my lookbooks page as well--it can be found when you click the "view more info" link. I guess I'm a big fan of barcode scanning applications now.<br /><br />Anyways, I know this post was a little different from the usual, but since it still related to the shop, I thought that I should share my thoughts about this new obsession of mine. It's time for me to get back to work (or possibly sleep, considering I have yet to do so). For now, I will leave you with this quick illustration that I had done in my little sketchbook. <br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/5033120895_5cc8071efd.jpg" width="400"><br />My good friend <a href="http://janetwmy.com" target="_blank">Janet</a> and I had once talked about doing at least one thing each day that would make us happy. For me, drawing has always been one of those things. I don't think that I'm the best at it, but I've always enjoyed it, and want to improve. So here's something that I quickly drew a few weeks ago before heading off to bed.sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-51802174913983995212010-09-26T05:09:00.006-04:002010-09-28T11:29:52.719-04:00Various updates and a little bit about my dayHey everyone! I hope you're all doing well. I've been super busy working on orders this entire week, as well as actively job searching. I think I've been making great progress in my orders, although there is still a lot left to work on. But I think I'm starting to get faster at finishing off some things as I make more and more of my characters into toys. My sister has also been of great help when it comes to crocheting some things as well, and I'm really thankful that she was so enthusiastic to help out when she has spare time between studying for her biology and chemistry courses. <br /><br />This weekend I've been busily working on my wholesale order for <b>Hootsuite</b> which I feel is long overdue. My apologies. I really wanted to have these finished a lot sooner, but between numerous individual orders that I had to work on, progress on my Hootsuite order was virtually nonexistant. However, I told myself that I will definitely try to finish them off this week. I've been working on them non stop on Friday, as well as Saturday afternoon (after a quick visit to the yarn store for some essentials). It's Sunday morning as I'm typing this (before I head off to bed... and yes, it's past 5am as I'm typing), and I'm planning on working on it for the rest of today as well. But I've also got to squeeze in a couple of individual orders in between all these owls that I'm making because those have to be shipped out asap as well!<br /><br />What a hectic schedule, but in the end it's all worth it! I love seeing everything get completed and shipping them off to my customers! You know I'm really thankful to all of you. You've all been super patient with your orders, since I literally have a lot on my plate and usually only have 2 working hands (sometimes 4 when my sister is able to participate in the production process). So I'm really thankful to all of you who have been and continue to be really patient with your orders.<br /><br />So to demonstrate a bit of the craziness that I've been going through with completing my Hootsuite order, here is my little <b>progress report</b>. I'm actually a bit further ahead than what these photos show (newer photos have yet to be uploaded). I will post more photos when I have time, but I'm really excited to have these all finished. I think once all of the photos are posted up, it will have a bigger impact. <br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4150/5025076173_0cca43ffd8.jpg" width="400"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5025690206_a4264ef5d3.jpg" width="400"><br />As of right now, they have their wings (photo to be posted) and need their faces sewn on, so I hope to have them finished by the end of this week.<br /><br />In the meantime, I still have <i>another</I> wholesale order to finish, as well as a new one to start working on, <i>PLUS</i> all of your individual orders as well! I'll really need to budget my time so that I can complete both wholesale orders and individual orders at the same time, so that neither have to wait super long to receive their items.<br /><br />Don't forget to stop by our <a href="http://y0omii.tumblr.com" target="_blank">lookbook</a> to see updated photos of some of your favourite characters! I'm getting around to actually updating the photos in <a href="http://y0omii.etsy.com" target="_blank">my shop</a> as well, although the photo uploading service on Etsy is really bothering me, since the photos I upload on there turn out looking really desaturated, which is a pain to have to re-edit. So please do check out my lookbook (aka. my mini catalogue) for better quality photos!<br /><br />In other news, one of my friends is leaving for <b>Australia</b> later today! He's going for an entire year! I'm happy I was able to see him on Wednesday, but a little disappointed at myself for being unable to attend his going away party on Friday. I just had too much work to do and wasn't feeling to well that day.<br /><br />Oh, and one more quick note:<br />From now on packages will only be mailed out on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays (since it's difficult to get out to the post office during the rest of the week), and order status will be updated at least once a week.sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-83848826581114589882010-09-17T16:07:00.004-04:002010-09-17T16:11:56.939-04:00Eye Candies Blog Giveaway ResultsThank you to those of you who participated in my first giveaway with <a href=http://www.eyecandiesblog.com/8/post/2010/09/y0omii.html" target="_blank">EyeCandiesBlog.com</a>. It was a lot of fun, and I'm happy to announce that a winner has been chosen!<br /><br />Congrats to <b>Oksana</b>! <br /><br />I'm waiting for your reply to my email so that I know where to ship your little owl to.<br /><br />Thank you again to everyone who participated~!sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-78578213862116303242010-09-14T00:29:00.002-04:002010-09-14T00:33:29.410-04:00Quick Order UpdatesHey Everyone! <br />This is just a quick message to let you know that I will be shipping out another batch of orders this week. So if you are waiting for your order, please expect to receive it soon. I know I'm still backlogged on quite a few of them but I'm trying my best to catch up. There's only so much one can do each day, and so I've been having my sister help out as well when she can to help speed things up a bit. Thank you for continuing to stay super patient with your orders, as I'm doing my best to get them all out to you. A lot of work and care go into making each one, so your patience is always greatly appreciated.<br /><br />If you have any questions, feel free to send me an email.<br /><br />Also, I've been adding new photos to our <a href="http://y0omii.tumblr.com" target="_blank">Lookbook</a>. If you haven't checked it out yet, please do, as it contains updated photos of the toys that I've been making. I still have to update the photos in my <a href="http://y0omii.etsy.com" target="_blank">Etsy Shop</a>, so hopefully I'll have some time to do that later this week.<br /><br />I'll keep you all posted when the next batch ships out, and I'll be updating the order status tomorrow morning, since it is already past midnight, and there's still quite a bit of work to be done before I head off to sleep.sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774035321908254176.post-43854593628893484292010-09-03T16:11:00.004-04:002010-09-03T16:19:24.339-04:00Lookbook!<a href="http://y0omii.tumblr.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4955216790_b16f786f6f.jpg" width="400"></a><br />So, I've been working on something a bit new for the shop, and I've been having a lot of fun making it. It's a <b>lookbook</b> featuring the characters that I've made for my shop! I'm still in the process of putting it together, but it'll have updated photos of what my characters look like, as well as quick product information and pricing. I think it'll come in useful for those of you interested in wholesale or custom orders, since everything will be in one neat and organized place. Please check it out when you have a chance! I kind of think of it as a mini online catalogue for my shop ^^<br /><br /><a href="http://y0omii.tumblr.com" target="_blank">View y0omii's Lookbook here</a><br /><br />In the meantime, I'll have to also update some of the photos in my shop as well, while I catch up on the remaining orders that I need to ship out. I have a new flash for my camera so that should make it a lot easier for me to take clearer photos at home (:sheryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08731419257426394009noreply@blogger.com0