I am SOOOO BEYOND EXCITED AND HONORED to be able to announce: THE MAIN GOAL HAS BEEN REACHED!!!! TAOHUA AND MACARON ARE OFFICIALLY HAPPENING!!!! 🍑🍒😭😭

I am grateful beyond comprehension, truly I cannot convey properly have deep the gratitude I have is for everyone. I never imagined we'd reach the initial goal this fast. I was frankly terrified making the goal $5k and unlocking both Taohua and Macaron in one go, because I was worried that maybe it'd not be possible.

But not only was it possible, it happened in the first few hours of launch, and I genuinely can't believe it nor can I thank you all enough for this. Just, with my entire heart soul and being: thank you, truly and with all my love 🩷

I have added a 3 plushie bundle tier for the regular plush bundle and the bundle with the small ticket goodies included (the care packages)!! If you want to help us hopefully reach our next Fruit Friend goal stop, Muffin the fennec fox, feel free to change your pledge to the 3 plushie bundle/care package if you'll happen to want all three.

Please keep in mind Muffin will not be available as a plush choice unless we reach $8,000 in total funding, but I'm hoping with such a strong start that maybe it can be possible!! 🥹🩷🫐 Muffin's sample has been secured and is being finalized soon, so I'll be able to share updates on Muffin's prototype soon!

I have also brainstormed a 5th friend in case we reach Muffin and Tangerabbit a bit faster than I was anticipating! I've added the design early as a sneak peek for backers to see!

Thank you again, truly, I just cannot believe this at all, and I truly just thank you all for allowing Taohua and Macaron's sweet dream to come true 🩷 Today I have shaken, cried, sobbed, and yelled with joy. Truly a roller coaster of emotions today, and I am so grateful to you all. Thank you thank you thank you thank you always and forever!!!! 🩷🩷🩷🩷

As always, feel free to let me know if you have any questions here or my email ([email protected])!!

THANK YOU!! WE DID IT!! YAY TEAM!!!! 🩷🩷🩷🩷 NEXT STOP: MUFFIN!

Hi everyone! The Fruit Friends are almost here...?!

omg, I truly cannot BELIEVE the project is LAUNCHING TOMORROW?! Where did the time go?! I've been working on setting up this campaign for months and the debut of the Fruit Friends is finally on its way tomorrow!!?? What the heck...

I'm also being so chill and normal and relaxed about it too, like I'm totally not even a LITTLE nervous (yet super pumped and excited as well)!!!! :3

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I also wanted to finally address some questions I get a lot when I launch a new campaign in the form of an FAQ type of thing, which you can find below here!~ <3

If you don't see an answer to your question here in the FAQ or if you need extra clarification on any of the points, feel free to email me ([email protected]) or comment here on this post, and I'll be more than happy to help in any possible way I can!

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Lastly, I have updated Muffin's design ever so slightly so she resembles a fennec fox a little more closely~

Her nose and mouth muzzle will also stick out more due to how a fennec fox's snout actually looks in real life, so she will appear more fox-like all around.

Another small Muffin sidenote: I also already secured the sample for our fox friend Muffin as well, so prototype pictures will be shared really soon! I can't wait to finally share Muffin's sample, since I know everyone's pretty excited for her too ~!

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Thank you as always and forever with my entire heart and being for your support, whether you're new to my plushies/art/etc. or a long time supporter. It's genuinely hard to describe just the sheer amount of gratitude I have for being given the opportunity to host another plush campaign due to your continued (or new/recent which is super awesome too and I'm so grateful!!) support of my designs and work. It means more to me than I can even put into words.

I am just beyond grateful to you all with my whole soul, and I really hope you'll enjoy the launch tomorrow! The project will go live tomorrow at 12:30pm EST, so I really hope to see you there! ;v;!!!! <3

Amazing job all of you to our loyal fans and new fans! 

Thank you so much for getting us this far! We are in the home stretch! I’m setting up the surveys which will go out in a few days after campaign ends and will allow for further add-ons and the pre-order store. 

But can we unlock coy ness before we end?? I think we can! If not you all are amazing and we are so grateful for how far we've gotten! 

We need just a little more to unlock her so lets see if we can!

Hello everyone! I wanted to announce a big yet positive, necessary change to the project...:

After not only deliberating on this for a while, and after doing some calculations to make sure this is actually feasible: I will be changing the initial goal to unlock at $5,000 BUT once reached, BOTH Taohua AND Macaron will BOTH, SIMULTANEOUSLY, BE UNLOCKED AND AVAILABLE TOGETHER! Macaron will no longer be a stretch goal and will be the initial goal ALONGSIDE Taohua!

I think that ultimately, given the poll and with the help of Backerkit's algorithm telling me that a $5,000 goal is very feasible and possible to reach, this is the best outcome and decision I could make regarding the initial goal, so that once it is reached, the two plushies that forefronted this project will be available together. I think this decision will hopefully erase and avoid a lot of disappointment if we don't reach the stretch goal, help with momentum, and create more excitement while avoiding any confusion regarding which of the initial plushies are available since they'll both be available at the same time once $5,000 is reached.

Muffin the fennec fox and Tangerabbit will remain stretch goals but hopefully this all will even help us get those unlocked more easily too!

There will also be discount bundles available for anyone wanting both Taohua and Macaron together.

If you have any questions or anything about any of this change, feel free to email me ([email protected]) or comment here!

I thank you all always for your support and interest in this project and I am super excited to share the smaller ticket goodies as well very soon once those are finalized!

Hope you have a fantastic day everyone, and I hope this decision works best for you, I think it's the best overall decision to make as many people satisfied in the end as possible!

Hello, the fulfillment company has now shipped 99% of the packages! There's still just a small amount left to pack and ship due to some technical issues Backerkit was having but it's all resolved now so those last ones should be shipped within the next few days.

Some of you have already started receiving your cat bags and stickers. If you received a shipping notification but have had issues with your tracking number, please contact me. All bags should have come with a matching sticker to each bag, the stickers will be located inside the box so please double check! If your bag arrived damaged at all, if you received the wrong color bag, or you did not receive your matching sticker, please CONTACT ME so we can arrange getting you a replacement!

As for the winners of the Backerkit bag giveaway, I randomly selected 2 numbers and they were Backers #98 & #123! I've already contacted them so the winners should expect their free bags sometime soon.

Once more, I just want to give a huge thank you to everyone who pledged for this campaign! I know it took a really long time to flesh out all the details for each cat bag but I hope you will see the work that went into each one and love them for a long time!

Extra inventory will be available to order once I'm able to take stock photos, arrange long term fulfillment, and set up my shop website so please be on the lookout for that if you'd like to add another cat to your collection. I will be attending The Great Lace in Chicago from March 20-22 so I will have a very limited number of cat bags there in person.

Again, any issues please don't hesitate to contact me. Thank you! :)

Y'ALL are coming through for this lil lad!! 

AND....

I apologies for the lack of updates, a lot of health junk going on, but I deeply appreciate everything you've given us, I hope we can make this awesome for everyone! 
Depending on how we do on backerkit add-ons and such we can also afford a re-stock for Glorp which can help us so so much, so it means a ton to us along with some help with jelly stars so it means a super ton! Thank you so much again!! <3 

We were so close, yet so far.. 
We had a lot of pledge cancellations which is totally okay just pushed us back a bit! But we can do this!!!

I did some doodles and thought they might look a lil funky for a lil funky fellow!
(Final will be cleaned up! ofc!!)

I have a poll below with pictures! Which everyone can vote on, which would you choose to add to your collection of lil guys!

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We are in the final weeks and I hope to reach the plush goal for this lil lad but we'll see!!

In total we are about 80%ISH percent between both goals!

CROSS COLLAB FREEBIE!!!
Oh yeah baby we didn't stop there!
How about a CUTE Sticker with Jackalope and 

Wyldefell Woods's Own Dust Bunnies! Isn't so CUTE!!

But anywho!!!