Quick update - I got photos of the next two samples from the new manufacturer for the other two designs in the red trio - and they turned out gorgeous!

So I thought I would just update you guys real quick and let you see what I'm seeing :)

I'm amazed at how much of a nicer job this new company is doing with the printing and they are turning out exactly as I hoped when I started this project. Things are moving along slow but steady as they seem to be really taking their time on their end to have their designers refine and work on the print file before printing each sample, but it seems to really be worth it as they are turning out so good. 

My plan is to just start ordering them in batches of three, so one trio will be being produced, while we refine the samples for the next set of three until we have all 8 trios finished. 

And I plan to also start shipping any orders I can as soon as I get each design. So for example, anyone who only ordered designs from the red trio, I will get shipped asap as soon as they arrive and as more and more designs arrive, I will keep sending out whichever orders I can with each new wave of designs. And so hopefully by time we near completion of getting all the designs made, I will have already shipped a large portion of the orders and be able to finish shipping everything way faster than if I had several hundred orders to pack and ship all at the same time. I think this will be the most efficient way to get everyone their shinnies as fast as possible once I start getting them in hand. 

But yeah - not a big update - but another hopeful and reassuring one :) These are finally coming to life!