Hello everybunny. Just a short update from me this month.

I am prepping this month's batch of orders. I am aiming to get a batch of 50 out by the end of the month.

I will be at Fanboy ATG this weekend! If you are in or around the area and would like to pop in to pick up your Hurtsies, please e-mail me and I'll make sure your order is ready for pickup. Additionally, if you're in Knox, but not going to Fanboy, we can discuss a public meet up point!

I also had some folks (both international and US) ask if they were to order from my shop, could they have their Hurtsies included with their order. I am happy to do this! Please just make sure to add a note to your order with your Hurtsies order number, and I can get that squared away. Unfortunately, I still cannot ship out to the EU/UK, so I cannot combine orders for those countries.

We're in the throes of tax season here in the US. And let me tell you, filing taxes is enough of a headache without having to figure out how to deal with a loss. Luckily, I should be able to claim all of the wire fraud as a loss. I'm not sure what this will mean for me financially, but I'm hoping that I will either owe nothing, or get a small amount returned to help chip away at the debt.

The cost of shipping so far has me sitting at about $7k in credit card debt. I'm trying desperately to not put any more on my card, so batches have been smaller. However, I don't want to drag this project out any longer than I have to, so I've been weighing all of my options. I also have been refunding people where I can, but again, it takes time for me to earn that money back to issue refunds. (Especially with the larger ones.)

Again, I'm not trying to throw a pity party for myself here, but I hope the context can help explain my slowness.

And for further clarification, most of this community has been nothing but kind to me. Seriously! Sometimes I can't help but get a bit weepy over how compassionate y'all are. The bad experiences have been few and far between compared to the overwhelming kindness and patience I've been shown. 

Once this project is all said and done, I would love to put together a gift for everyone who has supported me for this entire train wreck. A digital download would probably be the most efficient, I think? Please let me know what sorts of things you'd like to see. I was considering a little phone wallpaper + icon set! 

Sorry for how truly messy this update was. I hope it made even a teeny tiny bit of sense. 
My next update will hopefully be sooner rather than later!

Lops of love,
-Loppy Rae