The following is an excerpt from the most recent MGR1 update:
I'm so sorry for pausing fulfillment again and being so quiet!! I have been extremely sick. I started having an extremely mild weird sore throat April 7th so stopped packing then, had a dr appt April 9th where he said he didn't see anything, got outrageously sick April 10th, have practically no memories from April 11-16 or so, and am still catching up on sleep because TMJ pain prevents me from keeping my mouth open when I sleep... so for quite a while I wasn't sleeping at all due to severe congestion. High dose antibiotics helped me immensely, but I still get out of breath just from walking around a bit, and I refused to touch literally anything that would ever be leaving the house because it would be repulsive of me to do so when I was so snotty. Also, in retrospect, I was so dissociative from lack of sleep and pain that I likely would have gotten orders incorrect even if I wasn't leaking from my face and decided to pack with gloves on, so it's a good thing that didn't happen. I've been unbearably unproductive in pretty much every area of my life, especially if it's off my phone.
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I'm still out of breath just from existing so it's really freaking me out.
Where we're at now is that the remakes of Harpy arrived during my fugue, so I haven't graded them yet:
Poor lighting...sorry!
Even considering screen differences, her skin did turn out 1 or 2 shades lighter than intended despite weeks of back and forth on pantone shades. I even asked other artists for suggestions based on pins they'd had produced, too. Upsettingly, Pantone does not have many browns that aren't basically just grey so this was ultimately the best we could do. That's a systemic problem that I shouldn't get into here but I really should've been aware of the limitations, and I apologize for not being so. I still think she finally turned out really good!
The green mini bat has shipped and will hopefully be here next week with the MGR1 remake pins 🤞🤞🤞
The base goal will be the Vitrail de Cristal window collar pin sets designed by Chocolat Chaud, with all 3 gem colors available as shown there. There's also the glittery white with black roses mini bat and the freebie pins and stickers for qualifying backers that are all to be unlocked in the base goal as well!!
The first stretch will be the incredible CÅ“r de Chat necklace pendants also designed by Chocolat Chaud:
This design is really special, as it's inspired by the bittersweet love we feel as our beloved feline family members of the past remain with us in our hearts.
And the 2nd stretch goal will be the silver colorway of my guillotine necklace:
I haven't been this proud of a design of mine in years. It's been a bucketlist design of mine to have produced before I close my shop, because I came up with the idea in 2023 and couldn't let it go. The sample is on its way to me! It's meant to be a fidget necklace, basically, and is a statement piece in more ways than one. BK isn't letting me attach a gif here but...there are some in the campaign bio!! It still needs some fine-tuning with the glitter but the design is essentially perfect otherwise!
Many of the goals also unlock new colorway mini bat pins!
After that are goals for a new colorway of my spoonie pendant necklace, a restock of the silver one, and more forms of the stained glass design by Chocolat Chaud (necklace and adjustable ring!!)
I will be doing fulfillment so that the horrible tariff situation between Japan (where she is based) and the US will not impact fulfillment for anyone other than people in the EU, who will unfortunately not be able to back the campaign. It will be fulfilled sometime this Fall as long as everything goes smoothly!
