Hello everyone! I wanted to let you all know that I will be fulfilling 20-25 orders per week instead of 35-40 as I had planned. aiming for that previously put my back into dire pain, and I think as someone with chronic severe back pain, I simply can’t do 35-40 each week like I wanted to initially. I think 20-25 is my limit where I can manage to do that without making me unable to move for days ;;
I hope that this change is okay with everyone!! I have fulfilled 45 orders at this time, so I don’t have too much more left to go thankfully!
I thank you all for your patience!! If you have any specific questions please feel free to email me at [email protected]
NOTE: The project will not launch before all her other Fruit Friend besties are fulfilled, so they won't be overlapping at all, nor do I plan to tackle even a mini project, like Strawbeary will be, until I'm all 100% done with the initial Fruit Friends fulfillment.
I hope you like Strawbeary! ;v; I will be releasing more info for her on her teaser/pre-launch page as I have extra updates for our sweet panda bear, so if you're interested, please be sure to leave your email to sign up for those updates!
Fulfillment is officially starting THIS COMING WEEK!! Please keep in mind that if you receive tracking, it may not update for about a little over a week because I will be handing off the packages every Wednesday and FRIDAY but making up the labels every MONDAY.
I'll be aiming to do around 40 packages per week! May be less some weeks here and there as I have chronic, severe back pain and if it's a particularly bad week that number may be slightly less.
Thank you everyone for your patience and support! Can't wait to start rolling things out! 🥹
Hello everyone!! I come bearing amazing news: the plushies are safely here with me!!!!
I'll be taking a week to sort through everything and make sure everything's in order, and prepare for the fulfillment!
I estimate I'll be able to send out 40 orders a week until fulfillment is complete, so around 4 weeks for completed fulfillment. I have severe back issues and can't overdo it, so 40 per week I think will be doable.
I'll make another update next week once fulfillment has officially begun!
Thank you everyone for your continued support and patience!
THE BULK HAS TOUCHED DOWN IN THE US! Should be with me from now in about 1 1/2 weeks!
Hi everyone! I have fantastic news!! The plushie bulk has touched down in the US and is on its way across the country to me!! I'll update again once it's actually here, which should be a bit over a week or so!
Super excited to send out everyone's goodies soon!
Smaller Ticket Items HAVE ARRIVED 🫡 Will work on fulfillment of orders with only those items
Hi everyone! I'm so happy to say that the smaller ticket goodies have arrived!! I'll begin fulfillment of orders with ONLY the smaller items in the order by next week!
Still waiting on the plush bulk, but that was just shipped less than a week ago, so I think we'll have to wait a bit more for them to arrive to me.
Thank you everyone for your patience and support! Please feel free to ask any questions or comments in my email ([email protected])!!
I am SOOOO BEYOND EXCITED AND HONORED to be able to announce: THE MAIN GOAL HAS BEEN REACHED!!!! TAOHUA AND MACARON ARE OFFICIALLY HAPPENING!!!! 🍑🍒😭😭
Taohua & Macaron say THANK YOU
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!
UPDATED 'Fruit Friends' graphic!
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
How I'm feeling being super calm and cool about the launch tomorrow! :D /s
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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
FAQ PAGE 1
FAQ PAGE 2
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~
Muffin preliminary design
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
Hello everyone! I wanted to announce a big yet positive, necessary change to the project...:
Joint Goal Graphic
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!
