I think they came out adorable and I'm really happy with them! The only thing that my manufacturer missed was the little band at Sailor Moo's hat being a darker blue shade (matching the ribbon), but there were some issues that hopefully can be fixed so that the colors match, otherwise the above sample will be the finalized look for Sailor Moo.

Other than that, I'll be working with them to get both of these manufactured as soon as possible and have all cows in my possession this year.

What's next?

All backers (excluding USA - please see the segment below this one) who have only the Cotton plushie as part of their pledge will finally get their plushie shipped out as soon as I finish quality control of all of them which I'll try to finish as soon as possible. If your pledge also includes Cherry, then of course you can expect to get your pledge shipped out soon too!

Once this is done, I'll be preparing all eligible pledges and get to shipping them out, so please look forward to an email in July!

🇺🇸 USA shipping update

I have some good things to share! Shipping towards the US has finally resumed, meaning that I can work on getting to know the procedures to getting all eligible pledges out to the USA.

However, I can only ship them with tracked shipping with pre-paid duties and import fees, meaning there's an increased cost attached that's higher than I (and others) had been anticipating, meaning it'll cost me a lot more out of pocket than I thought which will lead to fulfillment taking longer than I had hoped for. 😭

Not only that, but right as shipments have finally been reopened, I've gotten a notice that there'll be possibly additional paperwork needed if a package is headed towards the USA starting July 8th. It's not wholly clear to me what this exactly is and if this even applies to me, but right now I'm waiting to see what is going to happen. I already contacted my postal carrier about this for more information, so hopefully I'll have proper answers for this soon.

This is incredibly frustrating especially since I've been waiting anxiously to ship to the US again, only to get hit with this. 🫠 I'm so sorry about this, it's outside of my control but I'm keeping a close eye on everything to the best of my abilities.