Hey everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend and mother's day!
I am working on making the surveys, and I have been struggling a little with this because it's quite confusin...
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Tokyo Girl
6 days ago
Ren's sample is finished! (well... mostly anyway...)
Ren's sample is finished, with the exception of a slight issue with one of the eyes being slightly higher than the other on the face and this bugs me so it's getting fixed lol.
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Tokyo Girl
13 days ago
Update on stretch goal samples and failed payments
Hey guys! Quick little reminder here:
Please check your payments! There's a pretty high percentage of failed payments that still need to be adjusted and fixed.
Some banks won't...
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Tokyo Girl
18 days ago
Campaign has ENDED!
Just a quick update, the campaign has now ENDED!
Thank you so much everyone for your awesome support! I appreciate you so so so much!
The next thing to happen is funds will b...
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Tokyo Girl
19 days ago
It’s the FINAL 24 HOURS!!
First of all, thank you everyone for supporting my campaign. Creating adorable, kawaii things and plushies is my life and my dream!
I don’t know if we are going to reach the la...
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Tokyo Girl
21 days ago
Ren’s sample update….
Soooo they showed me Ren’s sample and it has a lot of problems. The colors are wrong, the eyes are stretched and angled up too much 😒
The spine horns are waaaay too light, they...
Hey everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend and mother's day!
I am working on making the surveys, and I have been struggling a little with this because it's quite confusing lol. Not super user friendly 😅 I am getting help with it tomorrow to make sure it's all set up correctly though, so surveys will go out in the next few days!
Also, Kai's sample should be finished by Friday!
Ellie's sample is also being made and is almost finished, but we don't have the funds to get her mass produced 😭 There's a way to set up a kind of post campaign stretch goal, but I'll have to get more info on how this works tomorrow when I have my meeting with Backerkit.
Thanks everyone for your patience! Hope you all have a wonderful day! 💕
Ren's sample is finished, with the exception of a slight issue with one of the eyes being slightly higher than the other on the face and this bugs me so it's getting fixed lol.
Kai's sample is almost finished and I will be sending out surveys as soon as it is! So hang tight! And thank you all for your patience!
Please check your payments! There's a pretty high percentage of failed payments that still need to be adjusted and fixed.
Some banks won't accept payments on crowdfunding purchases and need to be manually accepted. If this is your cause of failed payment, please contact your bank or change your payment method.
If you have a failed payment, please corrected it as soon as you can or you won't be able to get your plushies and freebies.
Also, my manufacture apparently forgot that this week was a labor day holiday (which China celebrates for an entire week and no one works during that time, must be nice LOL). So the samples are not going to be done until next week now.
As I stated before, I will send out surveys after the stretch goal samples are finished so you can see how they look before you decide which ones you want!
Sorry I haven't posted this sooner, it's been a really rough week for me. As a type 1 diabetic, pregnancy takes a toll on my blood sugar levels and it's been making me feel so sick and unwell and have zero energy. Luckily I finally had my appointment with my new endocrinologist a couple days ago and we made adjustments and increased my doses and all that good stuff. So I should be feeling better in the next week or so. =p
Thank you so much everyone for your awesome support! I appreciate you so so so much!
The next thing to happen is funds will be collected from backers, and then once the funds are transferred to me in a couple of weeks, production of the plushies will start.
As this is my first time using Backerkit for crowdfunding, I am still learning how it all works and what not, I need to figure out when I need to send out surveys and set up preorders. I will keep you updated!
Also, I will be randomly picking a winner for the Early Bird backers contest in a couple of weeks after funds have been collected! If you cancelled your pledge before the campaign ended, or if your payment fails and ultimately doesn't go through, you will not be entered into the contest. Thank you again everyone! ❤️🌸
First of all, thank you everyone for supporting my campaign. Creating adorable, kawaii things and plushies is my life and my dream!
I don’t know if we are going to reach the last stretch goal, but I will for sure be running a Kawaii Dragon Plushies Part 2! 😍
Raiden, the storm dragon, will be in the main line up for that one! Along with Ellie if she doesn’t get unlocked in the next 24 hours!
Also, a friendly reminder:
Please check your payment methods to ensure that your pledge payment goes through 😭💕 I’m not 100% sure how long Backerkit give you to correct them if they fail ;a week I think), but if your pledge is dropped due to a failed payment, you will not be able to get your rewards and freebies!
Soooo they showed me Ren’s sample and it has a lot of problems. The colors are wrong, the eyes are stretched and angled up too much 😒
The spine horns are waaaay too light, they are completely wrong…. And the dark pink color for the head horns, the belly and the front pieces of the wings is also the wrong color.
And the blue eye color is too dark. Going to lighten it.
I’ve communicated with my manufacture back and forth on these problems and they are going to fix it. I’m hoping they can get the issues fixed quick but I’m sure they are going to be ordering fabric again and it’ll go into next week… and I was also told Kai’s sample won’t be done until next week because their printing is backed up and so it the embroidery machines for the sample room.
Hey everyone! this is just a quick update to let you know I added 2 more pledge levels -
5 plushie bundle
5 plushies / 5 keychains / 5 enamel pins bundle
Remember, there are newly added freebies based on how many kawaii dragon plushies you pledge for!
The next goal is to unlock Ellie the Fairytale Dragon!
Based on progress of funding, she may be the last stretch goal to be added to this campaign. But I might be doing a Kawaii Dragon Plushies Part 2 campaign in the near future!
I’m super excited to let you guys know that Kai has been unlocked!
Of course, we just barely got there so any one single cancelled pledge could put us back under $15,000 😭 hopefully not though 🤞🏻
Kai’s sample, along with REN’s sample, should be ready to show you guys early next week! 🥰💕
Next up, Ellie the Fairytale Dragon will be unlocked if we reach $20,000! 😍
If she gets unlocked with enough time left in the campaign, I will put up another stretch goal! And it’ll probably be the Storm Dragon!
Thank you guys so so much for your amazing love and support 🥹 I got a lot of sweet comments from you guys on my last update where I talked about my morning sickness and pregnancy woes lol. I appreciate all of you so much!
And thank you for supporting this campaign and my dreams! Every single pledge to this campaign makes a difference and is so incredibly appreciated!
I had hoped to be showing the sample of Ren today, but my manufacturer doesn’t have her done yet. I’m told Ren and Kai will be done next week.
Here’s a back view of what Kai’s orange and black koi fish print show look like!
I’m sorry, I wish I had more to show right now 😭
Also, we are super close to unlocking Kai!!
I have been bed ridden most of the week from fatigue and morning sickness 😞 so the artwork for the freebie art print isn’t finished yet… I’ll try to have it finished this weekend!
The Kawaii Kitsune Plushies Collection is now available as add ons!
They are discounted compared to what I sell them for and will ship at the same time the Kawaii Dragon plushies will ship in Fall of 2024!
They will also be limited in quantity! I unfortunately cannot put a quantity cap on the add ons so I will monitor them and discontinue based on available stock I have of them.
There's 14 of them in total!
I am doing this to help get us funded more and so those who want plushies from this collection can save on shipping as well and get them shipped together with the Kawaii Dragon plushies!
First of all, I have decided to add 2 new freebies of a lanyard and art print! The designs for both of these are still being worked on. The lanyard will have all of the kawaii dragons on it, and the art print will be of Tsuki (Celestial Kitsune) and Calypso (Celestial Dragon) together on it!
The art print will be a freebie to backers who pledge for at least 2 plushies.
The lanyard will be a freebie to backers who pledge for at least 3 plushies!
And of course, there is the free keychain everyone is getting who pledges for at least 1 plushie! Tsuki wearing a kawaii dragon costume! 😆🤩💕💕💕
I’ll show these designs soon!
Also, I am running a giveaway contest over on my TikTok! Go check it out! ( @tokyogirl.art )
Thank you everyone for your wonderful and amazing support!! 😍💕😍
It took me a little longer than planned, but Ren's artwork for her keychain and enamel pin designs is finally finished!
I know that funding is going really slow right now, it's completely normal for most campaigns to go through a slump during the middle of it. I am working on setting up ads to find more backers planning out content on my social media accounts.
I'll also be doing another giveaway over on TikTok soon, so follow me on there and enter when it starts!
Anywho, Ren the lotus dragon is available to choose as your plushie! Along with her keychain and enamel pin!
I will also add in 4 count plushie tiers!
Thank you everyone for your continued support!! You pledge to this campaign is a huge deal and a huge impact on getting these Kawaii Dragons made into adorable, snuggly plushies!! 🥹💕💕💕
