New Enamel Jewlery Samples Underway, and SCRUNCHIE Rewards Shipping in June! ~DM Me Address Updates~
almost 2 years ago – Wed, May 25, 2022 at 07:26:00 PM

Hi everyone!

Checking in with a quick update on things as it's already late May. We are heading into convention season and we've both been busy prepping for upcoming cons and traveling!

Overview:

• Berets✅
• Scarves✅
• Hoop Earrings✅
• Dangle Earrings - new manu samples in progress
• Sakura studs✅
• Sakura choker✅
• Sakura adjustable necklace - new manu samples in progress
• Scrunchies - completed, ready to be shipped

Jewelry:

New samples are being made by the new manu! They are estimated to be completed around mid June, but I will post an update should they be completed earlier.

Scrunchies:

Marina has finished making the scrunchies and will be sending them my way after a convention/trip she has! If you backed for a scrunchie, please let me know if you have an updated address by June 15th. Otherwise, you're all set and I'll get to work fulfilling scrunchie rewards when they arrive to me (approximately mid-late June).

Thank you all so much as always for being so kind and patient with us and our manufacturing delays! We appreciate all of you 🌸

 -Amy & Marina

PLEASE READ - ALL Jewelry Arrived, But Enamel Quality is BAD - Please Read for your Choices
about 2 years ago – Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 09:49:21 PM

Hi everyone!

I can't believe it's already late April, life has been a whirlwind, even after my wedding concluded! Things are finally settling down and I'm back to focusing on work as of last week.

Overview:

• Berets✅
• Scarves✅
• Hoop Earrings✅
• Dangle Earrings - read below for details
• Sakura studs✅
• Sakura choker✅
• Sakura adjustable necklace - read below for details
• Scrunchies - being made

Jewelry:

I unfortunately come bearing bad news. The dangle earrings remakes, stud earrings, choker necklaces, and adjustable necklaces finally came in, and after spending this past week grading everything, we don't even have to cover all rewards of dangle earrings and adjustable necklace EXCEPT for the gold/pink adjustable necklace. Nearly all of the dangle earrings and adjustable necklaces have enamel under-fill, and a lot of them also have a large amount of dust trapped inside. Thankfully, the stud earrings and choker necklaces don't have many issues since the designs do not have enamel.

Here are the current counts we have out of how many we need to fulfill rewards:

 gold/pink dangle earrings 47/62
 black/blue dangle earrrings 45/64
 rose gold/white dangle earrings 42/104

 black/blue adjustable necklace 17/41
 rose gold/white adjustable necklace 6/63

How are we planning to proceed? Well, I have gone ahead and requested a refund from the manufacturer, which they have agreed to, so I am just waiting on those funds to return to my account.  However, we feel that this Kickstarter has been going for a long time and we have already pushed back fulfillment quite a few months. There will always be a risk of the new manufacturer being just as bad, and with the rise of COVID cases in China again, it will probably take a long time to produce again.

So, we wanted to provide two options to you all since we have about half of the quantity needed for most dangle earrings and adjustable necklaces: your choices are to accept the standard grades from the current batch (as long as supplies last) or wait for remakes. If we do not hear anything from you, we will assume you want to wait for remakes.

In the meantime, I will begin fulfilling unaffected rewards of stud earrings, choker necklaces, and the gold adjustable necklace.

Scrunchies:

Quick update on these, Marina is so close to being done with scrunchies so I will hopefully begin fulfilling any rewards with scrunchies in May!

We truly appreciate everyone's patience with our Kickstarter's many unfortunate and unforeseen delays. The future is truly unpredictable and we are really thankful everyone has been so understanding!

Thank you all so much! 🌸

 -Amy & Marina

All Rewards Containing ONLY Berets, Hoop Earrings, and Scarves Were Shipped!
about 2 years ago – Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 12:12:17 AM

Hi everyone!

I realized I never posted an update back in mid-February when I shipped out all rewards containing ONLY berets, hoop earrings, and scarves! Dangle earrings, stud earrings, and necklaces are still in the process of being remade/made so I don't have much news to update you all with this month.

Also, my wedding is this month, so please forgive me for not being super present here, I will be back on track afterwards! We appreciate your patience with the unforeseen delays of this project.

Thank you all so much! 🌸

-Amy & Marina

PLEASE READ - Partial Fulfillment Starting - Locking Addresses!
about 2 years ago – Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 01:14:05 AM

Hi everyone!

I've been a little busy as my wedding is coming up in March, but I wanted to go ahead and get started on fulfilling orders that contain ONLY berets, scarves, and hoop earrings as per everyone's suggestions in the comments on the last update.

I have sent out an automated BackerKit email to all backers informing them to update their address if need be, otherwise you're all set! Addresses will be locked in 48 hours, but of course if your order is one that is NOT being shipped out now (any pledges containing dangle earrings, stud earrings, necklaces, chokers, or scrunchies), you will be able to inform me of your address changes up until I begin fulfillment of those (hopefully in March).

After the 48 hours and addresses are locked, I will begin packing orders and will likely drop them at the post office starting next week!

Thank you all so much! 🌸

-Amy & Marina

~Production Progress Update 5~ DELAYING FULFILLMENT AGAIN
about 2 years ago – Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 10:08:48 PM

Hi everyone!

Happy late new year, I'm here with a small update!

Overview:

• Berets✅
• Scarves✅
• Hoop Earrings✅
• Dangle Earrings - being RE-made
• Sakura studs - being made
• Sakura choker - being made
• Sakura adjustable necklace - being made
• Scrunchies - being made

Scarves:

The scarves have finished mass production and arrived to me, they all look great!

Jewelry:

As for everything else, unfortunately earring remakes and the rest of the jewelry are still in progress and will most likely not be completed until well after Lunar new years (which begins Feb 1st). This will push fulfillment most likely to March.

Scrunchies:

Marina should be finishing up all the scrunchies in the next couple of weeks.

We are thinking of beginning fulfillment on orders for only berets, scarves, scrunchies, and hoop earring orders first since the rest of the jewelry might take a couple more months to finish. That would mean any order including items that are NOT done yet will NOT be fulfilled yet. Pease let us know what you think: if we should start fulfillment with what we have now, or wait until everything is done before beginning fulfillment.

And that's it for this update! Thank you all so much for your patience!

Thank you all so much! 🌸

-Amy & Marina