We made it to the end of the year! I got a message reminding me I haven't posted the monthly update - so I apologize!
I went back to work full time! I just started, but this is entirely so I can put as much of my own funds as possible towards the tariffs and shipping costs needed to complete this project. Unfortunately (combined with paying 125% tariffs for the purses earlier this year) working shows left us in the red, so I decided it was time to reevaluate the ways to earn these funds, and I am working full time again. It should take a little time, but I am lucky to be in the position where I am able to put my income towards this.
At this point (to my knowledge) all domestic purses have been sent out! If you did not receive: a tracking number or a purse, and ordered one, PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL WITH YOUR ORDER NAME TO [email protected]
All International Purses will be going out this week!
As a reminder! If you were charged shipping for your purses, you will not be charged twice. You will receive your sweater(s) at a later date, but there will not be multiple charges for shipping in this case, this is another cost that I am fronting!
Again, I apologize for the delay in updates - however we have little updates to share. The purses have been sent out and I am at this point just working a 9-5 to get the money for the tariffs needed. It is not super interesting, but again, always feel free to send an email, as I check that every week, and am on social media very sparingly at this point.
Hey there! Our October updates are coming in just a little early, as I am getting ready to go out of town. I am on vacation until the 5th. I haven't really taken anytime for myself after my grandfather's passing, so I wanted to make sure to do so before I head to all the shows I have lined up this month!
However, in-between, I will be continuing to ship out purse orders. If you had a purse in your order, you should have it by the end of the month (Oct 31st)
I will be mostly out of office this month, as the calendar is almost entirely markets and shows. Since this is a busy month, this is my kind of occasional reminder that I won't be able to monitor online as much, but I do check my email weekly, so be sure to email [email protected] with any questions
And another reminder: if you have the money to support small businesses at markets and such, please do so! I am not the only one in this space with the tariff trouble, and as much as I'd love everyone to only ever shop at my booths and tables - a lot of these people at conventions and such are my friends, and the current everything...sucks for all of us. Support where you can!
Hello! Small updates here - nothing major. Purses are still going out slowly but surely. We had a death in the immediate family shortly after returning from the last convention at the end of August, and I have been in and out of town helping with that. However, things are still on track - only mildly behind with this setback! Of course, still working as much as possible to try and fill in tariff gaps. Lots of us artists are having a hard time in our artist alleys with the increased prices of everything, so be sure to support folks if you can!
Thanks for your patience, and I'll continue with updates if we have any other major ones coming up!
The purses have arrived (apologies for the blocked out address labels haha)
These will begin going out the week of Aug 3rd, if you had a purse in your order, please make sure your address is up to date! If you ordered both, you will receive the purses and the sweaters in separate packages! You may see a charge for the shipping at this time. I am working a convention the 7-12th and 20-25th, so shipping will be slowed or delayed during this time!
For the sweaters: In the spirit of full transparency, the estimated total for shipping now with the additional tariffs is $4000. The current tariff pricing was extended another 90 days, so I am hoping to be able to get things moving before a potential adjustment to the cost....As mentioned, I am regularly working conventions to save up the money needed, and there is several thousand $$$ worth of failed charges from the campaign. Between collection for those two factors, I believe, we should be able to have these completed in production shipped to us in the next couple of months, just in time for cooler weather! I am working diligently trying to curb the costs of these tariffs, without having to put the cost on the consumers for all of your awesome support.
Thanks for your patience, and excited to (finally) start sending these out!
Hi hi! Sorry for the late response, I try and post an update monthly - some of you may know from previous posts I've been living back and forth helping manage my father's end of life care, and have been spending much more time out of office due to this! My social media presence, all projects, etc have taken a backseat because of this, but always feel free to reach out [email protected] with any questions.
Now for the purses: The purses completed production in April and have been enroute to us since - just waiting on them to arrive, I imagine the ports are probably just backed up due to the big everything happening, but I expect them here soon, and as soon as they arrive they will be going out to you all.
Shortly after, paying for the shipment of the purses, the tariffs were lessened. Soo....
For the Sweaters: The tariffs aren't entirely gone, so I am still working to fill in some of the gaps with cost for these. Again, it's hard knowing how to approach each month with how frequently things are changing, and I try to give some time between each major change to see what happens, because it feels like things change within a week lol.... Once they complete, I will just have to eat the cost of shipping them, I don't want to wait any longer, and don't want you all to either. With this, the sweaters are continuing production, hoping they will be complete by the end of July.
