As final photos are enclosed below, surveys will be locking APRIL 28th, and cards will be charged on MAY 2nd.

This also means the preorder store will be closing on April 28th as well!

Banjo:

Because the color pallet I chose for all pajama buddies was based on the fabrics available, I initially didn't see a concern with banjo's colors, until I received the sample in person. What was happening was that the peach and the blue colors were contrasting so much it was making both colors look deeply saturated. I tried one other variation and then requested that a copy of the fabric color book be sent to me so I could see them in person and make sure they worked together well. After receiving the color book I adjusted the colors one final time and am now really pleased with them!

manu video of the turnaround: https://youtube.com/shorts/fO7EUgE4m3o?si=DpKF_pTJfK3ZESpR

Kopi:

I wanted to mention - in my art of kopi they show some stitch marks - I placed them where I intended seams to be, and while I would have liked them to be part of their finished plush, you cannot create solid machine embroidery between two seams, and it would cause a higher b-grade percentage. While top stitching is the solution here, it cannot be done at the bulk level. I added some stitches on my sample with a little embroidery thread and top stitching myself - I can create a tutorial for this if there is enough demand!

Juno:

FINALLY her blue gradient is perfect :') I'm so happy with how soft and peaceful she looks!!

Nova:

I figured out how to add nova to the list of plush you can choose for your pledge plush, instead of just as an add-on, so now she can be seen on those survey questions! 

As it stands, Taija does not quite have enough orders and I don't have enough funds to foot their production myself </3 but I would like to make more pajama buddies, with some of the other creatures we were voting on, sometime in the future (next year at the earliest lol) and when I am able to do that, Taija will be included in that batch!! If you already added Taija, you may still see them in your cart, but they will be removed before cards are charged!

PRODUCTION UPDATES: Leo, Ollie, Lumi, and Nyx plush are FINISHED with production, and are currently en-route to me. Please note that they will arrive in early May at the soonest, and I will a) not be able to grade/quality check them all at once, and it will take 1-2 months before I can begin sending them out and b) orders containing other plush which will be made in the second batch such as banjo, juno, and kopi, will not be shipped out until those plush are finished and have arrived and been quality checked! Mochi buttons are all finished and ready to go out. All blankets are finished and ready to go out! I have ordered ample extra of all of these items :) Stickers and postcards will be ready to go by the end of May at the latest.

The second batch of plush is in the works, I anticipate production will finish in early June, with 3 weeks of shipping to me and then another 1-2 months of quality checking. I will check back in on this when the first batch of plush is ready to be sent out!

Between preparing for and traveling to events, maintaining my online store, and working on backerkit projects, I am essentially working three full time jobs just to barely get by 😥 and I only have 24 hours in a day just like everyone else, but everything is getting done a lot slower than I'd like because of this </3 I will make one more update before surveys lock as a small reminder, and continue to let you know about production updates. My assistant is on break for a while as they've just had major surgery so emails are slower as well, but please send over an email if you need to adjust your pledge in a way that would require our help! Thanks!