Update #19: Fulfillment *Should* Still Begin End of April!
Hello everyone! Hope you're doing okay! (All the following pictures are from my manufacturer!)
I wanted to give the update that if everything goes well, fulfillment should ...
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15 days ago
Update #18: Breb, Pancake, Rye-sopod, & Matcha Plush Are Done!
Hello! Exciting news!
The Breb coin pouch, Pancake medicine box holder, Rye-sopod passcase, and Matcha bag are done!! Early next week, my contact will be going through and q...
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Munespice
about 1 month ago
Update #17: Items are Starting to Arrive!
Hello, everyone!!
As we near April, things are starting to come in! So far, the sticker sheets, thank you cards, magnets, and pin backing cards are here. The medicine boxes ...
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about 1 month ago
Update #16: Adding Latt-Ray to Pledges! Here's How!
Hi, everyone!
I have good news on adding Latt-Ray to ya'll's current pledges. As the original bags from the campaign finish up being made, Latt-ray's bag is about to head in...
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2 months ago
Update #15: Latt-Ray Sample Is Here!
Hello!!
Things got a bit ahead of me at the beginning of the year but the first (and maybe final?) Latt-Ray sample is not only done but just arrived to me last night!! I am ...
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3 months ago
Update #14: Production Updates!
Happy New Year, everyone!
As we have entered the production period, there are less updates to share overall, but I wanted to share where we are with everything. While some t...
Hello everyone! Hope you're doing okay! (All the following pictures are from my manufacturer!)
Stack of boxes on their way to me!
I wanted to give the update that if everything goes well, fulfillment should still begin when planned, at the end of April. I do have some out of town events in April, and there is always a possibility of shipping delays, so I will keep you updated. The Latt-ray plush bag production is not yet finished so those orders will be fulfilled at the earliest in late May, but otherwise, everything is either on it's way to me (Breb, Rye-sopod, Matcha, Pancake plush), about to ship to me (pins, lanyards, crossover pouches), or already with me (everything else). Here are some pics of the guys being packed up!
Rye-sopods all packed up!
Brebs all packed up!
Matchas all packed up!
Pancakes all packed up!
Before the plush were shipped, I went through every detail of the finished plush with my contact person (mostly through videos) to ensure the plush were looking good. And the good news is that they all look wonderful! The only slight change was that Matcha's hardware is silver-colored, not gold-colored as I'd received in my sample (meaning the metal parts of matcha's backpack straps). For my vision of Matcha, I didn't have a 'canon' hardware color, but I did want to let you all know in case you had noticed gold-colored ones on the sample! Here are some pics of finished goods I received in this confirmation process!
Pic of Pancakes as I confirmed with my contact
Pic of Brebs as I confirmed with my contact
Pic of Rye-sopods as I confirmed with my contact
Pic of Matchas as I confirmed with my contact
Thank you all so much for your patience, as always! Next update will happen when more goods arrive :3 Nicole
PS If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to help@munespice.com as I often miss comments on these updates.
The Breb coin pouch, Pancake medicine box holder, Rye-sopod passcase, and Matcha bag are done!! Early next week, my contact will be going through and quality checking the plush and will be sending me pictures (that I will share with you), so if all goes well, the plush should begin their journey to me next week!
This means, based upon prior shipping times from my experience with this company, the plush should ideally get to me next month. I will let you know if there are any delays! :) I expect everything else that hasn't already arrived will be to me soon as well (besides the Latt-ray plush bag that needs more time)!
As mentioned, my contact will be sending pictures next week, so I don't have a lot of pics right now, but here's a picture of some Rye-sopod as they were finishing up! They were looking good <3 Thank you all so much for your patience!! SO excited to hopefully be getting these out to you soon (next month)! Nicole
I have good news on adding Latt-Ray to ya'll's current pledges. As the original bags from the campaign finish up being made, Latt-ray's bag is about to head into production. I know folks were interested in adding Latt-ray once seeing the finished photos, and after some testing with how to best do this, I'm happy to help you do that. Here's some info:
If you made a pledge on Backerkit for the campaign and would like to add Latt-ray, please send me your backer # and/or Backerkit email address to help@munespice.com by next Monday, February 24th and I can manually add it for you.
It is $40USD to add (price during the campaign) and it will be charged immediately once I add it - though it is possible it may add another couple dollars due to shipping weights. I'll let you know and ask confirmation before charging.
Please note that adding latt-ray may add another month or 2 to shipping times compared to the other items as these will arrive to me later than the original items. All items within one pledge will be shipped together when all are finished.
Since everything else is being made right now or is made, I am unable to add anything else to orders other than the Latt-ray plush bag.
I have been testing the bag and I've been really happy with it! As a reminder, here are some pictures of the sample:
Latt-ray front
Back
Inside lining
Strap
And here's a picture of me wearing it at the farmer's market!
Thanks so much everyone! The magnets and sticker sheets arrived, and the prints and backing cards will be here this week - I'll post an update then! Nicole
Things got a bit ahead of me at the beginning of the year but the first (and maybe final?) Latt-Ray sample is not only done but just arrived to me last night!! I am so pleased with Latt-Ray! She is very light, and upon testing the pouch, she can fit my phone (a larger Pro size), keys, and wallet no prob since the pouch extends wing to wing. She has an exactly 13.5" wingspan, as we had estimated she'd be. She turned out pretty much exactly as I'd hoped but I do plan on having the straps a *little bit* longer for folks who want/need to adjust longer. As a reminder, here's what the design looked like:
Latt-Ray Mockup from the campaign
And here are some pictures of her!! Even the inside lining turned out great <3
Latt-ray front
Latt-ray back
Latt-ray inside pouch with lining
Latt-ray strap clasp
Hope you all enjoy her as much as I do ;o; I'd love to get the ball rolling on her production as the others are finishing up. For folks who have ordered her and have been waiting, I plan to add a little latt-ray sticker to y'all's orders as a thank you for your patience - more info soon! P.S. Enjoy these photos with my cat Pelly in the background haha.
Oh! And the magnets came in! But they turned out a little smaller than expected oops, so I will be reordering them this week. Sticker sheets should be here soon too!
Thank you all so so so much for being so supportive through all of this! Be back soon with more updates! <3 Nicole
As we have entered the production period, there are less updates to share overall, but I wanted to share where we are with everything. While some things are made here in the US, some items must be sourced overseas and thus have longer production/arrival times. Their Lunar New Years holidays are also coming up, and my production partners take 2-4 weeks off at that time. Here are the current production updates and time estimates as of now (they may change in the future).
Latt-ray plush sample. I am so sorry for the disappointing news once again that the sample is not completed. I have been routinely asking my contact for more info, and as of a few days ago, her exact words were: "Sorry for waiting, everything goes slower than before because of the holidays" and also I believe their company was especially busy toward the end of 2024. Since they only have one designer, I am pretty they prioritized 100% confirming my other plush bags (more on that below) before they went into full production for the nearly 1000 plush overall. I really appreciate your patience and understanding on this as this will be my 4th year working with them, and they've always come through with quality. But to be completely honest, I'm bummed, too!! I want to see the creature, haha. Because of this delay, I believe the earlier the bulk order could get to me is May.
The 4 other plush bags. Initially, we had hoped they'd be completed before the Lunar New Year, but they will continue production once they return from their holiday. My current estimate is that they'll arrive to me by April as planned.
Lanyards and (collab-exclusive) pouches. I estimate these arriving to me in March.
Enamel pins. I estimate these to arrive March-April.
Sticker sheets and magnets. These will arrive to me this month. I'll show pictures then!
Now for some photos! First, I wanted to share the final pattern for the inside lining of the Latt-ray bag as well as the pattern for the collab-exclusive pouches. I had never showed the final pattern so here it is (with some watermarks on it ^^"). And as mentioned above, I wanted to share what my production partner and I solidified from the 4 original plush bags. While all the samples were done before the campaign, I had to go through the process of verifying each, one last time, especially for Matcha and Rye-sopod. There's no change to any of the overall design, but before a manufacturer produces 100s of an item, it's important to go through and make sure you're on the same page. For Rye-sopod, I had to verify that the card slot held cards securely since my sample was loose. And it's probably hard to tell from the photo, but they resolved this! And same for the Matcha sample - they ended up adding a reinforced edge (that nearly matches the color of matcha's cheek on the other side) to the card holder on the back side so ensure cards were a little more secure, while still being loose enough to fit a couple in there. This was actually a feature of my first Matcha sample, so I had them add it back to the final one. Thank you all so much for your support, and I'll be back soon with pics of the magnets and sticker sheets (and fingers crossed for the latt-ray <3).
Hope you're staying safe and doing okay at the start of this year!! Nicole