Hey guys! Thank you all so much for your patience and understanding for how difficult it has been for me to get orders out. It did take a while, and I am very sorry for that.

This was my second Snuggle Dreamers campaign, the first one had a lot less backers to fulfill orders for, and even then it was a little difficult. This time around, I had a lot of things going on with life and the plushies came to me a lot later than I was expecting them to due to delays from my manufacturer. My children are also at an age where they are still young to where they need to be watched all the time, so when they go to bed is when I would pack orders. There was also an issue with one of the designs not being made correctly (mentioned that before in an update) and I had to fix them all. One of the other issues I ran into, and one that I'm sure might make some less understanding persons roll their eyes, was depression. It's at an all time peak right now, and I have days where I can't do anything. I just sit and stare at the wall with my children playing in the room and I am a zombie for days at a time. It's been very bad, and it has made it difficult for me to get on here as well and feel the overwhelming disappointment in myself because fulfillment was still not finished and people making comments being upset it was taking so long (not complaining, it's VERY understandable to be upset and I am very sorry) it's just something that was kinda grinding at my mental and that is no fault of anyone but me. 

But what is NOT ok is when people start talking trash about me in online forums and making up the most ridiculous things about me. A ton of lies and slander.... When I responded in defense, it was nothing but attacks and degenerate responses disregarding anything I said. It was a huge, horrible blow to me as a human and a creator, the fact that  people can be so awful and just dump post trash talk about someone they don't know, just because they didn't like something I may have said, or they had an experience with me that they did not like. I believe people are entitled to their opinions, but when you make up lies and say the most awful things about them and to them, that is low and discussing and people like that should be ashamed of themselves.. This was an experience I hope will never happen again, and I wouldn't wish it on any other creator.

Despite that..... I will say though that I am seeking the help I need, and I am battling this depression. This community is full of amazing people, kind and generous people. I've made some pretty great friends that have stuck by me and believe in me. I am not seeking sympathy comments or things to boost my ego or line of defense against potential haters or anything. Honestly I would turn off comments completely if I could on this update but it is what it is 😂 

The current manufacturer we have used for Snuggle Dreamers and been increasing their prices to absurd amounts and has even changed their costs on my S3 snuggle Dreamers to a higher cost than was quoted after the campaign ended. They are still producing out ita bag packs and the S3 plushies, but future plushies and projects will be done with a new manufacturer.

We are currently testing several manus with our new Dire Wolf plushie design that is part of the S4 Snuggle Dreamers. Some of these manus have worked with other creators that I know, and the costs are so much better. I am hopeful and optimistic for the future of the Snuggle Dreamers plushies. Which brings me to another point……

I am looking into working with a fulfillment service for future campaigns. I will need to integrate the costs for this into campaign funding, but I’m sure this will be find considering the decrease in production costs with a new manufacturer. This will make the fulfillment go AWAY faster and probably have a lot less issues 😂 

My shop is up and running with a new layout, new platform, and the new S2 Snuggle Dreamers! Thea is out of stock but available for preorder, and some others are low in stock. There was some drama over the new site before because my husband had completely reworked my website and built it for me while I was focusing on packing S2 orders, but there AI graphics on it. I have abolished these and created graphics to replace them. Please know that I am not an extremist on the subject, but I do not “support” AI and it’ll never be used in anything with my business. So this will never happen again.

Thank you again everyone.

I love making and designing plushies, I love the joy they bring to people and how much they are loved. I wish to bring more joy to this community and share the love as much as I can. I don’t want to ever accept money for a plushie that has any defects on it, so I have a handful of some b grades with some minor defects, and I will be giving them away to people who want them and who are willing to pay for the shipping. This will occur in my discord, I will make an announcement and if multiple people want certain ones, I will do a random draw. I also plan to see if I have extra samples that I had made and give them away too.

I plan to run only one more Sweet Snuggle Dreamers campaign, and after this we will be starting a brand new plushie project! And it’s called Sleepy Snuggle Dreamers. There’s sneak peaks of the designs in our Kitsune Kafe discord if you are interested in seeing them. They will be a little smaller, more floppy and a bit weighted. I’m super excited for this project!

But it’ll have to wait. Here’s a sneak peak at Snuggle Dreamers 4…

THANK YOU!!!
💕 Alyssa