Good news: Fulfillment of AuDHD Creatures begins today! A huge thank you to our fulfillment provider, White Squirrel, for helping us. We can not stress this enough: due to the number of pledges: it may take up to 2 months (Late April 2025 to beginning of May 2025) to pack and ship every order. Please be patient.
PLUSHIE CARE GUIDE
Here is a guide to give you all the tips and tricks to caring for your new friend. This guide includes restoring your plushie to its full glory, preventative care, and washing/cleaning!
WHEN YOUR PLUSHIE ARRIVES Right out of the package, your plushie may look a little wonky (I do too usually after a long travel adventure!). Here are a few things you can do to make your plushie look fresh, happy, and rejuvenated.
Re-fluffing the Plush: During shipping, the stuffing inside the plush may shift around, leaving some areas overstuffed and others under-stuffed. The best way to remedy this quickly is to shake that little guy (and I really mean shake it!) !!Smaller plushies or plushies with smaller details or more specific shapes may need to have their stuffing massaged back into place more intentionally. As mentioned before, once the plushie is out of their packaging, the stuffing will naturally start to expand and fill out a little more so they'll look better as time goes by!
Wrinkles: Wrinkles in fabric will smooth out after a few days! Cuddling them can speed up this process, but if it is really bothering you, you can steam them on a very low heat setting to get wrinkles out faster.
Brushing + Trimming: Longer furred plush may need a little brushing of their fur to get it laying how you like. Using a nylon brush, you can style their fur so it's out of their eyes or other embroidered parts. Brush it so it's all flowing in the same direction. You can also take a small pair of cosmetic scissors and lightly trim some of the fur around embroidered parts if it is obscuring smaller details.
NOTES ON PLUSHIE CREATION + UNIQUENESS:
No matter who makes a plushie, whether it be an individual person or a manufacturer making over 1000 plushies at once, ALL plushies are assembled BY HAND!! Due to the nature of how they are made, there is simply no way for each plushie to be exactly the same, and each one is going to have their own little handmade quirks. If your plushie does not look 100% thread for thread like the product photo, well, that means that it's your very own unique plushie! There are obviously errors that I count as B grade, but some variation of shape and detail placement are expected when making plush.
Your plushie may come with a thread sticking out or some embroidery stabilizer in the corner of their eye like a little sleeper. These are removable! You can usually pick out stabilizer with your fingers or with tweezers, and threads can be trimmed away with a small pair of cosmetic scissors.
PREVENTATIVE CARE / MAINTENANCE
Taking care of your plushies is important if you'd like to keep them in the best condition possible! How you care for your plush depends on the specific details of the plush shape, fabric, and design.
Brushing: For plushies with shorter fur (anything below 8mm) usually brushing isn't required. For plushies with longer fur, brushing them with a nylon brush once every few weeks helps their fur stay nice and soft!! The more you come into contact with the fur, the more often you should brush it.
Dusting: Getting dust out of a plushie is a little harder than just using a feather duster or wiping them down with a rag because plushies have fur. However, dust removal doesn't have to be complicated! You can use a vacuum hose and cover it with a panty hose or other sheer fabric, then go over the surface of your plushie with the vacuum. This helps remove dust and dirt and keep them clean! Doing this regularly will prevent you from having to wash them often.
CLEANING YOUR PLUSHIE
How you clean your plushie depends a lot on what you're trying to fix and what the plush is made of and how they're shaped, but I will go over some details with you so you can decide which cleaning method works best for your situation!
!!IMPORTANT: PLUSH FABRICS ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO HEAT!! If you use too much heat on your plushie, you could ruin the texture of the fabric use extra caution when using heat to clean.
Spot washing: This is my most recommended form of washing your plushie! It is unlikely to damage your plush and is the most effective at removing specific stains and dirt. To spot wash your plush, take a wet rag or cloth and gently rub the surface of the plush where you'd like to clean. Do this until the spot or stain has gone away! If it's stubborn, you can use a gentle soap like hand soap or clothing detergent to help get it out, but try to use a minimal amount! If you do use soap, go over the area with a clean wet rag after the spot is clean to remove the extra soap, as soap residue will affect the texture of your plushie's fur. Leave your plushie out to dry in a warm, sunny spot, and a few hours later they should be good as new!
Using the Washing Machine: I ONLY recommend this if you are trying to sanitize or deodorize a plushie - it will not help to get stains out!
If you are going to put your plushie in the washer, here are a few things you should consider first:
Does it have wire or magnet details? These may be displaced in the washer, so it is better to spot wash them.
Does it have airbrushed details? These will wash away in the washer, so if you want to preserve them, stick to a spot wash.
Is your plushie really really large? Large plushies will take a long time to dry and may develop mildew if they are wet for too long.
Before you put your plushie in the washing machine, put it inside a dedicated bag or pillowcase to protect it! If you use a pillowcase, tie off the end or secure it with a rubber band to prevent the plushie from popping out during the wash. Use a minimal amount of detergent. Make sure you are washing the plushie with COLD water, and on a gentle or delicate cycle! I also highly recommend an extra spin cycle if your washing machine allows, as this will help the plushie dry faster! Once the wash cycle is done, remove your friend from the bag and let them air dry in a warm sunny spot. I always recommend air drying over using the dryer as plushies are VERY sensitive to heat!
Using a Dryer: Only use the dryer if it has an air dry/tumble only setting, where no heat whatsoever is being applied to the plushie. If you are air drying your plush and they are still wet after 24 hours, try using the dryer on air tumble or the lowest heat setting, as if your plushie is wet for too long, they may grow mildew, and it would be better for them to be dried than to be covered in mildew.
The exception here would be mochi minky plush, as those can go in the dryer ON LOW HEAT ONLY
Deep Cleaning: If your plushie needs to be cleaned beyond a spot wash or put through the washing machine, you may need to consider deep cleaning them. This is a laborious process as you will need to un-stuff your plushie before washing their fur. (Disclaimer: I don't have much experience with this, so I would recommend checking out some videos on youtube about refurbishing/deep cleaning plush.)
The most important things to note when cleaning plushies are that if you submerge the whole plushie, stuffing inside, it will take too long to dry and get gross. Even if it's a small little guy, it still takes too long to dry usually. The spin cycle on the washing machine assists with this, so if you can do a spin only cycle you can try this (be sure to put them in a protective bag!) but overall I just do not recommend submerging your plushie if you are not going to remove the stuffing.
When we reach $56k we will unlock the final design that we will be getting done!!
Suggest below a critter, it can be anything! No limits on what it could be!!
For me I’m suggesting a wobblegong shark.
I’ll be picking 5 of the most popular suggestions to vote on when we reach 56k, so if there’s a design you like make sure you thumbs up it, and the most popular liked ones will be the ones picks
Two more samples have been finished!! The catfish and the koi fish.
I’m in love with the koi right now. It’s almost an exact copy of the concept art, it’s perfect!!!
As for the catfish, there are some things being modified on them. But they are fairly close, we are trying to still get the closable mouth to be doable. But it may not be possible just due to the particles being used to fill them instead of using cotton stuffing. But they will also be getting a lip around their mouth as well added.
Hello Noop Troop! This is an update to let backers know that we got the smoke test surveys finished and everything is looking good, so I've started sending out all surveys!
I am going to re-surface the previous campaign update information for everyone just to save time with some updates in between.
‼⚠ALL REMAINING BACKER SURVEYS ARE GOING OUT AFTER I UPLOAD THIS! So please keep an eye out in your email for it. Sometimes those emails go into your junkmail folder!
For best ease of access, I strongly recommend everyone create a backerkit account tied to the email they backed under! This (to my knowledge) is required in order to update your payment information in the event you need to change your card details!
Backer Surveys / Order Confirmations:
⚠THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!⚠ For those of you who have never backed a crowdfunding campaign before, this is the most crucial step of your pledge order as this is the only way I can fulfill and ship your rewards. It is imperative that you fill your survey out to completion upon it being sent to you via email. Failure to do so heavily affects our final inventory count and prevents me from fulfilling the campaign efficiently, so please fill your surveys out to completion when you receive yours.
In Summary:
18 backers have errored payments.
If after 14 days your payment is still errored, you may be dropped from the campaign. Please let me know before the 7 day buffer if you need the full 14 days to pay.
⚠Backer surveys will begin going out around/by February 28th. 21st!
⚠ Once received, please fill your survey out to completion. I cannot count your order as valid or process your order to ship unless it's filled to completion. Filling to completion requires you to put your payment information in again.This WILL NOT CHARGE YOU twice for your order. This is just to collect your shipping fees and any extra add-ons you wish to purchase via our preorder store that is now open.
You will be able to update your shipping address at any time up until we lock addresses, which will not be until May ish.
PRE-ORDER STORE NOW OPEN, VERY LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE!
If you were following the campaign and missed out, you can now preorder via our backerkit store. ⚠IF YOU HAVE ALREADY BACKED THIS CAMPAIGN AND WISH TO ADD ITEMS FROM THE STORE TO YOUR ORDER, please wait until you receive your survey! You will be able to add items then. Making a new order via the backerkit will create 2 orders and while I am able to combine them, it does cause confusion.. So, please just sit tight and wait for your survey to be issued before adding more goodies!
Post-campaign add-ons and preorder store will close March 5th or if we reach 350 backers. ⚠ Payments for additional items and all non-campaign preorders will begin to process March 6-7th. Shipping fees will be collected closer to May when I know when fulfillment is to begin! THIS MEANS I WILL LOCK YOUR ORDER AND YOU WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO MAKE FURTHER ORDER EDITS. You will still be able to update your address and payment information, though!
⚠Post Campaign Add-On item update:
Noop-ichiban Sushi keychain cancelled. I just couldn't get the design done in time! But I will save it for another campaign!
Heart Nu Stickerpack & acrylic keychains added to the store
Backers with 5 or more plush qualify for a free dangle noopy keychain, I am working on manually adding those items. I will make the best judgment call on which style to choose, but you are welcome to let me know if you want me to change the style I picked! Some tiers have the question asked in their survey (FullNoop tiers) as most of you had backed 5 or more Noops..
If you see anything odd or confusing with your survey, you're welcome to reach out to me via Discord or Instagram!
Coming Soon:
Amour & Sweetie Production Sample pictures!
Vaders Jams cd keychain final mock up and sample pictures!
We have reached one of the final milestones!! The trout has been unlocked now!!!
Working on designing and ordering their sample this week!!
If we can reach $56,000 we will add a final design to be unlocked and voted on by the community. This can be anything! And we will ask you guys to comment suggestions!!
No limit on what the final designs can be! Anything goes!
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 [email protected] 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
By now, all of you should have had your payments processed. At the time of writing this update, we have roughly 33 errored pledges affecting roughly $2k in our funding pool. Fortunately, this is within my project budget "buffer" % and should not affect any of our unlocked items. Please do your best to remedy your payment method as soon as possible.
As a reminder, after 14 days, if I do not hear back from you that you wish to keep your pledge (and need the full 14 day extension to pay), I will process your pledge as cancelled, and any special promotional offers and prices in your pledge will be forfeit.
If your payment has processed successfully: YAY!🎉 Here's what to anticipate next.
Backer Surveys / Order Confirmations:
⚠THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!⚠ For those of you who have never backed a crowdfunding campaign before, this is the most crucial step of your pledge order as this is the only way I can fulfill and ship your rewards. It is imperative that you fill your survey out to completion upon it being sent to you via email. Failure to do so heavily affects our final inventory count and prevents me from fulfilling the campaign efficiently, so please fill your surveys out to completion when you receive yours.
Roughly 14 days after the campaign ends, a 'smoke test' will go out to select backers to help me verify that the survey form is working correctly. I anticipate sending all backer surveys around February 28th or slightly sooner.
In Summary:
33 backers have errored payments. Please remedy at your earliest convenience.
If after 14 days your payment is still errored, you may be dropped from the campaign. Please let me know before the 7 day buffer if you need the full 14 days to pay.
⚠Backer surveys will begin going out around/by February 28th.
⚠ Once received, please fill your survey out to completion. I cannot count your order as valid or process your order to ship unless it's filled to completion. Filling to completion requires you to put your payment information in again.This WILL NOT CHARGE YOU twice for your order. This is just to collect your shipping fees and any extra add-ons you wish to purchase via our preorder store that is now open.
You will be able to update your shipping address at any time up until we lock addresses, which will not be until May ish.
PRE-ORDER STORE NOW OPEN, VERY LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE!
If you were following the campaign and missed out, you can now preorder via our backerkit store. ⚠IF YOU HAVE ALREADY BACKED THIS CAMPAIGN AND WISH TO ADD ITEMS FROM THE STORE TO YOUR ORDER, please wait until you receive your survey! You will be able to add items then. Making a new order via the backerkit will create 2 orders and while I am able to combine them, it does cause confusion.. So, please just sit tight and wait for your survey to be issued before adding more goodies!
Post-campaign add-ons and preorder store will close March 5th or if we reach 350 backers. Payments for additional items and all non-campaign preorders will begin to process March 6-7th. Shipping fees will be collected closer to May when I know when fulfillment is to begin!
We've unlocked so much over the past few weeks its almost impossible to keep track of it all, but never fear-- that's where the mega master list comes in handy!!
Below you'll find everything* that will currently be on your survey and in the preorder store post-campaign.
*I may end up adding more as I build the surveys, but these are the 100% confirmed items.
First off wow. Seriously, i never in a million years expected so many backers. Thank you everyone.
Never in my life did i ever expect anything like this to grow so large!! There are so many of you who are backing this and each one of you mean the world to me now for allowing me to create something that has grown so exponentially in such a short amount of time.
Every time i log on to check the campaign i am blown away by the amount of supporters and followers. I sincerely hope that everyone who has backed this will love and cherish their new friends that they will be getting in the future, and that you can go on to create so many amazing memories with them and that they can make you smile!! Especially when you need a pick me up or are having a bad day. That's my goal with them, to make you and everyone else smile, and love them as much as i do!!
I cannot thank everyone enough who has backed this, or shared it or even just looked at it. You are making it possible for me to continue this project, and creatue the prehistoric pals too (Working on the campaign at this moment for them too!! Cant wait to share more on it!!) I cannot wait to see where this silly little brand goes, and while this has absolutely been an amazing experience so far its also been overwhelming. My first time doing something so large, and i appreciate everyone who has been patient with the few small hiccups along the way!
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