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 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).

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