Still on Haitus

Hello!

Hope everyone is doing alright! I'm here to drop some updates on rewards and the fedex situation. After months I was able to get some of my money back from fedex for losing ALL of my enamel pins however sadly it was only a small sum out of the thousands of dollars that I lost. This actually put me into debt because I actually don't make much money from patreon since I offer a lot of rewards per month...2 pins, 1 kiss cut sticker sheet, along side a postcard. I made my earnings from putting past rewards into the shop and secret shop. Patreon essentially helped me fund new things I could put into my main shop. This was the system I was going by but after the fedex situation it pushed me way back since I needed to remake the profits that were lost while still keeping myself afloat. Originally this was a place where I could make things that I wanted and so I could reward my followers who also wanted the same.

My manu was nice enough to remake the pins for me at a small discount but it was still a lot of money to spend again. As for the pins there are still the 3 sets of rewards that I still need to ship and they are coming in 1-2 months since I chose the boat shipping option which is cheaper but very slow. They would have been here sooner but some pins needed to be fixed (there was bubbling in the plating of the enamel and we cant have that. Plating is the gold part of enamel pins). I did expect it would take awhile since its a huge order of thousands of pins.

I also apologize for the lack of shop updates and new merch the only things that im confident in making at the moment are sticker sheets because they are easy to produce and I don't need to stress over them

For awhile I was thinking of retiring from art, after fedex losing thousands of dollars in items, no luck with getting into events, and the algo on twit/ig it made me feel unwanted even though it was my space. But 2025 is looking to be better, I actually got into Katsucon after applying to so many cons and getting wait listed. So I am looking forward to February! You can also follow me on bluesky, its a much better platform for artists! You can actually see posts from artists you follow there https://bsky.app/profile/mahoukarp.com

I truly appreciate everyone that's still here even thought I'm making you guys wait so long I feel really guilty about it. It will still be some time before I can ship out everything and get this place running again but until then there will be no charges as usual.

Once again If you would like your ita bag to be shipped without the enamel pins or fish zipper lets me know and I can have it shipped out for you now by removing them from your order or replacing them with something else available in my shop! The bags are available just not the zippers and pins.

 If you need help with anything please email me at mahoukarp@gmail.com and in the header please write either patreon or you order number.

Thank you!

Norin