Another newsletter post in the same year? Miracles can happen!
SHOP NEWS
For anyone that was not following along, our Kickstarter project fully funded! We are so humbled by the response and thankful for the support. We raised over seven times what my best estimate was for the total funding, and I am so excited for what this will do for us in the future.
Over the course of the campaign, we added three new haori designs to our lineup. Here they are:
These new designs will be added to our online shop early in 2027 after fulfillment for the Kickstarter has ended. Want to get your hands on one sooner? There is still a little time to Late Pledge to the campaign! You can pick your favorite of the seven haori designs and get all of the bonus stretch goal freebies with your pledge.
Late pledges will only be available until 11:59pm on Wednesday, October 28th, 2026. After that time, any items from the campaign will only be available after final fulfillment has ended.
In the meantime, if you are looking for gifts for the holidays, or a little something for yourself, our Etsy shop is still running. We have many items on clearance that will not be returning, so don’t delay if you are interested in one of those!
We hope to have the main website store up and running again in the new year when the big shop update happens.
WEBSITE NEWS
While we still do not have the website store up and running, we have been cleaning up a lot of things on the back end. Any vulnerabilities from the recent PHP issues are resolved now. We have been working to try and reduce bot traffic to the website before we open for orders again. Having good SEO means that “AI” bots are swarming to try and steal our content. If you encounter any server side errors while attempting to browse our website, that is why. We are still working on reducing bot requests on the site and hope to have a permanent solution soon.
Once the bot issue is handled, we will be working on preparing for the big shop update as well as another long time project – the Gallery. We will be adding a full archive of our work to the website to make it easy to see what we have made. This should be finished by the end of 2027 at the longest, but we shall see if life has other plans waiting for us.
UPCOMING EVENTS
And speaking of real life, we will be vending at the Big Gay Holiday Market once again! I look forward to seeing everyone again for another amazing holiday event. Make sure to stop by if you are in the area!
As far as other events, we will be attending Midwest Furfest again this year. We are still waiting for final confirmation, but I should have work displayed in the Art Show and be vending somewhere in the Artist Alley. I will be offering limited slots for at-con completion commissions, so find me early if you’re interested! You can always fill out the Commission Form if you would like to order a commission for at-con pick up. Start the event with something new!
The only other event I am currently scheduled for this year is ColossalCon North. I will not be vending myself, but I will be helping fellow artist Dressy Deer at her table. Feel free to say hello if you see us! Otherwise, I hope to see many of you in the new year at Anime Milwaukee.
Thank you so much for reading our newsletter! I am always so amazed at how kind so many of you have been at supporting me and this little art studio. I am so grateful to get to keep doing this because of all of you. I hope you all have a wonderful Autumn and I will see you again at the next one!
– Rain
P.S. If you live in the USA like we do, don’t forget to vote on November 3rd!