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8 years ago
Time for some Spring updates!
We hope you guys have been having a good start to 2017. Ours has been a bit rough (illnesses, tax trouble, a dying primary vehicle, an old pet at the end of his life, the list seriously goes on), but our fingers are crossed things will begin to improve soon. We did not have time to share this here before leaving, but we WERE at Furry Weekend Atlanta this year, as our cancelled plans last year were kindly credited for this year so we did not lose money. We thank FWA for that and for working with us and making all of that possible. c: The con was good and it was great seeing some of our suits around! We didn't have much to sell at all (no partial or "big" items this year), but it was nice to see people and get away for a little while using tables that were already paid for, haha.
On that same note, we have some good news to share! We have recently acquired an "apprentice" who is very interested and motivated to learn about the world of fursuit building. She worked with us the week before FWA to see how we normally prepare for cons and was responsible for most of the inventory we had for sale at our table (which was great because we really did not have much aside from old stock from a few cons ago D:). And she did all of this while both of us were at our normal 40-hour day jobs, woo! She plans to work more closely with us moving forward and will most likely be working to help us with our current queue -- under our strict supervision, of course. ;) Complex things like head sculpting and bodysuits will likely stay between the two of us for the foreseeable future, but our apprentice will be able to do smaller, more time-consuming tasks like cutting out patterns, pinning, simple sewing, patterning head pieces via duct tape, etc. She is not local, however, and may only be able to visit us once a month to help out -- so she won't be doing this full time, but ANY help will be great for us (and you guys!) right now.
At the moment, she is working on patterning/furring an old head base we had laying around from a few years ago since it's been ready for furring all this time and will make a good "test" subject for her. Once that's finished, it will be put up for sale as a partial, as she's already finished the tail and paws. Pretty exciting to see her progress and to have her help when she is able to give it!
One more good piece of personal news to share. jakejynx was just offered a management position at his work, which is what he's been working so hard for the last 1.5 years! We are very excited, however the position requires he work a minimum of 55 hours per week. We were already taxed on time before when he did the standard 40 hours, so this has us a bit concerned, but we're making plans to accommodate the situation. Speaking of!
TO OUR CURRENT COMMISSIONERS: You will be contacted very soon with some updates and offers we want to extend to you. We know everyone on our most recent queue has been incredibly patient, so we hope to work something out with everyone to make sure that you are happy and taken care of moving forward! Expect to hear from us this week. c:
We hope you guys have been having a good start to 2017. Ours has been a bit rough (illnesses, tax trouble, a dying primary vehicle, an old pet at the end of his life, the list seriously goes on), but our fingers are crossed things will begin to improve soon. We did not have time to share this here before leaving, but we WERE at Furry Weekend Atlanta this year, as our cancelled plans last year were kindly credited for this year so we did not lose money. We thank FWA for that and for working with us and making all of that possible. c: The con was good and it was great seeing some of our suits around! We didn't have much to sell at all (no partial or "big" items this year), but it was nice to see people and get away for a little while using tables that were already paid for, haha.
On that same note, we have some good news to share! We have recently acquired an "apprentice" who is very interested and motivated to learn about the world of fursuit building. She worked with us the week before FWA to see how we normally prepare for cons and was responsible for most of the inventory we had for sale at our table (which was great because we really did not have much aside from old stock from a few cons ago D:). And she did all of this while both of us were at our normal 40-hour day jobs, woo! She plans to work more closely with us moving forward and will most likely be working to help us with our current queue -- under our strict supervision, of course. ;) Complex things like head sculpting and bodysuits will likely stay between the two of us for the foreseeable future, but our apprentice will be able to do smaller, more time-consuming tasks like cutting out patterns, pinning, simple sewing, patterning head pieces via duct tape, etc. She is not local, however, and may only be able to visit us once a month to help out -- so she won't be doing this full time, but ANY help will be great for us (and you guys!) right now.
At the moment, she is working on patterning/furring an old head base we had laying around from a few years ago since it's been ready for furring all this time and will make a good "test" subject for her. Once that's finished, it will be put up for sale as a partial, as she's already finished the tail and paws. Pretty exciting to see her progress and to have her help when she is able to give it!
One more good piece of personal news to share. jakejynx was just offered a management position at his work, which is what he's been working so hard for the last 1.5 years! We are very excited, however the position requires he work a minimum of 55 hours per week. We were already taxed on time before when he did the standard 40 hours, so this has us a bit concerned, but we're making plans to accommodate the situation. Speaking of!
TO OUR CURRENT COMMISSIONERS: You will be contacted very soon with some updates and offers we want to extend to you. We know everyone on our most recent queue has been incredibly patient, so we hope to work something out with everyone to make sure that you are happy and taken care of moving forward! Expect to hear from us this week. c:
Great to hear from you guys again! ^w^ Congrats on the new "intern" and new job position! :D
LadyFoxMcCloud
~ladyfoxmccloud
Yay on the apprentice and the new role at work despite the heavy workload. Hope it sets you both up into a bit more financial stability. Hard to know what is enough these days. Good luck with it Jake!
