10/22 Update
Hi, Hello!!
Sorry it's been a minute since I've updated here! We've been so busy at HQ lately and I have so much to catch everyone up on so let's just get right into it.
All early September orders have been finished and shipped! There are a few large orders that are finished and being packed up literally TOMORROW! (Literally tomorrow in like, omg literally tomorrow! How exciting! Not omg stop asking they’re going out TOMORROW.. proof reading this now and realizing that was so passive aggressive sounding. I know this could all be deleted, but like, I write like I talk, which is expressive and not very professional sounding😅)
Which leads right into our next topic. Shipping! If anyone sees that the order has been fulfilled but there aren't any updates for a few days after - I apologize. For the last 6 months the area I live in has had just the worst imaginable construction. Sometimes I can't get to our local post offices because they've got all ways to get there completely blocked off the times I go, or I just can't seem to find the time to manage getting around the maze of it all during the window I have for the post office. As this is a small team who does everything it's already hard to keep track of everything and this constriction is absolutely not a helpful extra thing. I appreciate the extra patience with this going on! I’m always so excited when people are excited to get their orders!
We're in mid-late September orders right now for production and I've been working very hard on the upcoming update! Which I'm so excited to get into, but first I want to give an update on commissions. I won't be returning to commissions anytime soon unfortunately. Our business is really picking up and now with managing my own work schedule, my assistants schedule, ordering products, drafts, hammering out patterns, making samples, and so many other factors-I'm not able to mentally juggle it all. I really want to be able to, but right now I’m not properly allocating the time for them and that’s not fair to people who are excited to receive them. I want to come back and when I’ve got a better mental handle of the workload and how those properly fit in there I am going to reach out to all current commissions I’ve already spoken with. I can’t wait until I can make this a regular part of my business because it truly makes me so happy when I’m making them.
Collars!! I'm so excited to have this first batch of collars come out! I'm hoping to casually add these to more updates in the future as a reoccurring product. This upcoming update feels very accessory forward (totes and collars), but I want to say now that artwork is a huge part of Dirty Pillows and that isn't going anywhere. I tend to get ALL INTO a new thing, then it dies down and then it either becomes a regular product, or a special edition product and so on. I've got a big creative update in mind that'll hopefully go out end of the year or possibly early next year and I've been working on it for a few months now. Collars for now! Collars for fall!! Collars for all! We're shooting actual video and photos well in advanced for the next update and I'll be posting LOTS this upcoming weekend and the few days leading to the next update. (10/29) so stay tuned!!
I hope everyone is having a good fall! Fun Halloween times! The world is scary, and I hope you're taking care of yourself the best you can! Small update for now. xoxox