10/27/2026
A lot of time as a creative person that decided to start a business it can be a real struggle to create. This is one of the reasons I stopped making customs or don’t offer to make custom mascots. If I’m struggling mentally I can’t be creative, it’s like writers’ block. You combine that with my people pleaser energy and it’s a recipe for disaster.
Either outcome was bad. If I took an order because the customer insisted they’d wait however long it took, it eventually turned into why is it taking so long and I felt pressure which works against me trying to create. If I said no from the beginning and cancelled an order after they asked for a custom in their notes they’d get angry. I’ve had people reorder and be disappointed that they had to settle for something they didn’t want because I wouldn’t make their custom order. Yet I didn’t make them reorder I just stuck to my shop policy and tried to limit the chaos that busy season usually is.
When you factor in my health that I didn’t tell y’all until it got emergency level it made things even worse. Sometimes eating takes me hours cause I have food get stuck in my esophagus, once it’s stuck I either have to wait for it to go down that cause immense chest pains or throw it up just to try and eat again. I’ve had it stretched once already and will need that again since it’s a daily occurrence now. Then the uncontrollable bleeding started and some days I lost like a pint of blood. I’m also anemic, so it was causing dizziness and fainting spells. Luckily I have the second thing handled, but seems now I gotta do the esophagus thing again 😭
I say all this to let y’all know if you felt like you weren’t being communicated with in a timely manner you’re right. If your order was delayed I’m sorry. If I cancelled your order, I’m sorry.
This will be the last post I make about my shortcomings over the last few months. I’ve beat myself up more than anyone else could. I’ve also reflected on what I could have done better and how I’ll be better moving forward. I appreciate everyone that supports my business and continues to support me even after a less-than-stellar few months. Y’all are amazing and I can only go up from here 💜
