Pipos refunded me :O

I am in utter shock, I sent them the photos they wanted and I also asked about her resin color in the same email, and they still didn’t understand about the wrong faceup. When I woke up, Pipos had refunded me for my cat and told me to keep her.

I am a little sad, but I’m also a little angry. I ordered a mint cat with 2014 faceup, I got a green cat with limited BE faceup, and they never understood my issue.

However, I am happy with the refund though that was never what I wanted in the first place, I just wanted what I had purchased.

I did do some googling and I can see others have also gotten the darker greener resin in the past, so Mint is probably a difficult color to replicate.

I’m planning on playing around with her faceup to see if I can create something I like better for her. Honestly this whole thing has made me feel sick, but at least it is over now.

Just a simple photo

Pipos misunderstood me and thought I was unhappy with the quality of the faceup I got, when in reality I was unhappy with getting the wrong faceup. They have requested more photos from me so I took the opportunity to take a little photo of my girl. I’m still a little shaken from how green she looks irl, and I dont think the faceup suits her colors very well, but she is so sweet..

Another mistake

Well, I’m at a loss right now. My mint kitten along with the replacement head from my last order is home, and I just don’t know what to do. I’ll explain, on to the box opening first:

As usual, a little outer box!
Bubble wrapped white box!
My first concern, the new kind of box
My goodies 🙂
The new faceup! Looks sooo good, just ONE problem…
New one in middle, her eyebrows are drastically different
On to the mint bubble mummie
Tadaaaa! It’s the wrong faceup!
The mint is a LOT more green in real life which will take some getting used to
A pic in more natural light, she is still greener in real life
She deserves some new clothes, but for now she’s wearing something old
Testing other eyes

So, to summarize, the replacement ringo head looks so much better, but also does not look like my OE’s twin sister. I am unsure which one I want to keep

The mint cat I ordered was supposed to come with the 2014 faceup, that is the doll I placed in my cart and paid for. I do not dislike the limited faceup, I just really didn’t want 3 kittens with the same faceup.

The mint color? It is absolutely not mint, though it photographs close to mint. I am still kind of loving the color, I just need to adjust the plans I had for her 🙂 Oh, and I need to try more eyes on her, for some reason everything looks amazing on her!

Sooo.. Im both disappointed and happy. I need some time to think about what I’ll do with the replacement head, and I contacted Pipos about the wrong faceup. If they tell me they wont help me, I might actually wipe her and do it myself. I just wish I could get any non-msc varnish to work for me :/

Long rant, and while I’m having some feelings about all of this, I am also very happy. I’ll just be more vary of ordering faceups from Pipos in the future.

Minty coming home

Pipos has shipped my mint ringo, and she is currently done with her stay at customs. I’m hoping I’ll have her monday, though I won’t be surprised if she takes a little longer.

I’m so excited to see her color, and I’m silently hoping they’ll do pink Ringo some time in the future 🙂

I also completely fell for Fairylands new release, Minifee Ingrid. However, with customs, the full set with one event head will cost me around $1200 which is an insane amount of money, even for a full set. I’ll be waiting to see owner photos and possibly order her blank some time in the future.

That’s it for now, I’ll come back with box opening photos as soon as she is home!

New dresses

I decided to take an old pattern I had, and adapt it for my kitties. It’s an extremely simple pattern, but I’m still proud of it!

A peach and pink dress with flowers, this is my favorite of the three
White and brown dress, I do like it but it’s not really any of my kittens styles for some reason
These are some of my favorite fabrics, and it really makes an adorable dress!

Yes, my sleepy Ringo with the weird faceup is the model for these, simply because she looks the best in them for some reason!

I hope to make more dresses, I even finished the edges with my overlock, so they look nice on the inside too!
I am also looking for fabrics to make my incoming Mint kitten something nice, but I haven’t found the right matches yet.

A couple photos

I am unsure of the editing because I dont have a good screen for viewing correct colors, but here they are!

The twins
The shy one
The little princess
The eldest sister, still as beautiful as ever
Skin color difference, left is from 2018 and right 2021. Both beautiful!

Update from Pipos regarding faceup

I actually just got the sweetest reply from Pipos today, regarding the asymmetrical faceup.

They are sending me a new head with faceup with my mint ringo order, as well as a new certificate for the eyes!

Honestly I never expected such a wonderful reply, I almost teared up while reading.

I feel so much better now, Pipos have had a special place in my heart for so long and I had never experienced anything like this with them before, so it is good to know that in addition to having beautiful dolls, they have wonderful customer service as well!

Now all I have to do is wait for my mint kitten to bring home the proper head of my sleepy girl!

Whoops, another kitten ordered

That’s right, even if I wasn’t thrilled with Pipos after my twin kittens arrived, I went ahead and ordered a mint one 😛

I went with the 2014 version this time, not the limited version. I also ordered basic faceup, so let’s pray they dont mess up this time :S

I did contact Pipos about the twins faceups, and am waiting for an answer.

My dream is to have at least one more kitten, in Pink. Possibly also one more if they bring back the gorgeous brown they had many years ago. But for now, I’m done buying kittens!

image belongs to Pipos

The twins are home!

Edit on the 14th of May: Pipos will send me a new sleepy head with faceup, so my issues have been resolved now 🙂

Okay, before showing the photos I just have to say that I feel like Pipos messed this one up. The faceups are not really good, especially on my sleepy girl. The boxes and pouches they come in feel really cheap, but it could be due to everything being more expensive these days because of the pandemic.

I did also get little notes with the eyes that my kitties came with, and they were supposed to be blue green and lavender blue (my favorite eye color!), but both pairs are blue green.

My order feels rushed, and while I feel I can fix some parts of the faceup (like how they are REALLY pale), I cant move eyebrows or blushing, so I am unsure of wether I should contact Pipos about it or not.

I still haven’t gotten a refund for the combined shipping either. (Edit 12th of may, I got my refund!)

Regardless of the slight dissappointments, I am so happy to have them home, and I plan to shower them with lots and lots of love!

Outer box!
New box, flimsier than before and without the cute cat logo
TWO boxes! 😀
Certificates, free tails, cards for the eyes
Two bubble mummies
OE girl was the first out of the pouch!
Sleepy girl was number 2!
New eyes and a dress!
Sleepy girl gets a pajama and new eyes as well 🙂
As you can see, blush is places very differently on each side, and the eyebrows are also at different heights.

Im sorry the photos are very very bad, I will take new ones in the next few days 🙂 For now I just want to get to know them better, and consider writing Pipos about the sleepy faceup which will be a hard fix without removing it all. I understand that handmade faceups can come with mistakes, but I have never seen anything like this when paying a company for a limited faceup! If I had done this personally, I would have wiped and started over.

My twin kitties are shipping!

I just got my shipping notification from Pipos, I managed to ask for combined shipping for them and they said they could do it 😀

I think I need to step up my sewing game, I haven’t made much for them yet! I do have some things laying around so they wont be naked, but pukifee clothes are often too long in the arms and legs, so I prefer making something that fits them better 🙂

I’m guessing shipping could be slower due to the state the world is in right now, but hopefully they’ll arrive safe and sound, I can’t wait to meet them!