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Goodbye, 2024: Don't Let the Door Hit Ya. A Year of Loss and Troubles


As we say farewell to 2024, we can’t help but take a deep breath and reflect on what an incredibly challenging year it's been. If we're honest, this year tested us in ways we never expected—with the loss of my dad, and a near total collapse of everything we spent more than a decade building.


We want you to know that every purchase you made this year was more than just a transaction. It paid our bills, fed us, and gave us hope when things felt hopeless. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you. Your support means everything to us, and we don’t take it for granted.


Looking Back, And Then Ahead: Some Changes


As we go into 2025, we're making some changes we hope will make Moody Voodies more sustainable for us, and more fulfilling.

One major change is that we’ll no longer be offering preorders. While we’re grateful for those who purchased them in the past, the pressure to get orders finished within a particular time frame became overwhelming, led to very long wait times, and annoyed more than a handful of customers. (We're so sorry.) And it ultimately stifled our creativity, as we were making the same 5 to 10 dolls, over and over, month over month. In a sense, we were no longer creating, we were manufacturing. The magic was lost.


We’re also going to focus more on our own original creations—dolls and designs that come straight from our hearts and braiiiins. I miss the days of feeling protective over the dolls we made—the ones that were sad and tormented, that we hoped were going to good homes when we sent them away. I hope to one day share the origin story of Moody Voodies, so that you truly understand that this was/is more than just a business to me. It's deeply personal.


Finally, we’re hoping to bring back that sense of community that truly made this special. We'll need your help to do it though.


How?


We would love to hear from you. Whether it’s feedback, photos of your MV collection, or just a quick comment on a post—it all makes a difference. Engagement doesn’t just help us beat the dreaded algorithms that are known for killing creators like us; it's motivating and it reminds us that there’s still a community out there that cares.


So as we move forward, we’re inviting you to be a part of year 13! Tell us what you love and what you'd like to see! (We'll still accept an occasional custom order, if you're not seeing what you want to see from us!) And tell us how you think we can do better overall—because we're always trying to be the best version of us we can be. (Yeah, that's eye roll inducing, but it's so very true.)


For those of you who stood by us in 2024, thank you. You helped bring us moments of relief in our otherwise overwhelming anxiety.


Here’s to a brighter, better 2025 for everyone! (It'll be interesting, to say the least.)



With allll the gratitude,

Cyndi and Lee


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