18/01/2022
**Cali Girl Collars will be closed until further notice.**
The shop will reopen. It could be 6 months or 1 year. In the meantime, we will complete all outstanding orders Etsy orders and honor all gift certificates for 3 months.
There are many changes ahead! I hope you will hang out here for updates and some surprises while I roll up my sleeves and begin the planning stage.
• We have sold 1,453 collars on Etsy, WOW! However, Etsy has become costly.
This impacts our ability to meet our mission “To provide quality and affordable gear for your best friend”. When we reopen, we will have a new platform, a website dedicated to Cali Girl Collars, leather leashes, cuffs, and possibly other creative stuff.
•This time will provide an opportunity for a refresh of the designs.
Though the shop offers many classic designs that will stay. Stay tuned to this FB page for the prototypes. They will be offered here.
•I moved (LOVE my new place!) and the Studio needs to be set up in a new location.
I look forward to kicking in the creativity and designing a high-performance studio AND a place I want to spend time creatively and productively make handmade leather gear (with my dogs hanging out).
Ten years ago, I launched Cali Girl Collars. It hit the ground running and very quickly. I knew I couldn’t do it alone with the day job. My amazingly talented daughter, Misty joined the madness. Some of my favorite memories are the evenings we spent making gear, watching the Walking Dead and just hanging out together. Misty has found a new calling and now works with children. She is as good at this as she is with collars. I love you, Misty and know you will be successful at whatever you do.
My day job, the one that pays the bills, has increasingly become more demanding while increasing my income. This is cool beyond expectation, but the shop has taken a hit. I expect this to change in 6 months to a year. In the meantime, I will spend this time doing all of the above.
I hope when I reopen, I will see you there.
