If you've never purchased from AliExpress before, it can be confusing. I've seen many people say they are hesitant to buy from Hopen because of it. I hope this guide will make it easier for you to purchase what you want!

I'm going to use mochi minky for this example.

I was in the planning process of making a Metro nuiMO inspired plush for Aubryjoi when I was looking through the nuiMO clothing shop and found this adorable set of pride overalls. Since it didn't really fit Metro's style, I decided to surprise them and make a nuiMO of Taro as well! Taro is relatively straightforward in design, and it would help me iron out any kinks in my skinny nuiMO pattern that I was developing for Metro before offering it on commission.

This was the 2nd time I made Taro, the first being with my floppy ragdoll style plush!

While designing my Shifty nuiMO, which was a much chubbier version of a nuiMO inspired pattern, I  decided I wanted to make a pattern with more traditional nuiMO shapes to offer for commissions as well. Aubryjoi revealed their new OC, Metro, and I knew I was doomed! They were kind enough to let me use Metro as a guinea pig. I knew it would also be a good challenge to see how detailed I can get these little plushies as well!

My friend Jade commented that she was interested in a plush of her cat OC, Biv, when I posted the original Shifty nuiMO. Since I wanted to do one more iteration of the chubby nuiMO pattern before I opened it for commissions, I was happy to make this adorable character!

Another Shifty plush in my growing collection! I don't remember what inspired me to make a nuiMO inspired pattern, but boy am I glad I did!

This little girl was tons of trouble with lots of learning about sublimation and wasted materials, but I'm in love with how she turned out!

What a fun character and plush!! Phoebe has such an adorable design - I love her color palette and umbrellas! This was also another great opportunity to use my floppy quad pattern with a variety of materials. There was no question about taking on this commission!

​I love this character so much! Matcha is such a happy character with a pleasing color palette. My client asked for a chibi plush based off my standing Neko Atsume pattern. This plush presented more challenges than I initially expected, due to the color transitions and my lack of experience patterning standing quadruped patterns. But, I thoroughly enjoyed making him and I think he's one of the cutest plushies I've made with lots of fun details!
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What many people don't know is that they have a service called simple export rate that you can use to ship to many countries that USPS isn't shipping to due to COVID like Australia. This service is not enabled by default. You need to enable it on your account.

Find out more & how to enable it below!
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Alfie's owner, fosbat, reached out to me a while ago about making a long nyanko style plush of their opossum. So I was thrilled when they applied for my spring 2022 commission round! I've been wanting to make another nyanko style plush since I made long Shifty in early 2021!