MythOfTheWild

Gifts For Animal & Wildlife Lover; Tiny Animals In Jars

Bristol, United Kingdom

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Note from shop owner Thank you all so much for your support these past 10 years. It means so incredibly much.
I've put Myth of the Wild into holiday mode while I get settled with my new life in The Netherlands, but if I continue to make in my free time, I may re-open periodically with new things, a couple of times a year.

Note from shop owner

Last updated on Aug 4, 2022

Thank you all so much for your support these past 10 years. It means so incredibly much.
I've put Myth of the Wild into holiday mode while I get settled with my new life in The Netherlands, but if I continue to make in my free time, I may re-open periodically with new things, a couple of times a year.

Kim Wedlock

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About MythOfTheWild

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Shop policies

Last updated on April 30, 2022
Please order early for Mother's Day to avoid shipping delays and disappointment.
To keep my family safe, post runs are only taking place once every 2 weeks for the next few months.

••• Delivery Delays •••
Many orders are still heavily delayed for customers outside the UK. Please note that, due to Covid, it now takes an average of 5 weeks once shipped to reach the US, and 3-4 weeks for Europe.

Covid has been having a drastic effect on shipping times due to various things such as freight delays, reduced staff and an increase in parcels across the world.
Please keep this in mind before contacting me regarding missing or delayed parcels.
Please also note that TRACKING isn't available on standard shipping because it costs a fortune and is absolutely no faster, though it has always been an alternative shipping option available during the checkout process, for peace of mind
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The most unique and wonderful gifts for animal lovers in 2021! Unique handmade gifts perfect for birthdays, graduation, or just because! Handmade wildlife terrarium necklaces, perfect for animal lovers and zoo keepers!
Handmade book flower necklaces, rings and earrings, perfect gifts for writers, students, librarians and book bloggers!

Every piece is made by hand, and custom orders are always welcome between January and mid-November (unless they're beyond my capabilities)!

Please be aware that, unless otherwise stated, everything is made to order. Please also be aware that there is no tracking unless selected during checkout.

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I've just released my newest fantasy novel, The Zi'veyn, the first of adult fantasy trilogy, The Devoted.
It can be found on all regional Amazon websites as paperback, for Kindle and Kindle Unlimited.
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07FSQLYRZ
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FSQLYRZ




*** IMPORTANT INFORMATION ***

Unless otherwise stated, all products listed are MADE TO ORDER, meaning that most will need to be put together when an order is placed. This usually takes 3-5 days.

Purchasing a shipping upgrade (tracked or 1st class sign for) does not mean it will be shipped any sooner than the 3-5 day processing time displayed on every listing. It is an upgrade for security, not speed.

Tracking is not included on either domestic or overseas standard parcels. Tracking must instead be selected from the shipping options menu in your basket before checkout. This is because tracking is not an added extra in the UK like it is in a few other countries; instead, tracking is a fixed part of other services. I deeply apologise for any inconvenience. Buyers must select this alternative shipping option at the time of checkout from the drop-down menu if they wish for tracking. Tracked shipping overseas is no faster than untracked, despite the large price difference which is also out of my control. Please note that I cannot be held to blame for losses or delays.

Please also be aware that I usually only ship on Mondays as I care full-time for my mum, who suffers from MS, and during December I try to ship on Thursdays, too.

Please do not contact me via paypal email - these emails go unread. If you have questions about your order, please contact me through Etsy.


**** WHOLESALE ****
- ELIGIBLE ITEMS -: I do offer wholesale, however not all items are eligible due to time and materials. However, if there is an item you're interested in buying and stocking, do get in touch and I'll be able to tell you if they're available. Note: quantity can affect this. If you wanted an item that isn't available for wholesale, but only wanted 5-10, then it will be doable. The time frame also affects this. A time frame of a month or so is absolutely ideal for larger orders, but orders of 15 or less require significantly less time.
- PRICING -: I am willing to haggle over prices, but it depends on quantity. I am not willing to offer a discount of more than 40% in any case.


**** CUSTOM ****
Custom orders are always gladly accepted between February and mid-November.
Please note, though: in order to ensure that you get the very best piece I can give you for your custom request, I will always make a batch of 4 pieces.
Why?
In sculpting, it is often the third and fourth piece that turn out best due to the required practice to get to that point. I then return to the first and second and improve them so that all four are equal. Then comes the painting, which is much easier to get wrong. Having four pieces means that I have more time to get my eye in with the paint. This means that every custom order will yield about 4 identical pieces, and only at the end will I be able to tell which individual piece is the best of the batch to post on to the customer.
This means that there will be 3 left over, and they will be available for sale in my shop 3 months later. However, please rest assured of the following:
• The original customer who requested the piece will always be given the better price.
• You can request that I only make one of the pieces if you wish it to be one of a kind, though I can't guarantee that someone else won't come along and request the same animal at a later date, and neither can I guarantee as good a finished piece.
• If you have commissioned a piece depicting a pet rather than a generic animal, I will still make 4 of the bases, BUT only one will be painted by reference of your pictures. The rest will be given different coats suitable to the creature/breed and put up for sale at a later date, ensuring that your piece is truly unique and that no one else will have a tiny model of your little fluffykins.
• If you're commissioning a piece of your own design, only one will be made. Several models will be made, but only the best will be cured, the rest returning to the clay supply. The painting will take a long while and possibly several strips and re-coats to ensure I get the best outcome. This is a more time-consuming and expensive process, but it ensure that only one will be made.

Accepted payment methods

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Accepts Etsy Gift Cards and Etsy Credits

Returns & exchanges

See item details for return and exchange eligibility.

Cancellations

Cancellations: not accepted

Please contact the seller if you have any problems with your order.

Payment

I accept Paypal and card payments through Direct Checkout, as well as Etsy gift cards!

Please note that due to the delay in receiving funds via Direct Checkout, some products may have a longer processing time. This is for items that require things like sterling silver chains or additional materials for alterations or custom items. Don't use Direct Checkout if you need the items in a hurry.

*** DISCOUNTS & COUPON CODES ***
If you have a coupon code, you must apply it to the 'apply shop coupon code' beneath the payment options in your basket. I cannot refund the difference if you forget to apply a code. Only one coupon code is usable at any one time. When an item is added to your basket, click the link "apply shop coupon code" and a text box will appear. Input the discount code and click "apply" and it should work. If the code fails, it has either been used incorrectly, or has expired. If you believe the code SHOULD have worked - for example you are aware of its expiry date - you're more than welcome to contact me BEFORE making your purchase. It's possible that you have put the code in incorrectly, or the code has changed.

Discount codes are NOT applicable to custom orders or gift sets/complete collections/bundle listings. These listings will state as such somewhere in the description.
This is because a custom order is priced according to the specific request and made on demand, rather than being made in batches ahead of time when I have the time to do them like my stocked products, and gift sets and complete collection listings have already been discounted.
Invalid orders that use discount codes will either be cancelled for the customer to repurchase paying full price, or put on hold until the remaining fee has been paid, either through Paypal invoice or through a second custom listing to make up the difference if card payment is preferred. Work will not begin and nothing will be shipped until full payment is received.

Shipping

To keep my family safe, post runs are only taking place once every 2 weeks for the next few months.
•••❅••• Delivery Delays •••❅•••
Many orders placed from late November are still arriving with customers outside the UK. Please note that it USUALLY takes an average of 5-6 weeks to reach the US especially over the Christmas period, and that mail rarely moves between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day, rendering almost a full week without movement.
Please also note, however, that Covid HAS been having a drastic effect on shipping times and deliveries, and that it seems to be affecting orders arbitrarily. There's no knowing which parcels will be affected.
Please keep this in mind before contacting me regarding missing or delayed parcels.
Please also note that TRACKING isn't available on standard shipping because it costs a fortune and is absolutely no faster, though it has always been an alternative shipping option available during the checkout process, for peace of mind.
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Please be aware that I only ship on Mondays as I care full-time for my mum, who suffers from secondary progressive Multiple Sclerosis, and that is the only window I have in order to run errands outside of the house.
Everything is made by hand to order and so will always take *at least* 3 working days (beginning the day after an order is placed due to time differences) before it can be shipped.



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- Tracked Shipping & Delivery Upgrades -
Purchasing a shipping upgrade (tracked or 1st class sign for) does NOT mean that it will be shipped any sooner than the 3-5 day processing time displayed on every listing. It is an upgrade for security, not speed, as every piece is made to order.
Tracking is not included on either domestic or overseas standard parcels. Tracking must instead be selected from the shipping options menu in your basket before checkout. This is because tracking is not an added extra in the UK like it is in a few other countries; instead, tracking is a fixed part of other services. I deeply apologise for any inconvenience. Buyers must select this alternative shipping option at the time of checkout from the drop-down menu if they wish for tracking. Tracked shipping overseas is no faster than untracked, despite the large price difference which is also out of my control. Please note that I cannot be held to blame for losses or delays.


- Processing Times -
All listings have processing times specially noted for the product in question as some pieces take longer than others. Please be aware that they are only estimates. 95% of orders are fulfilled within the specified time frame and shipped on or before the estimated shipping date, but occasionally, a few individual pieces may take longer for any number of reasons. This is especially applicable to custom pieces and special requests.


- International Shipping -
Shipping to the rest of the world can take between 2-4 weeks on average depending on where you are. Tracking is not included on parcels as it is not an added extra like it is in a few other countries. Instead, tracking is a fixed part of other services. If you'd like tracking, please select it from the shipping options in your basket, otherwise your parcel will not have tracking. Please note that tracking does not speed the delivery time.
Please note, though, that time varies from country to country and as no one has ever gotten in touch to inform me of how long it takes (and the post office give rather ambitious times that are met only about 5% of the time, so I always triple the provided time frame), I can't be certain exactly how long it will take. Based on my personal experience over the past 8 years, though, 2-3 weeks is average with the exception of Christmas.


- Missing or Delayed Packages -
Items overseas and at home can occasionally take some time to arrive. Please keep the following in mind before contacting me about a missing package:
• An International parcel cannot be classed, or reported as 'missing' to Royal Mail, until 45 working days (Mon-Fri) have passed from date of shipping (not payment or order).
• A European parcel cannot be classed, or reported as 'missing' to Royal Mail, until 25 working days (Mon-Fri) have passed from date of shipping (not payment or order).
• A UK parcel cannot be classed, or reported as 'missing' to Royal Mail, until 15 working days (Mon-Fri) have passed from date of shipping (not payment or order).

Sometimes a parcel may be delayed due to incorrect address, and it can take quite some time to return to me. I always include a return address on the back, but it can take 15 working days for parcels to be redirected to sender. If this occurs, it will be the responsibility of the buyer to pay the shipping for it to be reshipped to an alternative or correct address, as it will have been the buyer's mistake, either not collecting the parcel, or providing an incorrect address.
Please capitalise postcodes properly. If the street name is mispelled AND the postcode incorrectly given, the parcel will not reach the recipient.


- Invoices -
Invoices/receipts are not included, to save on paper, ink, and my own convenience (my printer is hooked up to a different computer which is rarely used; it hasn't been moved because there's nowhere to put it). Invoices are always available for purchases you've made by logging into Etsy and clicking "purchases" under the "your account" drop down at the top of the page.


- Needed For Event -
If your items are needed by a certain date, be it for a birthday or other event, please leave adequate time for it to arrive. Overseas (shipped from the UK) can take 2 to 3 weeks, but it's entirely possible that it could take more, especially during the holiday season. I cannot be held personally responsible for delays. If there is a rush, I will get it sent out ASAP.


- Shipping Address -
I ship to the address given on Etsy, not paypal. Please ensure that both addresses match. If you've given me the wrong or an incomplete address (including recipient name), I cannot be held responsible for missing items. The address you've registered on Etsy is also the one that is shown on Etsy invoices.
Common logic states that you would have made an Etsy account AFTER making a paypal account, therefore the address on Etsy would be the newest. The same goes for Play, Amazon, and any other such website, where you would update your address as soon as you have moved. Etsy may be made up of thousands of different shops, but they all use the same platform, and when it comes to shipping, that platform works the same way as the other websites mentioned above. Please ensure all addresses, on all accounts and websites, are always up to date.

Additional policies and FAQs

--- DISCOUNTS ---
Discount codes are not applicable to gift set or bundle listings, as these have already been discounted.
Discount codes are not applicable to custom orders as they are priced according to the work; products that have been discounted have already been made/require little additional work beyond being fixed into a jar, which can take some time to dry. Book flowers are usually made from scratch; only pre-made flowers left over from previous batches are applicable to discounts.
20% for 5+ book flowers does not apply to earrings, as earrings are already twice the work of necklaces for a minimal increase in cost.
If a discount code does not work, but you believe that it should, please don't hesitate to get in touch and let me know what code you are trying to apply to which product. It may be that the product in question is not part of the promotion, or that there has been a technical problem.
I make everything in my shop by hand by myself; I reserve the right to revoke discounts, raise, or reduce prices as and when necessary, should demand, work or cost of supplies become unviable at current rates.


Feedback is always appreciated, be it positive, neutral or negative. If there's something I can do to rectify any problems, however, please contact me first. If, however, you have had a bad experience with myself, rather than the product, then that is a perfectly valid reason to leave neutral or negative feedback.
Don't worry, I won't throw a tantrum. We all need to learn from our mistakes!

Please do not contact me via paypal email - these emails go unread. If you have questions about your order, please contact me through Etsy.

COPYCATS:
All my designs are original and come with miniature certificates of authenticity, and not copies of other people's work. All designs are copyrighted to me, and copycats will be prosecuted.

Privacy

No information - names, addresses, email, contact or payment information - is EVER shared, stored or sold.
See this Seller Handbook article for a sample privacy policy you can customize for your shop.