Hello! The Pudding Party Collection campaign has successfully ended! Thank you so much to everyone who pledged, we were able to unlock a handful of things during the campaign including the Pudding Bag, 4th enamel pin, and 2 new colorways: Pink & Mint!
Backerkit has started processing payments and will continue to do so for the next week, please make sure to check if your pledge's payment processes successfully. Pledges that are not updated with unfortunately be considered abandoned and then cancelled.
Surveys have now been sent! Please fill it out, it will help me get an idea of how much inventory to order for each colorway and design. Backers who chose Pay Over Time during the campaign, you will not receive the survey until after your payment plan is completed. Once your installments are completed, Backerkit will automatically send the survey to you!
If you missed the crowdfund but are still interested in the products of this campaign, I've opened the Pre-Order Shop! Everything that was unlocked during the campaign is available to Pre-Order until June where all additional inventory counts should be locked by that point.
if you have any issues with your survey or any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out! Thank you!
hello everyone! with our campaign launching in just four days, I wanted to share some extra photos and info with you guys!
as a reminder, we're part of the fur & food pintopia collaboration - if you back our project and two others, you'll get a free sticker from each of the projects you backed!
you'll also be able to purchase a cottagecore critters enamel pin (from our last campaign) as an addon! returning backers will get an extra mini pin of their choice added to their orders at no cost.
UPDATE: Some lovely supporters made a few comments with their concerns so I wanted to address them here!
If you opted for the Pay Over Time option for your pledge you will have NOT received a Survey! You will be getting your Surveys sent to your inboxes once all of your payments have been sent/received!!
If we do not reach the last few orders we need for the Rainbow Tiger Boba Bag I will be emailing Backerkit support to have them remove the bag off your orders!! No one has been charged for their shipping, additional items they added on via Survey, etc. (and those who sent in Preorders have also not been charged yet) so you don't have to worry about being charged for the bag and not receiving it! 💖💖 Thank you for ordering the bag!!
Please be sure to answer your Surveys by April 10th! I will still be waiting for responses after that but if I don't hear anything by the time I receive the merchandise from my manufacturers (and I start shipping out items) your pledge will be considered a donation and you will not be refunded. It is your responsibility to respond to the Surveys and read Updates after the campaign is over!!
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Good afternoon everyone!!
62% of Backers have completed their Surveys, thank you so much!! I still need 45 of ya'll to fill in your Surveys, it is very important that I get those Surveys in ASAP!! 💖💖 BackerKit should've been sending ya'll reminder emails to fill out your Surveys so please be sure to do so!! Be sure to check your spam folders on your email just in case the emails got sent there!!
I am planning on locking Orders on April 10th which means you won't be able to make changes to your Order. If you want to change your Survey/Order please be sure to do so before April 10th! Thank you.
The Preorder Shop is still up n' running but will be closing soon!! We only need 7 MORE ORDERS to unlock the Rainbow Tiger Boba Buddy bag for everyone! If you're interested, or you think maybe a friend or family member might be interested, it would be so so helpful to get those last few orders!! 👀💖💖 Please feel free to share the link of the Preorder Shop around!!
There are also plenty of other items available on the Preorder Shop including the Boba Buddy bags, car peeker stickers, charms, and enamel pins!! Anyone who missed supporting the campaign is free to place an order before April 1st!!
I have also received the sample photos for the Wolf, Bat, and Calico Cat!! The first samples are a lil rough to be honest but I will be making the necessary edits to them so that they're perfect!! I will share the photos once I have the edits drawn for my manufacturer!!
Thank you so so much for your support on the campaign, I really really appreciate it! And thank you so much for being so patient and waiting for another Update!! I recently moved at the end of February and the move just honestly affected my mental health badly, so I was offline for a while! I am feeling better so I will be sure to update ya'll more frequently from now on, thank you so much!! 😊💖💖
Just a quick update to let you all know that the pins are in production! I should be seeing some samples in a week or two, and it should be another 3-4 weeks after that for them all to be made. Keep an eye out for more on that in the coming month!
Next- I am locking surveys! This will be your last chance to make changes to your order, but if you need me to reopen your survey for whatever reason after they have been locked, please let me know and I can do that for you :)
Next week I'll be charging your cards for the shipping costs and for any additional items you may have added to your order. Please be on the look out for an email from BackerKit which will say if your card has successfully been charged, and if you receive one saying there was an issue with your payment or that the charge failed, please fix it as soon as you can! If your payment has still failed or errored by the time I go to pack orders, I won't be able to send out your items :/ I'll post another update closer to when I'll start shipping with another reminder.
In the next few weeks I'll be working on designs for the backing cards and ordering stickers. I'll of course also be working on new products and designs for my main shop, so if you're looking for more of my art feel free to follow me on Instagram, Threads, and TikTok!
Follow my socials or check out my Etsy shop here: https://linktr.ee/ApothecaryOctopus
That's all for now! I look forward to posting another update with production progress and hopefully some pics of the pins~
hello everyone! i've gone on and charged all 49 cards of those who have completed the survey. 10 of you had errored payments or incorrect info, please make sure to check your email to make sure payment went through :)
hey all! i've just locked orders for those who have completed their surveys. double check address and card info and i'll let everyone know once I charge the cards :) - Luna
note: we have not yet reached the minimum $1000 to start manufacturing but we will be proceeding anyway
I am slowly working on surveys. Formulating survey questions, setting up weights and postage rules, all the boring-but-necessary admin stuff. I'll be setting up the Pre-Order store for those of you who didn't have a chance to back during the project, too.
I'll be preparing the pin files this week and sending those off for production as well.
Plush prototypes sent for production
This past week I sent the payment for prototypes on the Mint Chocoturtle and Berry Chocoturtle designs. :) I hope to hear back from the factory within 2-3 weeks and will keep everyone updated once I have new photos to share!
International Shipping updates
Due to Spanish postal service Correos changing their shipping rules on January 1st, 2026, I unfortunately had to increase my shipping prices and logistics. Packages used to be classified as letters (which meant super cheap shipping), but with the new rule this is no more. All packages headed for international destinations must be sent as PAQ Light.
Shipping to EU countries has a rate of $18-22USD via the Spanish postal service, Correos. I expect most packages will fall into the 250g/$18 rate. I will ship your packages from my home in Spain. I know this is substantially more than it used to cost, but after exploring many options, it seems this one is still the best. At least this way you will not be charged customs fees.
Shipping to Canada is $18 and to AU/NZ/UK/everywhere else is $20USD. All packages headed to these destinations will ship from my US warehousing partner, White Squirrel. Shipping your packages myself to both destinations from the EU was a few dollars more, so I decided to pass along the savings instead.
Again, I apologize for the inconvenience and frustration this may cause.
Please let me know if you have any questions by leaving a comment. I hope to share pics of the new cuties with you soon!
Good morning everyone! Just popping in to remind you to please fill out your survey if you haven't already! I use the information in the surveys to decide how many pins and stickers I need to order, so I need everyone to fill them out ASAP so I can tell my manufacturer how many of each design we need.
There are still quite a few of you with failed payments as well, so please check your survey to make sure your credit card was processed! You can check this by going to your profile (upper right corner on the website) and clicking on "Your Pledges and Surveys" then finding the Beetle Bakery. If your payment isn't or can't be processed, I will have to cancel your pledge and you won't receive any of your items.
If you recently paid off your card or got a new one, please check that BackerKit has the right number!
For folks who only backed the support tier ($1), I have updated your surveys so if you don't add anything to your pledge, you won't be charged for shipping. If you backed this tier, you won't receive any items, including the 'freebie' stickers you may have qualified for since this tier does not come with any physical rewards. If you wanted to add anything to your pledge in the survey, you can still do that and receive the campaign bonuses, but this is only if you add additional items and pay for shipping.
For anyone curious, here are the most popular pin designs right now: 1. Bread Beetle (43) 2. Mini Snail (39) 3. Croissant-opod (35) 4. Icecream Sandwich Beetle (29) 5. Maple Log Millipede (26) 6. Boston Cream Dougnut Spider (25) 7. Challah Centipede (24) 8. Cinnamon Roll Snail (22) 9. Pretzel Worm (22) 10. Sourdough Spider (19)
That's all for now! If you have any questions please let me know, and thank you all again for your love and support with this project :)
