Hello, popping in for an update! Sorry things have been a bit quiet on my end, I had to wait for all the surveys to finish so I could lock my final quantity for the bulk orders! Thank you for waiting!
Here is the current status of everything: Pudding Pins: Completed Pudding Bags: In Progress Pudding Socks: Not Started (Starting this Month) Pudding Hats: Not Started (Starting this Month) Pudding Bear Plush: Completed
The enamel pins have been finished and arrived to me safely in the US, I'm still doing inspections but I'm overall happy with how they turned out! Here are some pictures:
I started the order for the leather & vegan leather versions of the Pudding Bags, they will look slightly different from each other color wise due to the nature of the materials and custom painting!
Leather Swatches: (Mint is being custom painted to my requested Pantone)
Lining swatches:
The bag manufacturer had to wait a bit for the leather company to finish customizing the leather, they've recently received everything and have cut the pieces for assembly. They have started assembling the lining and internal pockets.
Regarding the bucket hats and socks, there were some slight changes to the documents I wanted to make to the drip shapes for the bulk orders so I haven't started those yet but I've been in contact with the manufacturers so those should get started this month!
I'll post again when I have more information to share! Thank you! :)
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.
I am happy to announce that every paid reward has been sent out! All of you should have received a tracking link in your inbox.
In case you still haven't completed survey/paid – this week is the last chance to do so. After the end of the week, I will be closing this project and taking it as finished.
Important announcement
I am currently working on a new product featuring foxes... and that is PLUSHIES!! I am currently in the middle of sampling this red fox, and if this project will be coming up first, I will be sampling two more designs I have prepared right away. My current plans are making red fox, kitsune, sakura fox, star/space fox, fennec... and maybe more, depending on how well the campaign goes~
Which is why I need your help right now – Would you prefer to have pin campaign this summer, or plush campaign?
And stating this beforehand: I am 100 % planning to have both of these campaigns this year.
I've got the edits for the samples finalized and sent to the manufacturer. I actually had this done like a week ago but completely forgot to share them here, my apologies! 😅
The Calico Cat Boba Buddy bag was perfect and didn't need any edits!
I also received the photos of the finished Certified Boba Buddy enamel pin last night!! 💖
I am so so happy with how it turned out! They will be shipping to me very soon!!
Thank you so much for your support on the project and for being patient!! I really appreciate it!
Great News: My manufacturer has (finally) gotten back to me and has agreed to replace the damaged and flawed pins! After some back and forth, I was able to get a hold of someone who has now started the process of getting replacement pins made and sent to me ASAP.
Minor Changes: As you may remember, one of the designs from this campaign came out a bit green and was not at all what I wanted the final product to look like. The Challah Centipede design did NOT match the other two bread bugs: the plating was more orange-tinted and the enamel color had a weird greenish hue to it instead of the warm brown the Bread Beetle and Sourdough Spider have. After discussing with the manufacturer (and looking at the other pins) I decided to update this design slightly, and it will now have corrected colors and instead of the medium brown being recessed soft enamel, this will now be part of the print with recessed eyes instead. This is how the Bread Beetle and Sourdough Spider were made, and I hope with the new style and colors, all three designs will match now :)
More Good News: What? More good news? Yup! I've been hard at work shipping all the orders I can while waiting for the new pins to be made, and I am very proud to announce that I have packed and shipped 87 of your orders!
More than that, many of your items are already arriving, and I've had several warm messages from folks letting me know their pins have made it safely to their new homes :)
Y'all have been absolutely AMAZING through this whole campaign, and especially though this flawed pin debacle. I couldn't have asked for better supporters! To thank you, I'll be including an exclusive discount code for my Etsy shop at the very end of this update.
To be fair I always include a bonus discount code at the end of my campaigns, but they're usually only 20% ;)
As promised, I have a few more pin photos to share too~
If you missed anything from the campaign (or your friends want in on the action!) I'm including a special 25% off discount code for you all at the end of this update. This will be in the backers' only section, so please make sure you are logged in so you can see it <3
These designs will likely be listed on my Etsy (linked here) in the next 2 weeks or so, but please keep in mind there are very limited quantities of A-Grade (perfect) pins, so the only pins available on Etsy will be the B-Grade pins- at least until the remakes are in and the rest of the campaign orders are sent out. The stickers however will be made available shortly, with bonus Sourdough Spider stickers available as well. After seeing how popular the design was, I ordered some of those with my last sticker restock and they will be available soon!
Again thank you everyone who offered to take a B-Grade pin! I made sure to include a couple bonus stickers from my candy collection in each of your orders, so I hope you like them :)
Loved my campaign but can't help wanting more? The new PinQuest campaign group launched today! There's dozens of other artists I love all taking place in this limited time event, so I encourage all of you to check them out here or find them on the BackerKit homepage under Groups.
Questions about your order? Please email me at [email protected] or message me on Instagram (ApothecaryOctopus)
Good evening everyone!! It's been awhile since an Update!!
I just recently got the photos for the second round of samples for the Wolf, Bat, and Calico Cat as well as some extra samples of the Fawn n' Raccoon!! Here they are!
I think these samples look a LOT better than the first ones (those were pretty scary)!! 😊💖💖 There was a lot of back n' forth about the eyes/face embroidery sizing and sadly they weren't able to accommodate some of my previous edits. However I think they came out really cute regardless!
Here are the couple of edits I want for this batch of samples:
the Fawn's stripe doesn't line up with the marking on the backside (photo isn't included here)
the Wolf's mouth needs to be smaller to match all of the other bags (my manu notified me that the Wolf's mouth embroidery was bigger than the rest, sadly)
the Bat's wing embroidery needs fixing and I'd like to move the mouth up a bit more
Once I have the edits drawn out I will post them here!
And here's some photos of them altogether:
I'm REALLY really happy with how they're progressing and I'm very excited to get the bulk order situated!! I think my favorite of the bunch is the Calico Cat! What's yours? 👀
The enamel pins are also being worked on right now!
Unfortunately my manufacturer stopped using a purple chrome plating I wanted to use for the Rainbow Tiger enamel pin so I just went with a soft enamel look! However I think it came out really cute! It's already been completed and has been shipped so I will be receiving them soon!
The Certified Boba Buddy enamel pin is currently being worked on but once I receive a photo of the completed pin I will be sure to post it here!!
The acrylic charms have also been ordered and will be start getting made very soon. As for the car peeker stickers those have yet to be ordered but will be very soon!!
I apologize for the quietness on my part here! From late February-early May my mental health and overall health spiraled down and I really needed to take some time to recover and heal. There were a few financial issues cropping up in April hence why some of the Boba Buddy Series 2 merchandise wasn't ordered right away, but thankfully everything's back to normal and I have been working on getting the last lil bits done here and there for the Backerkit project. Unfortunately because of these financial hardships the Rainbow Tiger bag sample was not ordered yet but it will be ordered soon! I am very sorry about that.
I will be working towards updating more frequently from now on, I apologize for leaving ya'll in the dark for a bit! ;;
ALSO! Just an FYI:
👉 Backerkit encourages creators not to charge for Survey-related items until the merch has been made and items are shipping soon so for now, you haven't been charged for the shipping or any Add On items. Once I start receiving the smaller items (pins, stickers, charms, etc.) I will be able to start mailing off merch to Backers who pledged at a lower level and I will charge everyone! I will post an Update here to let ya'll know you will be charged soon so don't fret!! 💖💖
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to comment below or email me at [email protected]!!
Thank you so much for your support and patience, I really truly appreciate it and I'll be sure to update more often from now on. Thank you.
Love, Benji
P.S. Here's the bags lil tails as well! They're just so cute hehe
