I've sent out notice to all completed surveys that within 48 hrs all survey answers will be locked (minus any missing surveys or surveys with issues/incomplete sections). I am going to wait until the 7th to charge cards though!
Here are some supplier photos for the retro colorway canvas bag and zipper sets and some completed inserts!
retro canvas bag
pink zipper set and silver zipper set
completed pixel design inserts
I'm super happy like before with how these turned out :) The samples have been shipped to me and I'll be able to preview a lot of different combos once they are in hand.
This update isn't really juicy but I did want to add some of those photos for fun!
For everyone who completed their Surveys your orders are being locked! You have 48 hours to add any items you want, etc. to your Survey before they fully lock and you will receive warning emails to let you know about Surveys and when to edit them before they are fully locked.
⭐ After orders are locked you are still free to edit your shipping addresses until I am ready to ship items!!
⭐ Your cards will be charged for shipping/additional items closer to when I am ready to ship items/when I've received the goods!! You will not be charged when your order locks!!
Those who are paying in increments did not receive Surveys yet and will only receive them once all of their payments have been sent!!
If you have any questions or concerns please let me know in the comments. You're also free to email me at [email protected]!! Thank you so so much for your support, I truly appreciate it and I'm SO so excited to receive everything in the mail!! 😊💖💖
Thank you all so much for your patience with us as we've navigated this difficult family situation. Your support with our project and your understanding with us is truly so appreciated.
Now to the updates! We're almost finished building our preorder shop and surveys for backers. We recently got the funding from BackerKit moved so that we can finally order the last two samples! Once we have those prototypes where we like them (finalized, or at least very nearly finalized lol), we will open preorders. I personally wouldn't want to preorder something without seeing it completed, so that's one of the reasons it's taken us a little while to get our parasaurs in a row. 🦆
We will have updates for Confetti, Pete, Byte, and the T-Rex very soon!
Speaking of the T-Rex.. we still need a name! We have a poll with some suggestions if you'd like to vote. We're also open to more name suggestions if you have any. :3
I will send out more production updates ASAP. Thank you all again!
I wanted to post a lil update on how Surveys are goin'!! There are currently 30 Backers who still haven't to fill out their Surveys!! BackerKit has been sending reminder emails to those who haven't done it yet so please be sure to check your inboxes!! :3 💖💖
There are also still 14 Backers whose payments failed!! Please please please be sure to check out your payments and double-check your credit cards saved, etc.!! If you do not fix your payments then unfortunately you will not be receiving your Rewards!!
I also have a proposed Lock date for your Surveys!! What is locking a Survey? After a Survey is locked you will NOT be able to edit your Survey. Whatever your Survey says is what will be mailed to you!! I was planning on locking Surveys with a final notice on June 30th (4 days from now)!! Backers will have 48 hours after to edit their Surveys before they are locked. Let me know what you think of this proposed date!! Do ya'll still need more time to figure out what you want?
We are missing 69 survey responses! If you haven't received your survey, try this retrieval link or contact Backerkit support if you are experiencing issues still: https://mx-paint-ita-bag-v2.backerkit.com/
I'm pitching June 30th as the survey/order lock date as that will also be the date that the preorder store closes!
This would be a Monday, and that following Friday, July 4th, would be the day that cards are charged for the shipping and any add-ons separate from initial pledge amounts.
I wanted to pitch this here to see if anyone has any issues with that being a lock date! Ultimately, nothing is last-chance but to ensure I can get every mass order sorted sooner than later, I would need some more accurate numbers overall. For people who haven't finished surveys by then, upon completion, they would be able to be locked in shortly after. I've also been able to sort individual pledges and add-ons via email so nothing is absolutely last chance and I can help with errors and swaps etc. :)
If there's anything super wrong with the above dates, definitely let me know what's up in the comments here! If there's enough concern, I'll definitely try to shift those dates around.
ONTO THE FUN PART :D
Here's some print tests on the fabric for the inserts! the lighting is a little low in the photos but they look so crisp and bright! I can't wait to see them in the bags :D
Also I know a lot of people were wondering about the pink and silver zipper variants, these aren't completed but here is a better example of the colors of the pleather + print here: Silver is getting somewhat of an 'inverted' look because the shine of the silver pleather would flush out a white print overall.
Also from the previous WIPs of the wallet sample, the custom zipper was missing but here's a photo of what it looks like! I think it turned out so perfect! I'm still working with the manufacturer on some small changes on the retro canvas bag but overall, everything else has been given the thumbs up!
I'm so pleased with this process, I hope you all are excited as well! :D
I have sent off a Smoke Test of Surveys. Only a select few Backers will receive their Surveys!! This helps me pinpoint if there are any issues or mistakes on the Surveys before I sent them off to the rest of my Backers! Please check your email inboxes to see if you got your Survey request!!
🌈 With your Surveys you can let me know the size and designs of the t-shirts/hoodies you want, you can let me know your shipping address (and you can pay for shipping), and you can add on any additional items to your pledge!!
⭐ If you were interested in getting the freebie charms as part of the Kidcore Collective please be sure to be pledged at an APPAREL TIER!! You're able to change your tier on your Surveys. I cannot ship out the freebie stickers or charms to Backers at the $1 Tip tier, I'm sorry!!
I have also received the sample of the Stay Fresh beanie!! I had to edit the design a bit because the original design had too many colors but I hope you like how it turned out!! :3 💖💖
I think it's REALLY cute hehe!!
I'll post another update once ALL of the Surveys have been sent, thank you so much for your support!!
I have sent off the rest of the Surveys to everyone! Please check your email inboxes to find the Survey and fill it out!! :3 💖💖
Please NOTE: Everyone in an apparel tier will receive one freebie sticker and one freebie charm. For some reason with some of the Smoke Test Surveys it said that Backers were receiving two of the freebie charm. I don't know why it's saying that (I must've made a mistake while I was working on getting the Surveys ready 😭). You will only get ONE of each and you MUST be pledged to an apparel tier!!
Also: if you pledged to my project and 1-2 of the other Kidcore Collective projects please NOTE that you will only receive the free incentive charms if you are pledged to an apparel tier. I will not be sending out free charms for the $1 tip tier, sticker tier, or charm tier. I apologize for the inconvenience but thank you for understanding!!
🌈 Through your Surveys you will be able to change your tier to an apparel tier if you wish!! You will also be able to add items onto an existing pledge if you wanna score more stuff!!
There are also still 14 Backers whose payments failed! Please double-check your card information saved on your account to fix this!! If you don't unfortunately you will not receive a Survey and I won't be able to ship your Rewards to you.
Thank you so much for your support on my apparel project!! It really means so much to me!! 😊💖💖 If ya'll have any questions or concerns please comment below with them or email me at [email protected], thank you!!
The survey has been sent to 5% of backers for the smoke test to catch any errors before sending the survey to everyone! Please check your email to see if you got a survey but don't panic if you haven't received one yet.
I've received a few photos of the sample process, the front panels of the new colorways have been printed and I really wanted to show off the retro colorway because it uses a silver shiny material that they were able to show through-
sample photos of the front panel prints for the bags and wallet
The printed colors are SUPER accurate to digital files I sent and I couldn't be happier with the results!! For the wallet prints- there's a couple measurement and design changes being done on those panels but I wanted to include them here as well so you all could follow the progress with me :)
I'll give another update here when 100% of surveys have been sent out! - Tori
Please be sure to answer your survey ASAP, it will help get production started sooner and keep things on or ahead of schedule :)
And now for the fun part!
retro and pink colorway mini bag sample photos
More bag photos are in and the color matching is INCREDIBLE :D I couldn't be happier with how these turned out! Even the interior padded lining is matched to the colorways:
interior neoprene lining in grey and pink
The wallet is a bit more of a WIP at the moment: the zipper is still getting its custom part.
wallet sample photos
The entry pocket for the clear window also changed from the side to the top because it would be easier to access and swap out photos. If you're familiar with the V1 of this wallet, the size and style is pretty comparable but the pleather and the printing are where more significant changes happened. The surface is smooth instead of textured!
The pink canvas bag is also completed but the retro colorway is getting some light changes before debuting in photo-form.
pink colorway of the canvas bag
Things still in sample progress: pink and silver zipper pull sets, custom wallet cursor zipper, retro colorway for canvas bag, pixel design inserts.
Here are some digital mocks for the zipper colorways though! The interior part is a print and the exterior is the pleather color:
The photos of upcoming samples will do a lot more to show in better detail how it is supposed to look, especially against the bags themselves :)
As always, thank you all so much for your patience and support with all of this, I've been having such an awesome time with Backerkit so far. Their services are top-notch and I hope to use this platform again in the future for more projects!
