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We're excited to announce that all of the Phoenix pins have arrived! We will be beginning fulfillment over the next week or so as we'll be going through the batch of pins and making sure we only send out the very best.
All the Phoenixes hanging out in the library before heading to you!
Overall, we're happy with the production of the pins, but our manufacturer did have some trouble getting the blue glass ring around the miniature pin due to the sizing. It still came out super cute though!
We're waiting on one more piece before we start shipping, but that should arrive in the next day or two. We found some pretty fun colored bubble mailers, so expect your Phoenix to arrive in style.
Also, if you haven't had the chance to check it out, we'll be running another campaign during Pintopia 2025. We have a few fun cross-collabs during Pintopia, so if you'd like to get even more Phoenixes (and Cecil!) check it out!
It has come to my attention that there may be a couple issues with the add-on shipping charges, as I've had two backers reach out to me with questions.
Do not worry if you have already filled out your surveys- I have not pushed the charges through as of yet, so there is still time to rectify any issues.
I have reached out to my BackerKit support person to ask them to review how my shipping is set up, and I am waiting on a reply.
This is my first time using BackerKit in general for a campaign- and the entirety of setting up the surveys was one hell of a learning experience, so I was anticipating some issues.
The smoke tests didnt seem to catch the add-on pricing issue, so I'm hopeful it only effects a few of you.
I will be making another update as soon as I hear back from my backerkit support person, so please bear with me! It is still safe to fill out your surveys- I will not push charges through until BackerKit support and I are fully confident that everything is all good!
On a final note, I am pleased to have launched my second enamel pin collab over on Kickstarter with one of my dear friends KatzeKei! Kat also collabed on the PokePostage pin campaign, which I had linked in the story section of this campaign.
It is a collection of 50 different mini/filler and normal sized enamel pins based off of the held items you would find in your trainer bag in the Pokemon games!
There is a free Rare Candy enamrl pin at $5,000 pledged, and we're a little over 24 hours in and we're well on our way to get there!
Once again, thank you guys SO much for everything thus far, and please feel free to comment on this update or send me an email with any questions! I will have an update posted AS SOON as I find out any details!
First of all, holy smokes! You guys blew this out of the water. I’ve already gotten sappy enough in past updates but thank you all so much! You have no idea how much I appreciate the support.
So now what? You have 2 weeks to fix any failed payment methods or issues! After that the surveys will go out! Surveys will close on December 1st. The survey will give you the option to let me know if you want to be charged immediately or when the survey closes. As I know a few people on my last survey wanted to be charged immediately for budget reasons and others wanted to wait until the survey closed to get paid!
After that the pins will go into production! I will be out of town for most of the survey. But I’ll still do my best to respond to emails ([email protected])! Please note, I don’t always see/get notifications for comments left on the page. The fastest way to reach me is on discord. https://discord.gg/rPPf4NUejw
As for where I’ll be? Twin cities con, Anime Dallas, Anime Frontier, and Anime Weekend Atlanta! If you end up at one of those cons come say hi to me! And preemptive apologies if I look tired or out of it. My autoimmune makes conventions a little exhausting but I love to meet yall and it’s always so exciting when someone tells me they follow me on socials/kickstarter. Gives me a bit of imposter syndrome too lol.
It’s hard to predict when the pins will be done as there’s several holidays between now and next year, however I tried to plan accordingly in the original timeline. So keep an eye out for that!
I have been working with my manufacturer on approving artwork and pantone colors. My rep sent some pics of finished acrylic charms and ornaments (I will add the red ribbons myself). Here are some shots. The ornaments have a little bit of glitter coat. It is hard to see in the photos. The round one shows some glitter sparkles. If you see something you wish you had ordered, go to my preorder shop. I will credit the shipping for current backers to add on to their original survey choices. https://maine-coon-pins.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Have a great weekend! Dacia
Alright, everyone, I'm back! I've been so busy planning the next launch (in 6 days!!) and my Pocketopia project, that I forgot I already locked orders for this one... However, this means I'm ready to charge cards, and will do that soon. EU backers, do not fret! I'll include invoices with your order to show that you purchased the pin(s) before GSPR went into effect. Unfortunately, none of the pins were unlocked from the preorder store. Those items will be removed from your carts and you will not be charged. However, I do plan on (someday) doing a redux campaign! All my available pins will be sold at a discounted price, and pins that didn't fund will be able to be unlocked! Let me know if this is something you're interested in!
Click on the banners below to follow the teaser pages for my next projects!
Locking is not the same thing as "permanently closing" (which I will do end of February) but it needs to happen in order for cards to be charged. If you need to ask for an address change suddenly before the pins arrive, you can still do so and/or I can manually update it for you! The order itself just cannot be changed.
19 surveys are still in limbo.
Jellies:
Someone pointed out (thank you, I appreciate it!) that quite a few of you also backed the Jellinom campaign! I filtered out those of you who haven't received rewards yet, because you are waiting on the remakes arriving with the moths, and I assigned you all $6 "complimentary credit" since you are all domestic (US) pledges.
This means that anyone who was quoted more than that on the survey will be charged only the difference, which I left that way because it's weight-calculated. Anyone who has a pledge that - despite being combined with jellies - is NOT heavy enough to have warranted that, now has "free shipping" for the moths since the rewards will ship together. If you added anything else via the survey you will still be charged full price for that!
I genuinely appreciate being given the reminder, because what I otherwise would have done is go through individually to refund overages, something I've had to do a couple of times in the past, and that would just annoy everyone. The ability to do this from my back-end and not ask staff seems to be fairly new, I've used BK fulfillment for I believe 5+ years now and haven't seen or been notified of this option before. Problem avoided!
Sorry for the aggressive title - iI just want to be sure that this update gets read by a many folks as possible! This update is long but it contains a lot of important information - so PLEASE read it. Thank you!!
Quickly, to start - click the banner below to follow along with my next enamel pin crowdfund campaign :)
Now onto this campaign -
The pins have arrived and I've done a basic count of them; what's next is quality checking & grading every single pin, separating out stock needed to fulfill backer orders, and then putting that stock on backing cards. Then I can begin fulfillment of orders.
I'm glad that I have myself extra fulfillment time for this campaign because I'm definitely going to need it - the universe gifted me mono for Christmas, which also resulted in a double ear infection on top of that. I haven't been this sick for this long in years :( I've ben doing my best balancing rest with also ensuring I stay relatively on track for this campaign (and my next one, Popsicle Panic!)
The good news is that mono is not easy to pass on, but regardless of that it is unlikely I will feel well enough to grade pins before the contagious period is up anyway. I've mostly been a couch potato the last few weeks, and that may continue for a bit longer, but I will keep you all up to date on the timeline as much as I am able to. I'm hopeful that shipping will begin sometime in mid February.
NEW ADD-ONS
This has, however, given me time to finish designing additional merch for spooky space add ons! Pictured below are 3"x3" inch sticky notes, an A6 size memo pad and a 3.5"x8" inch memo pad; 3"x3" shaped sticky notes; a sticker book that is available in both spiral and saddle stitch; 2 washi tape options; a wristlet (iridescent) and a lanyard! I've also added a video of the sticker sheets so you can see how sparkly they are ✨️
The lanyard design will be the same for the iridescent wristlet, however it will not have a black background or stars - just the repeating planets. I've included an example of the wristlet in the mock-ups as well.
I got a little excited about the shaped sticky notes, and mocked up quite a few - I've attached a poll to this update, so please choose your favorite of the round sticky notes; here is the link to the ringed planet sticky notes.
These items are now available to add to your pledge in your post-campaign surveys! Please keep in mind these are digital mock ups and may have some minor layout changes when I fit them into the templates given by my manufacturer, but they will largely remain the same.
Memo Pads & Sticky Notes
3" x 3" Sticky Notes
A6 Memo Pad 4.1"x5.8" (10.5 cmx14.8 cm)
3.5" x 8" Memo Pad (8.9 cm x 20.3 cm)
Sticker Book
Sticker book front
Sticker book back
Lanyards
A very rough mock up of what the lanyard will look like - colors will be a bit more muted & I will possibly have to refine the stars background
This lanyard will have the same planets design as the regular lanyard, however it will be planets only due to the smaller size
These are the possible sticky note options! Vote on your favorite now!
Washi tape!
Planets variation one - the stars will have a holographic overlay
Planets variation two - the stars will have a holographic overlay
The stars in the background and foreground will have a holographic overlay
These sheets are SOOO shiny and neat!!!
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SURVEYS
In order to allow you enough time to add anything extra on if desired, I've pushed survey locking & card charge date to JANUARY 23RD (which is also the launch date for Popsicle Panic!). This gives you 10 days to make any alterations to your survey and addresses. I will be giving you a warning in 5 days, and another in 1 week, prior to surveys closing.
A note about surveys - I have SIX (6) surveys that are either not started or are missing critical info such as ADDRESSES. I cannot send any rewards without an address. Please double check your survey to ensure your address is fully filled out and correct - I will be sending e-mails individually to anyone who has not filled out their survey yet.
This is also a reminder that unless you added on at least one pin to your pledge, you do not qualify for cross-collab rewards. If you want the Killer Moths pin and do not fit this criteria, make sure you add any pin prior to the 23rd.
NEW PINS
For my final point, I wanted to show you some better quality photos of the Black Hole, Asteroid Shower and Solar Flare pins! I am SO glad there was enough interest to get the latter two funded as Black Hole and Solar Flare may be my new favorites! I've included a couple examples of how the rainbow metal turned out as well - each pin is a little bit different, which is one of my favorite parts about these!
As a final note about Black Hole - after some research into market prices for 3" pins and a bit of deliberation I have decided that I will be increasing the price of this pin POST CAMPAIGN to $30. This means that anyone who chooses to purchase this pin within the campaign will be getting a $10 discount on the final selling price. I wanted to be sure anyone who was on the fence about purchasing this pin had all the relevant information, in case they would like to purchase prior to the price increase.
I love how the stars came out on this one!!
Thank you for reading through to the end of this update - I'm so excited to get them to you all in the coming weeks/months <3
