I also refunded the paw campaign shipping for those whose orders I combined, if I combined yours but you think I missed your shipping refund please let me know via email to [email protected]and I will check!
Now that this campaign is fully, and FINALLY, wrapped up - I will not be coming back to check on any comments/discussion posts left on here. The notification system is jank so previously I was having to come back regularly to see if anything new was posted (this is the case with all campaigns...). So please do email me if you have questions/comments/concerns. That's not to say you can't or shouldn't say anything here! Just that for whatever reason... I am unlikely to be notified of it.
As I was fulfilling these last orders, I was hit in the gut with the realization some of them should have gone out in the FIRST wave months ago, because they fit all criteria to be sorted into that segment (no "wood" or machine 2 spins, or catmoths) yet the system didn't put those pledges in it. It was 3 people and I feel terrible about it. I double-checked the pledges and there's no explanation for why they were excluded.
This sort of error has happened to me before with backerkit's pledge manager, where pledges that fully fall under the search filter still somehow don't get sorted correctly... So if (hopefully not!!!) a future campaign has enough road blocks to where something like this happens again, I will more thoroughly check to make sure everything is included that should be. This is also a slight plea that if you think something is particularly wrong or not as I've been communicating, to please reach out to me (via the email above) to figure out what's up. I am never intentionally misleading, but always exhausted with bad brain fog and may miss things, so if something is wonky I will need it pointed out to me to be able to address it.
The receipt with tracking for all 53 packages today is longer than a CVS receipt!
Just a super quick update: I finally got the last remakes today and they're great! I can start shipping again and they should FINALLY be all fulfilled by end of this month. Some of you still pending are combined with fulfillable paw pledges so I've been gradually tackling those and refunding the excess shipping charge as I do.
Since I have to hop into overdrive on this I don't think I'll have my shop reopened at all before Tekko but that's okay.
Hello everyone! So sorry for the wait on another update. Life has been hectic but we're almost done!
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Wondering where your pledges are? Look no further!
ׂ╰┈➤ I recieved the Rainbowtail remakes a couple days ago and have shipped out 80% of packages! ׂ╰┈➤ The other 20% are in progress and will be fully sent out by next Friday (the 15th)!
Here's some photos of the chaos that was the order packing process lmao.
With that said- some of you are already recieving your pledges and I'm happy to hear it! For anyone who wants to share photos, I recently revamped my discord to have a channel for reviews!!
Inside my discord is not only a reviews channel BUT there are:
ׂ╰┈➤ Free monthly 10% off Etsy coupons ׂ╰┈➤ Sneak peeks into upcoming merch ׂ╰┈➤First look into my next crowdfunding campaigns ׂ╰┈➤Early dibs on new merch going up on Etsy!
and much more! I look forward to seeing you there!!
If you haven't checked it out yet, now's your chance! Returning backers receive a free exclusive sticker, we're EXTREMELY close to the free enamel pins that unlock at $5,000 pledged, and we're close to unlocking some other freebies!
Some designs are still currently in the process of being finalized- but the general gist of how they're going to look are currently available! I just posted the final designs for Moonpaw, Tawnypelt, and Leafstar a little bit ago, so here's a sneak peek!
I am still going super strong for this campaign- yes we've dropped some backers but I KNOW we will unlock those locked stretch goals again and push to get EVERYTHING unlocked!
Also- here's a sneak peek of Scourge's design :>
Thank you guys so much in advance! Please reach out to me with any questions, comments or concerns here or in my discord!
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!
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 hope everyone is doing great this summer~ ❤️☀️ I wanted to announce my new Pin Drop that's happening this Monday August 11th, @3pm!
Pinned & Preserved: A new campaign featuring a beautiful line of scientific enamel pins that celebrate the beauty of insect taxidermy, aka "insect pinning"
These new pins are inspired by vintage field illustrations and feature 3 XL pins and 2 mini pins to start off the campaign:
A shimmering gold Pharaoh Cicada
A regal gunmetal Three-horned Rhinoceros Beetle
A poisedgold & green Chinese Praying Mantis
A petite red dyed metal Fire Ant
A tiny rainbow metal Bottle Fly
More insects will be unlocked after these first 5 pins get funded! :)
Pledge during the first 48 hours to receive a free Fire Ant vinyl sticker!
Backers who pledge for 2+ pinsduring Early Bird Hours will receive this tiny 1" mini pin for free! ❤️
Returning Backer Bonus! 🔥🪰
Returning Backers will receive a free Bottle Fly vinyl sticker as a thank you for your continued support :) <3
Remember that you can pledge first and pay later when the campaign ends next month! Back in the first 48 hours to get the most freebies and to give the campaign the strongest momentum forward! :) <3
Hey everyone! Just wanted to pop in and say that I had a few people have issues with their package tracking not working correctly and the package being returned to me. Not really sure what happened or why they were in limbo, but I’ll be reshipping to everyone I can see who had the issue. Feel free to reach out to me if you haven’t received yours yet! Please email me at [email protected], backerkit does not alert me to messages left on projects, I have to manually remember to check and my adhd is not super helpful with that. With emails I can mark them as important and I go through those much more frequently. Thank you for your patience and for being a part of this project 🖤
I got some exciting news! All but 10 orders are out the door and on their way to yall!!!
If there’s any issues at all email me ([email protected]) since I’ve been training my sister some things may have slipped through the cracks! I also had a case earlier today where USPS pretty much punted the package into concrete and broke the enamel.
Moving forward, my sister is getting the hang of it all and it seems like she can do about 200 packages a month. So in the future, I’m hoping we can have campaigns fulfilled within 2-3 months of the campaign closing! I try to get the molds made before the surveys finish so pins can go into production asap. This said, we’re still figuring things out so I will keep my long solo-fulfillment autoimmune-stricken timelines lol.
Thank you guys again for being just so incredible. I’m looking to make this process as efficient and enjoyable as I can for everyone in the future! Afterall crowdfunding is just a fun group experience (coming from someone who spent way too much on pins this year lol)
The remaining 10 orders have a few issues. 1) requested to be combined with 3 campaigns. I will personally fulfill that one tomorrow so it should be out the door on Sunday!
2) One didn’t load any items into the order for some reason I have to go back in and cross reference the campaign pledge with it. I will personally fulfill that one tomorrow! It’ll be out the door on Sunday.
3) The remaining 8 include an item I cannot find for the life of me. Since I moved some items have vanished into the aether. I reordered a new stock of all of them except the Tshirts. They should be here in August. I will include a free glow in the dark sticker by way of apologies for the delay! (It’s the white/red Kitsune, vaporeons (which is weird because I have the rest of the Eeveelutions), and the person who ordered 2 lanyards. I can’t find my second bag of lanyards so I just have 1 left from my convention stock.
Because I have a new apartment and an entire basement office now, losing things shouldn’t happen once I have time to unpack everything.
Forgotten Forest 2 WILL be the last major pin campaign I do this year! After that it’ll be Media Monsters for Pintopia with plushies and Ita Bags.
Finally, I’m most active in my discord and I do share behind the scenes things there and more general day to day updates. If you want to join you absolutely can join and lurk and occasionally share art and never speak. That’s pretty much me in 75% of my discords lol https://discord.gg/rPPf4NUejw
Cat & Dog Tax
Cat Tax
I will post 1 more update when all orders are out and 2 weeks before I close the campaign! And then once more when Forgotten Forest 2 is live.
Well folks, we're finished fulfilment, and we hope you're enjoying your Witchy pins and stickers!
We wanted to say thank you one last time, and let you know that we'll be closing down this Backerkit campaign at the end of the week. If you want to see what's next sign up to be notified when our next Pintopia campaign - Half Pint Heroes, goes live HERE!
If you want to check out the currently fulfiling campaigns, you can find our latest pre-oder stores here:
