Since we're super close to the last stretch goal, I've decided to go ahead and unlock the Pink ita bag! 🩷🎉✨
All day yesterday, we were sitting about 1-2 bag pledges away from unlocking the Pink color variant. So I decided to cover the rest so we could officially unlock all 4 ita bag colors at the end of Bag Bazaar!! 🥳
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Thank you so much for the incredible support and for sharing the campaign with your friends 🥰🙏🏼 I'm super excited to get all these new bags to their forever homes!! 😻
📣 Don't forget: there's a new add-on for (5) holographic pin insert colors! 🌈✨
We did it!! 🩶 The Gray/Black gaming ita bag has officially been unlocked!! 🎉
~Mario theme~
~Music festival theme~
Thank you all so much for the incredible support and excitement for this campaign!! It means so much seeing our little community come together to make something incredible 🥰
I'm so excited about this new color, my inner goth dreams are coming true lol 🖤🔮 This is basically what I'm imagining people wearing with this new goth style bag at conventions 🥰🤘🏼
🔒 Our next goal is the pink gaming bag!! 💪🏼💖✨
I've seen pledges fluctuating a little bit back and forth this past week, so I’d love to keep this momentum going strong so we can safely keep this new gray color unlocked! 🩶 Not only that, but it would be amazing to push for the final goal: the pink ita bag!! 💖✨
✨ Here's the best part about unlocking this bag!! ✨ I did the math and we only need about 25 more ita bag pledges to unlock all 4 bag colors!! That means we are *soooo* incredibly close to unlocking the last pink bag together in the last week of Bag Bazaar 😻
The best way you can help right now is to simply share the campaign link! 🥰🙏🏼
Please help share the link below with all your loved ones~
🎮 Gamer friends & family 👜 Ita bag collectors ✨ Convention friends 💖 Pin communities 📲 Facebook, Instagram, other social media, Discord servers, anywhere online really! ^_^
It may not seem like it, but every single share genuinely does help!! 🥰🙏🏼✨
📣⌛️ Reminder: Bag Bazaar ends in 8 days on June 2nd @10pm EST~
(That means only 1 more week to share the campaign!)
Thank you again for making Bag Bazaar such an amazing experience!! 💖 I'm thinking if we reach the final pink bag goal, new holographic insert colors will unlock next?? 🙊✨ Until the next update~
Wow!! I can't believe how successful the first day of Bag Bazaar was!! 😻
✨ Let's look at the highlights of day one! ✨ ➡️ 1st bag unlocked in 3 hours! 🏆 ➡️ 2nd bag unlocked less than 24 hours from launch! 🚀
Thank you for all of your support on the 1st day!! 🎉 We unlocked BOTH the (Red/Blue) and the (Blue/Green) ita bag color variants together as a community!! I can't thank you all enough 🙏🏼
If you didn't see these options, I snuck in the Mega Bundle tier today! This upgraded tier includes (2) Regular pins, (2) XL pins, and (2) Mini pins of your choice!
➡️ With the fully customizable Create-A-Bag Tier, you can change pretty much any color inside and out! We can even customize your (2) insert colors if you so choose~
All pink inside! Normal bag color is black inside
🗣️ But will I lose my Early Bird freebie pin if I upgrade tiers?!
The answer is nope!! Not at all!
➡️ Early bird rewards are linked through your original backer timestamp on the backend, not necessarily by which pledge tier you picked! The pledge tiers are labeled "Early Bird" mostly for the price differences! 😊
So if you want to upgrade your Pledge Tier later, your Early Bird freebies are still safely linked to your account! ^_^ 💖✨
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Thank you all again for the incredible support during the Bag Bazaar launch!! 👜🚀
I have a lot of updates with photos today so strap in for a longer update!
To keep the email you receive about this more succinct, I'm going to put the bulk of the updates in the "Backer Exclusive Content" section so if you want to read and see the pictures, please click the "Learn More" button below.
TL;DR: Pictures from the manufacturer of the coin purses and wallets are in, some pins have almost arrived to me, and more pins are still in progress!
The bags are progressing really well and my manufacturer has informed me that they should be finished with production within the next week or so! Wallets are already finished entirely…
Bronze pile
Coal in pieces!
That being said I would still expect shipping to take 10-30 days to get to me because of the sheer quantity involved I believe it’ll be coming by sea, I’ll know more soon on that front.
The pins are in production and hopefully will only take another month or so. They did get slightly bogged down with bulk orders so they didn’t arrive first as I hoped they would.
Keychains and prints will be here by October!
So I highly expect solid movement starting on these come November, possibly sooner, but talk about in time for holidays!? I’ll be doing my best to pack and ship everything quickly. I’m wrangling outside assistance for them!
I'm here with an important update regarding the Basic Witch Ita Bag. I vaguely mentioned it in the last update, but wanted to wait until it was sorted out before I went over it more thoroughly.
After putting my order in, my manufacturer informed me that the original foil stamping method that they used to print the moon designs on the samples I have was prone to shedding a lot of glitter powder during and after manufacturing. Because of this, they recommended that I use a more durable method of printing the designs on the back of the bag and the wallet and coin purses.
What's Changing?
Only the moon & star constellation design on the back of the bag, the coin purse, and wallet is changing. The artwork is going to remain the same, but the printing method will change to a more durable method that will promote the longevity of the design.
The trade-off is that the new method is not quite as lustrous & shiny as the original samples shown in the campaign. I'm really sad to lose some of the metallic shine of the original printing method, but I opted for this method instead because I believe it was important to prioritize the durability & longevity of the bag over the aesthetics.
Here is a photo showing the difference between the original method (the area labeled as #1) and the new method (the area labeled as #2).
New printing method for the gold version
New printing method for the silver version
The photos do not do a good job of showing the shine/sparkle of the new printing method, but I can promise you, after having seen samples of this printing method in real life, the design will still be beautiful and shiny. Even my camera was not picking up any of the sparkle when I tried to take my own photos of it.
Why the change?
The manufacturer informed me that the original method was prone to shedding glitter powder over time, may have caused a higher level of defects, and would wear away over time during prolonged use.
Though I do prefer the aesthetics of the original printing method, I believe it was more important to prioritize the longevity of the bag.
Good news: wristlets are in!
To end this update with some happier news, I received the wristlets and I'm really happy with how the turned out! I especially love how the skull one turned out, I think it's super cute!
That's all for this update. Now that the printing issue is resolved, manufacturing of the bags can move forward. Thank you for your understanding about this update to the bag. 💜
If you have any questions about your order, please reach out to me at [email protected] and I'll help you as best I can.
Now that the purple sample has arrived to my hands, i just wanted to show off the height differences between the red sample and the purple sample. The clutch was always meant to be the height of the purple one. The campaign listed height is the height of the purple sample.
Also showing off the updated D rings placements so you can wear it vertical way. As well as have a D ring or 2 for keychains. (4 d rings total in final verison) (sample 1 only had 2 d rings)
As mentioned before my mother has been product testing the red sample for over two years now and it still holding up and looking pretty good.
Anyway the backpacks are on the way to me; sea shipping takes awhile; like a month. The clutches are officially in production! I don't have any other news at the moment but i will pop back when i do~~ The red clutches will be the same size as the purple, but the red glitter will be the same red as sample 1.
Just have a little image of our Blackash and Redwood colors. I am so excited for how they turned out. When making 'black' colors I try to go for a deep purple so that black details can still be seen.
Just reaching out with a progress update on these!
All of the shells have been cut out and embroidered, and we’re in the process of putting them together!
The pins might actually take longer than the bags! Funny enough!
Also the singular custom colorway arrived significantly sooner than the rest of the bags and besides looking a little squished from its box, is absolutely lovely!
I’ve put a video clip up for the cut out pieces on instagram ( Arcanemoonstudio there as well)
Hopefully soon I can share with you all the keychains and prints and another progress info drop!
