I hope you are having a great holiday season! I'm still on track to have everything complete by the end of January and am down to the final few packages.
and some of these are preorders, which will go out after the initial project orders!
Sorry to those of you who got shipping notifications in November and haven't seen package movement yet - most of my December I was unable to pack as I was away to visit family on the other side of the country for a week, and then got knocked out by sinus surgery for a week. But I'm healthy (and can smell!) and back at packing now. Yesterday my dad helped me out and we managed to pack nearly 100 boxes, so my house currently looks like a hoarder situation until I can get USPS to pick them all up lol.
its normal this is normal
I'm taking as much care as I can in packaging but of course still make mistakes. If there is anything wrong with your order, please contact me via email at [email protected]
Thanks again and have an awesome New Year! Rachel / Corviforms
Here is my check-in to let you know I'm still working on it! Been continuing to work hard packaging, sending out 50-100 packages per business day. We are now at 73% completed!
If your order has a tracking number but no tracking info yet it just means I haven't sent it! I have boxes of packages ready to go over the next couple weeks. I really appreciate your patience. I'll get the rest out as quickly as I can without making mistakes!
i cant believe i still have 700 to do
Since I'm packing things as quickly as I can I'm tending to make a few more mistakes than I'd like, but I'm correcting them as soon as possible. Typically a missed pin here or there - or my horrible habit of forgetting to check the item count next to the item name. Maybe a dozen or two of these out of nearly 2000 packages isn't so bad though!
Keep sharing photos of your bags, seeing them on twitter, instagram, tumblr, etc makes my day! I try to re-share as many as possible :)
Donate $10 or more and I will send you a sticker, $25 or more gets you a sticker and a wood pin! Just fill out the quick form here (you know i love google forms by now) - https://forms.gle/yPcuLPzL2R8mrL1g7
PSS. If you are one of the 50 people who have not answered the survey yet i am staring at you sternly and wagging my finger disapprovingly
Everything is here and my basement is now a warehouse of bird related items. Sorry for the few weeks silence here but things are moving quickly behind the scenes so here is a big update. It's a long road ahead to get everything quality checked, packed, and sent out, but luckily I'm getting some help!
Packing Help with a special guest!
BackerKit was kind enough to send out their very own Sweta to give me a hand and experience the birds first hand! We had an awesome weekend chatting about crowdfunding, taking photos and videos, packing, and just generally eating a lot of good food. It was a huge help and I appreciate it so much. Everyone at Backerkit has gone so above and beyond for me I'm forever grateful to be working with this platform.
Birdy Baristas
I'm also enlisting my parents, boyfriend, and any willing friends in packaging activities. I'm doing the item picking/packing into bags parts so that if any mistakes are made with the order, it's on me. And no one else has to learn my system of 10000 pins lol.
the logistics center, shipping dock, and warehouse (my basement)
Shipping Status
When is my stuff shipping? There is not really a specific order I'm going in, but I'm packing most of the single bag orders first and will tackle orders that need boxes later on. Keep an eye out for tracking info emails. But you might also get the email up to a few weeks before I'm actually able to ship, since I purchase everything in bulk. Sorry for any confusion! I am also confused often!
Everything is ahead or on track with my original shipping timeline (Nov-Dec), my goal is to get this done by the end of the year but I may need to take a bit of a shipping hiatus around Christmas since USPS gets pretty crazy around that time.
Orders containing these single bags have shipped or will ship out very soon: Crow, Chicken, Cockatiel, Duck, Blue Jay, Seagull, Flamingo, Toucan, Finch
Orders containing these ship out next: Cardinal, PIGEONS (largest amount of orders)
Orders containing these will ship out after pigeons: Budgie, Macaw, Quail, Chickadee
Locking addresses: I will lock the remaining addresses over the next week or so. If you need to update your address, please do so when you get the email with the 48hr lock warning.
~1000 down... ~1600 to go...
I can ship about 50-100 orders per day, and am about 1/3 of the way done. It will be another 30 USPS business days before I can get everything out regardless of how fast I pack. It takes 3-10min to pack EACH ORDER so if you want to you, you can do the math there and feel very bad for me.
Social Media
When you get your bag I would LOVE to see how you set it up with your pins and inserts, and any outfits you might coordinate it with! Tag me! I'm @Corviforms most places -
I'm trying to be more active on my TikTok with packing videos so you can see the process
Slowly but surely things will get out to everyone, and if there are any mistakes please contact me via email - [email protected](i can easily miss messages over social media!)
I made this little Ellie to add to packages when I have to correct orders lol
Thanks for your patience and support! <3 Rachel / @corviforms
PS. Here's a fun drawing I did of a cedar waxwing feeding its baby aesthetic berries when I took 1 night off from packing bags lol
EAT YOUR CEREALS
I just got the second round of bags earlier this week - 30 cartons!
A little soggy but no damage! got them in and dried of ASAP
Items in stock now: all pins, stickers, keychains, washi tape, all of the egg wallets Bags in stock (new shipment in bold): Chicken, Cockatiel, Zebra Finch, Flamingo, Crow, Blue Jay, Toucan, Duck, Seagull, acrylic chain straps
I am chipping away at shipping with the help of friends and family, but it's mainly just me. If you have any issues with your order please email me directly at [email protected] - any messages via instagram/twitter/facebook/comments here etc can be difficult to handle so I like to keep everything in my regular email inbox.
You should get a shipping notification email before your items are shipped out - you may receive a notification 1-2 weeks in advance as I purchase a lot of shipping labels at once but can only pack them and get them out so fast. So far, I have shipped about 500 of the 2500 total orders so I'm making great progress!
Please double check the pocket inside your bag for items that you think might be missing, thats where i'm packing tiny pins etc!
Also when you get your stuff I would love to see what you do with the bag/pins etc! Feel free to tag me on social media if you post something like that.
Chicken, Cockatiel, Flamingo, and Finch bags are here, along with all the egg wallets!
Shipping will start for this bunch next week after addresses are locked.
If your order includes these items and stuff I already have on hand (pins, stickers, keychains, washi tape, crow bags/inserts) and these new things, you will be receiving an email to notify you that your address will be locking for shipping. If you need to make any edits to your address please make sure you do so within 2 days of when you get the email!
NOTE: If your order includes bags, inserts, and straps (including waist straps) that I do not yet have, you will have to wait a bit longer!
Everyone is able to update their address at any time before it locks by accessing your Backerkit survey and clicking on the "Edit Your Address" button.
Time to pack!! - Rachel / Corviforms
34 total 25-35lb boxes = 40min cardio to bring them down to my basement lol
