Hey all,

If you're planning to participate in the economic boycott, but want to shop small, I'm giving out a coupon code for the Etsy shop. This code is for 40% off your order of $20 or more. The coupon code is good through Sunday and can be used more than once.  

I understand that some are strictly adhering to only local small businesses where they can use cash, and that's understandable. Keep in mind some small businesses, like myself, mostly operate online and cannot afford to have a storefront. I also know that shopping small businesses online means that a portion of your money will go towards payment processors like Stripe, Etsy, Paypal, or Square. Just remember, that yes, a portion of your money will go to a big business payment processor, but the majority of your money is going to the small business, and we do in fact need payment processors to take payments.

Just keep in mind that this coupon code is good through Sunday, so if you're not spending any money at all today, but want to shop small over the weekend, you can still use it. 

If you can participate in the boycott, then great, and if you can't for whatever reason, that's fine also. Not everyone has the privilege or ability to partake.  Either way, as a small business, I thank you for your continued support.

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Hey everyone, 

I apologize that it's been quiet here, but I'm back with a project update. I'm currently in the process of purchasing the pins from the manufacturers. All other items like stickers and bookmarks are in production.

On February 3rd I had extensive cosmetic surgery, and while it was my first time having specifically cosmetic surgery, it wasn't my first time having surgery. I severely underestimated how long the recovery would be. I thought that by day 4-5 post op I'd be back up and working, and I was instead very, very wrong. I'm three weeks post op, and this is the first day where I've felt normal and okay enough to get back to work. Since this was elective surgery, and I knew it was happening, I had factored in about 7 days off, not three weeks, so unfortunately I think this is going to push back the shipping timeline, and I apologize profusely for the delay. I had the original shipping set to begin in April 2025, but I'm not thinking it's going to be May 2025.

There were a few items where only a couple of that item were sold. This means that not enough of the item was sold to cover the cost of manufacturing that item. If any of the items in the list below are a part of your order, that item will be removed from your order in the next couple of days, and you'll be refunded for that item.  If you think you have one of these items in your order, or you'd like to check, you can email me at [email protected]

Items that are being refunded:
Booktrovert Hat - Washed Green
Booktrovert Hat - Washed Black
Read Queer Stories Polyamory
Read Queer Stories Aromantic
Read Queer Stories Ace/Demi
Read Queer Stories Bi
Read Queer Stories Pride
Book Themed Pin Board

Cheers,
Liz

Hey everyone,

This is just to let you know that the Ink & Enamel - Fantasy and Romance edition preorder store is up.

If you missed the campaign, or know a bookish friend who would be interested, these pins can be preordered here: https://ink-fantasy-romance-edition.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

Any orders placed through the preorder store will ship at the beginning of June.

Surveys are being sent today at 12pm EST. Please check your email throughout the day for a survey email from BackerKit.

The lockdown for these surveys is January 27th, 2025.

Once surveys are locked down your card will be charged for shipping fees and any add-ons. If for any reason you cannot finish your survey and make your payment by the 27th, no worries. We understand that sometimes life gets in the way, or you might be waiting for a payday, or you need more time to decide. The deadline to guarantee you receive your design choices is February 3rd. If you aren't ready by the 27th, simply don't complete the last step of the survey. The last step of the survey is the confirmation page where you can review all your details and enter in your card details for shipping costs, if you're not ready to submit, just exit the page and you can go back to it later. If you choose to not submit your survey by the 27th, the next charge date won't be until February 3rd, 2025. 

After February 3rd you will still be able to complete and submit your survey, but we may not be able to guarantee that you receive all your design choices. If we run out of one of your chosen designs while packing orders, we will reach out to you to choose a new design. It's very rare that this happens as we usually order more than extra of each pin. It's better to get your survey done sooner, and before Feb 3rd. 

If your original pledge charge failed, or you cancelled it thinking it was fraud, you will still receive a survey. The survey will allow you to make up this failed charge, so you can still receive your rewards.

The purpose of the add-on section is to add extra items you may want shipped with your pledge. Add-ons are entirely optional, if you do not want extra items, please skip this step. Please note that any items added from this add-on section will ship with your pledge level, and not before.

You'll notice that as backers you receive a discounted price on most pin add-ons. 

You will see a few pin designs, stickers, and other items set as stretch goal add-ons. This just means that there is a minimum number of orders we need to meet to manufacturer that item. Some of the stretch goal add-ons were designs that didn't fit with the campaign, or they were too specific, or I just thought of the design after the campaign ended. If we reach the stretch goal quantity you will be charged for that item and it will be included in your order. If we do not reach a stretch goal for a specific item, we first determine whether we can manufacture it anyway, and if we cannot the item is removed from your order and you are not charged for it. 

You will be able to change your shipping address up until the lockdown. After the lock down date, if you need to update your shipping address, please email [email protected], and we can manually update your shipping address. Please let us know as soon as possible that you need to update your address so we can amend the address before your package is sent. If you fail to notify us of an address change, and your package is returned to us, we will ship it again, however, you will have to pay another shipping charge. 

We will post an update for last call address changes before we start shipping packages.

There is a pre-order store for this campaign. The purpose of the pre-order store is to allow anyone who did not pledge to the campaign a chance to order these pins. You can access the pre-order store with this link.

Please note that the pre-order store is separate from your survey. All items in the pre-order store are in the add-ons section of your survey. On occasion backers have confused the pre-order store with their survey and placed a second order by accident. 

If you have any questions regarding your survey or any of the above information, please email us at [email protected]

Cheers,
Liz