Hello! I apologize for the silence over the last week or so - I was out of town visiting a friend for about a week, and prior to that didn't think any additional updates would be productive. But, I am back home and in my office and ready to tackle next steps for this campaign!

I am excited to let you all know that samples of all pins will be shipping out to me at some point next week - I initially thought I might wait to send surveys out until I had them in hand and could take some photos, but realize that might delay things a bit too much - so, what I will do is finish & send surveys this weekend. Once pins have arrived, I will take a bunch of photos and be sure to post an update for you all to see the (hopefully!) final version of the pins - if there are going to be any changes, I will be sure to let you know in as much detail as I can what those might be - it is VERY unlikely I will make any changes to the metal/shape of the pins, as that would incur an additional mold fee. Any changes are likely to be colors only - either metal color, or enamel color and/or glitter if applicable. 

It looks like an astounding 126 of you backed 3 or more pintober campgians - out of that number, 118 have had successfully charged cards. That means I will be needing to order MANY more star pins than expected (which, honestly, I'm not all that mad about! I love these little cuties).
 
I have decided that, because the sticker sheets are relatively inexpensive to produce, I will be producing them, however they will not be available as a freebie unless the majority of errored funds are corrected. I would need errored charges to be under $100 or receive significant additional funding through post-survey add-on items, in order to justify giving them away. I will however, have them available in the add-ons section at the end of your survey for $15 - I designed a second colorway with a darker background and finalized the design of both sheets. I will post images at the end of this update! As a reminder, these will be a shiny holographic glitter!

There are still $419 in errored charges - thank you very much to those who have been able to charge your cards/change payment method, as this has drastically reduced the errored charge amount. I will also be e-mailing folks whose cards have not successfully been charged, in case there's anything I can do to assist y'all. Once surveys are sent out, I will likely attempt to charge the remaining backers another time. 

I haven't had the chance to actually DRAW them yet, but because I now have 6 of my own designs for washi tape (either drawn up or conceptualized), I am going to mostly carry an order for foil/glitter washi myself to have it produced. Therefore, there will be AT LEAST 2 space-themed washi designs available once surveys are sent this weekend. I also plan to design a lanyard, and I think I will also be getting a sticker book using the planets I designed on the sticker sheets as well. I am contemplating designing a few space-themed note pads, too (as I've wanted to jump into stationery for a while now!) I will not have real photos of these items, just drawn mock ups for the time being. When that changes (if it does before it's time for shipping anyway) I will be sure to update you all!
If I think of any other items I want to make/add I will do so - given the potential for high tariffs next year, I am also hoping to produce as much as I possibly can before then. If you have any suggestions or item categories you would like to see me pursue, please let me know!

I've also ordered these 3 stickers - in holographic, chrome/mirror, and pixie dust finishes! Pixie dust is similar to what the other 3 sparkly stickers look like :)