Please have a look! Preorder Store orders will still come with the holographic sticker set!
Hello! Welcome to our holiday campaign for Queenie (the white fox) and Dawnsing (the many colors of fox!) Here you shall find plushies that already exist and are ready for shipping this December. We've also included a few other items such as backpacks, ita bags, and enamel pins!
Special on this backerkit campaign: stretch goal free holographic sticker gifts!
All orders with physical items will receive one free sticker of your choice regardless of how much funding this campaign receives. So if we get one singular order for one singular fox, YOU GET A FREE STICKER YAAAAY!
Each sticker is approximately 3 inches tall by 1.5 or 2ish inches wide. They are all vinyl and holo laminated. Three stickers have sparkly star lamination, and two stickers have pixie dust lamination. The stickers are vinyl but we don't recommend putting them outdoors where the sun can fade them, or passing them through the dishwasher. These stickers are not really made to be all weather decals. You can do these things, the stickers just will not survive immortally if you do.
If we get lots of orders ... there are more free gift stickers! All sticker designs are unlocked, we have already manufactured the stickers so that they are ready to ship immediately! But more orders means more stickers for everyone!
Here are the stretch goal tiers:
0$ - all orders* pick which free sticker they will receive
1500$ - all orders select a second sticker
3000$ - all orders select a third sticker
4000$ - all orders select a fourth sticker
5000$ - all orders automatically receive the full set of five free stickers! c:
* "all orders" of physical items. There is a 5$ donation tier that doesn't get a free sticker unless the donation is in addition to buying a physical add on item.
The stickers will also be available to purchase as a set in the add on section if you need more stickers!
Here they are! It's Queenie and Dawnsing! Each fox is about 20 inches long by 10 inches tall! They are each made with a mixture of short minky fabric and longer fluffier fur!
We are indeed holding a B grade sale on Red Diamond Queenie. There is a story there on what happened to her.
Once Upon a Time... We did a Kickstarter to fund the first ever Red Diamond Queenie! It went well! We earned enough money to make foxes! And then the boxes of foxes arrived, and it was not the celebration we were hoping for .... The long white fur used on Queenie's ear and neck fluffs had been laser cut to make the fur shorter, and the process of laser cutting left small burned black singe marks on her pretty white fur. It basically looks like she has tiny black bugs in her fur. But it's not bugs, it's just laser burned fur. We tried to trim the black dots out of the white fur, but it was pretty much impossible to make it look good *and* not make it take an hour per plush. Think about how long it takes to get a good hair cut on a person and have it look even and well done .... there is just no fast way to do it even on a tiny fox plush. So our conclusion is it's best to leave the tiny burn marks alone rather than give another fox a bad hair cut.
That entire disaster was nearly ten years ago. And we still have B grade Queenies cluttering up what little storage space we have. So if you don't mind laser burn dots and you're looking for a sale, please feast your eyes upon Red Diamond Queenie!!!
If you do not want laser burn fur, please behold all our other colors of Queenie and Dawnsing!
We would also like to feature here our little round guy Shiba keychain! He is smol and available in the add on section!
Here in this campaign we are featuring three backpacks!
The backpacks are all about the same on the inside. The only difference is that Black and Sesame Shiba come with brown lining and Purple Queenie Backpack has fuchsia lining.
Backpack size is approximately 12.5 in. x 10.5 in. x 3.75 in.
Please note that the "white" looking areas of canvas are not actually true white. They are kind of cream colored with canvas texture.
The flap front is held down by magnets under the paws. Under the flap, the bag has one big main pocket that's zippered, plus a front pocket. The interior is lined in a warm brown smooth fabric. The big interior pocket has a zipper compartment, plus sleeve pockets for your phone, wallet, and a work folder. There is a secret pocket on one side of the bag. The back of the bag is padded for comfort and has adjustable straps. Zippers have holes on the ends so you can even add a keychain yourself!
secret hidden side pocket!
zipper zipper
magnet paw!
small front pocket
the inside is lined with smooth fabric
little shiba faces <3
Hungry Queenie Ita
Black Sleeping Fox Ita
Lilac Sleeping Fox Ita
We have three ita bags for sale on this campaign! My goodness, the sleeping fox ita bags are the most expensive item we have ever made. We self funded them and it was painful. We should have done a funding campaign, but we were so overworked at the time that we couldn't manage a campaign. Anyway, they were so expensive and storage consuming that we've never gotten to make other designs. The overall sleeping fox shape would be a delight to make more of! We had drawings for raccoons, other fox colors, shibas .... but money and storage say no. We would be excited if this campaign could help loosen up our storage and budgets so that new designs could be considered!
Lets look at more photos now!
Here are the Ita Bag photos!
We want to note a crucial difference between White Hungry Queenie Ita and the Black and Lilac Sleeping Fox Itas: The sleeping foxes can be worn as either a backpack or a shoulder bag and they come with straps for both options! White Hungry Queenie is just a shoulder bag and she only comes with one long shoulder strap!
About the Black and Lilac Sleeping Fox Itas:
External dimensions are approximately 10 x 7 x 2 inches. This bag has comes with two sets of straps: one set for backpack mode and another singular longer strap for wearing over the shoulder. The inside of the bag has coordinating purple lining. It also has a back pocket with zipper for easy storage, as well as silver flower zipper pulls.
This listing includes: bag, insert, backpack strap (x2), and over the should strap.
About White Hungry Queenie Ita:
Bag features a clear plastic window and a felt insert that you can take out to punch pins into. There is a special zipper compartment just for the insert so the pin backs are protected from the rest of the bag.
The big internal compartment has a separate zipper and is lined with black lining. There's also an additional zipper pocket on the back. Bag is made from faux leather and has a shoulder strap. Outer bag dimensions are 10.75 x 8.5 x 3 inches; internal pin window is approximately 7.25 x 5 inches in size. Forehead markings and eye are printed on the bag.
FREE GIFT WITH THIS CAMPAIGN: Both Lilac and Black Sleeping Fox Ita Bags will come with one extra insert! It will be identical to the insert photographed with the bag. (Black fox will come with black flower insert, Lilac fox will come with purple tail insert.)
*** Please note we do not have extra inserts to gift with the white Hungry Queenie Ita. The gift inserts will only come with the sleeping foxes.
They are shiny! They are sparkly! They are PINS!!!
Ah yes we have arrived at the favorite part of every campaign. PINS. Our campaign pins featured here are all about 3 inches tall by 1.5 to 2ish inches wide. Some pins have dangles, some pins have glitter! They all have two posts on the back and come with rubber pin backs.
If you want to wear your pins outdoors and not have them in an ita bag for protection, we most recommend a quick search for "locking pin backs" on your commerce website of choice. Locking pin backs will help make sure your pins stay fixed onto your surface.
Under the Pledge Levels tab, you will find bundle deals that offer the best price on multiple items.
All pledge levels except the 5$ donation level will automatically come with the free sticker stretch goal.
If you just want a single item, such as one plush by itself, single items are available as add ons! So you would do the 5$ donation (this helps us cover shipping on single items) and then add on the thing you're wanting.
Please note: the 5$ donation tier all by itself with no add on will not come with free gift stickers. So if you just do a 5$ donation and don't want any items, then it's just a donation. If you do a 5$ donation + a shiba keychain add on, it will come with the free sticker stretch goal gift.
Shipping (WE ARE UNABLE TO SHIP TO THE EU PLEASE BE WARNED)
We are located in the state of Maryland, in the United States. All items will be shipping from Maryland, US. We are not working with a fulfilment company, we two artists warehouse and ship our own products.
So there are some things to know about small business fulfillment from inside the US.
This campaign ends on December 1, and we plan to ship all items as fast as possible. The banks hold Backerkit funds for two weeks post campaign. As such, we cannot ship until after funds have cleared, which would be December 15th. We've set December 15th as the ship by date, which is a very tight turn around with the holidays. However, we will ship as soon as funds have cleared and we have your surveys. We will start first with the farthest away international/PR,HI,AK orders since they take the longest transit time.
Please note that you must fill out your Backerkit survey. We only receive your address and order details once the survey is completed. So if you don't fill out your survey until January, we will still ship you your order but it will not come in time for Dec 25. The sooner we get survey responses, the sooner shipping happens!
Customs fees: inside the US there are none. When we ship internationally outside the US though, we have no way of paying the customs fees in advance. We are sorry. Please be aware that customs fees may happen.
United States:
Your shipping costs are included in your pledge tier. We have already paid to import the products into the US.
Canada:
Shipping will be charged through Backerkit when the campaign closes. Please be aware we have no way of collecting and remitting customs fees. Please be aware we will most likely ship your order on UPS due to the Canada Post ongoing union negotiations. If your order is shipping to a PO box, we can't guarantee any kind of arrival deadline since a PO box destination must pass through Canada Post. UPS is not on strike so they are more likely to deliver your order by the Dec 25 need by date, but UPS can't deliver to PO boxes.
UK, AUS, NZ, NO, CH:
Shipping will be charged through Backerkit when the campaign closes. Please be aware we have no way of collecting and remitting customs fees.
We will do our best to get orders to you in time for Dec 25, but please be aware you must still want your item if the Dec 25 deadline fails to happen. There can't be a refund for lengthy transit times, because we have no control over the transit time. The *best* we can do is ship your order as soon as we receive your survey, and we will do this. We apologize that when transiting over a ocean, orders just take a while.
We are not sure which carrier will be best yet, but please be prepared for the shipper to be UPS, DHL, or local post. Each address varies in price, we will be choosing whatever the best price/time relationship is. We will be prioritizing arrival before Dec 25. For example: if the price is the same on UPS or local post, we will ship on UPS because it's faster. Another example: if the prices are not close and local post is a lot cheaper, we will need to ship on local post even though it takes longer.
European Union:
WE CANNOT SHIP TO THE EU. Due to toy safety regulations in the EU, an official importer is needed to bring plush into the country. We tried to work with a company with Loaf Tarot. We wanted desperately for it to work out. What resulted was a lot of unhappy customers (including myself) and a warehouse situation that just did not pan out. The backend setup took months to do and then customers still did not receive their items. Inventory went missing. VAT that was supposed to be paid wasn't. It made us very sad. We don't have a good way to import plush or other items correctly into Europe. Orders to the EU will not be accepted. We cannot refund orders placed to the EU once the campaign has finished. PLEASE BE AWARE.
We're touched that so many people in Europe have wanted to pay the high shipping price for our products. It means a lot! If you are truly truly wishing to purchase and are from the EU, I recommend seeking out a 3rd party shopping service to purchase for you. We are sorry that this is the best advice we can offer currently. Thank you for understanding.
Thank you for viewing our campaign! c: We are happy you took the time to check it out! If you would like to see more art, we are on lots of social media places and we have a website!
Anyway, because this campaign is ideal need by date Dec 25, we can't do any MAKE NEW STUFF stretch goals like we normally would on other campaigns. But we would like to feature our upcoming Rain Dragon, Goaticorn, and Moon Fish funding campaign!
If we could have done a make new queenies stretch goal on this campaign, here is what it would have been:
Chrysanthemum Queenie is a plush we've wanted to make for a long time! Red Diamond Queenie has kind of held us back in that we have aaaaall these red themed Queenies that are taking up storage space, but we would really like to make a red themed queenie that has an elemental marking on her side like the rest of the Queenies.
We've ALSO been dreaming of Prism Queenie, a three tailed version of Queenie that would have prism colored (rainbow) dashes on her tail. But the three tails would make her more expensive to both make and ship and then bigger to store.
As always, "the things I would do with funding........."
If this campaign were to make a drop in the funding bucket and a dent in the storage glut, we would definitely pursue some new projects! Guess we'll see!
