I have great news: all orders that have paid up are now in transit to you (or have already arrived in some cases)! Here is a totally authentic (not staged at all!) photo of m...
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Honey Scamps – Crystal Tea
9 days ago
Beanies have arrived & shipping is commencing
We have great news—the beanies have arrived and they are absolutely fabulous! We asked our pal Carrie to test one out and it was so cozy that they almost went into hibernatio...
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Honey Scamps – Crystal Tea
about 1 month ago
February: Beanies Ordered, Addresses Locking
Ahh, where did the time go! It feels as though the political hellscape has been gobbling up our bandwidth—in full transparency, we're now also dividing our time between commu...
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Honey Scamps – Crystal Tea
3 months ago
January update - cards charged, surveys locking
Happy new year, all! I've been enjoying taking some time off, doing a lot of baking and catching up on all my streaming shows. After an extremely busy 2024, a slower holiday ...
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Honey Scamps – Crystal Tea
4 months ago
Pin Samples + Surveys Are Live
Here is some fun news for this dreary November! We received some pin samples from our manufacturer and they look FABULOUS. I'm always amazed to ...
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Honey Scamps – Crystal Tea
5 months ago
Surveys are coming!
In the last couple of weeks, we've been focused on finalizing artwork for the manufacturer, ordering samples, and getting the Pledge Manager and pre-order store s...
I have great news: all orders that have paid up are now in transit to you (or have already arrived in some cases)! Here is a totally authentic (not staged at all!) photo of me dropping off a big batch of orders at USPS.
Truly thrilled to get these shipped!
We're excited for you all to receive your orders and hope you love everything as much as we do! You should have received an email with a tracking number. If you did not or if you have any issues with the items you receive, please reach out to us at [email protected] and we'll get you all fixed up.
Remaining Items & Final Reward Deadline
We inventoried most of the remaining items and plan to re-open the pre-order store on April 22nd in case you missed ordering anything or decide everyone you know should have a chonky bear beanie. We'll announce it here when the store reopens.
If you haven't yet filled out the survey or your payment errored, we would love to get the issue resolved so you can get your rewards! We can't hold onto inventory forever, though, so you have until July 2, 2025 to resolve any outstanding issues. After July 2nd, we will consider your pledge a donation without rewards and we will close out the project.
What's Next
Last but not least, you are invited to join us for our upcoming project launching May 1st: National Parks Oracle Deck. There will be freebies for returning backers, early bird deals, and rewards for backing multiple Tarotopia projects.
Thank you once again for supporting our Chonky Bears campaign! We appreciate you!
We have great news—the beanies have arrived and they are absolutely fabulous! We asked our pal Carrie to test one out and it was so cozy that they almost went into hibernation for the next four years. 🐻
Delightful and cozy. May send you into sleep mode.
All joking aside, we are ready to ship everything out! I'm flying to Carrie's this Friday (where all of your goodies are currently residing) and we'll get to work. I've already created an animal-themed playlist to get us moving and grooving while we pack orders. Soon these bears will be in your hands! We can't wait to hear what you think.
What's Next for Honey Scamps
With this project about to wrap up fulfillment, we're already planning what's next. We hope you'll join us for one or both of these upcoming projects—there will be freebies involved!
In April, Carrie is launching Void Cats with adorable pins, stickers & more for lovers of black cats.
And on May 1st, we are joining BackerKit's Tarotopia event to launch our first divination deck, a 65-card National Parks Oracle Deck.
Ahh, where did the time go! It feels as though the political hellscape has been gobbling up our bandwidth—in full transparency, we're now also dividing our time between community organizing and civic actions to protect ourselves, our children, and our community.
We're still pressing forward and staying as close as possible to our originally estimated fulfillment timeline. Our manufacturers both local and overseas have continued to be excellent partners.
In brief:
The pins, stickers, keychains, and displays are all here and everything looks great!
The beanies have just started production and are estimated to be delivered by the end of March.
The beanies look SO DANG CUTE (even in this quick un-color-corrected snapshot of the sample from the manufacturer) and we cannot wait for you all to see them in person!
knit bear beanie with embroidered snout
This week we're finalizing our shipping plans and getting everything loaded into the pledge manager for fulfillment, and we'll be locking addresses on Friday 2/28.
We'll process the shipping charges next week and expect to start mailing out orders that do not have a beanie (about 3/4 of you!) in mid- to late March. Once the beanies are in, we'll get those shipped out to the remaining batch of backers.
Thank you again for your patience with us as we forge ahead through challenging times!
Happy new year, all! I've been enjoying taking some time off, doing a lot of baking and catching up on all my streaming shows. After an extremely busy 2024, a slower holiday season was just what I needed.
We have an exciting updates. The Chonky Bears pins and stickers have all been manufactured and are currently en route!
Cards have been charged for those of you who completed the survey. We had intended to wait until the new year and let everyone know ahead of time, but my finger hit the button before my brain registered what was happening! (I am a person who can't resist playing whack-a-mole with notification flags...) I am so sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Orders have been locked for all submitted surveys. There are 10 outstanding, so please check and confirm that you aren't one of them! Please reach out to us at [email protected] if you have any questions we can sort it out.
Here is some fun news for this dreary November! We received some pin samples from our manufacturer and they look FABULOUS. I'm always amazed to see the designs come to life and this is no exception. These cuties have so much personality, don't you think? (Apologies for my lack of photography skills; I don't have a lightbox and these are taken with my phone.)
so chonky, so cute!
Here's a GIF of the spinner pin in action. We made a bit of a design change so that the bear on the falls would stay stationary while the spinner does its thing and we think it turned out very nicely! Let us know what you think.
We're awaiting samples of the stickers and will post photos with the next update.
Survey is Live
The survey is live and as of now, 81% of you have completed it! Thank you so much for your quick action on submitting your choices. The surveys andPre-Order Store will close on November 29th so that we can place production orders well ahead of the typical lunar new year shutdown. So please confirm the items you want; we want to make sure we have the right quantities for everyone when it comes time to ship out rewards!
!e'll update again in early December. Thanks again!