Hello, fellow bird lovers!

I’m officially wrapping up this campaign and just wanted to send a huge thank you for supporting my work! With the new tariffs affecting my small biz, the remaining Pocket Bird pins have been a huge help in keeping things steady while I figure out next steps. Basically, the success of this project is supporting my livelihood more than you know, thank you!!

As mentioned before, all remaining Main and Mystery Pocket Birds are now available only as Mystery Bags (Series A & B). If someone asks where your birb came from, they’re still up in my shop: kluia co.~ The packaging makes me really happy + here are some fun shots from people who have purchased them:

Also, about 10 people still haven’t filled out their surveys, gotten charged, or updated their address? If that’s you, please get in touch! Since stock is super limited, I can’t guarantee extras or replacements. No replies by the end of this month (May) will be treated as a donation. For any reward-related questions or if you have any feedback for us to improve, pls email us at [email protected].

And finally, more Pocket creatures are in the works~ If you want updates on our next series, Pocket Bugs (tiny enamel pins), sign up for the newsletter! No launch date yet, but you’ll be the first to know. 🐛

Phew, thanks again for giving these little birds a home and for supporting a small independent artist!! If you haven't already, pls find me on Instagram, YouTube, or BlueSky (@karenalleluia)! I appreciate all of you so much and I wish you a sweet rest of your day 🐤💕

Thank you all for your patience! I’ve been working hard to get these beautiful packages shipped, but as a small team handling unique combinations of 34 different products—with colorful and recyclable care—it’s been tricky to streamline the process. To keep up, I’ve enlisted the help of some amazing friends this next week to ensure we complete all remaining orders.

We’re currently at 40% completion, and to make sure everything is accurate across both platforms, I kindly ask for two more weeks before you receive an email notification from us. Notifications will be sent via ShipStation from [email protected], so pls keep an eye out!

That said, these birds look SO GOOD, let me tell you! The wait is almost over, and I’m so happy that many of you have already received your packages! Thank you again for your support! Final update coming soon 🎉

Hi friends, thank you so much for your patience so far! It has been a difficult process just communicating about our missing package, especially with Chinese New Year. My manu has been going the extra mile to redo our pins in a timely manner (they usually take 2 months, but they pulled it off in a month) and our remakes were completed and shipped out right before CNY! Unfortunately it's still past our original deadline (and that was my fault for overestimating the time it would take to remake pins) but my manu has assured me that I should receive my new pins by Feb. 14!

I am hiring a full team of workers and volunteers the week of Feb. 17 so we can ship out all remaining orders that same week. The rest of the items, like shipping materials, stickers, and non-glitter pins, are ready to go. Please expect a shipping email between Feb. 17 - 28! ✨

If you did not order the Legendary pins, you have not received your package yet, and you have not received a shipping email, you can safely assume that your order has not been fulfilled and, for efficiency, it will still be shipped out Feb. 17 - 28. We are using a third-party shipping system to batch orders with like items and we realized, due to some emails and messages, that the batches are not perfect and your package status does not automatically sync with BackerKit. I'm very sorry for the confusion we caused.

To make things easier and streamlined for everyone, if you have not received your package yet, we will automatically send you freebies (like sticker sheets, stickers, or pins) in your package depending on what you ordered! I will manually mark all packages on BackerKit as shipped at the end of this month. No further action is required from you.

If your shipping address has changed, please email us asap at [email protected] (not .com) and we will manually update your address by Feb. 17. Email is the best way to reach us! We don't have the capacity to check all social media DMs as we have a lot of high-traffic accounts. I'll personally be handling any BackerKit messages/comments that come our way but thank you in advance if I don't respond quickly enough.

I know there's a lot happening in politics right now that are directly affecting my small business and my manu but I was assured by my manu that we'll be okay! So pls hang in there and thank you so much for sticking around, especially during such a tumultuous time. I'll send another update in 1.5 weeks. Take care, my friends!

🐾 / Karen