Good evening, bird gang!

I want to be clear: we are funded, and I am extremely grateful for the support so far. However, it is no secret we are not meeting the lofty heights set by BIRD CRIMES.

My good friend Doreen over at roundbirbart ran a survey today asking backers some honest questions about their hopes for her conure plush campaign, their reasons for backing, and the things they did (or didn't) like so far. I figure, this may be a good time to do the same.

Whether you've backed or not, or you aren't planning to, it doesn't matter. This is an open survey. It'd help me a ton if you took under 5 minutes to tell me what you think. There are questions about self-funding (auto unlocking) several stretch goals - if you want something that's a little bit too far out, and that'd get you to back, speak up!

You can stay anonymous if you want, but there is a spot to put your BackerKit email. I'll pick a few people with the most thoughtful responses to get some free store or campaign credit in a few days.

I appreciate your time. I'm off to go draw some custom pins. 

Good evening, bird gang!

It's a nice day off for most of you in the States. I hope you had a restful, mindful Indigenous People's day. Get some good sleep, go for a walk, spent some time with family and take it easy. And, if you're me, enjoy this fall weather before it turns sour and reminds you that you live in upstate New York.

As of this morning, we have 10 days left on GOLDEN AGE PARROTS. We've been funded, so we're in decent shape... but, we've been sitting for a good few days, and I hate that. Because there's a lot more to do.

So, let's shake things up a little bit and reveal the next few stretch goals. I've already added them all to the campaign, so you can see some more details if you want 'em.

First up, sticker sheets!

You might have seen these doing the rounds on social media - people really seemed to like them.

At our $8,500 stretch goal, every backer will get one 4x4 vinyl sticker sheet... for free. Just like on BIRD CRIMES.

However, unlike BIRD CRIMES, you have some options.

If we hit that milestone, you will be given the option between the yellow, green, red and blue sheets during your survey. Oh, the choices. Are you picking the raucous, rambunctious red team, the gregarious greens, or the boisterous blues? You have time to decide - we aren't quite at that point.

In case you want to lock down a sheet, or you want multiple, I've gone ahead and tossed these guys on the addon shop. You can add extras to your haul now. 4x4 sheets are available to add to any pledge.

Remember, individual 3" vinyl stickers are also available for every unlocked bird (and color morph!)

It seems like everyone's been waiting for these, so let's put them up now: our $8.8k stretch goal is three highly requested "parrots!" Aim for the stars, and let's unlock the spiky, goth, and tuxedo parrot pins.

After this, is one more round of color alts, before we hit our 1.5" pin tier.

$9.99k unlocks a brand new pin style for every bird we've already got. You can see what each bird's alternate small pin looks like on their unlock card.

We're at a critical point in the campaign, where there are a lot of things I'd like to unlock so I can stock them in the shop later. I would absolutely love to have the full 2", 1.5" and 1" pin sets, so I can offer them all together in in-person retail events.

Would you do me (and Doreen) a huge favor, and enter this double campaign giveaway? By sharing our birds on your socials, you can bring us both a boost. Enter on Twitter to win a big, bouncy green cheek conure plush, and three of my 2" pins.

I hope we can reach $9.99k, and get those little 1.5" birds going. No matter what happens, we haven't done too bad.

Take it easy this week, and thank you for backing GOLDEN AGE PARROTS!

thanks to one single clown, we are now at $5k right while i was writing that other update

color morphs 1 up

go vote in the poll and tell me what you want at the $13k tier. top 3 get their pin sets. good luck to hawk headed parrot he's my favorite

Good afternoon, bird gang!

Just want to let you know I have some stuff cooking, amid some other obligations taking up my time. Sorry for the radio silence!

As a quick heads up - it looks like BIRD CRIMES pins were down from the KEN'S PIN HUSTLE shop for a couple days. There was some error with Square's inventory and item page that wiped the listings and their stock counts (which is how I spent last night, instead of drawing for you guys.)

A customer thankfully caught it, and as of last night, it's been fixed. If you are looking for those pins, and missed them yesterday, you should now be able to purchase them. We're also back on a normal shipping schedule, with a 2-3 day turnaround at most.

Back to the campaign, we are about $750 from our face mini pins goal right now. Unlock these little guys for each bird design the second we hit $6k. 

I appreciate you guys voting for the $13k stretch goal! Let's see if we can get that far. You can vote for the duration of the campaign - even if you aren't a backer. I'll re-link the poll for everyone who hasn't caught it yet.

"Parrots" 2 $8.8k stretch goal will be shown soon. I'm working on the parrots for it as we speak. I like this large black parrot.

The custom pin and color morph tiers are also in the works, and I hope to have some artwork to show you guys for those soon.