Hey hey, fungi friends! 👋🍄 Hope this summer has been treating you well so far. Just dropping in to give you a short and sweet little update:

These guys are the last remaining product that we've been waiting on, and after a long production period, I'm happy to report that they're all packed up from the factory and finally in transit to me! Look at this adorable picture from the manufacturer of all those squishy lil Shroomies stuffed in together:

They're on their way!! 💪🍄🍄🍄 Once I have all of the plushies in-hand, you best believe I'll be taking some fun photos of the full plushie batches together as well as some adorable glam shots.

✨ Note: You may notice that these little guys don't have the blush cheeks on them. In fact, the large blue plushies don't either at the moment, aside from a few individual samples. Due to some production complications with getting the blush color right, my manufacturer and I decided that I will be manually adding the blush to each plushie myself, so that I can get the color and size of the blush circles exactly how I like. This back-and-forth did slow down our production time a bit, but ultimately I think it's best that they didn't handle the blush application, since the blush colors in the sample photos I was getting always looked faded or oddly sized, and they couldn't seem to get it just right. Thus, I don't mind applying the blush to all the plushies myself to secure the quality and integrity of the design—please just understand that this will add a little bit of time on my end before I ship them to you. But it'll be worth the wait!

Now that the last items have finished production and as I prepare to start shipping all of your individual orders, your payment methods will be charged in the next few days. All outstanding balances (shipping, add-ons, etc.) are due at this time, and you should see an automated email or two regarding your payment between now and Monday 7/21.

❗ Important: If your payment bounces back with any kind of error, it's critical to fix the issue(s) ASAP, otherwise I won't be able to ship your order out to you. Please see 👉 BackerKit's FAQ on Failed Payments 👈 or reach out to me if you need any help!

Shortly after your payments process, all shipping addresses will be locked down, so now's the time to make any edits and double-check that your mailing address listed is correct. For context, I plan to ship all orders during August and September. If for some reason your address is going to change during that time, please reach out to me here ( [email protected] ) and let me know of your address update. 

Simply log into BackerKit > click your profile icon in the top right corner > click "Your Pledges & Surveys" > find and click "Shroomie Shoppe" from the list > then find the "Edit payment or address" link in the top right.

✨ You can also quickly access your survey by having a direct link emailed to you here: Shroomie Shoppe - Reward Survey

That's all for now :) I appreciate each of you so much, as well as your patience and enthusiasm for this project!

Feel free to share the links below to anyone who may also enjoy our Shroomie friends, and I look forward to talking with you again soon.

🛍 Shroomie Shoppe - Pre-Order Store
💖 Lexidus Art - Instagram

Stay shroomy! 💪🍄

Hello again, fellow lovers of fungi!

I've been swamped lately and took a bit longer than intended pushing out this update, but I'm excited to once again share fresh new pics of the remaining finished pins 😆🙌 Check out all these shiny lil Shroomies!

Do you have a new favorite?! 🤩

By golly, were the polls insanely close once again, but a final decision has been made! In case you haven't already looked at the poll results on your own, here's our official winner:

Thank you to everyone who participated in the multiple rounds of deciding fabric color for this little guy! 😅 It really was a neck-and-neck race, but ultimately, I'm happy that we stuck with the color of the original design / artwork and kept with the initial vision. The bright red is super classic and fun, and if I do a second production run of this mini Shroomie in the future, I'll likely produce the brighter version next :) For now though, I hope you all enjoy the deep rich burgundy (that will also match the freebie holo sticker that comes with the plushie), and cherish your squishy new shroom friend for years to come!

✦ Plushies: All of the blue Shroomie plushies have successfully finished production and have been completed for a little while. We're just waiting for the mini burgundy Shroomie plushies to finish so that everything can ship together. 👍 I confirmed the final fabric color for the mini plushie as soon as the last vote closed, so their production has already been well underway by now, and shouldn't take much longer to wrap up. Once these little guys are done, then all of the plushies will make their voyage to my doorstep and get ready for order fulfillment :)

✦ Enamel Pins: All enamel pins are finished—woohoooo!! And since I was a bit slow in posting this update, I actually get to report that not only are the pins done, but they just showed up in the mail yesterday and are all safe and sound with me now! 🎉 They look even better in person too. I truly cannot wait for each of you to hold your shiny new Shroomies in-hand soon.

With everything else ready to go (stickers, shipping material, etc.), it's just a matter of waiting on the plushies to arrive, and then order fulfilment will begin! I'll of course send another update or two before your orders start getting packed up, as we'll need to finalize / lock down shipping addresses and charge cards for all outstanding balances. I'll wait until we get just a little bit closer before pushing out the address lock and payment charge, but if you'd like to stay on top of things and be an extra-awesome person, please double check your shipping address and linked payment method now, and kindly ensure that everything is correct and good to go.

Simply log into BackerKit > click your profile icon in the top right corner > click "Your Pledges & Surveys" > find and click "Shroomie Shoppe" from the list > then find the "Edit payment or address" link in the top right.

✨ You can also quickly access your survey by having a direct link emailed to you here: Shroomie Shoppe - Reward Survey

Short & sweet good news: Both of my manufacturers have been gracious enough to cover the tariff fees, so I'm happy to say that we'll be unaffected by extra tariff costs :) What a huge relief!

To conclude this update, I have a question and new poll for you all: do you want backing cards for the enamel pins? I've always hand-packed every single pin on a card back, mostly because I love pretty packaging and have always adored the extra presentation that card backs give to pins. However, it is a HUGE time consumer to unwrap and pierce every individual pin. And admittedly, the extra packaging does feel pretty wasteful, since I know most people likely don't keep the cards.

So I'd like to know from you guys, is having your pins packaged on cards backs an important factor for you? Or would it be all the same if they were delivered in their default plastic bags from the manufacturer?

👇 Vote below: 👇

We're getting closer and closer to fulfilment every day now! Which item(s) are you most excited to receive in the mail? 🤩

Thank you a MILLION times over again for your continued support and for following along through the process. I look forward to updating you again when the plushies come in :)

🛍 Shroomie Shoppe - Pre-Order Store
💖 Lexidus Art - Instagram

Stay shroomy! 💪🍄