Hey everyone, checking in with a few quick updates on fulfillment.
The good news - most backer rewards will be shipped by the end of the week. Keep an eye on your inboxes and mailboxes!
The bad news - I noticed issues with a couple of the acrylic pin designs while packaging. The printing and cuts are exactly as they should be, but the pinbacks on two designs were placed in unideal spots. The "Pottery" pins pinback is partially placed over the cutout under the character's arm, making the metal visible from the front. The "Electronics" acrylic pins had a singular pinback placed off to one side, causing a significant balance issue with the pins.
I'm not comfortable sending either of these pins out like this, so I've reached out to my acrylic pin manufacturer to get replacements made ASAP. There will be a couple weeks shipping delay for any backers who ordered these items. Please reach out to me if you ordered either of these pins and would like to swap them out for a different design(s) for faster fulfillment.
I realized it's been a bit since I've shared an update for this campaign. The last few items I had to order have almost arrived and rewards for your pledges will begin shipping soon! My goal is to have everything mailed out by mid-February, assuming there are not unexpected manufacturing errors on the last couple items.
In the meantime, you're invited to check out a couple other projects that I currently have running!
Cards charging soon - please complete your surveys!
Hello and happy new year everyone!
I will be charging cards to collect funds for shipping fees and post-campaign add on items on Sunday. If you haven't completed your survey yet, or want to make adjustments, please do so ASAP. I'll be placing an order for acrylic pins from this campaign very soon and having counts for those items will be helpful.
One of my most popular sticker designs is becoming a pin! I originally sat down to make this design with colored pencils in a sketchbook in the spring of 2022. I was frustrated with a recent push of laws to restricted gender affirming healthcare in the United States and wanted a simple sticker design to encourage advocacy and educating others. Over the past few years I have sold over 1,000 stickers and donated hundreds more to local nonprofits serving the transgender community.
Build your own library with this collection of bookshelves! The designs for this campaign are inspired by ten different literary genres and feature thematic shapes, references, and tropes. The ten genres are: fantasy, science fiction, horror, LGBTQ+, romance, westerns, children's, mystery, gardening, and cooking. Each genre gets a 3" bookcase pin, 1" mini bookshelf pin, and stickers.
The enamel pins have arrived! I received all seven enamel pins yesterday and will be grading them over the next month. They turned out perfectly and I especially love the Monster Tool mini pins. I will be placing orders for acrylic pins, stickers, coloring books, and other additional items in early January. My plan is still to ship rewards out to backers in early February!
The survey is taking longer than I expected to get finalized. This is my first time running a campaign entirely in backerkit, so there's been a bit of a learning curve, and this has been a rather long month for me personally. I wanted to share an updates and give backers a more realistic timeline for surveys.
Pre-Order Store
The Monster Makers pre-order store will remain open until the end of the month! Anyone who missed out on backing the campaign can pre-order stickers, pins, etc. and receive them when campaign rewards ship.
VIRTUAL End of the Year Art Sale!
I'm hosting a virtual shop-at-your-own-pace event on my Facebook page this upcoming weekend. The virtual end of year art sale is an easy way for customers to shop from my art, stickers, and misc. crafts at discounted prices before the holidays. Items will be listed for sale in this Facebook event throughout the three day shopping event. Shopping is easy - if you see something you like, just leave a comment! At the end of the event shoppers will be invoiced and their purchases will be on their way.
Bookshelves for Bibliophiles Collab Partner Announcement!
I'm excited to announce that I've partnered with Violet Magician's Cryptid Carousel - Pride Flag Edition campaign for my upcoming Bookshelves for Bibliophiles campaign. Backers who support both campaigns will receive a free pin from each! These campaigns will be launching on January 23rd as part of Backerkit's Pintober 2025 event.
Made by Max Design's free pin is a Cryptozoology inspired bookcase. Violet Magician's free pin is a rainbow Funeral Mountain Terrashot filled with books.
Hey everyone, checking in with a few quick updates on fulfillment.
The good news - most backer rewards will be shipped by the end of the week. Keep an eye on your inboxes and mailboxes!
The bad news - I noticed issues with a couple of the acrylic pin designs while packaging. The printing and cuts are exactly as they should be, but the pinbacks on two designs were placed in unideal spots. The "Pottery" pins pinback is partially placed over the cutout under the character's arm, making the metal visible from the front. The "Electronics" acrylic pins had a singular pinback placed off to one side, causing a significant balance issue with the pins.
I'm not comfortable sending either of these pins out like this, so I've reached out to my acrylic pin manufacturer to get replacements made ASAP. There will be a couple weeks shipping delay for any backers who ordered these items. Please reach out to me if you ordered either of these pins and would like to swap them out for a different design(s) for faster fulfillment.
I realized it's been a bit since I've shared an update for this campaign. The last few items I had to order have almost arrived and rewards for your pledges will begin shipping soon! My goal is to have everything mailed out by mid-February, assuming there are not unexpected manufacturing errors on the last couple items.
In the meantime, you're invited to check out a couple other projects that I currently have running!
I will be charging cards to collect funds for shipping fees and post-campaign add on items on Sunday. If you haven't completed your survey yet, or want to make adjustments, please do so ASAP. I'll be placing an order for acrylic pins from this campaign very soon and having counts for those items will be helpful.
One of my most popular sticker designs is becoming a pin! I originally sat down to make this design with colored pencils in a sketchbook in the spring of 2022. I was frustrated with a recent push of laws to restricted gender affirming healthcare in the United States and wanted a simple sticker design to encourage advocacy and educating others. Over the past few years I have sold over 1,000 stickers and donated hundreds more to local nonprofits serving the transgender community.
Build your own library with this collection of bookshelves! The designs for this campaign are inspired by ten different literary genres and feature thematic shapes, references, and tropes. The ten genres are: fantasy, science fiction, horror, LGBTQ+, romance, westerns, children's, mystery, gardening, and cooking. Each genre gets a 3" bookcase pin, 1" mini bookshelf pin, and stickers.
The enamel pins have arrived! I received all seven enamel pins yesterday and will be grading them over the next month. They turned out perfectly and I especially love the Monster Tool mini pins. I will be placing orders for acrylic pins, stickers, coloring books, and other additional items in early January. My plan is still to ship rewards out to backers in early February!
