Hey all, here's where things are at right now (in no particular order):
I'm on the tail end of a sinus infection that my dr actually caught well before I even suspected one, but that I wasnt able to take meds for for 4 additional days because CVS sucks - so I am dealing with a ton of head pain and not getting much done physically. HOWEVER. I have been pretty busy doing manu communications, file formatting, design work etc as I can.
I JUST realized I somehow never added a picture of the UFO freebie sticker to the listing (and thankfully none of you ordered it semi-blind). Here is how they turned out... I was still unsure if I wanted to remake. I wanted them full bleed and the whole beam glittery. However, since I was ghosted by the company, it was designed to be a freebie, and no one has pledged to pay for it before the photo being added, I will keep it like this.
So far, what it's looking like is the date I'll charge everyone who asked to be charged later is April 26th. I'll send out a 48hr notice on April 24th asking you to make sure your survey details are final. 10 people still have not answered their surveys.
There are still a few errored pledges but half of those have filled out the survey - those who don't intend to fix the payment through the survey, please contact me to let me know so I can remove you as a backer, that way I won't be bugging you with any reminder emails.
As a fun fact, this is the current total for the cross-collab pin claims: 24 strawberry, 31 honeydew, and 14 banana!
As another fun fact, current spin count is 61 for Machine 1 and 45 for Machine 2!
Remake moths and some fish are in production as well as the paws, and their proofs are all approved (two different manufacturers). The catmoths being made for last campaign are with the paw manu and their mold is being remade, but they should be done soonish.
Here's a peek at approved paw proofs!
Each one will have a complementary color for the heart-shaped clutch.
My jewelry manufacturing partner has agreed to let me pay 50% upfront for the septums and 50% upon completion, so I will be sending her that first 50% next week. I really need the unclaimed ones for Colossalcon, and Sakura and Thorns have had preorders for months due to the FUBAR of the original funding and I am impatient in their stead. This means I WILL be charging everyone who has pledged for a preorder, but I will wait to do so until everyone else is charged April 26th.
All orders going to Canada are highest priority right now for everything I have pending... the reason for this may be obvious to some but if you are American and don't know how badly things are going, please consider reading up on it. I'm sorry, my northern neighbors. Most of us didn't want any of this.
More Sugar Paws decals are being ordered for liquid shakers in various shapes. I'm trying to design something else cat-related for the ramune-style liquid shakers I have, too.
All paw cookie badges have been ordered!
All moth spins have been claimed - that may fluctuate with survey edits.
I am considering also doing glitter laminate sour gummy paws stickers individually, of some colorways in a larger size (3" per paw) - now that I know glitter laminate is actually possible to receive without problems...
I've attached a poll...long story short, I was invited to something, and paws were actually NOT my final pin campaign. I never intended to lie to anyone to hype this up, especially since it's not changing that my shop is closing at the end of this year, but this is how things shook out. The one related to this poll will be my last pin-focused campaign; I may design pins for the campaign related to my video game (but for that they will obviously not be the main focus).
These are sneak peeks and not the full designs, though you already know my TV head catgirl and may recognize others from chibi version sticker designs. This does not include the design for the girl who will be the cross-collab freebie, my Spider Witch OC. 💜
Monster Girl Riot will be a gacha w/individual choice options during campaign as well, but this time they are full-sized pins each with their own mold. It will be a part of a group event. 🖤 I'll release a newsletter about this later this month when I have a proper teaser page, but you can still follow along via this link here!
Please let me know via votes which one is your favorite if you are interested in these sorts of designs, because it will help me determine unlock order! 🖤 Anyone with a Backerkit account can vote on this poll, not just backers.
