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Thank you everyone for supporting this project, I apologize again for it taking so long to fulfill due to life, production errors & tariffs getting in the way.

These are my very last enamel pins I'm making for the foreseeable future, so you all can enjoy your limited edition pins as they won't be re-made. A lot of you got my add-on pins (thank you so much) most which has sold out since the campaign has ended. 

Tracking notifications should update by early next week, I just wanted to ship the packages as soon as the pins arrived on Friday so I spent the night packaging them and dropped them off at the Post Office this morning. 

If you have any issues with your packages (damages, lost, etc) please be sure to reach out via email at [email protected], please include your name and email used for your backerkit pledge and we can sort out.

Short Version of Update:

After this project is $1000~ over budget due to production issues and tariffs the last three designs are finally en route to me for January delivery. Address changes for the remaining packages will close January 9 as to give you all time post-holidays to start looking at emails again. I am grateful for everyone's patience and I hope you love these pins as these are the last enamel pins I am making for the foreseeable future.

If you are tired of waiting and want a refund - just reach out. You have until January 9th for address locking to request one. 

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Long Version of Update:

Hello everyone, it's been awhile since we last touch based but this year has been a difficult one.

I am not asking for pity, I am most disappointed in myself because it was my choice to run this campaign, set it's budget, and proceed even with tariffs. 

While my manufacturer did offer duties pre-paid, it did increase the cost of the pins much more for me than I was expecting. Cost of shipping also rose higher than expected for international shipments. The tariff rates going up and down this year did not help as the rates fluctuated on what was paid. 

While my original plan was to have everything shipped by end of Summer, life had other plans. I had car issues & house issues. When your roof is leaking and your only transportation to make a living have issues you have to redirect focus.

These are all just excuses to you, I know you don't care you just want your pins. But with this project already being over budget at that point, and things happening in my life I didn't want to make a summer update of "I have no idea when the next part of production will happen" to just disappoint you further so I just kept pushing to make it happen no matter what. I was determined to finish the project.

So I just started re-saving up. I had a string of good luck in the Fall and was able to put them in production but there was a lot of back and forth on printing errors but they're FINALLY ON THE WAY and the pins are en route for a January delivery.

Address changes for the remaining packages will close January 9 as to give you all time post-holidays to start looking at emails again.

If you are tired of waiting and want a refund - just reach out. You have until January 9th for address locking to request one.

Lastly, I am exceptionally grateful for everyone's patience.
I hope you love these pins as these are the last enamel pins I am making for the foreseeable future.
I am done making pins unfortunately.

As many of you may have heard from other creators, I wanted to address the elephant in the room - Tariffs. 

Due to the tariffs, I am producing the pins staggered by popularity, due to the fact that the campaign *just* made it's goal. I will be paying for the tariffs entirely out of pocket. I know that means those of you who will be getting the full-set will have to wait the longest but I am tossing in some freebies to apologize for the delay. 

I am very sorry about the delay but I couldn't afford an additional $750- $1200 tariff bill out of pocket at a single time - so I need to spread it out to lessen the financial blow. I was expecting more like $300-500 out of pocket in tariffs, but of course they ended up being much higher due to the now on-going trade war.

With the staggered production, my timeline is going to have to adjust slightly. In the campaign, I originally stated by end of June all packages will have been shipped. I still think 85% of the packages will ship by end of June as scheduled - but due to the staggered production, some packages may be shipping in early July. I just wanted to apologize now for the delay for those of you with full-set pledges.

Any pledge with less than a full set should ship sooner depending on the design you chose. All non-Cat with Hat add-on pins are already made so are ready to ship as soon as the Cats with Hats Pins arrive.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out.

The popularity & production order of the pins are as follows:

Cowboy Hat Cat 
Shark Hat Cat
- Ships end of April/Early May
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Strawberry Hat Cat
Bread Hat Cat
- Ships end of May/early June
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Frog Hat Cat
Watermelon Hat Cat
- Ships end of June/early July

We are currently still on schedule for our stagger production to lessen the tariff burden as these get delivered. My manu got these in on the last possible day of the tariff de minimums due to breaking up the order, and while I haven't graded these yet, I just wanted to share! Thank you all so much for your patience with me and if you have any questions as always, don't hesitate to reach out here on Backerkit or via email~

Just to refresh everyone this is the staggered sending schedule to lessen my tariff blow:

Cowboy Hat Cat
Shark Hat Cat
Strawberry Hat Cat
- Shipped
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In Production - Late - Running Behind
Bread Hat Cat
Frog Hat Cat
Watermelon Hat Cat
- Now slated for September/October