All pledges with completed surveys and shipping payment have been fulfilled! 🎉
As of yesterday, all orders have been shipped. We've been working on getting them out little by little, so some of you may have already received your packages. We're so excited to get these designs to their new homes. We hope you'll share photos and tag us as you read with pride.
Thank you for shopping small and supporting a queer-owned small business with your pledge. We couldn't do this without y'all and we are so grateful for you making our first BackerKit such a success!
If you have yet to complete your survey and/or payment, you have until December 31, 2025 before the project officially closes and rewards are no longer provided. Please see the Project FAQ for more information.
What's Next 🎃
With the fulfillment of our first BackerKit complete (and our second in production), we have a couple projects planned before the end of the year.
We're excited to launch Popsicle Pals - a mini-campaign just in time for spooky season with a collection of nostalgia-inspired popsicle enamel pins! It launches September 2nd for one week only.
Join the Launch Party and follow for pre-launch updates. First up, cast your vote on what other spooky characters you want to see added to the menu! Can't pick just one favorite? Let us know if you like more than one option in the comments.
Check out the free goodies you can earn by following and pledging to the campaign as well as some spooky add-ons we'll have available.
🎃 All backers that follow the project prior to launch will receive a free Pumpkin Pop sticker. 🐈⬛ Early Bird backers that pledge within the first 48 hours will receive a free Cat Pop sticker. 🐸 Returning backers who have pledged to any of our previous campaigns will receive a free Frog Pop sticker.
Pledge to both our Popsicle Pals campaign and Sunset Road Co's Costumed Cats campaign to receive a free mini dyed metal popsicle pin from us and a free mini glitter cat pin from SRC!
Coming in November: Frog Friends 🐸
Follow for the latest updates! We'll be posting a preview of our first frog plush charm sample once the Launch Party for the project goes live within the next couple weeks.
Thank you again for coming along for the ride. We'll pop in from time to time with exclusive discounts and updates on what's next, but this concludes the regular updates from us!
We hope you'll follow along whether it's to shop with us, to see what we have planned for our next BackerKit campaign, or just hang out.
All items have arrived and we are prepping them to start packing and shipping your orders to you! You should receive an email from BackerKit (if you haven't already) notifying you that you have 48 hours from now to make any final updates to your shipping address.
Please make sure that all of your information is correct! If your package is returned to us, we will reach out for you to pay for a new shipping label to the correct address before resending it.
From our FAQs on Shipping:
All orders will be shipped via USPS and will come with tracking. USPS Ground Advantage packages have an estimated shipping turnaround time of 3-7 business days within the United States and 7-21 business days for international packages. Please know that once we ship a package, it is out of our hands. We can only see the same tracking information you can and are not responsible for lost packages. We recommend contacting your local postal provider for more details or to file a claim.
Original Projected Timeline June - August - Manufacturing Late August - Mid September - Order packing & shipping begins
We are well ahead of our original projected timeline and – should everything go as planned during packing – expect all orders to be shipped before the end of the month!
We will be printing labels in large batches and you may receive a tracking number at that time. Please allow us time to process the orders and for the tracking to update before reaching out with questions. So that we can focus on getting your orders to you, we will not be answering emails asking about shipping status until September 1st. We will update when all orders have been shipped.
Thank you again so so much for all your support. Can't wait to get these in your hands!
All campaign pins and totes are here! Everything looks so good and we're so excited to get these into your hands soon.
We're still in the manufacturing stage as we wait for the last few items to arrive before we begin packing, but everything is on track to meet the original benchmarks, if not, sooner. Stickers and bookmarks are in transit. We're waiting on a few add-on pins that are still in production.
Original Projected Timeline
June - August - Manufacturing Late August - Mid September - Order packing & shipping begins
With that said, we will begin QC for these pins next week to get everything in order to pack once the remaining items arrive.
Make the Yuletide Gay! ☃️
For those that missed out on pledging to our Make the Yuletide Gay campaign, the Pre-Order Store is now open! There’s all sorts of goodies listed in addition to all the unlocked campaign designs as well as some designs you can help us unlock. A reminder that we will be ordering very little extra stock just to cover any issues that might arise so if you have your eye on something, now is the time to snag it!
Here's a peek at what you'll find in the survey/pre-order store...
A post-campaign exclusive mini pin is already unlocked for you at a special price! (reg. $10)
SIX new pin designs to unlock! Backers voted overwhelmingly to add more cross-stitch pins to the post-campaign add-ons and these are some of our favorites.
Penny unlocks at 30 orders! There will be minimal (if any) extra plush in hand this holiday season so guarantee yours lock in the campaign exclusive price!
Pride Flag Nutcracker pins are unlocked and you can choose your variant in checkout. The stickers included in the sticker pack have also been revealed.
Get ready for Frog Friends! 🐸
Our fall Pin Kids Collective project, Frog Friends, launches on November 4th. It will be a collection of frog themed enamel pins, plush bag charms, and accessories. 🐸 Sign up for launch notifications HERE!
That's all for now! We'll be back with more once everything is here and we start packing.
With all items for The Rainbow Bookshop in production, we're excited to announce our latest campaign launching tomorrow! 🌈 RSVP HERE! ☃️
Make the Yuletide Gay with our winter-inspired collection of queer animal and punny cross-stitch enamel pins! For the first time, we’re also featuring two new plushies in the campaign. Take a sneak peek at what we have in store including exclusive freebies for returning backers and pre-launch followers.
❤️ Pre-Launch Followers who pledge to the campaign will receive a free All You Need Is Love Cross-Stitch Sticker. Make sure to click the RSVP link before the campaign goes live!
💛 Pledge in the first 48 hours to receive a free Make the Yuletide Gay tassel bookmark.
💚 Returning backers will receive a free Rainbow Book Tree sticker.
🩵 Support both Victorian Villages and Make The Yuletide Gay to receive a free pin from each maker.
We're almost 100% on surveys but have just a few more of y'all we need responses from. Make sure to fill the survey out completely and click submit for your choices to be secured. We will officially lock them down and charge cards on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.
Come hang out on Popshop Live tonight! http://www.popshop.live/oddmentandtweak We'll be live for a clearance show starting at 8pm eastern. New customers can use code ONTKIT for 10% off their entire order. If you miss the show, the code will work until 11:59pm eastern on Sunday 5/18 and you'll still be able to shop the Popshop Storefront even if we're not live.
Hope to hang with you tonight online! We'll check in next week.
