Make The Yuletide Gay and so many fun stretch goal have been funded! 🌈☃️
Thank you never seems like enough! We hope you know how much we appreciate you supporting a small queer-owned business, especially when shops like ours need it most.
What’s next?
Over the next couple weeks, you can expect to receive a survey via email where you'll choose which designs you want, provide your shipping address, purchase any additional add-ons, and pay for your shipping fees. We will send out a campaign update when the surveys go out so that you don't miss it.
What will be available in the survey?
We will have all of the pins, plush, stickers, and accessories offered in the campaign as well as some extra goodies available for you to add-on to your pledge. Did your favorite stretch goal design not unwrap? Keep an eye on the surveys to see how you might still be able to help us bring them to life. The Pre-Order Store will also open when surveys go out for those who missed out on pledging to the campaign.
Payment Info
Payments have begun processing for your initial pledge amount. If your payment failed, don't worry! You'll have multiple chances to update your card information before surveys are sent out. You'll also have a chance to update everything in the survey. There will be plenty of opportunities to make sure you get your rewards before the whole project closes for good on February 28, 2026.
Reminder about all free items in any pledge from throughout this project: You must successfully fill out your survey and pay for the final shipping costs to receive your pledge and any free rewards! If you fail to pay for your final shipping costs, you will not receive your rewards.
Need to change your address?
You will be able to change your shipping address up until your survey is closed. After the lock down date, if you need to update your shipping address, please email [email protected], and we can manually update your shipping address. Please let us know as soon as possible that you need to update your address so we can change the address before your package is sent. If you fail to notify us of an address change and your package is returned to us, you will incur additional shipping charges before it can be resent. You will receive a last call email for address changes before we start shipping packages.
Current Projected Timeline
June 24 - Project begins July 15 - Project ends; Backers are charged for pledge levels July 29 - Surveys open; Pre-order store opens August 12 - Surveys close; Backers are charged for shipping August 31 - Items ordered September/October - Manufacturing November/December - Order packing & shipping begins February 28, 2026 - Project fully closed and rewards are no longer provided Backers will be notified of any major changes to the timeline.
We want to thank you again for making the yuletide gay and bringing this collection to life! We couldn't do it without you.
We've come to the final hours of the campaign! Since the last update, we've unwrapped some more goodies.
Here are some remaining stretch goals and freebies we have yet to unwrap. Friendly reminder that we will have very few, if any, extras of these designs in stock after fulfillment is complete so if you have your eye on something, now is the time to lock it in!
To celebrate the campaign coming to a close and to thank you for all your support, we've added some additional Pride Nutcrackers to the Add-onssection! And don't forget to check out the other goodies we have to add-on including our Pin Buddies to turn your pins into magnets and ornaments.
Whether or not we unwrap more goodies, we cannot thank you all enough for supporting this campaign. You once again blew us away and we cannot wait to see all of these designs come to life. We'll have a couple designs that didn't make the campaign that we'll add on to the survey to see if we can make those come to life as well so vote in the survey below to let us know what you want to see!
You can shop with us on our website, come hang with us on Popshop Live, and see more of our work on Instagram. We hope you'll follow along!
We've gotten a few messages about pledges for Penny the Platypus plush. Should we not meet the stretch goal before the end of the campaign, it will be offered as an individual unlockable item in the post-campaign survey. Here's an example of how that will look (there will also be a countdown clock once it launches).
Any existing pledges for Penny will count toward the goal so lock in your selections before the campaign ends at 4pm ET today!
We're so excited to bring Ember to life and we can't wait for you to bring them home. As promised, we have a new plush friend to share with you. So without further ado, introducing Penny!
Penny the Platypus is an adorable 6" tall, super fluffy, and comes with a metallic plush penny (to bring you good luck!) that fits in a secret pouch. We've added Penny as our latest stretch goal to unwrap. You can read more about our plush on the main Story page.
New Pledge Level Added 🎁
Choose one of our 3D dyed metal frames and have your custom phrase printed as a cross-stitch pin! You'll receive ten (10) pins with your custom design to share as you please. Questions? Want more than 10 pins? Shoot us an email at [email protected]!
New Add-Ons 🏳️🌈
Thanks to your input from the last poll, we've added some Pride Flag Nutcrackers pins to the Add-ons! Choose your nutcracker variant in the post-campaign survey. Vote on additional variants to be unlocked in the poll below. If you have more than one choice, make sure to leave it in the comments of the poll.
You can also find some new holiday goodies including mini glitter candy cane pins (great for board fillers or adding a little holiday flair to your collar!) and glitter bauble pins which double as ornaments. Check them out in the Add-onssection!
By popular demand, our cross-stitch pins are back, back, back on the campaign page again! You'll be able to choose any unlocked frames as part of your pledges. They're also still available in the add-ons as blind bags for those who fancy a little surprise where you'll find a few mystery exclusive variants like originally planned.
Thanks for hanging with us as we made these adjustments. We always want to make sure we're offering items you're passionate about and the outpouring was just that. We added a couple frame options with two variants each in between some existing tiers so you'll have a variety to choose from (check 'em out on the main Storypage!). We'll have more for y'all if we surpass our current stretch goals as well. Vote in the poll below and let us know what phrases you want to see!
Unwrapped Stretch Goals, Plush & Freebies 🎁
Cozy Cats and Fab Frogs pin designs are officially unwrapped!
Which means we are so close to unwrapping Ember the Phoenix plush. We're so excited about this fluffy little cutie. With the foil-stamped box and adoption certificate, they'll also make great gifts this holiday season – even if the one you're gifting it to is yourself. 😜
We've also added a little freebie stretch goal to unwrap – a mini candy cane gram pin! If we meet that stretch goal, every backer will receive this pin for free in their package! 💝
