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Project Update: Surveys sent! New dragon add-ons!
Surveys are officially out! We have a couple new dragon add-ons along with everything we had unlocked, and I put a few more pins that I have made before in the additional add-ons section.
Please make sure to fill out your survey and fix any failed credit card payments by July 20th. Surveys will lock on that date, and you forfeit your freebie items if you don't complete the survey by then. This enables me to get everything ordered with the correct amounts so please help a gal out!
If you missed out on pledging, the preorder store is now open here!
Thanks again for supporting this campaign and I'm excited to see which designs are the most popular. Stay cool out there!
XO,
Nikki
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Project Update: Campaign finished! What's next:
Hi friends!
I apologize for being quiet during the duration of this campaign. It wasn't intentional, but many things happened during these last 2 weeks including my day job being *insane* and my sister-in-law gave birth to beautiful identical twin girls! The girls are healthy but early like most twins are, so it was a very hectic last week and a half. Thank you for giving me the space to focus on my family and juggle all my other responsibilities.
But we did it! We've successfully unlocked a lot of really great designs. Next steps:
1. If your payment has errored, please fix it ASAP! Right now we are sitting at 20% failed pledges which severely affects my counts for ordering the designs. So the quicker those cards are fixed, the less delays I have in ordering product.
2. I'm working on Pledge Manager and I hope to have surveys out to you in 2 weeks or so. I have a hectic next two weeks at my day job but I like to be very prompt in sending out surveys so I can order product quick so I will be working on it constantly.
3. Once surveys are sent please fill them out as quickly as possible! surveys will close July 20th and freebies will be forfeited the same day if surveys aren't completed.
I'll have a couple designs as add-ons in the survey, including a certain trainable dragon that was highly requested. I will send out another update once the smoke tests and surveys are sent out! If you missed out on the campaign, I'll also have the preorder store open while surveys are open as well.
Thank you again for your support on this niche project,
Nikki
Next campaign up:
Reach for the Stars launching 8/30
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Project Update: Derpy Tiger unlocked and NEW trivia questions!
Hooray! Our favorite silly lil' tiger is now unlocked!
We have two more levels to unlock... can we do it?!
I also added THREE new trivia questions! These questions will be open to answer until this Saturday, 6/13 at 12pm EST. It's a tight race between team yellow balloon and team red balloon, so get those votes in!
Don't forget to check out our add-ons too, and let me know if you'd like to see another character heart, and what character you may want to see in one. Sussy bird? Toothless? Another muppet? Leave your comments with suggestions below!
And I have to say it because I am a die-hard fan... let's go Knicks!
XO,
Nikki
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Project Update: Last chance for free sticker and one pin design is already in-hand! Check it out!
Hello friends! Thank you again so much for a stellar kick-off to this niche campaign. We have a couple hours left for you to snag your Early Bird freebie so don't miss out!
I also wanted to show that one of the pin designs is actually in my hands already! I ordered the Snoopy design ahead of time so I could test out the removable silver chain on the pin backs to mimic balloon strings. I love how it turned out!
The chain is looped over the metal pin posts with jump rings and then secured with the rubber backers, so you can choose to display the pin with the chain or without. I thought this was a fun, fancy addition to upgrade the designs and make them feel balloon-like without impacting the design too much.
We are SO CLOSE to unlocking the Derpy Tiger level! Make sure to share the campaign or pledge if you haven't yet so we can unlock our favorite silly little Kpop tiger!
XO,
Nikki
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Project Update: Wow! Initial funding hit in 22 minutes and 5 levels unlocked!
Make sure to share this campaign with your friends so we can unlock this silly lil' tiger! We have a ton of add-ons in the campaign as well so take a look. Make sure to back soon to get your free Early Backer sticker!
This campaign is a little different than what I usually do so I am very grateful for the support, and I hope we can unlock more levels! Make sure to check out the trivia contest as well, I'll be adding more questions throughout the week.
Check out our partner campaign Theatre Nerd: Act Two to receive a free sticker from us both, and if you back all 6 campaigns in the Pin Kids Collective you'll receive a free pin from each artist!
Thank you again for your support of Parade Party; let's get these last designs unlocked!
XO,
Nikki
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