Just wanted to pop in and give everyone an update!
All but four pledges have been packaged up and are waiting to go to the post office! I tried to take them in NYE, but my office was closed by the time I got there. They'll be going out Monday! Everyone should have tracking as well, so keep an eyeball on that number.
I also have a handful of errored pledges, I'll be giving them a week for everyone to resolve, but if they're not fixed by end of day Friday the 9th I'll go ahead and cancel the pledges so I can close out this campaign in preparation for Pintopia! Click the photo below to check that project out, I really appreciate it!
The pins arrived and I’m working through counting and grading them. There are some I am not happy with the quality of, but there are plenty to fulfill orders with so this project isn’t directly affected by the B and below grades! The only thing I was worried about was the UFOs, but I have just enough for all my 3+ project backers!
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On that note, cards will be charged soon for shipping and any add ons chosen during the surveys! If everything goes to plan these will be out this week and POSSIBLY in your hands by Christmas! There’s no guarantee that’ll be the case as my post office is not very quick with scanning in my bulk drop offs (my last campaign took a day for them to get scanned after I dropped them off, busy busy busy!)
Thanks again for your support on this project! If you like what you receive, please consider following my Pintopia 2026 project! We go live next month and it will be the biggest project I’ve ever launched!
Just wanted to send out a little update on how things are going behind the scenes!
My manufacturer just got me some photos, check them out!
I went ahead and sprang for the back stamping! Hopefully this'll be a standard on all my pins from here on out.
The 3+ backer freebie! It's so cute and little!
Bigfoot has been spotted!
Since things are going smoothly over at the factory, I anticipate these will be in hand before long. Be sure to check for your surveys and PLEASE get them filled out! I'd like to lock orders by the 15th at the latest, so there is still some time!
I'll be busy this week getting my Holiday Market pledges fulfilled and prepping for a local convention this weekend, wish me luck!
I've been working with my manufacturer to have the pins produced, I just got proofs and have made a few changes in regard to color/metal options. I'm pretty confident that these'll turn out very nicely without any issue, as they're relatively simple without screen printing or crazy enamel effects!
I also got the banners already, as my manufacturer for my last project is the same I use for my banners, I just doubled up to save on shipping costs!
I'm waiting on Backerkit to finish my review of my pledge manager and a few failed payments, but once those are done I'll send out the smoke test and then the final survey to all backers! So keep an eyeball on those inboxes.
EDIT: This was supposed to go out last week and I guess I only saved the draft! Smoke tests have gone out, I will be sending actual surveys soon! Remember to fill out your survey as soon as you can, I will not be issuing refunds for backers who don't submit filled out surveys by the time I'm done with packaging and sending out pledges. Submit your survey, get your stuff! Easy peasy.
After a WILD overtime from the group backer train we ended at $1,004. Just enough to keep the Albino Mothman in the lineup!
Thank you all for your support, I have the monster banners arriving soon(ish) and once funds come through my manufacturer will be moving on ahead with the pins themselves!
And please, make sure your cards are updated and funds are available for when cards are charged today! The smoother this step goes the faster I can get surveys out to everyone! Backerkit recommends two weeks to give everyone's cards a chance to be charged and rectify any problems, but if we can get all problems fixed today I can get the surveys out as soon as everyone's payments are processed!
Stay tuned for my next campaign, and my holiday shop!
