I have now sent every package out except one, which we are continuing to work on getting their dearly departed sticker perfect.
As such, the project is considered completed enough that the 1-month countdown has officially begun! You have until July 31st to complete your survey and resolve any payments, or else you will no longer be able to redeem rewards!
To everyone else, thank you so much for your patience. The beginning of this year has been a long and hard struggle, and I continue to get sick often from stress in my life. Allowing me the grace of extra time really means a lot to me.
And now, for some very upsetting news.
APL and The Tornados:
As I've talked about, the Animal Protective League here in Springfield (Where donations from this project moving forward were to be donated to) was destroyed earlier this month from severe storms. The roofs of all their facilities were torn off, the offices and pens flooded, and devastating damage was done to the grounds.
All the animals and staff are safe, but the property is totaled. I've been spending time helping out as much as I can, even with my limited capacity and full-time working schedule.
At the moment, I am working to ensure donations continue to get to them, or they are turned into critically requested items from their wish list. Whatever they need as I sell enamel pins through the Dearly Departed series.
At this time, APL is focusing on recovering and regrouping; there have not been any public statements about permanent closures. As such, donations will continue to go to them.
If that changes, and APL stops operations, I will make an update on the new charities the funds will go to.
At this time, their website does not have the most up-to-date information, and their Facebook is the best way to check out their situation.
While packing, I realized that Bella has a screen printing error! The right shoulder is mising it's markings. I will be reordering them, but this may cause delays with affected orders. I will be emailing everyone individually
My friend and travel buddy, Ashley, was kind enough to spend a day, and we've packed nearly 80% of the orders. Over the next few weeks, many of those will begin to be shipped out, but since I am focusing a lot of my time on other tasks, it will be a little slow. However, I am on track to finish fulfillment on time, hopefully before I leave for Lvl Up Expo at the end of the month!
My Dearly Departed: If you have a dearly departed sticker and you have not confirmed with me, your final deadline for changes will be Friday! If I do not hear back, the second and final batch of My Dearly Departed stickers will be ordered! Wave one is already in production, so this is your final chance for changes!
If you messaged me, please make sure I replied; if not, message again. Due to an issue with my email, I had about a month of messages deleted by accident.
Yes, sorry about the last update, I was expecting to begin to ship, but then I noticed some manufacturing things which ended up with a few reorders.
Why Didn't You Work in February?
I aimed to get working in February, but as some who follow my other projects probably heard, my Grandfather passed away. This was a very big loss for me and was the first person truly close to me to die. My grief affected me so much more than I ever could have imagined. And I feel like a good part of Feburary was just an empty fog to me. Not only that, the time between December and February is the busiest time at my full-time job, which left me with very little energy. Most days, I just went home and went to bed immediately.
I deeply apologize to everyone for that.
Custom Pets?
Yes, those of you with additional notes will get another draft of your custom stickers by Monday. :)
First off, thank you so much to everyone who commissioned a pet sticker! It means so much for me to be able to bring your pets back to you. I have about 60 or so total stickers to do, and I'm making good progress on them. I've gotten about 16 completed and confirmed, as I allow feedback in the process, which has resulted in redrawing, which I am happy to do. Please remember to let me know if the sticker is good to go, as it's important for my records before ordering!
The Enamel Pins:
I plan to have all pins in hand starting next week, so I can begin to grade them. Which may take a while, but progress is consistent!
I am super excited to make a quick update. After a bit of trial and error with my manufacturer, I finally got the pins to glow in blue! Our first attempt was nearly all white, and the second was greenish, but we finally found the perfect color! Please enjoy the photo of Luna.
At this moment, we are going full speed ahead and are on great pace with the timeline.
Custom Stickers: For those of you who got a custom sticker, I am also going to be working on those starting January 12th!
I have now sent every package out except one, which we are continuing to work on getting their dearly departed sticker perfect.
As such, the project is considered completed enough that the 1-month countdown has officially begun! You have until July 31st to complete your survey and resolve any payments, or else you will no longer be able to redeem rewards!
To everyone else, thank you so much for your patience. The beginning of this year has been a long and hard struggle, and I continue to get sick often from stress in my life. Allowing me the grace of extra time really means a lot to me.
And now, for some very upsetting news.
APL and The Tornados:
As I've talked about, the Animal Protective League here in Springfield (Where donations from this project moving forward were to be donated to) was destroyed earlier this month from severe storms. The roofs of all their facilities were torn off, the offices and pens flooded, and devastating damage was done to the grounds.
All the animals and staff are safe, but the property is totaled. I've been spending time helping out as much as I can, even with my limited capacity and full-time working schedule.
At the moment, I am working to ensure donations continue to get to them, or they are turned into critically requested items from their wish list. Whatever they need as I sell enamel pins through the Dearly Departed series.
At this time, APL is focusing on recovering and regrouping; there have not been any public statements about permanent closures. As such, donations will continue to go to them.
If that changes, and APL stops operations, I will make an update on the new charities the funds will go to.
At this time, their website does not have the most up-to-date information, and their Facebook is the best way to check out their situation.
I know that last month, an error was found on one of the Dearly Departed dog pins. Has that been resolved?
For those of us who ordered only cats, will you be able to ship those out soon? Eagerly awaiting my dearly departed feline pins.
Thanks!
While packing, I realized that Bella has a screen printing error! The right shoulder is mising it's markings. I will be reordering them, but this may cause delays with affected orders. I will be emailing everyone individually
My friend and travel buddy, Ashley, was kind enough to spend a day, and we've packed nearly 80% of the orders. Over the next few weeks, many of those will begin to be shipped out, but since I am focusing a lot of my time on other tasks, it will be a little slow. However, I am on track to finish fulfillment on time, hopefully before I leave for Lvl Up Expo at the end of the month!
My Dearly Departed: If you have a dearly departed sticker and you have not confirmed with me, your final deadline for changes will be Friday! If I do not hear back, the second and final batch of My Dearly Departed stickers will be ordered! Wave one is already in production, so this is your final chance for changes!
If you messaged me, please make sure I replied; if not, message again. Due to an issue with my email, I had about a month of messages deleted by accident.
Yes, sorry about the last update, I was expecting to begin to ship, but then I noticed some manufacturing things which ended up with a few reorders.
Why Didn't You Work in February?
I aimed to get working in February, but as some who follow my other projects probably heard, my Grandfather passed away. This was a very big loss for me and was the first person truly close to me to die. My grief affected me so much more than I ever could have imagined. And I feel like a good part of Feburary was just an empty fog to me. Not only that, the time between December and February is the busiest time at my full-time job, which left me with very little energy. Most days, I just went home and went to bed immediately.
I deeply apologize to everyone for that.
Custom Pets?
Yes, those of you with additional notes will get another draft of your custom stickers by Monday. :)
