Hello wonderful pin lovers! <3
I've got a big update today with lots of info and of course ✦pictures✦!
ALL ORDERS ARE LOCKED. Shipping out to you is just around the corn...
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Sami
about 1 month ago
★ Pins Are Done! - Locking Survey and shipping charge in 1 week! ★
The most exciting news, the pins are done! They've already been shipped from my manufacturer to me and will be in my hands shortly! There were a few flawed ones that my manuf...
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Sami
3 months ago
Production Updates With Photos!
Hello all!
It's been a bit quiet on my end with the project as I wait for pins to get made, but I've gotten some updated photos of the progress that I wanted to share with y...
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Sami
4 months ago
Surveys are going out!
The small batch of surveys had a small thing that needed fixing, but everything looks like it's been working correctly since so the last of the surveys have been sent out! <3...
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Sami
4 months ago
Update! Smoke Tests + Progress!
I've got lots to update on finally, so let's dig in!
First of all I want to apologize for the lack of smaller updates! I've gotten a few messages via various sources worried...
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5 months ago
Purrfect Eats Ending Soon! ★24 Hours Remain!★
★★The Purrfect Eats campaign ends tomorrow!! ★★
When the campaign started it felt so far away, but now it's almost over! We've got just over 24 hours left to back the projec...
I've got a big update today with lots of info and of course ✦pictures✦!
ALL ORDERS ARE LOCKED. Shipping out to you is just around the corner! Please please double check your addresses before the addresses lock so I can make sure these little kitties make it to the correct homes! If there absolutely is a last minute change and you havent received a shipping notification yet, please reach out! I should be able to add something to your order if needed to help you save on shipping! <3
There is also still a few of you who haven't completed your surveys or have had issues with cards going through so please double check your emails to make sure that isnt one of you so you get your goods soon!
I received all the pins about 2 weeks ago, and in-between work I've been sorting organizing, quality checking and backing as many pins as I could! It's been a process as pin checking is new to me, as well as I've never received this many items that needed to be individually inspected at once before!
I was lucky I had my partner and a friend that was able to come over and help for a large chunk and I'm happy to say that I have all the pins ready to go for all of the backerkit orders!
During that time I was able to order the rest of the goods for the orders and they are in and just as beautiful!
(On the left we have my acrylic order that also contains the acrylic magnets with a guest appearance of my cat Kirby, on the right the jelly bean cat sticker sheets, and below the magnets!
So! What does this mean next?
I'm currently waiting on the shipping charges to hit my bank account so I can buy all the shipping labels as well as giving yall time to make any last corrections to your addresses. Lets make sure all of these kitties end up exactly where they are supposed to! Once ll of that is cleared I'll be able to dig into packing all the orders and getting them out. I've already got the packing station laid out and once I get going, should be able to get them out quick!
The unfortunate kicker though, is that I will be out of town a lot of the first half of July due to travelling for conventions (If you'll be at Anthrocon in Pittsburg, PA, or Kitsunekon in Green Bay, WI come say hi!). While I should be able to get a chunk of them shipped out in-between the events when I come home to restock before heading off to the next event, it wont be all of them, so some packages may not ship until mid July after Kitsunekon! I was hopeful I could get them out before my July events but it being my first fundraising project and my first backerkit project I didn't realize the different things needing to be set for surveys, locking orders, charging shipping, locking addresses, etc would add so much extra time. But! It allowed me to check all the pins needed for fulfilling orders so once I'm ready to pack, I'll be ready to get them packed quick!
And of course, the pins!
All of their colors came out so wonderfully! I'm so excited to get these out into your hands cause truly my camera doesn't show just how good they look, and even washes out some of the color variance that is there! The picture of them all together also does a great job of showing off how much space the purcakes really take up!
I'm hoping that there will be a beautiful summer day to go out and take some good natural light photos of these pins soon so I can get a better resemblance of just how nice they look!
SO happy to say we're finally at the tail end of this project! Please double check your addresses, and keep an eye out on your email for your shipping update! <3
And of course, thank you! Thank you for backing this project, supporting me, and putting faith in me to deliver quality cute pins to you! I'm so excited to get these out to each and every one of you and look forward to creating more silly cats in the future!
The most exciting news, the pins are done! They've already been shipped from my manufacturer to me and will be in my hands shortly! There were a few flawed ones that my manufacturer found and were kind enough to work on those while shipping out the rest to me so I can get started on checking em all, putting them on their backing cards, and getting all the orders packed!
The magnets are also on their way to me as as soon as I can get all of these pins checked, backed, and ready to go I'll get to get all these lovely kitties to their homes <3
And of course we can't have this update without some photos!
These are photos taken for me by the manufacturer but I'll be sure to take plenty more when I have them all in hand in my lightbox so you can see their true colors shine!
Last but absolutely not least, since these have finally shipped out to me, surveys with be LOCKED in a week! You have the end of day Friday the 13th to make any adjustments before I lock surveys and send out that final charge for the shipping and any add ons! That way I'll have the funds to me so I can get all those shipping labels and ship out hopefully most if not all of the goods by the end of the month!
I am so thrilled to have these in hand soon and I look forward to sending out the next update when I have them all in hand!
It's been a bit quiet on my end with the project as I wait for pins to get made, but I've gotten some updated photos of the progress that I wanted to share with you all!
**Please keep in mind these pins are still being worked on! The colors are also all taken in various lighting, and are missing their screenprinting so they might look quite a bit different from what we expect for the final product. They are all still awaiting a few stages of the progress but they are coming along swimingly! I love seeing behind the scenes photos so I hope you're as excited about these as I am!
As for other parts of the project, I have all the stickers in! I've got PLENTY of these guys in, so I'll have them ready for shipping as soon as I receive the pins, as well as have them with me at some of my events this next month!
As for a timeline update, I'm sure many of you have heard about the impact of tariffs on small artists getting products made. While I am worried about how that will impact the costs of this project in the end for me, I am hoping that with our current timeline it will be manageable. Currently we are still on track to have these to me for quality checking in late may/early june, and shipping out to you in early july, but if anything at all changes with this predicted timeline, I'll be sure to let you know!
With this concern of tariffs and shipping holds causing a possible delay I am waiting to close the surveys a bit longer! Just to make sure all is going well and that I don't charge before something causes a large delay. <3
Thank you again for your support in the project! I'm so stoked seeing these little guys come to life and look forward to getting them all in hand so I can send them to their homes <3
The small batch of surveys had a small thing that needed fixing, but everything looks like it's been working correctly since so the last of the surveys have been sent out! <3
It may take some time for you to receive the option from my understanding, but it will get to you soon! And of course if there's any questions, concerns, or anything at all please reach out! I'm so excited to see what flavor of pin is the favorite~!
So keep an eye on your email and such for that survey, the sooner that survey's are filled out, the sooner I can get an accurate number to order which can help speed along the process!
I've got lots to update on finally, so let's dig in!
First of all I want to apologize for the lack of smaller updates! I've gotten a few messages via various sources worried about the state of Purrfect Eats, but don't worry! I'm still here working away behind the scenes on getting everything ready!
Right after the campaign ended I have been busy with two conventions ontop of other work and wanting to make sure I looked everything over, over and over again, it took me longer to make this update post and for that I apologize!
I always try to be transparent about my work and what can cause delays in updates and ultimately I felt like I didn't have ENOUGH to update on to post much until I had things ready for more concrete, here is what's going on, but after talking to quite a few of you it sounds like it would be much more preferred for smaller updates more often than big ones just so it also shows that I'm still here! Working away on the project you loved enough to support (and for that it means the world to me! <3)!
BUT without any more delay, let's talk about where we're at!
Smoke Tests have been sent out! A few backers have received their surveys as the first wave of testing! This is to make sure that everything is as it should be, no one is getting weird charges, weights are getting calculated correctly, and shipping is adding up like it should!
Once those smoke test surveys have been answered and any stray issues are resolved, the rest will be sent out! This will give me a good ballpark of final numbers to order for each design.
As for where the pins are at? I've been working on getting the colors just right and files sent to the manufacturer! They are first getting formatted for the pin making process! As soon as I have a good idea of how many of each design we'll need they will head into full production and I'm stoked to get to share that process with you soon!
Stickers have also been finalized and ordered in a smaller batch for events to get to talk about these upcoming pins, as well as make sure I've got them all ready to go so as soon as I have the pins in hand I can ship out all of the orders ASAP! I haven't gotten any good photos of them yet, but hope to try and take some as soon as the sun is shining a bit more to really show off the crisp colors!
And last but not least, while simple, I'm working on finalizing the backing card for each pin, the back will have some basic pin care info, but the front of the card will match the cute menu style graphics I've been using during the campaign!
I've always loved the idea of square cards for pins so getting to use the design from the campaign as the backing card was too perfect to pass up.
But that wraps up everything for today! I'll be sure to post again when the rest of the surveys go out, and I can't wait to see what designs you all loved the most! <3
As always thank you for your support and can't wait to share more of this project with you!
