Hello! The Pudding Party Collection campaign has successfully ended! Thank you so much to everyone who pledged, we were able to unlock a handful of things during the campaign including the Pudding Bag, 4th enamel pin, and 2 new colorways: Pink & Mint!
Backerkit has started processing payments and will continue to do so for the next week, please make sure to check if your pledge's payment processes successfully. Pledges that are not updated with unfortunately be considered abandoned and then cancelled.
Surveys have now been sent! Please fill it out, it will help me get an idea of how much inventory to order for each colorway and design. Backers who chose Pay Over Time during the campaign, you will not receive the survey until after your payment plan is completed. Once your installments are completed, Backerkit will automatically send the survey to you!
If you missed the crowdfund but are still interested in the products of this campaign, I've opened the Pre-Order Shop! Everything that was unlocked during the campaign is available to Pre-Order until June where all additional inventory counts should be locked by that point.
if you have any issues with your survey or any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out! Thank you!
hello everyone! with our campaign launching in just four days, I wanted to share some extra photos and info with you guys!
as a reminder, we're part of the fur & food pintopia collaboration - if you back our project and two others, you'll get a free sticker from each of the projects you backed!
you'll also be able to purchase a cottagecore critters enamel pin (from our last campaign) as an addon! returning backers will get an extra mini pin of their choice added to their orders at no cost.
Good evening! We've got a quick update for you all today:
First, SURVEYS ARE OUT!
Please check your email for your survey and fill it out ASAP so I know how many of each pin and sticker I'll need to order :)
If your payment failed, you'll have another opportunity to update your card or add a new one for payment in the survey. If you don't fill out your survey and/or if your payment still can't be processed, you won't receive your rewards. If you recently paid off your credit card or had to get a new one, please update it!
Failed Payments:
I still have about 13 folks with failed payments. If this is you (or if you want to double check), please go to your profile on BackerKit (if you're on the website, this will be in the upper right corner), click on "Your Pledges and Surveys", and find the Beetle Bakery page. From here you can update your card and fill out your survey. You can also update your card at the end of the survey, which you can get a direct link to from the Survey Email that would have gone out earlier today (2/27).
One last update: I know a lot of y'all have been joking about not being able to choose between which pin(s) to order, so I went ahead and added a 'mystery pin' to the add on section for anyone who really can't decide and would be happy with any of the designs :) This will cover every pin design except the mini Cinnamon Roll Snail, so if you want one of the mini (1") pins you'll have to add that one separately.
I'll be reaching out to my manufacturer in about 2 weeks with final counts for everything so please please please make sure you've filled out your survey so I know how many of each to order!
It's been a while since the last update, but I hope these announcements will make it worth the wait! First, a big THANK YOU to everyone again for such a huge campaign! With your help, we were able to smash ALL of our funding goals and even make a few new ones! I couldn't have done this without your engagement and feedback throughout the whole campaign <3
We ended the campaign with over $6,400 in funding, absolutely blowing the last goal out of the water! Because of this, I've been hard at work making a couple new designs to add to the survey- all fully unlocked and available- and I ended up with 2 new sticker designs and a brand new pin, fresh out of the oven!
First, the new stickers~
New Stickers
I'm super proud of these two designs, but I think you'll all love the newest addition to the Bread Bug family: The Sourdough Spider! This little guy is (loosely) inspired by the Cat-Faced Spider and a loaf of sourdough bread. Like the other pins in the campaign, he'll be 1.75" wide with dyed metal and screen printed + soft enamel details.
Here's a fresh-baked pin design~
All three of these items will be available in the add-on section of the survey, along with a brand new add-on, the Ultimate Sticker Set- which includes all 5 sticker sheet designs, all three Gingerbread Bugs, all three Bread Bugs from the campaign, AND these two new sticker designs. All together that's 8 individual stickers plus 5 sticker sheets for just $50 (over $65 in value)!
Speaking of surveys, I'm almost done with them! Right now they're under review by the BackerKit team, and once they give the OK I'll be able to do a Smoke Test. This will send about 5-10% of the surveys out so I can make sure all the questions and add-ons are integrated properly, and if everything looks good, I'll send out the rest of them~
Please keep an eye on your inboxes in the coming days, and if you get a survey early, please fill it out ASAP so I can make sure everything is working! If you run into any issues, please reach out to me by commenting on this update or sending me a message at [email protected].
Failed Payments
Unfortunately, there are quite a few failed payments. Please check your inboxes for an email from BackerKit saying your payment failed and fix that as soon as you can! You'll have an opportunity to update your card when you fill out the survey, but please note that if your payment is still errored by the time surveys close, your pledge will be canceled and you will not receive any items. You can update your card (and check status) by going to your profile on BackerKit, clicking on "Your Pledges and Surveys" and clicking on Beetle Bakery. If you recently changed credit cards or had one expire, please check on your payment!
As always, I love hearing from you do please don't hesitate to leave a comment here or message me privately on Instagram. And thank you all again for a wonderful campaign- I couldn't have asked for a better and more engaged group!
Important Information I got the surveys reviewed sooner than I thought, and decided to send tests yesterday โ it seems that everything is (hopefully) alright, so I am sending the rest of the surveys NOW! I figured out some of you might welcome the bonus day or two before I will be locking them! :)
The locking date + charging the cards date stays the same. So 12th March is the latest to fill-in/change surveys (and order from the pre-order store!), and 10th April I'll be charging all the cards.
On the topic of surveys... Some more info โ I added quite a... lot of stuff to the survey. Apart from everything I have already mentioned, I also added a completely new pin design and fox socks design that will be unlocked if enough people order them! In case there won't be enough orders, I will be removing the designs from your orders (and will let you know if that happens!)
But that's not all โ I created new plush keychain designs, AND I also added some of my pins from previouscampaigns to the surveys!
That's all for today! Rest well, sleep well, stay hydrated and eat something nice โฅ
It has nearly been 2 weeks since the campaign ended!! Tomorrow I will be sending my Surveys to Backerkit staff to review and then once that's done I will be sending Test Surveys to a select few Backers (randomly chosen)!! With these Test Surveys I will be able to double-check that everything's running smoothly and there isn't anything for me to fix for the Surveys.
Please be sure to check your emails to see if you receive the Test Survey! I would really appreciate ya'll responding to them ASAP! Once I receive these responses I'll be able to send Surveys to everyone else! ๐๐๐
๐ There are also a few failed payments for pledges!! Please double-check your pledges and make sure your payment went through!! You should've been emailed if your payment failed so you can fix it!! You will also get a chance to fix your card info on your Survey. If this is not fixed and I do not receive the payments for the items and shipping you will not receive your items!!
๐ In other news, the Preorder Shop is now OPEN!! Were you interested in the project but didn't manage to pledge in time before it ended? No worries! Those who missed supporting the project can still grab a Boba Buddy bag or any other item from the project on the Preorder Shop!!
There is also a special listing on the Preorder Shop as well! ๐๐๐ฏ๐ The Rainbow Tiger Boba Buddy bag is now available on the Preorder Shop!! The listing works similarly to the campaign Stretch Goals. We need 24 Orders for the Rainbow Tiger tail for it to unlock/be available! If you Preorder items from the shop you will NOT be required to pay upfront. The Shop will be open for 3 weeks so if the bag doesn't not get funded I will be contacting BackerKit Staff to delete the bag from your Orders! Backers will also be able to add this bag onto their pledge via the Surveys.
Of course the other Boba Buddy bags unlocked from the campaign are available on the Shop. I held off from offering the Kitsune and African Wild Dog bags but fear not! There will be a Series 3 campaign in the future! ๐
Thank you so much for your support on the project! Be sure to keep an eye on your emails for the Surveys! With the Surveys I'll be able to count how much of each bag we need and I'll be able to order them from my manufacturer ASAP!
I am also waiting on the sample photos for the Wolf, Bat, and Calico bag but as soon as I receive those photos I will share them here! Thank you!
hello everyone, i truly apologize for this inconvenience.
I somehow completely overlooked the cross collab reward incentive in the surveys and did not have it as a listed item. if you have already filled out a survey, and you have backed both me and moon duckling's projects, then you will have to redo your survey. I've also adjusted shipping costs to be more accurate!
i'm super sorry again for this, the survey deadline has been moved to march 14th.
We wanted to let you know that the Veggie Cats pins have officially been ordered!! ๐ฅณ WOOOOO!!! This is so exciting.
Unfortunately, we only ended up selling four of the Veggie Stand pins. ๐ฟ This means that we will not be able to produce them as part of this campaign, but there's still a chance they'll be made in the future! If you added the Veggie Stand pin to your survey, it has been removed and you will not be charged for it.
Along with all of this, we wanted to let you know that we will be locking the surveys of those who have submitted them! This helps us keep accurate counts of the purchased items. You will receive an email letting you know that you have 48 hours to add or change anything. We are super grateful for anyone who has purchased additional add-ons! We had to pay over $100 additionally in tax for the pins and we are already a bit in the hole from funding the Avocado Cat, so anything helps a ton!!! ๐ฐ๐ฐ
Around ten people also need to complete their surveys altogether, so please get those submitted when you can! You should have an email with a custom survey link for you.
Thank you all so much again for your support! We are SOOO excited that the Veggie Cats are officially in production! We'll keep you updated with how the manufacturing timeline is going. ๐ฅฌ๐ซ๐ฝ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ
