All outstanding orders* are shipped, including orders delayed by sticky note production. Everyone should have tracking information for pins that are in-transit. Aside from any issues that may arise with this final shipment**, Isopod Colony is effectively fulfilled! Thank you everyone for your support with this project!
* There are two backers who never filled out their surveys. I’ve been sending Backerkit reminder e-mails a twice a month, and reached out with personalized e-mails this month. I am assuming that the e-mails are not going through, and am posting here as a last-ditch effort to try and contact you. If you are one of these backers, your pledge is not fulfilled because I cannot send you your items without your confirmed selections of what you’re receiving or your address. Please fill out your surveys. If you do so, I can ship them out! After July, I will stop sending reminder e-mails and will no longer be able to guarantee spare inventory for unfulfilled Pledge Manager surveys.
** If anyone has an issue with their order -it didn’t arrive, or there are missing, incorrect, or damaged items- please let me know before July and I will use my reserve inventory to correct these issues.
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Future Project Updates
After this update, I will no longer be sending out update e-mails for this project, so this should be the last e-mail you receive for following this project specifically! If you are a curious about my upcoming projects and want to be notified about them, follow me as a Backerkit creator and you should receive updates about new projects I’m creating here on backerkit!
On that note, my next pin project will be Herpatology Dragons. It is launching this June as a part of Pin Quest. It’s will consist of enamel dragon pins that are heavily influenced by some of my favorite reptiles and amphibians. Axolotl wyrms, tokay gecko dragons, and hognose amphipteres, oh my!
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Thank you everyone for helping to make Isopod Colony a reality. I hope you all have a great weekend, and take care!
We’re happy to share that all the pins have been produced and are ready to be shipped. We’re very close to getting these into your hands.
Before we begin shipping, we just need a few quick things from you to make sure everything goes smoothly:
Please confirm your shipping address Kindly double-check your shipping address. You’ll have 48 hours to review or update it if needed. After that, we’ll lock addresses and start shipping rewards.
A few surveys are still incomplete If you haven’t completed your survey yet, please do so as soon as possible. We won’t be able to ship your rewards without it.
Shipping fee payment issues Some backers have errored cards for the shipping fee. If this applies to you, please update your payment information to avoid any shipping delays.
We’re truly at the final stretch, and we’re incredibly grateful for your patience and support throughout this journey. Let’s get everything wrapped up and on its way to you.
I had a wonderful delivery at the weekend! All your lovely stickers have now arrived and I've been busy working on the orders from all those who've completed their surveys and picked their moths. Here's a peek at the incredible selection of moths that found their way to my letterbox...
I've also had a very exciting picture my jigsaw manufacturer showing a prototype....
If you've yet to complete you survey and pick your moths, please do so asap so I can get your stickers to you! If you've lost your survey or didn't arrive in your inbox you can recover it here.... https://marvellous-moths.backerkit.com/ just type in the eamil address you used to pledge for the campaign and a new survey will be sent to you.
That's all for now... some of you will be receiving your stickers soon!
Thanks to your amazing support over the weekend, the Black Widow Spider pin is now unlocked! 🖤🕷️❤️
Artwork coming soon~
✏️ 1st week recap ✏️
We've unlocked 8 out of 11 pins together!! 🎉 The last 3 pins of this batch to left to unlock are the Egyptian Scarab Beetle, the Orchid Mantis, and the Madagascan Sunset Moth! 🪲🌸🦋🌈
Unlocked insect specimen pins!!
Next 3 pins to unlock:
Unlocks @10k
Unlocks @ 11,500
Unlocks @13k
🗳️ Round 3 poll winners 🗳️
Your votes in the 3rd round of community polls helped decide the next specimens to unlock! :)
🪲 2 Mini Pin Add-ons (unlocked separately via the add-on shop):
Honey Bee 🐝
Scarlet-Bodied Wasp Moth 🦋❤️🖤
25 orders to unlock!
25 orders to unlock!
Mini pins are only $11 each, compared to $25 for the XL pins. Because of the price difference, mini pins will unlock separately via the add-on shop after 25 orders of each design!
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8 new XL pins to pledge for:
Blue Morpho Butterfly
Leaf Bug
Centipede
Rosy Maple Moth
Tailless Whip Scorpion
Walking Stick
Green milkweed locust (African Bush Grasshopper)
Monarch Butterfly
If we can unlock all the stretch goals, that's 21 pins total!! (= 4 mini pins + 17 XL pins) If we make it this far in the campaign, there will be a 4th Community Poll featuring some new additions from myself and the community comments~ Make sure to pledge for all the pins you want today to help us unlock more insect pins! :)
🎉 New Pledge Level Tiers! 🎉
I’ve added 8-pin and 10-pin tiers you can upgrade to, as well as a Full Collector’s Set: 21-pin tier for those who want to go all-in!
🪱🐦 **If you're an Early Bird backer, all these new tiers include the free Early Bird Fire Ant sticker so you don't lose your reward when upgrading! :)
8 pins
10 pins
All 21 pins!
✨ Add-on Shop "Live" Specimens ✨
To help boost the campaign, there's a few in-stock insect pins available in the Add-On Shop~ ✨
Firefly/Lightning Bug mini pins (glow in the dark 4-piece set!)- $20 set = $5 mini pins
Luna Moth pins (already produced + ready to ship)- $15 for the 2" wide pin
☀️ Daytime ☀️
Luna Moth's Rebirth
✨ 💚 Night time!! 💚 ✨
Thank you all again for the incredible support on this new XL pin campaign!! I can’t wait to see how many more specimens we will unlock together this month! And don't forget to share the campaign with your friends and family so we can unlock everything~ :)
The 3rd Community Poll is now open for voting!! I added some more suggestions from our community comments, and a couple other insects I would personally love to draw :)
➡️ If you want another insect added, please leave a comment with your suggestion and I'll add it to this current poll~
Monarch Butterfly
Blue Morpho Butterfly
Walking Stick
Honey Bee (mini pin)
Centipede
Tailess Whip Scorpion
Green milkweed locust (African Bush Grasshopper)
Leaf Bug
Rosy Maple Moth
Scarlet-bodied Wasp Moth (mini pin)
Scorpion
