Thank you so, so much for all of your support! The campaign just ended after Beasts and Botanicals went into overtime for almost 4.5 hours, and Birdtober 2025 Stickers raised $1392!
Since we were so close to the last stretch goal, I decided to release 3 more sticker options: Varied Bunting, Great Gray Owl, and Pygmy Nuthatch, making the total number of options a nice round 20!
Varied Bunting, Great Gray Owl, and Pygmy Nuthatch stickers
If you missed the campaign but still want stickers, the pre-order store is now live.
Here's what's next in terms of the project fulfillment and what I'll need from you:
Payments: Any backers whose pledges didn't go through right away will have about two weeks to correct their payment information or follow up with their banks to make sure that the payment goes through if it was flagged as unusual. Once these two weeks are over, BackerKit will release the funds collected to me (minus their platform fee and the payment processing fees, around 10% total).
Surveys: You will receive an email in the next few weeks with a survey for the pledge manager. In this survey, you will be able to upgrade your pledge or add more add-ons if you wish, as well as select which bird stickers you want and provide your shipping address. Without your survey being filled out I will not be able to ship you your rewards!
Production and Fulfillment: After the survey deadline (about a week after they're sent out), I will put in the print order for the stickers. My manufacturer estimates a lead time of 10-21 business days. Once I receive the stickers, I will pack the orders and mail them out! With this timeline, I'm anticipating that the stickers will be mailed to you in July.
Communication: I will send regular updates like this one throughout the process, including when surveys go out, when I receive the stickers, and when I ship them. If you need any help with your pledge, first contact BackerKit support, as they will be more prompt in helping you. If you have any other questions, you can contact me at [email protected].
If you qualified for the Beast and Botanicals e-Zine, that will go out around the end of May.
Thank you again for making this project a success! -Annie
With a little over 3 days left to go on the campaign I'm excited to report we're only £13 away from unlocking the final mini pin stretch goal!!!
With a couple of recent pledges the owls, penguin and chicken have been unlocked and we're now just waiting on the more flashy of the mini pin pairings. Thank you all so much for such incredible support, your bird loving selves have been amazing!
Here's to a fab final 3 days for everyone taking part inBeast & Botanicals...if you haven't already you can check out all the other campaigns here:
I asked and you have spoken, so mini wooden bird pins it is, for the next stretch goals. I've got 10 new designs ready to go and that will unlock in pairs as and when each stretch goal is reached.
The question now is which order do you want them to unlock? I've grouped birds together that are similarly themed, so the Cassowary is paired with the Andean cock-of-the-rock because they both rock some impressive headgear and the Wyandotte Chicken and Magellanic Penguin are for their black and white styling etc.
You know what that means, yes I know, another poll! 😂 What can i say they're the quickest and easiest way to insure you're all getting a say in how this campaign progresses! So if you can spare a moment pop a vote in the poll below to choose your fave.... (this time the poll is open to backers only)
Funding for the campaign is getting close to the last stretch goal I had with the initial ones, so I have a poll up with sketches that I ended up not using. But want to see which ones people like best for a further stretch goal. These are just rough designs to give some idea of the critters in each one.
The poll is still going, but the flying stamps is definitely ahead. I was going to make the winner unlock at $1500 and it's already almost there! Second place is still close, so I went and did the ones that were close when I checked earlier which was the foil designs. So here's the flying animal stamps and the foil designs with the animals labelled. I might still edit these some but here they are. I went and included some fossils in the area to fill in the dirt in the underground scene.
If all initial stretch goals are reached, what do you want to see more of after that?
If there are any specific color combos you’d like to see feel free to comment them on the poll as well.
I FINALLY recieved an answer from the Manu that is responsible for 7 of my Kitty Designs.
Because I've written them arround 3 Weeks (!) ago and again a few days ago, to finally get an answer, and because I send them my timeline.
I honestly even thought about a Refund, and to go somewhere else. (But this had meant to throw 2-3 Kitties out, beacause the Prices are higher everywhere.) But luckily this doesn't had to happen.
(Just funny, that they answerd just a few minutes - no joke - after I let them know that my patience ist almost over and they've read the Word REFUND in my Message ... ... ...)
At least they gave the Project kind of a priority Status, to make sure this doesn't happen again. And that it should be able to keep the Timeline. (The Timeline called: Holiday Market.)
Next step is to get the digital proofs finished. The Files are finished - since AUGUST(!!!) Now I'm waiting for Round 2 - just a few days, hopefully. It seems to go forward.
Other News:
The Tiger's Eye Acrylic Keychains arrived my Home City. I'll pick them up from the Post Office tomorrow. (They dropped them arround 40-50 Min away, by Subway, but okay... :D) Unfortunately there are some Taxes to pay and I REALLY hope, it's just the Keychains, not also the Pins ... That worries me a bit. I paid VAT-Taxes for the order allready, but I don't know, it has to do with it. For the Kitty Cubs and the Tigers Eye, arrived in Summer, there were no taxes, so... we will see.
Puma & Jaguarundi: the might arrive in late October. Jaguar Cubs: they might arrive in early November.
Of course I didn't forget Jaguar & Clouded Leopard, and I appolozize I don't come forward with them as I want, but I try to rest more at the moment and take a little time for other things than Pins, to find more energy for the left over Stuff soon.
Hello bird lovers, I'm still waiting to recieve the mass production of the Flapping Birds but the ones I am able to fufill at the moment are packaged and going out tomorrow! If you recieved a tracking notification you are one of these lucky few getting your items early. For everyone else, I am locking your addresses in two days so if that changed since your survey was filled out make sure to update it! I'm locking them now so that as soon as I've recieved and assembled your birds they can go straight to you as soon as possible without any delay.
When recieving your items, you'll notice I included a small sheet with some circles on it- these are a bunch of additional super strong adhesives! Peel a circle off of the sheet and apply, then peel the other side and reattach any piece that came off. It isn't expected for them to detach but I have plenty of these to spare and would like to provide a way to fix them rather than have you figure that out on your own if anything happens.
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