The last batch of packages are on my doorstep.

The shipping materials and backstock pins have been counted and put away.

My shipping table has been cleared, folded, and put in the closet.

Everyone's rewards have shipped, and US orders should have tracking numbers available now. Some of you may have received your pins already!

Please let me know if there's anything wrong with your reward shipment ASAP!

You can email me at [email protected], and please include photos if you're reporting damage. If you got a mug, please remember that they are hand wash only.

I have a small box of orders that I'm waiting for payment on. If you're one of these folks, I've been haunting your inbox - maybe for months.


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Next, I'll be finalizing my next collection, Chaos at the Cat Show!

I'll be honest, I haven't had as much time to dedicate to it lately due to finishing off this project, but the pieces are coming together.

I plan on offering freebies for pre-launch followers, early bird backers, and returning backers. I'll announce those via Backerkit in the next week or so.

 I'd love to hear your thoughts on returning backer rewards. See the poll below!

In the meantime, you can follow the campaign here! https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/angry-gato-designs/chaos-at-the-cat-show-enamel-pin-collection/pre-launch?stay=true

Cheers!
Lindsey + the cats

The pins have been inspected and sorted.

I've brought all of my packing materials out of storage. I'm waiting on a couple supply shipments to come in but they should be here in the next few days.

Now I'm sorting through the last few details, and I'd love your help with deciding how best to package your shipments. See the poll at the end!

For those of you that backed a tier for 5 pins or more, I'm making a special little bonus for you!

These will be 1.25" laser cut wooden pins with a special Angry Gato Collector design. I'm planning on doing this for future pin campaigns too, so you can get these pins with each new themed collection.

Bronze: Barista's Special, or 5+ Cafe Pins
Silver: Caffeine Fiend, Full Zoomies, or 7+ Cafe Pins
Gold: Bottomless Brew, or All-In Collectors

Everything is running right on time, and we're WAY ahead of my earlier October timeframe so that's amazing.

Also, big thanks to those of you that have resolved your payments - we've made GREAT progress on that front!

Cheers!
Lindsey + the cats

Progress is being made! I've inspected and quality-checked a bit more than half of the pins already (yay!) and I just ordered backer cards.

This means that shipping will probably start in the next couple of weeks - basically when I get the backer cards in!

If you need to change your address, please do so soon! I will be locking addresses in the next week or so.

15 payments failed on this latest charge for shipping/add-ons.

You should be able to see whether your shipping/add-on payments have gone through, and Backerkit typically notifies you if your payment errored.

If your payment errored, please update your payment info ASAP!

In the meantime, I will check into these payments. I've noticed that sometimes Stripe blocks the payments on their end before even reaching out to the bank. The easiest way for us to take care of this is to secure payment outside of Stripe.

If you're one of those folks that have blocked payments, I'll reach out to you and let you know. My preferred way to settle these is via PayPal, and once the invoice is paid, I will credit your BackerKit account so you have no further balance.



Please reach out to me at [email protected] if you have any questions!

(I honestly didn't think they'd come in that fast based on past projects so.. yay!)

I'll be quality-checking each pin, then packaging, then shipping!

So far the quality looks great - the enamel colors are vibrant and match very well, and they bring me such delight every time I look at them. BUT, I want to make sure I'm checking them over individually so you get the same great quality that I see.

Also, I will be charging cards for shipping and add-ons, so you'll see another email from Backerkit about that.


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I'm doing a lot of design work for my upcoming project, Chaos at the Cat Show, launching in September! 

Here are a few sneak peeks for ya (in various stages of completion, of course!)

Do you have a favorite?

Cheers!

Lindsey + the cats

HAPPY DAYS!!

My manufacturer has finished making the pins and sent along a few photos!

I am SO pleased with how these are looking.

Next phase is shipping, which from my experience is the thing that actually takes the longest. 

They'll go on a nice little ocean cruise, and we'll get them in a month or two. So it might be a bit quiet around these parts.

If you missed the campaign, these will also be up on my website when I get them in (and after I've done quality control).