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!
Surprise for collectors!
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!
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.
Failed payments
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!
The pins came in last night, and they are looking SO GOOD!!
(I honestly didn't think they'd come in that fast based on past projects so.. yay!)
What's next?
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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In other pin-related news...
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!)
We have 13 backer surveys left - can we get them all in?!
Also, when you submit your survey, make sure you get the confirmation email that yours has been successfully received!
There are some folks that have almost completed their surveys that I'll be reaching out to today, but it's worth double-checking to make sure everything is all set.
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In other news, suncatcher stickers are in!
Look at these cuties! Each one is 2" in the longest direction.
I also have vinyl stickers, sticker sheets, and the mystery packs all ready to go.
Everything is now waiting in storage for the magical day that the pins arrive, which should be in 1 to 2 months. That gives me plenty of time to make new googly eye cat portraits, and I might have enough of the Tip Your Purrista mugs put together already.
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I hope y'all are enjoying a fantastic June - we had a few markets earlier this month, including our local Pride Festival which is always a wonderful time.
Here's a nice lil photo of "Mr Gato" and I getting ready for what was a SUPER busy festival 🌈
