Project Update: Beetle Bags arrived! Shipping orders soon!
We also went to our first event today as vendors!! BizBaz mini-con @AleSmith, if you're near San Diego you'll have to come check say hi sometime! (they are hosted monthly, go to @bizbazclub on instagram if you wanna find out more) It's a lot of fun and there's some awesome artists there!!
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Hi, just wondering if should I change my shipping address as I will be moving countries in about 2 months. I did make my pledge in December if that makes a difference.
Project Update: Bug plush keychains UPDATE + ita bag!
First, we’ve got some new photos of the bug plush keychain samples! I’m honestly super happy with all three of these! There’s definitely a lot of improvement from the last versions. Only thing I’d maybe change, is the beetle’s head is a bit big in proportion to the body. (But maybe that just makes it look cuter though? Please let me know your thoughts!)
Next, the product photos are here for the glass frog ita bag!
We ordered the stock, and manufacturing has began for the ita bags.
The tree frog bag sample has also been completed! Here’s a quick look at that:
As for Beetle bags, lady bug coinpurses, and the original green frog bag… All three have completed manufacturing! They will soon start their 1 month journey overseas to us, and we will immediately begin shipment on the orders that we can! (If you ordered any of the other bags, manufacturing is still in progress, so shipment is still estimated to be September-October at the latest.)
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Hi! I placed an order for the ita bag and a pin which was already charged with the bag back on January 12th and I got charged today (April 18th) AGAIN for the pin. I’m confused as to why I’ve been double charged despite already paying. Thanks
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I was wondering if the pledges have already been sent out yet or not? I had made one and did the updated shipment awhile ago. But I just wanted to check on the shipment and if there could be any troubles. Thank you! Hope all is well!!
Project Update: Orders Lock the 29th! Finish up your surveys ASAP!
As a reminder, orders officially lock on the 29th, just a couple days away!
Now, moving onto the updates! All enamel pin stock just came in, and they turned out incredible!! I just finished up editing together the product photos. Also, we got back some photos of the glass frog ita bag 👀 there is a small tweak I’d like to make to the colors, but otherwise I LOVE the look. I think it turned out great, and can’t wait to take photos of it as well.
As for the bug plush keychains, unfortunately their final samples will not be complete before the orders lock… However, I can show you the revised mock-ups I sent to our manufacturer! All the keychains are being sized up to around 6 inches (basically doubled the size) in order to fit all the small details we’d like them to have. I’ll be working my best to make sure they turn out as close to these mockups as possible!
Another product that came in a few days ago…. All of our sticker stock! Here’s some product photos of those so far:
As for the frog bags, manufacturing is going smoothly so far. So, shipment should still be a few months out as scheduled. I’ll update as soon as we have an exact date set that we can begin shipment!
Project Update: Locking orders soon, Bullfrog sample update!
Now, I can show you the FINAL sample on the Bullfrog Backpack!!
I really love how it turned out, as you can see we had them add stuffing to the back to give it some dimension! We will now be putting the bullfrog backpack into production, manufacturing should begin very soon.
Now, all frog bags have been finalized besides the tree frog bag (another update on that coming soon!) As for the plush keychains, I’ve made the decision to size them all up by several inches in order to include all the details I’d like. We’ll hopefully be sharing those soon as well. (Only ones with minimal changes are the Bee and the Luna Moth! Those will look relatively the same as previous updates, just larger)
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Hello :3 Is there any chance the updated prototypes of the plushy keychains will be shown before the survey ends? Bc right now I still have trouble deciding on one so knowing how the final version looks would really help. Which date exactly will the survey end btw?
Project Update: Prototypes - Tree frog bag and Tarantula keychain!
How are we feeling about the tree frog bag? Right off the bat I can see that they printed on details of the main body onto white fabric, while the legs were printed onto green fabric. That’s why the blue looks so different and the orange is very dark. Correcting this, the colors should be much better! The proportions are a bit different from our original drawing as well, but this version will definitely be more usable as a bag for space reasons.
Next, the tarantula keychain! Again we’re seeing more evidence that I should size up all the keychain designs 😂 Since it’s so small, the entire design has to be printed on rather than sewn. It ends up looking pretty cheap and a lot of detail is lost… So all the keychains will definitely be made much larger, and hopefully we’ll be able to fit more details!
Of course, leave a comment below if you’re seeing this! We are open to any suggestions to possible solutions to get these products looking the best they can, especially for the plush keychains!
Project Update: Surveys Sent out! + miilipede and bee prototypes
Bee plush keychain:
To me, this sample is PERFECT! The colors are great and I think it ended up so cute :) of course, share your thoughts below!
This one needs quite a bit of work in my opinion.. I opted to choose a coiled up pose for the millipede, but id like the sample to be much longer so it can completely spiral up. The eyes should also have larger pupils to closer match the original drawing. As for the purple coloration, it’s the closest fabric color I could find to the drawing, but I may try out a different one and see if that works better. Anything else you can think of to fix up this design? It is quite difficult to get a complicated design to look good this small, so I may consider sizing up all the keychains by an inch or 2!
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Just wanted to check, I pledged for the absolutely everything tier but on backer kit not all the items show up in the pledge items section! There are only 3 bags showing up eek, wanted to check if I'd still get everything despite this, before submitting the form?
Project Update: PROTOTYPES: Bullfrog Backpack, bug keychains, desert rain frog
Starting off with the BULLFROG BACKPACK! He's very flat so we'd definitely like to add some stuffing/give him more dimension. But, it looks like it can fit a lot! How are we feeling about the size and the colors? (also, the legs were sewn in backwards haha. That'll be corrected in the next sample)
Now for the beetle plush keychain, I'll need to find a solution for the legs I think... Overall still pretty cute though!
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I’m some trouble with the survey cart not matching the pledge level. I chose the absolute everything level (early bird) but the cart only shows a few of the bags and for some reason double of the bug stickers. No bug key chains either :(. I assume there must be a glitch going on. Maybe others people are having trouble too?
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Dear Chimera Bunny, In an earlier post you mention that backer surveys would be sent out on the 29th, is this still the plan? It’s now past 8 pm in CST, so I was wondering if I didn’t get an email? I know that you/ your studio has been having trouble with housing/ late-minute moving, so I was wondering if we could just get another update. -Thank you and stay safe! P.S. SUPER EXCITED FOR ALL THE THINGS
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The glass frog backpack isn't available for me to pick as an option on the survey? I've got the options for all the others (including desert rain frog), I'm just wondering whether this is a glitch or something or it's unavailable?
