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Quick happy news today: 3 out of 4 extra cat colorways are unlocked!
This means the Calico Cat, Silver Cat and Orange Cat are getting made. Yay!
For the tuxedo cat, we are at 8/10 orders currently, and around 50 of you haven't filled out the survey yet. If you are one of them and happen to want a kitty, make sure to confirm your order soon so I can take it into account when placing orders.
I will wait another week or so before I decide on whether I order it or not.
In the meantime I've already prepared anything except the final order counts, so everything is ready to go!
(And then I'll crawl back in the meowshroom fulfillment hell + summer sale fulfillment hell while waiting for manufacturing news on this campaign :D I won't run out of things to do...)
Best and enjoy a lovely Sunday!
Ave
I managed to get the survey reviewed and approved.
5% of backers have received the survey already as a test, but the survey may still have problems. If you encounter something weird (unexpected shipping cost, missing items, anything like that) then please do reach out! I will fix those issues before the survey goes out to everyone.
Once a bit of time has passed and at least 50-70% of smoke test backers have responded, the survey goes out to everyone. After that, I will wait for a few days to get some reliable numbers and then the pin order can be finalized. :)
That's all for today!
Best
Ave
EDIT: Theres currently an incentive that is wrong (cross collab). I am in touch with Backerkit to get it fixed
THANK YOU!
(Floral Mythology Pt 1 was very different! We feared for the last stretch goal till the end but I was also a much smaller pin maker back then :D)
Here's what's going to happen next:
- Until Mid/Late July: Payments will process, Pledge Manager setup/review
- Late July/August: Smoke tests will be sent to a few backers first; if no issues are found, the survey goes out to everyone
- After that, we wait for manufacturing updates! I do hope to fulfill around November this year, but factories are often a bit unpredictable so I cannot guarantee a timeline from here on.
I'm going to try my best to make this process as smooth and transparent as I can. It may take me a bit longer overall this time around because I'm dealing with an expected job loss and have to take care of finding something new asap (sadly pins don't cover my living despite high revenue numbers - I wish tho!).
Best
Ave
Whew, we finally did it - our last stretch goal is unlocked with some buffer even! That means everyone gets the free cat pin ❤️
I am currently on travel so i can't upgrade the graphic but just pretend there's a green check on the last tier too :D
THANK YOU everyone who supported this project. I thought this would he a smaller/more niche campaign, but seeing this many of you support me in this project too is very heartwarming ❤️
Best
Averil
Whew, the last few days were amazing - we are at almost 9.8k now, the last stretch goal is so close! With four days left I am sure we can hit the 10k mark still and unlock the freebies for everyone.
In the meantime I can happily announce that the free stickers are unlocked! These two derpy cuties will be sent with every pledge.
We got this, let's aim for that last goal in the last days of the campaign!
Best
Ave
The hottest phase of Pin Quest is over. To keep things a bit more exciting, I've added two things to the campaign:
1. Mini Stretch Goals on the way to 10k
2. Floral Mythology Pt 1 Discounted Pins
That‘s all for today. Thank you all for being with me so far, I‘m blown away with the support that I‘ve already gotten from you all. I expected this to be a much smaller campaign because I couldn‘t tell if the theme would be popular, and look at us now scratching at 9k! You are amazing and I‘m so lucky to have such a supportive and loyal audience (so many of you are returning backers!)
Best
Averil
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Project Update: Almost all post-campaign cat variants unlocked! & Survey reminder
Quick happy news today: 3 out of 4 extra cat colorways are unlocked!
This means the Calico Cat, Silver Cat and Orange Cat are getting made. Yay!
For the tuxedo cat, we are at 8/10 orders currently, and around 50 of you haven't filled out the survey yet. If you are one of them and happen to want a kitty, make sure to confirm your order soon so I can take it into account when placing orders.
I will wait another week or so before I decide on whether I order it or not.
In the meantime I've already prepared anything except the final order counts, so everything is ready to go!
(And then I'll crawl back in the meowshroom fulfillment hell + summer sale fulfillment hell while waiting for manufacturing news on this campaign :D I won't run out of things to do...)
Best and enjoy a lovely Sunday!
Ave
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Project Update: Surveys are coming - smoke test is out!
I managed to get the survey reviewed and approved.
5% of backers have received the survey already as a test, but the survey may still have problems. If you encounter something weird (unexpected shipping cost, missing items, anything like that) then please do reach out! I will fix those issues before the survey goes out to everyone.
Once a bit of time has passed and at least 50-70% of smoke test backers have responded, the survey goes out to everyone. After that, I will wait for a few days to get some reliable numbers and then the pin order can be finalized. :)
That's all for today!
Best
Ave
EDIT: Theres currently an incentive that is wrong (cross collab). I am in touch with Backerkit to get it fixed
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Project Update: Campaign is over - THANK YOU! Here's the next steps
THANK YOU!
(Floral Mythology Pt 1 was very different! We feared for the last stretch goal till the end but I was also a much smaller pin maker back then :D)
Here's what's going to happen next:
- Until Mid/Late July: Payments will process, Pledge Manager setup/review
- Late July/August: Smoke tests will be sent to a few backers first; if no issues are found, the survey goes out to everyone
- After that, we wait for manufacturing updates! I do hope to fulfill around November this year, but factories are often a bit unpredictable so I cannot guarantee a timeline from here on.
I'm going to try my best to make this process as smooth and transparent as I can. It may take me a bit longer overall this time around because I'm dealing with an expected job loss and have to take care of finding something new asap (sadly pins don't cover my living despite high revenue numbers - I wish tho!).
Best
Ave
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Project Update: We did it! Free catnip for all!
Whew, we finally did it - our last stretch goal is unlocked with some buffer even! That means everyone gets the free cat pin ❤️
I am currently on travel so i can't upgrade the graphic but just pretend there's a green check on the last tier too :D
THANK YOU everyone who supported this project. I thought this would he a smaller/more niche campaign, but seeing this many of you support me in this project too is very heartwarming ❤️
Best
Averil
15+ projects backed in 2025
20+ projects backed in 2026
Project Update: Free Stickers Unlocked, four days left!
Whew, the last few days were amazing - we are at almost 9.8k now, the last stretch goal is so close! With four days left I am sure we can hit the 10k mark still and unlock the freebies for everyone.
In the meantime I can happily announce that the free stickers are unlocked! These two derpy cuties will be sent with every pledge.
We got this, let's aim for that last goal in the last days of the campaign!
Best
Ave
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