The Snarky Company

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26 days ago

Project Update: Shipping & Manufacturing Update - Firmly Grasp It + The Secret Night Market

Shipping & Manufacturing Update - Firmly Grasp It + The Secret Night Market

First off - I’m posting this same update to both the Firmly Grasp It page and The Secret Night Market page, so if you backed both projects, I apologize for the double email.

Hey everyone,

I wanted to give a more personal update about where things currently stand with both Firmly Grasp It and The Secret Night Market, because I know I’m very behind on both projects.

I’ve always been really honest with y’all about my mental health and chronic health struggles, two topics I literally make pins about, and the biggest reason for these delays has been my health over the last year and a half.

I’ve been dealing with ongoing GI/chronic health issues that eventually led to another surgery earlier this year. Because of the GI issues, my psychiatric medications also weren’t being absorbed properly, which made managing both my health and work extremely difficult.

Thankfully, I’m now almost two months post-op, things are improving, and my psychiatrist helped me find a medication plan that’s finally working again. I’m no longer out here raw dogging ADHD with nothing but vibes and caffeine, I’ve got meds again, and suddenly it turns out my brain actually functions when the chemicals are chemically balancing. Who could’ve guessed.

So where are we currently with the projects?

Firmly Grasp It

All items for this project have officially been ordered, and about 90% of everything is already here in my office ready to be packed.

The last items I’m waiting on are:

the enamel tops for the grips
the enamel pins

There was quite a bit of back and forth with the manufacturer regarding the pearl gradients and getting the colors right. I wanted to make sure they actually looked correct before approving production, which added some extra time. Communication with manufacturers can also take several days at a time simply because we are in completely opposite time zones.

Right now, I’m expecting the remaining enamel pieces to arrive in roughly two weeks.

Once they arrive, I’ll immediately begin:

assembling the grips
organizing rewards
packing orders for shipment

I’ll send out another update right before shipping begins as a reminder in case anyone needs to update their shipping address.

The Secret Night Market

Manufacturing for The Secret Night Market has been split between three different manufacturers. This was mainly because I’m also restocking some older designs at the same time, and certain manufacturers already have molds for specific designs.

At this point:

Two of the manufacturing orders have been fully paid and are already in production.
The final order, which is also the largest, is currently being finalized.

That last order took a bit longer because we’ve been going back and forth on quantities and confirming exactly which designs each factory will be producing, but I’m about to submit payment for it.

The factories have estimated a working time of approximately 20–30 days, so if everything stays on schedule, the Night Market enamel pins should hopefully start arriving in about a month.

The good news is that aside from the enamel pins themselves, all of the other products, stickers, bookmarks, and additional items are already completed and ordered/produced.

Thank you all so much for your patience and understanding with the delays on both projects.

I’ve been running crowdfunding campaigns for about eight years now, and delays can happen for all kinds of reasons, especially with small businesses like mine, where one person is often handling everything from design and manufacturing to customer service and shipping.

I truly appreciate how kind and supportive y’all have been through it all. It genuinely means a lot.

So sincerely thank you for sticking with me through it.

What’s New & Next

Business Update - Snarky Co. is now operating under an LLC

One big change behind the scenes is that I’ve officially moved my business from a sole proprietorship to an LLC.

Snarky Co. now operates under All at Once Creative LLC.

This is mostly just a heads up that you may occasionally see the name “All at Once Creative LLC” appear on things like invoices, charges, emails, paperwork, shipping labels, or other business-related operations moving forward. That is simply the LLC that Snarky Co. now operates under, so if you see that name anywhere, just know it’s still me and still Snarky Company.

Pin Kids Collective - Summer Sun Launch on June 7th

Pin Kids Collective will be launching its Summer Sun Collaboration on June 7th.

Six pin creators have teamed up to launch new collections of varying themes together. Back paired campaigns, or all campaigns, and receive free bonus items along the way.

These are all smaller collections, and if you’d like to check out the teaser pages for the upcoming projects, you can do so here: https://www.backerkit.com/c/collections/pin-kids-collective?ref=bk-discover-leftnav

Admit One: A Reader’s Club Collection by Snarky Co.

I know I literally just told y’all I’m behind on two projects, so why am I launching another one on June 7th? Normally I wouldn’t launch something new until the other two were fulfilled, but I wanted to participate in the Pin Kids Collective launch timeline.

This is a much smaller project. Most of the work is already done, the campaign has been sitting in my drafts, and some designs are already in production. So at this point it mostly just needs to launch and run.

This collection is called Admit One: A Reader’s Club Collection and features a series of enamel pins designed like vintage “Admit One” tickets, each themed around different book genres and tropes.

The teaser page is now live and you can sign up here to be notified upon launch : https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/254bbab3-0c8a-4008-b299-a59abbc9e3ba/landing

Looking Ahead - Late 2026

Toward the end of summer or early fall of 2026, I’m hoping to launch my final larger collection of the year:

Symptoms May Vary

This collection is designed for anyone who uses humor to cope with mental illness, chronic illness, neurodivergence, or general life chaos.

It's kind of like if Own Your Stigma and All Out of Spoons had a chaotic little humor-filled child together.

Once I have a teaser page and date for this project, I will let y'all know.

Cheers,
Liz

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