Just a heads up that I've now sent all the surveys out! Please fill them out as soon as possible to prevent unnecessary delays in getting items ordered. 💜
Pay Over Time Backers
As a reminder, POT Backers will not receive their survey until their order has been paid in full.
However, I have now emailed all POT backers a pre-survey to fill out so I can get your choices and include them in my item counts. Please fill this out in the meantime! But please remember that you still have to fill out your official BackerKit survey once you've paid in full and you receive it.
Just wanted to give y'all a heads up that the smoke tests for the survey have been sent. For those of you who don't know, the smoke test phase is when 5% of backers in each pledge level receive the survey first to make sure the survey is functioning smoothly and there are no errors.
This ain't my first rodeo, so I don't expect there to be many issues, if any. Once I get a decent amount of the smoke test surveys back, I will send out surveys to all other backers, so please keep an eye on your email over the next 24-48 hours to make sure you don't miss it. :)
Pay Over Time backers
As a reminder, POT backers WILL NOT receive their surveys until their pledges are paid in full. If you are a POT backer, you will not get your survey until 48 hours after your final payment goes through.
The Basic Witch Ita Bag campaign is over, and we ended up hitting over $34k in funding! I'm so pleased, and so grateful for all your support towards my first venture outside of crowdfunding pins!
So, what's next?
🪄Failed/Errored payments
Backers cards have all been charged. If your card payment failed, you will have received an email about it, but please double check that your payment went through. Even if you're SURE your payment went through, please double check anyway - it doesn't hurt to make extra sure! I have had previous backers who missed out on receiving their rewards because they were not aware that their payments failed, so please please PLEASE check!
If your payment failed, please make sure to update ASAP it so that your transaction can go through. If you don't fix your payment, you will not receive any rewards.
🪄Post-campaign surveys
I am working hard behind the scenes to set up your post-campaign surveys, where you will choose which rewards you will receive for your pledge and submit your shipping information.
Surveys are a crucial step towards receiving your rewards. If you don't submit your survey, you will NOT receive any rewards, even if your payment went through.
I will do my best to get surveys out within the next week. Once you receive your survey, you'll have about 4 weeks to fill it out before I start locking orders and taking item counts so I can start ordering items.
🪄Pay Over Time backers
As a reminder, Pay Over Time backers WILL NOT receive their survey until their pledge is paid in full, regardless of when I send surveys out.
Once your order is paid in full, whether that's after the 4 months or if you decide to pay it off early, you will automatically receive your survey within 48 hours after your final payment goes through.
In the meantime, I will be setting up a Google form pre-survey for Pay Over Time backers to fill out so I can include your choices in my item counts. Please keep an eye on campaign updates and your email for when I send out the link to the pre-survey form!
🪄Pre-order store
The pre-order store is NOW OPEN for anyone who missed the campaign! I'm still in the process of adding some items to it, but you can start shopping now. I should have the rest of the pins added to the store within the next day or two.
If you backed the campaign, DO NOT order anything through the pre-order store!! If you want to add more items to your order, please wait and order them through the add-on store when you receive your survey! Otherwise, you'll end up with 2 separate orders and you'll have to pay shipping twice.
You'll likely be hearing from me fairly frequently over the next couple weeks while payments go through and I get surveys sent out, so please make sure that email updates from this campaign are not going to your spam folder so that you don't miss out on any crucial information regarding your order.
If you have any questions or concerns, please check the FAQ page or the project disclaimers first to see if your question is answered.
If you have a question or issue that isn't answered on the FAQ page, you can always reach out to me at [email protected] or submit a support request through the FAQ page.
***please do not reach out to me through any social media platforms, as I rarely log into social media anymore and your message will likely not even get seen by me.***
TL;DR:
Please double-check to make sure your payment went through, and fix it if it didn't.
Surveys are hopefully coming within the next week. You'll have 4 weeks to fill it out.
POT Backers won't receive surveys until their pledges are paid in full.
Pre-order store is open - DO NOT PRE-ORDER if you already backed the campaign.
Contact me at [email protected] if needed, but please check the FAQ first!
That's all for now, thanks so much for reading if you managed to make it this far. You'll hear from me again soon!
I'm sneaking in one final update before the campaign ends in just ~5 hours. I have updated information regarding the zipper pull and one more surprise announcement!
Zipper Pull Add-On
I FINALLY got a quote for this from my manufacturer, so I was able to figure out a cost for the zipper pull.
A few notes about (VERY MINOR) changes to the zipper pull:
the moon dangle is going to be a stock 3D charm item that the manufacturer has (making my own was going to make the mold fee WAY too expensive and wouldn't have been fully 3D). The one they have in stock is 1.4cm tall, which is a bit big, but that's what they have, as far as I have been told by them.
Because of the size of the moon charm, it threw off the scale with the moth being only .75", so I have decided to increase the moth to 1" instead of .75".
This will increase the overall size of the zipper charm and the overall dangle length will probably be somewhere around 2", by my guesses.
Someone mentioned wanting a tweak to the tails so they would be going around the ring instead. I just wanted to add a quick note here that I am still considering this very small design tweak. I probably won't change it until I know how big the connection ring needs to be, but once I do, I'll post an update to the design :)
Here's a new mock-up of the zipper pull charm with the updated look for the moon dangle:
Based on the going prices for this type of item, I've decided to price it at $15. You can add the zipper charm to your order now through the add-on section on the campaign page, or it's also fine to wait until you get your survey and add it that way!
New Freebie - Luna Moth Sticker
As thanks & celebration for getting the campaign to 300 backers, I've decided to make a gold foil sticker version of the luna moth zipper pull artwork that will be included with all physical orders for free! Thanks so much for your amazing support on this campaign! 🫶
That's all for this update, though you'll probably hear from me again either later today or tomorrow after the campaign is done with more information about what comes next!
We are in the final 48 hour stretch of the campaign, and we've managed to reach the $30k mark! I'm so happy the campaign made it this far!
I finished the print and zipper charm artwork over the weekend and wanted to share it while there was still time left before the campaign ended. With that, let's show off the artwork!
6x9 Foil Print
I'm happy with how he turned out and can't wait to see how he looks with the shiny foil details!
Zipper Pull Charm
I still haven't received a quote for the charm from the manufacturer yet so I still can't make an add-on for it until I know the answer to that. But I hope the artwork makes you excited anyway!
Just to remind you guys, the print and zipper charm will be included in the Full Moon bundle, and are/will be available as add-ons for everyone else.
Spread the love!
In the final stretch of the campaign, there are still two Bag Bazaar creators whose campaigns could use your help! Floating Frogs and Succulent Scribbles are either barely funded or not funded. I'm sure they would be very happy if you were to go give their pages a look and toss some support their way if you're able to!
That's it for this update, I'll catch you in the next one!
It's been a while since you heard from me. I've been very busy the last couple weeks trying to balance running this campaign with shipping orders for my previous campaign The Dark Wood. But now that I'm done with shipping that campaign, I can re-focus on this one!
🪄Poll Results
First off, we have results for the $30k poll, and the winner was zipper pull charm! Honestly I was kind of surprised that this was the winner, I was not expecting it, but I'm excited to try something new!
Since I'm fairly sure we're going to reach that in the last few days of the campaign (we're so close!!), I went ahead and did a sketch for it!
After doing some digging about these, I have decided the best way to design it is to have a small crab claw attachment at the top for easy attachment and removal.
This zipper pull charm will be included in the Full Moon bundle, and will be available as an add-on for everyone else. I'm not sure yet how much I'm going to charge for it, as I have not yet gotten a quote for it from my manufacturer. However, my plan is to use the same manufacturer that I use for my pins, so it should be in-line cost-wise with the other pin designs, so it'll be somewhere between $15-$20.
Since I don't have this information yet, I likely will not be adding it as an add-on until the survey stage.
🪄6x9 Foil Print
I've also done a sketch for the 6x9 foil print. I loved the design I made for the luna moth, so I decided to have him featured in the print for this campaign. I really like him, he's just so cute! This is the rough sketch I have planned for it:
The corners/border, moon, wing veins, moon spots, stars, and other bits will be done with gold foil :) I'm excited to see how this print turns out, I think it's going to be really pretty!
🪄Additional Wristlets
Last but not least, I've finally finished up the mock-ups for the additional wristlet designs that were unlocked!
As a reminder, the 6x9 print & remaining wristlet designs are now available as add-ons so you can add them to your order now, if you wish!
That's all for this update. We are in the final stretch of the campaign - only 5 days remain! I'm thrilled with how this has gone and I'm so excited to make this bag for you guys!
Cheers, Rain
P.S. - In today's update for Celestial Incarnations, I mentioned rising shipping costs would apply to this campaign, however after checking what I put on this campaign's page, I see they are fine - for now, they will not change from what is displayed on the campaign page, however if rates continue to rise, I may need to raise shipping prices.
Just wanted to give y'all a heads up that the smoke tests for the survey have been sent. For those of you who don't know, the smoke test phase is when 5% of backers in each pledge level receive the survey first to make sure the survey is functioning smoothly and there are no errors.
This ain't my first rodeo, so I don't expect there to be many issues, if any. Once I get a decent amount of the smoke test surveys back, I will send out surveys to all other backers, so please keep an eye on your email over the next 24-48 hours to make sure you don't miss it. :)
Pay Over Time backers
As a reminder, POT backers WILL NOT receive their surveys until their pledges are paid in full. If you are a POT backer, you will not get your survey until 48 hours after your final payment goes through.
Just a heads up that I've now sent all the surveys out! Please fill them out as soon as possible to prevent unnecessary delays in getting items ordered. 💜
Pay Over Time Backers
As a reminder, POT Backers will not receive their survey until their order has been paid in full.
However, I have now emailed all POT backers a pre-survey to fill out so I can get your choices and include them in my item counts. Please fill this out in the meantime! But please remember that you still have to fill out your official BackerKit survey once you've paid in full and you receive it.
The Basic Witch Ita Bag campaign is over, and we ended up hitting over $34k in funding! I'm so pleased, and so grateful for all your support towards my first venture outside of crowdfunding pins!
So, what's next?
🪄Failed/Errored payments
Backers cards have all been charged. If your card payment failed, you will have received an email about it, but please double check that your payment went through. Even if you're SURE your payment went through, please double check anyway - it doesn't hurt to make extra sure! I have had previous backers who missed out on receiving their rewards because they were not aware that their payments failed, so please please PLEASE check!
If your payment failed, please make sure to update ASAP it so that your transaction can go through. If you don't fix your payment, you will not receive any rewards.
🪄Post-campaign surveys
I am working hard behind the scenes to set up your post-campaign surveys, where you will choose which rewards you will receive for your pledge and submit your shipping information.
Surveys are a crucial step towards receiving your rewards. If you don't submit your survey, you will NOT receive any rewards, even if your payment went through.
I will do my best to get surveys out within the next week. Once you receive your survey, you'll have about 4 weeks to fill it out before I start locking orders and taking item counts so I can start ordering items.
🪄Pay Over Time backers
As a reminder, Pay Over Time backers WILL NOT receive their survey until their pledge is paid in full, regardless of when I send surveys out.
Once your order is paid in full, whether that's after the 4 months or if you decide to pay it off early, you will automatically receive your survey within 48 hours after your final payment goes through.
In the meantime, I will be setting up a Google form pre-survey for Pay Over Time backers to fill out so I can include your choices in my item counts. Please keep an eye on campaign updates and your email for when I send out the link to the pre-survey form!
🪄Pre-order store
The pre-order store is NOW OPEN for anyone who missed the campaign! I'm still in the process of adding some items to it, but you can start shopping now. I should have the rest of the pins added to the store within the next day or two.
If you backed the campaign, DO NOT order anything through the pre-order store!! If you want to add more items to your order, please wait and order them through the add-on store when you receive your survey! Otherwise, you'll end up with 2 separate orders and you'll have to pay shipping twice.
You'll likely be hearing from me fairly frequently over the next couple weeks while payments go through and I get surveys sent out, so please make sure that email updates from this campaign are not going to your spam folder so that you don't miss out on any crucial information regarding your order.
If you have any questions or concerns, please check the FAQ page or the project disclaimers first to see if your question is answered.
If you have a question or issue that isn't answered on the FAQ page, you can always reach out to me at [email protected] or submit a support request through the FAQ page.
***please do not reach out to me through any social media platforms, as I rarely log into social media anymore and your message will likely not even get seen by me.***
TL;DR:
Please double-check to make sure your payment went through, and fix it if it didn't.
Surveys are hopefully coming within the next week. You'll have 4 weeks to fill it out.
POT Backers won't receive surveys until their pledges are paid in full.
Pre-order store is open - DO NOT PRE-ORDER if you already backed the campaign.
Contact me at [email protected] if needed, but please check the FAQ first!
That's all for now, thanks so much for reading if you managed to make it this far. You'll hear from me again soon!
I'm sneaking in one final update before the campaign ends in just ~5 hours. I have updated information regarding the zipper pull and one more surprise announcement!
Zipper Pull Add-On
I FINALLY got a quote for this from my manufacturer, so I was able to figure out a cost for the zipper pull.
A few notes about (VERY MINOR) changes to the zipper pull:
the moon dangle is going to be a stock 3D charm item that the manufacturer has (making my own was going to make the mold fee WAY too expensive and wouldn't have been fully 3D). The one they have in stock is 1.4cm tall, which is a bit big, but that's what they have, as far as I have been told by them.
Because of the size of the moon charm, it threw off the scale with the moth being only .75", so I have decided to increase the moth to 1" instead of .75".
This will increase the overall size of the zipper charm and the overall dangle length will probably be somewhere around 2", by my guesses.
Someone mentioned wanting a tweak to the tails so they would be going around the ring instead. I just wanted to add a quick note here that I am still considering this very small design tweak. I probably won't change it until I know how big the connection ring needs to be, but once I do, I'll post an update to the design :)
Here's a new mock-up of the zipper pull charm with the updated look for the moon dangle:
Based on the going prices for this type of item, I've decided to price it at $15. You can add the zipper charm to your order now through the add-on section on the campaign page, or it's also fine to wait until you get your survey and add it that way!
New Freebie - Luna Moth Sticker
As thanks & celebration for getting the campaign to 300 backers, I've decided to make a gold foil sticker version of the luna moth zipper pull artwork that will be included with all physical orders for free! Thanks so much for your amazing support on this campaign! 🫶
That's all for this update, though you'll probably hear from me again either later today or tomorrow after the campaign is done with more information about what comes next!
We are in the final 48 hour stretch of the campaign, and we've managed to reach the $30k mark! I'm so happy the campaign made it this far!
I finished the print and zipper charm artwork over the weekend and wanted to share it while there was still time left before the campaign ended. With that, let's show off the artwork!
6x9 Foil Print
I'm happy with how he turned out and can't wait to see how he looks with the shiny foil details!
Zipper Pull Charm
I still haven't received a quote for the charm from the manufacturer yet so I still can't make an add-on for it until I know the answer to that. But I hope the artwork makes you excited anyway!
Just to remind you guys, the print and zipper charm will be included in the Full Moon bundle, and are/will be available as add-ons for everyone else.
Spread the love!
In the final stretch of the campaign, there are still two Bag Bazaar creators whose campaigns could use your help! Floating Frogs and Succulent Scribbles are either barely funded or not funded. I'm sure they would be very happy if you were to go give their pages a look and toss some support their way if you're able to!
That's it for this update, I'll catch you in the next one!
