Hello everyone! I apologize for the silence! I recently started a new job, so things have been a little hectic with my schedule. BUT! I am happy to say I have finished packing up everyone's rewards! The only orders that haven't been packed up are ones who had shipping or survey issues, of whom I've contacted via email to hopefully get that sorted out promptly.
So, yeah! I'm doing all of the shipping individually myself, through my chosen shipping label buyer, so it'll take a little extra time compared to using Backerkit's built-in label maker thing, just for my own comfortability. Regardless, I'm currently aiming to have all currently packed up orders sent out before the end of the week, if not by early next week. I'm going to try and make as little trips to the post office as possible, so labels will be created and won't have tracking info updated for a couple of days 'til I get to drop them off at the shipping center. If you see your order has been marked as fulfilled with a tracking number on Backerkit, but your package hasn't had any updates for a few days, this is why.
⚠️ FOR THOSE WITH INCOMPLETE SURVEYS:You will have until November 30, 2026 to complete your survey in order for you to receive your rewards. As stated in the "Important Information" section of the campaign's page under "Surveys", if your survey is not completed by this date, you will be forfeiting your rewards and you will not receive a refund.
⚠️ FOR THOSE WITH DECLINED CARDS FOR SHIPPING/ADD-ONS:You will have until November 30, 2026 to pay your remaining campaign balance in order for you to receive your rewards. As stated in the "Important Information" section of the campaign's page under "Errors with Payments", if your balance is not paid before this date, you will be forfeiting your rewards and you will not receive a refund.
I'm so excited to finally get everyone their items! If anyone has any questions or concerns, please let me know via email. Thank you again for y'alls support!
Good day, everyone! My shipping rates have been approved, so I can move forward with charging cards for any additional add-on items y'all may have purchased during the survey. I think shipping costs are included with this charge, but I'm not entirely sure. So, be sure to check your emails for that- cards will be automatically charged in 48 hours!
If you weren't charged for shipping with this card charge, let me know! USA backers should pay a flat 6-6.50 USD for shipping, while everywhere else will have a 14-16 USD charge for shipping. I apologize for the price with international shipping- I have no control over that, unfortunately </3
Hello everyone! I am so terribly sorry for the lack of updates. Things got very bumpy on my end, but everything is a little better, so here's an update!
Regarding the issue with the "natural element" charms that I mentioned in the last update: I got some nice quality jump ring replacements at Michaels to replace the defective rings Wooacry gave me (I tried fighting with them to get replacements, but, due to timezones and technicalities of what they can sell, aka can't sell me just the jump rings, even replacements, that fell through), but it turns out they're too small. I've resorted to just ordering some on Amazon and hoping that these too won't have the gold plating crack or flake off when I'm assembling the charms. As for shipping, I'm going to be sending out the shipping costs to everyone soon- I'm aiming to do it before the end of next week.
From the bottom of my heart, I sincerely apologize for how long this process has taken; it was never my intention for this to draw out as long as it has. I assume everyone though, I will be working towards getting everything fulfilled before the end of October, though I'm pushing to do it as soon as I possibly can before that deadline. I appreciate the immense patience y'all have been giving me on this. As always, thank you so much for your support on this, and I cannot wait to get these pins, lanyards, and charms to yall!! <3
An Issue with “Natural Elements” Acrylic Charms 🌧️
Hello everyone! I have an update regarding some of the acrylic charms, and it’s unfortunately not a great one.
Over the past couple days I’ve been assembling the Elemental acrylic charms, and I immediately ran into the slight issue of not being sent enough gold rings to assemble the “Natural Elements” charms. I was able to remedy this with a back stock of gold rings from a previous order, which just barely gave me enough to assemble enough charms to send orders out. But, I ran into an even tougher roadblock- the gold plating on nearly every single ring was cracking. It wasn’t from my tools or from me moving the rings in incorrect ways, I think simply the stress of moving the rings into a close position was cracking them, sometimes causing the plating to completely flake off and expose the darker nickel metal underneath of it.
I’ve since been in contact with the manufacturer, Wooacry, to get a new batch of gold jump rings sent to me so I can replace the rings that have cracked and finish assembling the rest of them.
In the meantime, I’ve made the decision to start packing up the orders that don’t include these “Natural Elements” charms while I wait for the replacement rings. I’m not entirely sure of when the rings will arrive to me, but I’ll be sure to keep yall updated on that.
TLDR: I was given an insufficient number of rings to assemble the “Natural Elements” acrylic charms, and the rings I did receive are faulty. I’m waiting to receive a replacement batch!
Hello everyone! I apologize for the silence, it's been a crazy couple weeks!
The main update is, the acrylic charms have arrived! I'll be spending some time getting these put together, as I have to assemble them myself, and then I'll be able to start putting orders together. Before that though, I'll be charging for shipping! I'll send out more info for that as that time gets closer.
FACTORY PICS! 📦💨 The items are being shipped to me!
Hello everyone! I have pictures from the factory of the pins and lanyards! They're all finished up, so they got boxed up today and should be in transit to me shortly.
A little mix-up happened with the "Dark Aether" pin, so that pin has two needles on the back instead of just one like the rest of the pins. The factory accidentally put the first needle in the same position as the regular "Aether" pin, meaning it would have been sitting in the incorrect orientation (upside down) when pinned to something. This was an easy fix though; it just means the Dark Aether pins will be super duper secure xD
I will also say, I guess I didn't realize how big 1" actually is- unless this person at the factory just has small hands! I originally advertised these as good filler pins for ita bags, but with how the size is looking, they might just be the main event! I will probably be re-evaluating prices for when the remainder of the pins go up for sale on my online shop due to this. I purposefully made the pins much cheaper to get during the campaign to incentivize people to support the campaign, but to also ensure that I would even be able to get the pins made at all, since I really really wanted to bring them to life!
I'll be sure to take better images of the pins once I get them in my hands!
As for the acrylic charms: I'm ordering those once the remainder of backers' cards are charged and the money gets to me! Those will take about a third of the time to get to me compared to the pins and lanyards, assuming theres no transit issues.
Keep your eyes peeled for another update within the next couple of weeks for when the pins + lanyards get to me! I'm so excited!
Hello everyone! I apologize for the silence! I recently started a new job, so things have been a little hectic with my schedule. BUT! I am happy to say I have finished packing up everyone's rewards! The only orders that haven't been packed up are ones who had shipping or survey issues, of whom I've contacted via email to hopefully get that sorted out promptly.
So, yeah! I'm doing all of the shipping individually myself, through my chosen shipping label buyer, so it'll take a little extra time compared to using Backerkit's built-in label maker thing, just for my own comfortability. Regardless, I'm currently aiming to have all currently packed up orders sent out before the end of the week, if not by early next week. I'm going to try and make as little trips to the post office as possible, so labels will be created and won't have tracking info updated for a couple of days 'til I get to drop them off at the shipping center. If you see your order has been marked as fulfilled with a tracking number on Backerkit, but your package hasn't had any updates for a few days, this is why.
⚠️ FOR THOSE WITH INCOMPLETE SURVEYS:You will have until November 30, 2026 to complete your survey in order for you to receive your rewards. As stated in the "Important Information" section of the campaign's page under "Surveys", if your survey is not completed by this date, you will be forfeiting your rewards and you will not receive a refund.
⚠️ FOR THOSE WITH DECLINED CARDS FOR SHIPPING/ADD-ONS:You will have until November 30, 2026 to pay your remaining campaign balance in order for you to receive your rewards. As stated in the "Important Information" section of the campaign's page under "Errors with Payments", if your balance is not paid before this date, you will be forfeiting your rewards and you will not receive a refund.
I'm so excited to finally get everyone their items! If anyone has any questions or concerns, please let me know via email. Thank you again for y'alls support!
Good day, everyone! My shipping rates have been approved, so I can move forward with charging cards for any additional add-on items y'all may have purchased during the survey. I think shipping costs are included with this charge, but I'm not entirely sure. So, be sure to check your emails for that- cards will be automatically charged in 48 hours!
If you weren't charged for shipping with this card charge, let me know! USA backers should pay a flat 6-6.50 USD for shipping, while everywhere else will have a 14-16 USD charge for shipping. I apologize for the price with international shipping- I have no control over that, unfortunately </3
Hello everyone! I am so terribly sorry for the lack of updates. Things got very bumpy on my end, but everything is a little better, so here's an update!
Regarding the issue with the "natural element" charms that I mentioned in the last update: I got some nice quality jump ring replacements at Michaels to replace the defective rings Wooacry gave me (I tried fighting with them to get replacements, but, due to timezones and technicalities of what they can sell, aka can't sell me just the jump rings, even replacements, that fell through), but it turns out they're too small. I've resorted to just ordering some on Amazon and hoping that these too won't have the gold plating crack or flake off when I'm assembling the charms. As for shipping, I'm going to be sending out the shipping costs to everyone soon- I'm aiming to do it before the end of next week.
From the bottom of my heart, I sincerely apologize for how long this process has taken; it was never my intention for this to draw out as long as it has. I assume everyone though, I will be working towards getting everything fulfilled before the end of October, though I'm pushing to do it as soon as I possibly can before that deadline. I appreciate the immense patience y'all have been giving me on this. As always, thank you so much for your support on this, and I cannot wait to get these pins, lanyards, and charms to yall!! <3
Hello everyone! I have an update regarding some of the acrylic charms, and it’s unfortunately not a great one.
Over the past couple days I’ve been assembling the Elemental acrylic charms, and I immediately ran into the slight issue of not being sent enough gold rings to assemble the “Natural Elements” charms. I was able to remedy this with a back stock of gold rings from a previous order, which just barely gave me enough to assemble enough charms to send orders out. But, I ran into an even tougher roadblock- the gold plating on nearly every single ring was cracking. It wasn’t from my tools or from me moving the rings in incorrect ways, I think simply the stress of moving the rings into a close position was cracking them, sometimes causing the plating to completely flake off and expose the darker nickel metal underneath of it.
I’ve since been in contact with the manufacturer, Wooacry, to get a new batch of gold jump rings sent to me so I can replace the rings that have cracked and finish assembling the rest of them.
In the meantime, I’ve made the decision to start packing up the orders that don’t include these “Natural Elements” charms while I wait for the replacement rings. I’m not entirely sure of when the rings will arrive to me, but I’ll be sure to keep yall updated on that.
TLDR: I was given an insufficient number of rings to assemble the “Natural Elements” acrylic charms, and the rings I did receive are faulty. I’m waiting to receive a replacement batch!
Hello everyone! I apologize for the silence, it's been a crazy couple weeks!
The main update is, the acrylic charms have arrived! I'll be spending some time getting these put together, as I have to assemble them myself, and then I'll be able to start putting orders together. Before that though, I'll be charging for shipping! I'll send out more info for that as that time gets closer.
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