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crow ♦ Key & Crow Studios Ltd.
about 1 month ago
Decadent Orchard, New Management 7/31/2026
July 31, 2026
Hello everyone, my name is Autumn. Crow has asked me to manage this project and fulfill all obligations related to all unfinished campaigns.
Why have I been asked to do this?
- Crow's recent and longstanding health issues that will not be disclosed further.
- Pre-existing production and distribution issues.
- Recent and longstanding complaints that have pushed Crow to reach out to me.
- My experience managing similar projects and timelines.
What is a reasonable timeline?
- Immediately, I will take the surplus products produced and begin selling them at conventions, festivals, and online spaces not otherwise affiliated with Crow. I will do this to raise my own funds for shipping.
- When I have gathered these funds, I will ship the pins to you. I can also provide a hand written note of apology upon request.
- Nope, that's it. No third step.
What should you expect?
- These products will start appearing in the Chicago, Chicagoland, and Baltimore/Annapolis areas.
- These products will also be brought to Etsy, and potentially more online spaces, if Etsy is too slow.
- If you choose to purchase any of these products from Etsy, then you will immediately be shipped that product without further fanfare. The shipping details and payment are baked into that interaction.
- All of this should be finally done and over with by the end of the year, depending entirely on how quickly I can raise shipping funds.
- Refunds are potentially possible, depending once again on how well the products (mainly pins) sell, and how many people request refunds and to what amount.
Why did I agree to do this?
- There are more pins (and other products) that were produced than were needed, due to communication issues while switching manufacturers.
- I can sell these excess pins (no, not your pins - I've already collected and bagged those for shipping) for profit on my end.
- The pin designs were genuinely good, and Crow has offered them to me as extra payment for when all of this is done.
- Finally, they want to wash their hands of this years-long ordeal and be done with it, and I sympathize with that. I'm sure that all of you want this to be done and over with as well.
A brief about me:
Hello, you can call me Autumn. I help people manage small businesses, primarily with my education in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, as well as some marketing experience. Now, most of that is irrelevant to shipping things out to you, but it sure helps.
Previously, I've been behind the scenes of a few local businesses, but I've never outright spoken to the customer base.
I will link fresh socials for marketing below. I will give updates on progress every other day, largely for your peace of mind.
That's all from me! The wait is almost over.
-Autumn
https://linktr.ee/Prideful.Apothecary
Hello everyone, my name is Autumn. Crow has asked me to manage this project and fulfill all obligations related to all unfinished campaigns.
Why have I been asked to do this?
- Crow's recent and longstanding health issues that will not be disclosed further.
- Pre-existing production and distribution issues.
- Recent and longstanding complaints that have pushed Crow to reach out to me.
- My experience managing similar projects and timelines.
What is a reasonable timeline?
- Immediately, I will take the surplus products produced and begin selling them at conventions, festivals, and online spaces not otherwise affiliated with Crow. I will do this to raise my own funds for shipping.
- When I have gathered these funds, I will ship the pins to you. I can also provide a hand written note of apology upon request.
- Nope, that's it. No third step.
What should you expect?
- These products will start appearing in the Chicago, Chicagoland, and Baltimore/Annapolis areas.
- These products will also be brought to Etsy, and potentially more online spaces, if Etsy is too slow.
- If you choose to purchase any of these products from Etsy, then you will immediately be shipped that product without further fanfare. The shipping details and payment are baked into that interaction.
- All of this should be finally done and over with by the end of the year, depending entirely on how quickly I can raise shipping funds.
- Refunds are potentially possible, depending once again on how well the products (mainly pins) sell, and how many people request refunds and to what amount.
Why did I agree to do this?
- There are more pins (and other products) that were produced than were needed, due to communication issues while switching manufacturers.
- I can sell these excess pins (no, not your pins - I've already collected and bagged those for shipping) for profit on my end.
- The pin designs were genuinely good, and Crow has offered them to me as extra payment for when all of this is done.
- Finally, they want to wash their hands of this years-long ordeal and be done with it, and I sympathize with that. I'm sure that all of you want this to be done and over with as well.
A brief about me:
Hello, you can call me Autumn. I help people manage small businesses, primarily with my education in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, as well as some marketing experience. Now, most of that is irrelevant to shipping things out to you, but it sure helps.
Previously, I've been behind the scenes of a few local businesses, but I've never outright spoken to the customer base.
I will link fresh socials for marketing below. I will give updates on progress every other day, largely for your peace of mind.
That's all from me! The wait is almost over.
-Autumn
https://linktr.ee/Prideful.Apothecary
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crow ♦ Key & Crow Studios Ltd.
about 1 month ago
Summer Update - Decadent Orchard
As everyone is more than well aware, the original timeline has long since gone out the window.
Foxwright Apothecary pins are in hand, graded, and on cards. They’re waiting to be packaged up and shipped out. I had hoped to do this earlier in the spring, however, my wife had to have major surgery with an extended hospital stay, on top of my working full time. I am working on getting help with this stage of fulfillment, and hope to see more moving soon.
Pride Potions pins are in hand, but ungraded. Once the prior campaign is more completely out the door, we will be moving onto this step, again, I will be getting help as I am able.
Decadent Orchard is regretfully still in the waiting phase as I am wrangling the other two.
—---
It was never meant to all happen this way, I found myself caught in the perfect storm of everything going wrong from every front all at once and I am, quite frankly, utterly exhausted and trying so hard to put this all behind me. Once these projects are all finished, I will be indefinitely stepping back from projects and scrapping all my concepts/future planning.
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crow ♦ Key & Crow Studios Ltd.
8 months ago
New Year's Update - Decadent Orchard
[This was intended to be posted on the 31st but got trapped in my drafts. I had thought I'd been keeping DO updated along with the others, but alas.)
End of the year, I’m keeping it short and sweet for status updates:
FOXWRIGHT APOTHECARY
Working through it! There’s a lot to process and organize and my semester ended mid-December while I immediately followed up with working 2 weeks straight without any sort of break, plus the holidays. Going into 2026 this remains the priority, as it has been.
PRIDE POTIONS
Pins are in hand and have been for a while! Apologies for lack of updates, it’s been a rough couple of months. I haven’t yet pulled them all together to get good photos for y’all because there’s 35 individual designs and the prior campaign has been the priority.
DECADENT ORCHARD
Is… still in limbo while I sort out the prior two, as stated before.
——
And listen, I am fully aware that I am not great at providing updates. I ask, please, just be patient with me and not hound me on other platforms where I just kill time on my commute for the most part. I’m one person who works full time to support a household of two and have limited time— and spoons— to wrangle comments and process pins to make sure no B or C grades slip through the cracks. I’m well aware that I’ve stretched myself far too thin and bit off more than I can chew, I’m doing my best to get things in order.
From here forward I’m probably going to switch to this format of one update that addresses everything crossposted to all three campaigns instead of individually making separate updates to make it less overwhelming. Otherwise, I’m whittling down my inbox, dealing with some lingering ghosts that haven’t left my possession yet, and all around managing my loose ends.
Have a happy New Year!
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crow ♦ Key & Crow Studios Ltd.
over 1 year ago
May Update
Hello everyone! Thank you so much for your patience with me while getting odds and ends sorted out with prior campaigns, and thank you so much to everyone for getting your surveys in! Once I get my final counts calculated, I'll be able to place the order with the manufacturer and then it just becomes the waiting game. This semester really took its toll on me, along with work stresses, namely, tariffs and general supply chain concerns at the moment.
Speaking of which, I know there have been some concerns raised about the jump in shipping costs for US backers to $10, which was a difficult decision due to shipping costs dramatically rising, along with other materials and supplies jumping in cost as well. The whole tariff situation has really turned everything upside down and made everything far more difficult than it's ever been.
Speaking of which, I know there have been some concerns raised about the jump in shipping costs for US backers to $10, which was a difficult decision due to shipping costs dramatically rising, along with other materials and supplies jumping in cost as well. The whole tariff situation has really turned everything upside down and made everything far more difficult than it's ever been.
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crow ♦ Key & Crow Studios Ltd.
over 1 year ago
🍊 Survey Smoke Test
Hello everyone! Survey setup has been complete, and the smoke test has been sent out to a handful of backers to make sure everything is setup correctly on your end! For those of you who have received them, make sure to complete them and let me know in the comments on this update if there's anything amiss so I can rectify it! If all is well, I'll be sending out surveys to everyone on Monday at the latest, provided those in the smoke test get everything completed with no issues.
Thank you so much for the patience, everyone!
Thank you so much for the patience, everyone!
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crow ♦ Key & Crow Studios Ltd.
over 1 year ago
🍊 Surveys Soon!
Happy spring everyone! Surveys have been completed on my end, and were submitted for review last night. Once I make any minor adjustments/resolve any errors caught by the BK team, the smoke test will sent out to a handful of backers to make sure everything is going smoothly, at which point surveys will be sent to all backers.
I'll be making another update once the smoke test has been sent, along with surveys for everyone. Thank you so much for your patience!
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Some other goodies available in the add-ons for surveys will be a selection of etching from my time in the studio at school this past year, and hand-embroidered brooches!
I'll be making another update once the smoke test has been sent, along with surveys for everyone. Thank you so much for your patience!
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Some other goodies available in the add-ons for surveys will be a selection of etching from my time in the studio at school this past year, and hand-embroidered brooches!
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Engaged with this project 3+ times 🌟
hey yeah so its been another full month since we've heard anything from anyone. the latest message was also cross posted over multiple campaigns so who knows what info actually applies to us? i think we're all grateful that autumn stepped in, but also when are we getting these damn pins? or refunds? or, anything really? we havent even seen anything! im still angry, wtf is going on.
PROJECT UPDATE
crow ♦ Key & Crow Studios Ltd.
CREATOR
15+ projects backed in 2024
about 1 month ago
Project Update: Decadent Orchard, New Management 7/31/2026
July 31, 2026
Hello everyone, my name is Autumn. Crow has asked me to manage this project and fulfill all obligations related to all unfinished campaigns.
Why have I been asked to do this?
- Crow's recent and longstanding health issues that will not be disclosed further.
- Pre-existing production and distribution issues.
- Recent and longstanding complaints that have pushed Crow to reach out to me.
- My experience managing similar projects and timelines.
What is a reasonable timeline?
- Immediately, I will take the surplus products produced and begin selling them at conventions, festivals, and online spaces not otherwise affiliated with Crow. I will do this to raise my own funds for shipping.
- When I have gathered these funds, I will ship the pins to you. I can also provide a hand written note of apology upon request.
- Nope, that's it. No third step.
What should you expect?
- These products will start appearing in the Chicago, Chicagoland, and Baltimore/Annapolis areas.
- These products will also be brought to Etsy, and potentially more online spaces, if Etsy is too slow.
- If you choose to purchase any of these products from Etsy, then you will immediately be shipped that product without further fanfare. The shipping details and payment are baked into that interaction.
- All of this should be finally done and over with by the end of the year, depending entirely on how quickly I can raise shipping funds.
- Refunds are potentially possible, depending once again on how well the products (mainly pins) sell, and how many people request refunds and to what amount.
Why did I agree to do this?
- There are more pins (and other products) that were produced than were needed, due to communication issues while switching manufacturers.
- I can sell these excess pins (no, not your pins - I've already collected and bagged those for shipping) for profit on my end.
- The pin designs were genuinely good, and Crow has offered them to me as extra payment for when all of this is done.
- Finally, they want to wash their hands of this years-long ordeal and be done with it, and I sympathize with that. I'm sure that all of you want this to be done and over with as well.
A brief about me:
Hello, you can call me Autumn. I help people manage small businesses, primarily with my education in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, as well as some marketing experience. Now, most of that is irrelevant to shipping things out to you, but it sure helps.
Previously, I've been behind the scenes of a few local businesses, but I've never outright spoken to the customer base.
I will link fresh socials for marketing below. I will give updates on progress every other day, largely for your peace of mind.
That's all from me! The wait is almost over.
-Autumn
https://linktr.ee/Prideful.Apothecary
Hello everyone, my name is Autumn. Crow has asked me to manage this project and fulfill all obligations related to all unfinished campaigns.
Why have I been asked to do this?
- Crow's recent and longstanding health issues that will not be disclosed further.
- Pre-existing production and distribution issues.
- Recent and longstanding complaints that have pushed Crow to reach out to me.
- My experience managing similar projects and timelines.
What is a reasonable timeline?
- Immediately, I will take the surplus products produced and begin selling them at conventions, festivals, and online spaces not otherwise affiliated with Crow. I will do this to raise my own funds for shipping.
- When I have gathered these funds, I will ship the pins to you. I can also provide a hand written note of apology upon request.
- Nope, that's it. No third step.
What should you expect?
- These products will start appearing in the Chicago, Chicagoland, and Baltimore/Annapolis areas.
- These products will also be brought to Etsy, and potentially more online spaces, if Etsy is too slow.
- If you choose to purchase any of these products from Etsy, then you will immediately be shipped that product without further fanfare. The shipping details and payment are baked into that interaction.
- All of this should be finally done and over with by the end of the year, depending entirely on how quickly I can raise shipping funds.
- Refunds are potentially possible, depending once again on how well the products (mainly pins) sell, and how many people request refunds and to what amount.
Why did I agree to do this?
- There are more pins (and other products) that were produced than were needed, due to communication issues while switching manufacturers.
- I can sell these excess pins (no, not your pins - I've already collected and bagged those for shipping) for profit on my end.
- The pin designs were genuinely good, and Crow has offered them to me as extra payment for when all of this is done.
- Finally, they want to wash their hands of this years-long ordeal and be done with it, and I sympathize with that. I'm sure that all of you want this to be done and over with as well.
A brief about me:
Hello, you can call me Autumn. I help people manage small businesses, primarily with my education in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, as well as some marketing experience. Now, most of that is irrelevant to shipping things out to you, but it sure helps.
Previously, I've been behind the scenes of a few local businesses, but I've never outright spoken to the customer base.
I will link fresh socials for marketing below. I will give updates on progress every other day, largely for your peace of mind.
That's all from me! The wait is almost over.
-Autumn
https://linktr.ee/Prideful.Apothecary
PROJECT UPDATE
crow ♦ Key & Crow Studios Ltd.
CREATOR
15+ projects backed in 2024
about 1 month ago
Project Update: Summer Update - Decadent Orchard
As everyone is more than well aware, the original timeline has long since gone out the window.
Foxwright Apothecary pins are in hand, graded, and on cards. They’re waiting to be packaged up and shipped out. I had hoped to do this earlier in the spring, however, my wife had to have major surgery with an extended hospital stay, on top of my working full time. I am working on getting help with this stage of fulfillment, and hope to see more moving soon.
Pride Potions pins are in hand, but ungraded. Once the prior campaign is more completely out the door, we will be moving onto this step, again, I will be getting help as I am able.
Decadent Orchard is regretfully still in the waiting phase as I am wrangling the other two.
—---
It was never meant to all happen this way, I found myself caught in the perfect storm of everything going wrong from every front all at once and I am, quite frankly, utterly exhausted and trying so hard to put this all behind me. Once these projects are all finished, I will be indefinitely stepping back from projects and scrapping all my concepts/future planning.
15+ projects backed in 2025
Bronze
Engaged with this project 3+ times 🌟
I also just saw the YT video, this is ridiculous and I think that everyone is too nice and polite about the creator and the situation. They are a scammer, using ridiculous excuses for all of their campaigns (yeah, right, sinuses, I had three surgeries and still kept working as a freelancer) and this is unacceptable behaviour. I am equally disappointed in Backerkit and I’ll think twice before backing another of their campaigns.
Previously backed this creator's crowdfunding project
15+ projects backed in 2025
20+ projects backed in 2026
Bronze
Engaged with this project 3+ times 🌟
Hey, weird question, but was there a combo shipping with deep sea mermaids, &, if so, do you have our pledges from them? Like, i understand your stuff is going wild & gets put off, but i just looked through my pledges & was confused about that.