Hopefully everyone's email inbox has calmed down since the end of the Pocket Change Pins event!
Thanks to everyone's support, we were ultimately able to unlock all but the final goal. So, first, I just want to thank you all so much for your interest in the campaign! None of this would be possible without you. Huge thanks to everyone!
Next steps:
Since the end of the event, I've been hard at work setting up the post-campaign survey. The smoke test will be going out shortly after this update, so everyone can expect their surveys to shop up in the next couple of days. If your survey still hasn't arrived by Friday, please let me know and I'll look into it. The sooner everyone gets their surveys done, the sooner I can get the pins ordered, so please try to get to it as soon as you can! The surveys will remain open for roughly 2 weeks. You will be able to fill yours in late if necessary, but you won't be able to unlock survey stretch goals after the survey period ends.
Survey stretch goals: I've set the final goal as unlockable stretch goals in the survey. Due to how survey stretch goals work, Brownie and Fairy Bread have separate listings and separate targets. Purchasing one of these pins is basically the same as your campaign pledge: you will only be charged if the goal is met. If the pin you chose doesn't meet its goal, you will not be charged and the pin will be deleted from your cart automatically. Near the end of the 2-week survey period, I'll send out a message to update you on the status of these designs. Please note that late surveys will be unable contribute to unlocking these goals.
Shipping costs: Shipping will not be charged yet. I'll be keeping everyone up to date on the production and fulfillment timeline so you'll have plenty of advance warning before shipping fees are charged. The current timeline puts shipping in January 2027.
Since shipping will not be charged yet, the survey isn't going to give you an estimate. To make sure everyone is fully informed, you can find the shipping fee for an order of up to 10 mini pins below: US: 6 USD Canada: 27 CAD Australia: 34 AUD EU: 20 EUR If you would like a more precise estimate for an international location, please let me know and I can calculate it for you. Please do note, however, that fees may change between now and January.
Sticker-only orders: To alleviate some of the burdens of shipping costs in this day and age, orders containing only stickers and sticker sheets will ship either for free or at a low cost since they can be shipped flat. For most orders, both domestic in the US and internationally, shipping will be free. For overweight orders (aka LOTS of stickers), a shipping charge of $2 may be added. Please note that tracking may not be available for free shipping orders. If you have any questions about this, please don't hesitate to ask.
Orders containing prints or any pins (including the freebie) are unfortunately not eligible for free shipping.
If you run into any issues with your survey: If you encounter any issues when filling out your survey, help is available both through Backerkit and through me. If the problem you run into is a technical one, like the page not loading correctly, your add-ons not appearing in your cart, or missing an incentive (early bird or group event freebie) you qualified for, reaching out to Backerkit for help first is your best bet. If the problem is related to the campaign, shipping, or designs, such as questions about pin details, available add-ons, or precise shipping quotes, please reach out to me either through comments here or by sending me a message on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/lorebirdart/). You can also get in touch with me if anything else comes up, as well!
Once again, a massive thank you to everyone for your support of the campaign and the tiny snack ghosts! I'm so excited to get these pins and made and shipped to their new homes, and I'm very curious to see how the results of the survey turn out.
The stretch goal poll has ended, and the results are as follows:
I do think this is the first time I've seen a poll create such a perfect bell curve.
The new added stretch goals are Mini Donut at $2700, new Chip at $2900, and the dual colorways Fairy Bread and Brownie at $3150. You may notice that this also means that Mini Donut is already unlocked, along with the previous "final" stretch goal, Lollipop. Both of these designs will now be available to choose from at the end of the campaign. We're also well on our way to unlocking Chip for some salty snack rep in the lineup!
With only 4 days left, I'm making Fairy Bread/Brownie the final unlockable of this campaign. Since it's a dual colorway, the funding step for it is a little bit higher, but it should still be possible to unlock it in the final days of the campaign!
In the meanwhile, I have another bit of news for you all! I've been fiddling with the sticker sheet to fit in all unlocked designs, and I'm not sure it's going to be possible to include the benched designs on it. I really wanted to figure out some way I could have everyone together. So, I present to you: a well-stocked and very haunted kitchen!
The art is not quite final, but the remaining edits are primarily to make sure it looks great in print.
This 9x6 inch print is now available as an add-on to all pledge levels that include pins for $12. It features every single ghost, including all the unlocks, the two alternate Chips, Apple Slice, Pocky, and Sandwich Cookie, all jointly engaging in nighttime snack shenanigans. Also, if you're like me and really wanted to see everyone together, I hope you can enjoy this piece even without buying it for yourself.
I'm also interested to hear everyone's thoughts on what designs you'd like to see on the sticker sheet. Would you prefer to have a sticker sheet featuring the original lineup, all the unlocked designs, or maybe some third option? I'm still fiddling around to see what might work the best, but I'm always happy to hear any thoughts or preferences you all might have.
With only four days left on the campaign, I want to once again take this opportunity to thank you all for your support and all your lovely comments and engagement! We're almost to the finish line now, and there are so many more unlocked ghosts than I expected. I'm really looking forward to the next steps of the process where I get to make my silly drawings into real, tangible pins!
Just a quick one today. The poll for new designs is now open! You can see the finalized versions of the designs in the poll. The poll will be open for another two days or so, so make sure to get your votes in by then.
Since we're unlocking designs one by one now, the poll will work as a ranking to what should be unlocked next. Options that get no votes or very few votes will also be peacefully benched for possible sticker sheet inclusion. I am currently looking into the option to keep new stretch goals unlockable in the add-ons phase after the campaign, since that's a feature in Backerkit surveys. Stay tuned on that one!
As always, thank you all so much for your support of and engagement with the campaign! It's really the only way I can make pins like these a reality, so know that I am very grateful to you all.
Best, Anni
Edit: Oopsie, turns out the graphic for fairy bread/brownie dual colorway gets cut off in the poll. Here it is for your reference, together with the other newbies:
Sorry for the double update! Since we're rapidly approaching the final elected stretch goal design, I've been working on new goals and just wanted to quickly share some sketches and see if you had any thoughts on them! Unfortunately apple slice and chip have generally failed to get much traction in previous polls, so I think we'll leave those on the drawing board, at least for now. I'll also revise the sandwich cookie a bit for the next poll.
Here are the new candidates, though please note that these are not finalized designs: 1A and 1B are alternate suggestions for a Japanese snack (based on the apple slice pose), using either the iconic three-color dango or the more popular Pocky as the snack. I think I like dango better compositionally, but Pocky fits the spirit of the rest of the set better. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this!
2 is, of course, a mini donut. I'm still fiddling around with sprinkle and icing colors to see what fits best, so the colors should not be considered final at this stage. If you have any thoughts on the color scheme, let me know!
3 is a redesign of Chip, using the same ghost but with a more distinctive chip shape. I actually thinks it works out nicely because it's almost like a bonnet or a parachute for a tiny ghost?
4 is perhaps the odd one out here. In a previous update, one backer proposed the Australian classic children's snack, fairy bread, as an option, and since it's a really visually fun dessert item I wanted to give it a try. While I was drawing it, I realized it also looks very similar to a beloved dessert item from my childhood: mokkapala, AKA the Finnish coffee brownie.
Fairy bread...
...and mokkapala. I'm not imagining it, right?
Just swapping the enamel color makes it pretty spot on, and that's generally cheap to accomplish on the manufacturing side. So, if design 4 were to go forward and become a stretch goal, it would unlock in both colors as an option. I'm going to fiddle around with the size of the nonpareils / hundreds and thousands on the pin to see what looks nicest and reads the best on such a small pin!
I'll keep an eye out for whatever thoughts you might have on these, and you can look forward to a new poll with finalized designs in the next couple of days!
As always, thank you for your support and engagement in the project!
So, as you may have noticed, the stretch goal poll closed a few days ago, and the final results are now in: The next three unlocks will be the much-requested Sour Strip, Strawberry (that we can pretend is kind of healthy because it's got vitamins), and Lollipop! Thank you to everyone who voted and helped guide these decisions. You have no idea how much easier it makes things for me to have that direct feedback!
I also did some math and decided to go ahead and change the unlock structure going forward. New designs will now be unlocking individually rather than in batches, which should make it easier to get more of everyone's favorites in the final lineup! Here's how the new unlock schedule looks like:
Sour Strip now unlocks at $2200, Strawberry at $2360, and Lollipop at $2500
Funnily enough, at the moment of me posting this update, the campaign has reached exactly $2360 (this was not planned), which means that Sour Strip and Strawberry are bothunlocked and we're well on our way to Lollipop!
I'll have another update for you soon with sketches for possible stretch goals beyond Lollipop, so stay tuned for that. In the meanwhile, thank you all again for your input on the poll. And, as always, your support is what makes campaigns like these possible, so thank all so, so much for your continued support!
Also, a quick note on EU shipping: the new EU directive on packaging materials has a lot of folks nervous about shipments to customers within the EU. At this time, it seems that the new legislation will not be affecting my ability to ship out rewards, as I am a single-person operation with annual revenue well below the threshold. I will keep an eye on the situation as it develops, especially as fulfillment gets closer, but at the moment I don't anticipate encountering any issues. If you have any questions about this or want to raise any issues to me, please feel free to contact me through the comments here or via the chat on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/lorebird.bsky.social). (You can also send me DM's via instagram but I'm less active there than Bluesky!)
So, our first stretch goal poll is now finished, and just in time, too! The first stretch goal is now unlocked! I'm honestly shocked at how fast we're blasting through these milestones. Thank you all so much! Thanks to all the support, Chocolate, Pretzel, and the winning design will now be available to choose from when the campaign ends.
As for the winning design... well, somehow choco candies and orange slice tied exactly at 31%. I thought I might have to call the tie myself, but I did some math and decided that we can actually swing just unlocking both! So, the first unlock now comes with four additional designs: Chocolate, Pretzel, Choco Candies, and Orange Slice! Which is probably just as well, it's nice to have some vitamin rep in the lineup, but we also get the candies (which is one of my personal favorite designs!).
Here's what the new banner looks like:
This brings us to the next task at hand, which is choosing the ghosts for the second stretch goal! I've put up a poll for that purpose, and it should be attached to this update as well. You'll find some old friends from the preview in the poll, including the sour strip and lollipop ghosts I've seen questions for. The poll only lets you pick one option, but feel free to mention any runner-ups or other favorites you might have voted for in the comments! I am looking at all the comments to see all your thoughts and suggestions. Once this poll concludes, we might have some space for new designs as well, so I'm keeping an eye out for your ideas and doodling sketches to show everyone later.
The poll will be open until Monday. Make sure you get your votes in by then! I can't wait to see how this poll goes!
Thank you all for the support and engagement so far! The turnout for the first poll was fantastic, so I'm looking forward to how we shape the campaign going forward.
All the best, Anni
P.S. If you haven't gotten a chance to browse through the other campaigns yet, I recommend you take a look! Pocket Change Pins has some truly fantastic campaigns!
Hopefully everyone's email inbox has calmed down since the end of the Pocket Change Pins event!
Thanks to everyone's support, we were ultimately able to unlock all but the final goal. So, first, I just want to thank you all so much for your interest in the campaign! None of this would be possible without you. Huge thanks to everyone!
Next steps:
Since the end of the event, I've been hard at work setting up the post-campaign survey. The smoke test will be going out shortly after this update, so everyone can expect their surveys to shop up in the next couple of days. If your survey still hasn't arrived by Friday, please let me know and I'll look into it. The sooner everyone gets their surveys done, the sooner I can get the pins ordered, so please try to get to it as soon as you can! The surveys will remain open for roughly 2 weeks. You will be able to fill yours in late if necessary, but you won't be able to unlock survey stretch goals after the survey period ends.
Survey stretch goals: I've set the final goal as unlockable stretch goals in the survey. Due to how survey stretch goals work, Brownie and Fairy Bread have separate listings and separate targets. Purchasing one of these pins is basically the same as your campaign pledge: you will only be charged if the goal is met. If the pin you chose doesn't meet its goal, you will not be charged and the pin will be deleted from your cart automatically. Near the end of the 2-week survey period, I'll send out a message to update you on the status of these designs. Please note that late surveys will be unable contribute to unlocking these goals.
Shipping costs: Shipping will not be charged yet. I'll be keeping everyone up to date on the production and fulfillment timeline so you'll have plenty of advance warning before shipping fees are charged. The current timeline puts shipping in January 2027.
Since shipping will not be charged yet, the survey isn't going to give you an estimate. To make sure everyone is fully informed, you can find the shipping fee for an order of up to 10 mini pins below: US: 6 USD Canada: 27 CAD Australia: 34 AUD EU: 20 EUR If you would like a more precise estimate for an international location, please let me know and I can calculate it for you. Please do note, however, that fees may change between now and January.
Sticker-only orders: To alleviate some of the burdens of shipping costs in this day and age, orders containing only stickers and sticker sheets will ship either for free or at a low cost since they can be shipped flat. For most orders, both domestic in the US and internationally, shipping will be free. For overweight orders (aka LOTS of stickers), a shipping charge of $2 may be added. Please note that tracking may not be available for free shipping orders. If you have any questions about this, please don't hesitate to ask.
Orders containing prints or any pins (including the freebie) are unfortunately not eligible for free shipping.
If you run into any issues with your survey: If you encounter any issues when filling out your survey, help is available both through Backerkit and through me. If the problem you run into is a technical one, like the page not loading correctly, your add-ons not appearing in your cart, or missing an incentive (early bird or group event freebie) you qualified for, reaching out to Backerkit for help first is your best bet. If the problem is related to the campaign, shipping, or designs, such as questions about pin details, available add-ons, or precise shipping quotes, please reach out to me either through comments here or by sending me a message on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/lorebirdart/). You can also get in touch with me if anything else comes up, as well!
Once again, a massive thank you to everyone for your support of the campaign and the tiny snack ghosts! I'm so excited to get these pins and made and shipped to their new homes, and I'm very curious to see how the results of the survey turn out.
The stretch goal poll has ended, and the results are as follows:
I do think this is the first time I've seen a poll create such a perfect bell curve.
The new added stretch goals are Mini Donut at $2700, new Chip at $2900, and the dual colorways Fairy Bread and Brownie at $3150. You may notice that this also means that Mini Donut is already unlocked, along with the previous "final" stretch goal, Lollipop. Both of these designs will now be available to choose from at the end of the campaign. We're also well on our way to unlocking Chip for some salty snack rep in the lineup!
With only 4 days left, I'm making Fairy Bread/Brownie the final unlockable of this campaign. Since it's a dual colorway, the funding step for it is a little bit higher, but it should still be possible to unlock it in the final days of the campaign!
In the meanwhile, I have another bit of news for you all! I've been fiddling with the sticker sheet to fit in all unlocked designs, and I'm not sure it's going to be possible to include the benched designs on it. I really wanted to figure out some way I could have everyone together. So, I present to you: a well-stocked and very haunted kitchen!
The art is not quite final, but the remaining edits are primarily to make sure it looks great in print.
This 9x6 inch print is now available as an add-on to all pledge levels that include pins for $12. It features every single ghost, including all the unlocks, the two alternate Chips, Apple Slice, Pocky, and Sandwich Cookie, all jointly engaging in nighttime snack shenanigans. Also, if you're like me and really wanted to see everyone together, I hope you can enjoy this piece even without buying it for yourself.
I'm also interested to hear everyone's thoughts on what designs you'd like to see on the sticker sheet. Would you prefer to have a sticker sheet featuring the original lineup, all the unlocked designs, or maybe some third option? I'm still fiddling around to see what might work the best, but I'm always happy to hear any thoughts or preferences you all might have.
With only four days left on the campaign, I want to once again take this opportunity to thank you all for your support and all your lovely comments and engagement! We're almost to the finish line now, and there are so many more unlocked ghosts than I expected. I'm really looking forward to the next steps of the process where I get to make my silly drawings into real, tangible pins!
Just a quick one today. The poll for new designs is now open! You can see the finalized versions of the designs in the poll. The poll will be open for another two days or so, so make sure to get your votes in by then.
Since we're unlocking designs one by one now, the poll will work as a ranking to what should be unlocked next. Options that get no votes or very few votes will also be peacefully benched for possible sticker sheet inclusion. I am currently looking into the option to keep new stretch goals unlockable in the add-ons phase after the campaign, since that's a feature in Backerkit surveys. Stay tuned on that one!
As always, thank you all so much for your support of and engagement with the campaign! It's really the only way I can make pins like these a reality, so know that I am very grateful to you all.
Best, Anni
Edit: Oopsie, turns out the graphic for fairy bread/brownie dual colorway gets cut off in the poll. Here it is for your reference, together with the other newbies:
So, as you may have noticed, the stretch goal poll closed a few days ago, and the final results are now in: The next three unlocks will be the much-requested Sour Strip, Strawberry (that we can pretend is kind of healthy because it's got vitamins), and Lollipop! Thank you to everyone who voted and helped guide these decisions. You have no idea how much easier it makes things for me to have that direct feedback!
I also did some math and decided to go ahead and change the unlock structure going forward. New designs will now be unlocking individually rather than in batches, which should make it easier to get more of everyone's favorites in the final lineup! Here's how the new unlock schedule looks like:
Sour Strip now unlocks at $2200, Strawberry at $2360, and Lollipop at $2500
Funnily enough, at the moment of me posting this update, the campaign has reached exactly $2360 (this was not planned), which means that Sour Strip and Strawberry are bothunlocked and we're well on our way to Lollipop!
I'll have another update for you soon with sketches for possible stretch goals beyond Lollipop, so stay tuned for that. In the meanwhile, thank you all again for your input on the poll. And, as always, your support is what makes campaigns like these possible, so thank all so, so much for your continued support!
Also, a quick note on EU shipping: the new EU directive on packaging materials has a lot of folks nervous about shipments to customers within the EU. At this time, it seems that the new legislation will not be affecting my ability to ship out rewards, as I am a single-person operation with annual revenue well below the threshold. I will keep an eye on the situation as it develops, especially as fulfillment gets closer, but at the moment I don't anticipate encountering any issues. If you have any questions about this or want to raise any issues to me, please feel free to contact me through the comments here or via the chat on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/lorebird.bsky.social). (You can also send me DM's via instagram but I'm less active there than Bluesky!)
