All pledges with completed surveys and shipping payment have been fulfilled! 🎉
As of yesterday, all remaining orders have been shipped. We've been working on getting them out little by little, so some of you may have already received your packages. We're so excited to get these designs to their new homes. We hope you'll share photos (especially of our plush buddies!) and tag us as you make the yuletide gay.
Thank you for shopping small and supporting a queer-owned small business with your pledge. We couldn't do this without y'all and we are so grateful for you making this BackerKit such a success!
If you have yet to complete your survey and/or payment, you have until February 28, 2026 before the project officially closes and rewards are no longer provided. Please see the Project FAQ for more information.
With fulfillment complete for all three of our BackerKit projects for this year, we currently have one project running and have a couple projects planned for the next few months. 🐸🎁📚
Our current campaign, Frog Friends, is fully funded! All plushies and enamel pins have been unlocked.
As early supporters of Frog Friends, you can save with BackerKit exclusive discounts on three plush charms and pin bundles! We're over halfway through the campaign with just over three days left so make sure you don't miss out.
We've also unlocked free phone wallpapers for ALL backers! The next freebie to unlock is a premium bookmark printed on shimmer stock.
Ready for gift-giving season? Our online holiday market opens up shop on November 18th. We'll have special bundles of enamel pins, stickers, plush, and more from 20% to 70% off! These products are all in-hand and will ship out once the campaign concludes so that you can hopefully receive them in time for the holidays. Shop small this season!
🎄Early Bird backers that shop within the first 48 hours will receive a free cozy cats sticker. ✨ Returning backers will receive one (1) free random sticker. ☃️ Pre-Launch Follower will receive one (1) free random sticker.
Follow alonghere to be notified at launch as bundles are limited and may sell out! 🎁
A collection of queer bookish enamel pins coming to Pintopia 2026!
Check out the free goodies you can earn by following and pledging to the campaign.
🌈 Early Bird backers that shop within the first 48 hours will receive a free "Read Queer Books" sticker. ✨ Returning backers will receive a free bookmark. 📘 Pre-Launch Followers will receive a free mini book pin.
Thank you again for coming along for the ride. We'll pop in from time to time with exclusive discounts and updates on what's next, but this concludes the regular updates from us!
We hope you'll follow along whether it's to shop with us, to see what we have planned for our next BackerKit campaign, or just hang out.
Just a short update to let y'all know that the plush boxes took an extra week to arrive, but are finally here! All remaining open orders will ship in the next few days. I'll pop back in when that's complete. If you have any questions, let us know.
Frog Friends 🐸
Our latest campaign, Frog Friends, is now live through November 18th and everything is currently unlocked! Check it out here.
In case you missed Rossin's walkthrough of the plush sample, click above to have a watch!
Achievement goals remain so there are still lots of fun freebies to unlock as well as the chance to add one last Frog Friend to the selections.
Orders have begun shipping ahead of schedule! About 85% of orders have shipped as of last Friday. Many of you may have already received your packages. We're so excited to get these designs to their new homes. We hope you'll share photos and tag us as you make the yuletide gay.
If your order contains a plush, it is still on track to ship within the original projected timeline. We expect the plush to arrive by the end of this week and foil-stamped boxes to arrive next week. Once those are here, the final orders will be sent out.
A whopping 97% of y'all have filled out your surveys! However, 10 pledges had card charge failures (with 4 of those having not completed a survey at all yet). If your card failed or you haven't filled out your survey, please update your information ASAP. We have very few extras and may not be able to fulfill your order if your survey is completed after this point. Production order numbers were based on locked survey responses so if you haven't made your selections, make sure you do so you don't miss out.
Frog Friends Launch Party is Open! 🐸
Our fall Pin Kids Collective project, Frog Friends, launches on November 4th. It will be a collection of frog themed enamel pins, plush bag charms, and accessories. 🐸 Join the Launch Party HERE and vote for what other color frog plushies you want to see added to the campaign!
All pins have arrived! They look awesome and we can't wait to get them to you. Not pictured are the pride flag nutcrackers, but they are indeed on hand. I'll toss a photo in the next update.
Most of the stickers have arrived. Just waiting on a couple more that should be here next week.
Bookmarks are also on hand and we are adding tassels this week to prep them for shipping.
Plush have completed production and have entered the quality check stage. We are awaiting details from our production partner on when they will ship.
Timeline
September/October - Manufacturing November/December - Order packing & shipping begins February 28, 2026 - Project fully closed and rewards are no longer provided
We're at a point where we might be able to begin shipping some orders well ahead of schedule! We are currently prepping so that once the final stickers arrive, we should be able to start shipping pledges that don't contain plush. Not to worry if you ordered a plush - they are still set to arrive on schedule! Those shipments will go out closer to the original timeline.
Other Projects
For those that missed out on pledging to our Popsicle Pals campaign, the Pre-Order Store is now open! There’s all sorts of goodies listed in addition to all the unlocked campaign designs as well as some designs you can help us unlock. (If you pledged to the campaign, you have access to all the items listed in the pre-order store in your survey as add-ons.)
Jack and Sally pop pins have been added to the survey/pre-order store for you to help us unlock!
Sneak Peek at Frog Friends Plush! 🐸
Our fall Pin Kids Collective project, Frog Friends, launches on November 4th. It will be a collection of frog themed enamel pins, plush bag charms, and accessories. 🐸 Sign up for launch notifications HERE!
Thank you again for all your support! If you have any questions, feel free to shoot us an email at [email protected]. We’ll check back in again once we begin shipping orders.
Surveys were locked down with 48 hours notice yesterday morning meaning you have just under 24 hours left to make any final updates. All designs are already with our manufacturers and begin production tomorrow. Production order numbers are based on survey responses so if you haven't made your selections, make sure you do so you don't miss out. We will have very few extras and may not be able to fulfill your order if your survey is completed after tomorrow's deadline.
For friends receiving this update who missed out on pledging, you can lock in your pre-order in the Pre-Order Store.
Newly Unlocked
Penny the Platypus plush received enough additional survey selections to count toward the goal and be unlocked! If you were waiting for the plush to officially unlock, this is the last chance to add it to your order to guarantee you receive it.
Thanks to y'all, we also unlocked four additional pins! Likewise, if you were waiting to add them to your pledge, now's the time.
Purple framed cross-stitch pins were the only two items not unlocked. Not to worry - if you pledged for them, they will automatically be removed from your order and you will not be charged for them. If you like these designs, they will still be featured as stickers in the Sticker Pack.
Thank you again so much for making this campaign such a success. We unlocked so many designs not only during the campaign, but in this post campaign period as well.
Projected Timeline (Updated 8/17) August 18 - Production begins (Originally 8/31) September/October - Manufacturing November/December - Order packing & shipping begins February 28, 2026 - Project fully closed and rewards are no longer provided
Next time you'll hear from us is when production is complete. If you have any questions in the meantime, feel free to email us.
