Just a really quick shipping update for my US backers! All our products have reached our fulfillment centre in the US earlier this week! They are going to do a count for all the items they got and after that they will start fulfilment. Based on our previous communication with them, they said that they do try their best to complete fulfillment within one month after they receive the products. Based on that timeline, I am guessing that fulfillment will happen in late August/ early September. Addresses have been locked already, so hopefully you will have your rewards very soon! Thanks again for all your patience while I work with them to get your rewards ready. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Have a wonderful day!
Thank you so much for all your patience while I work on preparing all the rewards! Here is a quick update on what's been going on:
Canadian backers
All rewards have been sent, and some of you might have received them already! Thanks again for supporting my campaign!
US backers
My apologies for the wait as it took way longer than I thought it would to prepare the products for the fulfillment centre. But it's almost done, so I am going to charge card soon, and will target to have the products sent out to them in early August. Based on my understanding, the fulfillment centre will try their best to have all the rewards fulfilled within one month after they receive all the product, so hopefully you will receive your package by the end of August or early September.
🌟 IMPORTANT 🌟
I finished updating the tariff fee in the pledge manager. Sorry it took a long time, but last week I was informed by my shipper that a new tariff rate will take effect today (July 24th), so I wanted to wait until today for the most accurate rate. The tariff fee in the pledge manger should be lower for everyone now, and please feel free to have a look at it. I will be charging card on July 26 (Sunday). If there is an error with the charge card, please kindly have it fixed by August 1st. I cannot ship your rewards to the fulfillment centre if the charge card error is not fixed by Aug 1st. The fulfillment centre cannot hold products for us, so I cannot ship them extras and wait for the charge card to get fixed. If you know that there is going to be an issue and you need more time to fix the error, please send me an email ([email protected]) and we will work something out. As you may be aware, by using the fulfillment centre, we are able to lower our overall shipping + tariff fee. If I need to send out your rewards at a later date directly from Canada, tariff will need to be recalculated and most likely it will be higher. Thank you so much for your understanding.
INTERNATIONAL backers
All rewards have been sent unless there is a charge card error with your pledge. Please check your email for tracking information and let me know if there are any issues. Thanks again for supporting my campaign!
I am really excited to announce that production is finally over! Here are some images for the pins that we haven't shown you yet. It took a little bit longer than expected and we did have to spend a few extra days fixing some of the pins, but it's all done now! The pins are on their way to me, and once I received them, I will start grading them and work towards fulfillment. As planned, we should be able to have fulfillment done in July- August, given that the quality of the pins are good! Please read the backer only content for information on shipping and charge card~
New Project Launching Soon!
Last time I told you guys that I will be launching a new project based on my Zodiacats! In fact, it is happening next week! The Stories of the Zodiacats will be launching on backerkit next Tuesday (June 16th @12pm PST)! Click here to follow this project. There are going to be three freebies that you can get for this campaign, the first one is the 48hrs early bird freebie, the cat with lantern mini pin~ We will be announcing the other two freebies (Pin Quest freebie and the super backer freebie) soon. Follow my project to get updates for this campaign! Thank you so much for supporting my art. Have a wonderful day!
It's been a month since our last update. Our pins are still in production, but I got a few images from my manufacuturer that I thought I could share with everyone. The black hole pin are still missing the screen print so it still looks unfinished. I can't wait to see what it will look like with the screen print and the catstronuat attached to it! Based on my estimate, the pins will probably take a few more weeks to complete. I will send out another update when I get more images from my manufacturer!
In our last update, I also got a chance to show everyone the zodiacats designs I have been working on and I was asking everyone if you would be intersted in them if I turned them into wooden pins. After reading the comments and thinking it through, I have decided that I am going to turn them into hard enamel pins instead, and here is an example of what one of them is going to look like! If you are interested in these designs, please follow my project at the teaser page HERE!
Thank you so much for your interested in my project again. Have a nice day!
Thank you so much for everyone who has completed your backer's survey! 94% of surveys have been completed, and production for the enamel pins has officially began! It takes around one to two months for the pins to complete, and if everything goes well, pins will be ready to ship sometime in June/July. Sticker sheets is basically done, and I am just waiting for my manufacturer to ship them to me. If you haven't completed your survey yet, please make sure you have it done as soon as you can~
I also want to take this opportunity to show you something I have been working on. Our very own project, Kitties' Space Dream, had inspired me to work on this little zodiacat signs project. Originally, it was only planned as a small sticker project, but I love the way they turned out and I thought it might be nice to turn them into a wooden pin series. I think the design would work really well with wooden pin, especially because I want to keep the vibrant color border around the designs. I've done several wooden pins project before, and I think this will turn out great! Let me know if this would be something you are interested in if I turn it into a backerkit project! Please comment and/or complete the poll! Have a good weekend!
