Another short update today: I'm still waiting on pin remakes! I've been in touch with my manufacturer and confirmed that pins are still in production—early September is the rough estimate for completion.
Apologies for keeping you waiting, but of course, I would much rather the coating issues be fixed and you receive good pins! My hope is remakes will arrive early September, and the remaining orders can be shipped out before October rolls around.
I will keep you updated on the timeline and let you know of any further delays or changes.
If you've received your pins, feel free to reach out and let me know! :D And as always, if you have questions or issues with your order, please let me know via email at [email protected].
We’ve been waiting for what feels like forever to finally say this:
HOLIDAY MARKET FULFILLMENT IS COMPLETE!!!!!!!! ʕっ◕ヮ◕ʔっ ✧･ﾟ:*
What you see in these photos is the very last batch of rewards, all packed and labeled! The big box is sealed and ready to leave with the courier on Monday, August 31 📦💨
In our last update, we estimated that we would finish comfortably before the end of September. Somehow, we managed to beat our own estimate by an entire month and finish before the end of August instead!!
Apparently we really aren’t very good at estimating timelines in either direction ʕ≧▽≦;ʔゞ But for once, we’re extremely happy to have been wrong!
Every single package belonging to a backer who completed their payment and/or survey has now been prepared. There is nothing left waiting in our fulfillment queue for this campaign: once this final batch leaves on Monday, every remaining completed order will officially be on its way!
After all the delays, problems, stress, silence and patient waiting, it feels almost unreal to write this… but this campaign is finally closed. FINALLY!! 🥹❤️
We’re so incredibly happy and relieved. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for sticking with us. Your patience and kindness have meant more to us than we can properly explain.
Soon every one of these rewards will finally be home with you.
YEEEEAAAAAH!!! 🥳🎉🎉🎉📦💕
With love and an enormous amount of relief, Inari & Mako
Ahh, can't mention the hazards of the Sciences without showing a bit of an explosion! Be sure to follow my project in order to see 'exclusive to followers only' stuff: extra sketches, designs and behind-the-scenes information. Every person who 'follows' helps the project get more public awareness.
My Latest enamel pin design shows that Murf•Bot mixed one chemical too many — and now he's blasting off with beakers, bread, and questionable judgment. 🧪💥
FYI: All pin designs is subject to change, (especially this one with so many unsafe sharp points.)
I'll be updating each of the designs in the coming weeks, contacting the manufacture -- making sure the designs are good enough for making the quality enamel pins.
The next pin design should be available in a few more days, (before Murf•Bot tries "just one more experiment.")
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Murf•Bot-EXPLOSION: cleaned up and colored into a black outline vector image for manufacturing the enamel pin.
Campaign time is almost over, and it’s been such a wonderful experience filled with heartwarming messages and fun. I’m incredibly thankful for everyone who has pledged, messaged, and supported my creativity ✨
🌱✨ Campaign add-on designs and upcoming survey add-ons These1" and under designs are now available as campaign add-ons, including two Punica Bud Figura colorways that go nicely with the mini fruitlet freebies, a new Fruitlet Specimen as part of the Specimens collection, and the white variations to mix into your botanical compositions.
🌺✨ And there’s more! Larger Figura Botanica designs will be available as add-ons in the post-campaign survey.
Fun Fact: A habit study is a botanical illustration term for depicting a specimen as it naturally grows, demonstrating its characteristic form and structure.
🌿 If you haven’t joined the campaign yet, there’s still a little time left! Check out all the freebies we’ve unlocked so far. You can still pledge and qualify for some of these extra goodies! ✨
🌿 ✨ Join Figura Botanica at the link banner below before the campaign ends!
Once again, thank you all for your support and for being part of this wonderful little community we’re creating.
When I first started developing this character, I chose a muted sage-teal color. Subconsciously, I may have been thinking, “This is the kind of robot the military would send—as a gift—to the enemy.”
Over time, I began seeing Murf-Bot more as a metal robot. The cooler blue tone seemed more fitting because it evokes steel, electricity, chrome surfaces, and other mechanical elements.
So, which version do you prefer? Did my original instinct pick the correct green color? Or does the new blue make the character better?
We're quite some time away before this campaign launches, but Maru has been hard at work on the designs. We still have more coming down the pipeline, but we need your help to figure some of them out!
First off, let's introduce the final designs for the Wizard, Bard, and Fighter class.
Please vote in my first poll. Help me select the 5th PEST! Pin.
If this thing goes well, there might be more to come. If so… we will expand the poll and add your suggestions. So please add comments for anything missing. ;)
It has been a bit and I wanted to update you all on how the project is going. Besides surviving the insane heat weeks in the Netherlands I've also been taking a little slow and chill period. But back to work now!
Shipping process All the not-combined orders are shipped off since the last update! All that's left are all the combined orders. Due to the summer holidays and summer conventions we are delayed with packing and shipping them off.
Fulfillment overview so far. 'Send & Remind' contains tip-jar-backers as well but 7 in total didn't fill in their survey.
Roundbirbart and I did meet up to combine all the products but haven't gotten the time to pack them in shipping parcels. With it being 230 parcels this will take a bit longer. Our guess is that we'll be able to pick this up again late August/early September. Just know it's all set aside and your frogs and birds will be send to you. Until then we thank you all for your patience!
Missing payments and surveys As an maintenance overview there are currently 7 backers who did not fill in their survey. Knowing from past projects these will never be filled in if they are not filled in right now so after the end of September I will accept these pledges as donations and close the project for them.
There are also still 2 backers whose survey aren't paid yet. These are filled in but not yet paid for possible tariffs, add-ons or shipping costs. I will keep these open until end of September, after that I will accept them as donations and close the project for them. I have put aside the chosen enamel pins for these two backers, just waiting on the last payment.
I have also send an email to Andrea R directly regarding their missing order from last year's August project with Poison dart frogs & Salamanders. If would be amazing if you could reply to that email before end of August! The email would have come from studioappeltjesgroen et gmail.
Look at the cuties of the collab freebie enamel pins!
Leftover enamel pins in my webshop When ordering stock for the crowdfunding I always order with a buffer and thus have leftover stock at this moment. I sell these at upcoming conventions (Terraria Houten, 20th September is the upcoming) and in my webshop. I wanted to inquire if it would be ok to offer these in my shop soon, while many are still waiting on their orders and thus their pins. My shop isn't super active in sales (around 5 orders per month) but it would mostly be a task I can tick off the list. But I wanted to hear your opinion first before doing this. Otherwise they will pop in the shop the moment all the combined parcels are packed and waiting for pickup.
Next enamel pin project A little sneak for the next crowdfunding project is the Pintober one with Fall times with Floris! Another small (around 6-ish enamel pins like last year) with Floris the Frog as the main focus. All in fall, autumn and October vibes. If you wish to get updates, please hit that follow button.
Upcoming new smaller pin project!
As always if you need to reach out to me, do not hesitate to contact me via Backerkit support (the 'Contact us for help' button on your pledge page). Or you can use the contact form on my website, that way you reach me immediately by email and I can help you out much easier. Please keep an eye on your email when you reach out. I usually respond within 48h to your questions.
