Hey all,

Below is the latest design added to the campaign, as well as end of campaign information!

Queer Enough Design

Now that the campaign has ended Backerkit will begin charging cards for pledges. Within the next 1-2 days you should see a charge from SNARKYCO on your statement, however, sometimes it says BackerKit.

Failed Payments
If your payment fails, BackerKit will attempt to charge your payment method a few more times in the following days. If your payment fails every time, you will still be able to pay for your pledge within your survey to get your rewards. If you have a failed pledge payment you will still receive your survey and you can update your payment within the survey to ensure you still get the pledge level you choose and freebie items.

Surveys
In roughly three weeks you will receive a BackerKit survey, sometime between July 16th-19th. I will also send out an update before surveys go out. The purpose of the survey is to choose the designs you want for your pins, provide your shipping address, and pay for shipping. The survey will also have an add-ons section and that is where you'll find other items like stickers, tote bags, bookmarks, extra pins, etc. Add-ons are entirely optional.

EB Tier Upgrade
If you are an Early Bird Backer and you want to upgrade your EB tier to include more pins, please email me at [email protected], with the name and email associated with your pledge and what tier you want to upgrade to. You can switch from one EB to tier to another EB tier, but you cannot switch from a regular tier to an EB tier. You can switch your EB tier all the up until surveys go out.

If you have any other questions please email me at [email protected]

And again, thank you all so much!

Cheers,
Liz

Hey all,

Project Update

Just a quick update since the campaign is almost over! I'm currently working on the Queer Enough design and will have that posted later today or tomorrow. That design will be unlocked and available as an option for your pledge level pins.

Just a reminder if you're in an EB tier and want to switch to higher EB tier for more pins, please email me at [email protected]. In the email include the name and email assocaited with your pledge and let me know which EB tier you want to upgrade to. Just note you can switch from one EB tier to another, but not from a regular tier to an EB tier. The EB tiers were only available within the first 48 hours of the campaign.

Project Feature: Wild Earth Dice

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Hey Y'all,

Project End Update

The purpose of this update is to let you know that I am moving the project end date from July 9th to July 1st at 4PM EST. For the longest time Kickstarter has set the industry standard, which was that campaigns would run for 30 days. Since switching to BackerKit and experimenting with timelines we've learned that shorter campaigns seem to be more beneficial. My cross collaboration partner and I have decided that by ending a week earlier, we can start the manufacturing process earlier, and therefore delivering pins earlier than expected. The campaign will now end on July 1st and you'll be charged shortly after it ends for your pledge level. Aside from the end date, nothing else about this campaign is changing. All designs are still unlocked, and each pin will receive both of the free items. I will still be adding 1-2 more designs before the campaign end as well. 

Increasing EB Tier

For each campaign, as more designs become unlocked, we offer Early Bird backers an opportunity to upgrade their early bird pledge. Early Bird tiers are the pledge levels offered in the first 48 hours of the campaign.

If you pledged into an EB tier but want more pins, we can move you from one tier to another. (example: you pledged EB 2, but want to switch to the EB 5) Keep in mind you can switch from one Early Bird tier to another, but not from a regular tier to an EB tier.

If you'd like to upgrade your Early Bird tier, please email [email protected] with your name and email associated with the campaign, and what tier you're currently in, and which tier you'd like to upgrade to. Please note that we may take up to 1 week to send confirmation of your pledge change. You upgrade your EB tier at any time, up until surveys go out.

We make the switches manually and you'll see the change reflected in your survey, and within your survey you'll be able to pay the difference.

If you have any questions please feel free to email me at [email protected].

Hey all,

Just dropping a new unlocked design. I did read the comments and I am working on a Queer Enough pin, but it's still in the works.

These cakes are 1.6 inches in width and come in a gold plated or a black nickel plated. The gold plated features black glitter, and the black nickel cake features a white holo glitter.

Hey all,

I am once again asking for your design ideas! I have been in a real design rut lately, and I can't seem to shake it. It's not that I am not passionate about this campaign or these designs, but work/life has been busy and stressful and the creativity is just not flowing. I'm also in the process of switching up ADHD meds, and that has been a fun little choose your own adventure (not in a good way either). 

I've attached a poll with some design ideas, please feel free to vote in the poll, or leave a comment with any ideas. I have read the suggestions from the last post and I love them, and as you can see some of them were added. Keep in mind that BackerKit only allows you to choose one option on the poll, so feel free to state your other options in the comments.

Here are some challenges I'm running into in terms of designing for this campaign:
- Some suggestions are very specific - this isn't a bad thing though, it's just that in terms of pin manufacturing and minimum order quantities, I have to ensure a design is going to sell enough to be able to meet the MOQ.
- Creating a pin specific to one identity/orientation causes some guilt? Someone may request a pin that's specific only to bisexuals, or nonbinary folk, etc. - and I'm not opposed to making those pins, but I then feel like I've left out other identities and orientations. But hey, if you really want a specific Bi pin (just an example) just keep leaving a shoutout in the comments and maybe I can make it happen. Even if a design doesn't make it to this campaign, it doesn't mean the idea doesn't go on an ongoing list for future pins.
- It's really hard to make a pride pin without throwing in all the colors of the rainbow, and I don't want every single pin to just be a rainbow. ಠ_ಠ
- Pronoun pins - I'm still thinking about it, but it's complicated. I just don't know how to make one for all the possible combinations without leaving some out.

Design Re-colors

I am putting another poll together about possibly taking a previous design and doing a recolor for all the orientations/identites.

Let me know what you want to see and I'll see what I can do to make it happen!