Hey everyone ! I wanted to write this quick update to once again thank you for all your support ! The amount of support this campaign has gotten has blown me away! Im' going to try and work on a surprise design but unfortunately I got sick so I'm just doing my best right now !
I've added a few shop pins i plan to restock to the add-ons, available to add to your pledge. Some of these are either currently out of stock in my shop or close to being out of stock. These are the only pins from my shop that will be allowed to be added to your order. I do not combine shop orders otherwise. Thank you !
Additionally now that all pins are funded I have a poll for you ! What pin are you most looking forward to seeing in person?
You’re all amazing in unlocking all of the designs in less than 12 hours!! Honestly, I was expecting to have some struggle, but all of you just blew my mind. Thank you so much for your support 🥹
What’s next? Well, we still have time, so why not have more stretch goals?! I’ve created a little poll for what the next stretch goal will be. It will be difficult for me to work on any clear designs since I will be at Magfest for the rest of the weekend. However, please vote!! So I can start coming up with some ideas 😀
Thank you all again! Hope everyone has a lovely weekend
First of all, a big THANK YOU to everyone who supported this campaign so far! I was super happy to see we unlocked ALL stretch goals overnight. I feel humbled by all the nice comments I've gotten on the project, and I'm so happy to see you guys enjoy these designs so much!
With three weeks left to go, I'll probably have some time to doodle a handful of new designs for a final stretch goal. I took some inspiration from the comments on yesterday's update. No worries if your suggested bird isn't in here - I added everything else to my wanna-do list for future projects!
My question to you is, which bird would you still like to see in this project? Personally I'm a fan of the oystercatcher, gannet, and long-tailed tit.
Thank you again for the incredible support, and see you soon in another update!
Thank you so much everyone for such a successful first few hours of the campaign ! We've officially funded all pins available right now and I want to take a moment to celebrate our achievements!
We managed a whopping 170 backer train ! Thank you !
With all pins unlocked I have one more surprise today which is a sticker made by guest artist Keeneire ! This sticker will unlock at $14,000 and will be added free to the lovestruck bundle, cupid's arrow bundle, and hopeless romantic bundle ! You'll also be able to add it on to your pledge for $5 !
Wow! Funded in under 20 minutes?? Thank you so much for the incredible support! The Curator hasn't been this happy since the Tiny Bones Incident of 1895. It's good to know mirth still resides in that old body.
Not only that, but we've breezed through three stretch goals already. You can now pledge for even more designs!
New tiers are currently being added to reflect the number of unlocked designs. I'll keep adding these tiers as designs unlock and likely send an end of day/first 24hrs update to keep you informed about the new tiers, if you'd like to increase your pledge for more pins. I'm sure your inboxes are full of Pintopia news today!
Thank you again for your support and for bringing Moon Hollow Archive to life! 🖤
The first 24 hours of the campaign are over and I'm still so stunned and happy with how it is going. Thank you all so much for the support so far!
I've been thinking on how to proceed further. Do we add some stretch goals, do we keep at it or something else. And I thought, why not ask the backers.
• Board fillers would mean little enamel pins in the shape of (for example) leaves, tadpoles or other decorative options. • Colour variants would mean certain frogs in different colours. For example: Pacman frog is also a known pet in the albino variant, different colours of the White's tree frog, etc. • New frogs Very simple, we continue on with adding more frogs! Which we will vote on. Tomato frog, Vietnamese moss frog, Lehmann's frog, Golden poison frog, etc, etc. Just to name a few examples.
Would love to hear your suggestions about either of these options in the poll. Especially if you choose the 'New frog' option! Which frog would you like to see?
I want to personally thank everyone who backed the project today. As of this first update, we have funded the first set - Nub Club. In my professional plushie opinion, that's amazing first day progress!!!
We still have three weeks to work on fundraising the next four pin sets: Fluffy Bugs, Dino Dogs, Fuzzy Fawns, Cozy Cubs, and some other secret hidden goals. That is more than enough time.
I know a lot of backers have come from our collab partner's project Rain Beanies. I want to welcome you to our little community and thank you for exploring new projects. Hello!! Welcome to Snoozelings!!!
As mentioned in our project, all enamel pins come with a free matching code for an in game item. This includes your Dash/Taffy mystery pin from backing both projects. Here is a sneak peak of those items.
As promised, we will be going into depth about a single aspect of the game each day. This will help teach new players about Snoozelings while offering some fun insight to already experienced players.
Today we are talking about the main species: Snoozelings.
Snoozelings are plush-like magical creatures that are alive thanks to the special bond between them and dreamers (our playerbase). It's the positive energy we create when we show kindness (to others and ourselves) that helps to bring them alive. With this energy, they love to play and gather hoards of materials.
Thanks to this love, they do not need to eat or sleep. Instead, they can spend their nights cuddled up against your side protecting you from bad dreams while keeping you warm.
Because Snoozelings are plushies, they are sexless. Though they are able to express their gender in many different ways and pick from a wide array of pronouns. Very often they love to match their dreamer's pronouns since they share such a close bond, but this isn't always the case.
Snoozelings are very varied creatures with millions of possibilities. At this time of writing, there are currently:
120 Colors
5 Different Colors Per Snoozeling (Main Color, Skin Color, Eye Color, Hair Color, Tail Color)
8 Hair Styles
10 Tail Styles
10 Special Traits & Markings
This doesn't even include the wide vary of clothing each snoozeling can wear. With hundreds of clothing items (if we include clothing dyes), the possibilities of their unique expressions are endless.
What an awe-inspiring start to Pintopia! In just 24hrs, we've reached our initial funding goal and have unlocked several darling pins! Thank you so, so much for all of the love! As of me writing this post, we only have 2 stretch goals left to unlock, and it would be incredible if we could reach them today. Let's bring Pond's Teahouse and Gardens to life!
Great news regarding the mini teapot pins! I brought their stretch goal down to $3,500 which, for now, is the final funding goal of the campaign! All of the mini teapots are available as add-ons, so if you've been eyeing these, we're close enough that folks can and should absolutely snag em (especially at the campaign discount)!
Left to right: Kintsugi Teapot, Brown Flower Teapot, Cloud Teapot, Mushroom Teapot, Green Teapot
LOW STOCK ALERT: There are 3 spots remaining in the LIMITED "9 Enamel Pin" tier! Back that tier and get a free Field Note hinged enamel pin (shown below) and the freebie mini teapot pin ✨
Four photos of the Pond's Field Notes hinged enamel pin!
First of all, another big thank you to everyone who's supporting the project!! I am beyond surprised (gob-smacked? flabbergasted?) that Moon Hollow Archive resonates with so many folks. I didn't foresee this sort of support. So again, thank you!
Higher Pledge Tiers: We breezed past every stretch goal midday yesterday, so there are higher tiers for every design! You can get the whole collection of 11 pins, or get 9 pins, or 8—whatever your heart's desire.
A little thank you: I'll be adding the gold foil print as a freebie to the ARCANE COLLECTOR (highest tier), as a thank you and little thematically-appropriate incentive for those who want it all.
There's still time to grab your early bird freebie! "The Box" iron-on patch is available to all backers at all tiers for free until January 25th, 10am PST.
What's Next?
NEW UPCOMING STRETCH GOALS:
I have 2 more stretch goal pins in the works! There will be 2 more mini pins to match the 1-inch celestial eye pin. A triptych of arcane eyes. 👁️
Washi tape stretch goal! I've wanted to make washi tape for a long time now, and Moon Hollow Archive is the perfect aesthetic for this, I feel.
Be on the lookout for sketches soon—the mini pins are pretty far along. :D
While I want to make more cool things for you lovely backers, I want to keep this campaign from getting too complex or cluttered. However, I am open to ideas!Is there anything else you'd like to see on offer?
What an incredible launch! Thank you all SO much for the love on Pond's Teahouse & Gardens! I'm delighted to announce that, in under an hour, we have REACHED AND EXCEEDED OUR INITIAL FUNDING GOAL! We have ALSO unlocked the first stretch goal, the Frog Brew pin!!! As of me writing this post, we are currently less than $100 away from unlocking Pond in a Teapot! Absolutely incredible. Thank you so much! How many more can we unlock today? ✨
I have some photos for you today! Here's a preview of the Pond's Field Notes pin, which is FREE for folks that pledge to the limited "9 Enamel Pin" tier! Out of 10 available, there are only 4 remaining 👀✨ If we reach all of funding goals, I will add this Field Notes hinge pin as a stretch goal! Even if you don't back this tier, I'm really happy to show you all this pin. I hope you love it!
Again, thank you so much for the love on Pond's Teahouse & Gardens! Seeing the outpouring of love has me absolutely awestruck, and this update is a few hours late going up because I keep finding myself at such a loss for words!
A reminder that Pond's Teahouse & Gardens is collaborating with Doily by Amber & Moss! Definitely go check it out (and know that, if you back both, you get some seriously cute collab pins)! Amber has designed a darling plushie and enamel pin based on a blue teddy bear named Doily, and I know they've stolen my heart.
To wrap up this update, I want to give another shout-out to the Pond's Teahouse & Gardens campaign freebies! We're coming up on our next stretch goal (and just reached 50 backers) and I want to give these some love!
Thank you for such an amazing launch so far! Let's get all of these froggin' adorable pins unlocked!
