Hi,

It's the last 48 HOURS

We have some sad news, and some possibly great news for our current backers!
First, I want to thank each and every one of you who didn't give up on me or this project. Your support kept me motivated to continue on with the campaign. <3 The bad news, we have gone through quite a ride, and it looks like we will not fund the Strawberry Ita Bag, so please adjust your pledges accordingly if you're still here. 

These bags below, I do have physically in stock and you can switch over to these instead if you would like, but the Strawberry Ita bag has been defunded, and looks like it's not meant to be. 

This was my second attempt at funding these types of bags that were less bulky, less heavy, but held as much as my old ita bags did, and I'm taking note that I should only make pins from now on. 

The good news, is that if we at the very least stay funded... BARE MINIMUM of staying funded... I can continue with the surveys and open the Pre-Order Store/send out surveys to backers where you can directly add-on for any of the characters that we didn't get a chance to unlock. This will give all of you complete control over what will be funded. (example below)

I will admit that I'm going through some big feels about the past 2 years of developing and making the bags and artwork, so once we have a final tally on what will move forward in the surveys, I'll be archiving my Fauna Fruits pin and bag collections for the foreseeable future. No new Fauna Fruit pins. I'll continue to apply the artwork elsewhere, but it won't be coming back to crowdsourcing anytime soon.
The big feels are telling me I need to move on and find a new source of joy to put effort into, so I'm looking forward to the 3 other pin projects that have absolutely nothing to do with this IP lol. So let's finish off the next 48 hrs as best as possible and celebrate with a very very long nap and ibuprofen lol.  To new beginnings!

-Ashley

Hi Everyone! 

We have 4 days left to the LIVE campaign, and we're finally past the "retention" period where we would normally have a lot of fluctuation. As long as we stay above $9,000 I plan to eat the remaining cost of the Ita Bags on my own, so I've unlocked the Strawberry Tiger Bag early for us! 

For those of you looking forward to the remaining pins, we can still unlock more while the campaign is LIVE, but we also have what I like to call a second chance during the survey period! If there's anyone new to Backerkit surveys, you'll really enjoy how simple they are to fill out. (not so much to set up for the campaign creators LOL) But I am glad that it makes it so smooth and streamlined for all of my Backers, that it's become my go to for surveys, even during my Kickstarter days.
You'll be prompted to pick your pin choices from the UNLOCKED selections, and then we'll have a whole section where we can UNLOCK the others. I like this area a lot, because it's almost like the Voting Polls. You'll all have the freedom to add the pins to your cart based on your own preferences without waiting on a particular sequence/order. You'll be charged only if that pin makes the minimum amount of orders needed or comes super close!

We really need everyone's support to get the word out, so if you know anyone interested in our little Apple-y -Rodent, let them know that it could use some love!  Thanks everyone for another memorable Backerkit campaign! 

-Ashley

Hi Pin Pals! 

We're in the slowest period of the campaign, and this happens to all campaigns, but thanks to all of you, we are officially only $700 away from UNLOCKING the pink tiger bag! This is usually the point where some of our backers get nervous jitters, and I hope everyone can hang in there until the last 48hrs before making adjustments if need be. The last 48-72 hrs is usually where we get another frenzy of pledges, so I'm still very hopeful!

There are a number of things that can help us to get more traction, and if you're up for it, it would be great to unlock a few more pins. If everyone interacts with the polls by voting and/or commenting, and the discussions, it keeps us closer to the front page. If you know anyone interested, sharing the link to the campaign also helps us grow. Are you following any of my social media pages? Commenting and liking those posts help as well.

-Ashley