Hey everyone, 

This is a notification to let you know that this project is coming to an end and to provide you with the last shipping update, as well as end of project information.

All orders marked as "ready to ship" in Backerkit have been packed and are out the door. About 16 orders were picked up today, so they have just started their transit. If you did not receive your order yet, please check for a tracking email from BackerKit. It's possible you may have had one of the recently packed orders and your tracking information will be updated in the next 24-48 hours.

🚨 Incomplete Surveys

There are 17 backers who paid for their pledge, but did not complete their survey. There are 3 backers with failed shipping charge payments. If you’re one of these backers, you have 30 days from today (May 28th, 2024)to fill out your survey and pay for shipping. If you do not complete your survey within the 30 days (by June 28th, 2024), per the terms and conditions of this project, that you agreed to when you submitted and paid for your pledge, you forfeit your rewards and will not be given a refund, or your rewards.

There are currently 3 backers with failed survey charges. This means that you filled out your survey and provided card details, but when we charged your card for shipping, the payment failed. If you do not complete your payment within the 30 days (today to June 28th, 2024), per the terms and conditions of this project, that you agreed to when you submitted and paid for your pledge, you forfeit your rewards and will not be given a refund, or your rewards

Please note that the project will close on June 29th, 2024. After that date we do not check the pledge manager. While you will still be able to complete your survey after that date, your order will not be fulfilled.

🚨 Charge Disputed

There are a few backers who completed their survey, but their bank disputed the pledge charge after the survey was complete. This means that you were able to submit your survey, but you did not pay for your pledge since the bank revoked the funds. If this happened to your order we sent an email with information on how to pay for your pledge. If we do not receive an email within 30 days of when we first reached out, you will forfeit your rewards and will not be given a refund. 

📦 Orders that were returned to sender

If we receive an order that’s been returned to sender, we will email to let you know. That email will contain information on how to get your package sent out again. If we do not receive a response within 45 days of our initial email, you forfeit your rewards and will not be given a refund. 

📦 Never received orders

If your order tracking email says “delivered”, but you did not receive your order, please first contact your local post office with your tracking number. Your post office is the best chance of finding the lost order. If your local post office cannot locate your package, please email us at [email protected]

If you did not receive your package because of an address change, or because you entered the wrong address, and did not notify us of an address change, we can ship your order again, but the backer is responsible for paying a second shipping fee, per the terms and conditions of this project. If you did notify us of an address change but have not received your order, please email us at [email protected]

For any US backers who are unable to locate their package, you will have 30 days (today to June 28th, 2024) to notify us that you did not receive your package.

If you are an international backer you have 45 days to (today to July 13th, 2024) to notify us that you did not receive your package. If you fail to notify us within those timelines, that your package is missing, you will forfeit your rewards, a new package will not be sent, and you will not receive a refund, per the agreed upon terms and conditions of this project.

We are willing to work with backers however we can to help get any missing orders into your hands. If you order is missing please contact us within the timelines stated above.

If you want to check the status of your order, please reach out to us at [email protected] with the name and email associated with your pledge.

📣  AOS Pins going for sale on Etsy and the B grade sale

The remaining pins from this project will eventually go up for sale on Etsy. You will have a chance to purchase these AOS pins, as well as b grades, at a discounted price. As of right now, I don't have a date for when these pins will be listed. I still need to wrap up loose ends on this project, photograph the pins, catalog and count inventory, and create the listings. I will post an update here when the AOS pins are up for sale.

❤️ I want to thank all of you who have supported this campaign and any of my previous campaigns. You make it possible for me to run this business, and I am so happy and appreciative to have connected with and met so many people who enjoy my art.❤️

What's next
If you backed the Ink & Enamel project your orders are expected to start shipping Late July to Early August. Currently that project is in production and were in the stage of just waiting for all the items to be made and shipped to us.

Queer & Here - On June 18th, 2024 we will be launching our first pride pin collection.
To get notified when that project launches you can sign up here:   https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/244885d3-581c-478a-9c24-1b851a97a877/landing

Ink & Enamel Fantasy and Romance Edition - If you liked the Ink & Enamel project and you like your books with a dash of fantasy or does of romance, then you’ll like this second iteration of Ink & Enamel. This project is expected to launch at the end of August. 

Cheers, 
Liz