This will be my last update for today (and likely until shortly before the 48 hour early bird reward is up to remind anyone who hasn't pledged yet) - I know you all have likely been inundated with e-mails today, so I appreciate anyone who takes the time to read this!
and another ADORABLE animal AND popsicle-based project by VintageDoggo - Pawpsicles! They haven't quite hit funding goal yet - so if you are able, and like the designs, help them get there!
Click either image to be directed to their pages!
Stretch Goals
I've created community achievements tied to each stretch goal - so anyone will be able to see how close to reaching each one we are! I will be monitoring the campaign (let's be real, HEAVILY monitoring, bc watching the funding & backer number go up gives me stupid amounts of dopamine lmao), and will make pins available as each achievement is reached! Each pin will be available as both a pledge level & add-on - pledge levels will automatically lock when pins reach 15 backers; add-ons I will manually hide once they reach 5 backers. This also means pledge levels become available if they drop below 15 due to swaps or cancelations, so check back on any locked pledge tiers periodically if there's a pin you really want! At the moment there are no fully claimed designs, however Pastel Rainbow and Galaxy are close!
Retro & Vaporwave popsicles are UNLOCKED and available as pledge tiers and add-ons - the end of this e-mail shows the next order for unlocks based on the most recent poll (I will make adjustments if there are any drastic changes to the poll results, however; it is attached to this update as well).
We will be FULLY FUNDED at $4800. I don't expect us to hit that, however I have hope! If we do, I will decide on what any funding above that goal will be - likely to produce more of each colorway, vs additional designs, because 35 pin designs is a lot. I thought the 20 from Peets 'n' Beans was insane, but this was true insanity I think 😅. Or I may also design additional merch.
Add-Ons
Speaking of merch - I didn't include a gif of what the sticker sheets look like originally because there was an unfortunate issue with the adhesive of my first batch, that didn't become apparent until a week or so after they were received - so they're being remade. I did, however, get a video of them before the stickers started to peel! So I've attached that below.
This one is a bit easier to see the sparkly bits, and it has a nice texture (as does the fruit popsicle one!
The gif quality isn't the best, but I hope you can see some of the sparkliness 😭
I also want to highlight available non-pin add-ons I have designed - washi tape, memopads, sticky notes and stickers (which will be 3” versions of the popsicle pins with specialty vinyls for some; I will also have stand-alone sticker versions of the fruit popsicles from the sticker sheet added at a later date) I am working on 2 lanyard designs (it will be similar to the washi tape designs), a sticker book, and possibly shaped sticky notes as well, but those may not be available until the post-campaign survey. If funding goes well beyond $4.8k, I will consider adding in liquid shaker keychains and acrylic keychains as I had ideas for those that I scrapped for this campaign.
A6 memopad
3.5x8 inch memopad
3x3 inch sticky note
Fruit slice washi - will have a holo sheen on some parts!
Pastel rainbow popsicles - will have a holo sheen on some parts!
Thank you all for your overwhelming support - I truly wasn't expecting to receive even MORE funding in my first day than almost my entire previous campaign, let alone more than I'd previously received in the first day, given how many projects launched today. But you all have once again proven me wrong, and for that I am deeply, endlessly grateful 🫶
