Thank you for the patience! I wanted to delay this post a bit since I knew there would be a lot of similar emails going out post-Pintopia. Bear with me for this big update!

The campaign was an incredible success, and I want to thank all of you so very much for bringing Pond's Teahouse & Gardens to life! In the first hour, we reached our initial funding goal, and by the end of the campaign we were 572% funded! That's absolutely awe-inspiring. Every single design was unlocked! Thank you so, so much for making this happen. I'm beyond thrilled! 

BackerKit has, at this point, already started to charge cards for pledges, and on my side I can see that a majority of charges have gone through already. There are currently 16 failed payments, so be sure to double-check that yours was collected successfully! If your initial payment fails, you have until the 27th to fix it (some folks have had to call their banks, some folks have had to edit/pretend to edit payment info to get cards to retry, solutions vary a lot person-to-person)! You should get an email when your pledge is collected or if it failed, so be sure to check there as well.

If payments are not fixed by the 27th, those pledges will be dropped from the campaign! After that point, the failed pledges will be processed as cancelled, and these folks will lose out on their pins, add-ons, early bird goodies & early bird/campaign discounts, freebies, so on so forth. We don't want this to happen, so please make sure you double-check your pledges! You all supported this campaign so fiercely and I really want to make sure these rewards can make it to all who pledged! 

SURVEYS WILL BE SENT IN THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH! This is how you will pick your desired design(s), add any additional items you might've missed during the campaign, and this is how you will be able to pay for shipping! A reminder that, if you do NOT complete your survey, I CANNOT ship your items to you. If you complete the survey late (after production has begun), you risk missing out on your preferred rewards. Late survey rewards will be subject to availability, and without guarantees. You must fill out your survey to completion & submit it in order for it to count.



That's it for now! The next update I post will be once surveys begin to go out. Thank you all so, so much again for making this happen!

Hello everyone! I have some incredible news, as well as a little announcement ✨

THERE ARE LESS THAN TWO (2) DAYS LEFT OF THE CAMPAIGN, and EVERYTHING IS FULLY FUNDED AND UNLOCKED! The Field Notes Hinged Enamel Pin design just unlocked and is now available as a pledge level and add-on, so be sure to grab yours 💚✨

I have another announcement for you! I really wanted to give back to the folks that have pledged to the campaign, so I've made a cute sticker as thanks for helping bring Pond's Teahouse & Gardens to life! One of these Tea Party stickers will be included for FREE with every order, and extras can be purchased as add-ons!

And, lastly, I want to shout-out my collab partner, Amber & Moss, and her campaign Doily! I'm so lucky to have such a sweet collab partner with such a cute project to match the Teahouse and Gardens so perfectly! Here's a FINAL REMINDER to back both of our campaigns and receive both freebie collab pins shown below ✨

Thank you so much, again, for your the overwhelming love and support for Pond's Teahouse & Gardens! Let's finish strong, only two days left to go!

Hi there ✨

To start, thank you so much for making this such an incredible Pintopia. We have unlocked all of the main pins, we've unlocked all of the mini pins, and now I have one final stretch goal for Pond's Teahouse & Gardens. Before we dive into the new stretch goal details, I want to make a small announcement!

I'm planning to do a livestream SOON! I'm new to setting that up so y'all can see it here on BackerKit, so please bear with me as I learn how over the next few days! I just posted a discussion post (1/30) with details on all the fun! Join me as I play some Animal Crossing: New Horizons (other Pintopia creators might join in as well, schedules permitting) on Friday, February 7th, at roughly 6pm EST! It'll be a really relaxed stream, and we'd love to see you there!

Now, onto the new and final stretch goal... Pond's Field Notes! I said I'd make this happen if we got to all of our main campaign stretch goals, and we did! If we reach this goal of $5,000, this pin will be available as an add-on! I have a very small number of these in-hand already, and they are reserved for backers of the LIMITED "9 Enamel Pin" pledge level, where they get this pin as a freebie! If you're interested, there's only one remaining pledge spot in that tier. Edit: That pledge level is now SOLD OUT! You can still pledge for a 9 pin set, however it will no longer offer the hinge pin freebie!

Here's the initial pin design, as well as photos of the ones I have in-hand! I am in LOVE with how the first (very small) batch of these turned out, and I really hope we can make them happen!

We're making such incredible progress (frogress?), and Pond believes in all of us! We've totally got this!

Lastly, I want to give a shout-out to some campaigns I have really loved as of late. Please go check them out, too! This is something I really want to start getting in the habit of with each update, different campaigns being highlighted for each one. There are so many cute projects out there! (Click/tap on their banners to be taken to their projects!)

If you like MOTHMAN, this campaign is absolutely one you should check out! I can't believe they haven't reached their funding goal yet... Let's give them a little love!

Here are three very lovely funded campaigns that you should also consider checking out!

Hi everyone 🌿✨

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)!

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 ✨

One last thing before you go! I am SO lucky to get to do a cross-collab campaign with Doily by Amber & Moss, and her campaign is SO CLOSE to getting funded! Back both of our campaigns and you'll get these super cute freebie pins ✨

That's it for now! I'll post another update in about a few days to a week or so to keep you all posted with where things are at! See you then 💚✨