Hi flock!

I just got an update in from my pin factory. About half the pins have finished production, and my contact reached out to share some pictures with me :) Some add-ons have finished production too. Here's a list of the current status of all items:

Add-ons: 

Pins
A note about the photos: Factory photos are usually a quick snapshot taken under artificial lighting. As a result, the colors don't look as nice as they will when you receive them in person. So don't be alarmed if the colors look very dull and the gold doesn't look as shiny as expected!

- Duckling freebie
- Canada goose 

- Herring gull

- Feral pigeon

- Great tit

- Blue tit

- Robin

- Blackbird

- Eurasian jay. Note: The face on the jay seems to have turned out much more yellow than intended. If the face looks as yellow in person as it does on the pictures, I may get these remade with new colors. 

- Magpie

- Carrion crow

- Egyptian goose

- Domestic goose

- Swan

- White stork

- Spoonbill

- Coot

- Wood pigeon

- Ringneck parrot

- Great spotted woodpecker

- Chaffinch

- European goldfinch

- Bullfinch

- House martin

- Barn swallow

- Gannet

- Long-tailed tit

- Hoopoe

- Rook

- Bearded reedling

- Lapwing

- Godwit

- Tern

- Sandpiper

- Starling. 

- Mallard M & F
- House sparrow M & F
- Collared dove
- Woodcock
- Kingfisher
- Jackdaw
- Greylag goose
- Tawny owl
- Barn owl
- Long-eared owl
- Grey heron
- Cormorant
- Crested grebe
- Moorhen
- Black-headed gull
- Sparrowhawk
- Goshawk
- Hobby
- Kestrel 
- Pheasant
- Cuckoo
- Green woodpecker
- Kinglet
- Common swift
- Osprey
- Oystercatcher
- Plover


I hope you're as excited as I am! Let me know if you have any questions. <3

Doreen

Hi everyone!

Just a quick update to tell you that all items are ordered and are either in production or will be starting production soon! I've been hard at work prepping manufacturing files for the pins, keychains, stickers, and hair claws.. And it's finally all done and sent off!

This will be the last update for a little while, since I usually don't get factory updates until near the end of production. If you like to keep in touch in the meantime, feel free to join our Discord server. :)

To recap some information:
- Order lock date/credit card charge date has not yet been set. I will likely lock & charge cards when I have the items in hand and I'm preparing to ship. So, more info on that later!
- You do not need to do anything on this survey to get combined shipping with Frogtastic Frogs. There will be an option to specify you want combined shipping on the Frogtastic Frogs survey. Because there's still some confusion, we'll also go through survey comments & email cross-collaboration backers to double-check that everything went right before we lock orders.
- If you need help, please email me through BackerKit support ("Contact us for help" button on your pledge page), or through the contact form on my website. I can help you faster if you email me directly.  

I think that's it for now! Have a good day!

Doreen

Hi flock!

I sent out the surveys yesterday, and while it's mostly smooth sailing, there are a few addendums I need to make. Please read!

If you need help with your survey, please email me through BackerKit support ("Contact us for help" button on your pledge page), or through the contact form on my website. I can help you faster if you email me directly.  Unfortunately BackerKit only sends me one email a day for comments on updates, so I thought everything was a breeze until I got the daily comment summary email, hahah.

If you are a cross-collab backer and want to combine shipping with Frogtastic Frogs, there will be instructions for this on the Frogtastic Frogs survey. You do not need to do anything on your Birds of Rotterdam survey. If you opt in for combined shipping, your shipping fees will be waived on Frogtastic Frogs. Appeltjesgroen will share the list of combined shipping backers with me, and we will make sure your rewards for both projects are packed and shipped together. My apologies for being unclear!

If you are an Early Bird or Returning Backer, I meant to make it possible for you to select the sticker you'd like to receive. I thought BackerKit had fixed this for me but it looks like something went wrong. My apologies!
I made a new add-on where you can select your sticker. Please open your survey, go to the add-on page, and scroll all the way down. You should see the following listing:

Please use this item to select your sticker designs. Backers who don't select a design will receive a random design. Note: Qualifying backers have the "Early Bird Backer - Free Sticker" and/or "Returning Backer - Free Sticker" item in their carts. It doesn't seem like I am able to hide the add-on for non-qualifying backers, so if that is you, please just ignore the listing. :)

I think this covers all the survey troubles so far. Please reach out if you run into any issues!

Once again thank you for all the excitement around this project, and all the kind comments you've been leaving for me in the survey! I can't respond to everyone but it feels so nice to share my love of birds with you all and I feel so appreciated. <3 You've also been leaving many great merch and species suggestions as well, and while my wanna-do list is super long already, I'm adding every suggestion to it! 


Thank you again and have a good day!

Doreen

Hi everybody!

Just a quick update to let you know that I've submitted the survey to be reviewed by BackerKit! If everything looks good on their end, I'll be able to send out a smoke test on Thursday, with the rest of the surveys hopefully being sent out on Friday. The survey is where you'll be able to enter your shipping address, and also where you'll let me know which pins you'd like to receive. I added an image with all the pin designs to the bottom of this update!


Failed pledges

Currently there are 45 failed pledges. Please check if your charge went through by going to your profile menu and going to "Your Pledges & Surveys". Click on "Birds of Rotterdam" and check if you were successfully charged. If the charge failed, you can retry charging your card by re-entering your card information. For additional info on updating your payment method, click here.

Have a good day!

Doreen

Howdy!


The campaign is now officially over! We raised just over 32k, making it my best crowdfunding to date. And for that, I wanted to thank you so much!!

I figured I'd share some fun statistics with you guys. Over the span of three weeks we unlocked 64 bird enamel pin designs. I'm donating 5 pins of each design to the bird rescue, which means 320 birdy enamel pins will be donated to charity, thanks to you!

284 of you backed both Birds of Rotterdam and our partner project, Frogtastic Frogs. That's 284 ducklings-on-lily-pads who will be surfing to their new homes!

Now for the items. You guys pledged for a whopping 2854 enamel pins! I am bracing my wrists in anticipation of fulfillment..
305 angry Canada goose freebies will be wreaking havoc on new pinboards!
Stickersheets were more popular than vinyl stickers, 172 versus 99. 35 birdy keychains will be flying out to their new homes. 70 sock pairs will be heading your way too, and 125 hair claws found a new head to perch on! 

Thank you guys so much, from the bottom of my heart! It is bedtime for me now, so I'll leave this update for what it is now. You'll be hearing from me again soon with the planning I have for the next steps of the project, manufacturing and fulfillment!


Have a good day!

Doreen