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Cats in Things

Created by Lorebird

Preorder store for the Cats in Things Kickstarter campaign. Missed the campaign? There's still time to get in on the pins!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Shipping Begins Soon!
over 1 year ago – Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 11:37:06 PM

Hi all!

After about 900 pins and 150+ acrylic charms, plus quite a few backing cards and stickers, quality check is finally complete and I am happy to announce I will be starting the packing and shipping process this week. As such, addresses will be locking on Backerkit in about 48 hours. You should receive an email directly from Backerkit to confirm your shipping address, so keep an eye out for that email if you've moved recently or otherwise know you need to update your address. Be sure to double check the address given in the email you receive from Backerkit. If you need any assistance or have any questions about this, please don't hesitate to let me know.

Also! I have a (much delayed) photo for you, as promised:

Photo of finished enamel pins

I likely won't have the time (or space! this many pins and charms take up a surprising amount of room) to set up a proper photoshoot with good lighting until after I'm done shipping rewards out, but I did want to give you a little sneak peek for what's coming in the mail soon. The pins turned out fantastic, even better than I anticipated, and I'm excited for you all to receive yours in the coming weeks!

As always, thank you for both your support and your patience during the production process. Now that we're moving into fulfillment, your wait is almost over!

-Anni

Pins have arrived!
over 1 year ago – Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 08:08:03 AM

Hi all!

This is just a very quick update to let you know that all pins, acrylic charms, and stickers have arrived! I'll be going through everything to do a quality check before I start packing orders. There are over 900 pins and another 150 or so acrylic charms to go through, so it will probably be a week or two before I get to the fulfillment stage of things. I am a one-person operation, after all! In the meanwhile, I'll make sure to get some nice photos to send you all while you wait. 

Thank you, as always, for your support and your patience!

Best,

Anni

Surveys Locking in 3 Days
over 1 year ago – Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 04:54:00 AM

Hi all,

I'm just reminding everyone that the Backerkit surveys will be locking in 3 days. This means that your reward selections will be locked and your card will be charged for any add-ons you purchased on Backerkit. Until the lock date, you can still make changes to your survey, so it may be a good time to check that your order is accurate!

Addresses are not locking yet. You will be able to edit your address freely until fulfillment starts, so no need to worry about that part yet.

Late surveys will be accepted after lock date. However, you will not be able to edit any surveys after the lock date, so if you send yours in late, it will not be open for editing. Your address will be open to edit until fulfillment begins.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to message me anytime. I'm keeping a close eye on my Kickstarter messages!

Thanks,

Anni

Production Begins & Survey Reminder
over 1 year ago – Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 08:29:07 AM

Hello again, everyone!

The surveys are now 85% complete and Kickstarter has finished processing pledges and sent the money to me. As such, I am happy to let you all know that we're moving into the production phase of the project! If everything goes right, I'll have all of your rewards on hand in about 3-5 weeks from now and can begin the quality check and shipping phase. Until then, it'll mostly be a waiting game. In the meanwhile, those of you who haven't completed your survey yet or would like to make some changes to your selections still have time to do so before orders lock on August 26th. Late surveys will also be accepted, but they can't be edited past that deadline. If anyone has not received their survey yet, please let me know ASAP.

That's it for the important stuff! I'd like to take this chance to share some of the survey results, because I personally find this kind of thing fascinating! If you're also curious, feel free to read on. If not, I'll see you in the next update!

Top 3 pins chosen by backers:

1. Crafty Cat 

2. Laundry Cat and Travel Cat (tied)

3. Gardener Cat and Shipping Cat (tied)

Top 3 stickers chosen by backers:

1. Gardener Cat

2. Grocery Cat and Crafty Cat (tied)

3. Shipping Cat

I was really surprised to find that while the top pins and stickers feature mostly the same designs, they're in a completely different order. Travel Cat, despite being in the top 2 of pin choices, is actually the least popular sticker design. Meanwhile on the charm side of things, Grocery Cat and Shipping Cat are by far the least popular, despite being favorites in both stickers and pins. It's really interesting to see how the different reward types each have different favorites and least favorites!

For the charms, the three cats in a bag are easily the most popular, with red tabby and grey tabby having double the orders of any other charm, and the black cat just barely beaten out of the top 3 by the white kitten in a boot. Seeing the two top choices really warms my heart, too, since the red tabby is modeled on my own cat, and the gray tabby on his father, who is my parents' cat!

For add-ons, stickers are by far the most popular, with pins coming in at a distant second and charms following closely behind pins. 

Overall, I'm just incredibly grateful and happy for all the support you've all given this project, as these designs are are all dear to me. I've been planning this kickstarter for a long time, and to see it be such a success has been amazing. I really could not have done any of this without your help.

I will be keeping everyone up to date as the project continues, and I'm very excited to start receiving the finished products in a couple of weeks. I'll see if I can get some in-progress pictures from the manufacturers to send you all in the meanwhile. 

As always, huge thanks to you all! Until next time!

- Anni

Surveys going out!
over 1 year ago – Sat, Aug 06, 2022 at 03:54:56 PM

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