UPDATE 5: Almost All Orders Shipped!
about 3 years ago – Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 06:48:27 PM

Just a quick housekeeping update! As always, I want to thank everyone for your patience. I've now got all but a handful of orders sent out. If your order has been delayed, I've already sent you an email. Otherwise, your orders should be on their way to you!

I plan on posting one more update once the last order has shipped, thank you so much for making this project a reality!

Stay Awesome!

<3 Emily

UPDATE 4: Pins and (Most) Stickers are in!
over 3 years ago – Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 10:37:00 PM

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

This holiday season was... a lot. Much, much more than it's been in the past. Which was both super exciting and a bit daunting. I simultaneously got a lot done and still have a lot left to do.

But! I wanted to share with y'all what's come in so far:

The last three stickers--Carpe Diem, Carpe Noctem, and I Heart Space--should be in before next week and my hope is to start shipping out orders by the end of this weekend. You should have received a notice that addresses will be locked in 48 hours. So if you have had any major changes between the start of the campaign and now, be sure to make that change ASAP!

Let me know if y'all have any questions. Again, thank you for sticking with me on this journey.

Stay Awesome!

<3 Leebobawitz

UPDATE 3: Smoke Tests Are Out!
over 3 years ago – Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 06:32:26 AM

SMOKE TESTS HAVE BEEN SENT

I hope everyone has been having a lovely few weeks! I've been hard at work matching colors and getting the merchandise ordered. I was able to fine-tune the surveys, add all the pictures to the add-ons, and a quarter of you should have gotten the message about a survey. The reason BackerKit uses a smoke test first is to catch any potential bugs before all the surveys go out. Already a few folks have filled them out (thank-you!) and as long as things continue to run smoothly, I'll be sending out the rest of the surveys tomorrow night. 

Thank you for your support, I'll let y'all know once the remaining surveys have been sent out!

Stay Awesome!

Emily

UPDATE 2: Final Two Days & Some News!
over 3 years ago – Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 08:27:33 PM

FINAL PUSH!

With a little under two days remaining, I'm in awe of what we've managed to do! For this project I experimented a bit with quite a few things: Shorter project time, shipping added after the campaign, and focusing on a bit more of a niche subject, but despite all of that we have managed to unlock so much in such a short amount of time.

With that in mind, I wanted to get your feedback on things. Would y'all prefer a holo astronaut sticker or a holo 'I HEART SPACE' sticker? Let me know in the comments! 

As for the pins, my current plan is to have any stretch goals that haven't unlocked yet as preorders. If you pledge during this campaign, all of the pins will be an option in the survey. However, the lanyard can only be unlocked if we reach $1,750. At the time of writing this, we are less than $500 away from that and are working towards unlocking the following additional goals:

 We have a little over 40 hours left in the campaign, let's unlock these last seven stretch goals!

Stay Awesome!

Emily

UPDATE 1: Adjusted Goals, New Freebie Added, & More Designs!
over 3 years ago – Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 06:21:37 PM

STRETCH GOAL ADJUSTMENTS

Happy Sunday everyone!

We have had an absolutely amazing start to the project, and I could not be more pleased! This is my first time charging shipping post-campaign, so I based the initial stretch goals off of old habits. However, the more I thought about it, the more I realized I was overstretching the goals based on older data. So! I have adjusted the stretch goals to the following:

At the time of posting this update, the following colors have been unlocked: Pink, Black, Cyan, Purple, Orange, Blue, White, and Yellow. And we are only $8 away from unlocking Red!

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ADDITIONAL PIN DESIGNS

As you may have noticed, a few more pin designs have made their way onto the stretch goal list. I was playing around with those designs a month or so ago and realized they would be a great addition to this campaign! I wanted to make sure all of the astronauts unlocked first, so they were added to the end. Carpe Noctem & Carpe Diem will be 1.5 inches tall and hard enamel.

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NEW & ADJUSTED FREEBIES

Another change was to the unlockable freebies. I lowered the lanyard freebie from 4+ pins to 3+ pins, and added the 'I HEART SPACE!' pin to the stretch goal list for those pledging 5+ pins. You can also choose it as one of your pins if in a 4 pin tier or less. The design will have a print screen element as well as glitter in the black enamel, to simulate a starry sky.

I will also be including a free postcard with every physical pledge if we reach 100 backers before the project ends! You can share the project directly, retweeting my Twitter Post, or sharing my Instagram Post.

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THANK Y'ALL FOR AN AMAZING START!

I was a little apprehensive about posting this project initially, as it is my first non-fanfic related project on Kickstarter since those designs took off. I am humbled and so very thankful for your continued support.

We have a little over a week left, let's unlock the rest of the Kawaii Astronauts! 

Stay Awesome!

<3 Emily