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Hello my fellow literary lovers! Thank you all so much for making our first Pintopia campaign such a success. We raised over $15k to make this my most successful Backerkit campaign so far. ALL levels were unlocked, so you'll be able to have your pick of the litter in your survey.

I'm already about halfway through creating the survey, so you'll receive that in about a week or so. I give at least a week so credit card charges can all go through. Almost everyone has been charged already; if you have a failed payment, please make sure to update your credit card payment ASAP so I can get the survey to you and get these pins ordered! After the survey goes out in about a week, I'd love to close out the survey a week/10 days after that so I can order pins right as the factories open back up after the Lunar New Year.

Our next campaign is a continuation of our previous Victorian Villages campaign, but with smaller pins added as well! You'll be able to create a cozy autumn village or a haunted spooky village in this iteration. Along with the different buildings, we will also have accompanying accessory pins ranging from .75' to 1.25" so really flesh out your villages. We'll have potions, creatures, bookish items, Halloween and more!

We're partnering up with our friend Stina of Laserbrain with her campaign Space Witch. We'll both be offering a FREE full-size pin for those who successfully pledge to both of our campaigns. Follow her project here!

For this campaign I'll be offering:
👻Free pin for pre-launch followers
🍂Freebie for Early Backers
👻Freebie for Return Backers
🍂Free pin for Cross-Collab backers

Follow Autumn Villages here for a free pin!

If you're in the NYC area and attending Bookcon at the Javits Center, swing by booth #1327 to see me! I'll be vending and have some special limited edition pins, stickers, claw clips and more. Bookcon is April 18-19 and should be a really fun time. Please say hi if you're attending!

That's all for now. Be on the lookout for a survey for Books & Banter in about a week or so and please just fix any credit card errors this week so I can make sure you get your survey. Thank you all again for the continuous support!

XO,
Nikki

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Hooray, there's just a day left of the campaign! Thank you again for all the support. I have decided to unlock the last stretch goal (because I want to make them) as long as the campaign stays above $15k pledged. So you'll be able to get the heart locket of your favorite hockey couple or the hot cocoa society teacup in the survey!



I've already starting proofing all of the pin artwork with my manufacturer so I can get things rolling. Here's some of the proofs and a fun 3D rendering for the heart locket!

I'm preparing the survey now so I can hopefully get that out to you all very quickly post-campaign conclusion as well. I'm moving fast because I'm just really thrilled to get these designs into your hands, so thank you for liking the art and being excited about the designs!

XO,
Nikki

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There's 6 days left of the campaign - time flies! I have TWO new stretch goal variant designs for you that I'm hoping we can unlock if we hit $16k in pledges!



We have one premium and one standard variant. The premium pin features two hockey players close to my heart in the 3D molded metal locket design. The standard pin features a suggestion from you all - for those bookish individuals who prefer a steaming mug of hot cocoa!

I would love to get these variants unlocked to include them in the post-campaign survey for you all, so please share the campaign! I've been working already on picking all the pantone colors and effects so I can get these designs into production ASAP.

XO,
Nikki

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Once again, I can't thank you all enough for the support on this campaign. Make sure if you haven't pledged yet and are interested to pledge before 1pm ET/10am PT to get the free rainbow book cover pin!

I've attached a new poll below for a possible stretch goal as we still have a whopping 19 days left of this campaign and we've already unlocked almost everything in the campaign. If you have specific ideas you'd like to see, please leave a comment here or on the poll. I always love to hear suggestions!

There are also a lot of new names here, so I figured I'd do a little intro post so you know more about the artist behind this campaign. My name is Nikki, I'm born and raised in northern New Jersey and I live here with my husband and my three rescue cats named Meatloaf, Lily and Ruby. During the day I work in a baseball museum where I've been for almost 14 years; I have my Masters degree in Museum Professions. I've been creating enamel pins since 2017 when I started Sunset Road. In my spare time I love to read, travel, and craft. My favorite music genre is pop-punk specifically from the Drive-Thru records era and I go to a lot of concerts, you can often find me in Walt Disney World, and I most likely will have an iced coffee in my hands 80% of my awake hours.


XO,
Nikki, Ty, Meatloaf, Lily & Ruby

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In less than 24 hours, we've unlocked SEVEN levels of the campaign! I'm absolutely floored. Thank you all so much for the love shown to this collection.

Next up are the Ereader pins in two variants, and the Heart Lockets in two variants! The Heart Locket mold will be 3D molded metal and will stay open as pictured.

We also hit our first achievement, which is a free Support Your Local Library sticker for ALL backers! This will be automatically added to all completed surveys on campaign completion. Hooray!

There's still time to grab the FREE Early Bird rainbow book design if you back in the next 24 hours. So far, you'll be receiving all of these items for free if you've pledged:

That comes out to $42 in free items for successfully pledging to our campaign!

Thank you again for your tremendous support for this project. Let's unlock the last 3 levels and get to the next freebie achievement. Please also vote on the poll so I can see if we can make some more stretch goals happen!

XO,
Nikki