Forever In Solidarity are a set of raised fist pins in Pride flag colors beginning with Gay, Trans, Bi, & More Color More Pride.
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It's been a fast and furious two weeks for us! Tomorrow will mark day 14 since we funded, and shortly thereafter all of you will receive an e-mail inviting you to complete your rewards survey on Backerkit.
You will be invited to select the flag for your pin(s), to select which flag you'd like on your stretch goal sticker, and which pronouns you'd like on your pronoun patch if applicable. You will also have the option of adding additional pins, purchasing pronoun patches, additional stickers, or a t-shirt; all at discounted prices for the kickstarter!
A small portion of you will have already received an invitation to complete your survey. This is simply a sample e-mail to make certain our mailers are operating correctly. Go ahead and complete your survey now if you've received one, since that will help us iron out any issues ahead of the full mailing.
Thank you again for your support and solidarity! We're looking forward to getting your orders out to you!
-Steve & Mandy
Thank you for making this project fund in 42 minutes.
Thank you for getting us to over 1500% funded.
Thank you for your thoughtful input on the project.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
We funded just under an hour ago, and we were so excited that we fumbled our shehechyanu, stumbling over the words. (It's okay -- He knows what we mean!)
Y'all are the greatest.
Over the next two weeks, Kickstarter will be processing your pledges. Check your funding sources, make sure the card's up to date, all that good fun stuff.
Once the funds are released to us by Kickstarter and all our backers are verified paid, we start the BackerKit fun.
If you've never backed a project that used BackerKit before, it's pretty rad! It'll allow you to change your pledge level, to add on extras, to update your address until pretty close to shipping.
About two and a half to three weeks from now, you'll be getting an email from BackerKit. Follow the link in the email, choose your rewards, enter your shipping address and add on any extra pins, stickers, or whatever other goodies we sneak in. (We're talking to our printers about adding on a version of this shirt for backers at a significant discount if we bulk order.)
Once we've tallied up the results of the surveys and can assemble our order, it'll go off to the printers, sticker makers and pin manufacturers.
You can expect regular emails from us as the process completes, along with pictures as items come in!
When everything's arrived, we'll assemble our helpers, pay them a living wage for the hours they put in helping us pack orders (live your values!) and ship your packages to you.
Thank you again, and expect more projects from us in the future!
Solidarity,
Mandy & Steve
It's tough to write these updates without feeling more than a little like I'm repeating myself, but we're in the last 24 hours, so let's recap:
This project has been in the works for almost six months, during which time we researched the best production companies to be sure we'd get quality products and that we would be getting our pins made in the US, worked on art, and discussed the history and symbolism so that we could be sure we were making art that best expressed solidarity for the entire community. Of particular concern to us was making sure we could get the More Color, More Pride pin set up as part of the same batch.
We're in the last 24 hours now: please share, boost, yell from the rooftops. We'd love to be able to release our last Mystery Pin!
Will I be able to add on more pins through BackerKit if I'm an EarlyBird backer who wants more pins now that variants have unlocked but doesn't want to lose their EarlyBird bonus?
Yes! That's one of the reasons we're using BackerKit. That will enable folx to add on pins either for themselves or for donation, as well as picking up extra stickers and other fun add-ons.
Do I have to pick one of the original set of pins if I was an EarlyBird backer?
Nope! You can pick any of the pins.
How do I tell you what pronouns I want on my patch if I'm an EarlyBird backer?
The survey will ask you!
Are these pins going to be available on your store after the Kickstarter?
Until we run out, yes, but we always intended these to be limited-edition - so don't wait and think you'll be able to get them later!
Thank you all for your support -- let's see how far we can get in the last day!
Solidarity,
Mandy & Steve
First of all, thank you to everyone who stopped by at Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market today at Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co -- it was awesome getting to talk to all of you!
We're still pushing for the last stretch goal at $10K, with our last Mystery Pin to unlock. $1500 to go, and it's still within reach -- every share and every pledge pushes us a little closer.
Once we do close, we'll be sending out an update with next steps.
We'll be using Backerkit to manage our surveys and fulfillment process, and instructions will come out once our run to the finish line is complete. A couple of people have sent messages asking if they can change their pin selection to one of the new unlocks, and the answer is: you haven't picked anything yet!
One of the great things about BackerKit is its flexibility in allowing you to add things at checkout, so for those of you who have been asking if you can donate pins to The Attic when you've bought more than one pin, the answer is absolutely yes! We'll be managing that through BackerKit, as well as any other add-on items, such as extra stickers or possibly an exclusive tote bag or shirt. (Y'all know me, I love to make things.)
But that's all in the future: the next 48 hours are for reaching for that very last stretch goal.
Thank you for getting us this far. We can't wait to see where we end up.
Solidarity,
Mandy & Steve