Snughouls Series 3

Sorry for the delay, critters! We had a market event on Sunday that I spent all of Saturday prepping for and then when we got home last night I immediately passed out lol. Even with a super simplified setup, lugging out all those tables and gridwalls is a workout!

The market went great though! If you saw us and/or adopted a snughoul, thanks so much for coming out 😊 Definitely going back next year, so if you're in Pensacola around this time come check out the Punk Rock Flea Market!

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NOW onto campaign stuff! We finished at an incredible 326k and a whopping 29 unlocked 'ghouls!!! What an accomplishment!
 
First I'd like to address declined payments. If your payment failed, don't panic! Backerkit will automatically continue to retry failed payments periodically over the next 14 days. If you need to change the card on file but are struggling to do so, please reach out to [email protected] for assistance. I'm not able to trouble shoot payment issues until the pledge manager opens in two weeks.

I'm also not able to make adjustments to your pledge until the pledge manager opens. When surveys go out in two weeks, you'll be able to add/remove items and customize your order to your liking. At that point I can help with adjustments and other order issues as well, so please sit tight until then!

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Secondly, some new sample pics are here! I'm sharing them along with the notes I sent back to the supplier so everyone can see the vision!

Beyond a few materials that need swapping around for better contrast, the first draft of the gryphon is looking INCREDIBLE. The beak is constructed in such a way that they can't embroider a mouth like they would normally, so I've opted to define it with a color change instead. I think this adds to the bird of prey look, and is an improvement overall. Yay for happy accidents!




We also received a mini Gutsy revision, and he's coming along swimmingly! My notes with this one are very minimal, just dialing in those final proportion tweaks for the perfect lil' guy. I'm especially excited to see him in motion because I just know he has the cutest flops.



I'm hoping we receive the first backpack sample later this week, and possibly our first look at the guardian lion! Next on the agenda for this week is paying for all of the giant samples, the jersey devil and the minotaur. My goal is to sample all the snughouls with "unique" shapes first, since they will likely take the longest. After that we can start on the color swaps!

That's all for now my friends, but if I receive anymore pictures this week I'll be sure to share them here asap!

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There's no pressure to post, just lurk and catch updates in real time as I share pictures, sketches and other snughoul noodlins in the development channel  💖 

But with overtime mode enabled, things could go on much longer. Every time someone pledges, it resets the countdown to 10 minutes! 👀This is my favorite part-- let's GOOO!!!
 

It's the DAWN OF THE FINAL DAY my friends!!

The campaign ends at 9pm CDT TONIGHT so don't miss your chance to claim your backer freebies! At 350k I also have one final surprise for everyone and we're mighty close to hitting that goal already-- can we do it? 😉

Speaking of surprises, friend of the Snughouls and my partner in crime Charmsey whipped up an incredible send off for us too! What better way to celebrate another successful campaign than with an adorable, gilded seraphim 💖

This design will be available as a sticker and a keychain! Both formats will pack a shiny, glittery punch to really accentuate their lovely golden glow. Aren't they just adorable? 🥹

YOU DID IT cryptid cuddlers!!! The patchwork bat is now an official S3 snughoul and prototyping can begin shortly! 💖

I'm so thrilled by the diversity of the S3 lineup. Prototyping is always a bit of a rollercoaster with plenty of ups and downs, but I can honestly say it feels like Christmas came early with all these colorful creatures to work with and develop over the next several months.  I'll eat, sleep, and breathe Snughouls for the foreseeable future and I don't mind it!!!



While I'm here, I also want to extend my gratitude yet again for making all this possible. It's no secret that the prevailing sentiment of the world right now is one of fear and instability, and to launch a project like this, in a climate like this, feels both necessary and a little foolhardy. We need whimsy!! But we also need to be able to afford groceries in an increasingly expensive world, and juggling those two seems kinda impossible sometimes.

All of this to say, I'm deeply honored that over 2000 of you chose to find your fun and whimsy, your lil-something-to-take-the-edge-off, here with the Snughouls, and we can't wait to deliver for a 3rd time!

And if you're on the fence about pledging, please know that every additional dollar helps us order even more Snughouls and deliver even more whimsy to the folks that desperately need it. This is the ground floor, and you guys are the pillars that allow the Snughouls and Tiny Teeth as a whole to keep growing!

Now let's go out with a bang, my cryptid connoisseurs!!! 🎉🎉🎉Share the campaign with your friends and family, on social media and in person! If we surpass 350k in these final hours, I may even have one more freebie up my sleeve for you beautiful folks 😉🤫



And don't forget to check out our collab partner, Chuuloos! They're less than 9k from their next unlock and could surpass that in no time with your help 🫶

The backers have spoken and I'm thrilled to announce our Design a Snughoul winner, Brace Axe Minotaur by werewolf.kaiju!

Sampling will begin shortly, and you'll find this rugged cutie on your survey just like you would any other unlocked snughoul 💖 Thank you EVERYONE for your participation and for sharing your creative skills with us all.

I want to reiterate that if time wasn't a limiting factor here, I would absolutely add all the finalists to the lineup! I think they're all incredible and would look right at home in the snughoul fam. But just because we don't have time right now, doesn't mean they won't join us at a later date 😉
 


Today I also want to celebrate how close we are to unlocking our FINAL stretch goal, the patchwork bat!! Less than 2k to go now, bat enjoyers!

To sweeten the pot a bit, along with the plush, unlocking the patchwork bat will also unlock this adorable new keychain and enamel pin design. It looks like Pumpkin Patch Beelzebear isn't the only one with corvid companions anymore-- maybe these two have more in common than we realized? 🫢