Stretch goals obliterated, less than 24 hours for early bird freebie!
about 2 months ago
– Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 12:40:51 PM
Hello!! I didn't think I’d be making this update on day 2, but its an exciting one!! It’s a little long, but there are some fun drawings to break up the words, so do read on to the end! Or just look at the doodles. It’s all good.
A friendly reminder that there are less that 24 hours to get the early bird mini-pin for free!
With that out of the way- Thank you so much for the overwhelmingly positive support!! Words can’t describe how grateful and excited I am. I might have teared up with gratitude, but I can neither confirm nor deny that as fact. (Jk, it’s real, I totally did)
I doodled these blurry cat memes as fast as I could yesterday to celebrate unlocking them! Here they all are in one place!! (I’m half tempted to make them stickers, but maybe only I want them LOLOL)
Celebrations asides, there is still much to be done. I thought I’d have a couple of days to prepare the stretch goal designs as the project slowly made its way to them, and even though they are funded, I’ll still probably need those couple of days to get them done to a place I'm happy with.
For Lucky Leopard and Neon Panther, I have a fairly clear vision of what I want to do. Blazing lion is the toughest design for me at the moment, so I’ll probably share their design last. My goal is to have some of these ready by next week. I’m a firm believer in weekends for recharging.
Aside from finishing the other designs, I’m considering adding some new stretch goals and Add-ons to the campaign to work towards. These are not set in stone, just what I'm mulling over as I figure out the logistics and time I have to dedicate towards them.
- New stretch goal: Adding all of the big kitties to the mini cub base, available individually and as a new pledge tier or as an add on set.
- New stretch goal: Adding a 5th completely new Carousel Kitty, and using the poll feature to pick what type of cat and maybe its themes as a community!
- New stretch goal: A totally new kitty carousel themed pin of multiple kitties in one pin...
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Add-on: Possibly stickers of the stretch goal cats!
Feel free to let me know what you think about these in the comments! I plan to update next week with both the design reveals and the new stretch goals.
As a thanks for reading this far, here’s a sketch of Lucky Leopard's concept colors (Please note that the final design will be on the base). If you guessed a lucky clover theme, you were right! A few plants are commonly called clovers, and I like them all. For this design, I'm going with Oxalis, or wood sorrels. I chose them because of their very charming heart shaped leaves, and for their yellow and white flowers. (They also come in pink) Oxalis is one of my favorites!
Lucky Leopard is a cat that that doesn't wait for luck to find them, instead they make their own luck by being ready to pounce on every opportunity that comes their way.
Enjoy!
