Pin Orders & Symbols of Faith!
about 5 years ago – Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 09:56:38 PM

Pins Ordered!

With the finalized counts submitted to our pin maker, production on this project will begin shortly! We'll have an update soon on when we should expect our shipment and be able to start shipping to you. Likewise, the stickers for our first stretch goal have been ordered as well. Hooray!

Faith & Pride

Our newest project, Faith & Pride, has passed its first three stretch goals -- we now have the Cross, Star of David, Pentacle, Star & Crescent, Aum, UU Chalice & Buddhist Lotus available in Rainbow, Bisexual, Transgender, Non-Binary and Asexual Pride. We're less than $250 away from unlocking Mjolnir!

Thank you, as always, for all of your support and your belief in what we do.

Solidarity,

Spider & Steve

Add-Ons Ordered!
about 5 years ago – Tue, Apr 09, 2019 at 02:13:06 AM

All Add-Ons Ordered!

With orders locked and cards successfully charged for everyone who added on shirts, hats, etc., we have placed orders with our print partners for these items. You should see them arriving over the next 2-3 weeks (depending on how far from Michigan and North Carolina you are), and everyone who ordered add-ons will see shipment notification emails when your items ship. Different items ship from different places, so you may get, for example, one package with a beanie in it and another with a t-shirt in it. This is totally normal, and items aren't missing if they arrive in separate packages.

Counts finalized, we'll be placing our order for the pins in the next few days. We are still on time (barring any manufacturing delays from our partners) to have these items in your hands before Pride Month!

Our next Kickstarter -- Symbols of Faith & Pride -- has already funded, & we've unlocked our first stretch goal, adding the UU Chalice to the Cross, Star of David, Pentacle & Crescent & Star pins! 

Here's to the amazing things we've done and will do. 

Solidarity,

Spider & Steve

Symbols of Faith & Pride!
about 5 years ago – Fri, Apr 05, 2019 at 04:02:49 PM

 Always moving forward - we're so excited to announce our next project is now live!

Symbols of Faith & Pride are a set of US-manufactured faith symbol pins, available in Pride flag colors. We'll begin with Rainbow/Gay pride pins featuring the Christian Cross, Jewish Star of David, Muslim Crescent & Star & Pagan Pentacle. Stretch goals will unlock Pride options for other flags as well as unlocking the Universalist Unitarian Chalice, Buddhist Lotus, Mjolnir, an Atheist pin, and Hindu Aum. 

Once a flag option has been unlocked, it will be available in all unlocked pins. You may choose as many different flags or pins as there are different pins in your order!

Why this project? Why now?

We’d been discussing the possibility of Symbols of Faith & Pride for several months – since about halfway through the Solidarity Fist Pin Kickstarter – but recent events have pushed this to the forefront of our minds. Mandy grew up in a United Methodist Church in rural Pennsylvania and left at age eighteen, while Steve's parents were members of a UMC Church until very recently, their father very active in Reconciliation, so the ruling – and the defiant response of many churches – have been alternately crushing and uplifting. While we are both very happy in our home as members of our Reform Synagogue, we understand intimately the pain and the resistance of our friends who are still members of the UMC, and other friends and family who have found varying degrees of love and rejection in their own faith homes. With that in mind, we are launching our next Kickstarter to fund a set of pins which speaks to our hopes as we move forward. 

Come join us, and spread the word! 

Solidarity, 

Mandy & Steve. 

24 hour BackerKit alert!
about 5 years ago – Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 12:43:39 AM

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93% of Backers Have Answered Their Survey!
about 5 years ago – Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 01:12:40 AM

So as soon as the rest of you get your surveys done, we can order pins!

In all seriousness, we really want folx to get these before June, and to do so, we need everyone to answer their surveys so we can place our order. 

If you haven't gotten your survey link from BackerKit, please contact us ASAP! Once we get to 95%, we'll give everyone a 72 hour warning and lock orders. 

Thank you!

Mandy & Steve