FEBRUARY Reward Club Reveals (Monthly Newsletter)

Hello everyone and Happy New Year!

I know this post is running a little late and it has a good amount of information so please give it a read in case you have any questions that may be answered in this month's newsletter!

And to new members, welcome and thank you for joining! Please remember to keep your address updated on patreon in order to receive your monthly rewards! Your rewards WILL NOT SHIP if I don't have an address on record for you so please make sure you have that updated ASAP!

In addition, here's your reminder to join our discord (it's not too active either, but it's the best way to receive smaller updates like WIPs and shipping reports) which you can join by following the instructions below!

First off, some of you have already noticed that you weren't billed for the month of January--I didn't do a rewards reveal for the month of January last month as I ended up not planning for one. As a result, there will be no January rewards to be shipped and you will not be billed for this month at all! Billing will resume back in February for the rewards shown on this post.

December rewards have also been delayed to ship sometime this month instead of the end of last month--I didn't want to risk mail being lost via USPS due to the high volumes that they receive for Christmas in general (my post office has a habit of not scanning in parcels upon pick up which was a huge issue for us in previous years) so I'm hoping by shipping them out later/after the holiday season, it'll reduce the amount of lost/damaged patreon goods sent out!

This will most likely occur yearly where from here on out, January of each year will be a pause period where no rewards will be shipped so that December's can be processed properly and for me to do inventory on all secret shop goods in preparation for reopening next month in February.

I've also whittled down a majority of the Secret Shop orders, I unexpectedly received a larger amount than anticipated with the last shop drop (I'm assuming from all of the new fish fries that joined for early access) so I'm down to about 80 or so, and will fulfill these within the month. I sincerely apologize for the delay!

If you're waiting on lost rewards, I'll also be trying to come up with a new system to report and resend them that won't be on patreon--until then please be patient as I'll work through them along with the remaining secret shop orders! (I will be keeping my messages in my inbox as unread until I work on them to ensure that they don't get buried/lost, so please don't worry if you don't receive a response).

With that being said, there's also no change to the secret shop password as the main shop and secret shop are currently closed for inventory! I'll be reopening everything hopefully by the end of the month or in February! Thank you so much for your patience! And now for reward reveals!

✨🐟FEBRUARY PATREON REWARD REVEALS🐟✨

CRYBABY'S STICKER CLUB features crybaby with... some new friends!! After drawing mostly seasonal/holiday themed crybaby stickers for almost 2 years, I figured it was time for a new change! Introducing.. Crybaby and Friends! These series will feature crybaby with a new friend each month, tying in with the same theme as the animal featured in our Pin Club! Since Garden Eels are the focus of February in our pin club, our new sticker features Crybaby visiting some friends right in his own backyard!

PIN CLUB of February features... as you might have guessed it: Garden Eels! We did a gacha sticker club last year which was super fun and I figured it'd be super fun to do it with these guys too! For February, you'll be receiving one of the two available pin designs for garden eels: either a spotted garden eel or a splendid garden eel! Both come with their respective informational backing cards as always! 

You might have seen these guys as well if you visited the Belle Isle Aquarium in Detroit, MI in November! They were requested by the Belle Isle Aquarium to add into their gift shop stock and, with their permission, I've offered them as patreon rewards for all the fish fries of pin club as well!

As always, members who are in the Sticker + Pin Club tiers will be receiving both rewards as always and all physical reward tier members get a freebie TCG card as well!

This month will most likely be another quiet month as I do some clean up and inventory for the shop before reopening! I'll most likely be back with news of a kickstarter for the fish bags (or a crowdfunder through the website) and a reopening date for Umvvelt soon! 🙇‍♀️ Thank you for tun(a)ing in, and as always:

Best fishes,

Kir🐟