That's right, time's almost up – if you haven't updated your pledge to get all the pins you want, OR haven't also pledged to Proud to the Bone 2 to get 2 free pins, now is your last chance!

Because you guys are super cool amazing awesome people and funded this pin campaign, once Pintopia 2 ends, you can expect the following:

This is a bit of a serious one, gang.

As you may recall, when I started this campaign, I mentioned that any tip jar proceeds or non-physical tier donations would be going to Friends & Vets Helping Pets, a nonprofit assisting financially-limited pet parents with extraordinary expenses needed to save a pet’s life.

However, since that announcement, one of Warden's kitty cat friends has become a pet who will soon require those extraordinary expenses. In the name of mutual aid, Warden and I would like to donate your donations to him instead.

This is Smarty. The day Warden came into my life, Smarty and his feline brother, as well as his humans (two of my dear friends) were the first to meet him. Smarty and Warden spent almost 20 straight minutes blinking at each other and sniffing gently at one another, and Warden still recognizes pictures of him as His Friend.

Smarty is the gentlest, sweetest little man with a raspy lil meow and a hatred of phones (if you are on a phone, you are not hanging out with him, and that is unacceptable). He is also staring down the barrel of a diagnosis of either cancer or polycythemia vera, a marrow disorder. Either way, this will need to be managed with chemotherapy – and, like for humans, chemo for cats is incredibly expensive.

His parents are scared for their little boy, and incredibly worried that finances are going to be the barrier to saving their cat's life.

He has an ultrasound on Monday to further the diagnostic process, and his parents are committed to doing everything they can for him – but they are so scared that the financial element of treatment will stand in the way of that commitment. Warden and I would like to alleviate that burden in whatever way I can.

TLDR; Your donations will still go toward assisting financially-limited pet parents with extraordinary expenses needed to save a pet’s life – they're going to go directly, mutual-aid style, to a pet and his family in immediate need.

Thank you as always for your love and support, and thank you for making this Pintopia 2 experience SO incredible!!

Love,
Cam + Warden

Hello Pintopians and Warden fans!

Today is the last full day of Pintopia 2 – you have until 1 PM PST tomorrow (18 April) to make your final selections and back all those amazing projects that you've been eyeing but haven't quite committed to!

This also means that you have a little over 24 hours to finalize your pledge for this campaign. While there will be some add-on pins available, the best way to ensure you get the pins you want is to make sure your pledge is current!

Also, don't forget to back Proud to the Bone 2! NerdyKeppie and I teamed up to make two pins that you'll get for FREE if you back both campaigns –– so if you want Skele-Warden with a rainbow flower crown, you know what to do!

And finally: Today's my birthday, and I genuinely love to spend my birthday doing what I can to give to others. There are some Pintopia projects that haven't quite hit their funding goal, and I would encourage y'all to click here, check them out, and give them some love and support. Let's give everyone we can the thrill of getting their campaign over the finish line!!

I probably sound like a broken record but thank you SO MUCH for your support and enthusiasm for this project; I can't express how much it means to me (and to Warden, too!). Once the campaign ends, you already know I'll be in touch with next steps; I can't wait to get y'all's survey responses and see if my hunch was right and everyone's resounding favorite pin is Bag-Head Warden XD

Love,
Cam

A whopping 92% of poll voters said YES PLEASE to the release of Rainbow Bandana Boy Warden, so here you go! I'm so stoked to have the support needed to unlock this pin – thank you so much for your love, support and votes!

From now until the campaign ends on April 18th, you can update your pledge to encompass this pin (for example, if you pledged for 2 pins but want to add this one as a 3rd, you can do so now!). Additionally, don't forget to check out Proud to the Bone 2 – if you back both our projects, you get 2 free pins!

Fun fact: April 18 is the day after my birthday; I couldn't think of a better way to ring in another revolution around the sun by designing pins of my creature for folks who love him as much as I do. Thank you for being here, supporting Pintopia, and loving my son :)

Love,
Cam

Hello, Warden lovers and Pintopia pals!

I've been absolutely blown away by the love and support this lil project has received, both on BackerKit and on social media – it's truly a privilege and an honor to be in the company of people who love my cat as much as I do (and he loves all of you too!!!).

As we come ever closer to the end of Pintopia 2, I wanted to check in: I'm considering, given all the incredible support this campaign has received thus far, adding a fourth pin to the mix: Warden wearing the rainbow bandana that he dons every Pride Month in support of the LGBTQIA2S+ community.)

If the votes that come in by Friday say YES then I will! Otherwise, no hard feelings – I want to make what you want to see!

What are your thoughts? Vote in the poll below – and thank you again for your love and support!

Hi besties!!

Imagine my surprise and delight when I looked up from my anime watch night with a friend to see that you all funded Warden's World COMPLETELY in under 12 hours!!!

Thanks to your support, we've unlocked the final pin!

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO GET EARLY-BIRD PRICING on your pledge, so if you want to update your pledge to include this third pin, or to get your hands on more pins in general, now is the time!!

And don't forget to support Proud to the Bone 2 – backing both of our campaigns means you'll get two free pins!

Thank you so much for your support of Pintopia 2, of Warden, and of my creations. This TRULY means the world!

<3,
Cam