Twig the Fairy just took an incredible adventure and needs your help in sharing the photos and story in a book
Oh Hello!
I’m Twig the Fairy.
So ... things have gotten, shall we say, fairy interesting in my world. I’ve got big news.
For those who don't know me, as long as I can remember, I’ve believed in a special type of fairy magic, and that it’s my mission to spread it as far and wide as possible.
(Give a fairy a goal and enough glitter to be dangerous and really, nothing is impossible.)
It started with a childlike sense of wonder with sparkly things and now, yes, I’ve got a lifelong obsession with glitter bombing =)
Throughout the year, I live my dream at Renaissance Faires, Fairy Festivals, online, and now even in books. You can check out a few videos on youtube.com/twigthefairy …
I magically make my way around, spreading fairy dust and joy as far as wonders can reach. In fact, I manage such ridiculous quantities of glitter that I’m almost certainly on a fairy-watch-list somewhere =)
But I think I can do more. I just need your help.
So, I took the most incredible adventure earlier this year and I simply must share it with you in the most incredibly glitterrifically imaginable book.
The Project!
Ok. This part … if I spoke … I would whisper, but since I don’t speak, I just have type … I’m SO excited to announce that I have had an AMAZING adventure with fairies, goblins, and omgomgomg … a unicorn.
I’M SO EXCITED!
I even have pictures! With your help, I would love to share this story.
With you. And with the world. What can I say, fairies dream BIG! =)
Here are some of the essential details: It will be a hardcover storybook illustrated in photo. It will be full color, roughly 32 pages, and approximately 17 million 5895 hundred thousand fairy words. Which is not quite as many in human words.* Kids will love it and it will make adults feel like kids again … which means they will love it too =)
There’s a lot of things we can make happen by the great and almighty power of fairy dust. But a lot of things that need some help as well.
The funds raised here will be used for some of the things you’d expect: travel to a few magical locations to shoot photos for the book, completing the photo editing and illustrations, actually manufacturing the books, shipping within the United States, etc. It also covers a few of the unexpecteds. There’s a large damage expense, for instance, when you work with goblins. And unicorns tend to eat like a horse …
For your support, some of the most magical rewards me and my fairy friends could think of.
We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already. - J.K. Rowling
But just in case you or someone you know need it, I'd love to send you some fairy magic. =) And there's an excellent chance it will be covered in fairy dust.
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It's going to be a whirlwind to deliver all the rewards by Christmas! Many of the rewards impact the content of the book, so collecting all the information and getting into the book in time to print it and get it out will be an enormous challenge, but with a little fairy magic and luck, many families should expect to be very happy this year!
The first challenge, collecting all the information to go in the book, was met by being persistent with the few stragglers who weren't able to answer their surveys immediately. We will just need to be diligent with every last backer to get them to answer their surveys.
The second challenge, getting it printed, will require a lot of open communication with our printer to make sure the files are production-ready, the final proof lives up to our standards, and then just getting it to our door.
Finally, packaging all the rewards and shipping them out will be a challenge. In the past, we were able to actually ship out almost 1000 orders in one weekend, so we feel we are ready for this task.
We also have a handful of other rewards that will need to be fulfilled that don't have to do with the book, but we have much of these completed or lined up already. We are just waiting for the word to say GO.
FAQ
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Every pledge of $50 or more includes at least one signed copy of the new book =)
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When the funding ends, you'll get an email from Kickstarter with a form to pick out which level you want. It's weird, I know, but that's how goblins can be sometimes =)
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When the funding ends, you'll get an email from Kickstarter with a form to enter in the name you want to appear. It's weird, I know, but that's how goblins can be sometimes =)
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Unfortunately not =( But if you need something special, send me a message and we'll try to work something out. =)
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Yes! I know it's not clear, but yes, you will get a signed booked for your $150 pledge =)
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Pledge $1 or more
24 backers
Fairy sized contributions welcome. Every little bit helps! =)
Estimated delivery: Nov 2012Pledge $10 or more
26 backers
Receive a "Thank You" postcard with a special note from Twig thanking you for your contribution. WARNING: fairy-dust-friendly mailbox strongly recommended
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Ships within the US onlyPledge $25 or more
88 backers
Receive the world's only 13 Month Fairy Wall Calendar for 2013. It's a calendar so special, it includes special fairy holidays such as Tame a Goblin Day, Bruise Appreciation Day, and Lost Socks Day. The only way to fit all the holidays in was to add a 13th month =) Plus $10 level.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $18 to ship outside the USPledge $25 or more
3 backers
Set of 10 "first of their kind" Twig the Fairy greeting cards. Plus $10 level.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $18 to ship outside the USPledge $25 or more
8 backers
A "first of its kind" Twig the Fairy coloring book. Plus $10 level.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $18 to ship outside the USPledge $50 or more
209 backers
GLITTER ENTHUSIASTS ONLY: One signed copy of the brand new Twig the Fairy Storybook, plus one $25 level.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $18 to ship outside the USPledge $100 or more
7 backers
Two $50 levels (a new level for the special humans that asked about receiving multiple books)
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $18 to ship outside the USPledge $100 or more
50 backers All gone!
You or a friend of your choice will be listed on the book's credit page as a glitterrific producer. Studies have shown that this contribution level makes a great gift for very manly, grumpy bosses. Plus $50 level.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $18 to ship outside the USPledge $100 or more
7 backers Limited (43 of 50 left)
Twig the Fairy will give you your very own fairy name and an official certificate with your human name and fairy name. Plus $50 level.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $18 to ship outside the USPledge $100 or more
2 backers Limited (48 of 50 left)
Twig the Fairy will give you your very own goblin name and an official certificate with your human name and goblin name. Plus $50 level.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $18 to ship outside the USPledge $150 or more
3 backers Limited (7 of 10 left)
A ginormous jar of fairy mood dust (Zen) and matching fairy necklace, plus a fairy name certificate & all 3 $25 levels.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $18 to ship outside the USPledge $150 or more
3 backers Limited (7 of 10 left)
A ginormous jar of fairy mood dust (Caffeinated) and matching fairy necklace, plus a fairy name certificate & all 3 $25 levels.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $18 to ship outside the USPledge $150 or more
3 backers Limited (7 of 10 left)
A ginormous jar of fairy mood dust (Happy) and matching fairy necklace, plus a fairy name certificate & all 3 $25 levels.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $18 to ship outside the USPledge $200 or more
3 backers Limited (2 of 5 left)
A fairy catching kit & glitterrific producer credit in the book for you or a fairy friend. Plus one $100 level & all 3 $25 levels.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $18 to ship outside the USPledge $200 or more
4 backers Limited (1 of 5 left)
A fairy dream necklace & glitterrific producer credit in the book for you or a fairy friend. Plus one $100 level & all 3 $25 levels.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $18 to ship outside the USPledge $250 or more
4 backers Limited (6 of 10 left)
Create your very own holiday in the 2013 Twig the Fairy calendar (unbirthday or appreciation day, subject to fairy approval), glitterrific producer credit, a Twig the Fairy coffee mug, plus one $100 level & all 3 $25 levels
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $30 to ship outside the USPledge $250 or more
0 backers Limited (10 of 10 left)
Twig will play a unique song into a fairy jar, cover it, and give it a custom label. Plus glitterrific producer credit, a Twig the Fairy coffee mug, & one $100 level & all 3 $25 levels
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $30 to ship outside the USPledge $250 or more
7 backers Limited (3 of 10 left)
A one-of-a-kind Twig drawing/painting (Twig's choice). Plus glitterrific producer credit, a Twig the Fairy coffee mug, & one $100 level & all 3 $25 levels
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $30 to ship outside the USPledge $300 or more
1 backer Limited (3 of 4 left)
An amazing, one-of-kind sculpture of a goblin defacing a Twig the Fairy book. Plus one $200 level. See Facebook.com/twigthefairy for photos
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $30 to ship outside the USPledge $500 or more
3 backers Limited (7 of 10 left)
Executive Producer credit, a Twig the Fairy coffee mug, & one $100 level & all 3 $25 levels
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $30 to ship outside the USPledge $500 or more
1 backer Limited (9 of 10 left)
A one-of-a-kind Knott sculpture from Twig the Fairy, a Twig the Fairy coffee mug, & one $100 level & all 3 $25 levels. Knott samples: http://on.fb.me/RA2t16
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $30 to ship outside the USPledge $500 or more
0 backers Limited (10 of 10 left)
Very Important Pixie credit, a Twig the Fairy coffee mug, & one $100 level & all 3 $25 levels.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $30 to ship outside the USPledge $1,000 or more
2 backers All gone!
This one is crazy. Crazy like a fairy on Red Bull at a Kindergarten Halloween Party with some pixie sticks. One-of-a-kind fairy wings personally grown and molted by Twig the Fairy. Plus one $500 level.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $80 to ship outside the USPledge $1,000 or more
1 backer All gone!
Name one of the goblins in the book whatever your fairy heart desires (subject to fairy approval). The goblins do not have right of refusal for their name, but you accept responsibility for any goblin retaliation. Plus one $500 level.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $30 to ship outside the USPledge $1,500 or more
0 backers Limited (1 of 1 left)
Name one of the fairies in the book whatever your fairy heart desires and a kindergardener tells you is awesome (subject to fairy approval). Plus one $500 level.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $30 to ship outside the USPledge $2,500 or more
0 backers Limited (1 of 1 left)
There is one unicorn in the book. ONE. You get to name it. Choose wisely. Your choice is subject to approval by Twig and one embarrassingly picky unicorn. Plus one $500 level.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Add $30 to ship outside the USPledge $3,000 or more
1 backer Limited (1 of 2 left)
Twig will travel to and appear anywhere in the United States for a custom photo shoot with you (schedule permitting). You'll receive all the digital images (but not a commercial license) of moments captured during the shoot. Plus a $1000 level.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Ships within the US onlyPledge $4,000 or more
0 backers Limited (2 of 2 left)
Twig will travel to and appear anywhere in the United States for a private performance & custom photo shoot with you (schedule permitting). You'll receive all the digital images (but not a commercial license) of moments captured during the shoot. Plus 50 copies of Twig's storybook and $1000 level.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Ships within the US onlyPledge $10,000 or more
0 backers
A fairy dream come true. If you have a fairy wish in mind, please let me know, and we can discuss details about how to make it come true.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012
