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Ellowyn's Kitchen Chaos - Children's Book

Created by Rayleigh Leavitt - Author and Illustrator

A heartwarming story about persevering through set backs and laughing together as a family.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Illustrations are done!
about 1 year ago – Sat, Jan 25, 2025 at 01:59:09 PM

Hey backers!

I'm so excited to share that the illustrations for Ellowyn's Kitchen Chaos are complete! It was a lot of time and love that I put into the pages and I am so eager to share them with you. 

My book designer is working on laying out all the text to look super cute. I'm sure she will be done very soon. 

The next step is to have a professional proofreader look it all over to catch any mistakes that my book designer and I may have missed (somehow, when reading and re-reading the text over and over about a million times).

Thanks, so much for your patience. I appreciate you all so much.

Rayleigh

Getting closer!
about 1 year ago – Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 10:23:39 AM

Hello! Thank you all so much for your patience as I make Ellowyn’s Kitchen Chaos the best it can be. 

I’m currently illustrating the last two pages and the only thing left to illustrate will be the back cover. 

I’ve purchased the copyrights, the ISBN number, and the barcode to hold the ISBN number for scanning by cashiers.

The story is done being edited and my book designer is currently working on laying all the text on the pages in a cute and fun way. 

When all that is done, the next step is to have a proofreader check it for any errors that may have been missed by myself or my editor since we’ve looked at it all a million times and can be blind to errors. 

After that, I’ll be able to send it off to the printer for them to print me a sample to approve. 

There is a TON of work involved in bringing a book to life and I really appreciate you all following along on this journey. 

Hugs and high fives,
Rayleigh 

Updated cover!
over 1 year ago – Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 12:17:55 AM

Hey folks! I just wanted to pop in to give an update on progress for Ellowyn’s Kitchen Chaos. The illustrations are coming along great! I’m still working on them and making them the best I can. The process takes much longer than I anticipated. It takes me an average of 13 hours to illustrate each page. And there are 32 pages in the book.

I apologize for my timeline being so wrong. I’m new to this process and I’m learning so much. Thank you so much for your patience!

I’ve updated the cover of the book and added more chaos! What do you think?



Hugs,
Rayleigh 

Aprons gift sets have arrived!
over 1 year ago – Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 06:27:54 PM

Hey all!

Even though the book isn’t finished, yet, I do have an exciting arrival. Our aprons and chef hats have arrived from the manufacturer! So if you ordered the gift set, these are for you! We also had some potholders made for a different gift set that wasn’t part of the Backerkit campaign.

I wasn’t able to attach the unboxing video here. But I posted it on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/Qc2VUnn9UpZM91e1/?mibextid=UalRPS

Hugs,
Rayleigh and Ellowyn 


Shipping too expensive?
over 1 year ago – Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 08:20:18 PM

If you go to complete your survey and you think that shipping is more than it should be, please reach out to me to figure it out. 503-828-2973

If you ordered books only, shipping should be around $6. That’s for Media mail and that’s the cheapest it gets. 

If you ordered an apron gift set, it should be around $8, or so, last I checked. That’s if I use Pirate Shipping, which has discounted rates compared to USPS. But I think Backerkit might be using USPS rates. I’m reaching out to Backerkit to see if there is anything I can do about this.

“Local pick up” has a fee of $2 and that’s to cover “handling” since it will be a lot of work to arrange local pick up for 80-something people. I’ll also use those funds to help pay for the launch party that I hope you can make it to so we can celebrate together. 

If anything is confusing, you can reach out to me or reach out to Backerkit. 

Warmly,
Rayleigh