Have you even been sweeping around the house and forgot where you put your dust pan? You look down at the pile of dirt and wonder how you’re going to sweep it up without it. Now there is a product that solves this common issue. Introducing the Pan2Can (Patent and Trademarked) the world’s first trash can/dust pan combo on Kickstarter. Simply locate your trash can, tip it over on its side, and sweep the dirt pile directly into the Pan2Can.

In addition to this blog I create product test videos, this Pan2Can gadget would be the perfect fit for my channel. The original story of this very clever idea comes from Deirdree who was a caregiver to her father for 16 years. She was also the owner of DeirdreeDsign, Inc, seasoned graphic designer turned Pan2Can product designer. Between Deirdree and their beloved cocker spaniel, Dezi – they tested and developed the product over several years. They wanted a product that could evolve and cater to many kinds of cleaning support both inside and outside the home. It was important for her to develop a solution that would help other caregivers around the world or anyone that needs extra support due to disability or mobility issues. Deirdree will actually be giving a percentage of the Pan2Can’s revenue to caregiving organizations, such as AARP Caregiver’s Support and their affiliates.

The Pan2Can measures approximately 18″ x 10″ x 9. It is engineered to be fully functional regardless of whether you are seated, standing or even laying down. The trash can/dust pan with the built in handle is compact enough to be stored anywhere. Put the Pan2Can under your office desk, workshop table, under a kitchen cabinet, or any other domestic or professional workstation. The storage options are truly endless. This product is so useful even Marie Kondo would probably be jealous.

Support On Kickstarter Today

If you are like me and this sounds like a gadget that you would use on a daily basic consider reserving a Pan2Can on Kickstater today. Visit Kickstart to support from $50 on up.

The concept and design has taken 20 years to get to this point. Tweaking the design drawings, producing prototypes, completing the patent and trademark process, now the next step is funding on Kickstarter. After the project is funded the goal will be to find the right plastics manufacturer. The plan is to use up-cycled materials including recycled plastic.

Reward Levels

The $50 level is where things get interesting. You will get one Pan2Can and one blue ink pen. At the $100 level you will get Pan2Can Gel Pen and Signed Sell Sheet. The rewards go all the way up to $5,000 with an ultimate goal of $77,000.

Conclusion

The situation I described at the beginning of this blog post I’ve been guilty of more than I’d like to admit. It just makes sense to turn your waste basket into your dust pan. It not only makes life easier I suppose it’s better for the environment to because a dust pan becomes obsolete when replaced with a 2 in 1 kitchen gadget waste basket. I wish I came up with this idea myself, but sadly I didn’t! The next best thing is to reserve my Pan2Can on Kickstarter today. The dust pan garbage can, such a wonderful idea!

Some of my favorite channels on YouTube are the most random ones. I find I start loosing interest once the channels become too formulaic. It’s almost like channels reach a certain level of popularity, production budgets rise, and the channels start to get boring. There’s a channel on YouTube that definitely meets this random criteria, it’s called Leftover Pizza.

Leftover Pizza provides a random, hilarious, mixed bag of content. Donating to Leftover Pizza’s YouTube Channel on Patreon will ensure more content gets produced and that’s a functioning business.

Check out their YouTube channel!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDFwU18BxxqCYqiOJT7GRbg/videos

Donate to Leftover Pizza on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/leftover_pizza/overview

Donations btw are not mandatory. Content will always be free, but if you are feeling generous support the channel.

The channel is comedy focused and full of funny random videos. Lots of the video include clips from popular shows or commercials with edited in content. One my favorite videos on the channel is the spoof on Billy Mays. The entire commercial is dubbed with funny commentary. I’m a huge fan of As Seen On TV products and Billy Mays so I enjoyed this one.

Are There Any Rewards?

Yes, there are several Patreon rewards for this campaign. Just $1, yes you heard right, just $1 gets you eligible to submit an up to 30 second channel/content commercial to our business email, name in credits, and Patron exclusive content. $5 gets you all previous plus advertising on Leftover Pizza social media or Podcast. The rewards go all the way up to $100 and that gets you all previous rewards as well as a chance to get a private session with one of our crew members via Hangouts on advice for channel growth, video ideas, and content advertisement.

Conclusion

If you like random, funny, comedic videos consider support Leftover Pizza on Patreon today.

Are you a lover of podcasts, witty conversations, essays, and YouTube reviews? There’s a Patreon campaign from an organization doing just that, they are called Band of Misfits. Band of Misfits created by Wyatt Craker, his wife, and cohost Xbrick isn’t doing just some generic reviews and podcasts. Watch and listen to things such as livestreams to hour-long conversations about Alien and The Thing. Band of Misfits are also getting ready to start Cocktail Commentary, a series where they commentate over a movie while drinking a custom cocktail made for that viewing. Also, there is a Podcast called BooWee & Brick and a Podcast called Date Night with Wyatt’s wife. All it takes is one dollar a month to make all this happen.

Consider supporting Band of Misfits today:

Support now on Patreon!

https://www.patreon.com/user/overview?u=7793274

Band Of Misfits has already raised $4/month, but they have a long way to go to make this a self funding operation.

Check out their YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHXlqeW7fr-UfaV0DMYbqZQ

They have 61 subscribers and many videos. The top video has other 500 views.

Check Out The Podcast

Boowee and Brick

Are There Any Patron Rewards?

Yes, there are several rewards for this campaign.

– $1 per month gets you a big Thank You!

– $5 per month gets you access to the Patreon level of the discord.

– $10 or more per month allows you to suggest movies for Cocktail Commentary videos.

Future Goals?

At the $10 per month level Band Of Misfits has the goal of proving it just might be possible to make a go of this thing. At the $100 per month level this would allow them to put money back into the channel and making it better. At the $101+ or more level the sky’s the limit.

Conclusion

Band of Misfits is expanding in many different directions right now and they need your help in order to continue. Consider supporting Band of Misfits today.

Ben Crawford on Patreon is creating cosplay, props, tutorials, original works, and more. Ben Crawford has established a prop shop called Omega Forge Props. Ben Crawford has been making props and costumes on the side for many years now and has finally made this a full time job. In order to continue to grow and thrive Crawford needs your help.

Crawford is a one-man operation; he does all the work in his little shop. He has a passion working with cosplayers and making their dreams a reality, the moment when they see that special prop or costume that brings their dreams to life it’s priceless for him.

Contribute to his Patreon here:

https://www.patreon.com/omegaforge

Why Patreon?

1) It’s a way to support the work he loves, and it’s a way to connect with other cosplayers and prop makers and share our combined knowledge.

2) If you become a patron, then you will have access to the Omega Forge Discord and be able to get advice on your projects and cosplays.

Where Does The Money Go?

Cosplay prop and costume making is his passion and his calling. With your support he will be able to keep doing what he loves, Ben will be able to buy more materials, better equipment and maybe someday he’ll be able to get a bigger shop. Through Patreon Crawford will also be giving back to his patrons with special builds, tutorials, advice, and Q&A live streams.

Are There Any Rewards?

$1 per month gets you access to the Omega Forge Patrons Discord Channel, plus Patreon exclusive content. $5 per month gets you all previous plus exclusive live streams, and one entry into monthly project give away. $10/month gets you all previous plus two month giveaway entries. $25 or more per month gets you all previous plus 3 entries, and 10% discounts. Rewards go up to $100 which gets you all previous plus a monthly project built just for you and one at cost commission per year.

Conclusion

If you are into cosplay, props, tutorials, or just original creative works of art consider donating to Omega Forge Cosplay today.

Unless you live under a rock you know that comic books and specifically comic book themed movies are huge right now. I just looked up the stats for ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and it has already grossed $1,606,829,103 worldwide! That’s insane! Lets get back to the source material though, actual comic books. That’s what Tom Hoover of Hyper Epics on Patreon is creating. 100% original, exciting, action packed, better throwback comic book short stories.

Please check out Tom Hoover’s page on Patreon and give your support if you can:

https://www.patreon.com/hyperepics

Consider supporting his page or if you can’t afford a monthly donation share his link on social media. Anything helps! I think the rule of thumb should be, if you like someone’s art, do everything you can to support it. Doing what you love still requires making and living and paying the bills.

What Makes Them Unique?

What makes the “Hyper Epics” comic book series unique is that it’s a throw back to the way comic books used to be. All comics are a mere 3 pages long. All comics are free on their web site: http://www.hyperepics.com. Think of your monthly Patreon donation as a very modest subscription fee. This will help them tell bigger stories, feature industry artists, and hopefully finance print installments, may be even animated Hyper Epics short films. Fingers crossed!

Are There Any Rewards?

Yes, there are several intriguing awards for this comic book themed Patreon. $2 per month gets you a big thank you and your name in the web site credits. $5 gets you all previous plus high resolution digital copies of the stories they publish that month. $10 per month (Top level) gets you all previous plus story credits, sneak previews, and member only benefits. CashSherpa recommended the $10/month level.

Conclusion

At the end of the day, Tom and his team are completely independent without corporate sponsorship. They are telling stories from the heart, and funding all costs out of pocket. For these reasons it is nearly impossible to compete with the giants of the industry with the resources they have at hand, but they have come out swinging and telling stories that they will not. Personal I can’t stand most Marvel movies, so if you’re like me support independent comic book story tellers like Tom and donate today.

I’m a huge fan of horror movies and ghost stories so when I heard about this Patreon I knew I had to share it with my audience. James Marie Parker III is creating scary flash fiction and needs your support on Patreon.

If you don’t know what flash fiction is, it’s extremely brief, typically only a few hundred words or fewer in its entirety. James Marie Parker the Third is creating this kind of fiction at 500 words and has built quite the audience. In order to continue building his audience ever further, he needs your support on his Patreon today.

Visit:

https://www.patreon.com/JamesMarieParkerTheThird

For a long time James Marie Parker III has had the desire to write, but has only half way committed. Now James has decided to go all in wanting to finally make a career out of flash fiction writing.

Scary Stories

What makes James Marie Parker III writing unique is he specialized in the scary story niche. What makes his writing even more of a golden unicorn is his scary stories incorporate humor and heartwarming elements. I think the problem with some scary movies and scary fiction is it can be exasperating and grating when too dark. I think one reason why Steven King is so popular is precisely because he incorporates human elements into his fiction. The fiction isn’t just one droning note of horror.

Where Can I Find These Scary Stories

– Reddit, Short Scary Stories sub-Reddit

– Published works, Book of No Sleep, 1 and 2

– Search for these works: Suspension of Outbound Traffic, The Empty, Once More, From The Top, and Auntie Creep’s great rendition of The Recognition He Deserved.

What Can I Expect?

From James Marie Parker III you can expect at least one story a week. They will usually be between 450 to 500 words. Anyone who pays at least 1 dollar will get to read the written story a week early before it goes onto Reddit. As he is part of the No Sleep Writer’s Guild, certain stories will be put up there for narrators to get first crack on. In addition, from time to time, he may put up various things on his Patreon. Rewards start at just $1 per month so there isn’t any excuse not to contribute.

Conclusion

Parker concludes his Patreon by saying “Remember, wanderer. If you ever need a quick moment of excitement and scares, my humble abode will always accept you. And as long as you can find me or my stories, then you are never truly lost.” Consider giving to James Marie Parker III Patreon today.