I've been hard at work this past week getting all your orders out, and I'm so happy to announce that I'm finally done! All your orders have now been packed and the last 4 will be dropped off at the post office on Monday.
If you have not gotten a shipping notification- please double check your email! For folks who have not filled out their survey or didn't fully finish it, I have resent your survey! I have a handful of people who have filled out most of their survey but did not get to the confirm address page or put in their card at the end, and for these folks I have resent your survey so you can finish it and I can send your rewards! You will have until the end of the week (Saturday March 7th) to update your address and card information and still receive your items. If nothing has been updated by then, I will cancel your pledge.
If you can't tell if your order has been shipped or if there was an issue with your card/ address, please let me know so I can check. I want to make sure everyone gets their items if possible! Comment here, email me at [email protected], or message me on Instagram for questions and concerns.
For anyone who's card was never charged or was declined multiple times, your pledges have been canceled. Unfortunately without payment I can't send you any pins or stickers. If you still want to get any of these campaign items, you'll be able to purchase them through my Etsy store.
Speaking of Etsy, I'm including a special discount code for all of you at the end of this update! If you missed anything from this campaign, or just want more of my art, please check out my Etsy and use the code provided for a discount :) I'll be adding items from this campaign to my website in the coming days, so if you don't see these pins/ stickers there right away, please check again later.
Have questions? Please let me know in a comment, email me at [email protected], or message me on Instagram! If you think your pledge is missing an item or you received the wrong one, please let me know so I can fix it.
That's it! Thank you all again for supporting this project and helping me fuel my dream of being an independent artist :)
Class is almost ready to begin, and your welcome packets are being finalized and readied to ship out!
All the pins arrived to me safely last week, and with the help of another professor (a good friend of mine), I was able to get all of these sorted, quality checked, and prepped for shipping! Photos of these will be sprinkled throughout the update-
Most of the backing cards I ordered are here, and I'm waiting on one more set to arrive before I can start shipping the majority of your orders, but they should be here tomorrow. I wanted to try a smaller print shop for these and unfortunately they took a bit longer than expected to be made/shipped and each design was shipped separately :| I was also a bit disappointed in the color quality as the reds are a bit on the duller side instead of the vibrant maroon I was going for, but since these are free postcards and pin backers that often get tossed after they serve their purpose, I think they'll work just fine.
The larger postcards (left) feature the 'Welcome Packet' front design and the school map on the back, and at the last minute I decided to add some blank lines at the bottom so I can write a little thank you with your name, major, and a 'dorm assignment' for a fun little surprise when you receive your orders ;) The smaller card will be folded in half like a book or folder, with your major pins on the inside with a small school map- just like a college welcome brochure might have a school map and some goodies tucked inside!
I believe I mentioned it in a previous update, but I've had a couple people ask about them recently so I want to mention it again: unfortunately, the Pride Crest pins did not get enough orders to fund production. If you placed an order for one of those designs, they have already been removed from your order and you weren't charged for them. However, the Cold Fire Skull Candle did get funded and I was able to make those! They turned out so nice and I'm very thankful we were able to make them :)
I've already sent out the 48 hour notice that your shipping addresses are going to lock, so if you've moved recently or need to send your order somewhere else, please look for that email (which will have a direct link to your survey) or go to your profile, click on 'Your Pledges and Surveys' then on Cryptic Grove to update you shipping address if you need to. If you don't need to make any changes, please disregard :) If you have any trouble with this please let me know!
You should get an email saying your reward shipped in the coming 2 weeks or so, but please know that your items might not be dropped off at the post office immediately. I like to buy labels in bulk and pack a few orders every day throughout the week, so please don't worry if the tracking number doesn't update right away.
That's all for now- thank you all so much for helping to bring this project to life!
Hello! I just received my survey, as my pay over time was recently completed and I wanted to ask: how do we select which scents and piercings go to which plush? I noticed there wasn't a preexisting option for that, and wanted to know how to choose?
Great news- as you can tell from the title, the pins are DONE! My manufacturer will be sending them to me in the next day or two, then all we have left is to pack and ship!
The manufacturer also sent me photos of all of them, so here they are (grouped by major):
Necromancy major
Potions Major
Divination Major
Herbology Major
Artificer Major
Geomancy Major
Crests and Cold Fire Skull
Some of these have a bit of a blue cast, so the colors might look a little off, but once the pins are here, I'll take some better photos in a more neutral light.
Hopefully the next update will be when they arrive, so keep an eye out for that! Once they get here, I'll still need to count and quality check everything, then its on to packing. I can usually pack between 12-30 orders in a week, with more on weekends so hopefully I should have all these done and in your hands by the end of March!
You may have already seen, but I am also running a campaign for PinTopia 2026! You can check out my latest project here- and as a backer of this project, you'll qualify for a bonus freebie sticker~
Similar to this campaign, there are also bonus freebies when you back 3 or more projects in the Fur and Food Banner! I want to encourage all of you to check them out and consider pledging to my partner projects as well :)
I have received all the pins and keychains and will begin packing orders soon! Please be patient with me as I'm doing this all myself but rest assured I'm doing my best. I hope you guys are as happy with these as I am
Small update today, so I'll get right to the meat of it-
Unfortunately the pins are still in production. It looks like quite a few of them are done, and I've been asking the manufacturer to send the finished ones now while I wait for the ones that still need adjusting, but they seem to really want to send all of them at once.
I do however have some photos of the ones that are done:
Please excuse the quality of these, I swear they have to sneak into the warehouse in the dead of night to take photos like its a covert spy mission!
Anyways, I should have some nicer photos in a few days. but in the meantime I'm just happy to have these!
Onto the less than great news-
I'm still working with the manufacturer on the 'specialty' pin styles. We've been going back and forth on the semitransparent enamel pin (Magic Skull in the Necromancy Major) trying to get the colors just right. I think we're finally getting close to a finished pin, but there are still some adjustments to be made. Here's how that's been going: To say the first sample horrified me (this is after they took several more photos in better lighting, I won't even SHOW you the first photo they sent me) is an understatement. It can be really hard as an artist seeing something you've been so passionate about not looking how you imagined it, and this is the perfect example. I think this most recent sample is leagues better, but I hope with a couple more tweaks it'll be perfect!
To end on a happier note- I do have some photos of the Necromancy Spellbook to share:
This is the first time I've utilized screenprinting in pin designs, so I'm very happy these turned out so well on the first try!
That's all for now! Thank you again for your patience with this set. I hope I'll have some good news here in the next week or so, but regardless I will try to keep you all updated the best I can.
The REM proto-types are finished and here!! They're around Insomnias size, weighted, and ready to crawl on your ceiling and lick up your tears!
I really love the way aberrant REMs eyes are <3 Toe bean tax of course, with a hand-stitched tail! Each tail will be slightly different because of it's handmade nature, just like every flower or plant growing in nature. :) Different leaves for each demon, making REM (And Chloroform) slightly ooak.
Tongues can be removed with scissors upon request, or on your own if you'd prefer!! :) I know some folks wanted theirs without.
