Great News: My manufacturer has (finally) gotten back to me and has agreed to replace the damaged and flawed pins! After some back and forth, I was able to get a hold of someone who has now started the process of getting replacement pins made and sent to me ASAP.
Minor Changes: As you may remember, one of the designs from this campaign came out a bit green and was not at all what I wanted the final product to look like. The Challah Centipede design did NOT match the other two bread bugs: the plating was more orange-tinted and the enamel color had a weird greenish hue to it instead of the warm brown the Bread Beetle and Sourdough Spider have. After discussing with the manufacturer (and looking at the other pins) I decided to update this design slightly, and it will now have corrected colors and instead of the medium brown being recessed soft enamel, this will now be part of the print with recessed eyes instead. This is how the Bread Beetle and Sourdough Spider were made, and I hope with the new style and colors, all three designs will match now :)
More Good News: What? More good news? Yup! I've been hard at work shipping all the orders I can while waiting for the new pins to be made, and I am very proud to announce that I have packed and shipped 87 of your orders!
More than that, many of your items are already arriving, and I've had several warm messages from folks letting me know their pins have made it safely to their new homes :)
Y'all have been absolutely AMAZING through this whole campaign, and especially though this flawed pin debacle. I couldn't have asked for better supporters! To thank you, I'll be including an exclusive discount code for my Etsy shop at the very end of this update.
To be fair I always include a bonus discount code at the end of my campaigns, but they're usually only 20% ;)
As promised, I have a few more pin photos to share too~
If you missed anything from the campaign (or your friends want in on the action!) I'm including a special 25% off discount code for you all at the end of this update. This will be in the backers' only section, so please make sure you are logged in so you can see it <3
These designs will likely be listed on my Etsy (linked here) in the next 2 weeks or so, but please keep in mind there are very limited quantities of A-Grade (perfect) pins, so the only pins available on Etsy will be the B-Grade pins- at least until the remakes are in and the rest of the campaign orders are sent out. The stickers however will be made available shortly, with bonus Sourdough Spider stickers available as well. After seeing how popular the design was, I ordered some of those with my last sticker restock and they will be available soon!
Again thank you everyone who offered to take a B-Grade pin! I made sure to include a couple bonus stickers from my candy collection in each of your orders, so I hope you like them :)
Loved my campaign but can't help wanting more? The new PinQuest campaign group launched today! There's dozens of other artists I love all taking place in this limited time event, so I encourage all of you to check them out here or find them on the BackerKit homepage under Groups.
Questions about your order? Please email me at [email protected] or message me on Instagram (ApothecaryOctopus)
