Good afternoon everyone!

I know it's been a while since the last update, but there hasn't been a lot to tell. Colab keychains have finished production, and are on their way to us. Unfortunately there have been some delays with production issues and we opted to delay shipping for a few days while we waited for the tariff situation in April to calm down, but rest assured, the colab keychains will be here soon and I can resume shipping everyone's orders as soon as they get here.

Many of your orders (without cross colab keychains) have already shipped and arrived to their new homes, and the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive so far! I hope to have the rest of your orders shipped as soon as possible, so please know that as soon as I get my hands on the colab keychains, I'll be back in fulfillment mode getting all these pins out the door!

Announcement time!

I have a new campaign starting in just a few days, this one is a Medieval Fantasy Creature Pride Collection! Its been a couple of years since I created my last big pride collection, and I wanted to go in a new direction for this one.

This campaign will be part of the Pride Parade, Queerly Made group which launches May 29th and goes through most of June. Like the Pintopia/ Cross-Colab from this campaign, if you back all 4* projects, you'll get bonus items from each of us!

Here's a little teaser for the new collection/ campaign:

You can pre-save this campaign and follow along with this link or you can find it with my other sites on my LinkTree (found in social media bio's)

This collection will include more hard enamel pins, as well as stickers and something new for me- car magnets! I plan on also including lanyards and keychains later in the project as stretch goals and bonuses.

I will post another update as soon as the colab keychains arrive.
Shipping from China can take up to a month sometimes, but they should be here in a few days or so.

Thank you for your patience!

Big update for everyone- I have (finally) finished grading the pins (there were a LOT!) so I am ready to start fulfilling orders and shipping rewards.

I will start canceling unpaid and unanswered surveys this weekend.  If your card is still errored or your survey is unanswered, I will be unable to fulfill your order and you will be dropped from the campaign.

As you may recall from the last update, the only thing I am still waiting for is the keychains for the colab rewards. These are currently being made, and should be ready soon :) I do have a little sneak peak of the final keychain though:

If you pledged for both mine and Living Biohazard's* campaign, you will receive half of this 2-part keychain from each of us, the golden angel side from me (right) and the purple demon side from them (left). Sorry for the image quality, it is straight from the manufacturer and is mid-production/ assembly.
  *You will need to have pledged for at least one pin from my partner's campaign to qualify for the keychain

While I will begin shipping rewards soon, any orders that include the cross-colab keychain will not be going out until after the keychains get to me.

I am very excited to show you the pearl effect on the Nova Scorpions! The pearl effect looks different on each pin, so everyone who ordered one of these will get a totally unique pin~

Keep an eye on your emails for the shipping notification! You can always check the status of your order by clicking on your profile on BackerKit, going to 'Your Pledges and Surveys' and clicking on Celestial Insects (or Howl & Harmony to review your order with my colab partner)
International orders might not receive a shipping notification with tracking number, but you can always ask me for an update and I will be more than happy to send you the info :)

Thanks for reading! Here's some more fun pictures of the pins I took while counting and sorting :)

Good morning everyone!

Please double-check your payment info and surveys
There are still several people who have failed payments and incomplete surveys. When I start fulfilling orders, I cannot ship rewards to people with failed payments and un-answered surveys.
Not sure about your card/ survey? Go to your profile on BackerKit, click on "your pledges and surveys" and click on the 'Celestial Insects" tab to check on your payment information and survey status.

Great news- all the pins and keychains have arrived! All at once!
I was extremely lucky that everything arrived just in time to miss the tariffs and avoid the de minimus policy removal, but this might be my last big restock for a while, at least on non- sticker items ;-;

I've been hard at work the last few days counting, sorting, and quality checking the nearly 2,000 items which have arrived in the last week, but I do have some photos to share:

I'm super happy with how these pins came out! The rainbow plating and pearl-effects look fantastic, and I'm glad I went out on a limb to try something new for this campaign. 
Most of the pin images were taken in my kitchen where the lighting isn't the best, so please excuse the quality~

I am still in the process of quality checking all of the pins, but should have most of them ready to ship in about a week or so! As you may remember from the last update(s), the stickers, sticker sheets, and backer cards are also here, so I hope to have a good start on shipping the last week of April/ first week of May.

Unfortunately the cross-colab keychains are still in production, but they are also close to being done and I hope to start sending rewards to folks who pledged to both mine and my partner, LivingBiohazard's campaign by the end of May at the latest.

Have questions? Please feel free to comment here or send me a DM on Instagram! I am more than happy to check the status of your survey or card info if you need, or answer any questions you may have about the pins or fulfillment.

Hello again everyone!

I have a relatively quick update on production and fulfillment times, plus some in-progress photos from the pin manufacturer:

THERE ARE STILL UNANSWERED SURVEYS AND FAILED CARDS!!
If you haven't filled out your survey, please do so as soon as you can!
If you aren't sure if you answered your survey, please let me know so I can check. If you never received a survey, let me know and I can re-send the link. If your survey still isn't filled out, or your card is still errored by the time I ship orders, I will remove your pledge and you will not receive your items.

Now onto the fun part: pin photos!!

These are just mid-production examples, and do not represent the final product.

Hard enamel pins (the one's I ordered) are made by over-filling the die (metal part of the pin), then filing them down to a smooth, shiny finish. The images shown look over-filled and messy because they have not been polished yet. Pins made this way (hard enamel) tend to be more expensive to produce, but I chose this option because I think they end up looking more professional and higher-quality. This process also makes for crisper lines where the enamel colors meet the lineart, and gives them a more uniform appearance when displayed!
The pearl effect shown on the moth and scorpion pins (far left and far right respectively) are made by pouring pearl enamel into the die and swirling the material around by hand, so these will take slightly longer to make.

Pins are still in production, but they will be finished and shipped to me any day now! I'm super excited to see how the pearl/ swirl effect will look finished and in person, and so far they look really cool~
Once the pins arrive, I will do my best to take photos and update you all with the final look! I ordered quite a lot (over 1,600 pins in 15 different designs :0!! ), so it will definitely take some time to sort, quality check, and pack all of your orders, but I hope to start shipping by the end of April.

Backer cards, postcard freebies, and individual backing cards have arrived as well! I went with a nice gloss coat on both the larger (6x4") cards, and a matte finish on the small ones (3" square).

As a reminder, anyone who ordered 3 or more pins will receive them all on the blue constellation card (4x6"), and individual pins will be shipped on the smaller (3") cards. If you ordered 3+ pins and want them on individual cards so you can give them to friends and family, please let me know via comment or Instagram DM and I will send them on individual cards!
All backers will also receive one 4x6" Spider Web card without pins in it you can display on a wall or with the pins :) This is the same design as the Spider Web stickersheet, which was my favorite sticker design, so hopefully you all like it too~

All of the keychains (except the cross-colab ones, which are still in production) have now shipped to me and I am just waiting for them arrive!
Stickers and Sticker Sheets have already made it to me, and I have procured some additional packing supplies to hopefully make the unboxing of your orders extra special :)

I had been holding off this update until the keychains arrived, but for some reason shipping is taking a long time thru DHL. I am still hoping to have everything shipped by the end of April, but if these continue to be delayed I will let you know!