Hi everyone!
Just wanted to let you know that the stickers and sticker sheets have arrived and look great! Here's a little look at the available designs:

From left to right, these are the Space Sticker Sheet (6), Pink Butterfly Nebula sticker, Galactic Bee Sticker, and Space Cutter Ant Sticker Sheet (12).

Next up: Backing Card Design

As you may have seen in the previous update, I am working on a postcard and large backing card design. Most of you seemed to want to cut back on packaging, so I have decided that anyone who ordered 3 or more pins will receive them on a larger, postcard- sized card instead of individual cards for each pin.
If you only ordered one or two pins, you will still receive them on individual cards. If you ordered 3 or more pins and want your pins on separate cards to pass out to friends or give as gifts, please let me know and I can pack them separately :)

That being said, I have a few designs I whipped up and want your input on! Since I'll be adding several pins to one card, I wanted to make that card extra special and design something that would look great as a background to these pins- in case you wanted to display them together-, and came up with these three designs:

There is a poll attached to this update where you can pick your favorite! Here's an example of what one of these cards would look like with the pins attached to it (pins not to scale):

So far, only the stickers and sticker sheets have finished production. The pins have been in production for about a week already, and should be done early to mid April. The gold-foil keychains have also already entered production, and the two-part charms are soon to follow!

Please let me know what you think- and keep an eye out for more production updates!

Hello again everyone! I have a quick production update for you all, which will hopefully be the first of many with all the cool new items I had planned with the success of this campaign :)

First things first, there are still 12 of you who haven't completed your survey and 7 who still have failed payments. Please finish this ASAP so I can get the rest of the funds for production.

IF YOU LOST YOUR SURVEY please let me know and I can re-send the link!

First up: Stickers!

The individual stickers have been made, but due to a manufacturing error many of them have print issues and are currently being remade. These will hopefully be in my hands within the next two weeks~

Sticker sheets are done and have shipped to me- but I've been dealing with a certain purple and orange shipping company which has been giving me the run-around, and hopefully I can pick these up by Tuesday. I'm particularly excited for these since I've never done sticker sheets before, so hopefully they turned out great! Expect another update in a week or so for a look at the final product :)

Pin production:

Pins are officially in production! We have 15 designs with the addition of the Pink Butterfly Nebula pin, all of which will have 2 pin posts and pink star-shaped rubber clutches, and I opted to add a back stamp with the logo I designed for this project on each one so you never forget where they came from :)

For anyone who was curious, this is what a 'proof' for the pins looks like:

Proofs are used to show the designer (me) a final layout of colors, size, and placement for things after we submit our designs for production. With pins, this will also show the PMS (Pantone) colors that will be used. PMS colors are a standard way of mixing and creating colors for large scale production are used all over the globe! This proof also shows the back of the pin, where the posts will go and where the back stamp will be placed. In sticker and keychain production, a proof will show the cutline or border of the finished product, and with keychains they will also show the keychain attachment or clasp and the hole where this will be attached.

Speaking of Pink Butterfly Pins, if you pledged for a pin and wanted to get this design, you will need to add it to your pledge in the add-on section. It is NOT available in the pledge questions as it was added after the surveys were sent and I can no longer edit pledge questions. If you wanted to change your pledge answer and get this version instead of the orange one, please leave a comment or message me directly on Instagram and I can add a note to your pledge to send this to you instead. If at all possible, I would prefer these be kept as add-ons instead of me having to add notes for everyone as it can mess with my item counts, but I do know it can be annoying to have to buy something you didn't initially plan on purchasing.

My manufacturer has promised to send some behind-the-scenes photos of the pins while they are in production so keep an eye out for these in another update!

Keychains:

Keychains are not yet in production, but I am working on this now! These don't take quite as long as the pins take to manufacture, so I've been waiting a little on these to see how many of each design I should order. I am also planning on ordering some fun new items for my regular shop, which I will order at the same time.
Hopefully I will have another manufacturing update in a week or so, and you can see the progress and maybe even get a little sneak-peak at some new things coming to my shop this summer <3

Next Steps:

The next steps (for me) will be to design some postcard prints and backing cards for the pins! With my usual shop orders, I like to include a little postcard-sized print, and I want to design a special one for all of you who backed this project! These will be about 4x6 inches (the same size as the sticker sheet) and of course be space-themed. When your orders come in, you'll have an extra little goodie you can hang on your wall or display with your pins and stickers :)

For the backing cards, I think I will do one size and design for most of the pins, and possibly a larger one for the Space Cutter Ant sets, though I'm also considering (for the ant set and for orders of 3 or more pins) just using an extra postcard print to put all of them on instead to save paper and space.

I am particularly partial to having each pin on it's own card so if you bought some for a friend you can more easily disperse them or give them as gifts, and because I like creating a fun unboxing experience for all my customers. Though I like this option for myself, I also acknowledge that it is easier and more packing/ space -efficient to have all the pins on one card.

Your opinion matters to me and I DO take your thoughts into consideration- I am attaching a poll to this update to help decide which option to go with, so please choose which option you prefer!

Sorry for claiming this would be a quick update then following that statement with thousand or so words to read :|

tldr; PLEASE fill out your survey if you haven't done so already! All items are in or entering production, and so far we are still on track to have your orders shipped out by the end of May.

Quick update for everyone!

So far it looks like 78% of you have already filled out and submitted your surveys. If you haven't received your survey, lost the link, or never saw the email with it, please let me know. I can re-send your surveys if you need it!
I want to have all surveys completed by next Friday (March 7th) so I can finalize counts and look at how much I need to order.

Failed payments
There are still 8 of you with failed payments. If that's you- don't worry! You will still receive a survey and have one more chance to fix your payment info and get the items you pledged for.

Please fill our your survey to fix your payment so you can still get your pins and stickers!

Pink Butterfly Variant
There is one more chance to unlock a bonus pin design! I need just a couple more folks to add the 'Pink Butterfly Nebula' pin to their order to unlock the pink/ blue version of the Butterfly Nebula pin. The pink sticker version of this design has been VERY popular, so I wanted to give you guys the opportunity to fund a pin version of it to mirror the orange one!

Need to change your order? You will be able to update your address right up until I'm ready to ship orders. 

Want to add things to your order? You can edit your survey answers and add-ons any time by going to your profile, selecting "Your Pledges and Surveys", selecting the Celestial Insects tab, and going to the survey.

That's all for now! Thank you everyone who added bonus items to their orders!