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!

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!