We’ve got some fantastic news from the Blades, Beasts, and Blooms realm......the treasures have arrived.
💌 What’s New in the Inventory:
✨ All Enamel Pins are in hand
🐾 Acrylic Charms Are all here
Both Washi Tape Designs have landed, and they look great!
Some glimpses of the washi!
The gold foil is slightly raised, a really elegant texture
A glance at an acrylic charm
Some pics of the new arrivals
For the Bad News- While the pins arrived we noticed differences for our designs. The metal for both the medieval Europe and Scotland pin are changed from black nickel metal, to gold plated. After hundreds of emails between us discussing design, enamel color, and plating- and there have been some miscommunications. And...not everything has come out as expected on unboxing day, so we just want to be transparent.
Many of the detailed scales and lines on West Africa have been printed on, instead of being etched in with metal linework.
On the backend we've already paid to have 2 full sets of pin designs to be remade, and with the tariffs starting us we're unsure if we can afford getting a 3rd set reproduced. People have said the pin still looks good, but we need to know if the backers think so too. Would love to hear everyone's opinions on it. We'll hold a poll in this update with a simple question as well.
Scotland, instead of being black nickel- is gold plated.
Europe, we have gold plated and black nickel versions. We paid for these to be remade since since it was before tariffs- but we will give you the option to choose which plating you'll get if you like it.
Europe Black
Europe Gold
We're doing quality checks and organizing everything for fulfillment. And hoping you all aren't too disappointed by the result of the changes from the original designs.
Thank you all for your endless support and patience- it’s because of you that these mythical creations have come to life. We’ll keep you posted as we start packing and preparing your rewards!
As always, feel free to share your excitement in the comments or tag us @CritCreations when your Blades, Beasts, and Blooms arrive.
And for a last behind the scenes photo- a gander at our house Every little bit is worth it, bringing to life ideas and concepts. Thank you all for helping us bring our ideas to fruition.
Update to this update, we have the better images of the misprint pins and angles of them in different lighting. Left direct light, Right indirect light (except for norse at the bottom, there are just 2 colors for the body enamel)
We'll number each pin design, and we can talk about each one through the comments.
1.) West Africa
With the still higher res photos (vs the compressed gifs) is it still acceptable as a pin?
2.) Scotland I personally think it look better in gold, a little striking- but I feel with black nickle on black enamel would make all the features disappear.
3.) Europe Thoughts on looks? Looks drastically different between direct and indirect light, we already have a corrected set made of black nickel- so you can decide which version you get.
4.) Norse There are 2 body enamel colors, one a darkish brown, and the other a light grey. The change is very slight, but planning on letting people choose which version they get. Which Norse do you prefer?
