Not much to say here except the pins are ordered and so now we're looking at roughly a month and some weeks to produce and ship them. Since they are in production, I'll be doing the second charge for the add-ons and shipping and other pre-orders next week, so keep an eye out for that so it's not a big surprise. I believe once I authorize it, there will be a 48 hour warning email, and then they will be charged!
I'm mega excited to finally be at this step!! Paws crossed there are no hiccups with everything past here.
And now for a little looking ahead! I've been considering if I wanted to do pintopia again next year. I certainly enjoyed the event and I would like to take part again, but maybe in 2028. I'd like Kitty Carousel to be more complete before tackling anything else. However, I do still want to plan another project for next year, possibly for the spring! So I hope I can start laying the groundwork for that this winter!
I'm curious of what others might like to see! Are you into plush, bags, or more pins? How about stationary? (I love stationary!!)
I'm personally a big collector of plush myself and would really like to design another!! A plush bag would be really cute too!! I'm interested in everything I've listed, so it's not so much an if but, if things work out the way I hope, a when!
If I can be a little greedy and ask one more thing, what is your favorite way to follow along with creators that you like? For myself, I feel like email's are how I've kept following along. I like blogs as well.. if there's an email to help me remember to look. Social media is probably my worst, as I'm always forgetting to check them. (It's not the worst problem to have) If anyone has a spare moment, I'd appreciate any thoughts.
I hope everyone has a lovely day or evening! Thanks for reading, and I'll see everyone in the next update!
a doodle of twinkling tiger leaping in the air saying "Bye!!!!"
Hello everyone, we are finally getting this train back properly on the tracks. Yahoo!!! This update is for the backers so, for everyone else, I hope you're having an awesome August~! For my backers, keep readin' for all the updates!!
My apologies for not updating everyone sooner. There were a number of factors with things running behind, and then on top of that, some back and forth with my manufacturer after receiving the first photos of my pins. I had intended to make some revisions and send those to the factory and then write and update to share! However, this is where I ended up hitting a rather large road bump, where there is some good news and some bad news.
The good news is that I received the samples, yay!
The bad news is that there are some issues, and unfortunately the details will be for backers only, my apologies. But for everyone, please enjoy these previews of the pins and the stickers!!
(Please note that the colors are not yet adjusted in these photos. They have not been edited aside from putting them into a collage)
collage of the pin samples, yay
collage of the mini pin samples, yay
Very short update but here they are! I hope everyone enjoys them! Next update will hopefully be of the sample photos. Thanks everyone again for your patience!
Just wanted to give a little update about the pins!
As you are aware, the color variants are making use of uv printing for different designs, but I wanted to make them a little more robust, so the leopard, panther, and lynx designs all have some adjustments. My deepest apologies for letting everyone know so late, I was so frazzled setting up the surveys and so completely fried after, that it slipped my mind until just now as I was adjusting the cutlines on the sticker sheets to print.
The leopard set and the lynx set both have a set of spots shared between them with their special motifs as screen printed details. For the panthers, I’ll be doing two molds; one for the original confetti panther and another the stretch goal set, since there really isn’t much overlap in their designs.
I’m currently ironing out the details with the manufacturer, but after everything is approved and settled, we’re looking at about a month for the production time! I expect a little back and forth adjusting colors, so I’m gonna put out a rough shipping estimate of late may to June.
Thank you everyone for your patience! Please enjoy some of the digital proofs 💕🌼🌱
Some bonus ramblings if you’ve read this far….
I’m starting to think ahead to what project I’d like to do next… summer fruits are speaking to me right now, I cant seem to get strawberries outta my head.. or maybe carousel kitty plush? That might be a goal for next year actually…. Regardless, worry not! My priority is doing the best I can on these! I really can’t wait to get them and take them out, maybe on an actual carousel ride 💖
Wishing everyone happiness and health! I’ll catch everyone on the next update ☘️
