Hey hey :) I'm happy to report that just now, all US pledges have left the house! Your tracking numbers may be sent out with some delay but you can also view them on your account. All non-US orders will hopefully finish this week! In the meantime, here's an update with all the important info for the last phase of this project (backers only).
Glow in the Dark Effect
If your pins aren't glowing when fresh out of the mail - don't panic! The way the glow works is that they have to absorb light before they emit it again. Also some glow colors are just weaker than others and may need longer before they glow. (Especially the blue set which has darker base enamel colors than the others).
From my experience, holding the green set under a strong lamp just for a few minutes will make their effect appear again, while the pink set takes a bit longer and the blue set takes the longest. (The cherry blossom mini pins have pink glow, which take even longer before they glow)
I can't for the life of myself take proper nighttime photos, but if the room is reasonably dim you can already see the effect!
Glow effect in a dim room
Here's a video on light vs dark comparison: https://youtube.com/shorts/i7PKwF9Soto (Unedited video with creepy ambient sounds sorry lol)
Pin Quality & Damages
If anything is wrong with your pins - whether it's transport damage or just poorer quality than you find acceptable - please reach out to me by email (in the backer only section of this update to prevent spam). I won't see BK comments as frequently as I see emails. Please reach out within 14 days of arrival. Please do include images of everything, especially the parcel itself if it's damaged!
Lost Parcels
Please do track your parcels periodically! At least every week preferably. If several months have passed then I won't be able to do much, so please email me as soon as you think the parcel may be lost (eg no scans for over a week). I will resend your parcels in all cases that can be reasonably considered lost and if it's been reported within a month of the last scan.
Missing Items/Wrong Items
If anything is missing I'll be happy to work out a solution with you. As usual, it's important to include a picture of everything you've gotten, incl. the packaging. As usual, please reach out within 14 days of arrival.
My next projects
And lastly here's an early announcement on my upcoming pin projects. These are still heavy WIPs but if any of you are interested already - maybe just sign up for emails so you won't miss them!
My next project will be part of Pintober in about 3 months and it will be a great opportunity to grab a lot of pins for a good price again! It's fall/halloween themed and I personally think it's both spooky and cute so maybe it's up your alley too! :D
There's two freebie pins, one Cross Collaboration with MadChildSoul again and one for the group if you back 3+ projects from Pintober.
Everything is watching, always
There will also returning backer (3€ credit) & early bird (stickers) rewards again. I understand that many of you will probably not want to back an EU-based project currently, but if you liked this project, just spreading the word would mean the world to me! All eyes on fall Teaser Page
Pintopia 2026 Meowshrooms Teaser Page And a bit further into the future - we'll stick to mushrooms and cats, except... well they're fused together! The catshroom has been a popular design in my sticker/charm setup for ages and it's about time that it gets pinned. It will be my first time trying out gradient printing so I'm excited and I will actually get samples made as soon as Pintober goes into production so by the time the project launches, we can see it more clearly. I'll draw some other mushroom cats in the remainder of the year to create a little (big) family of them :D As of now I'm still taking suggestions on what mushrooms you'd like to see!
It purrs, then it poisons you
Meowshrooms Teaser Page
That's it for now! Enjoy your pins everyone, and thank you all so much for being a part of this project! (BY THE WAY I ran out of thank you cards in the middle of packing LOL I hope you all know that I'm extremely thankful for every single backer!)
