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Holly
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3 days ago

Project Update: Bat Coin Pin Note!

I meant to address this individually in packages but completely blanked in my rush to get them out - I handed Midnight Springs' and Cryptic Compendium's pins off to them, mistakenly leaving the ENTIRE batch with them vs just the leftovers (so I could send all pins together to those who qualified).

Therefore, in my packages youll receive my pin, Waxwing Cedrorum's, and Chocolat Chaud's; the other two will come in your combined shipping package from Midnight Springs and Cryptic Compendium. Apologies for this mishap - you WILL be getting all the pins, rest assured, but just at a more staggered rate.  
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PROJECT UPDATE
Holly
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5 days ago

Project Update: Majority of remaining orders shipping this week!

Hello everyone!

I will be getting the vast majority of remaining orders out tomorrow & Saturday!

The orders remaining contain one or multiple of the following pins:

Frederico Froggy
Chrome Sparkle Potion Pin Set
White Hat Cat
White Stretching Kitty
Rainbow Witch Hat

I realized while packing all the remaining orders as much as I can that some of (or all of) y'all might be totally fine with the rainbow witch hat, chrome sparkle pin set, and one or both cats as they are - regarding the chrome pin set, the reason I am getting it remade is...well...it's not chrome. But you might be ok with that! The rainbow witch hat glitter is not at all how it should be, but is the same as the potions - y'all might be totally fine with it (I believe some said they were anyway lol).

The kitties do ALL have some level of darker specks of glitter in them - however about ⅓ to half of the pins, at an arms length (which is typically how I grade pins) it's not really visible. The only reason I didn't stick to that grading mechanic is just because it was SO frustrating to have literally every single pin have some sort of flaw like that.

Unfortunately I was NOT sent the correct amount of the froggy pins (along with them being the incorrect size) and while I was able to fulfill some orders with the ones I had for those who were okay with it, but have reached a point of b-grades only. Since those are also being remade and I don't have enough even to fulfill orders, anyone remaining with a Frederico Froggy pin will have to wait until those come in. 

I will be sending an e-mail to everyone who has ordered either cat, rainbow hat, or chrome sparkle, however, with photos and video of the pins - PLEASE respond if you are okay or not okay with receiving these pins as they are, so that you can receive your orders sooner than later. The manu is STILL dragging their feet, and with it being CNY and many factories being closed, I don't anticipate hearing back from them for several weeks (despite being told pins would be done on time...). 

If I don't hear back from you I will assume you would rather wait, and will hold your package for the time being!

Some of you have ordered a LOT of other pins, as well - so for those of you with large orders, or who have combined Popsicle Panic shipments, I may go ahead and send your rewards in two shipments, covering the 2nd shipping cost myself. I am doing this partially so ease my own mind and get those items to you sooner, but it is depending on whether or not you have a lot of other items being held back by remake pins. I will reach out to these folks individually to let you know what's going on!

Thank you all so much for sticking with me through this all. This is unfortunately becoming a more common issue with manufacturers, but I hope that I can slog through the few dozen I've interacted with over the last 2 years to find those who will at least work at a reasonable pace and communicate a bit better!

E-mails will be forthcoming later today, once I've had a chance to gather everything together. 
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PROJECT UPDATE
Holly
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24 days ago

Project Update: First shipment officially sent

The first shipment has been sent out as of Thursday - I will be trying to get one shipment out a week until I've run out of packages to send; the only orders I will be unable to completely fulfill are those who will be missing pin remakes I am waiting on; I unfortunately do NOT have enough to fulfill frederico frog, because they only gave me 26 instead of the 50 I ordered and maybe half of those are standard grade (AND are they wrong size, ANYWAY...) and both white hat cat and the white stretching kitty are being remade, along with the rainbow hat. 

I HAVE paid for the remakes; I will be bothering the rep DAILY for updates, and to ensure that they make things properly but also asap so I can close this project out. I should be able to fulfill all except about 25-30 orders which is a little under half of remaining ones; way more than I was hoping to have left, but I don't want to give anyone shoddy work :(

Thank you all for your patience, I hope to have an update for you toward the end of next week, and every week thereafter until I've run out of packages to fulfill
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PROJECT UPDATE
Holly
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about 1 month ago

Project Update: Update!

Hello folks - I apologize for the longer than anticipated silence. I'm a bit disappointed in myself and this frustrating new pin manu, which is why there hasn't been much to update. I STILL have not gotten the remakes underway, but they supposedly WILL be doing it. I approved the final proof this morning, but still have to pay (will supposedly have quote soon...). 

I also intended to have a lot of orders out by today - as my Pintopia 2026 project has launched. I really scheduled WAY too much in a small span of time, though, and have not hit ANY of that deadline. For that I am incredibly sorry - I know this project has dragged on WAY too long at this point. In large part due to the bulk of pins taking me SIX MONTHS to get to me, but also because of health and just too many deadlines piling on top of one another. I also am currently out of town (and have been since the 14th) visiting/helping a friend and so any hopes of packing and shipping orders the past week was just not going to happen;;

All that said, I return home this evening; I spent a LOT of time in January overhauling my ENTIRE office & studio space, which has given me an AMAZING order packing station. I didn't get a chance to use it before leaving for my trip, but I am SO excited to get down to business tomorrow when I've had a bit of rest after a 6 hour drive :)

My next update will be the following week, and I will hopefully be celebrating getting a bunch of packages out! My hope is that I can have everyone's who ISN'T waiting on a cat or rainbow hat remake out by mid Feb; and that those pins will be to me by end of Feb latest so I can get EVERYTHING out by March.

Thank you ALL again for your incredible patience with this project; I am so thrilled with the pins that don't have absurd defect rates, and hope that you all will enjoy them as well. I am so grateful every time I think about how many wonderful designs I've been able to bring to life thanks to your continued support, trust & enthusiasm for my work <3


And, as a final reminder - THE OBSCURE CELESTIAL is NOW LIVE! I really hope that we can fund this bag and pin project - click HERE or on the banner below to reach the main page~



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PROJECT UPDATE
Holly
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2 months ago

Project Update: Fulfillment to begin soon!

Hello folks - as I work with my 2nd manu to remake/fix the pins with issues, I will begin fulfilling what orders I'm able to - shipping should begin in early January, but I plan to begin packing orders starting next week.

If you qualify for the bat pins, I have added them to your cart - ALL of them will be coming from me. We ultimately went with my first manu for getting them made, and to make life easier, I will be sending the freebies out together, then shipping or handing off whatever is left to each person the design belongs to :)

REMINDER: IF YOU DO NOT PAY FOR YOUR PLEDGE OR SHIPPING FOR ONE PROJECT, YOU LOSE FREEBIES FOR ALL PARTICIPATING PROJECTS. So be sure to complete any errored payments or reach out to creators if you have any issues!

Looking forward to getting you all your goodies - I will also update once there are updates regarding remakes!
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