Hello everyone - I come with some news regarding the pins, but also wanted to drop promo for my currently running project (that is ending soon!) - anyone who pledged to popsi...
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Holly
18 days ago
Pins are IN!!
Hello all! The pins have arrived and I've finally had some time to take photos of them so you all can see them up close :)
THIS IS A QUICK REMINDER - IF YOUR CARD HAS DECLINE...
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Holly
about 1 month ago
CARDS CHARGING IN 24 HOURS!
Apologies, folks - i had an update typed up to release Weds evening for card charge warning and was unable to post it.
This is your 24 hour warning before cards charge - I ...
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Holly
about 2 months ago
Charging cards THIS FRIDAY! Pin photos, and new sticker club!
Hello folks! It's been a while since my last update - I apologize for the silence. Life has been life-ing, as per usual, and I had my first event of the year this past wee...
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Holly
3 months ago
Orders locking in 48 hours!
A reminder you can join my DISCORD SERVER and FACEBOOK GROUPS for more immediate updates regarding all things pin!
I also have a teaser page up for my next enamel pin campai...
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3 months ago
INTERNATIONAL BACKERS PLEASE READ! 82/105 SURVEYS DONE
Thank you all for getting to surveys so quickly - with less than 25 remaining to be filled out, I'm going to put a hard deadline of next Monday before I lock orders so I can ...
Hello everyone - I come with some news regarding the pins, but also wanted to drop promo for my currently running project (that is ending soon!) - anyone who pledged to popsicle panic and who ALSO pledges to my Early Summerween project will have the option to combine shipping of both projects if they so choose! This will mean a slightly longer wait to get your popsicles, but it will also mean a much cheaper total shipping cost for you as well :) for those of you who pledged to the Skelly pin specifically, this may be a favorable option anyway, as there will be a delay with that design 😖
Click the banner to back my Pastel Witchy pin collection now~! As a reminder - all return backers get the following 2" freebie pin:
An alternate colorway of the hat pin, this one will have glow in the dark portions!
An Update on the Pins
While grading pins, I came across an unfortunately major issue - somehow, the glow portion of the Skelly pin did not adhere properly to the screen printing (they use a powder for the glow), and it was so badly done, that I was able to rub the glow off entirely using my shirt or finger. THANKFULLY my manufacturer has agreed to remake the entire batch as a result of this error - I am extremely grateful that they did not push back on it at all. In order to prevent any potential extra tariff charges, however, I am planning to have that remake shipped to me with the Pastel Witchy pins.
For those of you who pledge to that campaign and also ordered Skelly, I will go ahead and send your missing pin with your Pastel Witchy rewards - that way, you will not have to wait on ALL of your pins to arrive. Anyone who did not/doesn't plan to pledge to the Pastel Witchy campaign, I will either reach out you individually or you are welcome to comment below or e-mail me at [email protected] in order to let me know if you would like to wait until those come in, or to have your pins shipped separately. I unfortunately will NOT be able to eat the shipping cost for a second shipment this time, so if you do choose that option and will not already have a package being shipped with the Pastel Witchy pin collection be aware I will need to charge a second round of shipping to fulfill that additional order. If you happen to attend conventions, however, I anticipate the pins to be available for pickup at Matsuricon at the end of August; so that is another option as well (I will probably just need some sort of ID verification or e-mail verification of your pledge to confirm you are who you say you are if you choose thise method!)
Given my current fulfillment timeline has me completing shipping by August, those of you who may choose to wait until the new pin is in likely will not have to wait much longer past the original end date to receive your pins.
Sorry if this explanation is a vit convoluted - I've been both selling and helping s friend sell at Colossalcon Prime this weekend and as a result my sleep schedule has been less than ideal 😭 please feel free to ask questions if anything is unclear to you!
OTHER THAN SKELLY, so far it seems all pins have a reasonable/expected number of B grades and the designs came out excellent~! I can't wait to get these out to you all, and it will definitely be hard for me to sit still and not work while I am recovering in the beginning of June. I am thankful it just seems to be one single design out of ALL 37 that have any major issues. I consider that extremely lucky all things considered!
Thanks for reading the whole update - I will not likely have another up until MID JUNE at this point, unless there is something supremely catastrophic or major that happens. As always, feel free to reach out to me via e-mail - [email protected] - or via comment here, or message on any of my social media!
As a reminder, I will be unavailable from at least a June 3rd to 10th due to recovery from having surgery. If your matter is urgent please reach out to me via email or my DISCORD SERVER (click to join) for fastest response - my partner will be checking in on both for me occasionally while I rest.
Hello all! The pins have arrived and I've finally had some time to take photos of them so you all can see them up close :)
THIS IS A QUICK REMINDER - IF YOUR CARD HAS DECLINED AT ANY POINT, AND HAS NOT BEEN FIXED, I WILL BE UNABLE TO SEND YOU YOUR REWARDS. PLEASE FIX ANY DECLINED CARDS.
Updated on the fulfillment timeline will be under the cut in the backer's only section - if you read this whole message, I'd appreciate you liking this update so I can be sure folks have read & understand what the (current) planned fulfillment schedule is!
Photos will be grouped by designs! Everything turned out pretty good; I had to make a few small design changes but nothing major thankfully - I have NOT had a chance to go through and grade all designs yet, just a few. I will be spending the next few weeks going through and grading all 37 designs, so if there are any issues I can speak to my manu about getting those fixed, and let you all know if that will impact fulfillment at all.
Without further ado; the pins! (Some of the photos aren't the best bc of blur, dust, cat hair etc., and I will be retaking them lol but I wanted to get these to you all!)
An attempt to show off how sparkly this pin is - I will take a better video on a nice bright, sunny day!
Cat hair on this one courtesy of Delilah lol
An older photo of skelly glowing!
I decided last minute to turn witches brew enamel to glow!
The diamond dust is hard to see in the photo - but it is very fine, very sparkly glitter over top of the UV printed design!
I think that this pin is one of my top favorites of the entire bunch - it's difficult to see even in this video, but the depth the glitter beneath the screen printing causes is so neat!!!
Including an alternate view of these pins, since the glitters are iridescent!
As a surprise - the glitters on these also glow in the dark!
Apologies, folks - i had an update typed up to release Weds evening for card charge warning and was unable to post it.
This is your 24 hour warning before cards charge - I am delaying by 1 day to ensure everyone has ample time to prepare or change their payment method if necessary.
Hello folks! It's been a while since my last update - I apologize for the silence. Life has been life-ing, as per usual, and I had my first event of the year this past weekend. I am setting aside time to whittle away at my ever growing list of admin tasks this week, however :)
I have been in communication with my manu, and have gotten a few updates with images that I'll show at the end of this post in a backers-only section. I'm very excited with how things are coming out so far, and I think you all will be too!
I will also touch base on the freebie keychains in the backers-only section, as well, so please be sure to check that out if you qualified for any of the freebies!
Starting with the important bit - I WILL BE CHARGING CARDS AT THE END OF THIS WEEK on FRIDAY, APRIL 18th. I will send out an additional update 48 hours before cards are charged. I anticipate pins to be shipping to me sometime the week of the 20th.
I wanted to also advertise my recently launched STICKER CLUB over on Ko-fi - this month's sticker is below, and will have some pixie dust sparkles in the snow~ Anyone who subscribes at any point this month will qualify for this months' sticker, since I was a bit later than planned completing it. Inspired by a recent April snow - spring flowers covered in sparkling snowfall! Click on the image below, or the underlined words above to be taken to the membership page.
That's it for this update, aside from backer-only information - click below to view some progress photos!
I also have a teaser page up for my next enamel pin campaign - PASTEL WITCHY that will be a part of a 6-campaign group event with lots of freebies available! Click the image to follow along for updates on launch~
On to the update...
Hello all! I pushed off the order lock date a bit; I just initiated the lock down though and you should receive a warning email about that. I will NOT be charging cards until just before pins ship to me, which isn't likely to be until the end of April or early May.
I've put the pins into production, and received photos of the finished samples that I had made a while back. Those should be arriving to me this week! Skelly and slime are still my favorites 👀 but I love how the translucent over UV print came out!