Hey guys!

It's been a while, so I wanted to send you a quick update about where things are at.

So far, I have received:

There was a mix-up when printing the stickers, and half of them turned out way too big..like, they're over 4" big. I wouldn't mind a ton except for that half of them were printed at the correct size, so they don't all look proportionate with each other. :( I'm thinking of having the 5 that were printed too big redone even though they otherwise look ok, but wanted to ask you guys your thoughts? Feel free to leave a comment below.

As for pins, production is taking longer than usual. There were several color errors in the initial artwork they sent me and because of the time difference and language barriers & having a lot of other things going on right now, it took a couple weeks for it all to get sorted out. I finally approved the colors today and they will now move on to getting half-complete samples made. Sorry it's taking so long. :((

I have been working nonstop this week to get prepared for selling at my first Pride festival this weekend and because of that I haven't had time to take pictures of anything, but I will have some more time next week, so I can take photos of the products I have received then, which means you'll likely get another update from me then.

It sure is a lot of work juggling two campaigns' fulfillment at once, but I'm getting through it! 💪 Thank you all for your continued patience and you'll hear from me again soon!

Cheers,
Rain

Hey all! Back with another exciting update today! 

The company I'm using to do the banner got a sample & photos of it done SO QUICKLY and I got really excited and wanted to share them with you guys so you can see!

It turned out SO cool, I'm really impressed with how crisply they were able to print the artwork! I'm really excited about this!

I got the feeling that once I shared these photos, more people might want to add it to their order, so I went ahead and decided to UNLOCK ALL SURVEYS for the next few days to allow people another chance to add this to their order if they wish.

The display area of this measures 13x19 inches and should be plenty big enough to fit the entire Cryptid Crushes pin set along with the Monster Match pin set as well, with some wiggle room to spare.

I'm working on getting the rest of the items (pins, stickers, prints) ordered this week and I'll post another update once all those orders are put in. 

Hope you're having a great start to your week, and talk to you again soon!

Cheers,
Rain

Hey cryptid lovers!

Exciting news today! I got in the flow of creativity today, pushed through and finished the last 3 postcards that still remained - Jackalope, Fresno Nightcrawler, and Flatwoods Monster!

I'm really happy with how all of them turned out, and I hope you guys are too!

That means all 10 of the postcards are now DONE! Phew. Glad to have that all finished up so I don't have to think about it anymore :)

Now the only piece of art I have left to finish is the artwork for the pin banner. I am hoping to have that done sometime next week or sooner.

Since the postcards are now finished, I'm going to start the process of locking surveys! Some notes about what this means:

Locking surveys DOES NOT LOCK your address. You will still be able to change your address whenever you want until I lock addresses, which won't be until I'm ready to ship, so you have plenty of time. 

That's all for this update! I'm so pleased to have all these done and really hope you guys like how they all turned out. The survey add-on store has been updated to show pictures of all of them now as well.

Thanks for your patience and I'll see you in the next update!

Cheers,
Rain

Hey guys!

I thought it would take me longer to finish the banner art, but actually, I was able to finish it today! So I wanted to share it while there was still time to edit your orders.

As I mentioned, it's the same design as before, but I just drew in the trees myself. I personally think this looks better, and hopefully you all agree!

I also have some specs for the banner:

I'll share more specs as I figure them out with the manufacturer.

This is also the updated artwork that I planned to use for the background of the sticker sheet, so here's the updated sticker sheet artwork as well:

This means that ALL the artwork that I needed to catch up with is FINALLY DONE! I'm pretty pleased. I hope you guys like how it turned out!

If you want to add the banner or sticker sheet to your order, you still have about 1 day to do so. Same goes if you want to remove it from your order - you still have time to do so if you aren't a fan of the updated artwork.

One last note about the postcards: Previously I had mentioned that I was considering adding dating profiles to the back of the cards like I did with Monster Match. However, I've made the decision not to do that this time, mostly because I have a lot on my plate at the moment and frankly, I'd like to move onto working on other projects and artwork. Thanks for understanding! 💖

This weekend is my birthday! It's also Mother's Day, and I have plans all weekend, so I'm really happy to have all this off my plate so I can enjoy a nice weekend off to myself and family. 

If you have any more questions, feel free to leave a comment or you can email me directly at [email protected] though I may not respond to your email until Monday.

Thank you for your patience and I'll catch you in the next update!

Cheers,
Rain