Quick update for you - I said I was going to charge cards on Monday, however, it totally slipped my mind. So this morning I went to charge them instead and in my rush, I totally forgot to remove the preorder add-ons that didn't get funded from people's carts. Ack!
The items I forgot to remove were the 3 Bill Cipher enamel pins that were up for preorder. They didn't get funded, so I am removing them now.
Around 11 people got charged for them, so I'm going through and issuing refunds now.
Sorry about that! :(
Declined Payments
There were over 70 cards that got declined when I charged them, which is a pretty hefty amount and honestly pretty concerning! This is a reminder that you won't receive your rewards unless you fix your payment even if your payment for the main campaign went through.
Please, please, PLEASE check your email to see whether your payment went through or not, and please fix it at your earliest convenience if your payment was declined.
That's it for this update, thanks for your patience, and talk again soon.
It's been a while since you heard from me, and I thank you for your patience with me! My manufacturer has been taking a bit longer than normal to make the samples for these pins, mostly because for whatever reason, this time when I submitted my files, a lot of the colors on the art proofs were wrong and I had to spend quite a bit of time correcting them.
However, I have some good news - I finally received half-complete sample photos! Both of the Fresno Nightcrawlers pins had to have the colors tweaked a little bit because of the glow powder changing the enamel color, but thankfully they've now been approved after some changes, and all the pins have now been approved and sent to mass production!
Here are the photos of the half-complete samples! :D
Full-size pins:
half-complete sample of Jackalope
half-complete sample of Dullahan
half-complete sample of Bigfoot - he doesn't have his screenprinted hair yet!
half-complete sample of Nessie - without the epoxy top coat
half-complete sample of Jersey Devil without the screenprinting
half-complete sample of Mothman
half-complete sample of the Fresno Nightcrawler
half-complete sample of Van Meter Visitor
half-complete sample of Flatwoods Monster
half-complete sample of the Chupacabra
Mini pins:
half-complete sample of mini Jersey Devil
half-complete sample of mini Mothman
half-complete sample of mini Bigfoot
half-complete sample of mini Flatwoods Monster
half-complete sample of mini Fresno Nightcrawler - I've asked them to tweak the color on this one to be closer to the original artwork.
half-complete sample of mini Jackalope
half-complete sample of mini Nessie without epoxy coating
half-complete sample of mini Dullahan
half-complete sample of mini Chupacabra
half-complete sample of mini Van Meter Visitor
Other pins:
half-complete sample of the Neon Devil freebie pin
half-complete sample of the alternate colorway Neon Devil pin design
half-complete sample of the Cryptic Specimen freebie pin
I think it's funny how silly bigfoot looks without his screen-printed hair 😂 He looks like such a baby!
I was told the mass production of these would take about 12 days, but it's still going to be a long while before they're ready to ship out since I have to fulfill my other campaign Sugar & Spice first. I greatly appreciate y'alls patience with this! :)
Very excited to see how these turn out after the plating is applied and see how they look in person!
Pay Over Time surveys
The final payments for PoT Backers have gone through, so your surveys have been sent! Please fill those out ASAP as I will be charging cards very soon.
Charging Cards
I'll be charging cards for shipping & survey add-ons this coming Monday, July 14th, so please make sure your payment method is up-to-date and has enough funds.
If your shipping payment doesn't go through, I won't be able to send your rewards, even if you paid for your initial reward. So please, PLEASE make sure your shipping payment goes through if you want to get your rewards.
If you need extra time to get the funds, that's ok, you will have until I start shipping to correct and finalize all your payments.
As a reminder, I no longer offer refunds at this stage of fulfillment, so if your payments/surveys don't get completed by the time I'm done shipping, your pledge will be considered a donation. These terms are stated in multiple places throughout my campaign page and have been since the beginning of the campaign.
Next campaign - Tarot Deck
I wanted to talk a little bit about the next campaign I have planned - it's something a little different this time! Instead of pins, I will be crowdfunding a full 78-card tarot deck: The Astral Arcana Tarot Deck.
I have been working on this tarot deck for around 5-6 years, and I'm finally getting close to being able to release it! I'm really excited about it and I've been really looking forward to announcing it to my followers :D
The Astral Arcana Tarot Deck is all original artwork, with the art and designs being inspired by space and geometry. You can view sketches of the major arcana cards on the teaser page here: Astral Arcana Tarot Deck
I don't have an exact launch date yet, but I'm hoping to launch sometime this autumn around Halloween/spooky time. I will say since I still have quite a lot left to do for this campaign, it's possible I'll have to delay it a bit further, but I'm still aiming to still launch sometime in 2025.
Other upcoming campaigns: January 2026: Celestial Incarnations - pretty boy enamel pins based on celestial objects (part of Pintopia) May 2026: Basic Witch Ita Bag - witchy themed ita bag + extras
That's it for this update, thank you so much and I'll talk to you again soon!
It's been a while, so I wanted to send you a quick update about where things are at.
So far, I have received:
all stickers
pin banners
prints
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!
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!
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.
Locking surveys
Since the postcards are now finished, I'm going to start the process of locking surveys! Some notes about what this means:
ONLY surveys that have been submitted will be locked.
If you haven't filled out your survey yet, this will not lock you out of completing it. It's only for surveys that have already been submitted.
Pay Over Time backers: don't worry, you won't be locked out of filling out your survey. You will receive your survey to fill out after your pledge is paid in full.
Anyone who has filled out their survey will have 48 hours to make any changes to their order. After that, you won't be able to make any item changes.
Address changes
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!
