Hey friends. I'm here with an update, unfortunately it's not a super happy one.
As I'm sure you may have seen/heard, there's a bit of a situation going on: tariffs. The president has been enacting and threatening tariffs on goods coming in from out of the country, upwards of a possible combined 104% tariff on goods coming from China.
As you may or may not know, pretty much all pins are manufactured and produced in China. This includes 100% of my pins. This means that all the pins I'm making now may be subject to a 104% tariff, which effectively doubles the original cost I had budgeted for all the pins I planned to produce both for this campaign and my other campaign that just ended (Cryptid Crushes).
As you can imagine, this is...not ideal. It's not sustainable for me, even a little bit, nor is it sustainable for other artist producing products; this isn't limited to just pins, but it extends to other products produced in China like keychains, bags, plushies, and so much more.
The good news for you, the backers: I will not be charging you more for shipping or charging more for the pins you already paid for. I don't feel it's fair for me to pass down that cost to you guys when you already had set expectations for these pins.
However, I do want to be upfront that if these tariffs do in fact go through tomorrow, there may be some delays in fulfillment. I am going to talk to my manufacturer and see if once the pins are done being made, they can hold onto the pins for a while to wait and see if the situation improves and try to find a window of opportunity to have them shipped to me with as low possibility for high tariffs as possible.
I'm really sorry about this, I wish I had more control over this situation but alas, a single person like me can only do so much in this situation. If you want to help support me and other artists, you can take a few minutes to find how to contact your state representatives and senators and send them a message asking them to fight to prevent these tariffs from going into place.
I wish I had a happier update for you guys. Alas...😩
"Cryptid Smut" Book
I will end on a more positive note though by bringing attention to the preorder store of my campaign that just ended, Cryptid Crushes. As part of the preorder store for that campaign, I decided to take preorders for a new Smutty Books pin, "Cryptid Smut." You can preorder it here: Cryptid Smut Preorder Page
If you preorder it and want to have it shipped your Sugar & Spice order, you can let me know and I'll work my magic behind the scenes to get it added to your Sugar & Spice order so you don't have to pay shipping twice.
Sugar & Spice preorder pins
I also wanted to take a brief moment to update you guys about which pins were unlocked in the Sugar & Spice preorder store.
