It's been a while since my last update on The Dark Wood so I just wanted to do something quick. Pins are taking longer than I hoped, because there was a ton of back-and-forth with my sales rep about corrections that needed to be made to the artwork to stay true to my designs, and that took literal weeks. :(
However, the artwork has all finally been approved and the pins are finally going to sampling. When I have pictures of the half-complete samples, I'll share them with you all. I was hoping to have those pictures for this update, but alas, I do not yet and I didn't want to keep leaving you guys in the dark. 😩
The main artwork adjustment I had to make was on the Goose Girl pin. The hole in the blood trail on the horse head was too small for the jump ring to go through, so the artwork had to be adjusted to make it bigger:
The arrow is pointing to the area that needed to be readjusted to be able to fit the jump ring through.
It definitely looks a bit different than before, but unfortunately I had no choice. The other option was to make a separate ring on the outside like the one coming off his hand, and I really didn't like how that looked, so I decided to adjust the blood drips to stay as true as possible to the original design. Thank you for understanding 🙏 If this bothers you to the point where you'd like not to receive this pin, you can message me at [email protected] and I will help you edit your order.
Since all this took so long, I will likely have to push the fulfillment timeline back a bit :( I'm just going to say that the new estimated ship date for this will be May 2026 (previously April). I'll update the timeline on the campaign page to reflect this change.
Thank you all so much for your patience and I will share more updates just as soon as I can. Thank you!
Good news - I've just put in the order for the pins, finally! Between my vacation abroad, the holidays, and prepping for my next campaign, it took a bit longer than usual to put the order in, and I apologize for that. Thank you for your patience! 🙏
That's all for this update. I'll update you again once I have half-complete sample photos from my supplier. :)
I hope your holidays were full of joy and that you had a happy new year!
Just wanted to give you a heads up that I'm going to set all currently submitted surveys to lock in 2 days.
This will not prevent anyone from filling out their survey afterwards, but I will doing item counts based on the filled out surveys at the point of locking them, so if you fill yours out late, your order won't be counted towards the final counts.
I usually order enough extra pins to cover potential issues, but you will still run the risk of me potentially running out of the items you want if you don't fill out your survey in time.
All that to say, if you haven't filled out your survey yet, please do that ASAP. If you lost your survey link, you can retrieve it HERE.
Pay Over Time backers:
Locking the current surveys will NOT prevent you from filling your survey out once you have paid in full. As mentioned before, you will receive your survey once you have paid your full balance. No need to worry about this!
Once the surveys are locked, I can finally work on getting the pins ordered so they can get into production. :)
Celestial Incarnations launching January 22!
This is a reminder that my next pin set, Celestial Incarnations, is launching as part of Pintopia on January 22nd, 2026! I am SO excited for this set, I've been working on these designs for MONTHS and I'm really proud of how they're shaping up.
You can view more sketches and sign up for campaign notifications here: Celestial Incarnations
That's it for now!
Happy holidays! I hope your holiday week and weekend are filled with lots of love and joy, whatever you may be celebrating!
Hi all! Just wanted to drop you all a quick note since it’s been a few weeks.
I can’t do a full update right now because I’m currently on vacation traveling abroad, and trying very hard not to work too much while I’m here. So this is just a quick note to let you all know that I’m still here!
A couple quick notes:
A little over 90% of surveys have been filled out. Please submit ASAP if you haven’t yet!
Once I get back from vacation I will lock submitted surveys and begin the process of ordering the pins.
Thanks for your patience! You’ll get a more thorough update from me later in the month after I return from vacation. :)
I'm back today to notify you all that ALL the rest of the surveys (Except POT backers) have been sent!
***REMINDER***: You MUST submit your survey to receive your rewards. If I do not receive a survey response from you, you will not receive your pins or other rewards. I do NOT offer refunds for backers who fail to submit their survey before I finish shipping orders out. If you fail to fill out your survey, your pledge will be considered a donation.
If you encounter any issues while filling out your survey, please notify me right away through a comment or by sending me a message at [email protected].
Pay Over Time Backers
POT Backers will not receive their survey yet! If you used Pay Over Time to pay for your pledge, you won't receive your survey until your pledge is paid in full. If I make another announcement in a few weeks that I'm locking orders - don't worry, you won't be locked out of submitting your survey.
Once you make your final payment, you'll receive your survey automatically within 48 hours, and I will lock your order shortly after you fill it out. ^_^
Errored Payments
If your payment for your pledge errored and you haven't fixed it yet, you will be able to do so through the survey. Please make sure the card info you submit on the survey is up-to-date. When I give the notification that I am charging cards for shipping, please make sure you have the funds available.
A note about repeat errored payment backers
I have been noticing that I have a handful of repeat offenders of people who never fix their errored payments on my campaigns, and I wanted to include a note about it in this update.
Going forward, I will be taking steps to prevent repeat errored backers from pledging to my future campaigns.
If a backer has failed to fix their errored payments for 3 consecutive campaigns, I will block them from pledging for all my future projects.
Please keep this in mind for my campaigns and for other creators, too. I usually try to stay positive in my updates, but at a point it begins to get frustrating, and I'm not going to continue to just let it happen especially when I know other creators that experience the same thing, sometimes even from the same offenders.
Thanks for reading, and if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to drop a comment or send me a message at [email protected]. Thank you!!
