The story continues~ A beautiful new set of Día de los Muertos/Aztec God enamel pins featuring designs that never had the chance to be made in last year’s Muerte & Magic campaign! Join us in celebrating life, death, and eternity beyond the grave ☠️🖤
Welcome back to Pintober!! 🎉 Last year I launched the first Muerte & Magic campaign and brought the spirit of Día de los Muertos to life through these 3 enamel pins~ 🇲🇽
~Alebrije Spirit Guide~
~Sugar Skull mini pin~
~Xolo Dog Spirit Guide~
Now this year in Muerte & Magic II: La Eternidad,we’re returning to the altar to reveal designs that didn’t get unlocked and introduce even more Aztec deities!
Introducing the first 3 pins in this campaign! 💀🖤
This is the perfect opportunity to complete your set if you backed the first campaign, or begin your own enamel pin ofrenda if you’re just joining us for Pintober this year! 😊✨
All Muerte & Magic pins so far!
As a Chicana artist, I’m beyond excited to continue this Day of the Dead pin series and celebrate my Mexican heritage again for Pintober this year! ☺️🇲🇽💖✨
And with that...
✨🔮 ¡Bienvenidos a Muerte & Magic! /// Welcome to Muerte & Magic! 🔮✨
Welcome to Pintober! — a celebration of creativity and collaboration from a diverse group of artists collectively running enamel pin crowdfunding projects from Oct 21st through Nov 1st.
Freebie Cross-Collaboration Pins —Back 3 or more Pintober campaigns and get a free sweet treat mini-pin from each of the artists you have supported! 🍬🍬🍬
🍬 Pintober collab pin! 🍬 (Freebie pin #1)
Back "Muerte & Magic" and 2 other Pintober campaigns to receive my Pan de Muerto / Bread of the Deadpin!
There's also 2 additional FREE pins to earn from me! 🖤✨
☠️ Cross-collab pin ☠️ (Freebie pin #2)
Back both mine and my collab partner Allison's Stories of Shadow Pintober campaigns to get our 2 additional freebie pins!! 🖤 These are a perfect crossover between my Day of the Dead campaign and her Classic Literature campaign!
➡️ Recap: This means there's (4) free collab pins available from Allison & I~ Back both of our campaigns along with a third Pintober campaign to receive all our freebies!
🔓 Meet our first 3 pins we unlocked within the first few hours! 🔓
💀 Mictlantecuhtli: Lord of the Underworld 🩵 ---> Unlocked!! 🎉
Mictlantecuhtli (muhkt-laan-tuh-koot-lee) is the Aztec God of Death / King of the Mictlán Underworld.
For most Aztec souls, the "journey of the dead" was a difficult, four year trip through the nine levels of Mictlán to reach the ultimate peace of nothingness at its core. The dead faced obstacles such as animals, crashing terrain, harsh winds, and rivers of blood before reaching Mictlantecuhtli where their soul could finally rest.
🍞 Pan de Muerto / Bread of the Dead 💀 (Pintober freebie pin~)---> Unlocked!! 🎉
Pan de Muerto is a sweet bread and a staple treat baked for Aztec rituals and Día de los Muertos. It's baked as an offering for the Ofrendas (altars) of the dead to honor our ancestors and to help nourish their spirits on their journey.
The round shape of the bread symbolizes the cycle of life and death. The center knob on top symbolizes a skull, and dough strips are arranged like bones underneath, making it a wonderful sweet treat for the dead ☠️🖤
➡️ Both the Lord Mictlantecuhtli and the Pan de Muerto Pintober collab pin unlock together!
💀 Mictecacihuatl: Lady of the Dead 🩷 ---> Unlocked!! 🎉
Mictecacihuatl (Meek-teka-see-wahdl) is also known as Lady of the Dead / Wife to Mictlantecuhtli and Queen of the Mictlán Underworld~
Her main role was guarding the bones of the deceased and watching over ancient festivals honoring the dead. These festivals eventually turned into the modern Día de los Muertos celebrations! 😊 She is also the inspiration for the icon "La Catrina," a famous skeletal figure in Mexican culture.
These pins represent the beautiful cycle of life and death in Mexican/Aztec culture ☠️🩵🩷🖤✨ They are the perfect addition for your pin boards and altars~ 🧡🖤
Here's the next two stretch goals to add to this new Aztec God collection 🖤
🐉💫 Quetzalcóatl (ket-sal-KOH-ahtl)
Quetzalcóatl is the feathered serpent and one of the Aztec Creator Gods. During the creation of the Universe, him and his brother Huitzilopochtli (below) created Lady Mictlantecuhtli and Lord Mictecacihuatl to rule the Underworld.
He is the god of wind, learning, arts, crafts and he also brought corn & other valuable agricultural knowledge to humanity. He represents the planet Venus and is known as the Morning Star 🌟 In this form, Quetzalcóatl is called "Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli," or the "Lord of the Star of the Dawn" (referring to Venus)
👉🏼🌈🐉 Personal story:
My mom taught us as kids not to point at rainbows because of Quetzalcóatl! 😄 Legend says that he lives at the bottom of the rainbow and it's considered bad luck to point at a rainbow because he's a sacred entity. Pointing at him is considered very disrespectful which can anger him (my mom said he would bite our fingers if we point at rainbows lol I still don't point at rainbows to this day 😂)
💪🏼💀☀️Huitzilopochtli (weet-see-luh-powch-tuh-lee)
Huitzilopochtli was a Creator God like his brother Quetzalcóatl. He was also the god of War, the Sun. and was considered the primary deity of the Aztec people. He's commonly associated with a Hummingbird because his name contains the Nahuatl word "huitzilin" meaning hummingbird.
In Aztec mythology, Huitzilopochtli defeats his siblings in an epic cosmic battle which ensured the daily rebirth of the sun. He demanded human sacrifice believing he required blood & hearts to sustain him and ensure that the sun would continue to rise.
He wielded the Xiuhcoatl,a mythological fire serpent, as a powerful weapon. On this pin, a dangling red drop charm will hang off his serpent staff.
After Quetzalcóatl and his brother Huitzilopochtli unlock, we will vote as a community on the next pin stretch goal order below!! Check out the Community tab to vote for the pins you want to see made 💖
📣‼️ Edit: All 4 main XL pins have unlocked and the Poll results are in!!
Here's the winners from the Poll:
Xolotl- Dog-headed god of fire, lightning & death (42%)
Xochiquetzal- Beautiful goddess of love, beauty, fertility & art (30%)
Xipe Totec- Flayed skin god of vegetation, renewal & warfare (13%)
Tezcatlipoca- Feared god of the night sky & sorcery (11%)
Tlaloc- Blue-hued god of rain, storms & fertility (4%)
Here's the stories behind all of our Aztec Deities for reference. I've changed the order to reflect the new stretch goal order~
(**Please note: Pictures below are just visual references for those unfamiliar with the mythology, pin artwork coming soon)
☀️🐺 Xolotl (shuh·luht)
Xolotl was the Aztec Creator God of fire, lightning & death, and he is often shown as a dog-headed deity. He was a guide for souls on their journey through the Underworld. Twin brother to Quetzalcóatl (the Morning Star), the Aztecs believed Xolotl accompanied the sun during its nightly journey through the underworld.
Because of this, he is known as the Evening Star~ 💫 Travelers considered Xolotl their protector & looked to Venus in the sky as a symbol of his guidance 🖤
Pin details: 2.5 inch pin, screen-printing, black nickel finish. This XL pin will come with a sun mini pin, symbolizing his nightly task of guiding the sun through the underworld ☀️🖤
Xochiquetzal (Show-chee-ket-zal)
Statue photograph
Statue photograph
Xochiquetzal is the Aztec Goddess of love, beauty, fertility, and the arts. Her name translates to "precious flower feather" and she is often adorned with flowers and jewelry. She was known for her love affairs/marriage to several gods including Tlaloc (poll option #3) and was later abducted by Tezcatlipoca (poll option #1).
Xipe Totec (SHEE-pay TOE-tek)
Statue photograph
Statue photograph
Also known as "The Flayed One", Xipe Totec was the Aztec god of vegetation, renewal and warfare. He was often depicted wearing the flayed skin of a sacrificial victim which symbolized the shedding one's skin during the renewal of life, just like snakes do.
His brothers are Quetzalcóatl, Huitzilopochtli, and Tezcatlipoca~
Tezcatlipoca (tez-kuht-luh-pow-kuh)
Image from Wikipedia
Image from Wikipedia
Tezcatlipoca is an Aztec Creator god of the night sky, conflict, and sorcery. His name translates to "Smoking Mirror" which refers to the obsidian mirrors he wears for divination. His name also symbolized the smoke from battle and sacrifices.
He is also a brother to Quetzalcóatl,Huitzilopochtli and Xipe Totec. These four brothers are also known as the "Four Tezcatlipocas."
Tlaloc (TLAH-lohk)
Statue photograph
Statue photograph
Tlaloc is the Aztec god of rain, storms, and fertility. His name translates to “He Who Makes Things Sprout.” He was a powerful deity who was vital to Aztec agriculture and was worshipped both in festivals and through sacrifices.
Since he was the Aztec god of rain, he ruled over Tlalocan:an Underworld paradise for those who died from water-related incidents like drowning or lightning strikes.
➡️ If we get close to unlocking all these stretch goal pins, I will open up another poll for Community ideas!!
➡️ New backer suggestion!
Coyolxauhqui- Goddess of the Moon (Sister to Huitzilopochtli~)
In the Aztec myth, Coyolxauhqui the moon goddess was the leader of her 400 siblings who conspired to kill their mother: the goddess Coatlicue. Her unborn brother, Huitzilopochtli, emerged from Coatlicue's womb fully armed and instantly defeated his siblings. He beheaded Coyolxauhqui and threw her head into the sky where it became the moon. The rest of her dismembered body was scattered as stars.
(I will try to make locked designs available to unlock during the surveys!)
Pledge during the first 48 hours to get Early Bird pricing and free stickers/pins! 💖
(Early Bird Tiers close on October 23rd @1pm EST)
🇲🇽 All pins released in this campaign will be XL pins around 2.5"-3" tall/wide
➡️ Any pin/mini pin that is 2" or smaller will be released separately in the Add-on Shop to keep the pricing structure simple~
➡️ "Pay Over Time" payment option is now enabled for orders over $150~ Don't forget to check out the add-on shop! You can pledge now and pay later after the campaign is over! 🖤
If you choose the "Pay Over Time" option:
Your rewards will only ship after all 4 payments are paid in full.
You can only fill out your survey after all payments are complete. I always order extra stock, so I will have enough pins held off to the side for these orders
Sticker gold background will be slightly holographic~
🧡 ~About the Cempasúchil flower~ 🧡
Aztecs believed that these Marigold's vibrant petals represented the sun's guiding light, and their fragrant scent had the power to guide the spirits of their departed loved ones back to their homes. It was believed that Lady Mictecacihuatl allowed spirits to travel back to earth to visit their family again for Día de los Muertos.
Ofrendas/Altars aren't complete without them, and this is the perfect addition to your Day of the Dead collection 🖤
➡️ Returning Backers will receive a free holographic vinyl sticker of Lord Mictlantecuhtli as a thank you for your continued support :) <3
Background gold color will be slightly holographic~
That means if you're an Early Bird + Returning Backer, you'll get (2) free holo stickers~
Regular Tiers open when "Early Bird" Tiers close on October 23rd @1pm EST
➡️ "Pay Over Time" payment option is now enabled for orders over $150~ Don't forget to check out the Add-on Shop! You can pledge now and pay later after the campaign is over! 🖤
🇲🇽 All pins released in this campaign will be XL pins around 2.5"-3" tall/wide.
🧡 ~Free pin for 3+ pin Backers~ 🧡
You'll receive the free exclusive Mexican Marigold mini pin as a thank you for your support! 🖤
💎 Limited Slots for Regular Tiers! 💎
There will be a very small number of these slots available after Early Bird Tiers end! This is like an Early Bird extension for 3+ pin backers 💖
3 Pins for $55 ➡️ ($18.33 each pin~)
4 Pins for $65 ➡️ ($16.25 each pin~)
These are the biggest discounts of the whole campaign, so claim your slot while these are still open 🙌🏼
October 21st @1pm EST- Pintober campaign launches!
October 23rd @1pm EST- After first 48 hours, Early Bird Tiers end
November 1st @10pm EST- Pintober ends
Mid/end of November- Backer surveys are sent out
Early December- Artwork proofs are approved and production begins after funds are received
Janurary/FebruaryEstimate- Pins shipped to me, quality checked, packaged, and shipped to you <3
**Production may be sooner than this general schedule. I will be submitting artwork early to try and beat this estimated Holiday timeline~Timeline may change slightly due to holidays/production/shipping
📦💫 Shipping information:
Please remember that shipping costs will be charged to you AFTER the campaign and SEPARATELY through your BackerKit survey!
The shipping estimate below is just an estimate and is subject to change. If you have any add-ons from my Etsy Shop, the price may change depending on the quantity/weight of the items.
