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PROJECT UPDATE
Kage Davies
CREATOR
15+ projects backed in 2025
20+ projects backed in 2026
about 1 month ago
Project Update: ☆ February Update ☆
Hey everyone ~
This update is copy pasted across multiple projects so sorry if you see it more than once!
The overview is looking like this;
Bunnies and Branchs ~ Nearly complete!
Midnight Ocean ~ In production
Mythical Garden ~ Shipping early stages
Curiosity Shop ~ In production
Christmas Market ~ Shipping well underway
If you specially requested your pins were sent soon for BnB, the Christmas Market or Mythical Garden; then your package has been sent out. The last big package pick up was a week ago; the next one is tomorrow.
We are currently in the middle of moving houses, there probably won't be another update this month but work is continuing in the background. We've done everything we can to avoid disruption so fingers crossed we don't have any disasters.
The new fish pond pins have arrived. I don't have pictures, I'm sorry; but they look just like the old ones on the outside. The inside pieces have been sealed differently this time. We are going to let them sit until March to see if any bubbles develop, then we'll send them out to anyone who's had an order with one missing (mostly BnB backers). If you have any trouble with them at all, let me know asap.
We are having a bit of trouble with packages bouncing back from customs and we're not sure why. The paperwork we're getting is very vague. Considering we send through royal mail which insists its all filled out online, we're not sure what's going on with that. Our friends are moving into our old house though so if anything does end up back here, we'll know. If you want to check on the status of your order you can email us through the support email, although replies will be slow while we move.
That's it! Shipping is only just beginning and it is going to take a while due to the number of backers, just know we're doing our best and we'll get them out as soon as possible :).
Thanks for your patience.
This update is copy pasted across multiple projects so sorry if you see it more than once!
The overview is looking like this;
Bunnies and Branchs ~ Nearly complete!
Midnight Ocean ~ In production
Mythical Garden ~ Shipping early stages
Curiosity Shop ~ In production
Christmas Market ~ Shipping well underway
If you specially requested your pins were sent soon for BnB, the Christmas Market or Mythical Garden; then your package has been sent out. The last big package pick up was a week ago; the next one is tomorrow.
We are currently in the middle of moving houses, there probably won't be another update this month but work is continuing in the background. We've done everything we can to avoid disruption so fingers crossed we don't have any disasters.
The new fish pond pins have arrived. I don't have pictures, I'm sorry; but they look just like the old ones on the outside. The inside pieces have been sealed differently this time. We are going to let them sit until March to see if any bubbles develop, then we'll send them out to anyone who's had an order with one missing (mostly BnB backers). If you have any trouble with them at all, let me know asap.
We are having a bit of trouble with packages bouncing back from customs and we're not sure why. The paperwork we're getting is very vague. Considering we send through royal mail which insists its all filled out online, we're not sure what's going on with that. Our friends are moving into our old house though so if anything does end up back here, we'll know. If you want to check on the status of your order you can email us through the support email, although replies will be slow while we move.
That's it! Shipping is only just beginning and it is going to take a while due to the number of backers, just know we're doing our best and we'll get them out as soon as possible :).
Thanks for your patience.
PROJECT UPDATE
Kage Davies
CREATOR
15+ projects backed in 2025
20+ projects backed in 2026
2 months ago
Project Update: ☆ Picture Window Quicksand Pins ☆
Happy 2026 everyone! I hope its off to a promising start.
I have the picture window pin pictures for you. It is really, REALLY hard to photograph the glitter correctly, because its colour shift; so please bear in mind that these pictures only really show one 'shade', and they are much more multi toned in person. There are a lot of the shaped pieces in there, but the light reflecting off the semi transparent tiny glitter makes them more obscured in different lightings. They also have a slow fall liquid added which means the glitter stay suspended much longer than normal. There are three posts on the back, one at the top and two on the bottom to help distribute the weight. They are chunky pins!
I have the picture window pin pictures for you. It is really, REALLY hard to photograph the glitter correctly, because its colour shift; so please bear in mind that these pictures only really show one 'shade', and they are much more multi toned in person. There are a lot of the shaped pieces in there, but the light reflecting off the semi transparent tiny glitter makes them more obscured in different lightings. They also have a slow fall liquid added which means the glitter stay suspended much longer than normal. There are three posts on the back, one at the top and two on the bottom to help distribute the weight. They are chunky pins!
As I said in a previous update, the manufacturer got the plating wrong. They are black nickel instead of gold. It would have taken another four months to get it fixed, since they're now out sourcing the sections that hold the glitter (I actually ordered these before the campaign ended to get them here on time). I like the effect though, it looks much more like a silhouette than the gold and the glitter really pops against the black.
Orders will lock in 1-2 days from now, if you want to go switch out or cancel your quicksand pins. If you ordered them as part of the campaign but you're now unhappy with your choice, just wing me a support email and I can organise either an exchange, a refund for this item, or credit for the add-on store for you :).
All the unfunded stretch goal add-ons have been removed, and all the crow feather pins have been added too :D. I'm not 100% sure if you can see those in your cart since I added them manually, so don't panic if you earned one and its not there.
Happy new year, everyone ~
PROJECT UPDATE
Kage Davies
CREATOR
15+ projects backed in 2025
20+ projects backed in 2026
2 months ago
Project Update: ☆ Orders Locking ☆
Just a quick one.
Orders are locking in the next day or two, and after that cards will be charged.
A couple of stretch goal add ons didn't fund, so they'll be deleted from carts shortly.
The missing pins appeared today, must've got caught in the Christmas post chaos. Apparently it was very bad this year!
Happy new year, everyone :)
Orders are locking in the next day or two, and after that cards will be charged.
A couple of stretch goal add ons didn't fund, so they'll be deleted from carts shortly.
The missing pins appeared today, must've got caught in the Christmas post chaos. Apparently it was very bad this year!
Happy new year, everyone :)
PROJECT UPDATE
Kage Davies
CREATOR
15+ projects backed in 2025
20+ projects backed in 2026
3 months ago
Project Update: ☆ Shipping Update ☆
Hey
So we still have pins MIA right now, and unfortunately its not looking like it will be resolved before next year. We're taking a break over Christmas and we'll be back in January with a full update, hopefully we'll have them in hand by then. Pre shipping prep has started though, we're getting everything set up and ready; we may start sending out orders that don't contain the missing pins in January anyway. We'll see after Christmas.
We have now managed to apply the tariffs correctly. We also completely redid our shipping fees, so if you were getting a huge increase over a single item, it should be fixed now (some people were going from £4.50 to £40 over a single notebook!). Please take a minute to review your orders and make sure you're happy with your add-ons from the store before cards are charged (you'll get two week's warning by email before this happens). There might have been small increases in postage, but no one should be seeing a massive jump up (not including tariffs) so if you are, please get in touch. If you're in the USA, your tariff total should be 10% of your item total. It might skew less, but it absolutely shouldn't be more.
I think that's it :). We'll back in Jan with news. Happy holidays, everyone ~
So we still have pins MIA right now, and unfortunately its not looking like it will be resolved before next year. We're taking a break over Christmas and we'll be back in January with a full update, hopefully we'll have them in hand by then. Pre shipping prep has started though, we're getting everything set up and ready; we may start sending out orders that don't contain the missing pins in January anyway. We'll see after Christmas.
We have now managed to apply the tariffs correctly. We also completely redid our shipping fees, so if you were getting a huge increase over a single item, it should be fixed now (some people were going from £4.50 to £40 over a single notebook!). Please take a minute to review your orders and make sure you're happy with your add-ons from the store before cards are charged (you'll get two week's warning by email before this happens). There might have been small increases in postage, but no one should be seeing a massive jump up (not including tariffs) so if you are, please get in touch. If you're in the USA, your tariff total should be 10% of your item total. It might skew less, but it absolutely shouldn't be more.
I think that's it :). We'll back in Jan with news. Happy holidays, everyone ~
PROJECT UPDATE
Kage Davies
CREATOR
15+ projects backed in 2025
20+ projects backed in 2026
3 months ago
Project Update: Shipping and Previews
Hello hello ~
Well, we have good news/bad news again.
The pin package did arrive!
Several designs were missing. The manufacturer did not complete them all in time. Although they did send me what they had, they didn't tell me until the package was here.
I won't charge cards until the pins are in my hands. We've made that mistake before lmao. Still, preparations for shipping have started, so once they're here and charges proceed then things will go out asap. You'll get an automatic email giving about a week's warning before charges go through.
Until then, here's a peek at what we did get. Just a note that taking photos of pins is extremely hard and I suck at it, but I did my best!
Well, we have good news/bad news again.
The pin package did arrive!
Several designs were missing. The manufacturer did not complete them all in time. Although they did send me what they had, they didn't tell me until the package was here.
I won't charge cards until the pins are in my hands. We've made that mistake before lmao. Still, preparations for shipping have started, so once they're here and charges proceed then things will go out asap. You'll get an automatic email giving about a week's warning before charges go through.
Until then, here's a peek at what we did get. Just a note that taking photos of pins is extremely hard and I suck at it, but I did my best!
Mini bees! Blue and red banded.
Rainbow bee/Pintober freebie pin. Look this is a dreadful photo of that pin, but it IS here, and they look awesome I promise T_T.
All of the branch pins, including a backing card preview. They all use the same backing cards this time.
All three foxglove designs.
Acer pair/single acer leaf/conker minis. The pair are so tiny, they're very cute. One of them only has one post on the back though there was no space for two.
Its hard to get a picture of this guy but the blue jay is one of my absolute favourites from this collection. I'm gonna stick 'em on everything.
These are rubbish pictures. We're back dating the crow prize feather to this campaign. Its a freebie you get by being in the top 10 engagement list, pointing out a mistake in a news post, or making a suggestion that I use in the campaign. Its something we're going to be doing moving forward as a little thank you gift; each time we run out I'll have them made in a new colour. Also the stained glass physalis are much prettier in person, you can see through the 'glass' but it is definitely strongly coloured.
Cat skulls/Mantis. I know it was a bit odd to have two sizes but it helped a lot deciding how to move forward. We probably won't make our other skulls in the larger size, 1.75" feels about right. But it is nice to have, and damn they got a lot of details into both of them. Also I much prefer the mantis in pin form, the gold just makes it pop way more. I hope that you guys like them too.
Harvest mice, or why my manufacturer hates me most this campaign. They have several layers of screen print to make up the effects. The fade effect on the last one was achieved with UV printing in the end, but I actually think it turned out well. I didn't want to go with a pearl effect for flowers and it made a nice medium. The colours are not super accurate here, but as close as I could get.
The manu did some serious magic with the spines on the venus fly trap, I swear. I thought they might have to make them way thicker than they did.
Poppy/Dahlia/Sweet pea mini pins. We're still missing a couple as you can see. There was a big oops with the other sweet pea screen print, and I think they're remaking the whole batch on rush order right now. Hopefully it won't be too long.
Oh! And I totally forgot, but we do have the picture window quicksand pins in. They are plated in black nickel and not gold, so I'll be making a post about it on its own soon. I will say though, the black I think looks very good; much more like a silhouette than the gold would have. I just really need to get a clear picture to show you guys what I mean and well. As you can see. Its not going well haha.
And that's it. I'm not sure we'll be actively sending packages before 2026 now, but I've asked for a production update and as soon as those pins are in my hands, we'll get the ball rolling.
Thank you for your continued patience, and happy holidays :).
