It’s another biweekly update, though a relatively small one for now. Manufacturing is still moving along, and more update photos will be on the way as I get them-- for now, these pin designs are completed and look stellar!

As for the looming question, the tariffs, rest assured that I’m working on a solution that hopefully shouldn’t impact delivery times by too much. Otherwise, I’m caught up in throwing out job applications to both absorb the unavoidable costs and pay the bills since for the foreseeable future, running the business full time isn’t particularly viable given the state of the world.

Hello again! I have another manufacturing update for everyone, with lots of photos! Different designs are in different states of production, the pins in the photos with the blue-ish gray metal have yet to be electroplated (and polished, in some cases) but there's a handful of fully completed ones, as well! 

Thank you so much for hanging in there, and so sorry for the delay in this update! I was working my school's art fair on Friday, and my table was thrown together very last minute and not a lot of sleep was had in preparation. 

To address concerns raised:
- Shipping addresses for all backers have been unlocked, you all are free to make changes as needed. An update will be sent out in advance of them being locked again, which will happen after pins are in hand, graded, and packaged. 
- For anyone who has sent emails-- I haven't received anything in my inboxes, I'm not sure if there's an issue with my domain email addresses or something else. If you could try again, either to [email protected] or my personal email, [email protected], I will get to those as soon as possible. 
- Custom ghosts-- communication will be dealt with over the weekend, short version is things had gotten misplaced in the move, which had lead me to believe they had already been shipped out, rest assured I'm not ignoring you guys/your concerns.
- As for update frequency, I think biweekly updates are the best middle of the road compromise based on the responses received. Moving forwards, I'll aim for an update every other week somewhere between Thursday-Saturday, since I am working around my school schedule as well. Of course, if there is a more dramatic update in between, I'll send one out as developments come in. 

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Furthermore, I have additional update photos to share! Actually, a couple of these were videos that have been converted to gif format to share here!

Hi everyone, I'm making another update to answer some questions and address some things--

To begin with, I'm deeply sorry for the delays. I've definitely made some mistakes over the past year, and am working to correct everything as swiftly as possible. To that end, as I've previously stated:

I WILL NOT BE RUNNING ANY MORE CAMPAIGNS OR PROJECTS UNTIL ALL OUTSTANDING PROJECTS ARE FULFILLED.

I thought I had made that clear, but it seemed as though some were still confused.

I know I dropped the ball. I've done my best to communicate as clearly as possible, but evidently my updates have still been lacking, so here's a breakdown of the situation.

Thanks to various life circumstances, I unfortunately took far longer than anticipated to complete proofs necessary for the manufacturing process to begin, along with switching manufacturers. At this point, however, I've finally managed to almost fully catch up on everything at this point, and Foxwright Apothecary has been fully in production for several weeks now. As promised, here's some a photo update from the manu of some of the molds:

Pride Potions has now also fully entered production, and surveys for Decadent Orchard should be sent out before April. Proofs for Decadent Orchard have been completed at this point, so following survey responses, that project can also enter production swiftly. As it currently stands, all Foxwright Apothecary pins should be shipped before the end of May, provided there are no significant delays in manufacturing or shipping, which are outside of my control. Pins for all ongoing projects should be shipped before the end of Summer 2025. I know that this is less than ideal for many; my aim is to resolve these projects before the summer begins. 

I understand the concerns expressed in the comments, and would like to know what I can do to better serve everyone. Would it be preferred that I make an update once a week, even if I have nothing new to share, or would it be preferable for updates to only address new developments?