Hi folks, a few production updates across our items:

Pins: The full set of design proofs we received from the manufacturer have been thoroughly reviewed and a few minor aspects clarified and adjusted. I've now signed off on the final proofs which means we are ready to move into production when we have a solid sense of how many pins to order for each design. We've gotten a majority of surveys back, but if you haven't filled out your survey yet or have been considering more add-ons, the sooner the better! It would be great to have a few more surveys in so we can be even more confident about our quantities.

Stickers: I received a reasonable quote for a lenticular sticker of the Kitsune design, so we're going to move forward on ordering that. If the quality once it arrives at Carrie's studio isn't what we're hoping for, we'll fall back to the same vinyl sticker style as the others and make a call ourselves whether we produce the fox version or lady version.

Zine: With pagecount in mind, most of the illustrations will be what are called "spot illustrations" and simpler images we can work the text around, but I'm doing some outreach to some other artists to see if I can wrangle a couple additional full page illustrations in a few different styles so I can free up more of my time to better prep for the fulfillment stage. I'm not sure if anything will come from this, especially with the holidays and such a tight deadline before going to print, but we'll see!

Other things on my to-do still during this stage are: finalizing the backing card design, researching some additional packaging options that build on what we learned last week in fulfilling Carrie's Nocturnal Nouveau collection, and once those final order counts are in, crunching some numbers to estimate how much of a bonus the contributors on this project can expect to receive thanks to all the backer support.

I'm excited to get these orders to the manufacturer, and hope you are too! Happy Holidays!