Hi all,

I'll be locking surveys and charging cards in three days, so make sure to get your info in before 4/2!

Here are some more works in progress shots from my manu. These show some of the translucent enamel 'broth' on two of the pins. Screen printing still to be added on some and clean up of enamel on the honey butter chips. They were just verifying that the glitter was correct before doing the finishing.

Hi all,

Just a super quick update here. I got some videos of the enamel being done in the pins from my factory this morning and so I wanted to share. Did you know that sometimes they fill by hand? I found these oddly satisfying to watch.

Check it out on Instagram or Tiktok. (I also post on Insta the most so give a follow if you want to see what else is coming from Kimchi!)

Hi all,

I just got a first look at the first pin. My manu likes to send me pics at times to verify that stuff is in the right place. This morning, I got to see the initial stages of the hotteok as they wanted to make sure the glitter placement was right. I love it! It's perfect to represent the brown sugar filling in traditional hotteok. This is just the first round. They will then clean up the enamel fill, add the screen printing and the gold tone to the metal.

Glitter is kind of hard to convey in the mockups used to run the campaign, so if you're now really liking this one or future ones that include glitter, you can add on to your pledge using the pre-order shop (or jump on to the Seoul Food train here if you missed the live campaign).

Surveys are about 80% done, thank you to all who've filled them out! If you haven't, don't forget. This is the only way I can get your rewards to you and I don't want people to miss out. 

Hi all,

Just wanted to let you know that surveys have just gone out so check your inboxes. I'll be locking them down March 30 and charging cards on 4/2 so make sure to get your info in before that time. Remember, surveys are the only way I can make sure you get what you pledged for as this is where you tell me what designs you want and your shipping address.

Also, if you missed something during the live campaign, the pre-order shop is open as well and there will be an option at the end of your survey to add additional items at their listed prices.

As always, let me know if you have any questions!

While I was working on the surveys and waiting on the smoke test, I was moving things along with my factory so I'm fairly confident that we'll stay on schedule barring any unexpected twists along the way. I'll keep you all updated on progress :)