We're in the home stretch of Pintopia 2025—I can't believe there are only 48 hours left! Now is the time to finalize your pledges!

Firstly, the washi tape is unlocked and the design is DONE! :D It's now available as an add-on.

And there is quite a bit of interest in the "Six-legged Stag" design as a pin. I hear you! I am going to be turning it into a deluxe, 3" enamel pin. 🦌 With so little time left, it won't be ready by campaign end, but definitely as a survey add-on (and at a campaign-discounted price)!

Until then, the stag is also available as a new sticker option (and is now included in the "every sticker" add-on at no extra charge). As a reminder, you can choose your sticker designs in the BackerKit pledge manager.

I'm hustling to finalize more artwork and get vectors in order for my manufacturer. I will also be making some tweaks to the "Portrait of a Curator" pin design—nothing drastic, just making him a bit more elegant and a little less like a noodle. I'll keep you all updated!
 
Thanks again for all of your support and excitement for Moon Hollow Archive!

Just 2 days left. 👁️

Hello everyone! 👁️

A quick little status update! 

Payments for pledges have begun processing, and there are currently 36 failed payments! You will receive an email from Backerkit letting you know if your pledge was successful or if it failed, so please double check your email. You can update your payment in your account dashboard, and Backerkit will attempt to charge you again. Here's a helpful article on updating your payment if you still need help!

As far as I know, you have until the 27th of February to update your payment method so your pledge is successful! Pledges that are still unsuccessfully collected after that point will be cancelled.

This has been slow going, but I'm halfway through turning every pin into a vector and choosing Pantone colors. This step also includes cleaning up any wiggly bits or lumpy areas of my mockups. I've also decided to send these vectors to my sticker manufacturer instead of my original raster mockups—so I apologise for the delay on sticker samples! I was too eager in announcing these samples, but I haven't forgotten them! I also plan to vectorize the patch design to ensure accuracy and smooth shapes.

This pin is updated and finalized! I love the changes, though they're nothing major. My intent was to make this pin more intricate and interesting, and reflect some changes the character went through without altering the foundation of the design. While he usually has an eye on his left side, the eye just didn't look as good on that side! I also didn't change of the shape of the eye to keep him consistent with "Family Portrait."

"Cervinae Hexapoda" Pin Design:
This pin design is quite close to done! It needs some cleanup, however. I like the colors so far, but may make further adjustments to them. I also want to check with my manufacturer first that there are no issues with the cut outs and that they offer the effects I'm thinking of. Nothing too fancy, but I'm considering glitter (on the body or the bones? I'm not sure yet) and screen printed stars on top! ✨

Charms:
I will be creating a mockup of a few different effects: holographic, glitter, and translucent colored acrylic. I posted a poll asking which effects acrylic charm folks prefer, but honestly, it's probably hard to vote on something without a mockup of how they may look, so I'll return to this question before ordering them.

Pre-order Store:
I've begun setting up the pre-order store. I'm in the beginning stages of importing all items, and I need Backerkit to fix something on the backend, but I hope to have that buttoned up in the next couple of weeks. As a reminder, this is how late backers can get in on the project, but is not intended for current backers, as you will be charged twice for shipping! When surveys go out, you will have to option to grab more add-ons, if you are so inclined. :)

And now, back to vectoring... I will be in touch next week with another update! 

Posting this a touch early, as there's a little over 1 HOUR LEFT!!

From the bottom of my heart: a huge THANK YOU to all of you for bringing Moon Hollow Archive to life! 🎊🍾
 
I never dreamed this campaign would see so much success. I was optimistic it would be funded, but honestly, I was mentally prepared to have an initial stretch goal or two unfunded 😅 As this is my first Pintopia, I didn't know what to expect! I'm so excited to get everything made, and it means so much that these concepts and pin designs resonate with so many people.

I'd love to explore Moon Hollow Archive more in the future—I think there are so many spooky curios and haunted objects waiting within the void for their chance to become real 👁️ I also have some ideas brewing for entirely different (but still entirely spooky) pin themes. But for now, I'm so excited to get all these pins and fun add-ons made.

Pre-order Store ⭐
After campaign end, there will indeed be a pre-order store! So anyone that missed out on the campaign will have the chance to grab these pins. With everything else going on, I just haven't had time to set it all up just yet. I'll let you folks know when that's ready.

Quick Survey Note 📜
As for the survey, I'm going to wait a bit longer than I initially estimated. I'd like to have artwork completely finalized and ideally, samples made of everything first. I'd love for backers to see what each physical item looks like when deciding on the designs they want, and I want to be certain every object is turning out well!

Artwork Update 🦇
As I mentioned in the last update, this pin, "Portrait of a Curator" will soon receive an update to match how the character changed over the campaign. I want to give his shoulders a more sleek look, similar to the clothing shapes in the "Family Portrait" pin, plus give his head a little more structure and likely some more shadow tendrils . But that's about it! More of an enhancement and not a redesign.

I will have more news and status updates very soon. 

Until then 👁️ Thank you!! 🎉

As you may have noticed, the "Deep One" design won the washi poll! I'll get to work finishing that one up. :)

Acrylic charms are finally available as add-ons!

All of the designs from the main collection (15 different designs) are available as simple acrylic charms, the artwork measuring around 2 inches (50 mm). The designs are the same on each side, but with minor color variations.

Now some more complex charms:
The cervinae hexapoda—pride of Moon Hollow Archive, and one of our largest specimens—makes its first public appearance here. A biological anomaly once known to haunt this very area... Now encased in acrylic!

This acrylic charm is just under 3 inches, and will be coated in epoxy or resin.

While the artwork isn't 100% finished, I think you can get the sense of what this acrylic charm will look like! Color/contrast adjustments, as well as more nuanced details in side A's skeleton are on the way.

And there's one more large charm design. Is there anything we can't encase in acrylic?

A bit more niche, this charm of the Curator is large, at around 3.5" and will be coated in epoxy or resin! The artwork is pretty close to done, but I am going to boost the colors/contrast, and add paintings within each gold frame.

Do charm enjoyers like holographic or glitter effects? Are there other effects you'd like to see? There's a new poll for you charm folks!

Prints of these designs are also available! These are the same size as the gold foil print for consistency, but without gold foil effects. Double-sided, printed on thick cardstock with a soft touch coating on the front. There's also a bundle with both curator prints, since they go together. 

The artwork is the same as the charms, and will be due for the same bit of polishing.

A new Higher Tier with more add-ons!
This tier features everything in Arcane Collector (14 pins + foil print), plus the 25mm washi tape, all of the stickers (15 designs), the iron-on patch, the 3 new prints, and the 2 new large acrylic charms. I didn't include the small acrylic charms, as it seemed redundant with stickers and maybe a little too cluttered, but I'm open to adding them or giving them their own tier/add-on bundle if some folks really love charms. Let me know!

I'm also open to a few new bundle or tier ideas, but I will not be making any tiers lower than the $18/One Pin tier. In part to keep things fair for my cross-collab partner, who is offering a huge 4 inch pin as a cross-collab freebie for backing both this project and her project Sorceress.

Speaking of, I wanted to shout out my cross-collab partner Jeszika! She has a bunch of new designs and a cool bonus embroidered patch now available. Each pin is over 4 inches tall, and is intended as an enamel and metal art piece.

She's got a few more beautiful designs in progress, too.

Well, that's it for now! These are the final additions to Moon Hollow Archive, aside from a couple Curator stickers for folks who requested them. I hope you find some new spooky treasures that resonate with you! As we move into the final days of Pintopia, I'll keep polishing up artwork and show you the progress.

Thanks again for all of the support! This Pintopia has been incredible and I honestly can't believe how much we've raised! :O