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Hi all!

Here's the rundown on where we're at:

I'm going to be putting the pins on Etsy in the next week! This will include the feather keychains, skulls, and necklace. The store will be going on a short break starting on the 7th so I can move into mah new house! I'm hoping it'll only take me a week to get everything settled enough.

2025 was nuts. Definitely hoping for some calm energy going into 2026! I'm starting things off with Pintopia in January (you can follow the project here) and will be focusing on pins next year in general.

This summer (winter for my fellow Kiwis and everyone else I guess - I kid ;D ) I will be doing a sequel to this campaign that is themed for a summer fireworks festival! Follow it here to get updates! I took down all the suggestions people gave for more animals during this campaign, so look forward to it :)

But as far as this project is concerned, this is farewell for now. It's been a true pleasure and you all were so incredible gracious, sweet, and fun!

Take care and I hope that you find rest and closure as we bid farewell to the Year of the Bear...

...and that you all are blessed with energy, grit, and joy as we greet the Year of the Sheep!

Happy New Year 2026! Cheers for one last time,
- Lachlan

Hey all,

The skull pins and necklace arrived! I'm going to work on finishing the last 40 orders this coming week. 

Just a reminder that calendars will be shipped separately from pins so that the calendars won't get damaged in transit. 

That's it for now. Thank you for joining me on this journey!

Cheers,
- Lachlan

Hi all!

I just sent out the last of the immediately fulfillable orders - we are now about 90% fulfilled!! Yippee!! Thank you for your patience as I got this done. This has been such a turbulent year and it's been tough juggling everything. I planned my 2025 schedule thinking I wasn't going to be gone as much for cons and wasn't going to be moving, but alas! Thank you so much for being patient and kind and joining me on this journey!

I have more great news, but with an asterisk! Most of the extra pins are finally DONE! They didn't put clasps on the necklace when they made them so right now they're finishing correcting that, but once that is done they will be sending the pins my way. (If you follow my Forged in Flame campaign, those pins are also just about done!)

Scroll down to see the new estimated timeline and upcoming events!

The pictures are a bit dark but I can tell these are what I intended! Definitely there were more hiccups than I'm used to in making these, some of which were my own lapse in manufacturer communication while I was moving over the summer, but I'm glad everything came together. I can't say for sure how soon the pins will arrive to me, but I will send out the last few orders right away as soon as they do.

The calendar is also going well! It's a different printer than I usually use so I don't know for sure when they'll be done and in my hands, but the printer is based in my country so I'm hoping it won't be too long!

I am moving once more... but this should finally be the last time. I've been in temp housing the past few months so now we're going to a more permanent living situation! We get keys on the 22nd.

Updated Timeline: 

I'm planning to be much pickier about conventions next year so I can be home more and focus on pins, which to be honest is one of my favourite things to do!

I'll get back to it and let you know when the pins for this campaign are expected to arrive, probably as a comment on this update. 

But for now, cheers!
- Lachlan

Hi all!

Just wanted to send an update to let you all know how things are going!

Fulfilment is going as quickly as I can manage. Luckily my convention season is over now so I have much more time to actually get things done. Did a big fulfilment push today and I'll probably do another next week to get everything that is fulfillable out!

The items I'm still waiting on are the four animal skulls that were available as add ons - Caribou Skull, Deer Skull, Ram Skull, and Raven Skull - and the necklace and calendar. I had to hunt down another foil printing manufacturer for the calendar as mine does not do double sided, but that's been resolved! As I said in an earlier update, I am planning to send the calendars separately so they do not bend.

The latest update I got from my manufacturer was that the remaining pins and necklace will be in my hand in December. I have seen the mold samples for them so I know they're in production. It's definitely taking longer than usual, but I'm confident I can send out all orders by the end of the year. 

In the mean time, I'll keep working on the orders I can fulfil! I really hope you enjoy the pins! They turned out so well, so I'm not worried about the remaining pins even if it is taking longer than usual. 

Cheers everyone! Thank you for being here :)
- Lachlan