Hello!! We've nearly hit 11k but keep going up and down a little bit. However! I'd really like to give people time on the poll mentioned below, so I'm going to take the hit and I'm considering us at the 11k goal! 🎉✨️
With that, we have a few announcements to make:
The Spikes & Ribbon Huggies are available to pledge for now! They've been consolidated into 1 listing each per pledge & add-on tiers in which you'll choose colorway via survey (we have so many listings lol). There is also 1 listing for 2 sets!
After that is the black asymmetrical cat earrings!! They'll be available to pledge for at $12,900 and fully unlock at $14,600!
...AND that stretch comes with another guillotine colorway!
That's where the poll comes in, please vote below if you're potentially interested in one of the colorways included in the poll!
Black x Light Purple
Black x Red
Silver x Pink
Silver x Light Blue
18k Gold x White
I have adjusted sample pics to show you, too!
The "pink" is still somehow cursed, my manufacturing partner was sent red/hot pink instead of light pink like I paid for. So as you can see, the enamel here is too dark:
BUT it was easy enough to edit the photos so that you can now see a more accurate representation of what this will actually properly look like! It's a shimmery/pearly effect instead of scattered iridescent glitter! The incorrect color sent is what gave me the idea to add black/red as a colorway option in the poll.
FULL DISCLOSURE: The manufacturer was only able to make a limited number of samples!! So the reason you see some enamel spillage here is because they had to do the pearl on top of the original enamel, even though the cavities were already full. The details will be way more refined and clean in mass production!
MATERIAL CHANGE: The black plating on the guillotines and their chains is being switched to black rhodium! Rhodium is what's on all of my silver jewelry, too. The reason I switched is because this is a moving design with some metal-on-metal contact and rhodium is the most durable plating option! I wasn't aware that our manufacturer even offers black rhodium plating until Chocolat Chaud told me, so I owe her for that. I've messed with the samples quite a bit and even with the constant friction between the chain and the loop on the blade there has been no wear, but I want to be cautious.
LAST ANNOUNCEMENT: unfortunately, the Cœur de Chat keychains actually cannot come to be. Even changing the material to plated brass like my (Midnight Springs) jewelry would still keep it at the same price as the necklace due to complexity, and neither of us want to in good conscience charge so much for a keychain. This was entirely unanticipated based on earlier communications with our manufacturing partner and we apologize!
As a side note, I've had some inquiries as to why the guillotine is plated brass like my other pendants even though it has a mechanism and is meant to be fidgeted with. I was told under no uncertain terms that it is not suitable for stainless steel as it is too complicated for the mold, and we are all probably aware of the unfortunate price hikes in silver right now - I didn't want to be charging around $200, or even more, for these. The plating with my factory is incredibly durable, otherwise I wouldn't be selling plated septum jewelry (since it goes in a moist environment to put it lightly!). And as noted above, to be even more cautious I'm changing the plating. The chain itself is also stainless steel so there should be no issues with it being messed with. So please be rest assured!
Thank you so much again everyone!! Let's finish strong and unlock them all ✨️
PS: the black x pink pledge level pricing was fixed right away thanks to someone changing tiers! Thank you!!
