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Pins are nearing completion! I received some news from my other manufacturer about the remaining pins. The window and lantern pins are all done, and the snowglobe style shaker pins are almost done. They have to fix the acrylic on some of them, so they will remake those pins after their well-deserved holiday for the Lunar New Year. Both of my manufacturers are perfectionists, so they are taking their time making sure each pin is up to their standard for quality. But here is a picture of the shaker pins!
I can't wait to see them in person. For further pin picture updates, follow me on Instagram @sunsetroadco where I update way more frequently so I don't overwhelm you all on Backerkit. We're still on track to ship out this campaign towards the end of March hopefully. I didn't want to rush these pins because of how complicated they are with the enamel, acrylic, and liquid components so I told my manufacturer to take her time making sure they are completely correct.
Other news!
We are in the last 2 days of our current Pintopia campaign, Books & Banter! I've already started proofing designs with one of my manufacturers so I can get pins ordered ASAP. Make sure to get your pledges in before it ends as I won't be ordering too many extras! Here's a proof for two of the book designs:
Lastly...
I have another campaign on the horizon, a continuation of my Village series called Autumn Villages! Launching March 29th, this campaign will once again offer two variants of our build-you-own enamel pin village: Cozy Autumn and Spooky Fall. We'll also have a bunch of smaller "accessory" pins ranging from .75" to 1.25" to accessorize your pin village. Follow along early to receive a free pin for pre-launch followers, and ANOTHER free pin for early bird backers!
Okay that was a lot! Thanks so much for sticking through to the end. TLDR; lots of updates and fun pins in production and on the horizon!
Hooray! I got a gigantic 30 pound box in the mail yesterday before the snowstorm here in New Jersey. About 75% of the pins from Celestial Cottagecore are already in hand: this delivery had the hourglasses, all of the cloche designs, the zodiac books, the celestial animals and the mini pins. Still in production are the lantern bookstacks, the ombre gradient windows and the snowglobe style shaker pins as they are a bit more complicated and with my other manufacturer. But we are ahead of the game and have a ton of stuff in hand for me to quality check.
Here are some pictures! These are in natural light at my front door as there is already almost 10 inches of snow outside and not stopping anytime soon.
I'm incredibly pleased with them all! The glitters and pearls really pop against the clear epoxy on the cloches. I'm so proud of this collection.
That's all for now - I'm not sure I'll have the other pins before the factories take a well deserved break for Lunar New Year in February. But any updates I get from them I will share with you here and on Instagram. Follow me @sunsetroadco for more frequent communication and pictures of my cats!
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We have some of the Celestial Cottagecore pins shipping out this week! I have two manufacturers working on these designs; the manufacturer that received the designs for all the cloche and hourglass pins have finished up and they are being sent to me this week. The other manufacturer is still working on the gradient and snowglobe shaker style pins which are a bit more complicated, but we are still very ahead of schedule for fulfillment!
Here are some awful manufacturer pictures of some of the completed pins shipping out:
Manufacturer pictures are notoriously awful but they are looking great and I can't wait to see them in person!
Last chance to follow our bookish campaign launching this week to get a FREE mini pin for pre-launch followers - also you can get another free pin for backing in the first 48 hours! I am so excited for this campaign as I am obsessed with reading and all things literary. There will be a little something for everyone in this campaign. It would help me out greatly if you followed it before launch so more eyes are on this campaign! Follow here!
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Happy New Year my friends!
All of the pins are still chugging along in production, and I've got some fun samples of the gradient window pins I'm so excited to show you. These have a pearl ombre, and these are the samples before the screenprint is printed on them:
The pearl gradient looks unbelievable, I'm thrilled with it. These now move on to the next stage of production with screenprint! If more sample pics come in I will share them but I definitely wanted to show you all these right away. I can't wait to see the entire campaign come together.
My next campaign, Books & Banter, launches in just 11 days! We're finishing up all of the designs for it and I'm thrilled with it. This campaign will include a ton of bookish designs ranging from mythical creatures, teacups, potions, snarky phrases and more. It will have something for everyone!
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Happy New Year!
We're going into 2026 full force and now have all pins in production for Celestial Cottagecore. I wanted to share a couple of the art proofs so you can see all the special effects going into these designs. We are using a lot of the "stained glass" effect, gradients and of course the glitter snowglobe style pins, which are super complicated to produce.
The effects vary for each design and some were tweaked from the original slightly, but mainly everything will be staying exactly the same from the campaign! I spent a lot of time going over the art and the proofs with my two different manufacturers. But now everything is paid for, ordered and approved as we head into the New Year which is super exciting.
Next up...
What is also exciting is our next campaign to kick off 2026 as part of Pintopia: Books & Banter. We have been working so hard on the designs for this bookish campaign and can't wait for you to see everything we have cooked up. We're offering a TON of freebies, including a FREE 1" enamel pin for Early Backers which we have never done before. There will be so much offered during this Backerkit campaign. Here are all the freebies offered, and there will be more as we unlock levels during the campaign:
