Hello backers, I have graded all the pins and it's time for them to ship! You should have received an email from Backerkit about your shipping address being locked. If you missed it, please double-check your address in the survey here as soon as possible.

If you filled out your survey late and I cannot fulfill your order, I will email you to inquire if you would prefer delaying your shipment for a few months, while additional pins are made; would like to select a different pin; or would be satisfied with a seconds grade pin instead. Please make sure you can access your Backerkit email. If you would like more information on my pin grading system, please see my About Page & FAQ.

Once you receive your package, feel free to contact Backerkit support if there are any issues with your rewards, they will forward your message to me. I can accommodate replacements or exchanges if needed. Please do not message me on my shops, social media, or comment on the campaign - if you do that I may miss your message.

Let me know if you have any questions in the comments. I'll be back with another update to let you know when the pins have all shipped out to you.

Hello Pride Angels backers and followers, about five days from now is the launch of my new campaign Blood & Holy Water. This campaign is launching on Halloween and will feature vampire and angel enamel pins. I was inspired by how much shared imagery there is between vampires and angels and wanted to capture that in a pin series.
 

Blood & Holy Water is part of the Mementos Mori collection, which features six pin campaigns with spooky, Halloween themes. There's a ton of freebies to be had!

You can go to each campaign's pre-launch page by clicking on the images below.

I wanted to give you all assurance that I am committed to fulfilling Pride Angels first and foremost. Usually I like to completely wrap up one campaign before launching another but the Mementos Mori collaboration ended up being scheduled for Halloween so there is a little overlap. I anticipate Pride Angels to overlap only with the funding stage of Blood & Holy Water (which is ending November 14), so it should not conflict with fulfillment.

If the Blood & Holy Water campaign sounds interesting to you I hope you'll consider pledging! But I completely understand if you prefer to wait for this campaign's pins first before pledging. If you miss the Blood & Holy Water campaign, just like in Pride Angels there will be a post-campaign preorder store, where I am planning to fund some old pin designs in new colors and the Pride Angels pins that didn't get funding in this campaign.

If you have any questions or concerns you can leave them in the comments. I'll be back with another update once the pins are ready to ship. I'm about a third of the way through pin grading so I hope to start shipping pins out in early November. 

Thanks for your support and patience!

Hello backers, I have another update for you all: the pins have arrived and I am in the process of grading them. And, I have pin photos at the end of this update!

There are a lot of pins so it may take me a bit to get through all of them. You can find my pin grading policy in my About Page/FAQ, I have also copied the current version below if you have trouble accessing that link.

I've posted videos on Instagram, TikTok, and Tumblr showing the pins in action.

I sell pins as “standard” or “seconds” grade.

Standard grade pins may have one or two tiny imperfections. These would be considered A grade. My general rule is, if a pin can be held at half-arm’s length and I cannot see the flaw, it is considered small enough for standard grade. Pins are handmade products so please do not expect a flawless item.

Seconds grade pins have more noticeable flaws, including but not limited to: smudges, specks or bubbles in the enamel, under-filled or over-filled enamel, chips or dents in metal and metal-plating, heavy tarnish, missing or mis-colored enamel, loose pin posts, fused metal, missing metal, missing varnish, uneven linework, bends, and/or scratches. Moving pins that are tough to move are considered seconds grade: for example, a spinning pin with a spinner component that does not spin freely. Seconds pins may not come with backing cards. These pins would be considered B/C grade.

I do not sell or guarantee collector’s grade (S grade) pins! Do not purchase from me if you would not be satisfied with an A grade pin.

My stockists may sell mixed grade pins for certain listings: a mix of standard and seconds grade, so A/B/C grade. Or they may sell only seconds grade pins. Please read the listing descriptions carefully.

Rainbow anodized plating is unique for every pin - no two are alike with differing metal colors. The plating may appear different than the example images shown in the listing.

Anodized and chrome plating is unique for every pin. Texture and variation in plating should be expected. The plating may appear slightly different than the example images shown in the listing, for example it may be slightly lighter or darker. White or pale enamel on this plating may be tinted, this will not be considered a flaw.

Soft enamel with epoxy pins may have minor blemishes, bubbles, or specks in the epoxy. Small areas may not have epoxy. The surface may have variation, texture, or bumps, unlike hard enamel. There may be bits of glitter in non-glitter portions of the pin. Transparent enamel may also have these traits. Since these are unavoidable they will not be considered flaws for the purposes of grading. Epoxy overflow will not be considered a flaw as well since this is also unavoidable in some cases.

Certain plating is prone to tarnish, especially copper, silver, and rose gold plating. I will try my best to sort heavily-tarnished pins as seconds grade, but please note some tarnish may be unavoidable or develop over time if the pin is exposed to moisture and in these cases will be considered standard grade. This tarnish can be removed by gentle polishing with a jewelry cloth.

And now without further ado, here are photos of the pins!

That's all for this update, as always leave me a comment if you have any questions.

Hello backers, I got news from the manufacturer that the pins are ready to ship to me! It should take 2-3 weeks for the pins to reach me once they ship, assuming there's no shipping delays. After that it'll be another 1-2 weeks while I grade the pins. Once I have the pins graded, I will send an update with all the pin photos.

Pin grading entails sorting the pins as standard (one or two minor flaws) or seconds (more noticeable flaws). All campaign backers will receive standard grade pins; except for pins marked as mixed grade. You can find my pin grading policy in my About Page/FAQ. If there are serious issues with any of the batches I will let you all know.

While you're waiting, now is a great time to review your survey to make sure your address is correct. If you lost your survey, you can recover it here.

If you still need to resolve an errored payment or fill out your survey, you should do that now. Once the rewards ship, any backers who have not paid or filled out their survey may not receive rewards.

This is also a final reminder to request a refund if you made duplicate orders, duplicate addons, or have excess credit in your Backerkit account - please read this update for more information. You can check if you have excess credit by navigating to the end of your survey where you can review your order, it will be labeled as "Credit Remaining." Here is an example:

One more thing: I got the reprinted Demisexual Angel keychains! Here are photos.

Thank you all very much for your patience, and I hope you all love your pins once you receive them. Let me know if you have any questions in the comments.