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Project Update: Long awaited news! (Image heavy)
Hi everyone! I’m catching up on messages now I’ll try my best to get back to everyone promptly but I wanted to quickly share where everything is currently at.
So the first batch of pins came in a few days ago, the manufacturing process took a while due to the one I ended up going with being a smaller facility, I didn’t necessarily want to do a rush order so each pin could be carefully crafted especially with some having intricate designs (also why updates have been delayed) I was just waiting with you all for the process to complete but was a bit anxious to inform you without any visible progress… and I’m aware that this is a mistake I’ve made a couple times but i genuinely don’t want to spam too many updates.
I’m still waiting for the second batch to come in I was hoping they’d be within a similar time frame of each other and announce shipping was about to begin but the second batch is going to take longer. So that’s why I’m updating with what I have so if you don’t see a pin don’t freak out it’s on it’s way!
On refunds I’ll still go through who needs them and manage them as fast as I can as everything and more went into manufacturing so I can’t do all of them at once just to make sure funds are mostly balanced but will guarantee them to whoever requests!
My greatest apologies to everyone for the wait on all of this though, it’s been a ride I don’t want to repeat again but I hope you guys enjoy what you helped make because I think they all turned out pretty cute!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NLgwrGtIaknYvDaJWZiqaUFP8akwotJH
And a final word, I fully understand those who were worried I was scamming/ did any of this intentionally please know that’s not who I am and never will be I’m incredibly sorry for how long this all took but I will always deliver what has been promised no matter what’s happened / happening throughout the process, thank you all!
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Don't tell us you're not going to disappear every time you post, just to leave us hanging for months. We have been more than patient with you. Please engage with the community, even if there's nothing to update (though after this long, there honestly should be...pin manufacturing isn't THAT slow). Starting to regret not taking the option of a refund despite these designs being so very cute...
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Hello! The next Pintopia is live now and that rekindled my excitement for this project. Yayy! I understand that a lot of factories will be closing soon for the Lunar New Year but we'd all like to see the progress on the pins so far, I'm sure something has been done in the past 3 months! Looking forward to hearing from you soon because this spotty communication doesn't instill much confidence... Remember any info is better than none! The pin designs are really cute and I'd love to have a reason to support any pin projects of yours in the future.
Project Update: Pin updates!
Mainly accepting colour choices here, the issues of over polished (thick lines) areas should be fixed in production it’s just a result of over sanding.
Currently it looks like Australia has set up delivery to the US again but the US is still refusing packages from us or it’s spotty as to what goes through so I’ll hope that it’s resolved by the time I have these little guys on hand
Project Update: Manufacturing changes and tariffs
Onto manufacturing, the factory I was initially working with just couldn’t get the more complex pins correct in sampling so i didn’t trust the full production process since colour placement was wrong or missing in a few of the options so I’ve shifted to another I’ve used before,
The old factory will still be handling
- sugar jar
- Strawpurry punnet
And the mini freebies since these looked lovely
New factory will have these adjusted pins and use a gradient effect instead of metal effects and the colours have had their required adjustments too! I’m so excited for production and to share it with everyone and also the other pins not listed!
Additional of each pin has been ordered! To make sure everything is covered and quality
Here are the final vectorised versions of the new designs
Sorry for the delay things have been shaky as I’ve been figuring out shipping now, Australia post has a new 3rd party option to pay tariffs ahead of time but the company I was hoping to work with hasn’t come up with a solution yet so I’m thinking this workaround will be the best bet since I don’t want each package to the US being hit with Aus + China tariffs, I’ll ship out everyone else’s first then the US stock will go to my friends her account is @Cinnitea on instagram if you want to check out her beautiful works!
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