I am really excited to announce that production is finally over! Here are some images for the pins that we haven't shown you yet. It took a little bit longer than expected and we did have to spend a few extra days fixing some of the pins, but it's all done now! The pins are on their way to me, and once I received them, I will start grading them and work towards fulfillment. As planned, we should be able to have fulfillment done in July- August, given that the quality of the pins are good! Please read the backer only content for information on shipping and charge card~
New Project Launching Soon!
Last time I told you guys that I will be launching a new project based on my Zodiacats! In fact, it is happening next week! The Stories of the Zodiacats will be launching on backerkit next Tuesday (June 16th @12pm PST)! Click here to follow this project. There are going to be three freebies that you can get for this campaign, the first one is the 48hrs early bird freebie, the cat with lantern mini pin~ We will be announcing the other two freebies (Pin Quest freebie and the super backer freebie) soon. Follow my project to get updates for this campaign! Thank you so much for supporting my art. Have a wonderful day!
It's been a month since our last update. Our pins are still in production, but I got a few images from my manufacuturer that I thought I could share with everyone. The black hole pin are still missing the screen print so it still looks unfinished. I can't wait to see what it will look like with the screen print and the catstronuat attached to it! Based on my estimate, the pins will probably take a few more weeks to complete. I will send out another update when I get more images from my manufacturer!
In our last update, I also got a chance to show everyone the zodiacats designs I have been working on and I was asking everyone if you would be intersted in them if I turned them into wooden pins. After reading the comments and thinking it through, I have decided that I am going to turn them into hard enamel pins instead, and here is an example of what one of them is going to look like! If you are interested in these designs, please follow my project at the teaser page HERE!
Thank you so much for your interested in my project again. Have a nice day!
Thank you so much for everyone who has completed your backer's survey! 94% of surveys have been completed, and production for the enamel pins has officially began! It takes around one to two months for the pins to complete, and if everything goes well, pins will be ready to ship sometime in June/July. Sticker sheets is basically done, and I am just waiting for my manufacturer to ship them to me. If you haven't completed your survey yet, please make sure you have it done as soon as you can~
I also want to take this opportunity to show you something I have been working on. Our very own project, Kitties' Space Dream, had inspired me to work on this little zodiacat signs project. Originally, it was only planned as a small sticker project, but I love the way they turned out and I thought it might be nice to turn them into a wooden pin series. I think the design would work really well with wooden pin, especially because I want to keep the vibrant color border around the designs. I've done several wooden pins project before, and I think this will turn out great! Let me know if this would be something you are interested in if I turn it into a backerkit project! Please comment and/or complete the poll! Have a good weekend!
The backer's survey smoke test was out last week, and so far there hasn't been any issues, so I just sent out the remaining surveys to everyone! Please fill out your survey as soon as you can, so that I can have an accurate count for the number of items I need to order from my manufacturer. Our target is to have at least 90% of surveys completed by March 11 (two weeks from now). Please help us achieve this goal! Finally, if you encounter any issues with the survey, please send me an email at [email protected]. This will be the fastest way to get a hold of me!
Charge Card Error
There are still quite a few pledges with charge card errors with this campaign. It is much appreciated if you can kindly have your credit card information updated with backerkit as soon as you can. Your pledges and support are very important in making this project successful, even though it has ended already. If the charge card error is not fixed by March 11 (two weeks from now), I will go ahead and cancel your pledge. Thank you so much for your understanding.
Pre-order Store Open
Lastly, our pre-order store is now opened. If you missed our campaign and is still interested in getting them, here is your chance!
That's it for now. Here is a character I have been working on lately. Have been wanting to add this to my RPG monster collection. Have a good day!
Thank you so much for supporting our Pintopia 2026 project - Kitties' Space Dream! The campaign has ended and we are successfully funded with all the stretched goals unlocked! Thanks again for believing in our project!
What's Next?
I've already finished setting up the survey, and now we are just waiting for backerkit to approve it, then I will start sending out the smoke test surveys to 5% of the backers. If there are no issues with the smoke test, then I will send out the rest of the surveys. Once you received your survey, please kindly have it completed as soon as you can, and if you found any issues with it, please reach out to me via email at [email protected], as this will be the fastest way to get a hold of me.
My target it to send out the smoke test by the end of next week, all depending on when the survey gets approved, and the rest of the surveys the week after.
Names for Our New Mini Planets!
It's been decided! The names of our mini planets are Naptune and Catellite! Thank you so much for everyone who helped come up with names for the new mini planets! It was so difficult to decide which names to pick, but we think these two names really do fit well with the theme!
Thanks again for all the suggestions! I will contact the individual contributors for the freebies.
Naptune and Catellite Added To the Sticker Sheet!
I am going to add these two mini planet designs to the sticker sheet! The addition will not affect any of the other stickers,l but I did have to reduce some of the texts on the sticker sheet in order to have enough room for the new stickers. Please see below for what it should look like in the end. Please be reminded that there will be glitter effect on some parts of the stickers, but that is not currently being shown in the below image.
UK Pre-Order Now Live and The Pre-Order Store Coming Soon
If you are in the UK, and you are interested in getting some of the products from this campaign, I've created a UK preorder listing at my Etsy store! The listing will be available from now until Feb 21tst. Here is the link to the listing:
For all other project followers, if you missed our campaign, I will be opening up a pre-order store here on Backerkit soon, and you will be able to grab these pins/stickers there, as well as a huge selections of products from my previous projects! Please note that backerkit campaign freebies do not apply to the pre-order store.
Shipping Fee
Just a quick reminder that shipping fee has not been collected yet, Instead it will be collected when we are closed to project fulfillment.
Canadian Backers If you order 1-3 pins, shipping will be $5 CAD (no tracking). Tracking upgrade is available as an add-on ($10 CAD) in the pledge manager. If you order 4+ pins (approx. 60g), shipping will be $15 CAD. Please note that I am currently using weight to determine how much shipping is going to be, so if you order 10 mini pins, your shipping will still show up as $5 (no tracking), as the weight will still be less than 60g. Please feel free to add the tracking upgrade in the pledge manager (highly recommended), or if I happen to notice it, I will manually add the $10 shipping upgrade fee in the pledge manager for you. Thank you for your understanding.
US backers In addition to the shipping fees, I will also be collecting tariff in the pledge manager, and remitting it to the US government via my shipper when I ship out your rewards. The % of tariff differs among different items, and it will show up in your pledge manager for your review. Please note that tariff rates may increase/decrease from now until fulfillment, and I will update the rate in the pledge manager if needed. I am also seeking out cheaper shipping alternatives to the US. No promises made right now but I will send out an update as soon as I have something.
