The most exciting news, the pins are done! They've already been shipped from my manufacturer to me and will be in my hands shortly! There were a few flawed ones that my manufacturer found and were kind enough to work on those while shipping out the rest to me so I can get started on checking em all, putting them on their backing cards, and getting all the orders packed!

The magnets are also on their way to me as as soon as I can get all of these pins checked, backed, and ready to go I'll get to get all these lovely kitties to their homes <3

And of course we can't have this update without some photos!

These are photos taken for me by the manufacturer but I'll be sure to take plenty more when I have them all in hand in my lightbox so you can see their true colors shine!

Last but absolutely not least, since these have finally shipped out to me, surveys with be LOCKED in a week! You have the end of day Friday the 13th to make any adjustments before I lock surveys and send out that final charge for the shipping and any add ons! That way I'll have the funds to me so I can get all those shipping labels and ship out hopefully most if not all of the goods by the end of the month!

I am so thrilled to have these in hand soon and I look forward to sending out the next update when I have them all in hand!

Hello all!

It's been a bit quiet on my end with the project as I wait for pins to get made, but I've gotten some updated photos of the progress that I wanted to share with you all!

**Please keep in mind these pins are still being worked on! The colors are also all taken in various lighting, and are missing their screenprinting so they might look quite a bit different from what we expect for the final product. They are all still awaiting a few stages of the progress but they are coming along swimingly! I love seeing behind the scenes photos so I hope you're as excited about these as I am!

As for other parts of the project, I have all the stickers in! I've got PLENTY of these guys in, so I'll have them ready for shipping as soon as I receive the pins, as well as have them with me at some of my events this next month!

As for a timeline update, I'm sure many of you have heard about the impact of tariffs on small artists getting products made. While I am worried about how that will impact the costs of this project in the end for me, I am hoping that with our current timeline it will be manageable.
Currently we are still on track to have these to me for quality checking in late may/early june, and shipping out to you in early july, but if anything at all changes with this predicted timeline, I'll be sure to let you know!

With this concern of tariffs and shipping holds causing a possible delay I am waiting to close the surveys a bit longer! Just to make sure all is going well and that I don't charge before something causes a large delay. <3

Thank you again for your support in the project! I'm so stoked seeing these little guys come to life and look forward to getting them all in hand so I can send them to their homes <3

- Sami/Wisp

The small batch of surveys had a small thing that needed fixing, but everything looks like it's been working correctly since so the last of the surveys have been sent out! <3

It may take some time for you to receive the option from my understanding, but it will get to you soon! And of course if there's any questions, concerns, or anything at all please reach out! I'm so excited to see what flavor of pin is the favorite~!

So keep an eye on your email and such for that survey, the sooner that survey's are filled out, the sooner I can get an accurate number to order which can help speed along the process!

I've got lots to update on finally, so let's dig in!

First of all I want to apologize for the lack of smaller updates! I've gotten a few messages via various sources worried about the state of Purrfect Eats, but don't worry! I'm still here working away behind the scenes on getting everything ready!


Right after the campaign ended I have been busy with two conventions ontop of other work and wanting to make sure I looked everything over, over and over again, it took me longer to make this update post and for that I apologize!

I always try to be transparent about my work and what can cause delays in updates and ultimately I felt like I didn't have ENOUGH to update on to post much until I had things ready for more concrete, here is what's going on, but after talking to quite a few of you it sounds like it would be much more preferred for smaller updates more often than big ones just so it also shows that I'm still here! Working away on the project you loved enough to support (and for that it means the world to me! <3)!

BUT without any more delay, let's talk about where we're at!

Smoke Tests have been sent out! A few backers have received their surveys as the first wave of testing! This is to make sure that everything is as it should be, no one is getting weird charges, weights are getting calculated correctly, and shipping is adding up like it should!

Once those smoke test surveys have been answered and any stray issues are resolved, the rest will be sent out! This will give me a good ballpark of final numbers to order for each design.

As for where the pins are at? I've been working on getting the colors just right and files sent to the manufacturer! They are first getting formatted for the pin making process! As soon as I have a good idea of how many of each design we'll need they will head into full production and I'm stoked to get to share that process with you soon!

Stickers have also been finalized and ordered in a smaller batch for events to get to talk about these upcoming pins, as well as make sure I've got them all ready to go so as soon as I have the pins in hand I can ship out all of the orders ASAP!
I haven't gotten any good photos of them yet, but hope to try and take some as soon as the sun is shining a bit more to really show off the crisp colors!

And last but not least, while simple, I'm working on finalizing the backing card for each pin, the back will have some basic pin care info, but the front of the card will match the cute menu style graphics I've been using during the campaign!

I've always loved the idea of square cards for pins so getting to use the design from the campaign as the backing card was too perfect to pass up.

But that wraps up everything for today! I'll be sure to post again when the rest of the surveys go out, and I can't wait to see what designs you all loved the most! <3

As always thank you for your support and can't wait to share more of this project with you!

- Wisp