Just touching base to let y'all know that I've finished the pledge manager and just sent out smoke tests to 15 of ya. Assuming those come back clean, I'll be sending out the rest of the surveys later this week. 

The pledge manager will be live for about a month. Once I feel I can get accurate counts from responses, I'll send everything over to the manu to get things rolling. 

You'll see another update from me next month - giving y'all a warning that I'm locking surveys. Then you won't hear from me until ~June, and at that time I'll be updating with photos from the factory (hopefully). We're on track for fulfillment this summer. :)

Failed Pledges - if your payment failed, you will have the opportunity to fix your payment in the pledge manager. I highly recommend doing so. That's how you get your stuff!

Pay Over Time Backers - you won't see your pledge manager survey until your pledge is paid in full. Please do not panic if you don't see a survey this week.

Reduced Shipping - if you backed my friends' projects (Read the Rainbow and/or Picture Frame Pins), we promised combined fulfillment and therefore cheaper shipping. We don't know how much to credit until surveys are filled out, so you will see full shipping charges. Please rest assured that a credit will be applied to your account prior to cards actually being charged.

Local Pick Up Backers - you know who you are. Shipping will be automatically applied to you, just ping me and I'll remove that before cards are charged. :P

I think that's everything!

Collaborating with my friends over at Theys & Gays on ghost emoji pins!

It's a folio and an ita bag! Display your pins at D&D - and on your dice bag with the pairing Ita Dice Bag.


Alex Priest is back, in an all-new short story collection!


Brand new anthology! Cute animals! Shenanigans!


Collaborating with friends again for a Legend of Dragoon fan project!

I hope this update finds you well and that your inboxes have recovered from Pintopia! XD

I want to thank all of your for your support of this project. It means the world to me to be able to create art, my art, and have it so well received. <3 This update will outline next steps and a possible - but very loose - timeline for production and fulfillment. I'm also highlighting my next project that will be launching soon!

Stretch Goals: Funding ended over 13k! This means that the beaver pin will have pearlescent enamel added to his fur. These stretch goal upgrades will be the default in pins for retail, but backers will have the option to include these upgrades or not.

Failed pledges: Almost 1k of funds were unsuccessfully charged. If this includes your payment, please fix that as soon as you're able. If you cannot fix it now, please know there will be another opportunity to fix your payment in the pledge manager. (I'm not too worried about it. Banks hate events like Pintopia with all those charges coming out. Just fix things when you can. <3)

Pledge Manager: If you're a returning backer, you know I like to take two weeks off after a crowdfunder. These campaigns are a lot of work! (It also takes a little time for things to port from the campaign to the pledge manager.) So we're going to vibe for two weeks while I recover from this sprint, and you should anticipate seeing your pledge manager in March. 

As I said, you should see your pledge manager go live in March. There's no rush with this since Chinese factories are closed for the Lunar New year anyway. Haha. 

Once the pledge manager is live, it will be open for 30 days or until 80% completion - whichever is sooner. Once I have a solid accounting of how many pins I need, I'll place the order with my manu. Designs are complete and ready to go - the images on the campaign page are mock ups from my manu, so I just need funds in hand in order to pull the trigger on orders. 

Production and shipping to me is usually another 30 days. 

If you're following a long, I should have pins in-hand this May. Then we'll take some time to grade and pack and ship all the pins. I'm budgeting two months to have this done. It normally doesn't take that long, but this timeline puts us into Pride season, and we do a lot of in-person events for Pride. I ask for your patience as we take a little longer just to be kind to ourselves. 

Current estimated fulfillment date ~July 2026

As a fulltime artist, my work is never done, and there is always another project on the horizon. XD

Next month I'm launching Not a Phase | Lunar Pride Pins
These pins are sold in sets and are completely customizable. They're available in solid colors, or the design can hold up to two pride flags distributed throughout the phases of the moon. I'm going to have an extremely limited supply available after the campaign, so if you're looking for some subtle pride options (or just really nifty moon pins), make sure you follow the prelaunch page below.



I think that's everything!

Until next time!

By the time I got to see the results of the poll, we, uh, kinda unlocked all the designs I had planned. Haha!
So here's what I've got planned for the rest of the campaign!



I had plans for special effects on each of the designs, but opted not to include those in the base goals to try and keep the goals lower. Silly me. The options are listed in the poll attached to this update. We're, of course, hoping to unlock all the upgrades, but just in case, make sure to vote for your favorites to they take priority!

At 14k, I'll have another poll letting backers decide which special effects we want added to the ray pins. I've also decided that these pins will be available as add-ons in the pledge manager. So even if you don't qualify for a free set of rays, you can collect them post campaign.

For the very final goal - if we double Spirits in the Woods - I'll come up with an all-new pin design which will be added to everyone's pledge for free. Right now, I'm playing with ideas for kelp, a shark, or (possibly hermit) crab. If you missed Spirits in the Woods and want to help push those stretch goals, previous designs will be available in the pledge manager - and I just activated a new add-on for those designs to be added at a discount ($15, retails at $20).

I want to end this update by giving my sister a shoutout. This is her first Pintopia (her first pin campaign, really), and she funded on day one. I'm so proud of this kid (kid, she's like 30), and I'd love to see her stretch goals be met. Give her campaign a gander.

We'll be fulfilling our campaigns together, so we're also discounting shipping if you back both campaigns. :)

Thank you, all of you, for the strong launch! We're funded and smashing through stretch goals~

I put a poll up to determine which pin should be unlocked next. We're very close to unlocking that, so the poll ends tomorrow - allowing us to vote again over the weekend. Haha. 

I want to make sure you check out my collab partner, Max! We designed some coordinating (full sized!) pins that are free if you back both projects.