I’ve received all the pins! If you wanted to add any pins onto your order let me know in the next couple day before I start shipping! Also if anyone is really unhappy with one of the designs please email me ([email protected]) and I will see if I can swap it for you!
Not much today, just want you to know that we do have final colors.
Thank you for your patience here - I know it's been months, but, I feel like this was worth the time to get colors down correctly. It's important, for a full set of sepia-colored pins, to look correct so they give the right effect.
We will be proceeding with production this week.
As mentioned before, the normal turnaround for this type of pins is between 1 and 2 months. We're rocking several thousand of them in this order, so, we're not going to rush - expect them to arrive on the later end of that estimate. As long as everything goes OK, I am hoping to start moving stuff out to you in September.
Speaking of moving product - are you an international backer? Have you seen the latest update about shipping?
If not, please go give it a look - let me know what store credit items (from either me or Corviforms' shop, up to $20 USD value) or if you want our blue jay bonus pin. US backers will all get the blue jay.
That's all for now. Thank you guys for sticking around, and I hope to have some more to say soon. It's been a little rough over here, so, frankly, I just want things to start happening so I can get back to work.
Take it easy this Friday, and have a great weekend.
The pins have shipped! Ive got 3 boxes coming my way, as such i’ll be charging cards on Friday!
Ive just gotten a promotion at work which does come with more hours but a consistent rota. So i’ll be looking to get orders out on my days off. Im hoping the process will only take a couple of weeks around work but I’ll keep everyone updated as i go! You’ll get emails when your order is shipped, and if you upgraded for tracking you’ll receive that number as well :>
They still need their screenprint, but here are some more photos of the others!
They also need some polishing, electroplating and screenprinting, but they're coming along! Their glitter wings are looking nice!
If your flip this over on it's side, you will see its the baby dragons! Can't wait to see these finished~ <3 No images of the fae eggs yet =(
This one just needs a little electroplating and polish!
ALSO THE CHERRY HAS ARRIVED!!
nice little glamor photo~
Alright, last but certainly not least:
Also in that polish>electroplating>screenprinting phase, the sea dragons! I know we're missing a passionfruit, but I imagine it's in the same level of completion =)
I've been let go from my work position and as such, will be losing housing, for not only myself, my family as well. I have at minimum 5 days to leave before further action is taken.
Before we jump onto the "here goes the artist misappropriating funds" bandwagon, please note that the pins and associated packaging have already been paid for.
What happens to the pins once finished? - They will be shipped to a trusted friend's place where I am able to pick them up.
Will this affect the delivery date? - My estimated ship date is set to Feb 2025. Lots of months to sort, pack, and ship. If I need additional time, you bet I'll be posting here. (or harass me on discord, pls I'm lonely lol) This being said, I may need to lock addresses sooner than expected so I can have the labels printed out before I have to pack my label printer away into storage.
You can expect to see a lockdown of addresses in the next couple days, please make sure your address is correct.
But what if I move???! Feb 2025 is quite a ways away!!!- Don't worry, I can cover an extra shipping label or two in case of emergencies. MESSAGE ME, HUNT ME DOWN AT ALL COSTS IF YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS:
btw I've just been informed I cannot do glitter over screenprint, but screenprint OVER the glitter. so in essence, white glitter body, everything else normal.
NOW ITS 18!!!
I actually had not intended to make 18 more sea dragon pins, and I'm very sure some variants are more popular than others, so I was going to leave it up to a vote:
The top ___ sea dragons would make it as the next variant of pins + matching baby pins
the next top ___ sea dragons would be made into acrylic keychains
the remaining could be made into stickers
I was also messing around with another type of sea dragon, maybe I could finish it and give this one the color treatment? It could compliment the original sea dragon!
here's that baby sea dragon that was mentioned, plus possibly the acrylic keychain pose (I've got to put a little effort into this lol)
These were my preliminary sketches, but I was thinking to organize these into a sticker sheet
Anyways, these are still in the idea phase and will not be launched as a project AT LEAST until The Dragon Hoard pins get sent out
And probably for a while longer since I don't know where we are going from here job/housing wise. At least for now.
I may not be back for a while guys. Please know that I appreciate you all being with me. I'll try to update via my phone with whatever images I have or if I have confirmation of shipment.
Only what's not whoot is that instead of using black enamel, all the pins are gun metal gray. I think they still look good, but I wanted to be honest and upfront about that. Now there's one main issue I have and its this:
Instead of orange fire, the sorcerer's fire is green! I'm not sure what to do about this and I am reaching out to my manufacturer, my roommate thinks it does look kinda cool and I kinda like it, but if you would like an orange flame please comment below so that I can get these remade.
One other issue is I am missing the pintopia collab pins, I'm waiting in case one box got delayed, but there's a chance my manufacturer forgot to ship or make them, I didn't see any in the preview pics they sent me weeks ago so I will inquire tonight and hopefully get an answer by tomorrow morning.
Hello everyone! I finally have an update from my Manu, which means I have an update for you all! We have photos of all the pins (these are at the end of the update) ! And they should ship to me before the end of the month? A little longer than I anticipated? Yeah, but would I rather that than rushed b grade pins? Yeah, I would.
What does this mean? It means I'll be charging cards for shipping fees at the end of the month, and then locking addresses. YOU WILL receive an email before addresses lock to let you know it times to update them if you need to. If you already need to, do it now before you forget <3
If anyone has any issues, please email me! You should be able to through contact me, or support request!
Great news, Shroomie gang! A little more than half of all the pins just arrived at my doorstep, at let me tell ya, our tiny mushie friends look GREAT in person!! I've had a lot of close communication with my manufacturer nearly every day for the past few weeks, as we work on making the colors for each individual pin the best they can be. 💪🍄 A couple of pins have taken a number of revisions to get right, while others came out even better than I imagined right off the bat. Regardless, know that all 28 Shroomie pins are getting loads of attention and care during the production process, and are all going through my careful color-checking before they leave the factory. Check out these fresh close-ups of all the pins that have been delivered to me thus far:
Get excited, because these lil Shroomies will be your new roomies in no time now! 😄 Once the backing cards come in, I'll start packing up orders and getting these fungi friends shipped out to you guys. I can't wait for everyone to see how delightful and wonderfully silly these pins are in-hand!
📦 Shipping Addresses Are Locking:
Attention: now's your last chance to make any updates / changes to your shipping address! In 48 hours from now, they will automatically lock, and you won't be able to edit your address yourself anymore. Please take the extra minute to update it now if a change in shipping location is necessary. If the address you entered at the time of the reward survey is still good to go, then no action is needed on your part :) Yay!
💳 Failed Payments on Cards:
Calling notice to 10 backers who currently have failed payments. It's absolutely necessary to correct these and make sure your payment goes through in order for me to be able to ship your rewards. This goes for the handful of people who still haven't completed their reward survey too. Think of all the orphaned lil Shroomies you'll leave unadopted if it doesn't get fixed ...
🛠 In order to fix your payment method:
✦ Option 1: Log into BackerKit > click your profile icon in the top right corner > click the "settings" gear icon > scroll down and update your errored payment method.
✦ Option 2: Log into BackerKit > click your profile icon in the top right corner > click "Your Pledges & Surveys" > click "Your Surveys" > find the "Shroomie Roomies" project and click "Edit order or address" on the righthand side > scroll down and update your errored payment method.
📃 And if you still need to fill out your Reward Survey...
Thanks for reading! We're getting closer than ever now to deploying our fantastic fungi army. 💪🍄 I'll let you guys know when the rest of the pins ship to me. Until then, stay shroomy!
I sent out the smoke tests last night and so far there have been no issues. If you do encounter an issue with your survey, please read all the below information first, and if that does not answer your question, you may email me at [email protected].
Surveys
Surveys are being sent today, but it may take some time for all of them to be sent. Please check your email throughout the day for a survey email from BackerKit.
Limited Release
I want to mention that this campaign is considered a limited release. This means we will take the final counts for each item and order a few extras to account for B grades. Once campaign fulfillment is over, any remaining designs will be listed in the Etsy shop. However, I won't continue to manufacture these designs, so whether we sell out through campaign fulfillment, or through Etsy, these designs won't be re-ordered. As a small business, with a home office, I only have so much space to store extra inventory. Most pin designs are limited release due to the fact that I just don't have the space to hold extra of every design. This means that if you like these pins, you want to order them now, or order what's leftover on Etsy after shipping, because once they're gone, they're gone. There are very few designs that are so popular we order them on a regular basis.
With that being said, there is a pre-order store for this campaign for anyone who missed it. You can find more information on that further down.
Lockdown and Charge Dates
This campaign will have two lockdown/charge dates. The first lockdown date is July 31st, and the second lockdown date is August 7th. There is no difference between the lockdown dates, an early lockdown just allows us to get funds quicker and order pins sooner. If you aren't sure about your design choices, don't complete your survey before the 31st, you can always wait to complete and submit it on or before the 7th.
Once surveys are locked down your card will be charged for shipping fees and any add-ons. If for any reason you cannot finish your survey and make your payment by the 31st, no worries. We understand that sometimes life gets in the way, or you might be waiting for a payday, or you need more time to decide. The deadline to guarantee you receive your design choices is August 15th. If you aren't ready by to be charged by the 7th, simply don't complete the last step of the survey. The last step of the survey is the confirmation page where you can review all your details and enter in your card details for shipping costs, if you're not ready to submit, just exit the page and you can go back to it later. However, do fill out the survey, up to the confirmation page, as that allows us to get a count of what designs you want to get.
After August 15th you will still be able to complete and submit your survey, but we may not be able to guarantee that you receive all your design choices. If we run out of one of your chosen designs while packing orders, we will reach out to you to choose a new design. It's very rare that this happens as we usually order more than extra of each pin. It's better to get your survey done sooner, and before the 30th.
Pledge charged failed
If your original pledge charge failed, or you cancelled it thinking it was fraud, you will still receive a survey. The survey will allow you to make up this failed charge, so you can still receive your rewards. If you did accidentally mark the charge as fraud, please reach out to your bank to let them know it is not fraud.
Add-Ons
The purpose of the add-on section is to add extra items you may want shipped with your pledge. Add-ons are entirely optional, if you do not want extra items, please skip this step. Please note that any items added from this add-on section will ship with your pledge level, and not before.
Free Items
For any free items you earned during the campaign, they will automatically be added to your cart. You will be able to see them in your item list on the confirmation page.
Stretch Goal Add-ons
You will see a few stickers set as stretch goal add-ons. This just means that there is a minimum number of orders we need to meet to manufacturer that item. Some of the stretch goal add-ons were designs that didn't fit with the campaign, or they were too specific, or I just thought of the design after the campaign ended. If we reach the stretch goal quantity you will be charged for that item and it will be included in your order. If we do not reach a stretch goal for a specific item, we first determine whether we can manufacture it anyway, and if we cannot the item is removed from your order and you are not charged for it.
Changing shipping address
You will be able to change your shipping address up until the lockdown. After the lock down date, if you need to update your shipping address, please email [email protected], and we can manually update your shipping address. Please let us know as soon as possible that you need to update your address so we can amend the address before your package is sent. If you fail to notify us of an address change, and your package is returned to us, we will ship it again, however, you will have to pay another shipping charge.
We will post an update for last call address changes before we start shipping packages.
Pre-Order Store
There is a pre-order store for this campaign. The purpose of the pre-order store is to allow anyone who did not pledge to the campaign a chance to order these pins. You can access the pre-order store with this link.
Please note that the pre-order store is separate from your survey. All items in the pre-order store are in the add-ons section of your survey. On occasion backers have confused the pre-order store with their survey and placed a second order by accident.
If you have any questions regarding your survey or any of the above information, please email us at [email protected]
The campaign has concluded! Thank you so much to everyone who followed, shared, pledged, and commented. We’re so grateful for your support, we couldn't have funded all these pins without you.
Backers, please read the backers only section below for information on surveys and more. Do not order from the preorder store if you are a backer, please wait for the survey.
Preorder Store
The preorder store on Backerkit is now open if you missed the campaign or were only interested in preorder designs. The preorder store will close in about three weeks on August 12.
If you missed the campaign, the preorder store is your last chance to get the pins and other items at discounted prices; and please note, you will not receive any campaign freebies. If you were waiting to preorder certain designs, now is your chance. Be sure to place your orders before the store closes!
And just another reminder: unlike in previous campaigns no order changes will be allowed after they close.
A few notes on the survey/preorder store items:
Certain items require a minimum number of orders to be funded. If these items do not meet their order quantity requirement by the time surveys/preorders close, they will be removed and you will not be charged for them. I am using these orders to gauge interest so if they aren't funded in the survey/preorders, I am not planning to make them on my own - if there's merch you really really want, be sure to share because this is the one and only chance to see them made!
Please note the 2024 Queerplatonic Angels pins, stickers, etc. come in pairs, and each item may be a smaller size than the other designs.
The 2022 and 2024 Pride Angels are split into separate listings.
The 2022 Pride Angels pins will be mixed grade (you may get a seconds grade pin) and will not come with backing cards.
For some of the items the artwork is not finalized and is subject to change, do not order these unless you are absolutely sure you are okay with this uncertainty. No refunds or changes will be allowed if you change your mind after seeing the final product.
There's quite a lot of items to scroll through, I recommend you use the search function (ctrl+F) to help find specific items.
There are a few non-Pride Angels designs up for preorder! These include fanart and original pins that I designed in the past few months.
Social Media
If you're interested in updates but aren't a backer, consider following me on the social media platform of your choice. You can find links on Linktree.
Pride Angels Artwork
If you had wanted the Pride Angels with transparent backgrounds, or the lineart for tattoos, you can find them linked at the top of my About Page/FAQ. Please read my policy for usage, I only allow my art to be used for personal, non-commercial use. While you're on this page, you can read my pin grading policy.
Guest Artists
You can also follow the guest artists on their social media:
Finally, for those of you looking for even more angelic Pride merch, I wanted to highlight a few artists featured on the campaign page you might have missed:
Art by VileWorm.
Guest artist VileWormhas a huge collection of Pride angel pins in its shop.
Art by PiLLo
PiLLohas commissions open on Ko-Fi for Pride angel requests.
