I'm just dropping one last update as a final reminder for the few people who I'm missing surveys and/or shipping payments from to please check your pledges and update.
I'll be closing the project next weeks so this is your last warning to sort out missing info folks!
Thank you everyone for your support on this project. I'm excited to have everything delivered or in-the-post now! XD I hope you all love the pins, stickers, prints and patch1
This week the remakes of the Manta Rays arrived, which means that once I've quality checked and backed them all I can now ship all the remaining orders! XD
I'm aiming to get them all out by the 1st/2nd of September.
Here's a peek at the Manta Rays:
I hope you like them! I think they were worth the wait as they look so much better than the ones without the inteded cut-out.
I'm excited to finish sending out all your orders soooon!
I've got a bunch of photos to share with you today!
First up, a box full of embroidered patches arrived yesterday so here's a better look at the finished Octopus patch!
I'm really happy with how these have turned out, and I think it scales nicely with the Lobster.
Next, my pin manufacturer sent me some photos of the finished pins! Here's a look at the Turtle, Sunfish and Baby Turtle pins:
The baby turtles expression as a finished pin looks pretty funny. 😂
Aaaand there's been a small snag with the Manta Ray. I got the photos of those pins and realised a mistake has been made:
As you can see the cut-out from the mouth has been made as filled white enamel instead. This one is on me tbh. I double-checked the proofs they sent me before production and I missed that there was no little red x in the mouth to indicate a cut-out. 🤦♀️
I've asked them for a quote on how much it will be to remake them and hopefully it won't take much extra time to do so. I'll have to sell these ones as B grades. Oops! 😅
I'll keep you up to date on their progress. To end on a positive note, here are photos of the tiny Eye filler pins too:
I'm looking forward to getting these pins in-hand irl! :D I hope you're excited to get them too!
I got a photo of the second sample patch from my manufacturer today so I wanted to share it with you: My manu slightly misunderstood my requested change this time and swapped out the blue of the eyes instead of the tentacles lol, but I think this was a happy accident as I actually reallyl ike how this is looking now!
This week I got a photo of the first sample of the Octopus patch! :D Here it is: I'm mostly happy with it but I'm considering different thread colours for the blue tentacles to get a better contrast with the eyes. They'll make a second sample once I've picked a new colour!
