We'd like to wish you all a belated happy 4th of July - one that had the perfect amount of fireworks to satisfy your needs whether that be many or none at all ;> The Funding period for Filipino Folklore has officially come to a close, and we are thankful to each and every one of you that helped this project come to life! - This campaign very nearly became our most backed ever falling shy of our record by only 9 backers, so we are both wowed and honored that you all have shown so much support and love for this niche project. <3
Survey Stuff:
Over the next few days we'll be making some final preparations for the upcoming Summer Sale, but once that's ready for review we'll be dedicating our time to setting up the survey for this campaign. Fingers crossed the first few smoke tests for the survey will be sent out on the 16th, and Lord willing no hurdles come up from that we'll be letting loose the rest of the surveys by that Saturday on the 18th.
Once surveys are live you'll have two weeks to answer and submit them. By August 1st (presuming we're able to stick to our schedule), we'll be locking payments and surveys ;>
We'll try not to forget to send updates occasionally as we progress through the survey process, and once that is over we'll continue updating through the production and fulfillment processes too!
One last little detail, The Lampong pin will be made available to unlock during the survey phase of this campaign - we didn't quite hit the stretchgoal to unlock it, but we had some life-altering moments that kept Tokii and me from doing our part of the heavy lifting. If unlocked, the people that added it to their pledge will receive it with their order. If not the people that did add it to their pledge will not be charged for a pin that hasn't been unlocked.
Future Funsies:
Currently we have a few projects and events to keep eyes open for; The upcoming Summer Sale being the one on the immediate horizon. During this sale you can expect to see some huge deals on big pin bundles from our previous campaigns as well as the opportunity to pick up a few individual items that you may have missed out on. Everything offered is either at a special summer sale discount, not yet available on our Etsy page, or in most cases? - both! If that sounds like something you'd like to check out, click the image below to follow that event! The Summer Sale is set to launch July 14th!
A little while later we're coming back to you with new projects in the works! Our nearest project will be during the Pocket Change event and it is called Mini Myconids! This campaign will focus on making fun little guys of different edible and inedible mushroom species from the real world - So whether you're a fan of eating Portobellos or a partaker of admiring Destroying Angels from a safe distance, this project will have something fun for you! Plus little guys are just fun even if you're not a mushroom enthusiast :> Click the image below to follow the project, set to launch on August 6th!
Finally, something brand new - never before announced! We'll be peaking closed eyes into the land of nod with our upcoming Limbo of Dreams campaign - a project focused on sleep disorders; learning about them, sharing what we learn, making pin designs of symptoms and conditions, and raising funds to be donated to a narcolepsy charity yet to be announced... Medicines for people with narcolepsy, very often needed for them to function at all in their day to day lives, are ridiculously expensive. Something that Tokii and I know about personally, The charities we're looking into help get those medicines to the people that need them at a significantly lowered price. Because of these charities our own price goes from a monthly $XX,XXX to $0. Our business and our lives would not be like they are today if not for them, and it's time for us to give back what we can. Limbo of Dreams is due to launch October 20th during the wonderful Pintober 2026 event :> -
I'd like to start out this update by saying how truly blessed we are to have you guys for our audience. Last week was not easy, but you all made it more manageable for us with your kind words, patience, and understanding. We still have our rough moments from time to time, but there comes a point where we have to balance our grieving with our responsibilities - I think with the funding period of this campaign coming close to it's end that the time to find that balance is now.
Even though we're back on task, please rest easy knowing that we won't neglect our emotions or energy for the sake of our work. I promise that we'll take good care to monitor ourselves and rest when we need to.
Thank you guys <3
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Now on the topic of wrapping up this campaign, We're hashing out some final details with our manu's, getting ready for post-campaign tasks, and making some new arrangements for the stretchgoals we set for this campaign.
We had intended to put out a few social media advertisements to assist your guys' word of mouth in the march of progress towards our goal of beating our backer record and unlocking those delicious stretchgoals. However, we were not available to do this in a timely and impactful manner. Because we were not able to get this done we wanted to open an alternate avenue for those stretchgoals to be unlocked and have decided to do something similar to how we handled the end of Periodic Pinups; For any achievements yet to be unlocked by the end of the campaign, we will make them available to unlock on the survey as stretchgoals there as well. That way if we aren't able to reach our goal it will still be possible to get your hands on the exciting items with a little bit of teamwork from the community ;>
I WAS going to say how we don't have any art updates right now, but Tokii worked her art magic and got the Lampong pin colored before I could finish this update 💀
As a final note, we're getting ready for the upcoming Summer Sale, we would absolutely love any specific requests from you guys in regards to what you'd like to see included - We can't offer anything from campaigns that haven't been fulfilled yet, so that leaves the following campaigns;
Hello Backerkit, Tokii and I will be taking the rest of this week off from work to allow ourselves time to grieve. Our dog, Rowdy, unexpectedly and suddenly passed away Wednesday morning. We hope to get back with you all on Monday.
We are happy to show off the brand new "Mini-maw Stickersheet" featuring all of the Halimaw from this campaign including the newest winner from the poll prior; the Lampong! This stickersheet takes all of these legends and reimagines them in a chibi design :3
The Mini-Maw Stickersheet
In addition we'd also like to show off our work for the other stretch goals to be unlocked. Down below you'll find the three sketches we made from the Filipino Folklore storyline; Visitor, Birdsong, and Guidance
The Storyline Print Series
Visitor: Visitor depicts Imelda's meeting with the medium at the beginning of the story. They sit beside a brazier of burning herbs that spews rolling smoke throughout the room. The Daligmata can be seen through the haze with it's many eyes shining bright as they survey the area. This will be a horizontal 5x7" print.
Birdsong: Birdsong displays the Idarna Bird perched at the tip of a rocky cliff face above a torrential sea. It's song and the current of the water rival each other as they twist to and fro. This will be a vertical 5x7" print.
Guidance: Guidance shows the visage of a wild landscape twisted by the will of the Tikbalang, but coursing through it is the strand of golden guidance from the Anggitay. Imelda walks her path beside the strand, making sense of the chaos. This will be a horizontal 5x7" print.
The Winning Halimaw: Lampong
Sketch #1
Sketch #2
Sketch #3
These three sketches are the very beginnings of our work towards this campaign's final stretchgoal and pin. We feel that all designs depict the Lampong and it's impervious, almost untouchable, nature very well!
As a reminder; The Lampong is a mythical individual from Ilongot folklore standing at about two feet tall with bright yellow eyes and a two-pointed cap. He is often called the Deer Herder or Deer Guardian. As the story goes the lands were once rich with beautiful forests and animals, but when the hunters came with their big guns they began to defile the natural beauty of the land. So the Lampong, displeased by this, used magic to transform into something the hunters could not ignore. The next time they brought their guns out to hunt they were immediately taken aback by a stunning white deer - this deer scared away all of the other deer and distracted the hunters from all other targets but itself. When the hunters shot at it the bullets were warded away having little effect and even falling off the hide of the beast. Our pin design will be inspired from the Lampong’s deer form; described as majestic with only one eye and a set of magnificent golden antlers.
Please show us your favorite design by voting in the attached poll, the winning design will be the sketch we move forward with to make the pin ;>
That's all for now! Stay adventurous - Tokii and Jacob
