Hello hello all!

Thank you all SO MUCH again for all the love and support since we launched! I'm having a great time working on this project thanks to all of you!

With that said, it's finally time to reveal the FINAL pin design -- the Backer Voted pin! Drumroll please... your winner is the Progress Pride Flag!

By an INCREDIBLY close margin once again, yeesh! Y'all almost had a SECOND tie!

As a cherry on top, though, I have the design ready for you all NOW! Here it is!

I do have one more exciting announcement -- I will be vending at a VIRTUAL con this weekend that all of you are welcome to attend for FREE! It takes place on Discord via the Spots application -- for more information, you can check out THIS TikTok. It's so cool and I'm excited to be part of a really cool emerging option for artists to get their stuff in front of folks!

Here's a sneak peak at my booth:

I hope to see you all there! I'll also be streaming on Twitch from 1-5pm CST!

That's all for now! Have a great week, folks!

Katze

Heya! Just a super short, quick update today. The pins will get to me tomorrow, and I'll be starting fulfillment as soon as I'm back from my convention this weekend. 

Your orders addresses will auto-lock in 48 hours, so if you have moved or want to add any more add-ons, this is the time to do it!

I'm excited to get these out ASAP!

Hope you're looking forward to your pins,

Katze

Hey there trainers!

I'm SO excited to say that the pins are all produced and ready to ship! This means it's the moment you've all been waiting for -- picture time!! Please note, these pictures are from my manufacturer, and they have some of my other pins (restocks lol) in the pics too, haha.

They turned out so well! I'm so happy with them. I need them in my hands STAT lol

I'll have them around the end of this month! That said, I do have this and an ita bag campaign with over 200 orders (sweats profusely) to fulfill this month + next as well. I'm going to have additional help for the ita bag campaign, so I'm hoping we can get things out ASAP! Since the pin orders from this campaign will take me less time to pack than the big orders with the ita bags, these are the priority. I hope to have everything packed and out the door by June 10th, but if anything comes up that prevents that, I will let you guys know. I want you guys to hopefully have them by the time you go to your pride fests so you can rock them!

With all that out of the way, I wanted to invite you all to check out some upcoming pin campaigns I am hosting here on Backerkit! Starting with...

This June, my next original art campaign goes live! I'm launching Tails of Tokyo | Modern Day Kitsune Enamel Pins! This campaign is an original art campaign featuring Kitsune themed designs focused on various Japanese subcultures, including gyaru, decora, and lolita! This is a part of the Pin Quest Group Collab! Check it out HERE or by clicking the banner below! Follows are especially appreciated on this one as an original project!!

In August, I'm launching Hero's Hoard: Timeless Mini Pins -- a Zelda/OOT themed set of mini pins featuring items from the game in my style! This is a part of the Pocket Change Group Collab! Check it out HERE or by clicking the banner below!

For this year's Pintober, I'm launching Elemental Evolutions -- a series of enamel pins focusing on the Eeevelutions with their type symbols! These are 1.75in pins featuring gold plating and glitter, and an expansion on my very popular Sylveon design from a previous campaign, PokePostage. I'm so excited to get to draw all the Eevees! Check it out HERE or click the banner below!

And finally, for next year's Pintopia, I'm doing a sequel to this year's Pintopia campaign, 64 Bit Memories. That campaign was centered around N64 games, and I polled my backers there to see what they would like to see as a sequel. Gameboy + DS won, so Handheld Memories will officially launch in January 2027! Follow HERE to stay updated, or click the banner!

Curious to see what projects I cook up, updates and WIPs as I design, and have a voice in my design process? Join my Discord HERE for a full Crowdfunding schedule, updates, convention announcements and more!

That's all I have for y'all for now! I hope to see some familiar names in my future projects!

Wishing you all the best,

Katze

Hey there!

Just a quick update as a reminder that cards will be charging on Monday!

I've been unfortunately sick for the past week, so I was only now able to lock orders. (Nothing too serious! Just a cold, but the sinus pressure and everything else made me soooo sleepy...) There are only 3 surveys left unsubmitted -- if that's you, please do it soon!

I also wanted to share some fun stats while I've got y'all here! The most popular choices for pins in the survey are as follows:

#1 - Rainbow Pride (80 total)
#2 - Asexual (61)
#3 - Bisexual (43)
#4 - TIE between Progress and Nonbinary (40)
#5 - Pansexual (38)

And, the most popular sponsored design is... Disability! (32 total!) Once again, a HUGE thank you to everyone who sponsored a design! I'm so grateful to have been able to add more representation to this campaign!

From the most popular to the least, I'm so proud (ha) of what I was able to accomplish along with all of you. I hope to be able to see you all wearing your pins at events for years to come!

That's all from me!

Have a lovely weekend,

Katze

PS: Here are my upcoming campaigns!

This June, I'm launching Tails of Tokyo | Modern Day Kitsune Enamel Pins! This campaign is an original art campaign featuring Kitsune themed designs focused on various Japanese subcultures, including gyaru, decora, and lolita! This is a part of the Pin Quest Group Collab! Check it out HERE or by clicking the banner below!

Then, in August, I'm launching Hero's Hoard: Timeless Mini Pins -- a Zelda/OOT themed set of mini pins featuring items from the game in my style! This is a part of the Pocket Change Group Collab! Check it out HERE or by clicking the banner below!

For this year's Pintober, I'm launching Elemental Evolutions -- a series of enamel pins focusing on the Eeevelutions with their type symbols! These are 1.75in pins featuring gold plating and glitter, and an expansion on my very popular Sylveon design from a previous campaign, PokePostage. I'm so excited to get to draw all the Eevees! Check it out HERE or click the banner below!

And finally, for next year's Pintopia, I'm doing a sequel to this year's Pintopia campaign, 64 Bit Memories. That campaign was centered around N64 games, and I polled my backers there to see what they would like to see as a sequel. Gameboy + DS won, so Handheld Memories will officially launch in January 2027! Follow HERE to stay updated, or click the banner!

Curious to see what projects I cook up, updates and WIPs as I design, and have a voice in my design process? Join my Discord HERE for a full Crowdfunding schedule, updates, convention announcements and more!

Hello again!

Just a quick update and reminder to...

I've already sent over a tentative count to my manufacturer so they can get started on production. There are 10 of you who still haven't filled out the survey. If you have not filled it out by the 15th, I cannot guarantee I will have enough stock on hand to fulfill the items you choose!

I know we're all busy and I don't mean to sound pushy. But this step is super vital -- I can't ship your rewards if I don't get your address + shipping paid! And like I've said before, this campaign is a much faster turnaround than usual for me due to the intent to have everything to y'all by Pride Month.

Next update will probably not be til I can share some work in progress photos of the pins with you, so please look forward to that!

Much love,

Katze