July 31, 2026

Hello everyone, my name is Autumn. Crow has asked me to manage this project and fulfill all obligations related to all unfinished campaigns. 



Why have I been asked to do this?

- Crow's recent and longstanding health issues that will not be disclosed further.

- Pre-existing production and distribution issues.

- Recent and longstanding complaints that have pushed Crow to reach out to me.

- My experience managing similar projects and timelines.



What is a reasonable timeline?

- Immediately, I will take the surplus products produced and begin selling them at conventions, festivals, and online spaces not otherwise affiliated with Crow. I will do this to raise my own funds for shipping.

- When I have gathered these funds, I will ship the pins to you. I can also provide a hand written note of apology upon request. 

- Nope, that's it. No third step.



What should you expect?
 
- These products will start appearing in the Chicago, Chicagoland, and Baltimore/Annapolis areas. 

- These products will also be brought to Etsy, and potentially more online spaces, if Etsy is too slow.

- If you choose to purchase any of these products from Etsy, then you will immediately be shipped that product without further fanfare. The shipping details and payment are baked into that interaction.

- All of this should be finally done and over with by the end of the year, depending entirely on how quickly I can raise shipping funds.

- Refunds are potentially possible, depending once again on how well the products (mainly pins) sell, and how many people request refunds and to what amount. 



Why did I agree to do this?

- There are more pins (and other products) that were produced than were needed, due to communication issues while switching manufacturers.

- I can sell these excess pins (no, not your pins - I've already collected and bagged those for shipping) for profit on my end.

- The pin designs were genuinely good, and Crow has offered them to me as extra payment for when all of this is done.

- Finally, they want to wash their hands of this years-long ordeal and be done with it, and I sympathize with that. I'm sure that all of you want this to be done and over with as well.



A brief about me:

Hello, you can call me Autumn. I help people manage small businesses, primarily with my education in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, as well as some marketing experience. Now, most of that is irrelevant to shipping things out to you, but it sure helps. 

Previously, I've been behind the scenes of a few local businesses, but I've never outright spoken to the customer base. 

I will link fresh socials for marketing below. I will give updates on progress every other day, largely for your peace of mind. 

That's all from me! The wait is almost over. 
-Autumn

https://linktr.ee/Prideful.Apothecary

Foxwright Apothecary pins are in hand, graded, and on cards. They’re waiting to be packaged up and shipped out. I had hoped to do this earlier in the spring, however, my wife had to have major surgery with an extended hospital stay, on top of my working full time. I am working on getting help with this stage of fulfillment, and hope to see more moving soon. 

Pride Potions pins are in hand, but ungraded. Once the prior campaign is more completely out the door, we will be moving onto this step, again, I will be getting help as I am able.

Decadent Orchard is regretfully still in the waiting phase as I am wrangling the other two. 

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It was never meant to all happen this way, I found myself caught in the perfect storm of everything going wrong from every front all at once and I am, quite frankly, utterly exhausted and trying so hard to put this all behind me. Once these projects are all finished, I will be indefinitely stepping back from projects and scrapping all my concepts/future planning.