Dear Creatures is a part of Pintober 2026—and you can get more free pins the more projects you back! Back 3+ Pintober projects and get a FREE pin from each backed campaign.

If you back Dear Creatures and 2+ other Pintober projects, you will receive the 1.1" (27.9mm) "Banquet Skull Cake" pin above for free! Check out the "Pintober 2026" section for more projects and freebie pins!

The manor houses a group of strange figures. Well-dressed, but clearly not human. Why have they gathered here?

All monster pins all have the following specs:

These versions alter the colors as well as the screen-printed details to offer Monster Gentlemen with a different vibe...

6x4 inch postcard prints will be available at $14,300! Currently, 4 are completed, with the other 3 being wip, and developed through the campaign. They're available as add-ons, but also included in the all-in Tiers.

WIP art will be completed before the campaign survey at the latest.

You will select your pin designs after the campaign ends via the BackerKit Pledge Manager. Any unlocked design will be available.

Early bird & higher tier backers get discounts for add-on pins. Early bird tiers are extremely limited and not listed here.

All pins (excluding the Cross-Collab pin and the Pintober Group Collab pin) are also offered as add-ons so you can customize your pledge! Washi tape and stickers are also offered if you want a little something extra.

Dear Creatures is partnering with Abysmal Kaiju's Psychopomp Revival to offer cross-collab rewards!

Backing both Psychopomp Revival and Dear Creatures for a physical reward will add the following 2 free pins to your pledge.

The Dear Creatures freebie pin is 2.2" tall.

Shipping will be collected after the campaign through BackerKit's Pledge Manager, and is estimated by your package's final weight. All fees are in USD.

If you back for 1-2 pins, your estimated shipping will be on the lower side, if you get a full set of pins, or a lot of add-ons, your estimated shipping will be on the higher side. I insure all international orders, which has bumped the price up by ~1-2 USD.

If you are pledging from outside the United States, you need to pay customs or taxes. Unfortunately, I currently don't have a way to collect these fees, nor does Backerkit collect these fees.

No refunds or replacements will be offered if your package is lost or returned as a result of refusing to pay these fees. 

I will not be collecting VAT on UK pledges! All backers in the UK will be responsible for paying VAT and any other import duties/taxes.

All shipments to Mexico must include a recipient's Mexican Tax ID (Registro Federal de Contribuyentes - RFC) or National ID (Clave Única de Registro de Población - CURP).

I will reach out to any backer in Mexico to collect this ID to make sure your package gets to you. Please ensure your BackerKit email is one that you have easy access to/check often! If you cannot or will not provide this number, do not back this project.

I unfortunately cannot ship physical rewards to: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Balkans (Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia), Belarus, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nicaragua, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Russia, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe.

Tip jar/support pledge tiers remain open to everyone worldwide!

Please feel free to use a proxy/forwarding service!

Physical rewards can currently only be shipped to the following EU destinations: Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, and Ireland.

As before, know you will be responsible for customs duties / taxes on your order! 

I am estimating a longer timeline on this campaign and have set a fulfillment date to MAY 2027. Pin production has been quite slow through 2026, so while I hope pledges will be fulfilled earlier, I don't want to set unreasonable expectations.

October 20th: Campaign launches
November 5th: Campaign ends
November 23th: Surveys sent out
December 15th: Survey submission deadline
Early January 2027: Pin soft proofing and production begins
January — April 2027: Pin physical samples, pin bulk production, waiting on manufacturers
May 2027: Pledges begin shipping

Please note the BackerKit Pledge Manager survey will be sent to your BackerKit email, so please ensure you have access to this email address to prevent any delays in receiving your rewards!

You may request a refund within 30 days of the end of the campaign. I will not honor refunds after that. Instead, you can cancel your pledge anytime while the campaign is running and you will not be charged!

Fulfillment could be pushed back due to shipping delays or quality control issues/manufacturer mistakes—and this did happen on my last campaign! I am not selecting any complex effects, only screen printed details.

Any delays or issues will always be communicated to backers via campaign updates!

Also please note I am often the only person doing fulfillment (my husband helps when he can), so please be patient with the fulfillment timeline. I will work as quickly as I can, but shipping every single reward will likely take 4-5+ weeks after I receive and grade the pins. If you would like your reward shipped as soon as possible (say, in time for a birthday), please get in touch and I will see what I can do. 

I do not offer "S-grade/collector" grade pins or promise "flawless" pins. Enamel pins are handmade items and a truly perfect or flawless pin is next to impossible. That being said, I will always reserve the best quality pins for my backers. 

Additionally, if a pin design has a consistent flaw that appears over and over again in the majority of the pins, I will have to consider that "standard" grade for that particular design. For example, if a design has an area of metal consistently tarnished, that could be considered standard. Announcements will be made if this occurs, and backers will have the option to change their pin choices if they prefer.

However, if a design has a significant flaw that impacts the aesthetic of the design, I will seek remakes from my manufacturer, which will push the fulfillment timeline back.

Of course, any issues here will also be communicated in campaign updates!

Dear Creatures is a project by Kira Night, and I'm excited for my first Pintober! I'm a digital artist who spent most of my art career making indie book covers & contributing to book fandom projects (especially YA). Most of my book covers fit into the fantasy, horror and monster romance genres.

Instagram: @kiranight_art
Tumblr: @kiranightart
Etsy: kiranightart.etsy.com
Website/Carrd: https://kiranight.crd.co/

Thank you for your time and support!