Happy Friday (and February), fellow pin collectors! It's a great honor and thrill to announce that this project is officially complete, as all Backerkit orders, Pre-orders and Etsy orders for the Sakura Samurai pins have now shipped! 😆🎉 You should have already received an automated email with your tracking number, but if for any reason you don't see it or if you lose it during the process, please don't hesitate to reach out, and I can easily grab it for you again.

I really am proud of how each of these 3 samurai variants came out, and can truly say it was worth the long production process in the end. I hope each of you enjoy your new fancy pins as well and that they'll be cherished in your collections for a long time to come! I always adore seeing photos of how you display or wear your new pins, so please feel free to tag me @lexidus.art once they come in :)

Thank you SO, so much again for supporting this campaign and being a part of something special. It makes my heart incredibly happy to know others enjoy my pin art and want to help bring it into reality. These new pins exist now because of you, so thanks a million! Hope you treasure them as much as I do 🤗

I'm also excited to announce that'll I'll be a part of Backerkit's second Pintopia event, happening March 28 at 10am PST! Pintopia is sort of like an online enamel pin convention, hosted here on Backerkit with TONS of fantastic pin artists all launching campaigns together  — and my shroomie pins will be one of them 💪🍄 There's going to be some great collaborative pin designs and fun freebies with this project, and I can't wait to bring more new shiny gems to life with so many other artists. You don't want to miss out! Please follow the link below and opt in to get notified when the Pintopia event starts and my project goes live, that way you won't miss out on early bird pricing and first-come bonuses!!

👉 Get Ready for Shroomie Roomies - Mini Mushroom Enamel Pins

I'm looking forward to just having fun with these much simpler, silly-er shroom pins, and hope they bring you and others a smile 😂 After I got so much great feedback on my mini mushroom pin from the "Plantastic Pals" Kickstarter, I knew someday I'd need to make more mushroom friends to go with it. And that time is now upon us, fellow fungi fanatics! >:D

I appreciate you and your support so much, and hope to see you in March for the next pin campaign :) Until then, take care friends, and please let me know if you need any help with your orders at any time!

It's finally that time! All of the finished Sakura Samurai enamel pins just got delivered to me, and guys, I am SO happy with how they turned out :) The colors and gradients look even better in person — I can't wait for each of you to see them in-hand. Info on the next steps for shipping, plus an important question I need your help on below, but first, please enjoy these fresh pics of the completed pins:

Now I'll begin the process of grading each pin and making sure all the best ones get shipped out to you guys! You should have already received a few automated emails from Backerkit notifying you of credit cards being charged, as well as mailing addresses getting locked. Please, please update your payment method right away if you get an error message saying that your card was declined, and if there have been any recent changes to your address, make sure it's up-to-date so that your samurai get shipped to the right place soon!

While I work on inspecting and grading the pins, my best friend/sister-in-law @dragonleafstudios is hand-making some gorgeous foil card backs for these pins, and I am SO stoked for you all to see them 🤩 She's an absolute stationary wizard and makes the most special and unique handmade cards. It's an honor to work with her on this project and for the samurai pins to get such fancy packaging! I'll let you see those for the first time in person when your pins arrive ('cause who doesn't love fun little surprises?!)

Finally, a quick little poll for you all:

While the colors and details of each pin variant all came out fantastic, there was one unfortunate error that the factory made. The backs of each pin have their respective names (Midnight, Sunrise and Sketch) laser engraved into them, along with serialized numbers (i.e., "1/25", "10/15", etc.). This is a fun extra detail I added on to the pins for collectability purposes, as it's something I've always enjoyed on many pins in my own collection.

Unfortunately, someone at the factory messed up the back of the Sketch pin variant (black & white). They accidently used the same laser file that was used for the Sunset variant, so now both the Sunset and the Sketch pin say "Sunset" and are numbered "X/25" on the back. This means that the Sketch variant pin has the wrong name and the wrong numbers on the back (it should of course say "Sketch" as well as be numbered "X/15").

I'm currently exploring my options with my manufacturer on what can be done about this, but first I'd like your opinion on if this error on the back of the Sketch pin bothers you or not. Does it make you not want this pin variant anymore? Or is the name and number on the back irrelevant? If I ship out these pins, would you be okay receiving them as-is? Would it help if I included a freebie sticker of that pin along with it (or some other bonus)? Note: the entire front of the pin and everything else about it is perfect—the only error is on the laser engraving on the back side that shows the name and number of the pin. And this error is just on the black and white Sketch variant. The Midnight and Sunrise pins are perfectly fine 👍

Please let me know your thoughts on this, and I'll see what I can do to either fix the pin backs or add in a freebie compensation to everyone who ordered the Sketch variant. I know it's a pretty minor detail overall, but I'd rather get your opinions on it instead of just shipping out the pins without notifying you all first 😊

Thanks so much, and I'll be in touch again soon! 🤗

Hello, and Happy Monday! I'm excited to share the news that all of the Sakura Samurai pins have FINISHED production and are getting prepped to ship out to me now! Woohooo!! 🥳 Here's a quick photo from the manufacturer (I'll get higher quality pics and videos together once I have the pins in-hand):

👉 See videos of the finished pins here: Pin Updates Highlight on Instagram

Now that the manufacturing process is finally complete (thanks again for you patience), all orders and pre-orders have now been locked, meaning your survey responses can no longer be edited at this point. In 48 hrs, Backerkit will charge everyone's cards for any remaining / unpaid balances like shipping and any purchased add-ons. So at this point, please make sure that your payment method and shipping address are up-to-date in order to avoid any errors or delays. Once all the remaining payments have been cleared, mailing addresses will lock, and by then I should be quality-checking all the pins and getting them ready to ship out to each of you!

I'm beyond excited to see these designs finally come to reality, and my packing team and I are going to have such a blast getting these ready for your mailbox :)

Please shoot me a message if you have and questions or need help with your order at any point in the coming weeks. If your payment method and shipping address are up-to-date, then you can sit back, wait for your tracking number and enjoy as these shiny samurai travel to your doorstep. 😎✨ Until then, take care and have a wonderful week!

Happy New Year to you all! Hope you each had a great holiday season and that 2024 is off to a wonderful start! 🤗 This will be another quick update, and I'm excited to show you more progress on the samurai pin production. Since my manufacturer evidently gets a pretty large number of orders, our pins have been stuck sitting in the queue a couple of times and have been moving slowly through the process when they do finally get worked on. I seriously appreciate your guys' patience through these pins' long production time while I continue to push my manufacturer for updates. The good news is, we're closer than ever now! Check out the recent photos of our fabulous 3 samurai variants:

As we draw nearer to the finish line, I'll be locking mailing addresses and charging cards (for any outstanding charges) later this month. Please triple check your shipping and payment info on your Backerkit Survey, especially if you've moved recently or had any changes to your payment method. You can find your survey for this project again by going to Backerkit.com > click your icon in the top right corner (once logged in) > "Your Pledges & Surveys" > "Your Surveys". From there you can find this project and check to make sure that all your info is up to date.

Thanks again for following along and supporting Sakura Samurai! May each of you have an abundantly blessed new year, and I look forward to delivering some shiny little swordswomen to you soon :)

Hi everyone,

I've been pulling teeth with my pin manufacturer, but I finally have a photo update showing that the Samurai pins are in production. Apparently there have been a lot of delays in getting started since they have such a big order queue. They estimate that I'll have these sometime in January, since there a lot of different colors and effects to be done on this design. 

I thank you so much for your patience with this project and know that it will be well worth all our wait! Until the next update, I wish you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and a super Happy New year 🥳🙌 Here's to getting some awesome new pins in 2024!

Hey guys, Happy Thanksgiving & Black Friday weekend! :)🙌

This'll be a short update, since I unfortunately don't have any pictures from the pin factory yet (I'm eagerly on the edge of my seat for those!!). However, they are in production, and I've been told by my rep that they're waiting in the que for colors due to the higher volume of orders they have during the holiday season. This is one of those frustrating out-of-my-control parts of the pin-making process, though one I anticipated and accounted for during planning. That said, I'm still checking in with my manufacturer weekly, and as soon as I receive photo updates of the pins in production, you'll see them here in the Project Updates first!

In happier (and shinier) news, check out the other 2 samurai sticker variants that have completed production and have been delivered to me!

Finally, I wanted to let you know that my ENTIRE Etsy Store is 25% OFF for Black Friday & Cyber Weekend! 🥳 Not only is this the biggest discount I've done before, but I'm also including a FREE random seconds pin in every order that includes at least 1 enamel pin!! This is the only time of year I do these kinds of deals, so jump on it and snag some Christmas gifts and / or extra treats for yourself while it's available this week :)

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That's all for now! Wishing you and your family and warm and wonderful holiday season and a great rest of your week. I look forward to updating you on this project again soon! 💖