Hello everyone! The enamel pins are here! Actually, they've been here for a while, but I haven't made time to grade them since things keep popping up during my weekends... These are honestly excuses since they should have been graded a while ago...
Items currently on the way to me:
Pin banners
Freebie stickers
I'm expecting everything to arrive by the beginning of August, and the pins should be graded by then! Just to give a quick update on the timeline:
07/31 - Charge cards on file
08/07 - Lock addresses & start packing pledges
08/14 - Print labels & start dropping off packages at the post office this weekend!
To make sure things flow smoothly, please make sure that the payment card and address on file are correct!! If you plan on moving during this time and need me to hold your pledge, please let me know through comment or sending me a question/inquiry through Backerkit.
Also... Please forgive my photography skills... The lights in the room definitely do not help capture the good angles of the pins... They're too shiny!! I'll try to take a better picture when everything else arrives!
Group Photo! Everyone squeeze together like you like each other!
I know I have a habit at this point of doing this but… I’m sorry for the silence. I promise I’m not going to disappear into the void without fulfilling the project! Don’t think I can honestly handle the guilt…
I got some progress pictures for everyone!!
Tree frog pin
Arapaima
Turtle
Axolotl
American alligator I think
Goldfish
River otter
Tonight, I’m going to be going through everyone’s comments to make sure that I adjust the orders properly before I charge the cards on file!
The pins have been ordered and the production has started! I'm anticipating that I should be receiving them by mid-May the latest, which I should be able to quality check and start shipping out the week it arrives! I'll provide a detail on the approximate timeline below.
-Freebie Pin- I apologise for not updating everyone on the freebie pin. We did reach the goal for the freebie pin! And honestly, even if it was off by a little bit, I probably would have ordered them anyway for everyone. The winning design by a VERY close margin was the Kingfisher!!
Final Kingfisher Design
Although the pin won't show as one of the listed items in your pledge, I am including it with every shipment. Please only add-on a Kingfisher pin if you would like extras!
-Unlocks- I decided why the heck not and unlock both pin banner designs! Maybe it is because I'm tired haha
Estimated Timeline: Lock Orders: March 30th, 2026 Charge Cards: April 17th, 2026 Lock Addresses: May 8th, 2026 Start Shipping: May 15th, 2026
Thank you all, and please take care!! I'ma going to play with my cat now since he has been biting me for attention...
I apologise for the rough sketches for the pin designs and colours for the betta, but I wanted to get this poll out asap to you guys! I decided that all the designs I worked on yesterday during the stream would be available as a potential option for a freebie pin for everyone that has pledged for at least a pin!
I know the poll image can be a little small, so please see below for your options!
Golden Arowana
Kingfisher
Rainbow Trout
Minnow
Water Stridder
Betta Teal Orange
Betta Pastel
Betta Blue Red
Thank you all for the support!! And please vote in the poll below ;u; and I'll be keeping this update relatively short since my brain is a bit fried from work today.
Another update so soon hahaha it has been less than 24 hours! From looking at the comments, it looks like the results are pretty mixed. I’ll most likely stream tonight for sketching for additional pins designs, colouring the betta, and sketching some more pin banner ideas :3 I’ll try to stream for at least two hours… I get mentally exhausted from streaming, so I don’t know if I can go longer than that.
Current list for sketches
Golden arowana
Kingfisher
Rainbow trout
Minnow
Waterskipper (this is gonna be a challenge)
Whatever else I can think of
Betta color combos
Marble teal, gold, white
Red and blue
Pastel
Blue mixtures
Idk have fun with it
Pin banner themes
Sweats I haven’t thought this far out… please gimme suggestions…
Sorry for the silence, but I had some time today to calculate the poll results!
The first unlock is Alligator Snapping Turtle! - Unlocked at $3,900 The second unlock is Hellbender version 2! - Unlocked at $4,200
The question I have now is which option would you guys like?
Freebie Pin - To be designed (please give me some suggestions ;;) - Unlocks at $4,650
Bettafish pin - To be coloured - Unlocks at $4,500
For the pin banner, I might draw up some more and have them available as pre-orders with lower unlocks at around 10 orders for each design at about $15 per banner.
Hello everyone! The enamel pins are here! Actually, they've been here for a while, but I haven't made time to grade them since things keep popping up during my weekends... These are honestly excuses since they should have been graded a while ago...
Items currently on the way to me:
Pin banners
Freebie stickers
I'm expecting everything to arrive by the beginning of August, and the pins should be graded by then! Just to give a quick update on the timeline:
07/31 - Charge cards on file
08/07 - Lock addresses & start packing pledges
08/14 - Print labels & start dropping off packages at the post office this weekend!
To make sure things flow smoothly, please make sure that the payment card and address on file are correct!! If you plan on moving during this time and need me to hold your pledge, please let me know through comment or sending me a question/inquiry through Backerkit.
Also... Please forgive my photography skills... The lights in the room definitely do not help capture the good angles of the pins... They're too shiny!! I'll try to take a better picture when everything else arrives!
Group Photo! Everyone squeeze together like you like each other!
I know I have a habit at this point of doing this but… I’m sorry for the silence. I promise I’m not going to disappear into the void without fulfilling the project! Don’t think I can honestly handle the guilt…
I got some progress pictures for everyone!!
Tree frog pin
Arapaima
Turtle
Axolotl
American alligator I think
Goldfish
River otter
Tonight, I’m going to be going through everyone’s comments to make sure that I adjust the orders properly before I charge the cards on file!
The pins have been ordered and the production has started! I'm anticipating that I should be receiving them by mid-May the latest, which I should be able to quality check and start shipping out the week it arrives! I'll provide a detail on the approximate timeline below.
-Freebie Pin- I apologise for not updating everyone on the freebie pin. We did reach the goal for the freebie pin! And honestly, even if it was off by a little bit, I probably would have ordered them anyway for everyone. The winning design by a VERY close margin was the Kingfisher!!
Final Kingfisher Design
Although the pin won't show as one of the listed items in your pledge, I am including it with every shipment. Please only add-on a Kingfisher pin if you would like extras!
-Unlocks- I decided why the heck not and unlock both pin banner designs! Maybe it is because I'm tired haha
Estimated Timeline: Lock Orders: March 30th, 2026 Charge Cards: April 17th, 2026 Lock Addresses: May 8th, 2026 Start Shipping: May 15th, 2026
Thank you all, and please take care!! I'ma going to play with my cat now since he has been biting me for attention...
Looking at past updates, it looks like we did manage to reach and keep the freebie pin stretch goal, but it's not showing up in the survey. Were there that many failed pledges or just too much disagreement over what the design should be? Either way, an update would be appreciated.
Thanks
