Hello friends! We have some great news: it looks like all of the designs have finished production and are shipping this week. I received some (low quality) pics from my manufacturer, but while the photo quality is low, the production quality is high! The pins look great. Here are a few of the designs:

I'm thrilled with how they turned out and can't wait to see them in person. I'll hopefully have them in-hand next week, then I'll make sure everything is here and start to process pledges. We're on track to also have this campaign ship out earlier than the expected timeline which is fantastic!

The Pin Kids Collective is back in full force with six shops participating in our fall project. My project contains pins evoking both forest and celestial vibes, and all of the main design pins have either a clear enamel glass element or stained glass. Check out our Launch Party to see some of the designs and vote on what else you'd like to see in the campaign!

There will once again be lots of freebies in this project: early backers, returning backers, cross-collab partners, and a pin freebie if you back all 6 projects.

I'll keep you all informed once the Victorian Villages arrive to me and once I start processing the orders. Thank you as always for your support!

XO,
Nikki

Hello friends! I can't believe summer is already basically over; time flies. All of the pin designs for Victorian Villages are officially in production! We're so excited.

A couple of you have either not filled out your survey or I have some failed credit card payments. Please, please make sure to get those surveys filled out and your cards fixed. If you don't do either before the campaign closes you won't get the pins you pledged for! I am ordering very little extras of each design, so to guarantee you get the designs you want please make sure to remedy those surveys and cards!

These kitties are sporting their spooky season best and are ready to be adopted! Make sure to back now to snag your Early Bird reward and Returning Backer reward! We also have a cross-collab with our friends at Oddment & Tweak; back both our campaign and their Popsicle Pals campaign to get TWO FREE MINI PINS!

More updates to come as production progresses with Victorian Villages. Thank you again for an insanely successful second BackerKit campaign!

XOXO,
Nikki

Hello friends! Thank you all so much for being so prompt with filling out your surveys. I'm at 90% of surveys filled out which is fantastic. I'll be closing surveys August 18th, so if you haven't filled out yours or if you need to update you credit card info, please do it this next week. That way, once surveys close I can get the pin order in to my manufacturer and get production started. I've already started picking out the Pantone colors and readying all the artwork so it should be a super smooth process to get these pins underway. I am SO excited to see them come to life!

This campaign will feature felines in different costumes for spooky season! I'll have some fun designs including everything pictured above and more, and some of the designs in different color variants. There are rewards for Early Backers, Returning Backers, and Mailing List Backers -  so make sure to click the button to be reminded of when the campaign launches!

XO,
Nikki

Hello friends! Hope you're surviving this incredibly hot summer. Our smoke tests just went out this morning and so far they all have looked great, so I should be set to send out the survey to everyone tomorrow morning ahead of schedule! Please make sure to complete your survey so I can get final counts and get everything into production. I'm so excited to get this project rolling!

We still have some outstanding payments, so make sure to check your credit card info! Please make sure to update it as soon as you can so you don't miss out on your pledge or rewards.

There are a few designs that are new you can add-on in your survey! I included the two designs that we didn't unlock, and four other designs I'm hoping we can unlock in the campaign. You voted for what animal you'd like to see in Victorian and Gingerbread version, and the winner was a penguin, so that design is available as an add-on. Here's what you'll see that's new that I'm hoping to unlock:

If you missed out on pledging to the campaign, our pre-order store is also open! Our pre-order store includes all of the designs from the campaign that have been unlocked and also we are hoping to unlock. Check out the pre-order store here! We'll be ordering very little extras of the designs in this campaign, so if you have your eye on anything please take advantage of add-ons and the pre-order store!  

For those of you that backed all 6 projects in the Pin Kids Collective, your free jumbo pin reward will be included on the Hearth Warming's campaign, so no need to worry when you don't see it on your survey from me or the other campaigns.

You voted for what kind of campaign you'd like to see next from us, so we are thrilled to announce that in November our third BackerKit campaign will be...

I'm so excited! The poll I gave ended up tied between a cottagecore and celestial theme, so I am combining the two! Similar to Victorian Villages, we'll have two variants available so you can pick and choose which designs you like best in traditional cottagecore style or starry celestial. Make sure to follow along here for a free reward for pre-launch backers!

That was a lot of information but I wanted to make sure you are all completely informed about what's happening! If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at [email protected].

XO,
Nikki

Hello my friends! Thank you SO MUCH for such a successful second BackerKit campaign. This was a project I had in my brain for a long time and I'm so happy we can make it come to fruition. I'm currently working on the surveys and hope to have those out in 2 weeks. We unlocked so many designs so the survey will take me some time to configure!

Charges have already begun processing for the campaign. If your payment fails at first, no worries! You have time to go in and change your card information or update it. Reminder that if don't pay for your pledge, add-ons, or shipping costs, you will not receive your rewards, including the collaboration pins and freebies.

AUGUST 3 - Surveys go out
AUGUST 18 - Surveys close
AUGUST 18 - Completed surveys charged for add-ons and shipping
AUGUST 31 - All items ordered
OCTOBER - All items (hopefully) received
NOVEMBER 15 - Remaining surveys charged for add-ons and shipping
NOV/DECEMBER - Orders packaged and shipping begins
FEBRUARY 28, 2026 - Project fully closed and rewards are no longer provided

I created a few more designs that I will put into the add-ons on the survey to see if we can get those made! I will also add the two designs we didn't unlock during the initial campaign: the Rosy Maple Moth and Mexican Bluewing Butterfly. I also will add two creatures you voted for to see in Victorian or Gingerbread: the penguin and the fox. I think you'll really like the new designs I came up with and hopefully we can pledge for enough of them to get them made!

If you pledged to both Victorian Villages and my partner project Make The Yuletide Gay! you'll receive free pins from both of us. If you pledged for all 6 campaigns in the Pin Kids Collective, you'll receive a free jumbo pin. From me personally, freebies include an early backer sticker, a returning backer sticker, a mailing list subscriber sticker, and a free sticker for ALL backers that we unlocked when we hit $7,500 raised. That's a lot of freebies! In order to receive them all, remember you must have successfully pledged and paid for my campaign and the other campaigns.

I've attached a poll to see what you may be interested in for our next campaign! I have plans to do all of these campaign topics at some point, but I'd LOVE to get your guidance on what you'd like to see from me. If you have any other suggestions, please leave comments as well! I love to hear feedback and really value it from those who are supporting my art.

Please take a moment to follow me on Instagram where I post updates, stories, and other items I make that weren't in the campaign. I post a lot of pictures of my three cats, too, which is the real draw to following along!

Again, I can't thank you enough for all of your support. The BackerKit community is absolutely lovely and welcoming, and I'm very excited to get the ball rolling on putting this campaign into production and getting you your Villages!

XOXO,
Nikki