HI all!
Hope you have been well! I've been very busy prepping production for all these goodies! I just wanted to post a couple of reminders!

I have about 90% completion rate for surveys, which is awesome! Thanks so much for getting your surveys in quickly and promptly. This has allowed me to get a snapshot of counts easily and ensure I can go into production as soon as possible.

For the rest of you who haven't completed your survey, make sure to do it ASAP! This will ensure you get all the products that you want without having to wait extra time if I need to order additional products to fulfil counts. If you're having issues finding your survey, please let me know and I can help! 

For those who have completed your survey, they will lock on May 11th. This means that you won't be able to make changes to the items in your order because items will be in production. You will not be charged on May 11th. Card charges will be run when I receive all the products. You will still be able to make any updates to your address in the meantime. When I receive the products I'll unlock surveys for a period of time to allow you to make any last minute changes. 

Lastly, I had to manually mark orders that had the early bird freebie Spotted Lanternfly pin. As such, there might've been some error on my part. I believe I was able to correct any issues, but if you notice that you should receive your freebie pin and don't have it, please let me know! I'm happy to help. 

As before, feel free to contact me at [email protected] or my Etsy storefront at VileWorm to let me help you with any questions or concerns! 

Have a safe and happy rest of your week! 

Hey Pintopia friends! Hope you all have been well!

I just wanted to let you guys know that a small sampling of surveys have been sent out! If you notice any issues with this small batch, please let me know! Surveys will be going out to the rest of you soon enough once I'm able to verify everything is good to go!

I'll be keeping surveys open until May 11th. At that point I'll be using the counts to place an order with my supplier. Please make sure to fill out your survey as soon as possible to ensure there's no delays in fulfillment!

Some other things to note:
- Just a reminder I have lots of new pins ready for pre-order! If you can't get them now they'll be in my shop at a later day.
- Your card will be charged at a later date to charge for shipping and additional add-on's
- Pintopia rewards will be added to your order on May 3rd

I think that's about it! If you have any questions or concerns I'm always open to help! Feel free to contact me at [email protected] or on my Etsy shop and I'll get back as soon as possible :) 

Thanks so much! 

Hey Pintopia friends! Hope you all have been well! If you haven't seen, all pins have been UNLOCKED! While I don't have a really concicse update message, I thought I'd ramble a little bit and give you all a heads up as to what to expect when the campaign ends. 

Once the campaign completes it'll be a bit of silence from me. I'm hoping to get surveys out as soon as possible for you to choose your pins and any other goodies you might want to add to your order! I want to get the ball rolling as soon as possible, and have already been working on prepping the survey. In addition to all the items from the campaign, I'm planning on having pre-orders open for some pins I was already planning on self funding!

These will be available as add-ons or for pre-order in the post campaign pre-order store! Please don't fret if you want one of these now and cannot afford them! They will be in my shop at a later date with no price difference between now and then! So if you can't get one now, they'll absolutely be there for later! I just figured to add these pins since I was already planning on ordering them on my own time and getting them bundled in with all the bug friends just makes it easier for me  and my supplier :) More details on each pin will be found in the survey or pre-order shop! 

Much like most of you, I backed a fair amount of projects this time around that I wanted to give one last shoutout to!

Firstly is my partners project, Angels of Extinction! Mary has always put out absolute bangers and this campaign is no exception! I also have a large pin that I had the pleasure of designing as a pin for the campaign as well! I'm particularly excited for the Thylacine, Starry Squid, and all the other guest pins! Find the campaign HERE!  

Next up is Bunni's Mimics Among Us! I adore Mimics so much, something about object creatures always has such a fun allure to it. While I typically go for typical mimics, the Unicorn Mimic is too badass to not pass up. Check it out HERE!

After that I have HoloRaindrop's Monster Match pinup pins! These guys are SO cute~! I love the diverse cast of monsters here, both in design and monster! Also hello?? That demon boy is such a hottie~ I can't say no to him. Hope there's more of these lovely boys in the future! Check out the campaign HERE!

Finally I have Maybel Art's Livecycle of a star! Maybe's art is awesome, the linework and form always has such an intense energy to it and that's really pushed to the limit with these stars! They're so heavenly! Also the constellation stretch goals are awesome, I particularly love the Draco! Find it HERE! 


Some personal ramblings

I cannot thank you all enough for the positivity and support I've received for this project. It's been quite overwhelming to say the least. I've had a rough start to my year and this has been such a fantastic morale boost that I really needed. I had SO much fun prepping for this project and creating designs and poured my heart out into coming up with something I was passionate about. It's always hard putting myself out there, especially when I find I make something that might be a little out there!

I've grown to really love bugs and love creating creature concepts that fit my aesthetic and vibe.  I have a strong interest in all things weird, creepy, eldritch, surreal and thought insects would be the perfect theme for my next campaign.

If you're ever interested in some of my inspo, one of the heavy pieces of inspo for me this time around was my favorite game series Pikmin! I absolutely love the complex, creepy, and alien world the game presents, and the critters are by far my favorite part of the series! 

In addition to Pikmin, I was also heavily inspired by my other favorite series, Blazblue! Which is absolutely nothing like Pikmin in the slightest and is my favorite piece of anime trash ever. Particularly the character Arakune, who is my favorite buggy blobby boy ever. I love this guy so much, we're pretty  much married at this point.

He sports an entire ecosystem of weird and ugly bugs in his body, I mean look at these guys, they're awesome

Anyways, that's my bit of rambling for now. I sometimes have people ask me "what inspires me" and my fave pieces of media def have a big influence on me in a lot of ways!  This ended up being more of a blog post than an update, whoops! 

Anyways, hope you all have a safe and fun rest of your week! You'll hear back from me once the surveys are published! 

Can't believe how fast time has gone! A bit over a week left! I've added some new stretch goals to the campaign. These designs are considered to be Small Enamel Pins and therefore will cost 12 dollars each. Each pin will unlock at 11k, 11.5k and 12k respectively! I'm confident we'll be able to reach the goal before the deadline at the pace we've been going!

These pins have been added to the Add-Ons section if you'd like to add one to your order. Alternatively, I created a x1 Small Pin pledge tier as well! Hope you enjoy the new buggy friends and have a great week!

Hi friends! Hope you all are having a happy Sunday! As promised, I've created four new pins for the campaign. These pins are all unlocked due to the extra support gained through the campaign thus far! I have created new listings for pledges of x7, x8, x9, and x10 Pins  to account for these new designs. In addition, these pins are also available in the add-ons section. 

Below are the new designs and details of each one, hope you enjoy them! I'd love to know in the comments which one is your fave! Thanks all for your support thus far! This has been such an exciting venture for me and I'm thrilled to have gotten such positive reception! Thank you! 

To say I'm excited and grateful would be an absolute understatement. I am so unbelievably blown away that we managed to get ALL of my stretch goals unlocked on DAY 1! Thank you from the absolute bottom of my heart for the amazing support! However, we aren't done yet, we're just getting started!

This weekend I'll be working hard on creating new stretch goals, some of which will be auto unlocked because of the additional funds that have been raised! Here's a sampling of some of the new stretch goals you can see in the coming days! Below are some WIP's I've had in my drafts and/or have already started working on! Since these are just sneak peeks, they're subject to change from the final designs.
 

Thanks for supporting the project and checking it out! Very excited to continue to expand this project! Hope you all have a safe and happy weekend! 
- Tiffany