Hello everyone! 
Pins have arrived. I'll let the pictures speak first because I genuinely think the vast majority of them turned out great! I haven't fully inspected them closely yet, so issues may still arise but the first glance was a pleasant experience at least :D
If you backed the Orange Cat in post-campaign please do read.

Flowers

Inks

Freebies

Cat Variants

You an see the color difference here. Of course it's always hard to capture real-life color through monitor (and comparing to a print-out which is *also* not the perfect color) - but I think the overall shift is more visible here. It's just a tad bit saturated. If you expected a soft orange, it didn't turn out to be and the base enamel is also a bit darker than I thought it'd turn out ;-; 

I don't think it looks bad-bad, just very different color from what was promised. It's my fault, I submitted a wrong pantone and didn't catch it since the screen-version of that orange pantone looked completely right on the proof (see print) :/ I will correct both the orange shade and the base enamel color (which genuinely turned out way too dark compared to the pantone)

If you backed the orange cat then I will send you a poll via e-mail. You can choose to either receive the orange cat and get a partial refund, to wait for a remake or pick other items from this campaign or my shop in general up to 15€ value.
If you do not respond to the poll by the end of October, I will automatically make you wait for the remake. Because this kitty deserves a remake no matter what!

Best wishes,
Averil

Hey everyone!
My manu just notified me that pins are finished and will be shipped soon! (this was SO much faster and easier than Pintopia lmao!)
This means I will charge cards soon so by the time the pins arrive, everything will go smoothly.

The pics so far are the manu pics. I will take proper pics when they are there, and if there's no bad surprises then I may start fulfillment a little earlier. Let's hope for the best!

Best wishes and thank you all for supporting again!

Ave

Hello everyone!
Just checking in with some WIP pictures from the production for those of you who are interested in the process. Over there in the backer exclusive section!

Hello everyone!
Been a hot second since I updated this campaign, but stuff has been happening behind the scenes! Production has begun, although I currently don't have any WIP images yet. The stickers from the campaign are already on their way to me. 

As usual, I can't tell for sure how long manufacturing will take, but I am hoping for a smooth ride that will take maybe 2-3 months max, although we know that the most random issues can happen so let's all just hope for the best!

And here's some fun stats about the pin distributions for those who are interested.

- We are making exactly 2000 pins for this campaign
- Overall, the inks were more popular than the flowers by around 30%: 560 ink pins vs 430 flower pins
- The most popular pin is the Belladonna ink: I ordered a whooping 200 of that design alone, which is bonkers! It's on par with the blue set from the Magic Tea Party series which was my most popular set to date from simpler times (lol that campaign was pre-tariff!) so I feel super duper happy to match that despite everything going on right now.
- The least popular pin is the Girldrake plant: I get it, it's silly while all others are more serious but I love her nonetheless! :D 75 ordered of her, and Henbane isn't that much ahead.
- The non-freebie cats were roughly equal in popularity, all sitting at 11-14, with the sample size too small to draw conclusions. The least popular is actually the Calico, which was the second most popular in the poll, and had a discount in the pre-order shop. Surprise!
- 264 of you qualified for the Pin Quest freebie pin. Crazy number!
- 210 of you qualified for the Cross Collab freebie pin. Also insane ratio!

Speaking of the collab thingies - in my last project (Meowshrooms) I had a poll in the survey about incentives. Many of you did state that you found Pintopia a bit overwhelming and harsh on the wallets (I can relate so hard...), but the vast majority of you also stated that hunting down exclusives and promos was fun. 
So I think I'm going to run more frequent but simpler campaigns. 
My next one will be Pintober in October, which isn't set up yet but I will keep you updated through a future update!

That's all I have for today, I hope everyone is having or already had a great weekend! 

Averil

Hey hey everyone!
Quick happy news today: 3 out of 4 extra cat colorways are unlocked!
This means the Calico Cat, Silver Cat and Orange Cat are getting made. Yay!
For the tuxedo cat, we are at 8/10 orders currently, and around 50 of you haven't filled out the survey yet. If you are one of them and happen to want a kitty, make sure to confirm your order soon so I can take it into account when placing orders.
I will wait another week or so before I decide on whether I order it or not. 

In the meantime I've already prepared anything except the final order counts, so everything is ready to go!
(And then I'll crawl back in the meowshroom fulfillment hell + summer sale fulfillment hell while waiting for manufacturing news on this campaign :D I won't run out of things to do...)

Best and enjoy a lovely Sunday!
Ave