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Flora & Feather - Enamel Pins & Bookcharms - Birds, Flowers, and Dragons!

Created by Jeszika Le Vye

Collection of enamel pins & bookcharms that features a matching set of bird, flower, & dragon for each Flora & Feather painting. Come see what magical fauna we've unlocked so far!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Checking in :)
8 days ago – Thu, May 28, 2026 at 02:49:36 PM

Hey It's been about a month and a half since I updated you guys - so I thought I would just check in real quick and let you know things are moving ahead smoothly with no trouble :)

A little bit of a extra happy update - I was able to order not only the red Ibis and Poppy trio, but I also ordered the blue Honey Eater and Iris trio. So both of those trios are almost finished. The manufacturer sent me some pictures of how the plating turned out and it looks very beautiful. So we are almost done with 2 of the 8 trios and I'm hopeful we will pick up speed with the remaining sets.

Also - another happy update - this manufacturer was able to contract out to get matching tassels made for the cords, so we will be able to go back to the original style of matching cord and tassel that I wanted originally (instead of the alternate one I came up with once the previous manufacturer told me half way through that they couldn't provide the matching cord and tassel after all). So I am very happy to be able to tell you guys that that is going to be as originally planned. They found a company who was willing to custom make the tassels to match the cords. Though I have to buy 1,000 of each color, I think after all this, it is worth it to have something go right and be what we originally planned on. So they sent me photo of the newly made tassels with the matching cords and I am so happy to see that they turned out so well.



So not a huge update, but a happy one. They are finishing up the printing step and polishing step and then they should be on their way to me. And I am going to be getting these shipped as fast as humanly possible once they are in my hands :) and getting the next batch started. Thank you again everyone for your kindness and patience. It has really meant the world to me as I found my way back to the path on this project. <3 I don't know if I can properly express how much I really mean that. I feel so lucky to have had such kind backers and I am so grateful to be actually seeing these get made properly at long last, so I can send you the pretty shinnies. Thank you again, with all my heart. And I hope you guys enjoy this peek at the progress :) 

More Sample Photos for red trio :)
2 months ago – Fri, Apr 03, 2026 at 12:57:22 PM

Quick update - I got photos of the next two samples from the new manufacturer for the other two designs in the red trio - and they turned out gorgeous!


So I thought I would just update you guys real quick and let you see what I'm seeing :)

I'm amazed at how much of a nicer job this new company is doing with the printing and they are turning out exactly as I hoped when I started this project. Things are moving along slow but steady as they seem to be really taking their time on their end to have their designers refine and work on the print file before printing each sample, but it seems to really be worth it as they are turning out so good. 

My plan is to just start ordering them in batches of three, so one trio will be being produced, while we refine the samples for the next set of three until we have all 8 trios finished. 

And I plan to also start shipping any orders I can as soon as I get each design. So for example, anyone who only ordered designs from the red trio, I will get shipped asap as soon as they arrive and as more and more designs arrive, I will keep sending out whichever orders I can with each new wave of designs. And so hopefully by time we near completion of getting all the designs made, I will have already shipped a large portion of the orders and be able to finish shipping everything way faster than if I had several hundred orders to pack and ship all at the same time. I think this will be the most efficient way to get everyone their shinnies as fast as possible once I start getting them in hand. 

But yeah - not a big update - but another hopeful and reassuring one :) These are finally coming to life! 

✨🎉 1st UV sample Success! 🎉✨
3 months ago – Sat, Feb 28, 2026 at 12:13:45 AM

Ok this is a sort of tiny - but huge - update :)

The new manufacturer has just sent me photos of their first attempt at printing the UV layer ... and it came out gorgeous!!!

Once they got all the molds from the manufacturer, we decided to start by just tackling one design and see how it prints, so we chose the red dragon, since that was the one I had last been working on with the previous manufacturer. I went back to the original version I had first made, since it had changed so many times trying to get it to print right at the previous manufacturer, and I wanted to start clean before I started trying to correct for how their samples looked.

And the new manufacturer knocked it out of the park - it turned out exactly as I hoped it would when I first designed it!


The highlights are actually showing up, the darker colors aren't turning into giant black blobs, and it actually does give the dragon a sense of volume and form, as well as some pretty color transitions. I cannot tell you guys how relieved I was to see this sample in my inbox today - and I am so happy to have good news to share with you guys at long last. 

I think the light on the horizon is actually real :) and these will finally get made at the quality I had hoped they would. 

We are taking it slow at first, just to make sure we don't get lost in the weeds - so next, we are going to do the poppy and scarlet ibis, since the colors should all print very similar to this one. And then we will pick another set of three to work on. And hopefully, as we see more and more good results, we can pick up speed. But for now, I am just so happy to see these can actually be made and that I can send you guys the beautiful treasures I promised you. 

Thank you so much for your patience as I was lost in the wasteland of manufacturing - but it seems we have found our way back to the path and things are looking good! 

✨ New Manufacturer News ✨
5 months ago – Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 03:34:02 PM

Hey - I wanted to share some pretty big news on this project. I have found a new manufacturer! 

Thanks to another Pintopia creator, Aimee (thank you so, so much Aimee!) I have begun working with a new manufacturer to get these pins made. And honestly, it is so nice to feel hopeful and excited about this project again! They have gorgeous samples of UV printing, and are confident that they can achieve the right results and make these pins look how we hope they will. Communication with them seems great and so everything is a go. 

They also are able to use the molds that they previous company made - which did actually turn out beautiful - so that is also good news. We aren't starting from scratch. So right now I am in the process of getting the old manufacturer to send the molds to them and once the new manufacturer has the molds in hand, we will begin working on getting the UV layers to print nicely at long last. I am very hopeful about everything and excited to think that this might actually get us to finished pins sooner rather than later instead of drag on indefinitely. (The old company still hasn't even giving me the new prices for the pins I tried to order and pay for in November and said this week they are still researching cheaper materials they could use before giving me a new higher quote - which just boggles my mind at this point.) 

I truly thank you guys for your patience and sticking with me as I dealt with this 🖤 and it seemed like many of you also felt it was time to start over with a new manufacturer which did help me to finally let go of trying to make it work with the old manufacturer. I will keep you guys updated of course when they have the molds, and progress we make on getting these made once and for all. 

Anyways, a big update - but a short one lol. Thank you again everyone and so excited to be moving again, even if it means starting over somewhere new. As always, love you guys 🖤 and fingers crossed I have a much better thread of updates for you in the next few months! 

Checking In Update
6 months ago – Fri, Dec 05, 2025 at 03:09:15 PM

Hello lovelies 🖤 I hope you are all have wonderful holidays and are able to find time with your loved ones and a chance to step outside the hustle of every day life to find rest and nourishment for your spirit.

I just wanted to take a moment to let you guys know how things are going since my last update. I always hate to post anything negative, so my instinct is just to keep my head down and keep working until I have happier updates for you guys, but I also know it is important to let you know how things are going, even though the going is tough - as it is the only window you have into how things are progressing. And I don't want anyone to worry that I have disappeared or given up. I am still here, nose to the grind stone, fighting to get each step of this project done.

Unfortunately, it seems like I found the pin company from hell that is determined to make this as painful as humanly as possible to finish this project. I thought we were getting close to breaking through the worst of it, and so I decided to go ahead and place a partial order for about half the designs - all the ones that we have gotten right so far. That way, we would at least have half of the pins and charms made, and it would hopefully be less daunting to me and the manufacturers to finish working on the ones that remained.

However, when I went to place the order, the manufacturer emailed me back to say that they will no longer honor the prices and will get back to me with new price raises. This will be the 4th time they have raised the prices on me, and I am stuck feeling like any time there is a glimmer of hope to move forward, they find a way to kick my feet out from under me again. So now I will have to spend a bunch of time arguing about prices with them again, after having done so multiple times already. And this will be on top of the tariffs - which I still don't know how much that will come out to be. So that is where we are again.

I thought we were about to break loose of this impasse and really start getting things done, and they immediately throw another monkey wrench in the works to stop me. I am back to debating which is the lesser of two evils - starting over completely with another company or continuing to let this company make this as humanly difficult as possible to finish.

I'm sorry to have another less than happy update for you guys - but also I want to be sure to be transparent so everyone knows what stage of the fight I am in currently. When these pins and charms are finally made it is going to be the most relieving victory ever!

So that is where we are. I don't want you guys to worry. I got this. I just have to keep fighting until we make it across the finish line. And of course, I want to say thank you so much for how patient and trusting you have all been through this. This has been the hardest project I've ever come up against and I truly couldn't have hung in there and kept fighting without all of you guy's support and understanding. And eventually, there will be beautiful shinnies in everyone's hands! 

Thank you again, and I hope the holidays are kind to all of you! Love you guys! 🖤