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

I hope everyone is doing well! I thought I would check in with a quick little update of how things are progressing behind the scenes here. I've been working hard to get everything setup properly for this campaign (and the sister puzzle campaign I ran simultaneously). I've been focusing on finishing all the designs we unlocked so fast the last two days of the campaign - and I am happy to say I have finished two of the last three trios!



I'm so happy with how these two sets turned out and hope you guys love them! It is so fun finding the mood and shape language that makes each set feel cohesive together. 

This only leaves one trio to go - the blue heron, indigo, and dragon! I've decided I am going to go ahead and design all three, even though the dragon didn't quite get unlocked - as it feels so strange to be missing just the last one design out of the whole set of 24. 

It's crazy to think we got that far and I really had thought we would only unlock 4 or 5 painting trios lol but since we got so close to that finish line, I wanted to see it all the way across :) 

The extra design will be available as an option once I get the pre-order store setup and in the surveys. For now, though, I am focusing on finishing the designs themselves and working with the manufacturers to get everything just right. 

Anyways, I just wanted to touch base with you guys and let you know that progress is being made and share some of the new designs as I finish them! I am finding the trios are taking me about a week and a half - to two weeks to do all three designs, so I will probably have another update with the last three designs in about two weeks! Love you guys, and as always, thank you so much for all the support in bringing this project to life! <3 

Oh my goodness ❤️ thank you so much everyone!! ❤️ I can't believe how far we flew in just a short time! I'm so grateful for all the support and pledges - and everyone pushing at the last minute to get the heron unlocked! ❤️ You guys are all amazing!!

I wanted to post a quick update to let you guys know what to expect from here 

Finishing Designs: I'm going to be working on finishing all these designs for a little while lol 😅 They usually take me about 8-10 hours each - so about 2 days per design if I get a chance to put a good amount of my work time towards them. I'll be posting updates as I finish them so you guys can see how they turn out - and then of course when the pledge manager goes out, it will have all the finished designs for you to see and choose from.

Pledge Manager:  I like to wait to send my pledge manager out when I have all the pins and bookcharms in hand - so there is less time for anything to go wrong or addresses to change. So my pledge manager will probably come later than a lot of the other pintopia ones. 

Once I finish all these designs, I'll be working with the manufacturers to get samples (possibly several rounds of samples) as I want to make sure everything is as perfect as possible. I've never done UV printing with pins so hopefully it will go smoothly - but I will take the time to make sure it comes out great either way. Then we wait for them to make the order - which with as large as an order as this turned out to be - could take several months. So I wanted to let you guys know it will probably be a few months before I send out the pledge manager but not to worry. 

I really prefer to focus on making everything perfect even if it takes a little longer rather than rush to get these to you guys a few weeks faster. And I hope when you get your shiny treasures it will be worth it when everything turns out as nice as I can make it ✨

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I think that covers it for now 😅 Thank you so much everyone!! 🥰❤️ I'm so amazed by how far we came and all the designs unlocked. And I couldn't have done any of this without you guys. I can't wait to send you all shiny treasures!! 

My brain is a bit of a puddle now lol so I'm going to go melt for a few minutes 😅 love you guys and thank you so much!! 

Just a few hours left and - oh my goodness - I woke up this morning to see we have flown through almost the entire Barn Owl & Pear Blossom set!! 😄 I can't believe it lol I was hoping we might unlock a few but now we are just a breath away from unlocking the Owl Dragon bookcharms and completing the whole set.



And so, since we still have 5 hours left and we have gone through so many stretch goals so fast, I am putting up the last painting I have in the series 💙 Little Blue Heron & Indigo!!

I honestly have no idea how far we can get with these last few goals - but I figure lets add it and see 😅 I'm still so shocked and amazed at how far we've come and so happy to be able to create all these new designs for you guys!

And, you may have noticed that the stretch goals have become words instead of pictures 😅 lol we have torn through far more designs than I could ever possibly draw that fast lol. I truly had no idea this series would do so well or come this far.

But no worries - I will take my time to craft these last designs properly and post updates in the coming days and weeks with new design reveals - and same for the final design, polished design for each that has been revealed once I have time to slow down a little and make sure each one is just right. A lot of these, I drew as fast as I could in a day - so while they are a good representation of what they will be like - I would like to go over each one properly and make it as nice as possible.

And of course - all the designs will be completely finished for you to look through before I send out the pledge manager for you to choose your favorites from.

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And as a quick recap for those just catching up now - we've unlocked 21 different designs spanning 7 different sets!!



So many I couldn't even keep up with making the designs fast enough - so there are several more designs than this unlocked but not ready to share yet 😅

And we have unlocked the deluxe display cards for each pin set that will be a 5x7 gold foil card to display all 3 matching pins!

Aaand we unlocked the Metal Variants - so now each set will come in two different metal colors. All sets will come in gold metal + another metal color (like silver or black) for you to choose your favorite from!


There are just 4 hours left now - so lets see how far we can get into these last few stretch goals! 💙 

What's your favorite so far? I'd love to hear which ones are your favorites! 

Oh my goodness - we hit 20k!! I wasn't sure we would get so far and then all of a sudden here we are lol and still going with over half a day left!

We've unlocked the bonus stretch goal of metal variants on each set! This means all the sets will now come in two different colors for the metals for you to choose from.

Every set will be available in gold metal + another metal color. For example, the Crested Crane & Protea will be available in gold or silver metal - and the quetzals will likely be available in gold or black metal. :) I will pick a metal for each set that I think best complements the colors of the set.



And - we've unlocked both the pin & bookcharm for the Barn Owl & Pear Blossom set! We are already chipping away at the barn owl as well - which I know a lot of people are hoping for - and I think we have a good shot at getting it unlocked before the end! :) fingers crossed!

And I also added new pledge levels for those who want all 6 unlocked sets - one for pins, one for bookcharms, and one for both. So if you want to get the whole series - there are some special tiers just for that! 

Goodness - we've come so far today!! Thank you again everyone <3 I am so overwhelmed and excited by how much love everyone has shown this project. And I can't wait to send you all beautiful shinys ✨

Aaaah I am so happy to say - we have unlocked the entire set for the Cattails & Crested Grebe set!! I am hard at work on a sketch for the dragon to give you guys a preview of what it will look like - but you guys are definitely running ahead faster than I can draw lol - which is wonderful <3 I will catch up lol


And we are already about halfway to unlocking the first design in the new set - the pear blossom! I am really excited to see how far we can get with this new set!

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Aaand - I may be a crazy lady - but I decided to add a bonus stretch goal at 20k!

If we hit 20k (which I really think we have a great shot at) I am going to add a second metal color option for each set!



With this series, it was so hard to make up my mind about what color metal I wanted them to have. I love the look of gold with all of these - and in general on pins. It's just so classy and classic! But with each set, I've also thought there was another color that could look pretty - like silver on the crested crane set - or metallic black on the quetzal set. 

So I decided, why choose?! lol If we hit 20k - each set will come in two color options for the metal. All the sets will come in gold and one other metal color that I think complements the colors of the set :)