Sorry, I'm just realizing now I didn't actually show what the finished ones look like in-hand... 🤨 I thought I had, but I checked update history and don't see it, my bad.



They came out great, which was sorely needed after so, so many pins needing remakes over the last several years.

I did actually receive a comment of interest for the 3 new snake designs I impulsively purchased, so I've reopened the preorder store for 2 weeks only. There's the listings of 11 possible choices (the ones pictured above), possible gacha, and a new listing of choice or of a set of those 3 in particular (discounted at $30). It would have been too complicated to edit the 11-listing one to just add the 3.

Unfortunately, since this is linked to a ready to ship campaign, the preorders for this campaign also auto-charge immediately. If you have an existing preorder purchase or a pending order with one of the monster girl rewards and want it merged, please email me and I will immediately refund you the shipping cost!

Also, I had originally forgot to hyperlink the teaser page for the jewelry campaign we (Chocolat Chaud and I) are attempting to launch next month...it doesn't yet have a placeholder banner but will soon. Thank you for bearing with my brain fog! 

Sorry for the delay. My hand pain was only diminished for a few weeks - it's back to being pretty terrible, along with increased migraine and ice pick headache frequency. Been really depressed about it to be frank. 

I paid for the Cupcake remakes about 3 weeks ago, along with small quantities of these: 

It was a poor decision on my part I think, but I was hit with intense FOMO about it since I don't see a reason to revisit the mold later, even though it means a lot to me...idk.

Thank you all for supporting me. Those still waiting on monster girls, thank you for your patience. 🙇‍♀️

My next project will be a gothic jewelry collection collab with a dear friend. My primary piece will be a guillotine-shaped necklace. I'm still working on finalizing the diagram so that my manufacturer can 3D model it properly for me. 

This will be a little featured pin (20mm wide):

My friend's designs are amazing!!! 

Will be getting many more packages shipped out first before launch, I HATE having so many loose ends before starting new projects.  My shop opening-for-closing-sale date is still TBD because of this too.

As always, please contact me ([email protected]) if you have questions or need help with anything! Thank you

Hello! I actually have 6 left to go out still, weather has been a significantly-contributing factor to this as the extreme cold is bad for my health as well as making PO trips difficult.

They should be out within the next week and hopefully the ice has melted again by then too!!
 

The snake pins are also on the way but the Cupcake one wasn't made right and I wasn't informed until after they were already packed and headed to the courier.

Given the emotional significance of the design to me that really stressed me out a lot, and I've decided to pay to have them remake that specific colorway.


You might be scratching your head wondering what the issue is, because I know as the creator (and due to the subject matter) I'm way more particular than others would be, but the green is NOT the pantone I chose. For some reason - with printed greens specifically - this has happened to me multiple times over the past 4.5 years with different factories, where they used a random pre-mixed much darker green instead of the various pastel colors I picked.



There are more examples but I digress.

When I raised the issue of the snake's bad green, the rep told me I should have picked a color code from the "pastels & neons" book....I did. From the very front page. 0921 C, which has always come out just fine for me as an enamel color. I wasn't very happy with that response,  but it's why I'm paying for the remakes as the mistake was not acknowledged or forewarned.

Because this is a repeated issue and specifically surrounding green it has honestly really upset and confused me. So, since time is running out before CNY, it won't be remade until March... but I need this collection at Katsucon so I can pay bills, so I'm going to include the ones with too-dark-green sprinkles on the gacha graphics and in the machine at the con. Preorder customers for this colorway will receive the remakes with all-pastel sprinkles in the Spring. I'm sorry for the hurdle but it's too big of a difference for me to be comfortable with it. I can refill preorders for the other snakes as soon as they arrive, I'll sort as I pack instead of all upfront.

Here are the images I was sent of the other finished screenprinted snakes (did not receive an image of final Toffee Coffee): 

And as a refresher, here were the UV printed ones: 

The Sugar Skull one had both UV and screenprint and I haven't been sent a final image of that. Only the image above that doesn't have the final glow pupil.

Thanks again for your patience.

29 packages were dropped off at the PO! 28 orders are now fulfilled, one had both a priority mail box and also a separate package.

More will go out next week, probably Tuesday, and then everything should be out except for the preorders and those who requested combined shipping!!

Thanks to everyone who preordered the snakes so far, this has become the most successful pin preorder (not a live campaign) that I've ever had in all these years...I'm especially grateful because of how much the subject matter means to me.

I'll check in on tracking occasionally to make sure everything reaches you safely, but please let me know at any point if you have any questions! I'll close the preorder store a week after the snakes arrive (unsure of when that will be, I'm giving it a week so everyone has advance notice).

My next thing will be Katsucon, and then finally after that my online shop will be open again for the final time with hopefully a more manageable stock for me, as right now it feels like an insurmountable task to get everything catalogued individually. 

I hope you have a great 2026!

The stickers finally arrived, so over the next week to 10 days I should be able to get out all packages except for ones waiting on...

• monster girls
• snakes

...because of combined shipping. Those will go out when those arrive.

This may be slightly complicated by Jan 1st also being a holiday in which POs are closed, and by my hand pain still being quite variable.

Here is also a quick update on snakes (these are the 6 with UV printing, the samples for the ones with screen printing aren't done yet):

 Their preorder store is still open here.

Thanks for your patience and Happy Holidays!