Bunnies & Branchs

I'm so sorry.

I totally forgot I said I was going to preview the stickers first. 

Behind the scenes we had an issue with the manufacturer that meant we had to reorder a whole batch of the pins, so I went ahead with locking the orders and the card charges, ready to pay the remaining balance on the new order. In the middle of sorting that out I completely forgot that I hadn't done the sticker update yet. 

Unfortunately, I can't unlock orders. But I can alter everything manually on my end. So if you want to switch anything out, you can email support and I'll do it for you. The pre order store is also still open; if you wanted to add anything then you can order it and I'll refund you the shipping so you don't pay twice. Please don't hesitate to contact me... I will fix it for you. 

This was my first really big project but I've worked really hard to make sure things like this didn't happen. I'm sorry. 

Some of the test stickers and the first batch of pins did arrive yesterday; I'll make a post sometime this week with some pictures. The stickers aren't what I wanted so we're probably just going to go with holo/foiling options from Stickerapp, with one really awesome exception; we did a hot stamp foil version of Cyerce Nigricans. 

The production for this campaign has been... Messy. For some reason we've been getting back a lot of errors, and a lot of things were promised that couldn't actually be delivered. I refuse to send out anything that doesn't meet my standards, but its meant a few things had to be re ordered elsewhere, and a few things didn't pan out. The dual plating did not work out. The stained glass looks great but we had a whole batch that was electroplated the wrong colour. A lot of colours came back that don't look like the previews we were given. Everything is slowly being resolved, its just a lot of confusion on my end of things.

Stay tuned. I'll try and get the sticker update out before the end of this week. 

Cards are going to be charged in a moment.

We decided to put in the remaining costs to unlock the orange Cyerce Elegans ourselves. I was on the fence but we got a better price for getting an extra colour done so we're going to go ahead. It won't be removed from carts and it is going into production.



One notebook add on was not funded, we removed it from everyone's carts. Another one I realised I actually already ordered, so I removed the funding goal. 

Orders have been locked, but if you have any issues you can always get in touch. We'll always do our best to fix them for you :). 

The first pins are due to arrive with us tomorrow, so keep an eye out for some previews ~

Just a quick one.

In a couple of days I'm going to be locking in orders for the pre order and add one stores. Pins are starting to come in, and I need the money to order the stickers and what not. We're looking to begin shipping at the end of May/early June, but there's still the potential for delays yet (we seem to be having a very difficult manufacturing run this time, probably because the designs are complicated). 

A couple of things didn't unlock. You won't be charged for those, but if you want to switch to different alternatives now's the best time. 

I'll be back with more previews soon :)

Just a quick peek from the factory. We have a lot of complicated designs so production is taking a long time. I had to get a few things remade due to some misunderstandings, but here's what I've got so far! Bear in mind many of them are not completed, but I always think its fun to see the WIP.


Before the screen printing stage. The one on the right is the corrected colours. We didn't sell enough to order the orange, but I kind of regret not just self funding it anyway!

The rainbow sea bunny. The epoxy coating gives a lovely finish over the soft enamel, making it smooth and more durable. Each one will be unique, because of the anodized finish on the metal. Some more green, some more pink/purple. This little guy turned out to be our most popular add on.

The gold freebie sea bunny. This one is hard enamel, and I think he looks great too. The white and gold is simplistic but I think it works.


Nigricans alternate pin. There are three shades of 'black', although the light doesn't show them off. The rest is all gold metal finish.


Cyerce Nigricans seconds pin. This one is lovely, but there was some confusion as to what I ordered - it was supposed to be dual plated, which is apparently only possible with soft enamel. They are remaking it in soft enamel with a layer of epoxy, but until I see which one looks better I won't know which one we're sending out by default. It looks very nice though.


Sneaky WIP peak, before the gradient pearl is added.


Anyone who bought one of these in the add on store, here's a look at the enamel part before the quicksand section is added. We went for a 3d effect on the rocks and I think it looks spot on. Just waiting for the screen print and the sections with glitter.


And finally, not a pin. This is the fancy Cyerce Nigricans sticker - its hot stamped with gold foil. It ended up being 3" long to allow for the foiling pattern. The stickers are nice and thick too. 

I think that's all for now! I'll update when I get some more ~

So, all of the pins are submitted and approved for production. That means the designs are finalised and I can show you the updates.




We'll start with Nigricans. I wasn't sure if they could pull the fine detail dual plating off, but they've assured me they can. So the bottom version is the default option. Its hard to see because my order sheet was teeny tiny for some reason, but the spots and the head have gold metal, and the outer part of the 'leaves' have silver.

The alternate version has just gold, and then three-four shades of 'black' for depth. The orange parts are also filled with gold. Just gold and black :D.



Frosted. Now, my idiot ass did the same thing for all the stained glass pins and totally forgot to leave a place to put the posts. So they all had to be tweaked slightly. In Frosted's case, we filled in a bottom section. The manufacturer also suggested we thicken a few lines to make it a bit less fragile, and a couple of sections had to be shifted around. Overall I think it works though. The metal itself will be silver, not black! But here you can see clearly where the metal parts will be.



Phyllo. The manufacturer preview was not very flattering, haha. We've opted for a non swirled pearl effect to achieve the gradient. I'm not a huge fan of glittery effects, but this one is pretty subtle without the swirling. Just be warned this boi is going to be BRIGHT. The red veining is going to be screen printed over the top.



Last up is Elegans. My second most expensive pin to date! As you can see I had to tweak the design here too. The silver metal should be subtle enough with the stained glass that the overall effect is fine. You can see the two layers of screenprinting too. Can't wait for this one. 

Other than that, we followed the manufacturer's recommendations for the plating colours. That is as follows;

'Crescent' Seabunnies (all alts) - Gold
Freebie Seabunny - Gold
Creator Seabunny - Anodised Rainbow
Collab Kitty - Gold
Leaf Sheep - Default Rose Gold (see below)
Flabellina - Silver
Cyerce Nigricans (default) - Dual plated silver/gold
Cyerce Nigricans (alternate) - Gold
Frosted - Silver
Torch - Brass
Blue Sea Dragon - Silver
Phyllodesmium Poindimiei - Gold
Cyerce Elegans - Silver

Now the leaf sheep, I was struck with indecision. It was designed to be silver, but I don't think the silver will show well with the green. I wanted copper, but the manfacturer said that tarnishes easily and suggested rose gold. I know some people aren't fond of rose gold so... I got both. And also normal gold for good measure. Now the rose gold looks best on the preview so that's the default; but if you passionately dislike rose gold then feel free to leave a comment in your 'notes' section on the survey for which you'd like (silver or gold) and I will send you one of the other two. 

Lastly for now; I ordered a limited number of magnets - they are literally the same mould/colours just with magnet backs instead of posts. I wanted them for an event, but if anyone really wants one, again just throw a note on your survey (you can switch 1-1 for a pin). They are not flat backed, there will be a bump over the magnets due to how they are made. I'm not sure they're strong magnets because its the first time I've tried them, so bear that in mind. 

Only the following desgins have magnets;
Leaf Sheep (rose gold only)
Blue Dragon
Creator Sea Bunny
Pink Sea Bunny

Otherwise that's it for now. Hopefully we'll get some preview photos from the manufacturers soon and you'll get a real idea of what the effects look like. 

The last thing for me to sort is stickers. I have a massive order of samples on the way, including a few different special effects. I knew I wanted gold foiling for the Nigricans alternate sticker but whew, we had to go up to 3inches to get the detailing. I'll put up pictures as soon as they get here, and then perhaps we'll do a poll for favourite effects. The supplier I'm hoping to use does everything from holo, to foiling, to transparent; washi paper, tracing paper and all sorts. The default is going to be plain matte vinyl with transparent borders. 

I think that's all for now. Please feel free to leave any questions below. 

Have a great weekend!