August Roundup! September pin preview + updates!

Hello everyone! I hope you all are doing well. ^.^

As a reminder, August pins are currently still in production and we will be bundling August and September pins together. If you need to drop your pledge for September, no worries! You'll still be shipped out August's pins when they arrive. 

Digital reward links with new coupon codes will be sent out later tonight! There will not be a major shop update until October, but I hope to introduce some new print on demand items to the shop soon. Things like Shirts, totes, masks, blankets, and a variety of things. ^.^

Eonar mini print for this month!

(I tried to include Ysera's constellation in there as well..!)

Here's a little look at my production files and sketches for the pin. :)

As for the pins..

The current state of August's Eonar pins! I've been told as of a few days ago that they are all prepped for screenprinting. This step usually doesn't take as much time, so I expect to see them fully finished next week. :) I'm very excited to see her all finished! 

Jellycat pin molds have been made as well! It will probably be a bit before I see any photos though, I'll be sure to share with you all when I have them.

I've also been told that the remakes for the Spirit Healer are just about finished.  My manufacturer is experiencing a lot of delays right now due to the upcoming holiday season, so much so that they've put a freeze on any new pin orders. This is pretty unheard of in my years of making pins, so they must be very behind. ^^;

I promise to keep you all updated as soon as I hear anything though! As I've mentioned before, you all are my top priority. ❤

This month, we almost hit a Patreon goal milestone! Technically we did hit it.. but the nature of Patreon means people come and go so it dropped a few days later. Ah well ^^; We will hit it at some point again soon! We're so close!!

One of the main things with the milestone I wanted to do was produce pin banners for everyone - A few months ago I invested in a sublimation printer. It allows me to print out designs with an inkjet printer, and then use a heatpress to transfer the design on fabric. 

A couple test designs in embroidery hoops!

Eventually I'd like to be able to print banners and hoops on demand and sell them on the shop and Etsy. ^.^

and in the spirit of being extra crafty, I made a few new stamps for shop orders too!

I'm tempted to get some cute self inking stamps made for the shop, and expand on stationary items. :) What kind of designs would you all like to see if I do?

September pin preview

The Mogushan!

This particular Mogu is from a Hearthstone card called Magu Cultist from the Saviors of Uldum set! Truth be told I initially wanted to do the Twin Consorts, and while that would have been a really cool pin.. it quickly became clear that it would also be a very expensive pin to produce! I am limited a little by the budget I have, so they'll have to wait.

One of the things I want to do next year for Blizzcon (and had planned to do this year) was an alternate set of Monster girls, so I'll keep the Consorts for that. :> I'll share some sketches and things with you all later on in September!

That's all for now! I'll have some more updates for you in the coming weeks. For now, I hope you all stay safe and have a lovely week!