Greetings campaign followers, I have a quick update for you. If you are a backer, please read the backers-only section below for additional updates.
Survey and Preorder Store
The survey and preorder store are now closed to finalize item counts. Thanks to our survey addons and preorders, the following additional items were funded!
2022 Pride Angels Stickers
Deadwale pins
Ghibli pins
Lucifer Statue pin
Icarus Angel pins
Fallen Angel pins
Trigun pins
BG3 Chibi Companions pins
Astrological Putti pins
2024 Pride Angels Pins: Aegosexual, Aegosexual (Alternate), Neurodiversity
Sadly the items below did not get enough orders to be funded.
All patches, lanyards; and 2022 Pride Angels keychains and pins
If you ordered one of these it will be removed from your order and you will not be charged for it. It may take a few days to remove all the items that were not funded, so expect a charge for funded addons and shipping within 1-3 days.
What will happen to the items that were not funded?
Patches and lanyards: Interest was low in these items but I would like to add more to my shop one day. I will be considering which ideas were the most popular for these items and you may see them in some form in the future.
2022 Pride Angels pins and keychains: I'm not planning to put these designs up for preorder again. The pin manufacturer for these designs has a MOQ of 100 and it looks like interest is too low to meet that. If you liked any of the 2022 Pride Angels designs, you can still find some of them with my stockists.
2024 Pride Angels pins: You can recommend colors for future preorders in the discussion post. I will be prioritizing preorders for the designs that were not funded in this campaign, and if possible will put both the alternate colorway and Pride colorway up for preorder together. Below are some alternate colorway concepts based on your suggestions so far, a big thank you to everyone who commented on the post. Let me know if you have a favorite. If you want to try coloring an angel yourself, the linework is available on Tumblr.
Missed the campaign?
If you missed the campaign and preorder store but still wanted any of the campaign items, you will be able to purchase leftovers of my design from my shops once campaign fulfillment is complete; and guest artist items from their respective artists. The ETA for that is October 2024. Thanks for following the campaign!
Featured Artists
Finally, check out these featured angel artists if you missed them!
Art by unfoxmeart.
This is just an update to let you all know that shipping will begin today. I am currently waiting on three pin designs from the manufacturer. I will start shipping all orders that we're completed by the May 30th deadline, excluding orders that contain those missing pins. Those pins are currently enroute to me, so it shouldn't be long before I start shipping those orders as well.
Shipping Address
This is one last call for updating your shipping address for your Ink & Enamel order. If you need to update your shipping address, please email [email protected]. The email should include the name and email associated with your Ink and Enamel pledge, as well as the new shipping address. If you need to update your shipping address please email us ASAP.
I took liberty of doing some digging and checking socials after no further updates/survey. For anyone interested their etsy store was supposed to be closed until August 5th for a big move to a new home. As of writing it is August 12th and while the store is still closed, the message remains untouched. I hope everything is okay!
I have a tiny update, just so you know all is alive and well and still moseying along.
Still waiting on some surveys… so please fill them out if you haven’t already, because I am currently speaking with my manufacturer about the specifics of the pin orders. Stickers are already ready and waiting.
Also to those of you who have supported both myself and my partner campaign, here are production updates of one of the collab pins!
That’s all for now! I can’t wait to share more test pins with all of you! ♥️
We have some exciting updates to share with you as we move closer to fulfillment!
Four-Season Playmat Completed
The four-season playmat is officially done! We’ve received a couple of photos from the manufacturer, and it looks fantastic. One photo shows the playmat rolled up and packaged, ready for delivery, while the other shows it laid flat on a table over a keyboard. We’re thrilled with how it turned out, and we think you’ll love it too. The playmats will be delivered to the fulfillment center soon, and we’re eager to get them into your hands.
Table-Size Playmat Update
The table-size playmat is on track to be completed by the end of the month. We’re closely monitoring its progress and will provide more updates as soon as it’s done. This playmat is a significant piece, and we’re ensuring that every detail meets our high standards.
Fulfillment Begins Next Week
We’re excited to announce that we will begin fulfillment next week! For those who ordered the table-size playmat along with other items, please note that the table-size playmat will ship separately due to its size. We want to make sure everything arrives in perfect condition, so this approach will help us manage logistics more effectively.
Thank you for your patience and continued support. We’re almost there, and we can’t wait for you to receive your Cat Sudoku products!
I'm over the moon that I finally have progress shots of completed pins to share with all of you! I'm pretty happy with them so far, what are your thoughts?
We also have a shot of some of the mini pins in the middle of polishing!
Hope to share more soon! Thanks for your patience everyone!
Hello backers, the surveys close in four days! There are still about 200 backers who have not answered their surveys, if you are one of these backers please fill out your survey as soon as you can. Here's one last update on which items have been unlocked and which could use more orders.
Some reminders if you've been holding off on filling out your survey:
Any items that are not unlocked will be removed and you will not be charged for them. You cannot order these removed items if you fill out your survey late.
For some of the locked preorder designs, I may self-fund the most popular variants if they are not funded and I have enough budget for them. You can vote for your favorites with your preorders.
For all other items, I will not be self-funding them if there is insufficient interest, so this is your only chance to see them get made!
For the Pride Angels pins specifically, I've made a discussion postwhere you can share your ideas for alternate pin colors. You're welcome to share your ideas for the popular designs too but I'll be specifically looking for ideas for the less popular pin designs that aren't unlocked. You might see them as preorders in future campaigns.
If you fill out your survey after August 12, it will be late. If we don't have enough items to cover your late order, you may have to wait while we make more, select different items, or have to accept a B-grade items with some flaws.
Bigender Angel Pin Correction
There is a mistake in the graphic for the Bigender Angel pin, it is now corrected on the campaign page and in the survey/preorder store. The linework in the white and yellow portions of the pin will be metal. If this is a deal-breaker for you, be sure to choose a different pin before the surveys lock.
That's all for this update; if you have any questions, you can leave a comment.
We are so so close to unlocking our 4th cat pin! One week remaining to back our kitties. As a reminder, you'll be able to select more pins on your survey and those won't be charged until closer to october.
Thank you for everyone who stopped by at Wicked ComicCon this weekend we can't wait to see you all at the next one. Bizbaz@home is this coming Sunday and then 9/15 we'll be in San Diego for BizBaz@Alesmith!
Hi everyone hope you’ve all been well! I don’t like putting out updates that don’t contain much but I hope this is reassuring to those of you who are wondering where everything is at because i myself finally have information to share! my medication hasn’t really helped me to be able to work on too many new things yet which initially it was fine and working but ended up draining me a lot this is why i haven’t charged cards or closed orders. I still believe I’ll be able to add more designs to the store and survey very soon! I appreciate everyone’s patience immensely!
So my manufacturer has been keeping me informed about the current situation there a couple floods have meant the process has been a lot slower than usual but they’re currently working on screen printing the samples! Here’s some additional photos, note not screenprinted and definitely over sanded and some other flaws which will be fixed in production!
Super excited to have them in person!
Another update on something which I’m unsure of what I should do, I have these two plush in production currently waiting on samples for them too. They’ll be 27cm including the ears and tail so will fit most cotton doll clothes which i think will be adorable!
But I’m wondering if i should add them to the store as a preorder or run a small campaign with them of course I want the physical samples shown and confirmed before all this but I do have a retail store already lined up for a few!
My apologies if I’m ever too quiet about updates or what’s going on I get anxious that I’m doing too many and not enough at the same time and know everyone leads busy lives! Please know VioletCascade as a business is for making cute stuff not profit and I’ll always make sure everyone gets their order please never worry about that even if things take longer than planned!
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