Hey astronomers!

Launch is less than 24 hours away and I thought I'd send out one last update to talk to you about something new for Pintopia 2026: Banners!

This year, ~200 Pintopia creators have split off into mini groups called "banners" that are grouped by theme. I, along with my co-admin and collab partner Wayward Enigma Designs, have had the great pleasure of creating and overseeing the Spaced Out Pintopia banner!


The Spaced Out banner is a collection of 14 Pintopia creators all joined by one theme: SPACE!! All 14 creators have made some amazing, beautiful, out-of-this-world space-themed projects!

The best part? Anyone who backs 3+ Spaced Out campaigns will get a free special effect sticker from each creator they backed!

This is the sticker for Celestial Incarnations:


As the lead admin for the Spaced Out banner, I'm so incredibly proud of all the creators in this banner. Please go check all of them out on our banner page here: Spaced Out Banner and start hunting for some freebies!!

That's it for my pre-campaign updates. I have SO MUCH MORE I want to talk to you guys about, but that will all just have to wait until tomorrow's launch. 

I can't wait, and I'll see you then!!

Cheers,
Rain

Hey astronomers!

We are only 2 days away from launch, and I couldn't be more ready to bring you guys this whole collection! Before that though, I had another item I wanted to tell you about. I'm so excited about this one!

In addition to our regular cross-collab, Wayward Enigma Designs and I have also collaborated (though to be honest, they did most of the work) to bring you a whole new item for Celestial Incarnations: a custom wooden pin display board!

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This display board was designed and hand-crafted by Wayward Enigma Designs. It is specially designed to fit all 11 pins from the Celestial Incarnations set, with a little room between for extras like fillers, smaller pins, etc. if desired.

The board measures about 15" wide x 11.3" tall. It is made out of MDF Board, sourced from another small business, industrial bonding material for stability, and thick 3mm felt for security in the center. The hardware is two metal picture hanging sawtooth pieces. It's painted with gold paint and sealed with a top coat.

Note: Because each board is lovingly hand-crafted by Wayward Enigma Designs, only 100 units will be available for purchase during the campaign.

The board will be included as part of a limited All-In tier, of which only 30 will be available. It will also be available as an add-on for $55.

I could not be happier with how this display turned out and I'm so pleased with Wayward's work on it! What do you think? Will you be planning to try and snag one of these displays for your collection? 🌟

Launch is in just a little over 48 hours. I'm ready!!!

Talk again soon!

Cheers,
Rain

Hey all!

I have an important announcement regarding early bird tiers for Celestial Incarnations, as they will be functioning differently than usual.

For Celestial Incarnations, Early Bird tiers will be limited by quantity instead of being fully available for the first 48 hours of the campaign.

This means that Early Bird tiers could (and likely will) sell out before the first 48 hours of the campaign have elapsed. 

To give backers in the EU/UK a fighting chance at early bird tiers since they're in a different time zone, there will be a very limited amount of EU/UK exclusive Early Bird tiers:

Early Bird tier backers will have special access to discounted pricing for add-ons, as usual.

I expect there's a good chance that all these early bird tiers could sell out within the first few hours of the campaign, so if you want the best chance at snagging an early bird spot, make sure you're present during launch, which is January 22nd at 12pm Central Time (convert to your time zone, if necessary)!

Once the early bird tiers are gone, they're gone - I will not be adding any more.

Tip: Backers frequently change or cancel pledges throughout the course of a campaign. If an early bird backer cancels their pledge, their spot in the early bird tier will become available for someone else to take. Feel free to keep an eye on the early bird tiers and snag a spot in one if you see one become available! ;)

Backers who pledge within the first 48 hours of the campaign will receive this mini sticker sheet featuring chibi versions of The Sun & The Moon!

The sticker sheet will be 4.25"x3". Both stickers on the sheet will be approximately 2.5" tall.

This sticker sheet will be included for ALL backers who pledge within the first 48 hours, regardless of whether or not they manage to nab one of the early bird tiers.

It will also be available as an add-on for everyone else for $10.

SO excited to launch on the 22nd - it's only a week away now! 😱

Thanks for reading! 

Cheers,
Rain

Hey all!

So excited to share with you the last 3 pins in the Celestial Incarnations set, which are the 3 jumbo pins: The Night Sky, Crescent Moon (I thought I was gonna rename this and decided not to), and Stellar Nebula.

Each of these will measure 4" on their longest side and will cost $50 each ($45 for early birds). 

The above artwork is how I want the pins to look, however, with the Crescent Moon and Stellar Nebula in particular, there are a few special effects on these pins that I've never done before on a pin, such as opal glitter, pearl swirl gradients, and pearl glitter gradients.

I am currently in the process of getting a sample made of the Stellar Nebula, which I feel will be the trickiest one since it has multiple spots with pearl swirl gradients and I want to make sure my manufacturer can pull these effects off.

If they can't, I may need to make some changes to the colors/designs/effects in case these effects end up looking bad. I don't want these pins to look bad, I want them to look epic as hell, so please understand that if I have to make changes to these designs, it's for the benefit of the appearance of the final pin.

Regardless, I do feel that these really are some of the coolest designs I've made to date and I'm SO excited for them.

What are your thoughts? Now that you've seen all the pins, which ones are your favorites?

I have a couple more announcements to make before launch, which is in less than 2 weeks. Crazy!! It's approaching very fast. I'm nervous, but mostly excited!!

Cheers,
Rain