Hey astronomers!

It's been a bit over 30 hours since launch and...wow. I don't know what to say other than thank you?? It genuinely did not occur to me that I would reach my $30k stretch goal in the first day of the campaign, so I did not have any plans at all for if that happened. It's a good "problem" to have though, I guess!

So I've been spending today casually pondering what I could do to keep you all entertained for these next 3 weeks.

I hesitate to add too many more items to the campaign, as it makes it really complicated with the pledge level pricing, add-ons, etc. So as much as I would like to add more pretty space man pins, I want to try and keep this campaign's scope contained mostly to what it is currently.

That being said, I did have one very fun, but very silly idea for you guys.

I sorta made the Sun & Moon characters the so-called "mascots" of the campaign, with them being the first unlock, the subject of the foil print, and the chibi sticker sheet. So I thought...what if we went further with them?

So here's what I'm thinking. Every time we reach a new goal, I'll draw the Sun & Moon getting slightly more intimate with each other.

If all 4 goals are reached, I will turn the 4 images into a little photobooth style photo strip that will be available as a physical add-on :D

This is meant to be fun and un-serious for me, but I hope you guys find it fun as well! Let's see how far we can get these next 3 weeks. Thank you all for your support thus far! 🌟

Before I let you go, I wanted to give another shout out to the 2 creators in the Spaced Out banner who could still use your help to get the last bit of funding they need! Please check them out and let's get these two funded:




Also, my good friend Foxpirate isn't in my banner, but I still wanted to boost his campaign anyways as it could use a little more attention! He drew some amazingly cute postal cats that are perfect for cat lovers! <3 Please go show him some support!



Until the next update!

Cheers,
Rain

Hey astronomers!

Holy comets! Consider my flabbers properly ghasted! Today was INSANELY record breaking for me thanks to you guys!

I reached my first funding goal in 4 minutes, and less than 4 hours later the campaign has already blown past 20k which is...honestly insane?? And I did not plan for it?? But heck, I'll take it!

Y'all really showed up for this launch, and I'm super grateful for your support!

With launch going as insanely well as it did, I have made the decision that I can now reveal the project's $30k super stretch goal! Drum roll...

At $30k funding, we will unlock an alternate white/blue/gold colorway for all the pins!

 

As you might have noticed right away, one of these is not like the other - The Moon's default colorway in the original set was actually already the white/blue/gold that matches the rest pictured above, but since I felt that it matched the main set better than the red version, I had that be the first version to unlock. 

The alternate colorway of The Moon is inspired by the "Blood Moon" when the moon appears red during a lunar eclipse. I thought it looked really cool and I hope you guys do too! 

To account for this stretch goal basically doubling the size of the campaign, I've also released 2 new bundle tiers:

I genuinely thought I had at least a week before I would announce this stretch goal but y'all managed to prove me very, very wrong!

I didn't plan for doing any more stretch goals beyond 30k as I genuinely did not think we'd get that far so quickly, but since we're here now, I have a couple other potential fun (but very silly, very un-serious) "stretch goals" in mind so stay tuned!

Meanwhile, please don't forget to check out (and preferably, pledge to) my cross-collab partner's campaign, Celestial Beasts!


We're both fully funded, so anyone who backs us both at physical tiers will get 2 free pins, one from each of us! 🌟

On that note, a few of my colleagues in the Spaced Out banner still need some help funding as well. Please check these wonderful folks out and give them some love! Remember, if you back 3+ Spaced Out campaigns, you get a freebie sticker from every creator you backed! 🌟

Until the next update!

Cheers,
Rain

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