New Year, New Designs!
Hi Everyone!
We're happy to see you on this side of 2022! We made it through another year and that's something to be glad about! Of course, none of us truly knows what 2022 has in store for us, but we hope it will be another year of manifesting goals, taking care of ourselves and our community, and improving our health!
I meant to post the final vector artwork on Sunday, but uhhhhh the weekend sort of went by too fast and yesterday and today I spent the days taking care of packing orders, prepping files for production, and organizing email lists. That task alone takes me a few hours since unlike Patreon, I can't just make a post and have it mass emailed to everyone. >_< I have to make sure my mailing lists are up-to-date as new members join, and old members quit. So, now that that's taken care of, let's talk designs!
JANUARY DESIGNS

You already got to see January's Mugen design, but I'm sharing it again so those of you who also wanted to add-on a second pin or pin set to be able to wear it. As a current member, you'll receive one of the pins, your choice of color and which side you'd like to receive (left or right).
We plan to sell them for $25 for a set or $13/ea in the main shop once these are in hand, but Mugen members can add the second pin for $5 or a second set for $20

For Pretty Winkers, here is the updated vector artwork for January's designs:
As a fun effect for Jupiter, the thunder dragon will also feature glow-in-the-dark enamel! :p
And Jun Jun, the final sister of the Quartet is complete and soon we will begin the next set of baddies, which are my favorite villains from my favorite arc--can y'all guess whose next? :p
For those of you in the single pin tier who wanted to add-on a second design just for this month, reminder you can also do that here.
OTHER PROJECTS
Besides these beauties, we wanted to share our semi-final artwork for the tea tin we showed sketches of a couple months ago. At the time, we mentioned how we were contacted by Perennial Tea Room in Pike Place Market to make artwork for their Match Tea Tins, and we are just absolutely in love with how the designs look. Of course, we are waiting for feedback from them after they are back from their vacation, so I'm sure there will be some changes, since we haven't finalized a font or added the necessary writing, address, etc on the design. But here's the artwork for those of you interested so far. The first image is the wrap-around label, the second is the label that goes on top of the lid, and the third is a washi tape they use to seal the tin. I'm especially in love with the washi! All the sections that are gold-looking, we are hoping they will pay to make with gold-foil printing. We'll keep you update with the changes in artwork and final product! :)


PRODUCTION UPDATES
So, not much news or photo updates from our manufacturer since they went on holiday for about 5 days. I wasn't aware that in China they take a holiday for the normal new year, I thought they only celebrated the Lunar New Year. That said, it sounds like our manu is planning to have as much finished and sent out before their long LNY holiday, so I'm really hoping that means we will be getting Helios despite not seeing updates on that in forever, as well as designs from Sept-December. Though I won't lie, the idea of getting a bunch of boxes of pins and having to grade all those at once sounds daunting! >_< But I'll work hard in advance to get myself ready for when all that comes in! :p
Anyway, that's about all I have to share for today. I am planning to finally roll out that pin club checklist for you all. I'll be making it very cute so you can all print it out and keep it handy! So expect an update on that soon. As always, feel free to write us at shishidocreative@gmail.com if you have any questions!
Mandy + Taka
Omg the flowers are so beautiful! I’m totally getting them all! 🌸🌸🌸🌸