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Salty Tinies - Oceanic Mini Pins

Created by MindytheTurtle

The fascinating but quite terrifying ocean life made small.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Update: Pins are here (being graded) but potential issue with the Jellyfish
1 day ago – Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 03:15:29 PM

Hello everyone!

First, thank you for your patience, grading all 4,000+ pins by myself has been a task @@... I am currently chugging along, but whilst quickly looking over all of the pins, I found one to be a bit of a concern...

So... The jellyfish.
The metal work is great.
The screenprinting is beautiful and inline
...The main pink colour is..... grey...



This was something that I noticed and asked for another picture from my manufacturer. When he sent me another picture, it looked like it was the right shade of pink. In different lighting, it looks fine, but whenever my room light is on, it looks grey...

For those of you who have ordered the jellyfish pin, would you rather
  1. Have my go back to my manufacturer to get this fixed but wait longer or
  2. Accept it as is and get your pins asap

I do apologise for this... I've been contemplating over this and looking at it in different lights...
Please vote in the attached poll. When I took a look over all the other pins, everything else looked fine.

Update: Pins have been shipped out to me!
28 days ago – Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 09:47:30 PM

Good evening everyone!

Hope you have all been doing well. Good news! The pins are on their way to me!! I don't know exactly when they'll arrive, but once they do, I'll start fulfilling all the completed and paid surveys. Hope you don't mind, but things work better in my mind as a list instead of paragraphs...

  • Pins are currently in transit to me
  • Once past US customs, addresses will be locked in 2-3 days & pre-orders will be closed
  • When they arrive, I will grade all of these pins.... (save me... there is over 4,000 of them)
  • If no substantial issues, fulfill will begin and be completed in 1-2 weeks.
  • 1 month after fulfillment, I will cancel and refund any pledges with uncompleted surveys or unpaid.

I'll definitely take pictures of them once they arrive!!
Thank you all for your patience.

MindytheTurtle

Update: Progress Pictures + Reminders to Complete Survey and Payment
about 2 months ago – Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 07:14:19 PM

Good evening everyone!

I do apologise for being so quiet for so long. This have been busy both with art and my personal life which has delayed me with any updates. Please don't worry, these pins are being made and will be shipped out as soon as I receive them!





Here are some of the pictures my manufacturer has sent me! I do ask them for updates weekly to make sure that they are progressing. Honestly, I love how the Man O' War turned out with the transparent enamel and the rainbow plating. It was definitely one of the designs I was concerned about, but boy do I love it.

---- Reminder ----
If you have not completed the survey or corrected your payment card, you will NOT receive your pins. It doesn't matter what tier you are, the pledges will not be sent out until things have been completed.

---- Next Project ----
Thank you all for your votes. I apologise, but I have decided to do more of the large ita bags with different themes.
Ideas on themes:
- Bee restock
- Coral reef
- Dragons
- Desi the Magic Cat
- Carl the Raincoat Frog
- Capybara
- And more depending on how the project progresses!!

The size of these bags will be the same as my prior OG beeta bags. Please feel free to leave comments!

Update: Pins are currently being manufacturered! + Charging Payments Cards
3 months ago – Sun, Jul 14, 2024 at 11:43:53 PM

Hello everyone!

Hope you are doing well, and I do apologise for the silence.

I just received from pictures from my manufacturer about the 34 designs. It took a bit, but they're currently being made!! The anticipated completion date should be approximately 30-45 days. I will be following up with my manufacturer on any process pictures. However, I do have some pictures!

Hopefully they can be completed soon, but oh boy will it be fun to grade all of these pins.... There is over 4,000 of them...

I will be charging the payment cards towards the end of this week, so please do not be surprised about the payments. If you haven't completed your survey, please do so!

Thank you everyone ;u;


Update: Locking Orders + Pins Ordered + Surveys
4 months ago – Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 01:45:46 AM

Hello everyone!

Just in case anyone missed it, the surveys have been sent out to everyone. If you haven't filled it out, please take the opportunity to do so. For add-ons, I've added the winking seal as a potential unlockable design. Currently, we're 5 orders off from unlocking it! If it doesn't unlock by the time I charge everyone's cards, I will be removing them from the individuals that ordered them. For those that have added on multiple pins after the backerkit and have reached at least 5 detotal pins, excluding any freebie pins, you will be getting a Kui pin. If it isn't listed, please don't worry, I will double check everyone's pledges prior to shipment.

Thank you for all of the support and unlocking 4/5 designs! We've reached a total of 33 different pin designs! This is my largest pin order, and honestly, I can't believe it... I'm going to have even more boxes in my room haha

Other updates! The pins have been ordered with my manufacturer, and I will be locking the orders in a couple of days. The notifications will be sent out soon after this update. Afterwords, when I pay the initial 50% payment for the pins, I will post another update that the cards will be charged in a couple of days for the cost of additional add-ons and shipping.

Thank you again for all of the support! I couldn't have done this without all of you! Also, if anyone has suggestions on future projects they would like to see or aquatic animals, please leave a comment!

MindytheTurtle