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Pinned & Preserved: Insect Enamel Pins

Created by JBlake Design

A beautiful line of scientific enamel pins inspired by insect pinning: a technique used to preserve and display insects for scientific study or collection. Capture scientifically styled Cicadas, Beetles, and Mantis pins ready for your display case~

Latest Updates from Our Project:

๐Ÿชฒ Insect Pins almost finished!! Shipping soon~ ๐Ÿ’Œ
about 1 month ago โ€“ Thu, May 07, 2026 at 03:51:17 PM


Hey everyone!

Iโ€™ll be copy + pasting the top part of this update across multiple projects and feature specific campaign news below the top update~ Sorry if you see this pop up more than once if you backed multiple projects ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ

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๐Ÿ“ข Main update across platforms:

Production overview~
๐Ÿบ Myths of the Underworld: Over 50% done packing orders, shipping out soon!
๐Ÿชฒ Pinned & Preserved: Final stages of production, should be shipping to me in the next week or two~
โ˜ ๏ธ Muerte & Magic: In the middle of production
๐ŸŒฟ Rebirth & Ruin: Already submitted art + final counts to start production!ย 

Summary: everything is in either in production already or wrapping up for shipping, all we have to do is wait for everything to arrive now!! ๐Ÿ’Œ๐ŸŽ‰ย 

My collab partner Allison and I placed both of our orders together, so itโ€™s a fairly large order that is taking a bit of time to complete. Rest assured, everything has been coming together in the background ^_^


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๐Ÿ“ฃ Pinned & Preserved additional update:

With production almost finished, we are just waiting for everything to arrive now! I just wanted to share pics of these beautiful 3" iron-on patches that came in the mail a few weeks ago :)



Here's the Fire Ant + Bottle Fly freebie stickers! I'm so excited to get everything out to their forever homes ๐Ÿ’š




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๐Ÿ‘พ๐Ÿš€ Gaming Ita Bags launch in the Bag Bazaar ita bag event next week! ๐ŸŽ‰

Last year I signed up to participate in the Bag Baazar ita bag event this month, and it is launching next Tuesday, May 12th @3pm EST! You may have already seen these gaming ita bags in previous campaign add-on shops, if you want one this is your last chance to reserve a gaming ita bag!!



โค๏ธ Fits all your accessories ๐Ÿ’™

๐Ÿฉต Multiple colors to unlock ๐Ÿ’š


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๐ŸŽ Ita Bag + Enamel Pin Tiers to earn (2) free pins! ๐Ÿ’

If you want to support the campaign and grab some pins you may have missed from my collection, you can earn the (2) Surfing Turtle pin variants below! ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿข


๐Ÿ“ฃ Early Bird pin (regular variant) + Group Collab pin (shiny variant):



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๐Ÿ“ฃ All returning backers will also get a matching sticker~


๐Ÿ‘œ๐Ÿš€ Bag Bazaar launches in just 5 days~

Check out the Teaser Page here and sign up for notifications so you don't miss out!!


See you all in the next update!!

๐Ÿ’–Jess~

๐Ÿชฒ Survey Bugs Fixed! ๐Ÿ + Combined Shipping Info~
5 months ago โ€“ Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 03:59:58 PM


๐Ÿชฒ๐Ÿ“ Survey bugs squashed! (pun intended lol)

The survey I sent last week had a few bugs/errors that showed up after it sent out. I had to wait until after the weekend to hear back from BackerKit support, but we fixed the problem together this week and everything should be running smoothly now! ๐ŸŽ‰

If you notice anything still acting weird, please let me know and Iโ€™ll fix it ASAP.


๐Ÿ“ฆ Combined (Pin Quest) Shipping info~


This shipping section only applies to those who who backed both Pin Quest: Myths of the Underworld + Pinned & Preserved campaigns:

โžก๏ธ International backers:
After doing some research about combining two separate international orders into one package, I found that this isnโ€™t the best option for shipping. Combining the value on customs forms can cause some major delays, extra fees, or cause packages to get held up.

Worse case scenario, Customs can even destroy a package for incorrect documentation. Even if I gave a detailed list of both orders, combining separate orders creates a single higher-value shipment that causes a bunch of issues. So because of this, I can't offer combined shipping for international orders outside the United States. I know this is disappointing, but I donโ€™t want to risk any of your packages getting stuck at Customs or even worse, destroyed ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ

โžก๏ธ U.S. backers:
Basically everyone answered that they wanted the combined shipping, so the survey should now reflect the added shipping credit~ย 


in other news...

๐ŸŒธ Orchid Mantis + Madagascan Sunset Moth almost unlocked!! ๐Ÿฆ‹๐ŸŒˆ



We are so close!! Just 11 more orders until we fully unlock both of these beauties ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’– Feel free to browse the Add-on Shop one more time to help unlock these babies ๐ŸŒธ

๐Ÿ“ฃ Last announcement! ๐Ÿ“ฃ

๐Ÿ’€Coming Soon: Rebirth & Ruin II: Consumed ๐ŸŒฟ



๐Ÿš€ Pintopia 2026 launches Jan 22nd @ 1pm EST~


Rebirth & Ruin II: Consumed is a part 2 series from last year's Pintopia! This campaign continues to celebrate the dark beauty of decay, consumption, and renewal in nature ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿฅ€



โžก๏ธ Here's the freebies I'll be giving away for this campaign~


โžก๏ธ And the free pins you can earn for backing mine and my collab partner Allison's campaigns!




๐Ÿ“ฃ Sign up for notifications on the teaser page below so you donโ€™t miss out on these new pins ^_^


๐Ÿ’Ÿ โžก๏ธ https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/2982e8c1-ba1f-4d5f-8696-bb2d312bc97d/landing


Thank you everyone!!
๐Ÿ’–Jess!

Surveys released!! ๐ŸŽ‰ Orchid Mantis + new pins/patches~ ๐Ÿฆ‹๐ŸŒธ
5 months ago โ€“ Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 08:15:36 PM

๐Ÿ“ Surveys out now! ๐ŸŽ‰

I sent out the Smoke Tests over the last few days, and everything went smoothly! There was just one edit I made to the surveys, so everything should go great from here on out! :)


๐Ÿ“ฃ Orchid Mantis + new pins revealed! ๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿฆ‹

If you didn't see the last few updates, we have some new specimens available in the Survey Add-on Shop! ๐Ÿ’– The Orchid Mantis and the Madagascan Sunset Moth will be available for our Community to unlock in the survey at the same discounted campaign pricing <3



Here's the full collection all together!! They look so good as a whole set!! ๐Ÿฅฐย 




โœจ New stickers/embroidered iron-on patches will be available in the Survey Add-on Shop~



๐Ÿ“ธ Pin Quest photos!ย 

Some other great news is that the Pin Quest pins are almost here and they look amazing!! Take a look at these babies ๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿฅฐย 


If you missed out on adding these, the leftover pins will be available in the Survey Add-on Shop~ย 

โžก๏ธ If you are a returning Pin Quest backer and want me to hold onto your Pin Quest order until the insect pins are done, I can still honor the combined shipping deal for you ๐Ÿ™‚ It should only take about 1-2 months until these will be finished. There is now a pledge question asking your preference in the surveys ๐Ÿ’–ย 

If you run into any issues in the survey please leave a comment here and I'll get back to it ASAP. Thank you for your patience!! :)ย 

๐Ÿ’–Jess~

๐Ÿ“ฃ Surveys coming + Orchid Mantis/Sunset Moth revealed! ๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿฆ‹
5 months ago โ€“ Sun, Jan 04, 2026 at 01:31:14 PM

Happy Holidays & Happy New Year! ๐ŸŽ† ๐ŸŽŠย 

Hello everyone! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! I hope you are all staying safe, warm, and having a great time as we start off 2026~ ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ

I wanted to share an update on where things are at and why there has been a slight delay in surveys going out. I also have pics of the new and highly anticipated Orchid Mantis, Madagascan Sunset Moth, and Scarlet-Bodied Wasp Moth designs! Let's start the update~


๐Ÿ“ Surveys coming in the next few days!

At the moment, I am waiting on the Backerkit Team to return from their Winter Holiday Break so they can approve my surveys and release them to you all ๐Ÿ˜Š The team has been out of office since Christmas Eve and will be returning on January 5th. As soon as they are back and approvals are completed, surveys will be sent out ASAP so I can get the final counts over to my manufacturer to start production ^_^


๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ The reason for the delay (if you didn't see the previous updates)

Long story short, the delay came from running Pin Quest, Pinned & Preserved, and Pintober campaigns back-to-back with very little downtime in between campaigns. On top of overlapping campaigns, I was also dealing with several unexpected family emergencies that made it difficult to keep everything moving on the original timeline I had planned.

โžก๏ธ Back to back campaigns:
While running Pin Quest, an artist a part of the upcoming League of Science pin event asked me to join and asked if I could do more insect pins like in my Rebirth & Ruin campaign. I happily agreed and was honored to be invited to the group and started working on some new designs. However, I didn't fully anticipate how tight the schedule would be in between setting up & running multiple back-to-back campaigns, cleaning up lineart, and preparing artwork for the next event. I originally planned to have more time between Pin Quest and Pintober to clean up/vectorize the artwork, but with the added insect pin campaign I had to put a pause on cleaning up the designs in order to run the events on time.

โžก๏ธ Family emergencies:
During the middle of running Pinned & Preserved, my mom was hospitalized due to a severe spider bite infection that required multiple surgeries to clear out of her system. Thankfully she made a full recovery ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ Shortly after this, there was a cancer scare that required more testing back at the hospital, but thankfully that all came back negative. After this happened, my closest grandma passed away which was a very difficult loss to deal with on top of everything.

Once things settled down, I jumped immediately back into my work cleaning up the Pin Quest lineart for my manufacturer. I also finished the last insect pin designs for the survey, and started preparing for Pintober. Balancing campaign work in between these 2 family emergencies caused some delays getting the surveys out, and for that I am truly sorry. I'm doing everything in my power to get everything rolling out, and I'm really excited to announce all the new things happening~

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ The great news is that I am finally at the point where art/surveys have been finished and production is ready to start on these pins as soon as all survey counts are finalized! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ This part is easy because I just count everything up, send it over to my manufacturer and just wait for them to be made~


๐Ÿ“ฃ Orchid Mantis + new pins revealed! ๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿฆ‹

All while these life events were happening, I was still hard at work in the background finishing up these last few pins for you all ๐Ÿ’– The Orchid Mantis and the Madagascan Sunset Moth will be available to unlock in the survey at the same discounted campaign pricing <3



Here's the full collection all together!! They look so good as a whole set!! ๐Ÿฅฐย 




โœจ New stickers/embroidered iron-on patches will be available in the Survey Add-on Shop~



๐Ÿ“ธ Pin Quest photos!ย 

Some other great news is that the Pin Quest pins are almost here and they look amazing!! Take a look at these beauties ๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿฅฐย 



If you missed out on adding these, the leftover pins will be available in your Survey~ If you came from Pin Quest and wanted the combined shipping between (Pin Quest) + (Pinned & Preserved) orders: Since production was delayed for these insect pins, I won't be able to combine shipping right away like I was hoping to. If you are a returning Pin Quest backer and want me to hold onto your Pin Quest order until the Insect pins are done, I can still honor the combined shipping deal for you ๐Ÿ™‚ Please leave a comment here so I can leave a note/adjust your order for shipping ๐Ÿ’– (It should only take about 1 month until these will be finished)ย 

Now that these Pin Quest pins are almost here, I am clearing out my schedule for the rest of this month so I can focus fully on finalizing pin production and fulfilling Pin Quest orders! ^_^

After these survey counts are done in a few days, everything will go smoothly and consistently from here on out! ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ’– Thank you so much for your incredible patience, understanding and support during this time. It really means the world to me and I am so grateful to have you all here ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–

I'll send another update when the surveys are officially sent out to everyone!ย 

๐Ÿ’–Jess~

๐Ÿชฒ Life Update + Pin Reveal! Plus a Little Muerte & Magic~ โ˜ ๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฎโœจ
8 months ago โ€“ Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 04:56:52 PM


Hi everyone! ๐Ÿ’–

Thank you all so much for your patience during this time ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ I know itโ€™s been a little quiet on my end, and I want to keep being transparent here in these updates to keep you all in the loop.

โžก๏ธ Life Update (no worries, everything is okay!)

If you didn't read my last update, my mom ended up being hospitalized after a small spider bite turned into a serious life-threatening infection. Not that long after writing the last update, my mom's infection began spreading all over her body and she had to be hospitalized for quite a while to go through multiple surgeries to stop and drain the infection completely. I spent the last several weeks driving back and forth between home and the hospital to be with her during this time.

When she was finally able to come home, we had to go through several follow-up appointments to confirm that everything was alright. It took so long going to multiple doctors because there was a potential cancer scare that thankfully turned out *not* to be cancer (they described it like a layer of fat cells that grew rapidly after the infection, and ended up forming a non-cancerous lump that kept showing up in the MRI). Itโ€™s been a long and emotionally draining time dealing with all this, but my mom is finally fully recovered and is doing so much better now ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ

I'm so sorry for the delay getting back here to give an update, my mom going into the hospital was the last thing I was expecting to happen as I was wrapping things up. I wanted to let you all know I didn't forget about the campaign at all, and Iโ€™ve actually been working really hard behind the scenes to keep things moving along ๐Ÿš‚ย 


โœ๏ธ Stretch Goal Artwork Reveal! ๐Ÿชฒ

Luckily I finished the majority of the pin art in between visiting my mom. The only pins left for me to finish are the Scarlet-Bodied Wasp Moth, the Pink Orchid Mantis, and the Madagascan Sunset Moth ๐Ÿ’–โœจ

I've had the rest of these pin designs done for a while, but I never had the chance to sit down and form an update revealing them. Finally here they are, I hope you love them!!



I have the surveys halfway done and I just need to finish these last 3 pin designs to release the full survey <3ย 


ย ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ A Peek at Whatโ€™s Next~ โ˜ ๏ธ๐Ÿ–คโœจ

In between my mom's recovery and finishing the stretch goal artwork above, I also had to wrap up details for a project I signed up for earlier this year: Pintober!

Introducing my Pintober project launching tomorrow: Muerte & Magic ||: La Eternidad! This project is a continuation of my Day of the Dead pin series, this time featuring Aztec deities as the main focus of this campaign!! โœจ

Here's the full Day of the Dead collection so far! And more Aztec deities will be revealed/voted on by our community~


โœจSign up for notifications here on the Teaser Page so you don't miss out tomorrow!!โœจ


โ—โžก๏ธ Pintober launches tomorrow: October 21st @1pm EST! โฌ…๏ธโ—


There's 50 Limited Slots available at launch, and I'm giving away the most freebie pins here than any other campaign I've done in the past!

Allison and I are also teaming up again to do another Artist cross-collab! โ˜ ๏ธ Here's the 4 pins we'll be giving away for backing both our campaigns together, along with a 3rd Pintober campaign~






Thank you so much to each and every one of you for standing by me through this pin making journey. Your patience and incredibly kind words in the comments is really what keeps me going when I'm down and life seems difficult. It means so much more than I can ever express ๐Ÿฅบ Thank you again from the bottom of my heart for just being here and supporting my art/dream to become a big enamel pin artist ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ

I canโ€™t wait to show you all the finished insect stretch goal pins soon!! I'll release another update when art and surveys have been finalized~ย 

๐Ÿ’– Jess~!