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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:

🕷️ Black Widow Pin Unlocked + Poll Results + New Tiers! 🦋
12 months ago – Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 12:49:52 PM


Hey everyone! Big update here~


Thanks to your amazing support over the weekend, the Black Widow Spider pin is now unlocked! 🖤🕷️❤️



✏️ 1st week recap ✏️

We've unlocked 8 out of 11 pins together!! 🎉 The last 3 pins of this batch to left to unlock are the Egyptian Scarab Beetle, the Orchid Mantis, and the Madagascan Sunset Moth! 🪲🌸🦋🌈



Next 3 pins to unlock:




🗳️ Round 3 poll winners 🗳️


Your votes in the 3rd round of community polls helped decide the next specimens to unlock! :)

  • 🪲 2 Mini Pin Add-ons (unlocked separately via the add-on shop): 
    • Honey Bee 🐝
    • Scarlet-Bodied Wasp Moth 🦋❤️🖤


Mini pins are only $11 each, compared to $25 for the XL pins. Because of the price difference, mini pins will unlock separately via the add-on shop after 25 orders of each design!

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  • 8 new XL pins to pledge for: 
    • Blue Morpho Butterfly
    • Leaf Bug
    • Centipede
    • Rosy Maple Moth
    • Tailless Whip Scorpion
    • Walking Stick
    • Green milkweed locust (African Bush Grasshopper)
    • Monarch Butterfly


If we can unlock all the stretch goals, that's 21 pins total!! (= 4 mini pins + 17 XL pins) If we make it this far in the campaign, there will be a 4th Community Poll featuring some new additions from myself and the community comments~ Make sure to pledge for all the pins you want today to help us unlock more insect pins! :)




🎉 New Pledge Level Tiers! 🎉


I’ve added 8-pin and 10-pin tiers you can upgrade to, as well as a Full Collector’s Set: 21-pin tier for those who want to go all-in! 

🪱🐦 **If you're an Early Bird backer, all these new tiers include the free Early Bird Fire Ant sticker so you don't lose your reward when upgrading! :)




✨ Add-on Shop "Live" Specimens ✨


To help boost the campaign, there's a few in-stock insect pins available in the Add-On Shop~ ✨ 
 
  • Firefly/Lightning Bug mini pins (glow in the dark 4-piece set!)- $20 set = $5 mini pins
  • Luna Moth pins (already produced + ready to ship)- $15 for the 2" wide pin


 
Thank you all again for the incredible support on this new XL pin campaign!! I can’t wait to see how many more specimens we will unlock together this month! And don't forget to share the campaign with your friends and family so we can unlock everything~ :)

💖 Jess~!




🐝 Check out + share the campaign page here! 🐝

 


⏳ Early Bird Tiers End Today @3:20 PM! Dragonfly pin unlocked! 🪲🦋💖
about 1 year ago – Wed, Aug 13, 2025 at 08:36:14 AM

Hey there!

Just a friendly reminder that Early Bird Tiers close today @3:20pm EST!! It's the last chance to earn the free Early Bird Fire Ant sticker. And when you back 2+ pins during Early Bird hours, you also get the Fire Ant mini pin <3



We've already unlocked all 5 main campaign pins and 2 stretch goal pins including the Death Hawk Moth + Dragonfly! (The Black Widow Spider is next to unlock!)



Returning Backers Bonus 💌 

 If you’ve backed one of my previous campaigns, you’ll also get a free Bottle Fly sticker just for returning!


Don’t miss out!! These Early Bird freebies disappear after 3:20 PM EST! 🪲✨

🪲 Check out the campaign here!! 🦋

🐞🐛 3rd Community Poll for next insect pins! Vote now~ 💚
about 1 year ago – Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 06:42:55 PM

The 3rd Community Poll is now open for voting!! I added some more suggestions from our community comments, and a couple other insects I would personally love to draw :)


➡️ If you want another insect added, please leave a comment with your suggestion and I'll add it to this current poll~ 




Poll link here: 

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/jblake-design/pinned-and-preserved-insect-enamel-pins/polls/4447

All main insect pins unlocked! 🎉 Death Hawk Moth pin next~ 💀🖤
about 1 year ago – Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 05:05:46 PM

Thank you all so much for an incredible first day of the campaign!! We managed to unlock ALL the main campaign pins in under 24 hours AND decided on the next 6 stretch goal pins to unlock together. You are all amazing, thank you again for the incredible support on Day 1 💖




Next stretch goal pins to unlock:

(We are less than $400 away from unlocking the Dead Hawk Moth! 🖤~)



🌸🌈 2nd round poll vote winners:



I can't believe we unlocked everything so quickly, I'm so excited to draw up more beautiful insect pins for you all!! :D <3 Please if you have a suggestion, leave a comment on what insect you want to see made into a pin next! We have all month long to make more bug pins, and at this rate, we are on-track to unlocking all these stretch goals! :)


‼️ And don't forget, Early Bird hours end TOMORROW at 3:30pm!! So if you want to add more pins, upgrade your tier to a higher Pledge Level!! It's cheaper to add pins via the Pledge Tier instead of individually through the Add-on Shop.


Early Bird Freebies:

Returning Backer Freebies:



Campaign page link:
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/jblake-design/pinned-and-preserved-insect-enamel-pins


New pin stretch goals: 🌸 Orchid Mantis + Sunset Moth! 🦋🌈
about 1 year ago – Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 05:35:29 PM

First of all, thank you so much everyone for an amazing launch!! We've already unlocked the first 2 pins in only a few hours, so we are off to a great start!! We have all month long to create more insect pins as a community, and I can't wait to see what we come up with together :) <3


Poll results:

We have 2 clear winners from the latest community poll vote!: the Orchid Mantis & the Madagascan Sunset Moth!! 🦋🌈🌸


The Orchid Mantis will unlock at $11,500, and the Sunset Moth will unlock at $13k. 




‼️ We are less than $100 away from unlocking the 4th stretch goal pin: the green Chinese Praying Mantis, and we are only in the first few hours of Day 1! Thank you again everyone <3


Be sure to pledge for ALL the pins you want in the beginning of the campaign, even if they aren't unlocked yet!! This will help us make the most of the first 48 hours, unlock more specimens together, and bring this collection to life! ✨ 


➡️ Also don't forget: Backerkit is "Pledge now and pay later!" Cards won't be charged until next month, so lock in all the rewards you think you may want today and pay later when the campaign ends~ 



🪲 Pinned & Preserved campaign link here! 🪲