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Mythical Garden

Created by Kage Davies

A collection of enamel pins based on a garden of plants associated with myth and legend.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

☆ Preview ☆ WIPs Dormouse, Orchid Mantis, Flower Minis
11 months ago – Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 03:14:32 PM

Alright I'm back with the WIP sketches before the campaign comes to an end. This is a very image heavy update, sorry. Scroll down to see the full breakdown of campaign pins.

Starting off with the final branch pin, Dormouse in a Horse-Chestnut tree;


This is the messiest sketch, sorry. Obviously a few places still need work, especially the eyes and what not. The fainter leaves at the back will be the solid metal. Dormice are a pale orangey tan brown; plus the pale green for the chestnut shells, deep brown for the chestnuts and several shades of green for the leaves. The mini pin will be based on that little cluster of chestnuts there.

Here's a clearer view without the background leaves;



The rest I did a quick 'first pass' of messy linework. There will still be adjustments but mostly what's left is filling all the gaps, connecting the corners, rounding out the edge shapes.



Orchid Mantis and Begonia Flower. The mantis should be pale pinks and greens with a hint of offwhite; the flower should be pale yellows and off white. Subject to change. This is the last 2.5in full size pin for this campaign.

After that we have a collection of flower mini pins. I just did all my favourite flowers. These will all be 1.75" inches, and how many colourways we get will depend on how high we fund/what the manufacturer quotes me (although at least one of each!).



Sweet Peas. Both 'the sun is too sunny and therefore everything is chaos' and 'I'm perfect but only while you look at me for this exact two minutes' versions. Both will feature fade effects; I'm still debating with the manufacturer precisely which ones (pearl no swirl, screen print etc). I'm also enquiring about colour shift for these because I think it would look amazing. So, colours undecided, but expect pinks, purples, and near blues.



Venus Fly Trap. Okay its not technically a flower but it IS awesome. Undergoing a bit of a redesign RE the spikes but I'm confident it will be something approaching this design. Colours are greens/reds (pictured).



Poppy. I'll be removing the stem since I realised I don't like it. Colour will be traditional poppy red.


Dahlias. I just love dahlias. They come in all colours so I'm not for sure decided, likely a purple and also a deep deep red. Perhaps a more peachy pink. Perhaps something more unusual. There are so many cool kinds. I'll also be taking the stem off that design too.

And that's all of them. Keep going for the full campaign line up!

So, this is all of the full size/2.5in designs bar one foxglove colourway;




And here's all of the 1.5in to 1.75in mini pins bar one (horse-chestnut);





All of our campaign freebies;


Creator Backers - Returning Backer


Early Bird - Pin Quest (back three or more Pin Quest Campaigns)

And finally, the add-on only pins. The bees will be listed at the survey stage, and you'll be able to pick your seasonal variant for the shaker pin then too. (This is for if you want extra bees).


I went ahead with four seasonal variants because I have zero self control. Each will have different quicksand fillings - petals for spring, butterflies for summer, red maple leaves for autumn and clear blue holo leaves for winter. Plus glitter. 

I hope that makes everything less confusing. I will try to get things finished asap :). 

☆ Preview ☆ Foxglove and Bee
12 months ago – Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 12:17:28 PM

Coming into the last three days! 

I'm sorry its not the last branch design. There are definitely some things that won't be finished to preview until the campaign is over. 

But I do have this;


These are 2.5" and they took way longer than I anticipated. We will have one more colourway that's a little more muted, but I haven't decided 100% what to go for yet. Feel free to throw in your suggestions.

Foxgloves are notorious for a bunch of reasons, not least because they're very toxic. My favourite story though is one from a kids book I got on holiday in the Scottish highlands - that foxes wear the flowers on their paws like slippers to make their paw steps silent. Its a book about how foxes got their long muzzles from sneaking into cow sheds to steal milk, its wild.

Someone asked about bees and I realised I hadn't talked about it yet - the free-bees will be for sale in the add-on store at the survey stage. They'll be available individually for £7 each, along with the rainbow creator bee.



This is the anodized (rainbow metal) version of the blue banded bee that was free for our creator backers. So you'll be able to buy as many bees as you like :).

I put the order in for a test batch of some of the first designs a couple of days ago, including the early bird free-bee and the quicksand pin. Part of that was testing a few things for Halloween, including getting this guy;



at 2.5". So the cat skull will be in both the mini pin and the full size pin pools for this campaign. I put the exact same order sheet in twice, we're just testing side by side what changes between the two sizes.  

We should have one more update on the last day, hopefully with a few more designs for you :). The final branch design is left, as well as the begonia/orchid mantis. I also have a handful of more simple mini pin designs. If I don't get them finished, maybe I'll just do a big update of the sketches.

Stay tuned ~

☆ Preview ☆ Long Tailed Tit (and more!)
12 months ago – Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 02:50:26 PM

Alright, sorry for the delays! I have the next branch pin for you;



The snow fairy, or the long tailed tit, on a maple branch. Apparently during winter, icicles form on the maple trees that contain some of the sap, and these little birds will lick them for the sugar content. 

My Nan had a whole thing for Japanese maple trees, I have one from her garden in front of my house still. They're such divas, its only sheer stubborness that has kept that thing alive til now. They're sooo beautiful though, some of the fancy variations have really pretty leaves. The red ones will always be my favourite.


The mini pins for this tier are maple leaves - either one by itself at 1.5", or a set of two that are 1" each. I couldn't decide so we're having both options - both will be selectable as mini pin choices in your surveys.


I also made a new quicksand/shaker pin design for this campaign - the Picture Window quicksand pin (pictured twice so it doesn't blow up huge). This is an add-on only pin, you'll need to add it to your pledge seperately. You can do that now, or at the survey stage if you want to. The whole light blue window area will be one quicksand segment, containing glitter and pieces shaped like red maple leaves. That's the Fall/Autumn colourway. If we reach 10k, then we'll also have the Spring colourway - that one should have flower or flower petal shapes instead. You'll be able to choose between them in the survey, if we do unlock it.

That cat is based on my baby, Demsdale. 1 pin = 1 churu. (I jest, I jest). While my windows are not that grand, she spends a lot of time laying just like that, watching the birds and catching the sun, right above where I work.



I love that I got to make this collection so personal.

The story section has been updated with the new pins, mouse colourways and the new stretch goals. Everything that's listed has already been started, even if the artwork isn't finished yet. I'm not promising anything more until all of that is done. Feel free to continue to make suggestions though! I've definitely worked a few of them in :D. 

I think that's it for now! There's one week left, there should be more previews on the way. Check back soon ~

☆ Sneak Peek ☆ Harvest Mouse Colourways
12 months ago – Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 05:43:58 PM

... Okay so I got a bit carried away. 

Since we're going with a full size pin, I added a bit of extra detailing. There are four colourways. The final orange/purple one will be a no swirl pearl gradient effect, the rest are all layered screen printing. 


The previous ones have been slightly tweaked so they balance with a couple of extra colours. All of them are based on real colours for both Iris flowers and mice (although not specifically harvest mice, those only tend to come in one colour), but I did take a few liberties. 

Let me know what you think. They got away from me a bit 😂 .

Day One Update ~
12 months ago – Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 11:16:27 AM

Well it was a heck of a first day! Thank you so much. 

We smashed through every goal I had 😂 . So what next?

The 'All in' pledge tier has five full size pins, so we'll have five full size branch pins. Two more are already in the works; the next one is the Japanese Snow Fairy (long tailed tit) on a maple tree branch. The mini pins to match will be maple leaves. I haven't entirely decided which concept sketch to use for the last one, so if you have any suggestions of tree/branch type botanicals, go ahead! Otherwise it will probably be a weird fruit, I have a whole collection of those. These will both be posted to preview very soon.

Then, over the rest of the campaign I'm going to be adding a few designs that fit the (admittedly loose) theme. They're just going to be whatever I feel like adding, since its all bonus designs at that point. They'll go into either the mini pin or full size pin selection pool along with the others. 

First up are the harvest mouse and the blue jay. I'll add them to the front page when the next branch tier is done;


You'll notice the harvest mouse has been recoloured, the final result is still being debated behind the scenes. These are both full size pins, both have screen printed detailing, its possible the mouse will have more than one flower colourway. 

I'm also adding XL sticker options to the add-on page. I got the test stickers back yesterday, and while the big pins do like nice at 3", they have a lot of detail so they would make great 4 or 5" stickers too. It looks like there was a bit of confusion - if you order 'Garden Stickers' you will get to choose which design you want at the survey stage. All of the designs come at the same size as stickers, it will be one pool to choose whichever you'd like from. We will almost certainly have a few with holo or special effects, but they'll be optional and listed as their own choice (so there will be 'Blue Jay' and also 'Holo Blue Jay', since not everyone loves holo as much as me.)

That's enough for me to be getting on with for now, but stay tuned! It shouldn't be too long before I have another preview for you :). Thank you for all your support.