Yeah honestly, Babs is usually the marketing representative, but she didn't work on this client so I GUESS I shouldn't list her
05.03.2026 12:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@blacksmoke1033.bsky.social
Full time UK based artist, working on βThe Strange Caseβ adapting Jekyll and Hyde! I also make loads of enamel pins π± My shop, tip jar and other links are here :) (HE/HIM) https://blacksmoke1033.carrd.co/
Yeah honestly, Babs is usually the marketing representative, but she didn't work on this client so I GUESS I shouldn't list her
05.03.2026 12:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Also Etsy have changed how postage is displayed on things. An e.g., Β£10 pin with Β£2 postage is shown as Β£12. At a glance it looks like the pins are Β£12 each with shipping coming later. They're not. If you buy multiple Β£10 pins the shipping is combined. Yes this is severely affecting sales!!
05.03.2026 12:27 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0This has been a great experience because working for myself means I've largely dodged overtechnical corporate jargon and thus, have never called myself an 'accounts receivable specialist' until yesterday, and I'm going to use that assignment every time someone needs to PayPal me Β£5 now
05.03.2026 12:22 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I had to use a weird online system for a thing this week, but it was kinda geared up for actual companies with several employees, and I'm one guy, so they had to assign me 6 very official roles within my own business, and I'll be pulling that document out whenever a family member calls me unemployed
05.03.2026 12:15 β π 11 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0This was my February pin club pin for my Patrons, the one for March is another wolf, in an antique gold 3D finish! I've also got pin club sorted until August now, there's gonna be frogs, crows, skulls, and ssnnnnakes coming this year :D
05.03.2026 12:11 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Released this pin into the wild today! The moon is glittery and glows in the dark!
05.03.2026 12:03 β π 50 π 16 π¬ 3 π 1POV youβre a very important email but my secretary canβt read
03.03.2026 13:51 β π 69 π 11 π¬ 4 π 1Iβm not a lover of G Wagons sadly
03.03.2026 22:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0They have extremely fancy ties in the place Iβll be going, and itβs going to be very difficult not to put the money they gave me back in the till and leave with the ties
03.03.2026 20:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm not going to the moon I really cba
03.03.2026 20:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The real reason I make enamel pins over anything else is because I can text my manufacturer a jpg over Facebook lol
03.03.2026 20:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Aw thank you π regrettably the announcement isnβt βI bought 12 more chickens and a car for them to driveβ
03.03.2026 20:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 07 emails across 9 days to -maybe- reprint a print that theyβve definitely already printed for me before, because itβs on the wall behind me
03.03.2026 19:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0My email chain with this printing manufacturer is going to end with me saying βif you need me to do anything else, no problem! however I will simply lay on the floor and dieβ
03.03.2026 19:47 β π 11 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Anna glancing at my Etsy page β20 dollars? But I wanted a peanutβ
03.03.2026 19:46 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0POV youβre a very important email but my secretary canβt read
03.03.2026 13:51 β π 69 π 11 π¬ 4 π 1That other pin I made of him glows in the dark btw, itβs so fucking funny
27.02.2026 15:12 β π 47 π 11 π¬ 0 π 0Itβs sucks too because even if they hadnβt heard of the website, theyβre not caring enough to try and talk about it and let you have a nice 5 minutes π
02.03.2026 16:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My family are being miserable about it because it just wasn't good enough for them, I guess, but I keep reminding myself I could literally go to the moon and back and they'll say 'well there's nothing up there so I dunno why you bothered' loooool
02.03.2026 15:10 β π 20 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0Can everyone do me a favour, in regards to an upcoming announcement - I am aware it will not be a big deal to many people, but you don't have to tell me that. Can you please let me be very excited. I'm very happy!! Let me hold on to it!!
02.03.2026 15:04 β π 45 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0She is very much still a predator when it comes to my nervous system
02.03.2026 14:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0She ate a portion of our door frame one year, kept relentlessly kept creeping to the door to keep doing it. Then it sucked water in through the hole and it made the frame swell so we couldn't open the door properly to enter and exit the house. She is a nightmare
02.03.2026 14:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Amber and Babs are 'oh :( ok :/ why not' mumble chickens and Anna and Amelia have always been 'I've HAD it and I'm going to RANT endlessly and stamp around without taking a gasp for breath and my body is going to wobble aggressively and you're gonna have to come calm me down ohHhh'
02.03.2026 14:07 β π 28 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0She's not allowed outside because the neighbour is cutting the tree that overhangs the garden and regardless of how much real food I give her, she eats all the chainsaw shavings on the ground and look woman complain all you want but I'm not dealing with wooden eggs
02.03.2026 14:02 β π 23 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0Anna demanded I go outside so I crouched down next to her and in her finest 'I'd like to lodge a complaint' clucking she stood and ranted to my face for a solid 3 minutes. Something about the lack of lunch pellets and the weather I think
02.03.2026 13:58 β π 33 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0I normally keep full WIPs to Patreon only but since so many people requested I draw Anomalocaris, here you go
27.02.2026 14:31 β π 123 π 41 π¬ 4 π 3A buddle
28.02.2026 13:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0ππ©΅π©΅π©΅
28.02.2026 13:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Finally artwork of Babs with the correct anatomy
28.02.2026 13:01 β π 30 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sheβs melting again
28.02.2026 12:39 β π 66 π 10 π¬ 4 π 0