#foundling mercantile

[impossibleprincess35]

What we're not going to do is pretend that this isn't the most legit shit that has ever been put on a pin.

I ordered this so damn fast.

(Also, there's a shirtless Obi pin, so that's coming home to me, too.)

Go check out this pin maker, Foundling Mercantile. :D

[aigoos]

Obikin Shrine Journey

Today, I went to work for the last time this year, and I added to my Obikin shrine some new merchs that I received a few days before. This shrine has been my project for all of 2024. What started as a few charms (or danglies, as I call them) and buttons grew into this as I spent the entire year collecting enamel pins, stickers, charms, prints, plushies, buttons, figures, magnets, and photo tiles.

I started off with a much smaller board, but then in the summer, my co-worker and I had to change offices, so I took the larger board in our office (which was good, because I had run out of space), and then even took over the refrigerator and expanded the shrine onto my desk, shelf, cabinet, and wall.

Let's just say I am grateful that my current co-worker and my former co-worker support my obsession. I've never mentioned to them about the actual ship, only stated that they are my favourite characters from Star Wars, and I did do my best to keep the shrine platonic as possible . . . until a gay colleague saw my shrine and said, "It's giving off a homoerotic vibe." LMAO. If he thinks my work shrine is homoerotic, then I wonder what he'd say if he saw the sexy shrine I have at my work home. See below on why that shrine is staying home LOL.

Anyway, I also wanted to mention that @barmadumet's collection is what heavily inspired me to start my own collection. Thanks to her, I finally personalised my workspace that I hadn't bothered to do anything to for three and a half years. This adventure has brought me many joy -- though my bank account says otherwise, ahaha! But seriously, it got me to support many small businesses and artists (50+!!!!), and it allowed me to meet many other like-minded collectors, and they also helped me get some of the pins that are no longer available. Plus, a couple of my friends and colleagues even gifted me some items for my shrine. This adventure has not only brought me happiness, but it has humbled me as so many people have helped me along the way.

Oh, and it has also taught me to just accept that I cannot put things up straight and to know when to just let the crookedness be.

That said, I've compiled a list of all the businesses/artists below with links to their shops and/or social media~ To conclude, I hope 2025 will allow me to fill up that remaining space on the board!

Amanda Baldwin Art Armstrong Outpost A Sirens Pins BBCre8 BCRCustom BlackWandaShop Cedric @cherriielle @christinechangart Designs by Gen Designs by Joe Distant Fantasy Boards EchofromtheMill @faivsz FestiProper FoldItCreations Foundling Mercantile @geekipopstudio @ginalongillustrations Ginshi Hatters Designs Holy Pins Hunter and Convor IchigoTokki Joy Addict Junction Point Workshop @kana7o KJones Crafts LaDecorEU @dinagastuff Lantern Pins Laser Brain Patch Co Liminal Pins MaxxMerch @mouyashii @mushbuzz-do-not-repost Mythmore Mythos Merchant Co @nickytess Odder Than Antiquity Osiripengin PinButlers Inc Pinculture Co Pins of Marvel and Magic PlushiShop PotatoClone RebelArt Design Roobean Art Ruzovy @saeuchelle @saltyseaturtle Shannon Burton Art SnowFoxTrading Co SuppieDoodles Sword and Whetstone These Pencil Shavings Winter Aifu Xanadu Pins

[daffodiltaurus]

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[impossibleprincess35]

The lack of Satine merch has always struck me as being a total miss on the part of The Powers That Be. It seems they're adamant about not licensing anything.

But there is some great fan-made merch out there!

I've seen where some people have made custom Funkos, I'm in the process of making a series of Satine Barbies, and there's some artists and pin makers. I'm going to link some of my faves below:

Enamel Pins: My fave, Foundling Mercantile, makes some gorgeous stuff, but she happens to have a couple Obi-Wan/Satine or Satine-related pins in her shop right now. (There's one of them together on the Coronet that is in production and hasn't hit the website yet, but you can view the art on her Instagram.)

There are some other artists who have made Satine pins, but she's the one I know has some stuff guaranteed that's in stock or on the way.

Art Prints: You can find prints if you're searching on Etsy, but there's 3 that I'm going to link here. This first one from Odder Than Antiquity (and I actually commissioned it publicly, so I'm patting myself on that back for that one 'cause it was money well spent) is gorgeous and I have it in my office in the largest size possible. The second and third links are artists in the fandom who make Satine art! Vexx and Mercy are both amazing artists and have their work available in prints and in stickers, and I've bought some of both!

Etsy also has a wealth of other little things. There's a handbag being sold on there? Lego earrings or something similar to that? Niche stuff that's cool and hits a targeted audience.

I actually drove 3 hours last summer to pick up a 3D printed resin figure of Satine that someone scaled up in their printer so that I could hand paint it and put it on display in my office. Like, the desperation is real.

But yeah, we're definitely scraping up crumbs to try to make a meal here in this fandom.

ETA! I am the fucking worst, I forgot to share these items!

Like, the Keldabi kiss with Satine and Bo?! SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY. So freakin' cute. Sorry, @sapphicsparkles, for forgetting you on my OP. I'm an ass. <3

im in desperate need of satine merch. like that one piece of official merch she has? cant find that anywhere. the stuff on etsy is either not my thing or wildly expensive and i cant find anything else. if you know of satine merch or have any youre selling PLEASE let me know