Oh my goodness - I cannot believe how close the poll results came out to be! It was literally one vote away from being a tie out of 136 votes.

✨ The winner is - Exhale and her misty eels! ✨ I am really excited to transform this one into a beautiful metal and enamel piece of art. She was my very first painting in this series and one that has stuck with me for many years, while other paintings have been retired. There was always something about this piece that just felt so true and effortless to me. This painting was a meditation on our ability to summon into reality creations that manifest the truths we know in our bones. 

With that being said, Advent and her sunrise peacocks were so, so close to being the next chosen instead - and I am still hopeful we can get her unlocked as well. So, I am going to nudge the stretch goal just a little closer :) rather than putting her at $30k, I am putting her stretch goal at $29k to give us hopefully a little better chance of reaching her!

We have a very good chance of reaching that I think. We still have a third of the campaign to go (1 week left out of 3) and usually, the pace of pledges picks up at the end as well. So fingers crossed! I know a lot of you are really hoping for Advent - so I am going to do my best to help us get there!

I also wanted to announce that I am adding an extra freebie bonus (in addition to the coloring sheets I mentioned in the last update). Anyone who backs at the 2 pin tier or higher, will also be getting a free embroidered patch! 

I am still finishing up the design before I can share a picture of it with you - but I will say that it is a little Art Nouveau-style treasure that features the moon, stars, and tentacles :) because everything is prettier with some elegantly swooping tentacles. I can't wait to share the design with you - hopefully in the next day or so - and I will have all the details for you then!