Ribbits everyone,

Hopping into your mailbox to update you all about the Frogtastic Frogs #2 project that goes live January 22nd! Important good news: US Backers are welcome!

It's a long list! This time around I prepared for 16 amphibians to unlock. Last year we unlocked the first 12 so quick I wanted to be a bit more prepared.



As you can see not all have their colours yet, I'm currently finishing them up while finish other deadlines for Frogtastic Frogs #2 as well. The tadpoles will be the same shapes of tadpoles as Frogtastic Frogs #1 but now in a different colour way. Hope this will be another fun board filler extra!

Early and Returning backers will both get an exclusive vinyl sticker for free if they qualify for it. (Early backers will get a frog leaning on a branch. Returning backers will get a stack of 3 frogs on top of each other.)
And I've joined the Pin Safari banner, which means if you back 3+ projects in that banner you will get the freebie polaroid sticker from those projects added as well! (The polaroid shows a very disgruntled frog being lifted up between fingers.)

In case it goes just as frogtastic as last year I have already thought and set up extra stretch goals for €6000 to €10.000 goals. These will be focused on very big amphibians: Giant salamander, American bull frog and Cane Toad. I'd like to test and try out bigger than 5cm (2 inch) enamel pins for those.

The last two goals will be for Axolotl. One will be the Leucistic and Dirty Lucy variants (yes 2 in one goal!), and the very last will be Wild and the Heavily marked melanoid variants (yes, 2 in one goal again).

And that's it for now! 
Lots of information, I hope you are all excited for another Frogtastic Frogs! Your support would mean a lot with making these amazing amphibians enamel pins a reality. 

Have a toadally awesome day
- Appel

Ribbits everyone,

A short update with a sneak peek of two extra's that are available when the project is live!

For this project I'd like to make Frogtastic Frogs socks and so one sock design will be available for pre-order. The artwork is a work in progress as of right now but the idea and the concept is there. Grumpy Desert rain frogs on your feet, bound to be cute.
It will be available as an add-on pre-order in sizes S, M and L.



Another fun extra is that Frogtastic Frogs is part of the banner Pin Safari!
If you back 3+ projects in the same banner you will get the exclusive 3.5" polaroid sticker from those projects added for free.

Good to know is that Birds of North-America, my cross-collab partner Roundbirbart, is also part of this banner. So backing us both means you get the cross-collab freebie, combined shipping if you wish (instructions in the Frogtastic Frogs survey) AND you qualify for the polaroid freebie sticker from both of us as well! (I'm almost starting to feel like Santa, giving so much extra's.) When Pintopia is live, please check out everyone in the Pin Safari banner for all the fun polaroids!



And lastly I wish everyone Hoppy Holidays and a Frogtastic 2026!
Thank you all for the amazing 2025 and here's to more frogs and amphibians in 2026!

- Appel

Ribbits everyone,

Thank you all so much for the comments and suggestions in the last update! I've noted them all down and will use them to make pin designs.



For now I'm quickly popping in to show the first 4 designs I've finished! 

For the Early and Returning backers I'll make some exclusive stickers again. And there's another new thing during this Pintopia: banner sections! I'll be in Pin Safari which means that if everyone in the banner has been unlocked you get an extra exclusive sticker for free. Each participant in the banner has a different sticker so it's worth to check it out!

Wishing you all a frogtastic day!

- Appel

Ribbits everyone!

We're toadally excited to return to Frogtastic Frogs #2 for upcoming Pintopia 2026!
You can expect loads of frogs but also toads and some salamanders/axolotl this time round.

We started with writing down all the fun amphibians we found in a big list below. (You might notice some that you all have suggested during the survey from Frogtastic Frogs!) Important to know: This list is not set in stone, some amphibians might be mentioned but won't be turned into an enamel pin. I am however very curious to see which ones have your preference! If you want, you can let me know which have your preference by leaving a comment on this update!

I wanna draw the Miyako toad and Colorado river toad for sure. But also the Giant Salamander and an Axolotl (but which colour variant..?)

Also fun to know, we'll be partnering up again with Roundbirbart! You can expect a fun cross collab exclusive enamel pin and the helpful combined shipping again!

And good news: US backers are welcome! 🇺🇸✨

Giant ditch frog (moutain chicken)
Bird voice treefrog
Bird poop frog
American bull frog
Northern leopard frog
Pickerel frog
Common frog (EU)
Golden poison frog
Illinois chorus frog
Northern green frog
Mimic poison frog
Flying frog
Vampire flying frog
Yin-yang frog
Common reed frogs
Smoky jungle frog
Moss frog
Giant burrowing frog (eastern owl frog)

Miyako toad
American toad 
Eastern american toad
Yosemite toad
Cane toad
Western green toad
Western toad
Western spadefoot
European toad (bufo bufo)
Colorado river toad
Japanese toad (bufo japonicus)
European green toad
Suriname toad
Harlequin toads (variable, purple, etc.)
Yellow spotted climbing toad

Giant salamander (jp/ch)
Axolotl 
Cave salamander
Tiger salamander
Marbled salamander
Blue spotted salamander
Red salamander
Northern two-lined salamander
Eastern hellbender
Arboreal salamander
Green salamander
Patch-nosed salamander
Yellow blotched salamander
Spotted salamander
Giant pacific salamander
Japanese clawed salamander
Red-backed salamander
Tam dao salamander
Alpine salamander
Atif salamander
California slender salamander

Alpine newt
Marbled newt
Eastern / Red-spotted / Luschan’s newt
Warty newt
Scottish newt
Great crested newt
Emperor newt
Luristan newt
Northern crested newt
Roughskinned newt
Smooth newt
Mudpuppy
Italian crested newt
Carpathian newt
Danube crested newt
Crocodile newt
Fire belly newt (already made last august, will be available as an add-on during the campaign)

You made it to the end! Frogtastic! As a treat here is a sketch of Colorado river toad. Hope you're looking forward to this project as much as I am.

Appel