diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.mdown b/CONTRIBUTING.mdown
index c4c782a..2166352 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.mdown
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.mdown
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+## Development freeze
+
+I've got my hands full working on [Packery](metafizzy.co/blog/packery-preview) for the next couple months.
+
++ :cry: Development on Isotope is stopped for a while
++ :sleeping: I won't be snappily responding to new issues
++ :smile: When development starts back up on Isotope, the gains made building Packery will be ported over to Isotope.
+
 ## Submitting issues
 
 ### Read the Help page