No sample updates yet for the remaining designs, though they have been in contact with us. Was hoping we'd get something ready in March for the monthly update, but nothing was ready for a photo before Spring Break. Though with my other Pin Club stuff starting to be approved for production, there is little holding these designs from being done sampling for lock-down. Hoping for an update any day now.
Design Statuses:
Hibiscus Dragon - awaiting sample update
Tiger Lily Dragon - Sample approved
Sunflower Dragon- Sample approved
Chrysanthemum Dragon - Sample approved
Cornflower Dragon - Sample approved
Iris Dragon- Sample approved
Foxglove Dragon - awaiting sample update
Plumeria Dragon - production ready
Dahlia Dragon - awaiting sample update
Hops Dragon - Sample approved
Sakura Dragon - Sample approved
Hops Bookmark - sample in progress
Sakura Dragon bookmark - sample in progress
Stickers are production ready, awaiting pins to lock-down before sending to production.
Reminders:
Discord since that makes it easier to contact me quickly if I've managed to forget to update here. Link HERE to the Discord server.Which is dramatically faster than here, and faster than email.
Survey will stay open though until samples are complete
Until Survey lock, you can manually update your address, add more pins / stickers, or select different stuff if you have changed your mind. You can even message me if you want to swap around your stickers for pins to some degree.
The Pre-Order store will be open until samples finalize as well. So if you missed out, you still have a chance to get them steeply discounted.
If you are a backer that can't find your survey, feel free to email me so I can try to help you out. Otherwise you can try this first: Survey Recovery Page email: [email protected]
Slow progress, but at least moving along. Several samples look to have completed recently, and I'm really pleased with them so far in these revisions. Here are the ones I've seen updated!
Design Statuses:
Hibiscus Dragon - awaiting sample update
Tiger Lily Dragon - sample now approved for production
Sunflower Dragon- sample now approved for production (will get minor tweaks to look more 'golden'
Chrysanthemum Dragon - production ready
Cornflower Dragon - sample now approved for production (will get faint blue adjustment)
Iris Dragon- sample now approved for production
Foxglove Dragon - awaiting sample update
Plumeria Dragon - production ready
Dahlia Dragon - awaiting sample update
Hops Dragon - Sample approved
Sakura Dragon - Sample approved
Hops Bookmark - sample in progress still (got missed until now it seems)
Sakura Dragon bookmark - sample in progress
Stickers are production ready.
Discord since that makes it easier to contact me quickly if I've managed to forget to update here. Link HERE to the Discord server.Which is dramatically faster than here, and faster than email.
Survey will stay open though until samples are complete
Until Survey lock, you can manually update your address, add more pins / stickers, or select different stuff if you have changed your mind. You can even message me if you want to swap around your stickers for pins to some degree.
The Pre-Order store will be open until samples finalize as well. So if you missed out, you still have a chance to get them steeply discounted.
If you are a backer that can't find your survey, feel free to email me so I can try to help you out. Otherwise you can try this first: Survey Recovery Page email: [email protected]
Progress is still going annoyingly slow right now, we are still waiting on updated samples with the pearlescent revisions under the clear enamel. They have been prioritizing my older Patreon pin club project (from 2024) that was the most behind, which is why samples are taking so long. I'll post as soon as we get something with a photo update from the manufacturer of all the sample updates when I get them. However, I do have these 6 at the half-way point without their screen printing effects, UV effects, and fills. As you can see, overall they are looking so far a ton better than the last visual update. Hopefully samples will be completely done soon.
Thank you for your continued patience.
Campaign Reminders:
Discord since that makes it easier to contact me quickly if I've managed to forget to update here. Link HERE to the Discord server.Which is dramatically faster than here, and faster than email.
Survey will stay open though until samples are complete
Until Survey lock, you can manually update your address, add more pins / stickers, or select different stuff if you have changed your mind. You can even message me if you want to swap around your stickers for pins to some degree.
The Pre-Order store will be open until samples finalize as well. So if you missed out, you still have a chance to get them steeply discounted.
If you are a backer that can't find your survey, feel free to email me so I can try to help you out. Otherwise you can try this first: Survey Recovery Page email: [email protected]
Progress is still frustratingly slow right now, as we are still waiting on another round of samples with the pearlescent revisions under the clear enamel. I don't have updated samples yet to show you yet, as none of the revised art (with the Plumeria Dragon's fix on all the other designs) have yet to be shown. Though we are expecting it any day since it has been well over a month since that revision group was sent off. I'll post as soon as we get something with a photo update from the manufacturer.
Thank you for your continued patience while we trudge through.
Campaign Reminders:
Discord since that makes it easier to contact me quickly if I've managed to forget to update here. Link HERE to the Discord server.Which is dramatically faster than here, and faster than email.
Survey will stay open though until samples are complete
Until Survey lock, you can manually update your address, add more pins / stickers, or select different stuff if you have changed your mind. You can even message me if you want to swap around your stickers for pins to some degree.
The Pre-Order store will be open until samples finalize as well. So if you missed out, you still have a chance to get them steeply discounted.
If you are a backer that can't find your survey, feel free to email me so I can try to help you out. Otherwise you can try this first: Survey Recovery Page email: [email protected]
See you all in January (or sooner if samples wrap up with luck)!
The past two months have flown by, I really thought I had updated in the start of October. However, part of that is because not much has changed, samples are still in progress and I'm only just starting to get in the revisions to see after waiting the past month and a half for them. As we were testing several fix ideas to get the pins more in line with intended look between this campaign, pin club, and Rainbow in the Skies pins. We had a lot of back and forth to figure out options that wouldn't hike the price up too much. (As due to tariff crazy, we are trying to sample as little as possible so we don't use up as much funds in case tariffs are high when pins are complete so we can make sure to deliver the product.)
Discord since that makes it easier to contact me quickly if I've managed to forget to update here. Link HERE to the Discord server.Which is dramatically faster than here, and faster than email around the upcoming holidays.
Here is a summary for November for Bouquet of Dragons:
This is the only sample we've gotten an update on for this campaign from our manufacturer: Plumeria Dragon:
left is the previous sample, right is a mostly complete revised sample. Getting there!
We intend to use a similar pearly effect to get the colors to work correctly and show their underlay metal properly. This was the most incorrect initial sample, that would benefit from the suggested test sample from the manufacturer.
Survey will stay open though until samples are complete
Until Survey lock, you can manually update your address, add more pins / stickers, or select different stuff if you have changed your mind. You can even message me if you want to swap around your stickers for pins to some degree.
The Pre-Order store will be open until samples finalize as well. So if you missed out, you still have a chance to get them steeply discounted.
If you are a backer that can't find your survey, feel free to email me so I can try to help you out. Otherwise you can try this first: Survey Recovery Page email: [email protected]
1st round Samples arrived in the mail yesterday for me to inspect in person, hence the delay in getting out a monthly update. For the most part they look good. Though we will need a second pass on most of the designs. They are a little too clear, which I'm honestly confused by. As this is the typical way I work for most of my work. The details with such reflective metals makes the designs a bit hard to read for their size. So I will be looking into a few options, either matte metal finishes, or lessening the hyper-clarity feel of the enamel fill in some areas.
I do not have any updated photos, as the reflectivity makes them actually hard to see in still images right now. I will likely post some videos soon on my Discord since that makes it easier to gauge. Link HERE to the Discord server.
Here is a summary for August for Bouquet of Dragons:
Survey are still open, 7 backers still need to fill it out who have been charged!
Survey will stay open though until samples are complete
Until Survey lock, you can manually update your address, add more pins / stickers, or select different stuff if you have changed your mind. You can even message me if you want to swap around your stickers for pins to some degree.
The Pre-Order store will be open until samples finalize as well. So if you missed out, you still have a chance to get them steeply discounted.
If you are a backer that can't find your survey, feel free to email me so I can try to help you out. Otherwise you can try this first: Survey Recovery Page email: [email protected]
A metal bookmark tier ($10), add-on for one metal bookmark ($10) and a pair of both Sakura and Hops bookmarks ($18) add-on have been added to the campaign already due to an unexpectedly large amount of backers saying they would want one! (57% out of a pool of over 100 already) For those pledging to just the bookmark tier with no pins, you can add an additional metal bookmark as an add-on for $9 of your choice (exclusive to this tier) since I'll be able to save some on shipping by using a flat mailer instead of a box.
Printed Bookmarks will likely still be added, but I will only be adding them if I have time to complete the art before the campaign ends. I will update if/when that happens. If you want to vote on which designs will be added if I can first do Iris, Cornflower, Chrysanthemum, and Foxglove... you can do so at this Discord link HEREwhere I already have a poll running.
Slight update to Sakura dragon, where I forgot to fill in the deep red on the back.
No sample updates yet for the remaining designs, though they have been in contact with us. Was hoping we'd get something ready in March for the monthly update, but nothing was ready for a photo before Spring Break. Though with my other Pin Club stuff starting to be approved for production, there is little holding these designs from being done sampling for lock-down. Hoping for an update any day now.
Design Statuses:
Hibiscus Dragon - awaiting sample update
Tiger Lily Dragon - Sample approved
Sunflower Dragon- Sample approved
Chrysanthemum Dragon - Sample approved
Cornflower Dragon - Sample approved
Iris Dragon- Sample approved
Foxglove Dragon - awaiting sample update
Plumeria Dragon - production ready
Dahlia Dragon - awaiting sample update
Hops Dragon - Sample approved
Sakura Dragon - Sample approved
Hops Bookmark - sample in progress
Sakura Dragon bookmark - sample in progress
Stickers are production ready, awaiting pins to lock-down before sending to production.
Reminders:
Discord since that makes it easier to contact me quickly if I've managed to forget to update here. Link HERE to the Discord server.Which is dramatically faster than here, and faster than email.
Survey will stay open though until samples are complete
Until Survey lock, you can manually update your address, add more pins / stickers, or select different stuff if you have changed your mind. You can even message me if you want to swap around your stickers for pins to some degree.
The Pre-Order store will be open until samples finalize as well. So if you missed out, you still have a chance to get them steeply discounted.
If you are a backer that can't find your survey, feel free to email me so I can try to help you out. Otherwise you can try this first: Survey Recovery Page email: [email protected]
Slow progress, but at least moving along. Several samples look to have completed recently, and I'm really pleased with them so far in these revisions. Here are the ones I've seen updated!
Design Statuses:
Hibiscus Dragon - awaiting sample update
Tiger Lily Dragon - sample now approved for production
Sunflower Dragon- sample now approved for production (will get minor tweaks to look more 'golden'
Chrysanthemum Dragon - production ready
Cornflower Dragon - sample now approved for production (will get faint blue adjustment)
Iris Dragon- sample now approved for production
Foxglove Dragon - awaiting sample update
Plumeria Dragon - production ready
Dahlia Dragon - awaiting sample update
Hops Dragon - Sample approved
Sakura Dragon - Sample approved
Hops Bookmark - sample in progress still (got missed until now it seems)
Sakura Dragon bookmark - sample in progress
Stickers are production ready.
Discord since that makes it easier to contact me quickly if I've managed to forget to update here. Link HERE to the Discord server.Which is dramatically faster than here, and faster than email.
Survey will stay open though until samples are complete
Until Survey lock, you can manually update your address, add more pins / stickers, or select different stuff if you have changed your mind. You can even message me if you want to swap around your stickers for pins to some degree.
The Pre-Order store will be open until samples finalize as well. So if you missed out, you still have a chance to get them steeply discounted.
If you are a backer that can't find your survey, feel free to email me so I can try to help you out. Otherwise you can try this first: Survey Recovery Page email: [email protected]
Progress is still going annoyingly slow right now, we are still waiting on updated samples with the pearlescent revisions under the clear enamel. They have been prioritizing my older Patreon pin club project (from 2024) that was the most behind, which is why samples are taking so long. I'll post as soon as we get something with a photo update from the manufacturer of all the sample updates when I get them. However, I do have these 6 at the half-way point without their screen printing effects, UV effects, and fills. As you can see, overall they are looking so far a ton better than the last visual update. Hopefully samples will be completely done soon.
Thank you for your continued patience.
Campaign Reminders:
Discord since that makes it easier to contact me quickly if I've managed to forget to update here. Link HERE to the Discord server.Which is dramatically faster than here, and faster than email.
Survey will stay open though until samples are complete
Until Survey lock, you can manually update your address, add more pins / stickers, or select different stuff if you have changed your mind. You can even message me if you want to swap around your stickers for pins to some degree.
The Pre-Order store will be open until samples finalize as well. So if you missed out, you still have a chance to get them steeply discounted.
If you are a backer that can't find your survey, feel free to email me so I can try to help you out. Otherwise you can try this first: Survey Recovery Page email: [email protected]
