Hello, and thank you all for your support! We ended up raising $1190 for the potluck pins! Really, from the bottom of my heart, thank you all for liking and supporting my designs. Because we got so close, I'm going to self fund the difference for the host pin, so he will be available as an add -on in the survey/post backer shop as well.

Here's the perspective timeline- (which i will make an announcement at the start of every stage)

Payment:
Cards should be being charged for the total of your campaign within today or tomorrow. If your card is declined, please use the next two weeks to fix the info or contact your bank . After these two weeks, Backer kit will send me the funds minus the fees.

Survey time:
After this two week wait, I will send the survey out so that everyone can make their pin choices through email. You will also be able to purchase add-ons and upgrade your pledge if you'd like. Please answer these as soon as you can, as i need them in order to be able to ship your pledge out!

Production:
A week  and a half after i send out surveys, ill start production. Production time should last about a month to a month and a half. Then they will be shipped to me, which could take an additional 2 weeks in my experience. Once i get manufacturer pictures of the pins, ill be sure to make an update so everyone can see them as well.

Grading:
Once the pins arrive I will take the time to grade them into two grades-A and B grades, and package the A grades into their packaging for the campaign. A grades are ones with either no or very minor hard to find flaws. B grades are pins with noticeable flaws. This should take a few days at the most.

Shipping:
After grading and packaging, it time to ship them out!

Possible delays-
Here are all the possible delays that could happen:

Production: could take longer than expected both to get the pins made and for the pins to arrive.

Grading: The only delay that can happen here is if there more flawed pins then pins ordered. If that happens (and it most likely will NOT, as I've worked with this manufacturer before and they've been great) I would need to fight for a remake, and then wait for the remake to arrive.

I doubt there will be any delays, but i wanted to be transparent on where in the pipeline they could occur. As with the start of a stage, i will make an announcement for any delays that happen.

Thank you again to everyone who supported my project,

-Arcane