Hi Everyone! I just took the last orders out that I have completed surveys for as of today! That means that anyone who hasn't completed their surveys in full will have until Jan. 18th to update their info or contact me. Once that deadline is up, I will be closing this campaign down and uploading any dragons that I have left to Etsy. I'll let everyone know in one last final update from here when they're available.
Yay!! Seasons Greetings, and may your holidays be warm and fuzzy. (but only in a good way 👀)
Thank you so much for your patience while I work to get everything fulfilled. Due to the customs hold up on the last box, I was delayed for a bit since it had the majority of the unicorn pins, and both ice cream dragons. I'm happy to report that they made it safely to me, and shipping has resumed! My goal is to get as many out, this week and next...but all rewards will be shipped out before the end of the year.
To the backers who have not filled out their survey, you'll have 30 days after the last "Ready to Ship" order has gone out before I close the campaign. Please remember that I don't have extra space to keep orders that haven't been claimed. Things go out, so that I can make room for the new. I'll give you the head's up when everything is out, which will start the 30 day count down.
Missing Pins in Transit/Fulfillment Officially Started
Hi Everyone!
I'm in the middle of fulfillment, but wanted to note that I'm waiting for a box that has been snagged by the good ole Tennessee customs office. My manu is getting in touch to figure out what's going on, and I've figured out what I'm mostly missing. I'm waiting for both Julep and Harlequin, and I could be missing a few of Tadpole and a few others.
The good news is that I have most of them, so I've already started mailing them out. Apologies to those who already have their orders. I thought I had pushed the button to send out the tracking numbers, but I got quite distracted by all of the packages arriving throughout the week in the middle of a 3 Day rainfall. Oof.
So keep an eye out for your tracking numbers, and I'll keep everyone updated on the hostage situation happening with the ice cream dragons.
We have more finished pins! Now that all of the pins have been made, they're adding them to their respective backing cards, and quality checking before shipping them here.
Also, just a reminder that I'm opening up a Holiday Pop-Shop starting next week, just in case anyone's interested in "shopping small" this year.
As promised, here are a few shots of the updated design. Thanks to my manu's flexibility, he will have all of the black bones refilled (on top of the black paint because there's no way to remove it) with white enamel paint.
I've given him the go ahead to start mass production, with this revision in mind. The only comment I made was to leave the eye socket of the skeleton black. I will not be asking for another sample to see that, since I think most of us can visualize that area being black.
We also have some completed pins.
The last two will need recolors. So I'm looking forward to seeing them updated soon.
Welp. Here's the Plan for the Rainbow Metal Pins...
Hi Everyone,
Well... the Nays have it. Honestly, the vote was super close, we lost by 3 votes, and even though I'm disappointed and I was a little disheartened for a bit, we'll go with the majority. Only 97 people out of 427 backers chose to vote and help us decide. So thank you for participating.
I've made this type of pin before, in a nearly identical way, and honestly, they were one of my most popular pins, but this is a different factory (glitter and techniques differ between factories), and a different crowd, and I get that this was new way of doing rainbow metal for a lot of backers and made people nervous or unsure. So I'll have to chalk it up to a teachable moment, and not do this unless I'm funding it myself. 😅
For the Dragon, I've given the factory the approval to proceed with clear epoxy without glitter. It's moving forward, and we can't change anything at this point. (See pictures from the previous update for an example.)
But for the Unicorn, I have asked for a sample to see whether they can successfully cover the black enamel paint with white, so that the bones will at least give contrast. I'm trying to cover as many concerns as I can, but there are more than 400 of you and there's one design, so this is the path currently for this pin... and if it's successful, we'll move forward with the rest like this, so that we can have them shipped here before the holiday rush.
I have been hyper fixated on this issue for the past 7 days, so I can finally breathe a little better now that there's a way forward....
Hi Everyone! I just took the last orders out that I have completed surveys for as of today! That means that anyone who hasn't completed their surveys in full will have until Jan. 18th to update their info or contact me. Once that deadline is up, I will be closing this campaign down and uploading any dragons that I have left to Etsy. I'll let everyone know in one last final update from here when they're available.
Yay!! Seasons Greetings, and may your holidays be warm and fuzzy. (but only in a good way 👀)
Thank you so much for your patience while I work to get everything fulfilled. Due to the customs hold up on the last box, I was delayed for a bit since it had the majority of the unicorn pins, and both ice cream dragons. I'm happy to report that they made it safely to me, and shipping has resumed! My goal is to get as many out, this week and next...but all rewards will be shipped out before the end of the year.
To the backers who have not filled out their survey, you'll have 30 days after the last "Ready to Ship" order has gone out before I close the campaign. Please remember that I don't have extra space to keep orders that haven't been claimed. Things go out, so that I can make room for the new. I'll give you the head's up when everything is out, which will start the 30 day count down.
I'm in the middle of fulfillment, but wanted to note that I'm waiting for a box that has been snagged by the good ole Tennessee customs office. My manu is getting in touch to figure out what's going on, and I've figured out what I'm mostly missing. I'm waiting for both Julep and Harlequin, and I could be missing a few of Tadpole and a few others.
The good news is that I have most of them, so I've already started mailing them out. Apologies to those who already have their orders. I thought I had pushed the button to send out the tracking numbers, but I got quite distracted by all of the packages arriving throughout the week in the middle of a 3 Day rainfall. Oof.
So keep an eye out for your tracking numbers, and I'll keep everyone updated on the hostage situation happening with the ice cream dragons.
