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Dragon Winners + Pausing May
🕑 Added 2020-04-22 20:59:21 +0000 UTCHey everyone!!
Sorry guys, its another COVID-19 update I'm afraid :')
So I've decided that I'm going to pause the Patreon for May, so you will not be charged on May 1st. I started this Patreon in November and started exclusive pins in January and I was so amazed at how well the Patreon was going! I never imagined so many people would want to join! 😭 Pin production used to take around 3-4 weeks, so I planned my time out to make sure that I'd have all of the pins in my hand at least a week before the end of the month, so I could show you all how they came out and post them on social media!
It feels like everything has spiralled out of control since February, and I know that it isn't my fault deep down, but I can't help but feel like I've let you all down, if I'd have known the delays with pin production would take this long, I would have paused the Patreon sooner - I've had so many different updates / shipping dates given to me and I honestly don't know whats even going on now. I was sent pictures of the Aristocats pin from March / the two April pins and the Lady and the Tramp preorders (FROM JANUARY!) at the beginning of the month so I thought, Ah great! I'll have these within a week! Requests for updates were mostly ignored, as far as I'm aware - they shipped it two weeks ago and it was sent back to them - I now have a shipping number, but it hasn't moved in days - I was really holding out on making this post until the shipment moved and I could hopefully FINALLY get an idea on when I would receive them, but I can't hold off updating you all anymore. It has been shipped to me, so its likely it will be with me soon, but its been a really frustrating time to say the least! (I'm sure it has been for my manufacturer also! I imagine they must be under a lot of stress as they've always been (and still are!!!) fantastic!) Honestly, at this point I'd happily fly to China just to get these pins in my hands :')))))) I've had STACKS of letter boxes all over the place, prepared and ready to go for weeks! :')
Pausing the month will mean that I can get this Patreon back under control, pin production takes around double the time of what it did previously, so this way it should catch up! I refuse to enter another month with out pins to send! My sticker supplier is also back in business, so stickers will also return from June!
I've been giving out free seconds pins with March and April packages, this will continue with the June shipments. On May 1st I will be launching a Patreon exclusive store and I'll be offering a 35% discount code to ALL Patreons! I will be designing some free thank you pins in future that will be voted on for all your support during this concerning time!
I honestly cannot thank you all enough for how kind, patient and supportive you've all been through this time!! 😭 I really can't believe how kind some of you have been despite constant delays, issues and mess, its literally means the world to me!! 😭 Its been a tough couple months for me, as I'm sure it has most of you! I really hope the world will soon recover from this! As always, I hope you and your loved ones are safe and healthy! 💖
ANYWAY!! HERES SOME FUN NEWS!! The winners of the Dragon poll are...
Maleficent and Haku!! Toothless is third and will be going into a last chance poll (WHICH IS TOTALLY STILL HAPPENING! I've been waiting for things to get back to normal 😅) Thanks so much for voting everyone!! 💖
Comments
Oh sweetie it's okay, you're doing everything you can to try to make it through this very frustrating situation, and we all understand. You're one of my favorite pin makers and I just want to support you any way I can. I hope things go better for you in the next few weeks. I'm really excited for the Patreon store! I was just looking at your website the other day and noticed that you added the link for it under the enamel pins section. That's something that made my day at the time, so I'm definitely going to have some fun with that. Thanks so much!
Everywhere is having delays so it's perfectly understandable! Cant wait for it to go back to normal so I'm able to get that Bambi and Dalamtian pin. You're doing a great job and thank you for keeping us up to date about it all! We all really appreciate everything you do!
