Howdy folks; I've just been working on setting up surveys and other back end grunt work, like designing new backing cards for this campaign.

I have about 10% of you who have payments yet to clear/process, outside of pay over time. It looks like you have thru 5/1 or 5/2 to clear that up. Please do so, as the extra balance would be helpful in covering tariffs, should they remain at the ... ridiculously inflated point where they are now.

In the mean time, the first sample set from the Green Beer Dragon has arrived, so here are some quick photos!

I intend to make a few color adjustments for the full production but I am overall incredibly happy with how the big guy turned out. I don't think it will need a second sample, but I will cover that if so.

Enjoy the last weekend of April, and Cheers!

Holy cow y'all, we did it!

Thank you for all your support during the last month. I feel as I've been ping pong balled around against this, other projects, and well, life. Please raise up a glass and help me and the other hosts of Dragon's Delightful Delicacies celebrate getting through the first third of Spring.

I'll be working on the survey and such in the background here while Backerkit collects and processes your payments. (Remember to check your card on file, or whatnot. I'm not positive offhand what Backerkit's grace period is.) It will be a week or two before I send surveys out, so we all have a bit of time to breathe first.
Given the current status of tariffs (???) and such, I am likely to have to adjust the fulfillment timeline of this campaign. Really that means I have the best reason to get samples in their best state before production.

Also, it's Friday so whatever you plans I hope you have a lovely one. (It's going to be almost 90 here tomorrow, even. Is it shandy time already?)

Thank you once again, and Cheers!

ps: There's 224 of you, that blows my mind!

Howdy y'all!

I've had a couple discussions with my manufacturer on how to handle some logistical issues, including another order of Mead (standard) pins. So I've added Mead as a choice in the Pledge Level for "A Toast!" of two standard pins. (I went ahead paid for them now, so they'll arrive before anything else from this campaign. For a short period I can have a Mead horde!)

I also... really wanted to lean in on the Mango and Hawaiian Hibiscus themes and made a new pin banner to reflect. (I hope to do a Hawaiian+Tiki themed pin set featuring smaller sized pins in the future anyway so...) Anyone who picks up a pin banner will have a choice from these three designs.

It went from cold and rainy straight to too warm and muggy here practically overnight.

The campaigns close Friday evening, so I wish you all a lovely week and will Update again then. As always, I'm super grateful for your support and am happy to answer questions.

Cheers!

Howdy, all. We're cruising into the final week of the campaign(s), and you have spoken.

The poll results said, "please open it up," Thus: if you back with a total pledge of at least $30, it qualifies toward the freebie incentives. I will go back through the Story section to clarify that, and also go through the few Pledge Levels that do not qualify on their own to note Add-ons or additional support are required to qualify.

That's all for the moment, I hope you have a lovely weekend, and Cheers!

Take a breath or a sip, this is a long update.

An unlock! Rather than focus on the next pin, I felt it was high time to make a proper display accessory.

So, to Add-ons, pin banner designs:

Design layout here is pretty close to what I'm expecting, but will require some edits to account for print and cut margins, color adjustments, etc.)

Because of the way I've structured the "Toast of Beer Dragons" add on, I couldn't just add the pin banners to those choices (to aid in survey construction), hence another new Add on option. You can choose to switch in order to get a discount for a pin banner and 2.25"+ inch Drachtoberfest pin.

Additionally, anyone who has backed the Green Beer Dragon will get a $5 credit in your survey if you also get a single Pin Banner, as a thank you. (I'll remind folks about this when I sent out the surveys, as you should be able to use this credit toward shipping.)

I expect shipping will be a little more complicated with these as options, and I'll either figure out how to make that work within the expectations of just pins or cover the extra cost myself.

I also snuck in a limited number of the Dunkel pin, who at 3x1.75 inches with liquid glitter beer, 5mm thick, is a real chonker in most dimensions. Dunkel was also part of The Return campaign and my first foray into liquid glitter/quicksand pins.

And now, The Thought:

So it's now come up twice about/around what qualifies for the freebie pins, and I thought I should talk about that.

Each time the question has come up I have stepped back to consider the question of expanding the freebie qualifiers to those that pledge at least $30 toward the campaign, but do not select a Pledge Level that specifies being a qualifier.
(Early in the campaign, the only Pledge Levels that qualified were the Green Beer Dragon, and Lucky Round of Green, but options expanded as stretch goals were reached. Always with the same minimum $30 buy in as the GBD.)

The campaign is set up with the goal of funding the Green Beer Dragon, with freebies as thank yous for doing that in tandem of supporting one or both of the other group collab campaigns main goals. (I have spoken with both Alstro Arts and Pinfeathers Pin Shoppe about how they're handling their freebie qualifiers to help consider my position.)

So far I have landed on, stick with the spirit of the campaign, a Pledge Level that explicitly qualifies, and honoring those who pledged before there were a host of extra options to boost their pledge. But I have a feeling this will come up again, and it could affect the number of pins ordered.

My conflict is, does allowing a total pledge that technically covers the main and/or stretch goals, but doesn't buy in those rewards go against the spirit of the campaign? Is it reasonable to bend the rule, and will backers who followed the letter and spirit feel put off by doing so?

Thus, I have made a poll. It is open until Friday afternoon, which marks the countdown into the final week of the campaigns.

Feel free to comment, and otherwise, Cheers!