Greetings Hoarders,

Exciting news! Tomorrow the mail lady will pick up the second batch of Derpies to fly to their forever homes!

We have packaged 199/220 boxes. Not quite done, but progress nonetheless 😁.

We're packing both mine and my son's together, which makes double checking take a few extra minutes per package. 

So while you wait, here's some late night photos I took when I started seeing double and had to stop before I made mistakes. 

They all turned out so pretty 😍. 

Please double check your pins to ensure they are all there. Especially if you backed both campaigns.
While we tried our best to double check everything, we are only Derpy  humans without the legendary actions of book characters. And if you have any issues, please email me at [email protected] so I can make it right. 

There's only 21 packages to go! But after a weekend at the market and packing all day I'm exhausted. I will try to get the rest packed tomorrow morning, since Canada post is threatening to go on strike again this Thursday. 

Oh... and I discovered a rogue poison pie pin after packaging and sealing all the boxes ... So, if you are missing the little guy please message me. 

There are some of you who completed one survey but not the other. If you don't complete both we can't combine shipping for you and both orders will be delayed until surveys are completed for BOTH campaigns. If we don't receive both surveys by the end of the week we will not be able to combine shipping and we'll ship separately so you will pay shipping twice. 

Well, I think that's all the news for today.

I'm so happy to almost have this fulfillment done, and just in time for my Dungeons & Derpies campaign next month 🥰😊.
In fact, check out the new cuties:

And the large limited edition a "Life is better with Derpy Dragons" pin will be available as an add-on for that campaign. 

I'm suuuper excited for this pin and all the other geeky Derpies.

Yours in art,
Therena

PS: here's my upcoming campaigns for 2025:

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/therena/dungeons-derpies

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/therena/festive-derpies

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/therena/d-is-for-derpies

Greetings Hoarders,

Exciting news, most of the pins arrived today! And they look sooo good 🥰🐉🥰.

Cards have been charged, or should be charged throughout today for both campaigns as we will start fulfillment over the next 3 weeks.

I think my favourite is the curious little Derpy. The black glitter is so perfect!

Overall all the pins appear to look great... however, there was a little hiccup with the UV print on Mushy and the manufacturer had to remake them. So orders with Mushy will be on the tail end of fulfillment as we wait for it to get produced and shipped.

But shouldn't take too long. 

It's my understanding that payment plan backers have not filled in surveys yet. Don't worry, I will do a second wave of fulfillment once all payments go through for you guys!
But, something to consider is that shipping and extra add-ons might be charged close to when you make the final payment. (I'm not sure if it's automatically charged or if I manually do it) So plan accordingly. 

Please ensure you have an up to date credit card on file as I can't send you your pretty treasure unless shipping goes through. 
Some banks might require further attention if you are international (EU, etc). So check your pledge if you don't see a charge over the next 2 days. 

BackerKit will re-attemp to charge failed pledges who completed surveys as well. So it's not too late to collect your little derpies!

I am so excited to get these little guys to you! Thank you so much for being a part of my journey as an artist!

Yours in art,
Therena

PS: Here's the next Derpies coming to join the hordes:

Greetings Hoarders,

I have some super exciting news. And some updates for you guys. (You'll definitely want to read to the bottom, but I'll start with the important stuff first in case you didn't want to read that much).

⚠️Orders will be locked soon (you should have received a notification this past week) and cards will be charged next week.⚠️ (You can stop reading now...or....[insert giddy excitement]...)

Some of the pins have already shipped to me and the others should follow shortly. The expected date for me to get them is the week of May 7th-14th. As soon as I have all the pins, we will start fulfillment.
(After a quality check)

All the mushroom pins already arrived for my son's campaign, so we are just waiting for the Derpies to fly over the ocean to get to me.

I'm sooooo excited to hold these little book derpy babies! Stickers arrived a couple weeks ago and look so good (I forgot to make an update as I was on my way out to a con and it's been a CRAZY month since!)

You may have noticed a lack of Derpies this month. I originally planned to run another campaign in April (though I'm glad I didn't because I was just too busy). 

I have had to move my "Dungeons & Derpies" & "Festive Derpies" campaign dates around a little bit. But for good reasons!

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/therena/dungeons-derpies
I have joined the Pin-Quest collaboration, and Dungeons & Derpies will now launch alongside other amazing pin creators. (Similar to Pintopia, but privately run)
It will have all the RPG shenanigans you'd expect from a D&D campaign with friends...only Derpy-fied.
Launches July 10-26
Here's a little sneak peek of some more sketches!

Follow for Mimics, gelatinous cubes, side quests, critical fails & more!

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/therena/festive-derpies
For all my festively inclined backers.
Festive Derpies will be a teeny tiny little one week campaign the last week of July. I have less designs for this one, but wanted to get it all fulfilled before Christmas, which is why it's in July. Also... Christmas in July 🤷🏽‍♀️🎄. I'll probably only have 5 designs for this one (probably...but no promises because, well, Derpies make their own rules) 

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/therena/d-is-for-derpies
You all love my life derpies, like the dumpster fire derpy, and they will officially be coming on September 9th as part of Printopia.
 
No, that's not a spelling mistake for Pintopia.

This isn't your normal Derpy pin & sticker campaign. "D is for Derpies" will be the first official Derpy Dragon art book! 🎉🥳 (I am just sneaking a pin campaign into a bookish topia, muahahaha)

What will this art book be exactly? 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️
I don't know 💯. And I need your help with ideas or at least feedback.

It is an artbook featuring all existing (and new) derpies...but I was toying with the idea of a derailed and completely not meant for children ABC book for adults.
Things like "A is for Anti-social", "D is for dumpster fire", "P is for Procrastination", "H is for Hoarding", "W is for Weird", etc.

So my question is, as an adult, would you buy an ABC art book of Derpies or should I abandon the ABC idea and just make full page Derpies like my other artbooks? I don't want to lose backers because they think it's for kids. Because while its rated 'G', I am most certainly making it with adult words & humor in mind. 🤔 (Maybe I should make a "Derpy's guide on living life in hard mode" book one day...but first...ABCDerpies. No I did not just have another side quest idea... okay, I totally did.)

Anyway, I added the links to the campaigns above if you wanted to follow it. And I would LOVE to hear your thoughts! (I even made a poll if you don't want to comment, but I really look forward to reading comments, they kinda make my day 😁)

Hope to hear from you in the comments or the poll!

Yours in art,
Therena

PS: you can always follow my art progress and new derpies on my Patreon as I make them! 

Greetings Hoarders,

It's been a few weeks since the excitement from the campaign has ended. So much has happened this past month and I can't wait to share some exciting updates! 

💓SURVEYS ARE COMING SOON💓
I finally managed to sort through all the weights and SKUs for this campaign and have sent my survey for review by the amazing BackerKit team. Once everything is approved I will do the first smoke test of surveys to  ake sure I didn't miss anything (5% of you) followed by the rest within 48 hrs. So keep your eyes open over the next few days.

Please complete these ASAP so I know how many of each design to order. I plan to order pins in a week so need at least 90% of surveys completed by next Friday.

We had over $3k in failed pledges for this campaign. If your pledge failed, you can still claim your rewards by completing the survey. You won't be charged until I charge for shipping sometime in April/May. 

This is the highest failed pledges I have had yet. I won't take away any stretch goals, but I do hope that this can be resolved for the majority of you. 

While it can happen for many reasons, the biggest reason pledges fail is because Backerkit has an old expired card on file. So please check your payment information to make sure it's up to date. 

As it happens, payment plan backers won't be able to complete their surveys until the full payment has been received. So you won't receive your survey for another 2 months (I think?) but you should still be able to select your pins then. 

Collaboration pin set: if you backed both Mushroom Hunt and this campaign you should already see this set in your cart.
But to combine shipping, you MUST ⚠️SELECT LOCAL PICKUP IN MUSHROOM HUNT ONLY.⚠️

Complete your address as usual in this campaign as shipping will be tracked through this campaign. And if you select local pick up for both we can't get your pins to you. (Unless you actually live locally then by all means choose it and arrange pick up with me 😊)

If you missed the collaboration, you can add this set to your hoard during the survey.

Returning backers should see their green mini book derpy in their carts 

Early bird & stretch goal rewards are already added to your cart as well as any additional add-ons you added during the campaign.

There was once again a custom commission pin for this campaign by the amazing Cassirole. And she requested a little fan fiction eater inspired by my book wyrm pin:

You can add this guy and any of the other unlocked designs during the pledge manager as well.

Survey add-ons:
There are 3 add-ons unlocked during the campaign which will be available at an exclusive backer price during the survey questions. Once you complete the survey, you will be able to add more at the regular price. 

Did you miss the campaign and want to add these bookish pins to your hoard?

⚠️❤️‍🔥THE PRE-ORDER STORE IS NOW OPEN!❤️‍🔥⚠️

While silence may often appear as idleness, it couldn't be further from the truth. 

In this past month, I not only wrote a whole new novel, but I finished some new derpy dragon designs for a future campaign. My "Derpies on Life" campaign will launch this fall. Here's a little sneak peek:

But while I'm excited about these life Derpies, I'm most excited about the next Derpy Dragon campaign "Dungeons & Derpies". I originally planned an April 1st launch, but life is too busy for the next 2 weeks, so I'll launch it on my birthday instead!

Join us as we adventure into the iconic realm of dungeon crawling with all the shenanigans one can expect from a derpy dragon! It'll be a short 2 week campaign, so don't miss it! Follow it today!

Well I think that was all the important things to talk about. 
I can't wait to see which derpies you guys choose for this campaign! 

Yours in art, 
Therena