Pin Delivery Progress

Sign of the Chosen 

These pins showed up about 3 weeks ago and they were the wrong size and proportion due to a miscommunication. Instead of shrugging it off, I insisted that they be remade. Some of you have had orders for them that have already been sitting for 30 days and that really bums me out. The replacements are being air mailed from China today and should arrive in my studio this week.

I also fixed a glitch with the shipping cost on these. I refunded the extra shipping fee to existing customers and added an automatic discount the the shipping cost for everyone else.

With a small operation like mine, delays tend to push from one item into the next. The problems with the Sign of the Chosen pins delayed the production of the moth pins. What's worse is that I got word this week that the design required adjustment, delaying them further. The original design had  gaps in it, like the space between the wings. These gaps were too small for the factory to effectively tool. That meant I needed to revise both the wings and the antennae before the molds could get made. 

Soul of Deception (Moth)

With a small operation like mine, delays tend to push from one item into the next. The problems with the Sign of the Chosen pins delayed the production of the moth pins and then I got word this week that the design wasn't feasible, delaying them further. The original design had  gaps in it, like the space between the wings. These gaps were too small for the factory to effectively tool. That meant I needed to revise both the wings and the antennae before the molds could get made. 

Long story short, you can see the slightly revised Soul of Deception design above and they are scheduled to arrive 1 month later than expected.

This delay has pushed me to extend the run slightly to anyone who joined so far this month in addition to the people who unsubscribed after their payments for last month cleared. I figured it was silly to punish someone crossing an arbitrary deadline, if the production on the pins hadn't started yet.

Feel free to ask questions in the comments, I know this stuff gets confusing sometimes.

-Pete

PS - If you are interested in playmats, I want to make sure you that you know I'm running a discount exclusive to Patrons that saves 25% off any playmat purchase this month. 

Save $24 on a 3 playmat bundle or $15 off any Limited Edition playmat.

Just use the promo code: GR0K4RB

See the selection here: www.angelarium.net/vault