August wrap up! Pins + Giant Stickers and a Sponsor-a-pin tier!

Hello everyone! Its the end of the month, so that means its time for our wrap up! ^.^

September pins of the month

I made a post last week, but just a reminder, here are September's pins! 

Delivery Moogle and Night Warrior Tyrande :)

Carbuncle Pins

I'm currently waiting on some remakes due to some screen print errors, but these babies are what is holding up the July/August shipment.  :( Mainly, the emerald's screen printing color was too off and my manufacturer is currently remaking them. 

Carbuncle Sticker Designs

Kael'thas

So, Kael'thas arrived to me and unfortunately there is a pretty major issue with his screen printing. I'm not sure what happened, but I'm having some drama with them lately. Fun times!

Kael's screen print color should be the same as Illidan's, however it came out very dark in most spots and looks pretty messy. I've posted some photos over in discord (#teaberry-pin-club channel if you'd like to check them out)

I think remakes at this point will take far too long, so I'm going to be manually removing the screen print from the pins. I think he looks a bit better without the screen print anyway. Instead of a remake, I'll be asking my manufacturer for a credit on another order.. I hope no is disappointed with this change. >_< Sorry friends! 

Lokigator pin 

He arrived a few days ago! I tested out a new manufacturer for these pins, and I think they came out great. Those of you that preordered this pin (and no other preorders) have already had your packages ship out. ^.^

I'd love to do a Sylvie and Loki soon too! 😉

Other pin updates:

(Apologies for the terrible photos! These were just quick phone snaps I took to post in discord ^.^)

July's pins looking pretty good! :>

Remakes of this pin arrived recently, she'll be a Patreon secret shop exclusive next update. :)

aand these arrived too!

I'm still waiting on the new backing cards, so they'll be shipping out as soon as they arrive! Hopefully this weekend or next week.

Merch updates

New Giant 5" stickers!  I'll have a limited amount of these up in the secret shop next update. So far, its just this Moonkin and Frostmourne. :) If these are popular enough, I'll consider reordering and maybe doing others!

Sponsor-a-pin tier

I've mentioned this briefly before but in the future I'd like to do a commission based "sponsor" pin tier. Ideally, these pins will be of your OC or a fandom character that you'd like to see me make into a pin. The tier itself would be priced for the art and vector files only - so likely $200-250 after I figure in patreon fees.  You'd then also be quoted on the pin production cost for about 50 pins, which would be yours to keep/sell and do whatever you wanted with. I'll also be ordering enough to give 1 to all the Deluxe tier members, but that will come out of my own pocket, not yours. :) These will be limited edition pins, of no more than 150-200 pieces total, but that may change depending on how many deluxe tier members there are.

While you will be allowed to sell the pins, I'll still retain all rights to the artwork, and may make things like stickers if its a fandom character. If you wish to have more than 50 made, or would like the rights to the artwork for other purposes, an additional fee will be required. ^.^

As it is right now with shipping costs and covid manufacturing, its hard for me to say for certain how much pin production will cost. I can give estimates, but pricing can change on a moments notice. I initially posted this on Discord, but since then, the prices at my factory have gone up by about $20-30. 

I imagine for 50 pins, your base quote for a 1.75" (45mm, about the size of most of my pins) would be :

mold fee: $80

unit price: $1.50 (x50)

shipping $100ish (I will likely combine with my own orders to save you on shipping if possible)

So at MINIMUM, it would be about $255 + paypal fees (plus whatever the patreon tier is)

There are additional fees for things like screen printing, glitter, and other special effects. This price could also be cheaper depending on the size of your pin! You'll have to let me know if you have a budget in mind, and I can make something work.

As a side note, if you subbed to this tier, pin production is purely optional (though it is highly recommended!) You're charged immediately by patreon when you sub, so you'll be guaranteed to get the art and vector files. The Patreon sub will cover my art and my time spent working with you on the design. ^.^ Everything else, you'd be paying the direct manufacturing fees.

I'll probably only offer 1 spot in this tier per month, and may not offer it every month depending on my schedule. Looking to add this tier in starting January, and I've already got a mini waitlist started by some volunteers on Discord. :)

What do you all think? Please let me know if you have any questions!

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That's it for this month! Links and discount codes for August will be sent out shortly. Thank you all so much for your continued support, I wouldn't be able to do all this without you!

Until next time! <3