June 2022 Pin-of-the Month: Constellation Draco

Patreon Pin Club is nearly ready to launch! Here is a preview of the very first pin, which is dear to my heart. It's original design was part of the original Wild Sky v1 series, that I always wanted to expand upon the idea. Without expanding on it as a star sign kind of thing.

June's Pin Details: Constellation Draco v2:

• glittering main body
• hybrid enamel (hard enamel body - soft clouds)
• yellow glass gemstone inlay (major stars)
• underlays (accent stars) and cloud textures
• slightly over 2 inches wide.
• screen printing
• gold plated metal
• Only up to 100 of these pins will be made, making it limited edition.

If you pick a tier now, you will be charged when you pledge. (If you were one of 3 who pledged before we launched in March-May, Patreon shows you as already paid for the first pin.)

Going forward, all seasonal persons or consecutive pledges will be charged on the 1st of the month for each pin this will start in July. Please stay pledged for 3 consecutive months to gain the cheaper shipping if you are seasonal. (4 in the case of this launching pin and the summer season, but will not be the case after this initial launch) 

I will NOT refund shipping for those who do not pick the seasonal tier, even if I ship your items together in the off chance all pins arrive at the same time.

Pin News:

    This pin is currently in the sample stage already. Hopefully we will have something to see soon. As a REMINDER: Because this pin, and the following 3 pins are so complex, if you pledge to a seasonal shipping tier, I will not be shipping till the end of the summer chunk (4 months instead of what will be typically 3). We are using the funds to pay for some of the additional costs like the yellow glass gemstone inlays and pre-sampling of the designs to get this club started off well!

Pin club Voting

So it looks like winners for options in the Pin-of-the-Month Club are: (via Discord)

1) Knowing the pins before you back - can do! Patrons see the pin they want on the month they pledge to it.

2) Included Shipping - can do! Makes it a lot easier for me as well as you.

3) Exclusive Variants (not ready for this one yet, but maybe after a few months, probably only alternate colors)

4) Seasonal Mail  - can do! Use this to save on shipping, I'll try and pre-release art or the concepts to help you make sure seasonal is a good choice for you.

5) Voting on pins - can do, but not right off the bat. I had some planned for the first 4 months. Voting is definitely for chunk themes, and possibly for what a designs will be for a seasonal chunk. Typically ahead of time BEFORE a season chunk launches, and rough following designs shortly after.

(we had a poll on the Alstro Arts Discord to decide what are the most key points for a pin club)

Things that polled low are 

• Secret Shop - which we will only use for early releases to Patreons.
• Additional pin choices also polled low, so we wont' offer that for some time if at all to keep things simple. 
• Coupon codes - polled low, probably will have ones to save on orders or to let us know to ship shop orders free with your pin. We will try to keep this simple as possible.