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Dumpy Frog Bakery - Enamel Pins

Created by Floating Frogs

Pins featuring adorable frogs as scrumptious loafs of bread, delectable buns and sweets, and delicious drinks! Primarily focused on funding a series of enamel pins with special effects, but has other cute accessories and stationery as well!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Campaign Funded!! Next steps
9 days ago – Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 09:52:08 AM

Hey everyone!!

First off I want to apologize for the delay in getting this update out, I had to work a long shift yesterday (and today) and just now have the time to finalize and post it! Also Happy Valentines day!

Super exciting news, that you probably already know... the project is funded and we've finished with $1k! A huge amount for me and I'm so excited to make these enamel pins a reality!! Thank you so much to everyone that pledged, shared, and helped make this project possible!

So what are the next steps?

First of all, Backerkit needs to collect your pledge. They will do that within the next few days. Once that happens and everyone has a chance to fix any failed payments I will get sent the funds.  

Sometime either after or before that I will get the survey and preorder store ironed out and sent. In the survey you'll be able to put in your address and get an idea for shipping fees (should be around $5). You'll also be able to add anything to your pledge that you might have missed or wanted to see if will get funded! And, Help us unlock the quicksand pin post campaign! None of this will be charged right away, I will inform everyone at a later date when cards will be charged.

For now, we wait for the payments to process!

When will things start production?

I'm working on finishing up the sticker files and I'll soon send those out to get finished. They won't take very long and will be available hopefully by the end of the month! If you pledged for stickers alongside pins you'll have to wait for the pins to be finished before you'll get your stickers.

Keychains files are already sent and approved! They'll start production soon and will be done within the next couple months. Once I have some pictures of those I'll be sure to share!

Fortunately my manufacturer allows me to make a partial payment to get the ball rolling on getting the samples made for all pins! It'll still be a little bit before I'll have something to show. I'll be sure to update everyone here once I have some substance! If you'd like all the updates, even small ones its best to follow my on my socials:
@floatingfrogss on both Instagram and Bluesky

I'm really hoping to have everything done by May, and shipped by the end of May and early June. But that's still up in the air.

Convention pickup!

This will be talked about more when I have a better idea of the pin manufacturing timeline. But! In May I will be attending Anime Boston and I'd be happy to arrange pickup of your pledge for you if you're attending (only if the pins are done by then of course). Again I will mention this again and talk about it more later when I have a better idea for a timeline.

Couple last things!

I've finally almost finished the quicksand boba design. I still need to finish some minor details and vectorize it, so there will be minor changes. But here is the design! The empty space will be where the quicksand will go. The quicksand will be a shiny green and some cute small leaf glitter bits! I've included some sample pics in the backer only section of this update! But again, this pin is still NOT funded, we have a chance to fund it in the preorder store if we can get 20 people to preorder it! 

How the preorder store will work:

You and people who weren't able to pledge during the campaign will get a chance to pledge for the pins and help me get more funds (so I'm not spending quite as much out of pocket) and to help us fund designs that we didn't quite reach during the campaign! The two I have planned for now are the Boba quicksand pin and keychain! These are both quite expensive so I am not able to self fund these, BUT! If we can get a total of 20 preorders for the Pin I can get it made! And for the keychain we'll need a total of 10 preorders. I have hopes we can get these funded and really hope to see these in real life! I'm very happy with how the design came out, so without further blabbering here is the specs for the quicksand pin and keychain!

Here are the specs of the pin!:
  • 2.5in Pin
  • Gold Plating
  • Quicksand Pin with two different glitters

Here are the specs for the keychain:
  • 3in Quicksand Keychain
  • Double sided printing with different back design
  • Cute bread clasp to go with the other keychains in the collection


And some unfortunate minor changes to the flan pin. Due to how stained glass works I've had to alter the design a bit to allow for at least 2mm in all areas that will have the effect. Mainly I've had to alter the drips and make them larger. I still think he's super cute and I hope you guys still like him!

Last 24 hours(ish)! - Self funding Mini Macarons, Matcha Cake roll, and Keychains!
11 days ago – Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 06:14:23 PM

Hi there!!

Its the very last 24 hours and we've gained some more momentum, and so I have some very exciting news...

The mini macarons and the Matcha Cake roll are unlocked!! I've decided to self fund the remaining amount to get them made! I'm very excited to get these and I hope you are too!



Alongside these I'm also self funding the keychains! Mostly because I want them for upcoming events. So feel free to back for any keychains as well!



I've also finished the Boba quicksand pin design. Which its unlikely we'll make it to fund that one. But! I will leave it up as a stretch goal in the preorder store! It'll function a bit different. Basically you'll preorder the pin when you fill out the survey asking for your address and design choices. If we're able to order the minimum amount (20) then it'll get made! Otherwise I'll ill refund them to you if we're not able to get that. I'll give a little more info on this once the campaign ends and the survey and preorder store goes live.

Alright everyone.. That's it! Let's keep pushing who knows, maybe we can reach $1800!

Kai

Final 3 Days
13 days ago – Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 12:58:48 PM

Hey everyone!

Its the final 3 days of the campaign, we've lost quite a bit of funding from canceled pledges, which is a bit discouraging I won't lie. But! I still have some hope!

What can you as backers do to help? Honestly the most helpful thing is sharing the project! I've made posts on all my social media:
My Instagram
My Bluesky

Sharing any of those posts would help us immensely! Or of course increasing your pledge, but sharing helps the project get seen by more people! 

Update on goal switching!

I have updated the goals to the plan mentioned in the previous update!
Both the mini macaron and the matcha cake roll will be unlocked at $1200
Keychains for all designs are unlocked at $1400
And the final Boba quicksand pin is unlocked at $1800

I still have hope we can unlock the last two pins and hopefully even the keychains! Please share if you can! Or pledge if you haven't yet! Let's get those other pins funded!!

That's all for now!
Kai

Goal switching update, Pin Design Updates, and New support and sticker only tiers!
16 days ago – Fri, Feb 07, 2025 at 07:10:25 PM

Hey everyone!

I have some updates on switching around the stretch goals that I think might be better and make sure everyone has a chance of unlocking the pin they want the most!

Mini Macaron Poll Update:
So an update on the poll I posted a majority  of people so far have voted to move the mini macarons to unlock them sooner, however there is a pretty high 30% of people that really don't want to move it. To me 30% is high  enough where I am concerned for for moving around the goals.

HOWEVER!
I am a new idea, very few people have pledges for keychains. What we could do is, instead of unlocking keychains (which unlocked at $500 alongside melon pan frog), we could push them back and unlock not only the macaron frogs but the cake roll frog! However we would have to push back the next stretch goal number to instead $1200, which I believe is still totally possible.  So, to recap this proposition;

Both the mini macaron pins and the cake roll frog will be unlocked at $1200
Keychains would be locked behind a $1500 separate stretch goal
The final pin, the quicksand boba pin, will still be unlocked at $1800!

Do not worry! I did a lot of math, like a lot. And these final stretch goals will allow us to unlock all the following things and still have leftover funds just in case of trouble, and if no trouble, to order additional pins! Please let me know what you think of this revised plan! I 100% think its possible to reach $1200, and even $1800! And to further assure you. If by some very small chance things go wrong and there isn't quite enough funds from the project, I will cover whatever further costs are necessary.

Regardless, PLEASE let me know what you think of this! I think its a great plan that hopefully caters to everyone, or almost everyone!

And one last thing, some pin designs have been updated!
I have changed the plating for the freebie pin (on 4+ pin pledges) and the Sourdough loaf pin. They have both been changed to gold. I was double checking files with my manu and she said copper plating would make the sandblast effect appear pink. So to make sure that doesn't happen, we've changed the plating to gold. I hope this is ok with everyone!

Don't forget to share with your friends and family!
I'll be adding a $1 support tier and a sticker tier or people who want to support but can't quite afford a full pin. They should be up within an hour or two of posting this! However, please note, these DO NOT qualify for the freebie collaboration pin, you MUST pledge for at least one pin on this project and Cats with messages to receive that pin.

Thank you for reading! Again please let me know your opinion on the updates to the stretch goals!

Last Week! - Possible goal updates!
17 days ago – Thu, Feb 06, 2025 at 11:36:07 AM

Hi there everyone!

We've had some downs, but recently some ups! We're at $914 and getting even closer to the next goal! Its very exciting and I definitely think we can reach $1100 with the last stretch. BUT! I do have some questions and some ideas for the upcoming stretch goals.

I know a lot of people are really excited for the mini macaron frogs both the pins (which unlock at $1400) and the keychains! And on the flip side the matcha frog cake roll doesn't seem as popular, which unlocks at $1100. 

So I have a proposition for you. Generally speaking I don't like to move around or change goals or what's been unlocked partway through the campaign, BUT! How does everyone feel about switching the the mini macaron pins with the matcha cake roll. So the mini macarons would instead be unlocked at $1100? I do think we can unlock both pins! But I'd like to ensure we can unlock the mini macarons (I really want them lol)!

So please comment and let me know your thoughts! I don't want to do something like this without asking first, so please please comment and let me know what you think! I'll also leave a poll attached to this update so vote in that too please!