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Dragon Bagons; CR10 dragon dicebags

Created by Bridget Hughes

These CR10 dragon dicebags would love to guard your dice hoard. Also available are Dragon dice, Bagthulhus, and Bagthulhu dice.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Happy Holidays, Completion, and a belligerent Nectarine
over 3 years ago – Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 12:33:10 PM

Hiya,


I hope you're all safe and well in these interesting times.


I have officially marked all of the remaining pledges as shipped. The exception is the 18 pledges that either have incomplete surveys, or declined cards. At the end of the year we will likely need to consider these abandoned (I'm waiting on advice from the accountant about this).


The project is complete.


I don't think it's really sunk in yet. I actually feel a little bit lost. The Bagthulhu and Dragon Bagons projects have been this huge, dominating part of my life for a long time now, it's strange that they're taking a different form now.


They started out like this:

The second dragon dicebag I ever made. His name is Thandalor

Evolved into this:

Charrlotte - our ambassador Dragon Bagon

And finally this:


Red/Black manufactured Dragon Bagon, current form.
Black/Red, Purple/Green, and Rainbow Dragon Bagons


I have a huge list of projects I want to work on but I can't quite get my head around them yet. I imagine that'll change sooner or later.


I'd like to do a proper round up later on, but for now, thank you for sticking with me.

In other news

Do you remember how I managed to get sucker punched by a block of chocolate that one time? I have a new story.


I love nectarines, I always have. Today I wanted to have nectarine pieces with coconut yoghurt (which is AMAZING by the way). I used the cut and twist method, and everything was fine until I put down the knife and twisted. Something slipped, and the stone gouged a cut on my palm. It stopped bleeding after a couple of hours and several plasters, looks a lot like a paper cut.


I'll try to remember to get a photo. I should make a photo book about the inanimate objects that have beaten me up over the years.



Happy Holidays folks, stay safe.

EU shipping update
over 3 years ago – Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 07:05:51 AM

I've just had word from our fulfillment partner that the last of the EU orders should be picked up in the next 24 hours.


Currently there are 10 backers with incomplete surveys, and 8 backers with credit card issues meaning their shipping and add on costs haven't been covered. If we don't have any progress on these by the end of the year we'll likely need to consider these orders abandoned and try to find homes for those dragons else where. So if you're not sure about your survey info, you can enter your email address in the "lost survey" box at dragonbagons.backerkit.com to get an email with more info, and if that doesn't work, you can get in touch directly and we'll see what's happening. :)


Stay safe out there

UK/EU Shipping update and pride dice
over 3 years ago – Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 01:16:58 AM

Hiya,


I hope everyone is safe and well out there. Just a short update today:


UK

I've had an email today from our UK fulfillment partner that they expect to get the last of the UK orders in the post today, so fingers crossed our UK dragons will reach their new homes soon.


EU

The majority of the EU orders have been shipped, with about a dozen still to go, those 


Pride Dice

Our US fulfillment partner has found a small number of spare pride dice sets, I'm happy to give backers first option on these, just get in touch.


Incomplete surveys

There are still 8 backers remaining who have not completed their surveys. I'm hopeful that these can be sorted out before the end of the year. After that we may need to consider them as abandoned.


In other news

There's still a lot of heavy duty canvas left over from the Backpackthulhus we made for the Bagthulhu campaign. We need the space so I've been making little totes for horse grooming gear, garden tools, pegs, and other bits and pieces, along with outdoor cushions for gardening (or whichever furbaby lays claim to it first). Some are going to friends, but most are being bundled with other goodies donated by other businesses and going to various related charities for their use or for fundraising. The local RDA is taking one of the horsey bundles, as is an animal rehoming group, and a bird sanctuary that sells plants to fundraise is taking a few of the garden cushion/tote bundles. I'm hoping to get at least a few more charities on board: I need the space, I hate throwing away useful materials, and it can help out some great causes.


Mr T, a former rescue kitten laid claim to the first garden cushion prototype.

We're still making masks, we've passed the 100 donated mark and we're getting closer to 200, but there's still plenty more to do. Demand has dropped a bit here, so we might start building up a stock to send overseas again.


There was a big mix up at the cutters, so we ended up with everything being almost a size smaller than intended. The batch was 1400 masks worth, enough to keep us going past the end of the year. Unfortunately this means we have a lot of masks that are too small for the need here, so when we get through the ones that are big enough, we can see if there's places overseas that need smaller sizes and start chipping away at those ones.


Take care folks,


Bridget

Shipping update
over 3 years ago – Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 04:22:07 AM

Firstly, I hope you're all safe and well in your respective corners of the globe. It would seem that winter and spring decided to switch places here, so the weather is miserable. 

Masks

The current outbreak here seems to be slowly coming under control, and in general we're in reasonable shape with minimal disruption to most services. If demand for masks drops again here we'll go back to building up a stockpile to send overseas.

If anyone knows of any businesses that would like to sponsor some masks (which helps us cover some of the costs of making them to donate), please put them in touch, we're hoping to donate 500-1000 by the end of the year.

So many masks... O.o
Dragon Bagons are going out into the world ^_^

EU shipping

The majority of the EU orders have been shipped. Those with a handmade or Bagthulhu component are waiting for the handmade items and Bagthulhus to reach our US fulfillment partner (it's a weird roundabout trip, but it seems to work best for the moment). We're finding parcels going into the US are being delayed quite a bit now, so it might be another few weeks unfortunately.


UK Shipping

The shipment has arrived with our UK fulfillment partner and the orders are being sorted and prepped to go out, though it looks like another lockdown may be looming over there so they're doing their best to get as many orders as possible out as soon as possible, just in case.


US shipping

We're still seeing the occasional parcel from the US and Canada lot returned or delayed, so if you're in the US and Canada and haven't received your order, please let me know and I'll investigate ASAP.

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Here's some photos from my garden to prove that while the weather is miserable, it is indeed spring here:

My nectarine tree transitioning from flowering to leaf growth. I have a feeling we'll get a small crop this year, but that might mean larger fruit ^_^
Bud burst on my cherry tree. I think it's late because it was sulking after I topped the central leader
Patiently waiting for the broccoli to produce a head. *sigh*

And Chirpy Cat.

Chirpy Cat would like to speak to a manager about all this rain and the lack of pats and scritches.

And a slice of Raspberry Chocolate Mousse Cake (it deserves the capitalisation), because I love it.

Wanna guess the main ingredient? (No spoilers if I've already told you)

Stay safe out there folks.

UK and EU shipping
over 3 years ago – Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 05:48:52 AM

UK shipping

The carrier who had so far been refusing to pass on our documentation to customs (*sigh*) finally accepted an invoice from myself, to myself. At this point I feel like they were just being deliberately obstructive. In any case, the VAT bill has come in and I've paid it, so hopefully the shipment will be released soon and our UK fulfillment partner can start shipping out UK orders within a week or two.

EU shipping

We've heard back from most of the second wave test recipients, and it looks positive so far. There was a bit of a mixup with what was sent (handmade vs manufactured), but I'm working on sorting that now. It looks like we'll be going ahead with this shipping method for the EU. Most orders will be able to go out directly, a small number will need to have their handmade elements sent to our US fulfillment partner first before they go out.

Masks

We've donated just under 70 masks so far, and we have another 50 or so looking for homes on our etsy store. Each mask that is sold or sponsored helps us to cover the costs of making more. We're now looking for sponsorship, with the goal of making and donating 500-1000 masks by the end of the year. If the need in Aotearoa/New Zealand drops again we'll scale back and donate masks overseas instead.

Me with messy hair wearing a cat and pumpkin print mask
Me wearing a Pusheen print mask
A spiral of masks with a butterfly print one on top