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As you’ve probably heard (or read), the Naked Truth Tarot Midnight Edition campaign has surpassed 250% funding — all thanks to you!
We truly appreciate your incredible support!
BackerKit will take a couple of weeks to collect your pledges, so please keep an eye on your inbox to ensure there are no payment issues that could delay your rewards when we start shipping.
Based on the poll results, we’re excited to confirm that two extra cards—the Lovers and the Tower from the first edition—will be added to this Midnight Edition deck to make it even more special.
If you encounter any problems, don’t hesitate to reach out to us!
Previous timeline still roughly stands, though probably delayed by a couple weeks. I was hoping that our fulfillment team would have your items a little earlier, but they have arrived as of yesterday. So now I need to get your addresses over to the fulfillment squad to figure out your order costs for shipping. Doing that now! (if you need to update your address, now is the your last moment to email me with it [email protected]!)
That means:
By June 20th, god willing, shipping charges are added to your orders. I will update to let you know it has happened and give 2 days before we charge them, in case anyone needs to reach out before I charge for any reason.
June 25th-July 10th or so, we will see international packages start going out straight from China.
July 20th-August 10th or so, we will see North American orders arrive to the US over the ocean. Orders will then enter the USPS system directly, already packed and labeled.
So by end of August, we should see all items in people's hands. Pushing this back from August 15th I shared last update.
Talk again shortly when I have shipping on your pledges.
Good news everyone... Things have been moving quickly over the past week and I'm so excited to be able to say that the National Park Oracle decks have arrived!
You should have received an email notification that shipping addresses are being locked—if you didn't get one and need to change your shipping address, please send an email to [email protected] and we'll get that sorted right away.
Our fulfillment partners (my parents!) have already started counting, sorting, and prepping everything to get the shipments out the door and into your hands ASAP. Because the postage is purchased in batches ahead of shipping, you may receive an early advance notification from Pirateship with tracking info—please don't worry if the tracking info doesn't update right away, you will receive an email update via Backerkit when your package is dropped off at the post office and begins the journey to your door.
That's it for now, and again if you need to update your mailing address or have any questions or concerns please send us an email at [email protected].
My package arrived today, and was a genuine joy to unpack (the wax seal is going on the wall and no-one can stop me.)
Everything from the lil foldover card to keep small stuff from getting crumpled to the holographic [redacted] on the back of the thankyou note was all so pretty.
(And as someone who's used to parcels getting a lil chomped by the Thing that lives in the postal system, as part of the ancient pact for recieving long distance mail; the extra care with packaging for durability is very appreciated.)
For anyone who's packages are in-transit or waiting because tarot cards are being fine tuned: based on how pretty the everything is, it'll be worth it.
Shipping is progressing slowly but surely. We appreciate your patience. There are 130 orders now left to ship and they ship out on Mondays. So look for tracking then.
When your order ships, you will get a shipping notification so you can track your package. If you have any issues with your tracking or anything else, be sure to email[email protected].
We are just as eager to get these out to you as you are to receive them, and we are so grateful for everyone who helped this dream come to fruition.
Next on the docket is
LORE
I'm happy to announce that this Friday from 6pm to 9pm I will have my work shown at The Compass Gallery with their show LORE in Provo.
This is a highly anticipated show as Brandon Sanderson has generously loaned out some of his art hoard for the show, so we may view it.
It will run until July 11th so head over there and check it out! All works purchasable in the show are available online so those of you who aren't local can still enjoy the show.
Are there any updates on this project, where the things are and when we can expect them to arrive? Everything still on track like in the last update two months ago?
Happy Pride Month to everyone, rain or shine, and also happy 6/9.
It's the end of spring and it's cloudy here in Hamilton, but the good news for today is that Vibrating Tarot is on its way.
We had anticipated an early to mid-month delivery, but the shipment is still on the high seas, nearing the end of its long voyage from Guangdong, China to my hometown of Hamilton, Ontario.
The day-to-day correspondence with an international company and the current realities of shipping logistics has unavoidably added to our overall timeline.
So the units of Vibrating Tarot are still en route and we’re expecting them to arrive in the coming weeks.
We’re hanging tight and counting down the days... Look for an increase of activity on my social media channels as we get closer to fulfillment.
Charging Credit Cards for Shipping this month
We're now within a few weeks of fulfillment, so your credit cards are scheduled to be charged for shipping later this month.
We plan to initiate the shipping charges on Tuesday, June 23rd.
At that time, everyone will receive an email from the BackerKit system indicating that your credit card will be charged in 48 hours.
* This forthcoming email will also include a link in case you need to update your credit card information or mailing address.
You'll then receive a confirmation email when your card has been successfully charged.
What am I being charged for?
For most of you, this will be a relatively small charge to cover the shipping costs of your order, approximately $9-20 CAD ($10-15USD).
If you added items after the crowdfunding campaign or placed an order through our pre-sale store, you will be charged for those items as well.
Feel free to log in to BackerKit, at BackerKit.com, to check your profile at anytime.
We've locked everyone's order, but in the event that you want to add something to your order, send me an email at [email protected], and I'll give you access to change your order.
Vibrating Font Update
Vibrating Font is now available as a free download on my website and I encourage everyone to download it.
I’ll be emailing this font to everyone during our fulfillment process, as it was promised as a freebie to supporters of our project, but if you wanted to jump right in and download the font from my website, you can all do so anytime at PallorPublishing.com.
Vibrating Font is free for non-commercial purposes only.
Use it on any of your word processors across any of your Mac or PC computers, laptops, and tablets.
Please let me have your feedback!Do the font characters display correctly on everyone’s systems?
Any of your feedback might be able to help me refine the font one last time before I email it to everyone later on this summer.
PDF Colouring Book Update
The Vibrating Tarot Colouring Book is also on its way to being delivered to applicable backers as soon as we have fulfilled the Tarot deck.
We've made two different versions of the colouring book for everyone: a PDF that you can print off and colour in, and a second PDF that is meant for digital colouring and posting online.
You will receive the Vibrating Tarot Colouring Book in any of the following situations: it was included in your crowdfunding pledge level, you added it on during the campaign or survey process, or you also backed our Tarotopia crowdfunding partner.
You can check the items associated with your order anytime by logging into BackerKit at BackerKit.com.
We've already locked everyone's order, but in the event that you want to add something to your order, please send me an email at [email protected], and I'll give you access to change your order.
Thanks again everyone. Enjoy the weeks ahead.
I'll be in touch again soon before the end of June.
Are there any updates on shipping? You’ve run another campaign already and I haven’t seen or heard anything, when the original date was supposed to be February and it is now June.
I wanted to pop in with a quick update before the end of the month, buuuut unfortunately there's nothing new to report just yet.
Last month our manufacturer New Titan let us know that our shipment had been delayed until late May due to the availability of shipping vessels. We're hoping to get an update from New Titan soon about whether or not our oracle decks have successfully been loaded onto a cargo ship and are right now making their journey across the ocean....
So no new news on shipping, but I am delighted to get to share this little video that New Titan had sent of the deck while it was being printed! It's really cool to get to see the giant uncut sheets of the cards. (Big thank you to Crys for solving my tech issues and getting it onto Youtube!) Video: National Park Oracle Decks being printed.
Thank you again for your continued patience, we're really excited for the decks to arrive and to start sending them out to all of you!
Test cards did come back but they're still not 100%. We're still having trouble with variation in shades of green on the back of the cards and the language barrier is making it very hard to explain the problem - its not super visible unless you hold the cards in your hand and turn them in natural light. We'll be ordering another set of samples asap, though. We might need to change the colours on the backs of the cards to something more stable but still complimentary.
We have charged cards and started shipping orders that do not contain any tarot decks. The first of those should start to go out this week.
This month's artwork is... more crabs!
The queen cards for each suit will be the ones that get the pins, the bloodmoon colouration, and the notebook covers etc. Hoff crabs don't come in red unfortunately so we used a similar colourscheme to the spidercrabs.
