I hope you’re all having a good summer. I’m happy to be touching base with everyone for our July Update. I'll give you the bad news upfront: we're officially experiencing our second major production delay due to manufacturing defects that appears in 100% of the decks that were delivered to me.
The good news is: our printing partner, WJPC, has taken full responsibility and has agreed to do a reprint of the entire project.
Aside from the defects, which I'll explain in detail below, the entire package looks great, so I trust in WJPC to pay closer attention to quality control through all stages of the reprint and deliver a superior product the second time around.
Our new estimated time of fulfillment has been pushed to October 2026.
In this update, I’ll be:
Describing the frustrating news of our second production delay
Outlining the problem that occurred
Offering a solution moving forward
Detailing our printing partner
Thanking you for your shipping payment
What happened with the printing?
This shipment of Vibrating Tarot arrived in late June, as I had expected, and I started opening a few boxes of Tarot decks on June 30th to see what they looked like.
Unfortunately, there is a manufacturing defect that appears on every single deck of cards, and the entire shipment of 1000 decks of cards is a loss.
I’ve been in contact with our printer on a daily basis since July 1st. They have taken full responsibility for this issue and have offered to re-print the entire project at no extra cost, but of course, this will take time to achieve.
The reason I’m reaching out to you on July 16th is because it took two weeks from the point in time when I first discovered the manufacturing defects until I had time to contact our printer, report the issue, document the defects, discuss pathways forward, and settle on a solution for everyone involved.
I didn’t want to announce the problem without offering a solution. In addition to that, I wanted our printer, WJPC, to have a response to this situation before I made the problem a matter of public discourse.
So, in short, the announcement I have for today, as frustrating as it is for me to have to deliver to you all, is that we’re officially experiencing our second production delay in the project due to a manufacturing defect that originated with the printer. Our printer has taken full responsibility and has offered to do a full re-print.
The fulfillment timeline has been pushed to October 2026.
I’ve packed this update with a lot of details. So for those of you who want to know more about the specific printing defects I’m referring to, I have info and pics to share.
For those of you out there who don’t really care about the details, I’ll recount the shipping details and give you some key points about our printer at the very least, and explain why I trust them to get us out of this jam.
Shipping Payment (Thank you)
To ensure that we were prepared to begin fulfillment as soon as possible, we already took the steps to charge your credit cards for the cost of shipping your deck to you.
Most of you will have received notification emails from BackerKit to indicate this a few weeks ago.
We will be shipping Vibrating Tarot to you as soon as the reprinted cards are made available to us and pass our internal quality control inspection.
WJ Playing Card (Our Printing Company)
Our printer is WJPC. They are an industry giant in this field. I chose them because I know their reputation is good and I know that they have the capability to produce projects with superb results.
They came recommended to me by other Tarot creators that I trust. I also knew that because their name was so big that they could, and would, stand by the quality of their work.
WJPC has worked with me over the past three years and has solved many problems for us along the way as well as provided many solutions to help build our project into what it has become.
Because they have supported us in so many ways, I feel like I owe them the opportunity to follow through with making this situation right by re-printing the project (with extra care towards quality control).
Starting fresh with a new company would only introduce new problems at this point in time.
I want to give WJPC the chance to deliver what I know they are capable of delivering, and I want a swift solution for my backers who have been waiting patiently for this project.
WJPC’s schedule allows for the reprinting of the project to be delivered to Canada in early October 2026.
If all the decks are delivered, and pass our own internal quality control inspection, I’ll be mailing them all out to you in October.
I trust that when the ships return this October, they’ll be carrying a superior product. One we can all be proud of.
I’ve expressed to our printer many times, the quality of the product is the first priority. After all, it’s not only my artwork that is being represented here. It’s the intellectual property of 150 different brands out there who have put their trust in me to ensure that their product looks good on the final cards.
I’ve told WJPC that my backers would all understand that mistakes happen and we trust them to deliver a superior product this next time around.
Above all, we don’t want them to rush this re-printing!
Do you all agree?
We all want to have a good looking project rather than one that is delivered quickly but contains flaws.
So all we can do now is give WJPC the time and space they need to do it right this time.
The Manufacturing Defect:
Actually, there are two different defects…
Smudges on the Matte Finish on several various cards found in 100% of the decks.
Horizontal Scratch Line on two independent sets of 10 consecutive cards each, found in 100% of decks.
I’ll show you some pics below, but please be aware that I’m minimizing the pics I’m sharing here because this forum is accessible to the general public and I don’t want too many of these poor quality images to be out there. I owe it to the printing company, and I owe it to the adult brands on the cards, to show their work in a responsible way. So although there are literally thousands of different pics I can share, I’ve only selected a few that will get our point across.
Smudges on the Matte Finish
As soon as you tilt the card and catch the light’s reflection, smudge marks appear. This flaw is invisible when the card is not directly reflecting light.
If the card is not tilted at the exact right angle, this flaw remains unseen. This means that the smudge didn’t happen in the ink on the cards, rather, it happened in the matte coating stage of the process.
WJPC points to a responsibility to environmental issues that they are trying to cut back on using extra plastic. So they didn’t shrink wrap the decks of cards before they inserted them into their individual boxes.
But the first mistake was that they didn’t give the cards sufficient time to cure before shuffling them onto their next stage.
The uncured cards rubbed against each other in their respective boxes, smudging the matte surface in the days following their packing.
See image here:
Video is not supported by this update module, so my video evidence will be shared on social media.
My research points to many different discussions that support WJPC’s reason for this happening, including smudge descriptions, cards most affected, and location on affected cards.
To solve this problem, WJPC has told me that they will “strictly control the varnishing process, drying time, and curing condition before packaging to improve the final product and prevent the previous problem from happening again.”
They will also take the extra step of shrink wrapping all decks of cards before assembling them into the boxes with the guidebook. This will prevent the cards from freely sliding around in the box during transit.
So when you all get your decks in the mail, you’ll see that the cards themselves are shrink wrapped in addition to the overall box being shrink wrapped as well.
Horizontal Scratch Line
There is no excuse for this issue passing their quality control, but we’ll be kind enough to give them the benefit of the doubt and just say that they missed it along the way.
It's subtle, but it's noticeable. Here's a pic:
Video is not supported by this update module, so my video evidence will be shared on social media.
The cards that have the scratch mark are the same cards every single time. 10 consecutive cards in the middle of the deck, and 10 consecutive cards at the end of the deck.
With some detective work, this one was easy to figure out.
This line was in the same spot on all cards, so it looked like a problem that ran across the two parent sheets before the cards were cut.
Here’s how the cards were printed on the parent sheet. Shown here is the second parent sheet, containing cards 41–80:
Shown below in red is the location of the scratch line I found across all 10 cards:
So obviously there was something very small that touched down upon the surface of the paper during production that scratched into the surface of the page across all 10 cards in the row.
See my remaining images here showcasing the scratch line:
To solve this problem, WJPC has told me that they will “monitor production closely and strengthen their QC inspection through all stages.”
The Good News
The good news is that the product box looked great, the lid fit very well. I was very happy with the construction of the Tarot box. WJPC achieved all of my objectives with the box. Because of that, I believe that we have one of the best looking boxes on the market.
The guide book was also great. The cover was fantastic, the pages all looked great, all pages were in proper order in all cases, the margins were consistent, the typography was fine.
Even the cards themselves were amazing. The colours were fantastic, deep and rich but not too dark. The silver edges were perfect. The matte finish was very attractive. It disperses the light so the card doesn’t reflect it too sharply.
The only problem was that there were smudges in the matte finish and there was a scratch mark across 20 of the cards in every single deck we checked.
It was heartbreaking to see so much good work go to waste because of a few details.
How WJPC helped us out of of our first manufacturing delay:
I never wanted to trust any one single printer with this project, and to avoid putting all my eggs into one basket, I started relationships with a few different printers along the way, getting to know them and their companies better, and experiencing their customer service firsthand.
The first company I was introduced to by a fellow colleague was in Shenzhen, China. I worked with my rep from this company for years on the fine details, and they were the first printer that I allowed to take a crack at producing our first offset proof.
This was also the company that caused our first production delay because the offset proof they produced for us was not acceptable.
I won’t name them out of respect, but I shared the image of the Ace of Lube card from their offset proof in a previous update.
Their cards were too dark, and they all contained a reddish hue. This is best seen in the Ace of Lube card, which should be 100% greyscale.
As I reported at the time, the printer was defensive of their work telling me that I had to expect some degree in colour fluctuation. When I pressed for a more substantive discussion, they told me that they did not want to discuss colour profile or colour density with me. So I had to take this project to one of the other printers I had been building a relationship with.
WJPC, our current printer, was the printer who pulled us out of that mess. They heard of my issues, and reassured me that they would work with me to get the colours right.
And they absolutely did.
Take a look at the following line of cards that showcase the four key printing proofs of this project.
The Shenzhen produced card is the 3rd card from the left.
The WJPC produced proof is the latest one, on the far right.
Notice how dark and red the previous offset proof was (third in line), and then see how WJPC stepped in and solved this problem by being proficient at their job and knowing the ins and outs of their craft.
I’ll go back to saying that I was very impressed with all aspects of this project except for the manufacturing defects that were found.
I’ve been impressed with their customer service for the past four years.
I’m even impressed now with their offer to re-print and ship to me for free, reassuring me that I chose the right printing partner in the end.
But we’re not at the end yet, so we’ll just hang tight and see what they deliver next.
Your Feedback
Many of my colleagues, retail partners, and distributors have already reached back out to me in response to my personal emails to them. Thank you to all of you who have reached out to send me your care and support.
The confidence you have in me keeps me going.
For those who want to weigh in and let me know what you’re thinking, please know that you can reach me a few different ways.
You can respond to my posts on social media, and I will always respond to you there.
You can even leave a comment directly to this update, but if you want to do so, do not try to reply directly to this email. In order to leave a comment on this post, you have to log into BackerKit and leave a comment on this update. I've provided the link below.
Are you frustrated? So am I. I empathize with you. I feel let down by the printer, but I have faith that they will make this right.
Have you been waiting a year or more? So have I. I have been waiting 6 years, working every single day, sending dozens of email a day for years on end to collect all the licensing signatures needed. Flying around the country on my own dime to attend trade shows to market the project. Challenged by every major institution along the way: restricted by Square, turned away by Kickstarter, shadow banned from Social Media. But I never gave up, and I’m not giving up now.
Do you think I should have asked for a refund instead of letting them do a reprint? I want to know what you would do in my shoes.
Please let me know what you’re thinking so we can continue this discussion. I’m not afraid of constructive criticism. I want you to voice your opinions and I want to be able to respond to them.
I’ve tried to be as transparent as I could be through this process and that has not changed.
Thanks again for your support
As I’ve said before, delivering a high quality product that meets superior quality standards is my first priority.
I'll be chatting about this setback online in a greater way, on social media, and in public forums. I invite you all to weigh in.
But before this becomes a public discussion, I wanted to reach out to my backers to let you know where we are.
I’ll keep up with the monthly updates from here on in. So by time August rolls around, hopefully I’ll have some news about the progress we’ve made.
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.
Happy May to everyone and thanks again to all of you for coming together exactly one year ago to help fund our Vibrating Tarot project.
This won’t be a lengthy update but I just wanted to say that we’re officially into the last phase of production with our printing company overseas.
I have every expectation that our order will be completed within the next week or so and delivered to me here in Canada within 30 days following that, bringing us to around June 10th, about a week and a half longer than our revised timeline accounted for.
In this case, you should all be receiving your decks of cards within the month of June.
I'm eager to send out another update to everyone when I have definitive dates.
We'll soon be charging credit cards for shipping:
We're getting closer to needing to charge your credit cards to collect payment for shipping, add-ons, and all orders from the pre-sale store.
In the coming weeks, we'll send out an update to give advanced notice that the charge is coming up.
Our deck of cards has improved because of this delay:
I sincerely wish that I could have had the deck of cards in your hands by now but as you all know, we were delayed in production.
Thank you to those who reached out to me saying they'd much rather have a good looking deck of cards than a rushed product that doesn't look the way it's supposed to look.
To be honest, I know I'll be much happier with our final product now having gone through this last refinement process. Our project has improved in numerous ways because I never stopped working behind the scenes.
I ended up adding a few additional products from a few of the brands who were already signed with us, I also improved the overall artwork on numerous cards, and I completely reconfigured the die-cut and fold pattern for the box assembly, resulting in a much cleaner presentation. I'll go into more detail about this last point in a future update.
Happy Spring 2026:
Before summer officially rolls around, you should all have notice that your decks of Vibrating Tarot have been mailed out to you.
We’re on track. We're anticipating the imminent completion of production and are awaiting delivery details.
The Vibrating Tarot project is moving ever forward, but I regret to inform everyone of a further delay in the fulfillment timeline due to unforeseen production challenges with our printer.
While we had sincerely hoped to have the deck in your hands much sooner, circumstances have forced us to extend our original timeline further than anticipated.
We are hopeful that our deck can be delivered to all of you in May 2026.
Thanks for your understanding, as I feel a great responsibility to advocate to the best of my ability for each brand who has allowed their products to be featured in this body of work, even if it tacks on several weeks to the production timeline.
Updated Production Schedule
March: Continue discussions with printer. Approve the new offset proof.
April: Awaiting our shipment.
May: Fulfillment of units to all Backers.
Why are we Facing this Delay?
After having seen the deck printed several times during the past two years by several different North American printers, we finally committed to seeing our first offset proof, which was produced by the company that was to manufacture our full run of 1000 units, who is based in China.
Generating an offset proof of a bulk print job is very expensive but crucial as a final test because it shows exactly how each one of the 1000 copies printed after it will look.
It is at this final stage that we ran into our issue, as the printer we had been working with did not deliver a satisfactory proof of the project. In our offset proof, we noticed that all the colours are much too dark, leading to the loss of important details, and the overall colour palette tends towards red/beige, with many cards having a very noticeable reddish/beige hue washing over them.
Although I could share a variety of different examples, I don't want these inadequate images living on the internet in perpetuity and potentially overshadowing the amazing final product that will soon be coming to store shelves.
Why Does this Discrepancy Matter?
I’m trying to ensure that each product looks the way it should look and that no brand who has put their trust in me has any reason to feel that their product didn’t turn out properly in the final print.
I have an obligation to make sure that all the images are accurate representations of the products they depict. We simply cannot accept this printing result and rush the final product into the hands of our backers.
What is our Solution?
Our printer told us that we were being too picky and that we should just accept a certain level of variation.
They ignored our attempts to discuss the colour calibration on their equipment or the colour profiles and export settings of my files. I was eventually told to find a different printer who had better printing capabilities.
Advancing an ongoing dialogue I had previously initiated with a different printing company, one that has come highly recommended to us, has already been a major improvement.
When I proceeded with the new company and asked to see a full offset proof, they told me exactly which colour profile to apply to my images that aligns with their specific printing machinery.
Now that all of my files have been exported with settings that are optimal to the equipment being used to print the job, I am certain that our new offset proof will look amazing.
Please know that without addressing the issues we’ve encountered, Vibrating Tarot would have been printed incorrectly. It would have been delivered to you below acceptable standards, and it would have been my own fault for not advocating on our behalf.
I believe we're in good hands now and that all of this will have been worth the extra wait. My only regret is that I need to be telling all of you that you will need to wait a little longer to see your deck of cards.
Any Questions?
If anyone has any questions, please ask in the comments below. I'd love to provide more details, but I didn't want to bog down this update with too much info.
If you have any specific questions, or if you want to continue this discussion in the comment section, I'd be more than happy to provide more info and answer all of your questions. I want to encourage a substantive discussion with those who want to have one, so please don't hesitate to voice your opinions below.
Thanks to everyone for understanding about our production delay
Thank you all for your patience and for your belief in this project. We want to make a deck we can be proud of and that reflects all the hard work from so many people in this industry by accurately and beautifully presenting the product imagery on each card.
Thanks to those who have already told me quality is more important than the original timeline.
We know that once the cards are in your hands, you will see how our careful attention to detail has paid off, and that the delays encountered to get to this point were more than worth the tradeoff.
So we move forward, ever optimistic. Someday very soon, this project will make it into the world and all the struggles will have been worthwhile.
We hope you’re all doing well as we approach the new year. We’re checking in with an end-of-year update on the Vibrating Tarot project.
In this update, we’ll cover:
Updated Timeline
New Brands
SHA Appearance
Vibrating Font
Survey Reminder
Pre-sale Store
Box Details
We’ve tried to limit our updates to avoid flooding your inboxes, but basically, the project has been making steady progress and we’ll share some of those details with you here today.
Timeline and Production Update
First things first: I regret to announce that Vibrating Tarot will most likely not be in the hands of our backers by Valentine’s Day. Despite our best efforts, our production timeline has been delayed by a few weeks.
Our new anticipated delivery time is March 2026.
As a result of trying to manufacture the best possible Tarot package, I’ve been in close contact with two different overseas printing factories, both of whom are global leaders in the manufacture of high-quality Tarot decks.
During the fall, I've been actively engaging with both companies, going back and forth with proofs and test prints. This has been more time consuming than originally anticipated and the deliberation process has added a delay to our original timeline.
We were originally anticipating that the Tarot decks would be delivered to our backers by Valentine’s Day, but it is now looking like I myself may not receive the stock until at least mid-February, which will delay the delivery to you.
As you all know, this has been a years-long process and I can’t rush it now that it we’re so close to the finish line, so I thank you for your patience and understanding as I tie up all the loose ends and try to get the best possible product out to you.
For those of you who are interested in a more detailed explanation regarding the key decision I’ve made that has led to this delay, please see our chapter at the end of this update entitled, “Box Details.”
Welcoming New Brands to the Project
Since the crowdfunding campaign ended, I’ve been busy touring with the project and getting new brands on board to fill out some of the finer details. We’ve signed over a dozen new brands to the project since the time of our crowdfunding.
Please welcome ten of these brands displayed below:
Final Appearance of 2025
In October, I attended my last show of the year, the Sexual Health Alliance Conference in Denver, where I read from the Vibrating Tarot deck for attendees of the SHA 10th Anniversary Masquerade Ball. This setting put me in front of a brand new group of people, such as doctors, therapists, and educators, who are dedicated to the sexual health and wellness sector of the industry.
Many of these professionals have recognized the mature approach I’ve taken when designing this project, and I have always hoped that they will consider using Vibrating Tarot in their professional practice and personal lives, so this was a good opportunity for our project.
Thank you to Ashlin Hadden from Essence by Ashlin Hadden Insurance for inviting me to partake in this prestigious event, and thanks to the Sexual Health Alliance for hosting us.
Vibrating Font Update
Vibrating Font, the free gift that was offered to all crowdfunding backers, is in its final stages and will be distributed via email to backers in January 2026.
This 132-character pleasure product themed font was designed as a free gift to the entire community that came together to make this project possible, and will be available as a free download to backers and non-backers alike.
Look out for an announcement coming in the new year!
Complete your Survey (if you haven’t already)
The Vibrating Tarot Survey in BackerKit is very important – completing it is the only way we’ll be able to deliver the deck to you.
If you’re still receiving reminders from the BackerKit system, that means you have a small amount of work to do. We require your shipping address and a credit card to charge the shipping cost. Please submit your survey today by adding this information and clicking the “Place My Order” button.
Most of you have completed your survey, and we thank you so much for getting it done.
If you're not sure whether or not you've completed your survey, and you want to double check, use the following link to sign into the BackerKit system, navigate to your profile and select "Your Pledges & Surveys."
For anyone who missed out on the crowdfunding campaign, you can still place your order through our pre-sale store, which will remain open until the time of project fulfillment in late February 2026: https://vibrating-tarot.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
Box Details
As noted above, here is a more detailed explanation regarding the key decision I’ve made that has led to the delay in our production timeline.
The box I have chosen for Vibrating Tarot is a vertical standing two-piece rigid box. This type of box inherently has fold lines that are visible, but depending on the assembly process, many of these lines can be hidden or eliminated.
During the process of seeing several test prints of the product box, I discovered that our original printing company produces a box that has eight visible fold lines that appear on the sides of the box. I was unhappy with this detail, so I reached out to a different company that I have been working closely with as well, and they were able to work with me to produce a much cleaner box with only one visible fold line.
Image 1 shows both sides of the old box from the original printing company. Image 2 outlines where each of the eight fold lines are located. Look between these two images to see where the fold lines are indicated on image 2, and how/where they appear on the box in image 1.
Image 3 shows both sides of the new box from the second printing company. Image 4 outlines where the single fold line is located. This cleaner presentation is achieved by a different assembly method, resulting in a better product and overall presence.
Although any number of these various fold lines may be visible in other Tarot packages that use the same box, many times these fold lines are highly camouflaged by the details and colour scheme in the box artwork. With Vibrating Tarot’s open and clean bright white box art, these fold lines are particularly visible, and this is why it became a detail that is extremely important to us.
The product box is a vital component of the overall presentation of Vibrating Tarot and I did not want to compromise on something I felt was not up to my standards. The company that produces the cleaner box is one that I have been in contact with for the past five years and one that has come to me very highly recommended by other independent Tarot card designers.
Discovering these details and taking care to find the best solution for all of us set us back several weeks in the production timeline and this is part of the reason why we’ll be focusing on an early springtime release as opposed to late winter.
I'd love to hear your feedback, so let me know your thoughts on this in the comments below.
Thanks again everyone.
We all came together in 2025 to bring Vibrating Tarot to life, and I cannot thank you enough for your contributions. I'll always remember 2025 as the year I successfully launched my very first Tarot deck, and the people who believed in me will always give me a tremendous sense of confidence moving forward, as I embark on whatever project comes next.
We hope you all have a great new year!
We'll be in touch again in 2026 with updates on our progress.
I hope you've all been having a great summer (or winter for our southern hemisphere friends). It has been a busy summer for Vibrating Tarot and we wanted to check in and give you an update on what we've been up to.
Timeline Update
We're currently engaging in our first proper test print with the factory in China that will manufacture the first edition print run of Vibrating Tarot.
We're looking at early 2026 for the arrival of our stock in North America.
My goal is to have decks of cards in the hands of our backers by Valentine's Day, however, if there are any delays, it could be sometime in early spring.
Our current timeline is pretty close to what we projected at the time of our crowdfunding campaign and we are working hard to get the best possible deck to you as early as we can.
Überlube Giveaway Update
We are happy to announce that the überlube has been shipped out! As part of our crowdfunding campaign, the first 20 eligible backers won a free bottle of überlube, compliments of überlube. Thanks again to these early backers for their support and enthusiasm for Vibrating Tarot, and to überlube for providing us with a free gift to reward our most eager supporters.
Industry Trade Show Appearances
Attending industry trade shows has been essential to the success of Vibrating Tarot, as I am able to meet with brands in person to secure their participation and learn about new products that might be a good fit for the project.
In July, I attended the Adult Novelty Manufacturers Expo (ANME) in Burbank, California as a guest of überlube. I owe a big thank you to überlube for bringing me to this trade show, and to Lovehoney Group for bringing me to ANME in 2024. Their support has made a huge difference in my ability to feature the best pleasure products in the industry in our Tarot deck.
In early August, Vibrating Tarot exhibited at our first industry trade show, the STIMULATE Sexual Wellness B2B Trade Show and Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Big thanks to Nicole Leinbach Hoffman for inviting me to exhibit at her amazing event, where I was able to leverage my presence in the Emerging Brands room to showcase a prototype of Vibrating Tarot to retailers, distributors, and sex educators, furthering the reach and awareness of the project.
I'll be attending one more show this year in October, in Denver, Colorado. I've been invited to read from the Vibrating Tarot deck for attendees of the Sexual Health Alliance 10th Anniversary Masquerade Ball.
Left: Reading from the Vibrating Tarot deck for Melanie Rose, host of the hit Netflix series, "How to Build a Sex Room", at the JO booth at ANME 2025 Right: Vibrating Tarot press release in the printed edition of XBIZ Premiere
The Vibrating Tarot display in the Emerging Brands room at STIMULATE 2025
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I hope you’re all having a good summer. I’m happy to be touching base with everyone for our July Update. I'll give you the bad news upfront: we're officially experiencing our second major production delay due to manufacturing defects that appears in 100% of the decks that were delivered to me.
The good news is: our printing partner, WJPC, has taken full responsibility and has agreed to do a reprint of the entire project.
Aside from the defects, which I'll explain in detail below, the entire package looks great, so I trust in WJPC to pay closer attention to quality control through all stages of the reprint and deliver a superior product the second time around.
Our new estimated time of fulfillment has been pushed to October 2026.
In this update, I’ll be:
Describing the frustrating news of our second production delay
Outlining the problem that occurred
Offering a solution moving forward
Detailing our printing partner
Thanking you for your shipping payment
What happened with the printing?
This shipment of Vibrating Tarot arrived in late June, as I had expected, and I started opening a few boxes of Tarot decks on June 30th to see what they looked like.
Unfortunately, there is a manufacturing defect that appears on every single deck of cards, and the entire shipment of 1000 decks of cards is a loss.
I’ve been in contact with our printer on a daily basis since July 1st. They have taken full responsibility for this issue and have offered to re-print the entire project at no extra cost, but of course, this will take time to achieve.
The reason I’m reaching out to you on July 16th is because it took two weeks from the point in time when I first discovered the manufacturing defects until I had time to contact our printer, report the issue, document the defects, discuss pathways forward, and settle on a solution for everyone involved.
I didn’t want to announce the problem without offering a solution. In addition to that, I wanted our printer, WJPC, to have a response to this situation before I made the problem a matter of public discourse.
So, in short, the announcement I have for today, as frustrating as it is for me to have to deliver to you all, is that we’re officially experiencing our second production delay in the project due to a manufacturing defect that originated with the printer. Our printer has taken full responsibility and has offered to do a full re-print.
The fulfillment timeline has been pushed to October 2026.
I’ve packed this update with a lot of details. So for those of you who want to know more about the specific printing defects I’m referring to, I have info and pics to share.
For those of you out there who don’t really care about the details, I’ll recount the shipping details and give you some key points about our printer at the very least, and explain why I trust them to get us out of this jam.
Shipping Payment (Thank you)
To ensure that we were prepared to begin fulfillment as soon as possible, we already took the steps to charge your credit cards for the cost of shipping your deck to you.
Most of you will have received notification emails from BackerKit to indicate this a few weeks ago.
We will be shipping Vibrating Tarot to you as soon as the reprinted cards are made available to us and pass our internal quality control inspection.
WJ Playing Card (Our Printing Company)
Our printer is WJPC. They are an industry giant in this field. I chose them because I know their reputation is good and I know that they have the capability to produce projects with superb results.
They came recommended to me by other Tarot creators that I trust. I also knew that because their name was so big that they could, and would, stand by the quality of their work.
WJPC has worked with me over the past three years and has solved many problems for us along the way as well as provided many solutions to help build our project into what it has become.
Because they have supported us in so many ways, I feel like I owe them the opportunity to follow through with making this situation right by re-printing the project (with extra care towards quality control).
Starting fresh with a new company would only introduce new problems at this point in time.
I want to give WJPC the chance to deliver what I know they are capable of delivering, and I want a swift solution for my backers who have been waiting patiently for this project.
WJPC’s schedule allows for the reprinting of the project to be delivered to Canada in early October 2026.
If all the decks are delivered, and pass our own internal quality control inspection, I’ll be mailing them all out to you in October.
I trust that when the ships return this October, they’ll be carrying a superior product. One we can all be proud of.
I’ve expressed to our printer many times, the quality of the product is the first priority. After all, it’s not only my artwork that is being represented here. It’s the intellectual property of 150 different brands out there who have put their trust in me to ensure that their product looks good on the final cards.
I’ve told WJPC that my backers would all understand that mistakes happen and we trust them to deliver a superior product this next time around.
Above all, we don’t want them to rush this re-printing!
Do you all agree?
We all want to have a good looking project rather than one that is delivered quickly but contains flaws.
So all we can do now is give WJPC the time and space they need to do it right this time.
The Manufacturing Defect:
Actually, there are two different defects…
Smudges on the Matte Finish on several various cards found in 100% of the decks.
Horizontal Scratch Line on two independent sets of 10 consecutive cards each, found in 100% of decks.
I’ll show you some pics below, but please be aware that I’m minimizing the pics I’m sharing here because this forum is accessible to the general public and I don’t want too many of these poor quality images to be out there. I owe it to the printing company, and I owe it to the adult brands on the cards, to show their work in a responsible way. So although there are literally thousands of different pics I can share, I’ve only selected a few that will get our point across.
Smudges on the Matte Finish
As soon as you tilt the card and catch the light’s reflection, smudge marks appear. This flaw is invisible when the card is not directly reflecting light.
If the card is not tilted at the exact right angle, this flaw remains unseen. This means that the smudge didn’t happen in the ink on the cards, rather, it happened in the matte coating stage of the process.
WJPC points to a responsibility to environmental issues that they are trying to cut back on using extra plastic. So they didn’t shrink wrap the decks of cards before they inserted them into their individual boxes.
But the first mistake was that they didn’t give the cards sufficient time to cure before shuffling them onto their next stage.
The uncured cards rubbed against each other in their respective boxes, smudging the matte surface in the days following their packing.
See image here:
Video is not supported by this update module, so my video evidence will be shared on social media.
My research points to many different discussions that support WJPC’s reason for this happening, including smudge descriptions, cards most affected, and location on affected cards.
To solve this problem, WJPC has told me that they will “strictly control the varnishing process, drying time, and curing condition before packaging to improve the final product and prevent the previous problem from happening again.”
They will also take the extra step of shrink wrapping all decks of cards before assembling them into the boxes with the guidebook. This will prevent the cards from freely sliding around in the box during transit.
So when you all get your decks in the mail, you’ll see that the cards themselves are shrink wrapped in addition to the overall box being shrink wrapped as well.
Horizontal Scratch Line
There is no excuse for this issue passing their quality control, but we’ll be kind enough to give them the benefit of the doubt and just say that they missed it along the way.
It's subtle, but it's noticeable. Here's a pic:
Video is not supported by this update module, so my video evidence will be shared on social media.
The cards that have the scratch mark are the same cards every single time. 10 consecutive cards in the middle of the deck, and 10 consecutive cards at the end of the deck.
With some detective work, this one was easy to figure out.
This line was in the same spot on all cards, so it looked like a problem that ran across the two parent sheets before the cards were cut.
Here’s how the cards were printed on the parent sheet. Shown here is the second parent sheet, containing cards 41–80:
Shown below in red is the location of the scratch line I found across all 10 cards:
So obviously there was something very small that touched down upon the surface of the paper during production that scratched into the surface of the page across all 10 cards in the row.
See my remaining images here showcasing the scratch line:
To solve this problem, WJPC has told me that they will “monitor production closely and strengthen their QC inspection through all stages.”
The Good News
The good news is that the product box looked great, the lid fit very well. I was very happy with the construction of the Tarot box. WJPC achieved all of my objectives with the box. Because of that, I believe that we have one of the best looking boxes on the market.
The guide book was also great. The cover was fantastic, the pages all looked great, all pages were in proper order in all cases, the margins were consistent, the typography was fine.
Even the cards themselves were amazing. The colours were fantastic, deep and rich but not too dark. The silver edges were perfect. The matte finish was very attractive. It disperses the light so the card doesn’t reflect it too sharply.
The only problem was that there were smudges in the matte finish and there was a scratch mark across 20 of the cards in every single deck we checked.
It was heartbreaking to see so much good work go to waste because of a few details.
How WJPC helped us out of of our first manufacturing delay:
I never wanted to trust any one single printer with this project, and to avoid putting all my eggs into one basket, I started relationships with a few different printers along the way, getting to know them and their companies better, and experiencing their customer service firsthand.
The first company I was introduced to by a fellow colleague was in Shenzhen, China. I worked with my rep from this company for years on the fine details, and they were the first printer that I allowed to take a crack at producing our first offset proof.
This was also the company that caused our first production delay because the offset proof they produced for us was not acceptable.
I won’t name them out of respect, but I shared the image of the Ace of Lube card from their offset proof in a previous update.
Their cards were too dark, and they all contained a reddish hue. This is best seen in the Ace of Lube card, which should be 100% greyscale.
As I reported at the time, the printer was defensive of their work telling me that I had to expect some degree in colour fluctuation. When I pressed for a more substantive discussion, they told me that they did not want to discuss colour profile or colour density with me. So I had to take this project to one of the other printers I had been building a relationship with.
WJPC, our current printer, was the printer who pulled us out of that mess. They heard of my issues, and reassured me that they would work with me to get the colours right.
And they absolutely did.
Take a look at the following line of cards that showcase the four key printing proofs of this project.
The Shenzhen produced card is the 3rd card from the left.
The WJPC produced proof is the latest one, on the far right.
Notice how dark and red the previous offset proof was (third in line), and then see how WJPC stepped in and solved this problem by being proficient at their job and knowing the ins and outs of their craft.
I’ll go back to saying that I was very impressed with all aspects of this project except for the manufacturing defects that were found.
I’ve been impressed with their customer service for the past four years.
I’m even impressed now with their offer to re-print and ship to me for free, reassuring me that I chose the right printing partner in the end.
But we’re not at the end yet, so we’ll just hang tight and see what they deliver next.
Your Feedback
Many of my colleagues, retail partners, and distributors have already reached back out to me in response to my personal emails to them. Thank you to all of you who have reached out to send me your care and support.
The confidence you have in me keeps me going.
For those who want to weigh in and let me know what you’re thinking, please know that you can reach me a few different ways.
You can respond to my posts on social media, and I will always respond to you there.
You can even leave a comment directly to this update, but if you want to do so, do not try to reply directly to this email. In order to leave a comment on this post, you have to log into BackerKit and leave a comment on this update. I've provided the link below.
Are you frustrated? So am I. I empathize with you. I feel let down by the printer, but I have faith that they will make this right.
Have you been waiting a year or more? So have I. I have been waiting 6 years, working every single day, sending dozens of email a day for years on end to collect all the licensing signatures needed. Flying around the country on my own dime to attend trade shows to market the project. Challenged by every major institution along the way: restricted by Square, turned away by Kickstarter, shadow banned from Social Media. But I never gave up, and I’m not giving up now.
Do you think I should have asked for a refund instead of letting them do a reprint? I want to know what you would do in my shoes.
Please let me know what you’re thinking so we can continue this discussion. I’m not afraid of constructive criticism. I want you to voice your opinions and I want to be able to respond to them.
I’ve tried to be as transparent as I could be through this process and that has not changed.
Thanks again for your support
As I’ve said before, delivering a high quality product that meets superior quality standards is my first priority.
I'll be chatting about this setback online in a greater way, on social media, and in public forums. I invite you all to weigh in.
But before this becomes a public discussion, I wanted to reach out to my backers to let you know where we are.
I’ll keep up with the monthly updates from here on in. So by time August rolls around, hopefully I’ll have some news about the progress we’ve made.
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.
Happy May to everyone and thanks again to all of you for coming together exactly one year ago to help fund our Vibrating Tarot project.
This won’t be a lengthy update but I just wanted to say that we’re officially into the last phase of production with our printing company overseas.
I have every expectation that our order will be completed within the next week or so and delivered to me here in Canada within 30 days following that, bringing us to around June 10th, about a week and a half longer than our revised timeline accounted for.
In this case, you should all be receiving your decks of cards within the month of June.
I'm eager to send out another update to everyone when I have definitive dates.
We'll soon be charging credit cards for shipping:
We're getting closer to needing to charge your credit cards to collect payment for shipping, add-ons, and all orders from the pre-sale store.
In the coming weeks, we'll send out an update to give advanced notice that the charge is coming up.
Our deck of cards has improved because of this delay:
I sincerely wish that I could have had the deck of cards in your hands by now but as you all know, we were delayed in production.
Thank you to those who reached out to me saying they'd much rather have a good looking deck of cards than a rushed product that doesn't look the way it's supposed to look.
To be honest, I know I'll be much happier with our final product now having gone through this last refinement process. Our project has improved in numerous ways because I never stopped working behind the scenes.
I ended up adding a few additional products from a few of the brands who were already signed with us, I also improved the overall artwork on numerous cards, and I completely reconfigured the die-cut and fold pattern for the box assembly, resulting in a much cleaner presentation. I'll go into more detail about this last point in a future update.
Happy Spring 2026:
Before summer officially rolls around, you should all have notice that your decks of Vibrating Tarot have been mailed out to you.
We’re on track. We're anticipating the imminent completion of production and are awaiting delivery details.
The Vibrating Tarot project is moving ever forward, but I regret to inform everyone of a further delay in the fulfillment timeline due to unforeseen production challenges with our printer.
While we had sincerely hoped to have the deck in your hands much sooner, circumstances have forced us to extend our original timeline further than anticipated.
We are hopeful that our deck can be delivered to all of you in May 2026.
Thanks for your understanding, as I feel a great responsibility to advocate to the best of my ability for each brand who has allowed their products to be featured in this body of work, even if it tacks on several weeks to the production timeline.
Updated Production Schedule
March: Continue discussions with printer. Approve the new offset proof.
April: Awaiting our shipment.
May: Fulfillment of units to all Backers.
Why are we Facing this Delay?
After having seen the deck printed several times during the past two years by several different North American printers, we finally committed to seeing our first offset proof, which was produced by the company that was to manufacture our full run of 1000 units, who is based in China.
Generating an offset proof of a bulk print job is very expensive but crucial as a final test because it shows exactly how each one of the 1000 copies printed after it will look.
It is at this final stage that we ran into our issue, as the printer we had been working with did not deliver a satisfactory proof of the project. In our offset proof, we noticed that all the colours are much too dark, leading to the loss of important details, and the overall colour palette tends towards red/beige, with many cards having a very noticeable reddish/beige hue washing over them.
Although I could share a variety of different examples, I don't want these inadequate images living on the internet in perpetuity and potentially overshadowing the amazing final product that will soon be coming to store shelves.
Why Does this Discrepancy Matter?
I’m trying to ensure that each product looks the way it should look and that no brand who has put their trust in me has any reason to feel that their product didn’t turn out properly in the final print.
I have an obligation to make sure that all the images are accurate representations of the products they depict. We simply cannot accept this printing result and rush the final product into the hands of our backers.
What is our Solution?
Our printer told us that we were being too picky and that we should just accept a certain level of variation.
They ignored our attempts to discuss the colour calibration on their equipment or the colour profiles and export settings of my files. I was eventually told to find a different printer who had better printing capabilities.
Advancing an ongoing dialogue I had previously initiated with a different printing company, one that has come highly recommended to us, has already been a major improvement.
When I proceeded with the new company and asked to see a full offset proof, they told me exactly which colour profile to apply to my images that aligns with their specific printing machinery.
Now that all of my files have been exported with settings that are optimal to the equipment being used to print the job, I am certain that our new offset proof will look amazing.
Please know that without addressing the issues we’ve encountered, Vibrating Tarot would have been printed incorrectly. It would have been delivered to you below acceptable standards, and it would have been my own fault for not advocating on our behalf.
I believe we're in good hands now and that all of this will have been worth the extra wait. My only regret is that I need to be telling all of you that you will need to wait a little longer to see your deck of cards.
Any Questions?
If anyone has any questions, please ask in the comments below. I'd love to provide more details, but I didn't want to bog down this update with too much info.
If you have any specific questions, or if you want to continue this discussion in the comment section, I'd be more than happy to provide more info and answer all of your questions. I want to encourage a substantive discussion with those who want to have one, so please don't hesitate to voice your opinions below.
Thanks to everyone for understanding about our production delay
Thank you all for your patience and for your belief in this project. We want to make a deck we can be proud of and that reflects all the hard work from so many people in this industry by accurately and beautifully presenting the product imagery on each card.
Thanks to those who have already told me quality is more important than the original timeline.
We know that once the cards are in your hands, you will see how our careful attention to detail has paid off, and that the delays encountered to get to this point were more than worth the tradeoff.
So we move forward, ever optimistic. Someday very soon, this project will make it into the world and all the struggles will have been worthwhile.
We hope you’re all doing well as we approach the new year. We’re checking in with an end-of-year update on the Vibrating Tarot project.
In this update, we’ll cover:
Updated Timeline
New Brands
SHA Appearance
Vibrating Font
Survey Reminder
Pre-sale Store
Box Details
We’ve tried to limit our updates to avoid flooding your inboxes, but basically, the project has been making steady progress and we’ll share some of those details with you here today.
Timeline and Production Update
First things first: I regret to announce that Vibrating Tarot will most likely not be in the hands of our backers by Valentine’s Day. Despite our best efforts, our production timeline has been delayed by a few weeks.
Our new anticipated delivery time is March 2026.
As a result of trying to manufacture the best possible Tarot package, I’ve been in close contact with two different overseas printing factories, both of whom are global leaders in the manufacture of high-quality Tarot decks.
During the fall, I've been actively engaging with both companies, going back and forth with proofs and test prints. This has been more time consuming than originally anticipated and the deliberation process has added a delay to our original timeline.
We were originally anticipating that the Tarot decks would be delivered to our backers by Valentine’s Day, but it is now looking like I myself may not receive the stock until at least mid-February, which will delay the delivery to you.
As you all know, this has been a years-long process and I can’t rush it now that it we’re so close to the finish line, so I thank you for your patience and understanding as I tie up all the loose ends and try to get the best possible product out to you.
For those of you who are interested in a more detailed explanation regarding the key decision I’ve made that has led to this delay, please see our chapter at the end of this update entitled, “Box Details.”
Welcoming New Brands to the Project
Since the crowdfunding campaign ended, I’ve been busy touring with the project and getting new brands on board to fill out some of the finer details. We’ve signed over a dozen new brands to the project since the time of our crowdfunding.
Please welcome ten of these brands displayed below:
Final Appearance of 2025
In October, I attended my last show of the year, the Sexual Health Alliance Conference in Denver, where I read from the Vibrating Tarot deck for attendees of the SHA 10th Anniversary Masquerade Ball. This setting put me in front of a brand new group of people, such as doctors, therapists, and educators, who are dedicated to the sexual health and wellness sector of the industry.
Many of these professionals have recognized the mature approach I’ve taken when designing this project, and I have always hoped that they will consider using Vibrating Tarot in their professional practice and personal lives, so this was a good opportunity for our project.
Thank you to Ashlin Hadden from Essence by Ashlin Hadden Insurance for inviting me to partake in this prestigious event, and thanks to the Sexual Health Alliance for hosting us.
Vibrating Font Update
Vibrating Font, the free gift that was offered to all crowdfunding backers, is in its final stages and will be distributed via email to backers in January 2026.
This 132-character pleasure product themed font was designed as a free gift to the entire community that came together to make this project possible, and will be available as a free download to backers and non-backers alike.
Look out for an announcement coming in the new year!
Complete your Survey (if you haven’t already)
The Vibrating Tarot Survey in BackerKit is very important – completing it is the only way we’ll be able to deliver the deck to you.
If you’re still receiving reminders from the BackerKit system, that means you have a small amount of work to do. We require your shipping address and a credit card to charge the shipping cost. Please submit your survey today by adding this information and clicking the “Place My Order” button.
Most of you have completed your survey, and we thank you so much for getting it done.
If you're not sure whether or not you've completed your survey, and you want to double check, use the following link to sign into the BackerKit system, navigate to your profile and select "Your Pledges & Surveys."
For anyone who missed out on the crowdfunding campaign, you can still place your order through our pre-sale store, which will remain open until the time of project fulfillment in late February 2026: https://vibrating-tarot.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
Box Details
As noted above, here is a more detailed explanation regarding the key decision I’ve made that has led to the delay in our production timeline.
The box I have chosen for Vibrating Tarot is a vertical standing two-piece rigid box. This type of box inherently has fold lines that are visible, but depending on the assembly process, many of these lines can be hidden or eliminated.
During the process of seeing several test prints of the product box, I discovered that our original printing company produces a box that has eight visible fold lines that appear on the sides of the box. I was unhappy with this detail, so I reached out to a different company that I have been working closely with as well, and they were able to work with me to produce a much cleaner box with only one visible fold line.
Image 1 shows both sides of the old box from the original printing company. Image 2 outlines where each of the eight fold lines are located. Look between these two images to see where the fold lines are indicated on image 2, and how/where they appear on the box in image 1.
Image 3 shows both sides of the new box from the second printing company. Image 4 outlines where the single fold line is located. This cleaner presentation is achieved by a different assembly method, resulting in a better product and overall presence.
Although any number of these various fold lines may be visible in other Tarot packages that use the same box, many times these fold lines are highly camouflaged by the details and colour scheme in the box artwork. With Vibrating Tarot’s open and clean bright white box art, these fold lines are particularly visible, and this is why it became a detail that is extremely important to us.
The product box is a vital component of the overall presentation of Vibrating Tarot and I did not want to compromise on something I felt was not up to my standards. The company that produces the cleaner box is one that I have been in contact with for the past five years and one that has come to me very highly recommended by other independent Tarot card designers.
Discovering these details and taking care to find the best solution for all of us set us back several weeks in the production timeline and this is part of the reason why we’ll be focusing on an early springtime release as opposed to late winter.
I'd love to hear your feedback, so let me know your thoughts on this in the comments below.
Thanks again everyone.
We all came together in 2025 to bring Vibrating Tarot to life, and I cannot thank you enough for your contributions. I'll always remember 2025 as the year I successfully launched my very first Tarot deck, and the people who believed in me will always give me a tremendous sense of confidence moving forward, as I embark on whatever project comes next.
We hope you all have a great new year!
We'll be in touch again in 2026 with updates on our progress.
