Ferret Tarot ready
Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 18 Oct 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.
| HudsonGray |
18 Oct 2003 |
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Catlin,
Hey, your box is full!
I can ship the Ferret Tarot deck to Germany via one of those $5 envelopes since it's only about 4 ounces total & it'll fit inside one of them. So figure $5 for mailing.
Hey folks! The Ferret Tarot is available now & able to be shipped. We picked it up from the printers & I've got the pouches made, so it's all ready to go!
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=1243650&uid=728989
Whoo Hoo! We're in business!
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| WolfSpirit |
19 Oct 2003 |
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O those ferrets are really cute !
What a nice idea to send a bag with the deck (although I am a "compulsive bag-maker" myself).
I will send you a pm when I am ready to order because I really think I will want one.
Hudsongray this must be an exciting time for you - congrats on the birth of your deck !
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| Hedera |
19 Oct 2003 |
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Congratulations on your baby! :)
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| Maan |
19 Oct 2003 |
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O what an adorable deck!
My it gives me the tarotholic itches
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| baba-prague |
19 Oct 2003 |
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Congratulations! It's great to see it come to completion. A really nice deck (The Fool is my favourite), you must be pleased :-)
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| HudsonGray |
22 Nov 2003 |
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Thanks! She said it was going to come out soon, it must have been just posted (she let me see it a week ago).
I'm pleased. She only had one or two quibbles, and they weren't bad at all. It's funny how people see different things in the cards. For instance, I didn't put a hand holding on the Moon card, yet that's how it comes across. She saw a chakra on the Magician card, I was having him doing a 'grounding & centering' to get energy to perform magic. But that works too!
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| HudsonGray |
22 Nov 2003 |
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Oh GEEZ guys! I just went over there to check it & sure didn't expect to see it be the featured deck of the month! That is SO COOL! BAM-right up front! First thing you see! Now I'm stoked!
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| Mimers |
23 Nov 2003 |
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Just got through checking it out Hudsongrey. Great review! Awsome job, congratulations!
Mimi
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| fairyhedgehog |
23 Nov 2003 |
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I can't remember how much shipping and handling is to UK?
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| Myrrha |
23 Nov 2003 |
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!!!!! That is hysterical (and wise and uplifting). There is a huge amount of emotional expression in these cards, you've really captured how ferrets express emotion with their whole bodies. The faces are expressive also, and facial expressions are hard to draw.
I wonder why the ferret in the 2 of coins is juggling three coins? Is it that "ferret math" thing?
--Myrrha
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| Dark_angel |
23 Nov 2003 |
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Maybe the presence of three coins is meant to show that he aspires to three, and has that within sight, but at the moment can only hold two at a time. It's only when he stops juggling that he will be able to hold all three.
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| Sherra |
23 Nov 2003 |
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*gushes* Oooh...it's so cute! I might buy it next month once I get my paycheck! A pity it's black and white, it might look livelier if it were in soft colours...
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| HudsonGray |
23 Nov 2003 |
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The official 2 of Pents is only 2 coins, the one shown on the Picturetrail site is the old version--too many asked about three on a '2' card. The original reason was that it looks good juggling three, but sort of 'off' if there's only 2 in the air. I changed it to two though.
Fairyhedgehog - Shipping to Europe & the UK is easy! I can get up to two decks into one of those $5 prepaid global priority cardboard envelopes, which is a heck of a lot cheaper than sending a box for airmail for $15 or surface rate for $12! Gawd, when post office prices went up in June 2002 they really tripled the cost of shipping overseas, even by surface rate! But the $5 global priority envelope gets there in 4 days or so, so that's the best deal I found so far. The only thing cheaper is if I send to an overseas serviceman via their APO box & then they give it to you--but you've got to know a serviceman stationed over there to do that. That way it's only the cost of sending parcel post with US prices.
Sherra--if you want, you can color the deck in with color pencils, the surface isn't coated so the pencils would work. A light spray with an acrylic fixative (or very light hairspray, it works for rubber stamp art that has been colored in) keeps the color from rubbing off. A color deck would have been almost triple the printing cost, which is why I did black & white. I didn't think anyone would feel ok about $30 for a deck that wasn't laminated or so.
Ahh! So I'm not the only one who's heard of ferret math! YES!
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| Mimers |
24 Nov 2003 |
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I just sent in an order for 2 decks :D. My daughter saw me browsing your website and 'had to have that deck'. I love your Ferret definitions. Are they in the LWB?
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| HudsonGray |
24 Nov 2003 |
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Oh yep! Not only in the book next to the standard meanings, but you also get a separate cheat sheet with all the meanings listed for quick reference.
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| dolphinprincess |
25 Nov 2003 |
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Hi - I really enjoy this deck! It is so fun.. but I'm worried about keeping the cards in good shape if I use the deck (as opposed to just have it for collection)...
What would be the best way to protect the cards? Lamination?
Is this something a Kinkos could do or are there better options..
Thanks!
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| HudsonGray |
25 Nov 2003 |
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You can get that contact paper style of lamination plastic & put it on all the backs, trimming around the card. This way it's not super thick & shouldn't interfere with the shuffling. But I've had some artist done decks with paper like this that have held up for years, with no problem without adding the lamination on them. Though they were carried around in a box instead of a bag. That made a difference, the corners never got bent up just from travel. They do show wear, but any deck does after a while.
I do have enough here to let people get one to save and one to use, if you wanted to go that route. But I can tell you, if they all sell out in under a year, I do plan on getting a second printing done, but those won't be numbered or signed, they'll be marked as 'second printing' on the cover card.
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| Bings |
28 Nov 2003 |
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I think this deck is so great!!! I love ferrets and have two as pets. Going to add it to my Christmas wishlist.
You did a wonderful job with this deck. Congratulations.
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The Ferret Tarot ready thread was originally posted on 18 Oct 2003 in the Tarot Decks board, and is now archived in the Forum Library. Read the active threads in Tarot Decks, or read more archived threads.
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