Tarot Totes

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 15 Jun 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Kellinator	15 Jun 2002
Well, I finally bit the bullet and ordered some of the bags from www.tarottotes.com that I've been wanting for ages. My four favorite decks will have new homes! I picked: ** the Illumination bag for my Matt Myers Art Nouveau (plus a matching spreadcloth) ** the Nimue bag for my Legend: Arthurian Tarot ** the Mage's Cave for my Gendron ** the Affirmations bag for my Rohrig plus a Celebration bag, because it was on sale. What are some of your favorite deck-bag combinations?

Maan	16 Jun 2002
He Kellinator I have the Nimue bag too for my legend arthurian and its is soooo perfect! My secret tarot( lo scarabeo ) rests in the radiant red rose. I have one more bag from tarottotes but i have now deck to go with it yet. Its is the nigth glow, just liked the way it lights up in the dark. It reminded me of some toy's i used to have as a child :) BTW love your combinantions especially the Rohrig, you gave my an idea :)

wavebreaker	16 Jun 2002
I got the Nimue too and I can tell you, it's even more beautiful in reality than on the picture! :) I have also got the Celtic Dream, which I use for my Glastonbury, and the Lion's Mane, which I use for my Old English.

Starfish	16 Jun 2002
Let's see, I haven't received any of them yet (just placed the order recently) Mazes and Spirals for my Goddess Tarot Cauldron's Brew for my Faeries Oracle Illumination for my Robin Wood Lurking in the Shadows for my Halloween Tarot (this deck is en route to me) Midnight Magick for my Witches Tarot :TQC Starfish

Liliana	16 Jun 2002
I havent got any yet,but may connsider recieving mixed messages for my rohrig. as rohrig has sheets of notebook paper in its images :THP

Melvis	16 Jun 2002
I recently got a dozen (yes, a dozen!) bags for my various decks, including: Triskele for the Celtic Wisdom Vila the Shapeshifter for the Thoth Lotus-Chakras for the Cosmic Tribe Endless Celtic Knot for the Fairy Wicca Tarot Classical Goddesses for the Mythic Tarot Dancing on the Waves for the Druid Animal Oracle Shakespeare's Cloak for the Secret Tarot (former the Renaissance Tarot) by Jane Lyle I also like how some bags are wider to accomodate bigger decks. Peace, Melvis :TSTRE

Kellinator	17 Jun 2002
So glad to hear that everyone likes the Nimue! I ordered on Friday; Saturday I noticed that Nimue was out of stock. I'm really hoping my order got filled before then -- I don't want to wait! I mailed my payment Friday night so I'm hoping to have them very soon. I'm glad you all like my choices! It's so hard to guess what will go -- but fun!

Kellinator	22 Jun 2002
I got my bags only a week after ordering (it would have been even faster if I'd paid with a credit card). They are perfect! Just gorgeous, and so soft. And my deck/bag combinations turned out really well. I'll defintely be ordering more! I especially like the price and selection. For most of the bags I paid between $5 and $6. The bags available locally for that price are cheap-looking and flimsy, and nice bags are $15-$20. For what I would have spent on two of those, I got five and a spreadcloth! :D Kellinator

Starfish	22 Jun 2002
Kellinator - I received my bags too! And I love the way the decks match up well with the bags I've selected. I ordered 3 more (for my new Merry Day, Whimsical and soon-to-be-arriving Gill). I definitely recommend Tarot Totes, too! Great prices, service and products. :TQC Starfish

Liliana	22 Jun 2002
How much is shipping? :THP

Starfish	22 Jun 2002
Liliana - I paid $2.00 shipping for 3 bags for my first order; $3.50 for 5 bags (2nd order). It's about .75 shipping per bag (no handling charge). And I paid via Visa and received it with 4 days of placement of my order (they are in California, I'm in Michigan). :THERM Starfish

Maalin	22 Jun 2002
Unfortunately, their shipping rates to the UK are quite horrendous: a $11 bag came to $34 inclusive of shipping! Nice though they are, that's rather more than I am willing to spend on a bag, so unfortunately Tarot Totes are out of my reach. :(

Liliana	22 Jun 2002
ooooh good shipping rate now i can buy one next friday,even tho I just won a bag on ebay for 3 dollars Anyone curious on seeing it can here http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1740459997 The seller is revrosefairy, she starts her tarot bag auctions at 1 cent and only charges 90cents shipping so shes a good deal I love ultrasuede materiel,and the fringes were adorable, im thikingof getting myself a piece of ultrasuede for a spreadcloth Only problem is I dont have a deck for in it yet :) THE :THP

Jimilyn	22 Jun 2002
Maalin, $34? Ouch!!!!!! :'( That's more than I'd be willing to pay for a bag, too. I always seem to be amazed at the prices of overseas shipping...and I never understand why it costs so much. I guess it's because I really don't understand all the process and costs incurred by the shippers. Jimilyn

Starfish	22 Jun 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Liliana Only problem is I dont have a deck for in it yet :) That is an easily solved problem ;) Gorgeous bag, btw. The Halloween Tarot would look great in it.... :THERM Starfish

wavebreaker	22 Jun 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Maalin Unfortunately, their shipping rates to the UK are quite horrendous: a $11 bag came to $34 inclusive of shipping! Nice though they are, that's rather more than I am willing to spend on a bag, so unfortunately Tarot Totes are out of my reach. :( Wow, that's a lot!! I paid about $8 shipping to the Netherlands (for 7 bags). What I didn't understand though is that they packed the bags in a big box, filled with lots of filling material and somewhere in between was a small package with the bags in it. That package could easily have fitted into a padded envelope, which would probably have been cheaper to ship.

floracove	12 Aug 2002
Had to come check out the triskele word, and thought I'd say Hi!

Riversea	12 Aug 2002
We just placed our first order last week and are excitedly waiting for them to arrive! Landon got: Shakespeare's Cloak for Cosmic Tribe Scarlet Red Silk for Osho Zen I got: Lion's Mane for Old English Night Sky for Universal Waite Vampires in the Courtyard (blue) for Halloween even though I don't have this one yet. Just planning ahead! :) Classical Goddesses lay cloth I tried to get the Queen's Brocade for my St Petersburg deck, but that one is currently out. Oh well... Looking forward to getting these! :D

Kyrielle	12 Aug 2002
So where is this Nimue bag on the Tarot Totes site? Everyone raves about it, but whenever I go there I can't find it. I mean to place an order there, but I need time to finalize my bag-deck matches, and those keep changing! -- Kyrielle

wavebreaker	13 Aug 2002
The Nimue bag used to be in the "Celtic" section in the catalog, but I can't see it there anymore. Looks like it's sold out (probably because of all these Aeclectic tarotholics ordering it... ;) ).

Liliana	13 Aug 2002
I got the Receiving Mixed Messages bag, and even had her Reiki it. I wrote her and asked if Rohrig would fit and she said no, but the deck kep arguing that it would! Females know how that goes, the outfit we really want is a size too small and through postive thinking we fit ;) Well Rohrig fits fine in it, and it came wrapped in really cool sun and moon tissue paper, also came wit a little pamphlet that has the date the reiki was channeled handwrittin on it, says how to take care of the bag. Tho the Mixed Messages are odd, have something to do with college lol :THP

Kyrielle	13 Aug 2002
What does the Mixed Messages bag say on it? I know it's like snippets of newspaper, but do any of the "messages" make sense? Are they random phrases, ordinary words, metaphysical words, or what? I think the Art of Tarot cards they sell at Barnes and Noble would be good with this bag -- they have printed pages in their collages. -- Kyrielle

Liliana	14 Aug 2002
I thought Receving Mixed Messages matched Rohrig well because Rohrig has torn paper with writing as part of the image on every card, its sometimes hard to see that detail on online scans of Rohrig but I love it. Anyway the messages are done odd, since part will be typed and then it will go into what looks like illegible handwriting, then back again, but part of the typed stuff says (..... are areas of unreadable handwriting) your.....or daughter at c....that first day During his Junior Year in........ variety of tech....and...the...into my style..client best So obviously the print has to do with going to college, and with a little imagination you can fill in a lot of the blanks to know what it is saying, but it has little to do with Tarot hehe :THP

Rhiannon	14 Aug 2002
Wow, I really love that "Guinevere's World" fabric. It's listed under the celtic section. I wish they had a matching spread cloth for that one. It's really perfect for the LAT I think... may get this one eventually. R :)

Kath	15 Aug 2002
I just won a tarot tote! I'm absolutaly thrilled! I have been thinking of buying one for a while, but I was worried about how much the international shipping would be. I was allowed to select any bag I wanted and I chose the Bedazzled one. It's bright and fun, it was a tough choice between that one and the Vampires in the Courtyard. I guess I'll just have to buy that one :) Cheers Kath

Jenny-Li	15 Aug 2002
Why do y'all have to get me into this Tarot-Totes-thing, now that I'd stayed away for so long...! But when Tarotlady said PayPal is great for paying Tarot Totes orders with, I figured if I have to get PP I might just have a peek at Tarot Totes... And - GOSH! Those bags are beautiful...! I've found LOADS that would be great with my decks...! Dammit! Will I ever be normal again?? Jenny :D

wavebreaker	15 Aug 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Jenny-Li But when Tarotlady said PayPal is great for paying Tarot Totes orders with, I figured if I have to get PP I might just have a peek at Tarot Totes... And - GOSH! Those bags are beautiful...! I've found LOADS that would be great with my decks...! Told you so!! :) Quote: Dammit! Will I ever be normal again?? I think you already know the answer to that... :D

Jenny-Li	15 Aug 2002
Quote: Originally posted by tarotlady I think you already know the answer to that... :D Hm. Yes, I know it all too well... Gaaaaahhhhh!!! Anyone got a straight jacket around?? :P This subscription deal will be more expensive than I ever though, I've found bunches of Totes I won't be able to stay away from, once I've already got my PayPal-account....! }) Jenny :)

Summerdream	15 Aug 2002
I've been purchasing bags from Tarot Totes since January of this year. So far I have purchased bags for all 16 of my decks. I've gotten: Endless Celtick Knot- Robin Wood Phoraoh's Palace Blk- Ancestral Path Court of Amber- Zerner-Farber Vila the Shapeshifter- Walking the Wild Spirit Night Glow Large- Rohrig Artistic Expressions- Hanson-Roberts Royalty- Russian Tarot Premonitions- Gendron Dragonflies- Moon Garden Tarot Faery Godmother's- Whimsical Triskele- Buckland Romani Helius, Sun God- Universal Waite Second Sight- Power Deck Celebrate- Osho Zen Shooting Stars Blk Large- Deva Deck Flower Fairies Forest Grn- Faeries Oracle I just love all there bags and have them all reiki channeled too. I display them in the corner on my bedroom on a shelf all in a wicker basket. Think I need another basket though....lol. I have all the origional boxes put away.

Liliana	15 Aug 2002
What does CCourt of Amber and Artistic Expressions look like? Dont have them anymore at tarottotes I love Preminitions, it'll likely be one of the next bags i get, I also like Golden Cosmos and Chariots. First I need some new decks tho to put in them :) :THP

Kyrielle	15 Aug 2002
Heck, I'm buying extra bags because I like them -- I don't have decks for them yet either. It's a variation on "if you build it, they will come" -- if you get the bag, the right deck for it will come along eventually. Then again, the decks march into my house on a reguar basis anyway, bags or no bags. :) And there's free U.S. and discounted foreign shipping until the end of the summer! -- Kyrielle

Liliana	15 Aug 2002
Unfortunately i dont have the money for 50 bucks in bags for free shipping lol And I still have a bag hanging around waiting for a deck, i believe I Am One hehe (that Halloween bag mentioned earlier) :THP

Summerdream	15 Aug 2002
Artistic Expressions is a design in peach, burgundy, turqoise, purple and green. It is a pattern of circles with lotus looking flowers in the middle and little triangle designs in between the circle design. It almost looks like a pattern of stained glass window and goes perfectly with the backs of the Hanson-Roberts deck. Court of Amber is another pattern design in greens, gold, blue, burgundy and goes perfectly with the tapesty work of the Zerner-Farber deck. It has paiselys in it. Unfortunately, it seems that when she runs out of stock of a current bag style some become discontinued. I liked the ones you mentioned though and I've already looked at which bags I'd like match with my tarot wish list....hehehe.

Pollux	15 Aug 2002
Do you have to buy one to enter the draw/whatever?

Kath	16 Aug 2002
Hi Pollux I submitted an entry in the Tarot on Television section of the website. Every month they give away one bag to the entry with the most details like the character who used the deck, the actor, what deck etc. Check out the website, I think the page is Tarot in Film or Tarot on TV, something like that :) Cheers Kath

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