WOWZA! Two stretch goals down!...plus shipping & art updates!
almost 2 years ago – Thu, Jun 09, 2022 at 01:56:07 PM

The second stretch goal...HAS BEEN UNLOCKED!

What a wonderful way to wake up this morning...finding that little fairies had been working through the night to get us past the mark to unlock the second stretch goal!!! To all my new backers, thank you so much for joining this journey. To all my current backers who increased your pledges (yes, I see you gleeful bunch back there...!) thank you so, so much for all your continued support and enthusiasm. 

So that means I will be able to release the large 30 x 22" mat inspired by The Nameless One.  Here is the newly updated design we have for it, let me know what you think! And of course, I have updated the main campaign page to reflect this achievement. ;)

MORE ADD-ONs ADDED

Speaking of suggestions, after receiving comments from several people about adding my existing divination coins as add-ons to this campaign, I decided to do just that. AND, I've decided to offer them to my lovely Kickstarter backers for the discounted price of $11 each (they are $15 on my site). So if you want to add the Sol/Luna (silver or gold), the Fox/Hare (silver or copper), and/or the Crow/Ouroboros (silver or copper) coins to your pledge... You can! Do this either by adding them to your pledge now by clicking the "manage my pledge" button and adding them on... or add them at the end through the Backerkit survey. 

Yes, by the way, we met yesterday and decided to partner with Backerkit to make the survey, add-on, and shipping process more efficient and fool-proof! Here are some photos of the existing coins you can now add on, for those of you who may be unfamiliar. 

WHY SO MANY COINS? 

That is a very good question with several answers. First, I just love making and using coins. Flipping coins is one of the oldest forms of divination and frankly, they make great fidget fiddlers for finicky fingers. BUT, I also wanted to make a set that could also be used like Witches Runes. Usually, a set of Witch runes just have simple symbols on them representing: Sun, Moon, Flight, Rings, Trinity (Sometimes called Romance), Woman, Man, Harvest, Crossroads, Waves, Star, Scythe, and Eye. (You can google the meanings if you want.) I wanted to create a more...illustrative set of Witch runes and I thought the coins would be a great way to do that. So there you have it. 

That means that if we unlock all the coin goals (and you already have my Sol/Luna (Sun, Moon), Fox/Hare (Xia Exclusive additions), and Crow/Ouroboros (Flight, Rings) coins and / add the rest to your pledge during this campaign...then you'll have a complete set of witch rune coins to practice with! :) Here's another work-in-progress coin design I've been working on. 

WHAT ABOUT SHIPPING ESTIMATES? 

Boy, shipping is really the worst part of my job. I wish I could just have a little shop magically accessible to everyone in the world where you could all just stop in, join me for a coffee or tea, and browse my occult selection while I wrap up all your goodies for you, and then send you on your merry way. Unfortunately, most of you don't live in my neck of the woods, so we must deal with the logical nightmare that is shipping. 

Regrettably, my lame little shipping chart which first appeared in the campaign details was limited, hard to read, and left out many countries...including Canada, where a ton of my most dedicated backers live! Whoops. Sorry guys, my bad!  It took a couple of hours (days? what is time anyway?) to put together, but here is a more comprehensive chart to give you a better idea of shipping costs to most regions. I'll post it here, but it has also replaced the old chart on the main campaign page so that you can reference it there whenever. 

Unfortunately, there are several countries that I simply cannot ship to right now due to geopolitical issues...I'm so sorry Russia and Ukraine...My label software literally blocks me from creating shipping labels to those regions... :( There are other areas that are historically fraught with shipping-related issues such as Chile, UAE, and South Africa...so if you are from one of these places, we may have to make special arrangements. Please message me if this is the case. 

Also, please note that with the shipping cost fluctuations due to fuel prices, supply chain issues, and inflation, it's almost impossible to know for sure how much the shipping will actually be once the time comes to send out orders. I lost my shirt on shipping The Nameless One, so I'm not going to make that mistake again. To remind you, I'll be charging you for shipping separately, after the campaign has ended, when we are ready to fulfill orders. Hopefully, since I intend to fulfill this campaign much more quickly, it shouldn't be too far off from these estimates. 

Oh, also for packages that are 1-3 pounds, I'll probably use USPS (priority mail for US backers and First Class International for everyone else). If it's over 3 pounds, UPS is usually the least expensive option. There are a few countries where it's far less expensive to ship "flat export," which uses a variety of carriers to route the package. Unfortunately, due to all the hand-offs, tracking is very limited. I think I will add a question to the final survey to see if you want to select "least expensive" shipping or UPS Expedited so you can choose.

So I think we are all caught up now!

Thank you all again SO much for your support and patience. Words truly cannot express my depth of gratitude for each one of you! 

Have a lovely weekend,

-Xia