The A. Nonny Mouse Promotional Tarot Deck Parts I, II & III

Feretian

[size=+2]A. Nonny Mouse Promotional Tarot Deck -

See the Finished Cards here: http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=115450


See Post #3 below for Cards In Progress![/size]

For anyone unfamiliar with The Mouse....

In August 2007, this thread appeared:

Grizzabella said:
An anonymous member suggested to me that it would be nice if we could send packages or decks to people who may not be able to participate in exchanges because of limited funds for one reason or another and who don't have big tarot collections. I thought it was a wonderful idea, so I talked with Valeria about it, who also thought it was a wonderful idea. I've expanded on this, because I think it's such a good idea. So it will now include those who might just need a nice surprise due to surgery, illness or whatever as well as the members who may have limited funds and can't afford trades and exchanges otherwise.
(http://tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=84428)

And by October 2008, the Mouse had outgrown its nest...

Grizzabella said:
Well folks, thanks to all of you wonderful Nonny Mouse helpers, we've outgrown our first thread and it's time to start a second one! I'm so very proud and honored to have facilitated this program, but much more proud of all of you who have sent cards and packages and made the program work. Without all of you, it couldn't have happened.
(http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=107838)

So, one day nanab asked to see a picture of Nonny...

:
Originally Posted by bodhran
Nonnie and helpers?
http://www.melodylealamb.com/html/mice.html

Eowyn said:
When I saw the "Fall Mouse Two" picture (the one top right) I thought "The Moon!! Nonny's first tarot card!!!"
In fact, next to her, there is "The Hanged Nonny"


...and somehow a deck spontaneously erupted

(The actual cards will be drawn onto a blank tarot card. These photos are samples of what the cards might look like. )
 

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Feretian

The A. Nonny Mouse Promotional Tarot Deck Part II

CONTINUED FROM PART I

Grizzabella said:
These are all so cute! And they do look like Tarot cards, too. I wonder how you could put them all on a deck. If I had a blank deck I think I'd try drawing them onto cards. I'm artistic enough to make a mouse, I think. I mean--heck--how hard can it be? Just a pointy egg with a tail and 4 legs.

So here's the idea.

We will make an A. Nonny Mouse Tarot.

[size=+2]It's not about artistic talent. So don't hide under the sofa because you "can't draw". This is about love and community. Mouse love and the AT community.[/size]

Sign up for the card/cards you would like to do. I will provide cards from a blank Tarot deck, and will send your card blanks when all are spoken for.

Include an interpretation for your card(s) to put in the LWB.

When I receive the blank decks, I will ask you to pm your address to me. I will send your cards with a note to overseas participants as to my postage cost. You can reimburse me for my postage with paypal, euros, or cookies.

Please DON'T PM your address UNTIL I ASK FOR IT.


Think about what to do with the finished decks. Donate it to Nonny? Raffle it to raise Nonny funds? Award it in a Subscriber Competition? We will poll when decks are finished and posted.

Please join in! It's all about The Mouse. And you.
 

Feretian

The A. Nonny Mouse Promotional Tarot Deck Part III

[size=+2]Post # 3[/size]

[size=+2]Everything you need to know is in this post![/size]

Here's the mailing instructions post:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1715276&postcount=402

We will make two decks. The final cards will be scanned so that everyone has access to the decks. The decks will be raffled to raise postage money for A. Nonny Mouse.

The actual cards will be drawn onto a blank tarot card. Your creations must have a mouse or mouse-related motif. You can draw your own vision, trace a photograph, or copy the composition of a photograph. Be careful not to infringe on someone's copyright, though. Ie., don't trace a cartoon character or a movie still or a children's book illustration. Please read Tarot Deck Creation forum guidelines on copyright.

Remember that these cards will be shuffled! So please- use waterproof ink or markers.

Imagine that you hold in your hands the A. Nonny Mouse Tarot deck. Only two in existence. Hand made by members of the Aeclectic Tarot Forum.

You shuffle. One card pops out onto the table; it's thicker than the others. You put it back in the deck, but two more pop out; some kind of sticky paint holding them together.


If your card will pop out of the deck, find another medium. Flexible and water resistant!


Test your chosen marker on a tiny portion of your Tarot card (maybe on the back?) Or submit your drawing in pencil if you want it inked by another person. Black&white or color, but please, please test for waterproof!

Sign your username somewhere on the drawing, not on the card back.

Include your interpretation for the LWB. See below for some examples.

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WE WILL BE MAKING TWO DECKS, SO....
1. MAKE TWO IDENTICAL/SIMILAR CARDS, OR[/size]

[size=+2]2. TRADE YOUR CARD ASSIGNMENT WITH SOMEONE ELSE SO THAT YOU GET TO DO A DIFFERENT ONE[/size]


You will have three months from when you receive blank cards to make your cards.

[size=+2]It's not about artistic talent. So don't hide under the sofa because you "can't draw". This is about love and community. Mouse love and the AT community.[/size]

[size=+2]Here are some card idea drafts:[/size]
http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1708492&postcount=85
Ravenswing ...Strength

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1709959&postcount=147
Ravenswing...Hanged and Wheel

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1712109&postcount=280
lark...Knight of wands

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1712297&postcount=307
Keigh...How to draw a mouse

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1713683&postcount=351
gregory and Feretian's LWB suggestions

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1715680&postcount=417
Feretian...sketches

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1715767&postcount=424
missycab...five of pentacles

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1715921&postcount=431
Vitruvian Mouse

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1716144&postcount=435
Dancinbear...King of pentacles

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1716641&postcount=444
Dancinbear...King of pentacles colored

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1716794&postcount=452
All Is One...Hanged man

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1717134&postcount=462
All Is One...Ace of swords

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1717167&postcount=465
Feretian...dead mice

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1722710&postcount=568
Feretian......7 wands, 10 swords, 9 cups

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1719160&postcount=495
Cat*...Devil

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1720505&postcount=514
gregory...mousey death

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1721663&postcount=537
Cat*...World

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1723051&postcount=580
Feretian...Mouse Tutorial

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1722618&postcount=564
Chronata...Page of wands

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1723927&postcount=614
Blackroseivy....Nine of Wands

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1723240&postcount=595
Chronata...page of cups

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1723769&postcount=606
gregory...World

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1724324&postcount=640
Keigh...Fool

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1725271&postcount=667
missycab...five of pentacles, Hermit

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1727226&postcount=687
Alruna...High Priestess

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1733873&postcount=809
Jyscal.....Five of Cups , first draft

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1735775&postcount=826
Debra...King of Wands, first draft

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1751398&postcount=933
Guiding Cauldron..10 Pentacles

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1751619&postcount=940
moderndayruth....Emperor

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1739090&postcount=849
Debra...King of Wands I

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1739165&postcount=853
Debra....King of Wands II

http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1766260&postcount=983
Eowyn...The Moon

Major Arcana

0 Fool - .....................................Keigh
I Magician -..............................minrice
II High Priestess - ....................Alruna
III Empress - ..........................Green Moon Beam
IV Emperor - ...........................moderndayruth
V Hierophant - .........................Stefficus
VI Lovers - ..............................Oddity
VII Chariot -............................ Green Moon Beam
VIII Strength -..........................Ravenswing
IX Hermit - ..............................missycab
X Wheel of Fortune - .................Sebavin
XI Justice - ..............................Lutestring
XII Hanged Man - .....................All Is One

XIII Death -...............................gregory
XIV Temperance - .......................truelighth
XV Devil - ................................cat*
XVI Tower - ................................rubble...I mean rabble!
XVII Star - ...............................frannie
XVIII Moon - ............................Eowyn
XIX Sun - ...................................Keigh
XX Judgment -..................................Cat*
XXI World - .................................gregory
and also The Happy Mouse...............Lampkin!

Minor Arcana

Cups

Ace -...............................Inana
Two - .............................Cara
Three - ........................All Is One
Four - ............................GryffinSong
Five - ................................Jyscal
Six - .................................Jyscal
Seven - ..............................minrice
Eight -........................Major Tom
Nine - ...........................Feretian
Ten - ............................DraagonStorm
Page - ............................Chronata
Knight -.........................DraagonStorm
Queen -............................Dancinbear
King -...............................mythos

Wands

Ace - ................................Cat*
Two - ..................................Umbrae
Three - ...............................lark
Four -..................................Dancinbear
Five - ................................Ravenswing
Six - ...................................Blackroseivy
Seven - ...........................Feretian
Eight - ............................HudsonGray
Nine - ..................................Blackroseivy
Ten -................................HudsonGray
Page - ..............................Chronata
Knight - ...............................lark
Queen - ............................Retrokat
King - .................................Debra

Swords

Ace - ...............................All Is One
Two - .................................Aerin
Three -...............................rabble
Four - .................................minrice
Five - .................................similia
Six - .................................Sebavin
Seven - ...............................blue_fusion
Eight - ..................................GryffinSong
Nine - .................................Cara
Ten - ................................Feretian
Page -.................................Blackroseivy
Knight - ..............................truelighth
Queen - ................................Stefficus
King - ...................................Mythos

Pentacles


Ace - .......................................Oddity
Two - ....................................Netzach
Three -....................................Aerin
Four - ...................................Lutestring
Five - .....................................missycab
Six -......................................stefficus
Seven -.......................................Aerin
Eight -.........................................Cat*
Nine -..............................Sidhe-ra
Ten - ...........................Guiding Cauldron
Page - ........................................Inana
Knight - .....................................cirom
Queen -........................................saoirse1561
King -....................................Dancinbear

The Bag for the Deck.....................Grizabella
The Bag for the Other Deck............baba-prague
 

missycab

Oh!!! I love this idea!!!

Can I have the hermit, please?


And what's a SASE?
 

Feretian

You're in with the Hermit!

Self addressed stamped envelope.

I'll correct that above. Snail mail has been passe for quite a while now, so the acronym is obscure :p
 

minrice

I would like the Magician Feretian!

I think we should sign our names on the front rather than the back which I think would be a distraction, and that the finished deck should be raffled for Nonny funds!
 

Oddity

I would love to draw the Lovers, if the game is open to us overseas people as well :)

I don't live in the US, so sending a self-addressed stamped envelope wouldn't work, would it? I doubt the US mail system accepts Swedish stamps as valid and I have no idea how to get US stamps outside of the US... but if I could send some money via, say, Paypal or something to cover postage, would that work?
 

missycab

Oddity said:
I would love to draw the Lovers, if the game is open to us overseas people as well :)

I don't live in the US, so sending a self-addressed stamped envelope wouldn't work, would it? I doubt the US mail system accepts Swedish stamps as valid and I have no idea how to get US stamps outside of the US... but if I could send some money via, say, Paypal or something to cover postage, would that work?

so, wait, is it not a normal envelope? Not normal mail?
 

Oddity

missycab said:
so, wait, is it not a normal envelope? Not normal mail?
Don't know, but the way I think it is supposed to work is this:

People who want to draw a card send an envelope with stamps and their address already written on it to Feretian, so Feretian can just put the card in that envelope and send it back to you without having to bother with postage and all that. But to mail things from the US, you need to use US stamps. Which could be a bit of a problem to get for us who live in other places.

But it's possible that I've misunderstood how it works. I've never used an SASE before, I'm just guessing. Hopefully someone who knows can tell us how it works. I'm as curious as you. :)
 

Feretian

Yes, please, Oddity, join us.

I've edited to include international mail.

I'll ask the local postmistress how it works. We'll find a way.

Nonny has been known to travel overseas.

A self addressed stamped envelope in the US would be stamped just like a letter.