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Gemstones and Dragons Oracle Deck

Created by Nina Bolen

Oracle card deck featuring 44 gemstones and their meanings with beautifully illustrated original dragons by fantasy artist Nina Bolen

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Almost all decks shipped!
4 months ago – Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 08:50:46 AM

Almost all decks have shipped! I’m still waiting on a few people to reply on what enamel pins they want so be sure to get back to me on that. I guess emails might be going to spam. 

Only 2 large orders left to ship and are going out tomorrow and then international orders are being packed.

Pre-orders have started shipping and only 4 left to ship. 

International orders be on the look out for an email about shipping cost in the coming weeks. Just know your order will ship after the holidays to avoid it getting lost. 

The deck is now available for order here 

If you are a Kickstarter backer and plan to order, send me a message and I’ll give you a coupon code for $5 off! 

Thank you all for your support and following along with this project. This was a massive undertaking and way more than I thought it would be.  Now thankfully this deck has prepared me for any decks I plan to make in the future. I now know it will take around 2 years to make a deck. 1 year for the art and 1 year to write the book plus all the lay out and design work. I learned so much from this campaign! I’m like an actual author now too lol! I can’t believe I wrote a book, as someone that struggled in school because of a learning disability, I never dreamed I would be able to write a book. 

Be sure to follow me on social media or join my main mailing list on my website to know when my next deck launchs. Future decks planed are Mystic Dragon Tarot, Tarot of the Serpent, Dragon Apothecary Herbal Oracle (working title) Alchemy Reptile Oracle, and more to come!

Some sneak peek of artwork 

The World card from The Mystic Dragon Tarot. This deck will be a mix of traditional and digital art. And the original paintings will be available for sale.

The Fool card work in progress. I started this deck before I had an ipad so I was working on a Windows surface. The Windows Surface was horrible for art, so I’ll be going back and redoing the art for this deck. I have I think around 12 cards done so far. And I thought it would be a cool twist if the book had information about each snake. Which means I would have to write another book.  So that decks going to take some time.


You can follow me and join my mailing list from my site here 

Happy Holidays everyone! 



 

Shipping update Please Read
4 months ago – Sun, Dec 07, 2025 at 02:18:18 PM

US orders: If you picked enamel pins, please check your messages here on Kickstarter and let me know the designs you would like. A few orders are just waiting for that and are ready to ship. I just need to know the pin designs before they can ship. 

International Orders: You will be contacted if there is additional shipping. As stated on Kickstarter, the original amount was an estimate, and additional shipping might be owed. This additional amount must be paid before the items are shipped. If you don't get an email, you'll get a tracking number. International orders will ship AFTER the holidays. This is to avoid anything getting lost in the mass amounts of items shipping this time of year. Because there is no way it would arrive before Christmas anyway, it just avoids any unnecessary delays, loss, or other issues. 

Preorders: Preordersare shipping last, after all Kickstarter orders ship. If you need your Preorder by Christmas, don't hesitate to get in touch with me. And I can ship it now. 

I think that's all the update I have for now! I hope everyone is having a great holiday season! Oh, I'm having surgery on the 22nd, so I'll be out for about 2 weeks while I recover. We'll have all the boxes packed by then (hoping to have everything packed today, 12/7), but just waiting on some replies on items & shipping info before shipping. Again, feel free to contact me if you have any questions! 

I have more original art for sale here & will be posting new art up until my surgery.  Got to pay those medical bills somehow lol 

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?item=297818382651&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l170197&_ssn=nina_bolen

Art Auctions and More Shipping
5 months ago – Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 07:08:25 AM

Still packing and more shipping today. Down to mostly large orders and a few single decks, but all the early birds that don’t have extra items should be shipped. A lot of packages show to be delivered. 

A note for people with PO Boxes: These packages don’t fit in PO Boxes so they will be held at the post office so be sure to check to pickup your package. I’ve already have packages returned because they where never picked up from the post office. 
 

Art auctions ending in less than 24 hours on eBay https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?item=297736965539&rt=nctrksid=p4429486.m3561.l170197&ssn=nina_bolen

I’m going to try to post a few ACEO-sized artworks along with other artwork each week on eBay, depending on what’s going on. I used to do this, and I’m not sure why I stopped. I think life just got in the way.

What are ACEOs? For those that don’t know, ACEO stands for Art Card Editions and Originals. Small artwork that’s only 2.5” by 3.5”, the same size as a trading card. These small-sized artworks were extremely popular on eBay back in the early 2000s. So much so that I was even in a book back in 2007.



https://a.co/d/6Nx89UR

These small-sized artworks make it an affordable way to acquire original artwork & their compact size offers numerous display options. From miniature frames to books made for trading cards. ACEOs are also popular among collectors for trading. 

Be sure to follow me on eBay to stay informed about new auctions as soon as they go live!

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?item=297736965539&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l170197&_ssn=nina_bolen

Shipping update
5 months ago – Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 02:32:41 PM

Quick update

Most collectors editions have shipped. The only ones left are larger orders or International.  All early birds are packed or being packed and will ship this week or early next, excluding larger order & international orders. 

Large orders will be packed this weekend and go out next week.

International orders are being packed and you’ll get a message here on Kickstarter if additional shipping is owned. I’ve been notified that strikes are occurring in Canada, which may delay some shipments. 

Organized chaos 

I know it looks like a mess but I promise there is a method to the madness. 

Thanks to my husband for helping me get more organized and help packing all these orders. I started to realize it was too many order for me to handle on my own. So with his help I think we can get all of these out way faster! 

As always feel free to contact me if you have questions & thanks everyone for being so patient & all your support! I love seeing everyone getting their decks so please be sure to tag me if you share them online. And I hope everyone has a Happy Halloween! 

Just a quick note
6 months ago – Thu, Oct 02, 2025 at 09:22:55 AM

I just wanted to add a quick note. For those not familiar with selenite (satin spar) it’s a very soft stone & no matter how well you pack it some shedding will happen. So I just wanted to give everyone a heads up. When you unwrap your selenite there might be some breakage as this is completely normal for selenite to do and there is no way to prevent this. Some pieces might even break apart along the growth and this is just the nature of this super soft stone. Also do not get the selenite wet as it dissolves in water.