Skip to content
Attic Cartomancy
  • About Me
  • ♥
  • My Decks
    • Lydia Tarot
    • Isidore Tarot
    • Tea Bats Lenormand
    • Sepia Stains Tarot
    • Black Ibis Tarot
    • Butterfly Circus Lenormand
    • Oracles & Flutter-Byes
    • Ink & Blood Lenormand
    • AHS Fan Tarot
  • ♠
  • Tips & Tutorials
  • ♣
  • Cartomancy Gift Shoppe
  • ♦
  • Instagram
  • ★
  • Mailing List
  • ✤
  • Contact
Attic Cartomancy

Posts Tagged with Handmade Deck

Published October 23, 2016

A Deck of One’s Own: Ideas for personal decks


I simply adore handmade decks. With a handmade deck you can control all the variables. It’s unique, it’s personal, it’s all yours. Quite a few of the card readers who’ve tutored me over the years prefer to do readings from their own handmade decks. I have my own beast of a wooden oracle deck I add to as time has permitted over the years, but she is slow thus the nickname beast. So these are a few things to consider when making your own handmade deck and some ideas to get you started if you don’t know where to begin.

I think with most tips I give out for deck creating I start by saying get your ideas organized first. I don’t feel a need to be quite so gung-ho with that advice here. A handmade deck is a creature of trial and error to be honest. Even when you have in mind the artistic idea for it you never know how they’ll work with your chosen card materials until you’ve given it a test run. You can read my own experiences with testing materials here. I recommend sampling a few of the materials you’d like to use and see how they hold up to your art, however that art will be applied to it. Every material has its pros and cons just as each one will hold up to better or lesser degrees with repeated handling. This goes as well for the art on that material.

Your art. Not everyone is an artist and not everyone is confident in what they can create. Try not to let this hold you back too much. It’s your deck, you can make it look however you want, especially if it’s one of a kind. If you don’t feel you can draw your work out, collage it. If you do want to draw your own cards but get self conscious about how they look, don’t be so hard on yourself. I’m always giving this advice to my dad. She (here is where I confuse people, my dad is transgendered just for FYI) chokes a little when staring at all that blank space. She gets a little frustrated when she begins and things don’t look immediately right. Art is (I use this phrase a lot) trial and error and the process of getting to what you like is half the fun –for me at least. You might see it as a hurdle to be crossed. I’m just saying, relax, and see where it goes. You might surprise yourself. It’s most important it speaks to you and it can be as sparse or as detailed as you want to make it. Keep in mind a person who is an artist is probably having the same frustrations as you are. I speak from experience. Being the fussy perfectionist that I am I’m always going nine rounds with my artwork. So don’t get too caught up on this. Hit that wee arrow to continue.

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Tumblr
Join the AC Mailing List

ABOUT THE CARTOMANCER:Bethalynne is a Michigan native who spent much of her early life chasing the fae around her grandfather's nearly mythical fairy tale garden. When the fae weren't calling, the strange shadows in the closet were whispering. When it was finally suggested that she kindly bring herself down from the clouds (and out from those dark places) she turned her expansive imagination towards capturing her characters and their worlds through writing & drawing. The latter has led to her having a notable career as a professional artist and writer for the past twenty five years. She currently resides in southern Ohio with her husband and fellow artist Myke Amend. You can view her portfolio or visit The Attic Shoppe Trading Co. to see all of her unique things. :)


Recent Posts

  • Limited sale starting October 29th through Halloween
  • 31 Days of Halloween – Happy October First!
  • Boho Tarot Lydia Autumn Review
  • The Lydia Tarot Standard Edition 10 percent off for a limited time
  • Wanna hear a secret? Here… shssssssh

Categories

Search for:

RECOMMENDED SITES
Tarot n Tea Indie Deck Review

fool

Archives

  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • July 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • September 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016

Copyright © 2021 Bethalynne Bajema & Attic Cartomancy. All rights reserved. Please visit my other sites!