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Donation Tally!

This is it - leftover sales have wrapped up, the last bit of shipments are making their way to their destinations, and we have finally tallied the total.

You all and your love for Lotura brought in a whopping $664.84 in excess funds through the course of this project.  This was rounded up to $670 even and donated to The Real Bark.

Our charity for this volume of Royal Alliance was chosen by our lovely guest contributor AJ LoCascio. They sponsor, treat, and adopt out dogs in the LA area and have a special place in AJ’s and our hearts for the work they do.

Feel free to give them a peek and if you’re so inclined, a treat!  (therealbark.org if the link isn’t working.)

One last round of applause for our talented and incredible team of contributors, and the beautiful and wonderful souls who support them. 💜💖

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Leftover Sales Are Open!

Leftover sales of remaining merch has begun!  

A couple of notes!

✨Supplies are limited. I know that goes without saying, but once it’s gone, it’s gone.  We are encouraging our artists to do their own personal runs of merch once it’s all sold if they are so inclined, so if something is sold out, check in with the artist!

✨PDF zines are on sale - HOWEVER they are not an automatic download.  Please give your friendly resident human time to check the sales and send you the link, thank you!

✨Archival (hard-bound) versions of the NSFW zine are still available!

✨We brought back some leftover merch from Vol 1 - check out anything flagged with (Retro) if you’re interested.

✨All items will be lovingly and protectively packaged, but packaging may vary as we also use up the last bits of packaging from the zine itself.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

-ModCrystal

3/22/2023 Update!

Hello beautiful folks!  We still have some merch available (and books) - please take a moment to pop over to our site and check it out if you’re interested!

We do want to tally up the final cost for the charity donation, so we will be closing merch sales at the end of this month!

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to any of us if you have any questions!

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Long awaited (like since December??), the @loturazine is incredibly gorgeous. I had as much fun revealing and unpacking everything as I had ooohing and ahhing over the different pieces and skimming through the books. I can't wait to read and coo over the creatives' pieces. love love love!! ♥

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Eee!  So glad it made it to you safely!!!  Thank you for sharing pictures!!

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finally posting my two pieces for the @loturazine Vol. 2 back in 2021 !! ✨☁️💟

An enormous and wonderful project 🌷

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Bringing these out of the tags just to highlight them, from @dusteebowl

Indeed!  For anyone still interested, we do still have leftover merch still on sale from this project, as well as digital copies of the zine for anyone who still wants to snag one and see this work in all its glory!  (Side note - the main book has a foreword from AJ LoCascio himself!)

We were very lucky to have such talented creators on board with us for this!  Lotura love community is still strong! 💖

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Leftover Sales Are Open!

Leftover sales of remaining merch has begun!  

A couple of notes!

✨Supplies are limited. I know that goes without saying, but once it’s gone, it’s gone.  We are encouraging our artists to do their own personal runs of merch once it’s all sold if they are so inclined, so if something is sold out, check in with the artist!

✨PDF zines are on sale - HOWEVER they are not an automatic download.  Please give your friendly resident human time to check the sales and send you the link, thank you!

✨Archival (hard-bound) versions of the NSFW zine are still available!

✨We brought back some leftover merch from Vol 1 - check out anything flagged with (Retro) if you’re interested.

✨All items will be lovingly and protectively packaged, but packaging may vary as we also use up the last bits of packaging from the zine itself.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

-ModCrystal

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Leftover Sales Are Open!

Leftover sales of remaining merch has begun!  

A couple of notes!

✨Supplies are limited. I know that goes without saying, but once it’s gone, it’s gone.  We are encouraging our artists to do their own personal runs of merch once it’s all sold if they are so inclined, so if something is sold out, check in with the artist!

✨PDF zines are on sale - HOWEVER they are not an automatic download.  Please give your friendly resident human time to check the sales and send you the link, thank you!

✨Archival (hard-bound) versions of the NSFW zine are still available!

✨We brought back some leftover merch from Vol 1 - check out anything flagged with (Retro) if you’re interested.

✨All items will be lovingly and protectively packaged, but packaging may vary as we also use up the last bits of packaging from the zine itself.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

-ModCrystal

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Anonymous asked:

are digital zines still available?

Hi Anon!

We will be offering digital zine purchases soon! All the preorders have been shipped, and once the holidays settle down, we have a few pieces of leftover merch as well as some of the NSFW hardbound zines. We'll get those posted and do an announcement - and at that time we'll have an option for digital zines as well. The actual time will be TBA but we'll have the window open for a while once it's up. Stay tuned!

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Update! Digital Copies!

Digital copies have all been distributed!  Physical copies and merch are still ongoing - but anyone who ordered a hardcopy or a digital copy of the zine should have received an email with the PDF(s).

If you think you should have received an email and didn’t  - or are having difficulty accessing the file, please reach out to us and let us know!

👉Physical mailers are still in progress, so if you’re still waiting on a tracking number, it should be coming soon!

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Are You Ready?

Here we go.

So the first batch of zines was dropped in the mail the other day - but I am just now updating the tracking information. HOWEVER it would appear that some folks have already received their boxes - which holy nads I did not expect it to be that fast.

I’m trying to do as many boxes as I can each day, but these things are just shy of a solid 5 pounds for the full bridal suite, so I can only haul so many at once.  Several of you can expect emails today - and everyone will hopefully get theirs throughout the rest of the week, (Some of you may be receiving your emails AFTER your box has arrived.... so... surprise?)

If you don’t yet see an email - do not fret; there is a LOT for me to get sent out.  We’ll do a wrap-up post once all the boxes are out and at that point if anyone is missing some tracking, let us know.

As far as electronic/digital zines - those will be going out in the next day or so.  For those, there will also be another update once they’ve been sent so folks will know to reach out if the files didn’t arrive.  

It’s my hope that most of these will reach their new homes in time for the holidays.  Customs is always a wildcard, especially this time of year, but we shall see.

If anyone posts about their zines, we would love to see!  Feel free to tag us with your photos!  And as always, let us know if there are any questions!

(Announcements about leftover sales will come once shipping and distribution of pre-orders is complete.  There will be sales, just... not ready to do an inventory count on that until this phase is complete.)

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Merch, Merch & More Merch!

It’s been a hot minute since the last update, but boy is there some stuff to cover!  As of today, all merch has been received, as well as the NSFW books!  Everything for the zines is in! 

I am waiting on packaging materials to arrive - and assuming I have measured correctly and everything will fit, packing of boxes (and then the shipping) should be on the horizon very soon.  We’ll update again once we start shipping boxes, too, so you will know when to start looking for emails.

Q. Will we get tracking information? A: Yes - as the packages are packed and shipped, tracking information will be added to the orders, which folks should be notified of via email. Q.  I don’t have tracking info! A:  Don’t worry - there will be a lot of orders. This shipping part is a one-mod operation, so I’ll be doing them in manageable batches.  I might not have gotten to you yet.  We’ll do a final update once everything has been shipped; if you STILL don’t see a shipping notification by that point, check in with us.  Maybe there was a typo on the email address or something.  We’ll get you sorted.

Q. I want to know about leftover merch.  What’s the numbers - will there be any? A: There are some.  For the standees and charms, there are both regular leftovers and some B-grade leftovers.  We’ll do the latter at a discount.  We will also have leftovers of the pins, washi tape, sticker sheets and both books. The B-grades have very, very minimal damage, such as a slight dink in the corner - but we’ll be transparent about what to expect with these once those orders go up.

Q. Will this arrive by Christmas!? A: Tentatively I am aiming to get these boxes into folks hands by the holidays.  Domestically, I think that is doable, short of an unforeseen delay.  International orders - I don’t know, and given that once it hits the post, it’s out of my hands entirely, I wouldn’t want to make promises this close to the holidays on either front.  But - I am hoping, yes.

Q: What carrier will you be using? A: As of now, doing preliminary pricing, we’ve found the best rates via USPS, and will be using that for most, if not all orders.  All orders will include tracking information - this is both for my sanity and your anxiety.

Q: Okay - so.  Got any pics? I wanna see the goods! A: You got it - here’s some images from my holiday packaging bonanza - enjoy!

So!  I definitely have my work cut out for me getting everything wrapped up - and then once he shipping boxes arrive we should be ready to move forward.  Updates will follow!  

Thank you to everyone who has been so kind and patient as we pulled this large project together - and big thank you to the generous artists and authors who have donated their labor and love to make this possible!

-Mod Crystal

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More Merch Updates!

The Standee samples have arrived!  We are THRILLED with how they are looking and will be kicking these right back for a full order.  We are so excited to be able to offer these as part of the merchandise pack.  Check them out!

Additionally!  We are pleased to also share our polaroid prints came in!

We are still waiting on the last few pieces of the merch and working on collecting the packaging material.  Once we have a more concrete idea of when we’ll have everything, we’ll have an update on some tentative ship times.

Thank you!

-Mod Crystal

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Anonymous asked:

It may be too soon to ask but its there gonna be a leftovers sale? I did buy the sine but im regretting not buying the behind the veil companion, so will it be available in digital at least?

Thank you for the question - it's a good one! Short answer - tentatively yes, we will offer leftover sales. Longer answer - We do try and order a little extra just to ensure if anything is damaged in transit that the folks who got preorders will get a flawless product when we pack their boxes. Last year we had a few leftovers of the merchandise and we did a leftover sale at that time. This time, due to a higher number of orders and the way things come in packs, we will have leftover books and merch both. While none of the physical leftover sales will be known until everything's shipped - we can say we will, at the very least, offer a last chance sale of the PDFs for the zines once it's all been distributed.

Any proceeds generated through these sales will go back to our charity.

Thank you for your support!!

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