What is the Patron Shop?
The Patron Shop is an exclusive storefront created for members of the NightBlooming Patron Community, and it’s one of many ways to access Rewards, Discount Codes and Insider Perks at NightBlooming.
Throughout the year, Patrons receive access to special products, limited releases, preorders, seasonal offerings, and the occasional surprise. Some items may appear here before they are available anywhere else, while others may only ever be offered through the Patron Shop.
No matter if you’re here unlock this month’s shop or simply curious about what patronage looks like at NightBlooming, welcome.
Patron Shop
This storefront is accessible only to Patrons (paid tiers only). Every month, a new password is posted on Patreon, which unlocks access to special, limited edition, and preorder products.
Already a Paton but need this month’s code?
Like what you see? The gate is easy to unlock.
Become a Patron
You can make a free Patreon account and follow Melissa which unlocks:
- Monthly behind-the-scenes updates and a peek into Melissa’s creative process
- Answers to questions Patrons ask
- Early glimpses of things Melissa is working on
- CrowKeeping ambiance videos
You can also read Melissa’s unpublished works like her Wardens of the Equinox serial novel.Â
But Patrons pledging their monetary support unlock even more rewards monthly based on the tier they choose.
All Patrons enjoy Crow Ambiance videos — extended takes of the crows, sometimes set to music, perfect for study, meditation, or just relaxing.
- Access to the Patron Shop
- A say in what comes next through voting on future products
- CrowKeeping posts and videos where Melissa cares for and befriend crows
- Everything at the $2 level
- The Evergreen Discount: 15% off everything in the shop, every order, every day. New code issued monthly.  Patreon also offers an annual option at 16% off for a year’s signup. In practice that’s three months of the Evergreen Discount free, without micromanaging your membership.
- Everything at the $2 and $7 levels
- Every 3 months you receive featured piece of merch! There are 4 pieces, one ships every 3 months. You must be pledged to this tier or higher for all 3 months for it to ship. Free worldwide shipping. See what’s included and all the details here.
Every paid tier gets bonus Moonseeds a month equal to your pledge amount (a $7 pledge earns 7 bonus Moonseeds). To harvest them, all you have to do is comment on the monthly Moonseed Harvest post, which also contains the password to the Patron Shop.
Why Patronage?
Long before there were algorithms, ad networks, social media platforms, and crowdfunding sites, artists, writers, musicians, and craftspeople relied upon patrons. Historically, art patronage was the gift of support and thus, survival. Royalty and the aristocracy retained artists who created in return for food, lodging, and much-needed supplies. While the world has changed dramatically, the heart of that relationship remains much the same, but, today, support doesn’t have to come from some elite group, but from everyday people giving a little bit here and there.
NightBlooming is a one-woman business, and like many creative endeavors, it thrives on both inspiration and experimentation. New products, books, articles, and educational resources often begin as ideas that require time, materials, research, and a fair amount of uncertainty before they become reality.
Patron support helps create room for that experimentation. It provides a cushion during lean seasons, helps offset the costs of developing and testing new ideas, and offers a trusted community of readers and customers who are often the first to see works in progress and help shape where they go next.
By becoming a Patron for Melissa, you become a trusted supporter of her art, which allows her to produce more of the the things you love. Melissa’s Patrons receive access to a Patron’s Only section of NightBlooming, special offers and discounts, exclusive updates and insights, and her deepest gratitude.
Meet Melissa
The journey itself has become the reward. Patron support helps me continue exploring, experimenting, learning, and creating, while sharing that journey with a community that values creative curiosity as much as I do.
Melissa is artistically-talented, scientifically-minded, and magically-fascinated, something that manifests in both her herbal alchemy and her writing, including her artistically immersive fantasy series Iyarri Chronicles.
For more than two decades, Melissa has been exploring the intersection of herbalism, history, natural hair care, and lifelong learning. And like most good stories, it starts with a disaster. After nearly destroying her hair with chemical dyes and rough styling, Melissa looked for a better way. Not only did she find it, she shares the knowledge she gleaned and the products she made with you at NightBlooming.
If you’ve ever read one of Melissa’s articles and realized you just spent twenty minutes learning far more than you intended about a plant, a historical practice, or how to befriend a crow, you’ve already experienced the heart of NightBlooming. And if you’re curious what all that research looks like in everyday life, Natural Long Hair Care: Melissa’s Routine & Products shows how she puts it into practice.
Thank you
If you’ve read this far, it’s because you care. Who makes your products, what is inside them, and what your time, attention, and purchases support matters.
NightBlooming isn’t just a shop, it’s a little pocket world that blends fantasy, folklore and handmade herbal concoctions. If you’ve ever looked at your life, looked out the window and wished you could vanish into a forest treehouse to grow a garden, care for yourself with herbs, and keep your own quiet rituals, everything Melissa does aims to create that for you.
Thank you for being here and choosing to support Melissa’s creative work.
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