Crafts

Tiny Bridget Doll & Bed for Imbolc

Last year, my mom made this lovely Bridget rag doll for Imbolc, and we will place her in front of our fireplace again this year. I also wanted a smaller version for my Imbolc altar, though, so we went to the craft store to look for supplies. My mom is really creative and came up …

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The Magick of Gratitude Journaling

This is a special guest post by my mom! I love studying psychology and have taken several classes over the past six months. One was on Brain Health and Wellness. Another focused on the Integrative Management of Anxiety, Stress, and Insomnia. And the third looked at how healthy lifestyle modifications can affect chronic disease risk factors and …

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Five Elements Pentagram Craft for Yule!

This pentagram craft is quite simple, but very meaningful and fun to make. Each point of the pentagram has a symbol to represent one of the five elements. I like to keep the order as spirit at the very top, air on the top right, fire on the bottom right, water on the bottom left, …

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Pumpkin Carving 2018!

We had so much fun picking and carving our pumpkins this year! My mom saw this sign on our road and we followed it to get to a farmer’s pumpkin patch just down the road from us: I love the way they displayed the pumpkins! There was no one around, but there was a sign …

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Cookie Gratitude Tree for Mabon (or Thanksgiving)!

I created this edible gratitude tree for a Mabon recipe/craft for my September article in Witchology magazine. It is a wonderful publication, and I am very excited to be a contributor! Each issue is full of great articles and beautiful photography, so I encourage all my witchy readers to check it out! A big part …

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How to Make Lord and Lady Corn Dollies

My mom and I made these Lord and Lady corn dollies for Lughnasadh, but they are also perfect for Mabon and Brigid corn dolls are traditionally made for Imbolc. We hadn’t made corn dollies before, so we watched several YouTube videos first to learn how to make them. This is the one we found the …

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Getting Ready for Lughnasadh!

Lughnasadh begins tomorrow! It is the first of the three harvest festivals and my mom and I have been busy getting ready. I updated my music playlist and we’ve been listening to it while we work. (Click on the link to get to my YouTube channel, Pagan Music Playlists.) I reread my Lughnasadh post from …

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How to Make Sage Bundles for Smudging

Our two sage plants have been growing really well, and we have already harvested and dried more than enough for cooking purposes for the next year. So, I decided to make my own sage bundles for smudging. (If you are not familiar with the benefits of smudging, this article explains the basics of how and …

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Celebrating Litha 2018!

We had such a lovely Litha (Summer Solstice) this year! As usual, our celebrations lasted for several days and I have lots of photos to share. We started out by making vegan clover honee a week in advance, and I wrote a post about getting ready for Litha. We started celebrating the afternoon before the …

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Getting Ready for Litha (Summer Solstice)

Litha, or the Summer Solstice, is on June 21st this year in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the longest day of the year, and we celebrate the sun being at the height of his power. All the plants are growing and everything is green! Click on this link if you want to see how we …

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