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 …
My mom and I had a wonderful Imbolc celebration! We did some crafting, made lots of delicious food, and planted some seeds to get a head start on our garden this year! We started out by planning what we would do and eat. (Click on the link to see my post on preparing for Imbolc.) …
My mom made a Bridget doll for our Imbolc celebrations, and I think she turned out great! My mom started by reading a book on making rag dolls, then drew her own patterns and colored in Bridget’s face with colored pencils. The patterns were traced onto the top layer of a folded piece of fabric:
Imbolc is coming up very soon! For those of you who are not familiar with this celebration, it is the second of the eight Sabbats on the Wiccan Wheel of the Year: Imbolc has several possible pronunciations (see the videos below) and means either “in the belly” or “ewe’s milk”. This is because sheep were …
The last four nights of our Yule countdown were busy and a bit tiring, but worth it! December 16th was our seventeenth night and candle: We ate popcorn and watched Love Actually, which is one of my favorite holiday movies!
We are getting close to the end of our Yule countdown, and I will miss our evening candle lighting and activities when it’s over! This has been such a wonderful way to prepare for Yule! December 12th was night thirteen of our countdown: We drank vegan eggnog and decorated miniature Yule trees with the paper …
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Our Yule countdown is going very well! It is harder to set aside the time every night than we thought it would be, but we never regret doing so. Even when we start out feeling stressed and too busy, we feel better and more at peace once we light the candles. December 8th was our …
These icicle ornaments are really simple, inexpensive, and fun to make! They sparkle beautifully on your tree too! All you need to make them is borax, hot water, pipe cleaners, string, and some empty jars: Start by wrapping each pipe cleaner around a pen to create a spiral:
These ornaments are very easy and fun to make! You only need craft sticks and some glue to make them! Elmer’s Glue-All worked very well to hold the sticks together: We divided up the sticks into sets of five:
Mabon, which is the Autumn Equinox, is coming up on September 22nd for those in the Northern Hemisphere. I love the Fall, and all things apple and pumpkin spiced! This morning it was only 54 degrees outside and I made pumpkin pie spiced hot cocoa and pumpkin muffins to celebrate the cooler weather. They were …