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 …
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 …
My mom and I made colcannon for the first time for Imbolc dinner this year, and we were surprised by how much we love it! It is basically mashed potatoes with green onions and cooked cabbage, which didn’t really sound all that good if I am being honest. It is traditionally served with lots of …
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:
It is traditional to make Bridget’s crosses out of reeds for Imbolc, but we couldn’t find reeds in Ohio. We did, however, find a lot of this plant that looked like it might work: My mom cut a handful, and then we soaked them in the tub to make them more flexible.
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 …