🌈 How to: Pocket Altar Kit 🐚
Hey witchblr, I just thought I would share a bit about my pocket altar that I spontaneously put together so I can take my craft with me wherever I go. I think this is an awesome idea, and If you can find ways to maximize space, you can actually take a great deal of stuff with you. Tins are very cheap, and you might already have exactly what you need at home to make this kit. This may be a great idea for you if you don’t want or can’t have a big elaborate altar in your home. It can be packed up and put away at any time.
🌼 My “Eclectic Seawitch” Altar Kit includes the following: 🌼
⚈ Pouch to hold contents of kit
⚈ Pouch for crystals & seashells
⚈ Homemade rose quartz pendulum
⚈ Various crystals: clear quartz, pyrite, opal, rose quartz
⚈ Various seashells: mini conch, mini nautilus, mini scallops
⚈ Rose quartz worry stone
⚈ Bowl-shaped shells for burning incense and sage
⚈ Matchbook including incense cones, matches
⚈ Vile of shasta sage, himalayan salt and cilantro seeds
🌼 Top 10 Tips for an Alotid Tin Altar 🌼
🌱Use a tin, box or pouch! Anything you feel suitable to hold your kit.
🌱Choose a theme for your kit if you like! Model it after what kind of Witch you are classified by if you wish. Or it can be a bit eclectic like mine, try to be as creative as you can!
🌱Avoid painting the inside of the tin and glue some cardstock only instead to maintain magnetics, that way you can use anything with a magnet on the inside of your tin. Get chalkboard labels and a piece of chalk for your tin, write things all over!
🌱Use various mediums hot glue, rubber cement, modge podge, paints, glitters, textures, moss, petals, twigs, feathers, ect.
🌱Decorate the inside with some fun pattern papers, laces, anything pretty. Tear open some magazines!! use stickers, beads, crystals and other decorative items, glue them on!
🌱Personalize your kit! Include pendulums, worry stones, crystal grids, mirrors, oils, sage bundles, anything you would like to include for yourself. Switch out things that dont work for you. If a tealight is better for you than birthday candles, switch it out. Include wildflower or herb seeds to grow outside on your journeys!
🌱Decorate matchbooks! Stick pictures to them, inspirational words and paint them or add some glitter. Maximize your creative space. If you dont have room for a matchbook, cut the match stip off of the box and glue it into your tin.
🌱You can use the mini jars as candle holders if the opening is small enough to keep it sturdy. Bring an empty jar and other jars with ingredients in them to make spell jars on the go.
🌱Include pictures of people you care about, dieties, spiritual symbols and sigils. Anything meaningful for you. You can design it so you can lay it on its side to turn into a shrine for a diety.
🌱Keep a log book and get your friends to sign it if they participate for memories sake.
It’s made out of an old Altoid tin I had laying around. Intially I had the urge to paint it blue and turquoise on the outside and white on the inside.
After drying, I got my glue gun out and glued various laces to the outside and I took apart an old pair of costume earings that I never wear. I glued the jewels to the top of the tin. I also used a 3d butterfly sticker as the main focal point. To make sure it sticks well I put a dab of glue from the glue gun in the middle. I painted around everything with gold glitter paint to accent the gold parts. I was really happy with the outcome, and not having to spend any money.
I included my favorite crystals, shells, especially my rose quartz pendulum and worry stone. My favourite is my heart-shaped rose quartz I recieved as a gift from my Boyfriend.
I decorated my viles with some old looking medicine labels I got from Michaels as well as some letter stickers to label them. It made it gave them a fancy apothecary look.
I decorated my matchbook as much as I could! I wanted to use up all my creative space including the inside of the tin. I utilized colored paper, stickers, jewels, beads, lace and ribbon, paint and glitter. Anything within your reach can be used if you use your own personal magick.
My kit includes a set of Mini Alchemy cards. I made them by glueing them to a pattern cardstock. I have a bigger version with the writings on the side but they were quite big and didn’t fit right in the tin, so I decided to make mini ones with the mini card stickers. The mini versions dont have writings on the side, so I have a full guide in my spellbook.
With the same card stock I lined my tin so they match. I also made a Log and Diary Card out of some fancy paper I had. I have “Adventure Awaits” both on the inside of my tin and on the card, I thought it was cute they matched.
I included whatever I personally thought I would want when I’m out and about. You can tweak yours however you like! You may want to bless your tin and cleanse it if you wish, enchant it so that way it stays safe, and doesn’t break as easily.
I hope this inspires you! Now go forth and make a kit for yourself!
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