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current state
main room: half of the old wallpaper is down
bed nook: walls wallpapered&painted, ceiling half done
workroom: floor is done
hall: not even slowly getting an idea what I want
kitchen: shelf above window installed
bathroom: shower curtain and lamp installed
terrace: nothing finished
storage: shelves installed, electrotrash needs to be disposed of
garden: a mountain of guilt and three painted raised beds
Ginger Root Project Spell
A little kitchen charm to for when your projects have gone stagnant and need a little wake-up.
Cut a few rounds of ginger root and drop them in a cup of hot water, letting the roots steep.
Dip your fingers into the ginger water and flick the droplets onto whatever has gone stagnant. (Take care with electronics and the like!)
Say, "Take your roots, grow with speed. Give this project the fire it needs."
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Before I meander on to my point, there is one thing I need you to take with you. Be alive and with a heart full of love this summer! As were
For once seasonal posts come in advance, I assure you to no credit of mine.
Celebrating rusalki week!
people in the notes of that "I don't have a serger" post are going off on tailor's chalk for some reason? as if that's also something that's hugely expensive and insane to assume everyone has?
like. okay. you don't HAVE to use tailor's chalk, but you should at least use something you know won't bleed or otherwise mess up the material. in this case, it does make more sense to do the extra research and maybe buy something new if what you have to hand isn't ideal. ruining your fabric will cost you more time and money in the long run
much as we all hate Am*zon, you can get a 10-piece box of tailor's chalk on there for like $6 USD if you're really cash-strapped and want to sew. that's not the only safe marking material, of course, but it is a tried-and-true option you don't have to research the fabric safety of.
trust me- it's worth it in this case
if this is helpful to anybody-
Marzi's Sewing Must-Haves:
needle
thread
fabric
ruler, or ability to eyeball 1/2" reliably
scissors
pins
way to mark fabric that you know won't cause problems down the line
Marzi's Sewing Extremely Helpful To Haves:
sewing machine
specifically a clear ruler intended for sewing
ironing board and iron
Spray bottle for dampening fabric to be ironed, if you're like me and keep losing the little iron-filling cup
scrap fabric/cheap fabric to use for mockups
Things Marzi Swears By Because Her Main Money-Consuming Hobby Is Sewing:
French curve (for drawing curves if you plan to modify patterns)
Needle board for ironing velvet (okay can someone explain why these cost an arm and a leg?)
Beading needles
Embroidery Needles
Awl
Pinking shears
Sleeve board (for ironing sleeves and smaller pieces of fabric)
Gridded paper to transfer patterns from books (I use wrapping paper, tbh)
Tracing paper to transfer soutache and embroidery designs
Ribbon-threader/bodkin/drawstring-pull/whatever you want to call Big Needle For Threading Ribbons And Drawstrings Into Casings
Needle case
Piping foot (called by normal 21st-century people "zipper foot")
Things Marzi Sees No Need For Because She Is A Misplaced Victorian-Era-But-More-Progressive Alternate Universe Dweller:
Serger
Buttonhole foot (I just like having more control over things like buttonholes, personally, than a machine can comfortably afford me)
Super-advanced computerized sewing machine
Things Marzi's Friend Got For Christmas And Promised Her Use Of And She's Incredibly Excited About:
EMBROIDERY MACHINE
Also very important:
Thimble
Seam ripper
Measuring tape
Other things I find useful:
Pin cushion. Easy to make yourself, just double up the fabric layers and stuff it with sawdust.
Needle book. Also easy to make yourself.
Beeswax. Important for a lot (but not all) hand sewing. I've used the stump of a beeswax candle and it worked just as well as beeswax cakes made for sewing.
Another thimble or two in slightly different sizes, for when your hands are a bit swollen.
Terrycloth hand towel, or a piece of cotton velvet, to use instead of a needle board. I've pressed soft slinky velvet just fine on terrycloth by pressing lightly and carefully, using mainly the tip of the iron right on the seam.
A small chisel for cutting open buttonholes. (PLEASE don't use seam rippers for that, I beg.) There are ones made specifically for buttonholes, but a cheap little wood chisel works perfectly fine, just as long as it's sharp. I have two I got from a junk shop.
A few glossy magazines, to use as a cutting surface for said buttonhole chisel. For situations when you're pressing straight down with the blade it's WAY better than a cutting mat.
Tweezers & a lighter for burn testing the fibre content of thrifted fabrics. Mine live in their own little jar.
Magnetic bowl, which can be found at any hardware store. Keep it next to the sewing machine and you can just chuck the pins at it as you pull them out.
Several thrifted metal trays & serving dishes. Good for keeping all this clutter contained and easily moveable between surfaces. And it's fun to keep pins and buttons and thread clippings in fancy little dishes.
Pressing ham. Also super easy to make yourself, though I have a fairly old one someone gave me. A lot of people stuff them with fabric scraps, but we also had a big one at school that was stuffed with straw.
Organza press cloth. Great for pressing intricate things because it's see-through! I have a couple metres of secondhand silk organza and it's lasting me forever, I just cut a new chunk off it, about the size of a sheet of printer paper, every time the old one gets full of holes. A cotton organdy would work too.
Assorted thrifted glass paperweights, to use as pattern weights. I also have two pattern weights that are just broken chunks of iron sewer grate I found in the gutter. They're nice and heavy and I just washed and painted them.
Tiktok post by @ wynunlimited.
“heres how to make a pair of pants for yourself”
step 1: have a entire room completely set up just for tailoring
it needs an iron, masking tape, a pencil, and see-through paper. you don't need the pins if you're careful about keeping it lined up. you could do that on your floor and hand-sew it after that if you wanted to. the most specialised piece of equipment they used in the video, apart from the sewing machine, was a clear ruler.
Yeah that's a silly complaint, tons of people cut fabric on their kitchen tables or on the floor. I've been sewing since 2011 and didn't have an actual sewing room until the start of 2024. It was frustratingly cramped sewing in my bedroom, but I still sewed lots of things in there.
Most of my fabric is secondhand, and I've gotten a lot of sewing supplies from thrift stores and estate sales. I know not everyone lives somewhere that has those things, but there are still budget options to look into. There are a lot of things that are nice to have but not strictly necessary.
Frieda Leopold did an experiment earlier this year where she bought the minimum sewing supplies necessary for a dress, and kept to a budget of 150 euros for all the tools including the sewing machine.
And this Morning Mercury video about trying to learn weaving without spending any money also feels relevant.
hazariel atelier also has a video about making patterns from clothes you already have
one of the items was made from a second hand bedsheet, so you could do this without even spending much on fabric
Yes, I love thrifted cotton bedsheets! Best fabric ever for nightgowns and pyjama bottoms.
Also I just found the full length video that was mentioned at the end of the tiktok. I haven't watched it yet because it's late and I should go to bed, but there are a lot of comments saying it's clear and easy to understand.
Full Moon Prompts (Late But Stil Good!)
Been a while and I need to get back into it so here is some Full Moon Prompts:
What truth feels impossible to ignore right now?
What emotions have been louder than usual lately?
What pattern keeps repeating in my life—and what is it trying to teach me?
Where have I outgrown a version of myself?
What am I proud of that I don’t acknowledge enough?
What am I holding onto out of habit rather than alignment?
What belief about myself no longer feels true?
What am I afraid would happen if I let this go?
Whose expectations am I still carrying that aren’t mine?
What would relief feel like if I stopped gripping so tightly?
What emotion do I resist the most—and why?
What do I need more of right now: rest, honesty, boundaries, or courage?
How do I usually cope when things feel overwhelming? Is it working?
What would it look like to treat myself with more softness?
What feels aligned in my life right now?
What does my intuition keep whispering?
If I trusted myself fully, what choice would I make?
What am I learning to accept instead of fight?
How can I honor my energy better in the next lunar cycle?
What am I releasing under this full moon?
What lesson am I carrying forward?
What does emotional balance look like for me right now?
What part of myself deserves gratitude tonight?
Write a letter to the thing you’re letting go of—then close it with intention.
Between the windy, swirling fire And all the stillness of the moon, Sweet witch, you danced at my desire, Turning some weird and lovely rune To paces like the swirling fire. As in the Sabbat’s ancient round With strange and subtle steps you went; And toward the heavens and toward the ground Your steeple-shapen hat was bent As in the Sabbat’s ancient round. Upon the earth your paces wrought A circle such as magians made… And still some hidden thing you sought With hands desirous, half afraid, Beyond the ring your paces wrought. Your supple youth and loveliness A glamor left upon the air: Whether to curse, whether to bless, You wrought a stronger magic there With your lithe youth and loveliness. Your fingers, on the smoke and flame, Moved in the mysterious conjuring; You seemed to call a silent Name, And lifted like an outstretched wing Your somber gown against the flame. What darkling and demonian Lord, In fear or triumph, did you call? Ah! was it then that you implored, With secret signs equivocal, The coming of the covens’ Lord? Sweet witch you conjured forth my heart To answer always at your will! Like Merlin, in some place apart, It lies enthralled and captive still: Sweet witch, you conjured thus my heart! Witch Dance Clark Ashton Smith The Witch by Diogo Lopes
Crystal Crumbs #1 - Fluorite
Fluorite is a lovely crystal that comes in a variety of colors. In this inaugural post of Crystal Crumbs, a series on the many crystals we meet in witchcraft, let's meet fluorite and her many faces.
i haven't rlly been on tumblr in the past week, but i wanted to come on just to throw a few reminders out here specifically for the witchblr community.
#1: racism, xeonophobia, antisemeitsm, and islamaphobia are rampant and normalized in the witchcraft/spiritual community. if you proclaim to be against these forms of bigotry or an ally to the people affected by these forms of bigotry, you need to put your money where your mouth is. it's not enough to proclaim yourself as anti-racist or decolonizing your practice -- is your work and are your words actually practically or materially helping marginalized people, or are you virtual signaling so you can be told by other people in the majority groups you're a good leftist?
#2: bipoc and religious/ethnic minorities are the experts of their own experiences and do not need other people to speak for or on behalf of them. yes, you can talk about racism and be white, or you can talk about antisemitism and be a goy, and so on... that's all fine and it has its importance in liberatory work. but if you feel the need to position yourself as a leader on these conversations to the point of dismissing and talking over those same people? i suggest it might be time to unpack why you feel the need to be the loudest and most morally right voice in the room. i think it's an innate and neutral human desire to want to be heard and have your perspective valued, there's nothing wrong with that at its core, but if its coming at the expense of other people (especially those you claim to be speaking in favor of)? that's a problem and is making your work a source of harm, not healing.
#3: when marginalized people confront or critique you and your first instinct is to dismiss them, subtly play into stereotypes like "the angry black woman," and so on? you're effectively showing the world that your ego is more important to you than your ally-ship to marginalized people. biwoc and female religious/ethnic minorities are already tone policed enough (in a way that is rooted in misgoyny/sexism too quite frankly -- depicted as overreacting, too emotional, foolish and misguided, etc.) if a minority tells you outright "that's bigoted/harmful," how nicely they said it or not doesn't change the fact that they are absolutely allowed to speak on that and confront you on actions that directly affect them. also saying this as a white irish jew -- we need to stop demanding bipoc hold our hands when they do the emotional labor of calling out our implicit racial biases, even if we did not have any intention to act in a racist manner. let it be clear: white people are not the victims of racial violence, discrimination, and oppression, and if you think a not-perfectly-worded-message is the worst thing to happen to you, imagine what bipoc people go through on a daily basis.
#4: let me nip this in the bud real quick before it gets to this point: if you take public critique as an invitation to invoke moral superiority, carceral justice, or modes of harassment/bullying you are part of the problem -- yes this include both any of you who act in the above ways towards the biwoc + female religious/ethnic minorities who spoke up (who's identities i'm keeping anon out of respect for their experiences unless they want to come forward and speak for themselves), AND those of you who act in any of the above ways towards willow/salixsociety. you can unfollow people, that's fine, and you're welcome to block them too if that enhances your tumblr experience. however, if your takeaway from the response me and @pomegranate-jewitchery wrote is "this person is evil and irredeemable and deserves to suffer" you have missed the point. what i don't find helpful (which i've seen on witchblr prior) is deciding things need to be blown out into full ass crusades, so for the love of g-d DO. NOT. HARASS. PEOPLE. OR. UNILATERALLY. PAINT. THEM. AS. WHOLLY. GOOD. OR. EVIL.
instead, i suggest we direct that energy into sending mutual aid to bipoc and religious/ethnic minorities or uplifting orgs that do work for racial/ethnic justice and interfaith collaboration. while i do encourage folks to get involved with work and people local to their area, if you really need a jumping off point may i suggest these us-based orgs, all of which have long standing histories of working with and for marginalized communities:
NAACP | ACLU | Black Youth Project | MLFA | Muslims for Progressive Values | American Council for Judaism | JFREJ
i firmly believe fucking up is something we all do, and there is no community that exists where harm is not perpetrated sometimes. but at the same time, acknowledging that as an inevitable reality doesn't mean people get free passes for harmful behaviors. i want to finish this off saying thank my bipoc witchblr friends for all they have done, acknowledge both their emotional labor and trauma, and let you know that i see you, love you, and you deserve to be heard when you speak up instead of being shut down out of a place of fragility and ego.
Today, dear witches, we are tracing the footsteps of our foremothers and their wisdom of rest. But first, some background. When Christianity
An older post, but a decent introduction to St. Friday, known for her association with Mokosh.
Thought I would share since I updated the URL.
How to Celebrate St. Phillip’s Night/Pálení Čarodějnic/Walpurgisnacht the Old Czech/Moravian Way
Translated from the Instagram story of one of my favorite Czech folklore accounts (link below)
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I am so thrilled! I loved this book when I was a kid for the art. I couldn’t remember what it was called, what the cover looked like or the names of any of the stories! 🤦♀️
I just remembered some of the illustrations and a boy being turned into a deer. I have been doing all sorts of google searches for a couple of years off and on and I finally found it!! And archive.org has it!
Recounts the stories of a witch who turned young women into caged birds, a girl whose brother is turned into a fawn, and Gertha, who breaks
Reblogging in honor of Walpurgisnacht!
citrus lavender cleansing water🪻🍋🟩
this recipe doesn't involve cooking or the use of fresh or dried herbs so it will have a shorter dwell time and be ready to use in about a week.
please note that this recipe is not meant for topical use or as a perfume - it's meant to be used as a cleansing/disinfectant solution.
ingredients:
10-15 drops of each: lavender, lemon, orange, and lime essential oils (depending on your total volume, adjust as you see fit)
undiluted 70% isopropyl alcohol will work in a pinch, but some people don't like the smell of it and prefer to use diluted grain alcohol (distilled water mixed with everclear or some other high proof alcohol)
sealable glass jar (mason jar would be good)
dark colored glass spray bottle
dilution for high ABV alcohols:
let's use vodka for this example: vodka is standardly 40% ABV (alcohol by volume) which isn't great for disinfecting or cleaning anything, really.
as per the CDC, you would need the alcohol to reach a concentration of 60% to 80% for it to be effective as such and for the oils to sufficiently dissolve - everclear is 190 proof or 95% ABV and would work great for this.
this super useful dilution calculator can help you figure out what ratio to use depending on the ABV you are trying to dilute, so that's pretty cool.
for example, using 12 fl oz of 95% ABV everclear combined with 4.286 fl oz of distilled water will reduce the ABV to 70%.
instructions:
once you've got your alcohol solution, whichever one you choose, you can add that plus the essential oils to the jar, seal, give it a good shake, and set it in a cool, dark place for about a week.
when the week is up, give it another good shake, funnel into a spray bottle, and it's ready to go!
pro tip: start the process a week before the next full moon so that when you open it, it can be imbued with lunar energy.
ideas for preparation and use:
wipe off your altar space, counters, tables, other surfaces, etc. (this doesn't have ammonia or vinegar in it so it's okay to use on stone and wood surfaces)
add to mop water
spray on doors
use to clean baseboards
clean your shower or tub
literally to wipe off anything that isn't super greasy as this is not a degreaser
good luck and if you try this out, let me know what you think!
disclaimer: i am not a scientist or chemist. i am a healthcare worker with a "fluff around and find out" mentality and use evidence based information to craft these recipes.
© 2025 space-queen
hi. here's some useful info about alcohol, disinfectants, and dilution ratios.
Pálení Čarodějnic “Burning of the Witches”
(Walpurgisnacht, Hexennacht, May Eve) and May Day in Zjnomo (South Moravia)
Josef Lada
In Bohemia, on the eve of May Day, young people light fires on hills and peaks, at crossroads and in pastures, and dance around them. They jump over the glowing embers or even jump over the flames. The ceremony is called 'burning witches'. In some places it is customary to burn a puppet representing a witch at the stake. We must remember that May Day is the famous Walpurgis Night, and the air is full of invisible witches on their hellish errands.
—James Frazer
May Eve stands at the very threshold of the summer half-year, which begins with the holiday of May 1st. The customs of this magical night, especially the building of maypoles and the decoration of houses with green branches, are directly related to the welcoming of spring and are repeated throughout the entire Pentecostal ceremonial cycle.
It is a night of magic and love. Since it is a turning point in the year, various unclean forces also have a say, penetrating the world of people for a time. Evil powers can understandably cause harm, so people focused on protecting themselves and their farms from witches on this day. Cattle, which were driven out to pasture for the first time during this period, were particularly at risk. The villagers therefore focused primarily on protecting livestock and barns, and less on protecting homes and fields.
Various magical rituals were practiced before and after sunset. During the day, a thorough spring cleaning took place throughout the farm, especially the cleaning of the yard and stables, in which the cattle were locked up before dark. The swept-up dirt was ceremonially destroyed, usually burned in the flames of high fires. Before dusk, people also decorated their homes and farm buildings with various protective devices, symbolic barriers that were supposed to delay or injure witches.
These were usually prickly green twigs, rowan, elderberry, and birch branches that were stuck into the roofs or around doors and windows. Great attention was paid especially to the thresholds of the stables. After sunset, a commotion echoed through the village, which was supposed to scare away the witches, and all night long, people burned the aforementioned high cleansing and protective fires, in whose flames everything old and unnecessary was destroyed. During the symbolic "witch burning", props of various nature were used, especially burning brooms, which were thrown high into the air. Whoever threw their broom the highest was recognized by all those present. When the bonfires burned down, the youth without hesitation set about building a maypole and preparing for the May festival the next day.
In the Podhoráčko region and in the central and southern parts of the Horáčko region, large maypoles were erected at the beginning of May. The groups built them on various dates, e.g. on the first of May, on the first Sunday of May, sometimes before the Ascension of the Lord or before the Whitsun holidays. On other dates, the maypoles were of course also cut down. However, they always stood in the village square near the pubs. Usually one, sometimes two, more were rarely seen. It was mainly a tall spruce, of which the young men left only the top. Sometimes the conifer was also set off with a green birch.
Maypoles were decorated with scarves, sometimes with ribbons, and boys sometimes tied a bottle of brandy to the top, for which some daredevils then tried to climb. As can be seen, the chase was fun already when erecting the maypoles, but even more so when guarding them. The cross-country skiers often tried to cut them down at night. Under the maypoles, which were lit before being erected, people danced, similar to a festival.
The high maypole was sometimes erected on May 1st in Moravsko Krumlov, where it stood in front of the pub for the entire month of May and was only cut down on the last Sunday with music. The boys from Moravsko Krumlov on stuck the maypoles into the chimneys of the houses of their chosen ones. They were beautiful young birches decorated with ribbons. Which girl found the tallest maypole in the morning, was proud of it and was duly proud of it all year round.
Before sunrise, young men erected maypoles in front of the houses of their chosen ones and throughout the Třebíč region. They had hearts engraved with the initials of the girl they loved, and so the girls removed and hid them. In the vicinity of Jaroměřice, young men would stick girls' "maykes" into the dormers of their cottages.
Religious citizens would use them to decorate the Passion, chapels, crosses and statues of saints. Decorated maykes were also built in Czech villages in the Vranov region.
Lovers' paths were also paved with feathers, i.e. frayed goose feathers with a feather tip on top, or they were poured with lime milk so that everyone would know which girl this or that boy was secretly following. Therefore, young men would work hard in the morning to cover such "paths of love" before they were seen by unauthorized eyes, especially those chosen by their parents. In the Náměšť region, such paths between houses were sprinkled with chopped straw and chaff, but they were also painted with lime, across gardens and yards to doors or windows. Rejected suitors or envious or jealous girls often took revenge in this way. We have documented "paths of love" from practically the entire Třebíč region.
However, the farmers did not escape either. By morning, they could find their wagons dismantled or the Maypole tucked on the roof of the house or in the chimney. Young men also liked to plant fences, take the "kadibudky" out of the garden and line them up in the village square, throw milking stools in the middle of the pond, etc.
In the Jemnicko region, shepherds drove their cattle out for the first time, which was not without protective practices. The cows were poured with decoctions of various spices, which, for example, had to be stolen in the Velkomezíč region to be effective.
In the Podhorácko region, during the ceremonial induction into office, before the first cattle drive, they poured water on the shepherd so that he would never fall asleep while grazing. The cows were then ceremoniously driven out to pasture.
In Trstěnice, the shepherd drove the cattle out to pasture on May 1 and made a line across the road with a whip. The first farmer to cross it had healthy and beautiful horses all year round.
In the Moravian Krumlov region, black elder branches were stuck into the windows of houses and stables before dark, which were said to protect people and livestock from the rampage of witches. In the Jemnice region, they sprinkled buildings with holy water.
It was also a witch's night in the Třebíč region. Local farmers tied doorknobs with bast so that witches could not harm them. If they touched the bast, they would lose their power. Fires burned on the hills, large pyres, where everything unnecessary and old was burned, especially old brooms. With burning brooms, they walked in processions around the fire on the hill and threw them into the air as the cattle roared. However, people also danced around the fires in the Vranov region, for example in Bítov.
Belief in the power of witches on St. Philip's Night, accompanied by numerous protective measures, was also widespread among local Germans. Branches of black elderberry were nailed to the gates and doors of buildings, which were also tucked behind window frames. The construction of maypoles was widespread in the German Znojmo region until the 1930s.
Young men would erect birch, sycamore and spruce maypoles on the eve of May 1 in front of the house of a village dignitary, mayor, teacher or priest, thereby actually expressing their respect. It was a trunk stripped of bark, on whose branches were tied colorful ribbons and flags. In return, the honored ones showed their appreciation with money or a keg of beer.
In front of the pub, the group also erected a large maypole, which resembled a dancing tree or "Tanzbaum" for the celebration of the festival. They danced under it during the May Day festivities on the first Sunday in May.
At night, young men would place maypoles decorated with paper flowers and ribbons on the roofs and in front of their girlfriends' houses. They were a symbol of affection and love. However, the maypoles that had been erected had to be looked after so that they would not be stolen by one of their rivals or that another boy would not take them away and place them in front of his chosen one's house. Girls who saw a maypole in front of their house on the first morning of May were understandably very happy.
However, a rejected suitor could also take revenge on that night and place a dry branch decorated with tin cans with tinsel in front of the girl's window. The girl, about whom It was known that she had lost her honor, but in the morning she found a figure made of old rags, known for example in Horní Břečkov as "Todamonn", hanging from a tree in front of her house.
In German villages, too, paths made of lime milk or feathers connected the lovers' homes. However, St. Philip's Night was also a night of noisy fun and pranks. The young men carried gates and carts onto the roof, pulled entire carts out of the yard and blocked chimneys. However, the villagers silently tolerated these mischiefs.
Source:
Zvyky a tradice obcí na Znojemsku
The countdown begins—Pálení Čarodějnic/Walpurgisnacht is Thursday!!
I have always been personally partial to an interpretation of energy through the lens of the seven classical planets. As patronesses of magi
Sharing a few notes about Slavic Zoryas as embodiments of planetary forces, at least as I personally see it - a mental exercise more than anything.
