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I took out my kitchen blind which was becoming a bit tatty and decided to start a window display.

The rustic crescent moon actually arises from a huge fail on my part. I confess... I'm one of the few people to have actually managed to kill a yucca. This moon is actually made from the yucca roots after it became root bound in its pot and withered away. I wrapped some twine around a bundle I collected, tightly at the ends and progressively looser towards the middle to give it shape.

The ivy in the picture is a freebie from a neighbourhood walk, this sucker was crawling along the footpath and clings to whatever with a shallow root system. Much cheaper than the $5 fake ones at Kmart. Because of their roots they're easy to grow in a cup. I sat mine in water for a week to encourage root growth then plonked some potting mix in a cup and its growing pretty well. I'm going to train it to go around the windowsill.

Like any good witchy girl I also dry my own herbs. From the garden here I have fresh rosemary, partly dried sage and dried lavender. Normally I would keep them separate so the scents don't interfere with one another but these are going to be ground down together anyway. This small drying dangle is made from twine and wooden pegs. How easy!!