#shiny object fixation

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A collection of shrines:

November Witches, pre-first snow.

November Witches, post-first snow.

Hearth shrine, first snow.

The Cailleach's shrine.

Tribe shrine dressed for winter.

(I managed to lose the photos of my Samhain shrine, which I'm a little sad about, but I'm sure if they're gone they're gone for a reason. )

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https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1821883198/copper-hekates-serpent-pendant-hand?click_key=ece36e6217c040d4aa6c0bc4b93e27626fe5af89%3A1821883198&click_sum=dd04394f&ref=shop_home_active_1&sts=1

Hand forged Serpents of Hekate... quenched in snake venom and he annointing oil from rosarium blends and engraved with strophalos snake skin... These are available at the rosarium esoteric apothecary in olympia Washington and they will be available on my etsy page. #trollcunningforge

Gorgeous work from Troll Cunning Forge. (Their shop would be a definite stop/installment on my "If I won the lottery, there'd be signs" list.

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Lughnasadh altar

Healing/Br­íd/Hearth shrine

Fair Folk/Tribe shrine

Lugh/Mannanan & Fand shrine

Horned God shrine

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A bit of honey.

I’m late, but this is my #HaggingOut for July on the theme of Honey. It’s more a collection of things regarding bees and some recipes, since I didn’t have any active honey-based projects in July.

I love bees. I always have. I think of bees as a symbol of plenty and fertility, and a sign that a place is thriving. You can’t have a healthy land and a hearty harvest without the work of bees. Like most mammals I dislike getting stung, but it’s rare, and I’m rather content to let them buzz around me so long as we’re not pissing each other off.

Every summer I have a companion spirit that moves with me, who arrives in May and leaves by Canadian Thanksgiving. Grackle is a common guest. Last summer it was Garden Spider. I’ve had Frog, Toad, Snail, Spider, Garter Snake and Dragonfly. But most often it’s Bee, usually in the guise of a bumblebee.

I have made many lovely pieces of jewelry featuring bees over the years, a few of which I’ve kept with me:

And there’s a few that have moved on, but still remain favorites. I made a ritual cord that had bee charms for the tassel ends, and a full set of Aset regalia for a fellow covener’s first time as the vessel in an Invocation ritual that featured bees. I cannot think of things Kemetic without thinking of “They of Sedge and Bee”.

My grandparents always had buckwheat honey, which is strong and dark and thick, and that’s where my palate has stayed. I like most honey, but buckwheat honey from the fields around me sings to me. I buy my own honey from a local farm at the farmer’s market who really work hard to nurture the local native landscape. They also sell a huge bucket of their regular honey that let me bake and Craft with it to my heart’s content for quite a while.

I’m going to share two recipes, and then toddle off:

http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2008/09/majestic-and-moist-honey-cake/

Smitten Kitchen’s Honey Cake is hands down the best recipe I’ve tried. I stud mine heavily with nuts, more than they call for, but it’s equally as good without. I’m sure with some finangling it can be made suitable for various diets (although not vegan). I heartily recommend that you use 1tsp. of baking powder, though, and not 1 tbsp!

And I’ll share a simple Honey and Oat salt scrub recipe for the bath - it leaves the skin glowing and smells amazing.

Honey and Oat Sugar Scrub

2 c. Sugar

1 c. honey

1/2 c. oats

2 tsp. vanilla extract or 5 drops vanilla oil

That’s it from me for #haggingout! See you again soon, hags.

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Bedside bowl, late April 2022

Chrysoberyl, copper, dragonsblood jasper, emerald, garnet (green, mandarin, and red), green quartz, green tourmaline, green moss agate, rhodochrosite, and ruby.

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Things I've made for myself in recent history:

Black and white raven skulls; black is 4mm jet and dark green rainbow delica beads and white is 4x6mm rainbow moonstone rondels with frosted white delica beads.

A tree pentacle with 6mm moss agate rounds, 6mm garnet rounds, 4mm firepolished green Czech glass, 3mm red freshwater pearls, and dark green rainbow delica beads.

A large oval tiger's eye cabochon pendant with 6 and 8mm tiger's eye rounds in blue, red, and gold.

A dragon pentacle pendant with 4 and 6mm rainbow obsidian rounds, 4 and 6 mm carnelian rounds, 6 and 4mm labradorite rounds, and 6 and 4mm rainbow moonstone rondels. Built around a circle consecration written by Doreen Valiente.

An inverted pentacle flanked by two rustic-looking goats, with 8mm and 4mm jet rounds, 10mm and 4mm garnet rounds, 6mm gold tiger's eye rounds, and 4mm red tiger's eye rondels.

A large polished red tiger's eye pendant, with 4mm red tiger's eye rondels, 4mm garnet rounds, 4mm red freshwater pearls, and red iridescent 'magic o' glass beads.

Three crescent moon necklaces. The white one has white pearlescent and silver magatama beads, with 6mm grey quartz and 4mm clear quartz rondels. The blue one has silver magatama beads, with 6x4mm aquamarine rondels, 6mm blue quartz rounds, and 8mm glass melon beads. The black one has hematite and silver magatama beads, with irregular iolite ovals and 4mm rainbow obsidian rounds.

A fan of 9 small wire-wrapped kyanite blades, with 8mm dark blue lapis rounds and soft matte pale blue tube beads. The kyanite was a gift from a dear friend.

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Green tourmaline in quartz, from Healing Crystals.

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The current iteration of bedside bowl: Amber, amethyst, axinite, carnelian, fire agate, fluorite, golden calcite, golden quartz, gold tiger’s eye, iolite, spessartine garnet, and sugulite.