My Secrets Tag Video

Right now I am going to share a video I posted on my YouTube channel last week.  It was a Secrets Tag video made in response to AliceTheRedRoseFairy (check out her channel!).  I swear, a million people made these videos, and what they included was totally up to them.  Many people kept it on a rather impersonal level, while others shared some deeper secrets.  I chose to include a mixture in my video, but I didn't get TOO deep--I think I chose to give "just enough" information so that you know more about me.  Anyway, that is why I am sharing this video on my blog--I think that it's one of the fastest ways for you to get a glimpse of my true personality.  Not to be conceited, but...without further ado, here I am! :D  

She's Finished!

A while back I showed all of you a picture of the Spiral Goddess I was working on.  It took me almost a month, but I finally got it together and finished her!  Hooray!  She's for sale on etsy, but I'm not decided on whether I want to sell this particular one.  I'm thinking that I would rather list this item as made-to-order so that I can keep this one :) 

I also started working on a tarot box/trinket box.  I'm not sure what to do with it, quite yet.  I think it looks good the way it is, so I might add a coat of varnish and call er' good.  What do you think???  This is also listed as made-to-order, so I guess what I  like isn't that relevant.

Oh, I will be so happy if some of my stuff sells!

On a side note, I learned that Dandelion root and Valerian expand a LOT while tincturing, so they have been moved to larger jars.

Umm...that is all for now!  :)  Have a good day and Blessed Be! )O(

Productivity FTW!

I allowed my tinctures to leave the closet for a short period
so that they could attend this photo sesh.

I spent all afternoon playing with my herbs.  My shelf is now totally jars, and I had some rearranging to do with my bath salts and stuff.  But yay!  Tinctures are made and individual ounces are now ready for etsy--I can't contain my excitement!  The tinctures I started are Valerian Root, Dandelion Root, Lady's Mantle, Motherwort, and Blue Vervain.  The Dandelion and Blue Vervain are 100% Organic (hooray for organic vodka!), and the rest simply contain organic plant material.

I will try to get everything up on my etsy store and link you to it by tomorrow, mmmkay?  :D

Also, I finally received my "crystal ball" yesterday!  Okay, so it's not really a crystal ball--it's a FOSSIL BALL!  I am sooooo in love with this thing--I swear that when I saw it online it was calling to me through the computer screen! :P  As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to have it!  It is an Orthoceras fossil, and the Orthoceras used to be a cephalopod during the Ordovician to Triassic ages, but...well...things just didn't pan out for my fossilized friend, here.  This specimen is actually from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco and is dated back to the Silurian Age, 400+ million years ago!  "What is the Silurian Age?," you ask.  Why, it is the period of time during which jawed and bony fish first appeared, and moss-like, vascular plants began to appear near bodies of moving water!  (Thank you, Wikipedia..... ;) )
You wouldn't believe what it is to hold this thing in your hand--it's like holding the universe in your palm...ahhh....I am just in ecstasy over this fella!

My Orthoceras specimen, a.k.a. The Pocket-Sized Universe.

New Herbs on My Shelf

Yesterday was the delivery date of a huge (to me) shipment of herbs from Mountain Rose.  Oh, was I ecstatic! I made a video for my YouTube so I could show them off, but I made a total tool of myself at the end.  I had about twelve different herbs and resins, and I was mostly giving information about the medical uses of each, and then, on my last herb, I totally blanked!  For no good reason (other than being a ditz) I totally blanked and couldn't remember what Hawthorn leaf and flower are used for...ugh.  Due to that stupid screw-up I now want to re-film, but I don't have the time.  I have about four videos to make right now, and haven't been able to find time for a one of them.  *sadface*
(And, in case you're wondering, Hawthorn leaf and flower can be used for a number of ailments.  Notably, it can be used for cardiac issues, as well as immunity.)

Here I'm including a picture of the new herbs on my shelf.  Please, note that Mountain Rose Herbs does not send their product in Ball jars, though! LOL  I moved my resins and dandelion root to mason jars, not only to save shelf space, but to make my bedroom look a little bit better.  I bought ten pounds of bulk herbs, and some are obviously more voluminous than others, so I didn't move them to jars--I don't really want three quart jars of Lady's Mantle sitting on my shelf...mostly because I have bath salts to put in my jars! ;)  I let Elijah smell the copal, frankincense, and myrrh that I bought, and he exclaimed, "Mmm!!!  That smells wonderful!!!"  (He is three years old, though, so everything is "wonderful!" :P )

Later this week I will be getting my product labels that I had special-ordered last week.  I'm so incredibly excited to start my little business--especially since I've been wanting to do this for so long!  I did start working on my own website, but it's so ridiculously far from being ready that I've only given two people the link so that they can check my progress.  Hopefully someday I'll be able to share that with you fine people, but for now you'll probably just going to be relegated to my etsy store :P

On a side note:  What lovely weather I experienced today--temperatures in the 50s and a shining sun--what more could a person ask for?!

Dear Spiral Goddess, I Had an Accident....

Hi there! I think it's been a few weeks since my first post.  I feel so silly--upon starting this blog I was so excited and "Oh, I'm going to be posting once a day, and blah, blah, blah...."  Yeah.  About that.... :P  

So.  Since I last wrote, I have started work on a website for my business, which will mostly consist of herbal products, and possibly some pagan home decor, but who knows right now?  I started working on a Spiral Goddess earlier this week, and she isn't done yet, but I am IN LOVE WITH HER!
 I plan on burning out the rest of her body, and the rest of the plaque will be painted and possibly lacquered.  I'm not sure yet.  This one will be mine (because I love her so), but I am thinking that I will make a few more and put them up on my etsy--yay!

In other news, I got a new witchy shelf (aka an old entertainment center) for storing all of my books and herbs.  Unfortunately, though, while moving everything around my bedroom the other day, I dropped my television on a water fountain (one of those small fountains with rocks) and it tipped and spilled all over a stack of BRAND NEW BOOKS.  FMMFL.  I am still angry at myself for doing that!  Grr....  My "Inner Temple of Witchcraft" is still like new (more or less), but I pretty much ruined my "Natural Witchery" and "Every Day Magic" books.  Insert sounds of anger:  #*@$&)@#%&)^)!!#*(@!  Poop.