tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61592988019410847662024-03-14T01:31:50.791-04:00Saga's Cottage Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04760745132228809865noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159298801941084766.post-25307055274728475032015-10-26T17:55:00.000-04:002016-01-11T21:50:47.242-05:00Samhain/Halloween Reading for the Family 2This was originally published as a Sunday Stew article. You can view it <u><a href="http://www.sundaystew.net/2015/10/sagas-cottage-with-saga-morris.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</u><br />
I thought that I would also publish it here because the original Samhain/Halloween Reading is a pretty popular post. You can view it <a href="http://sagascottage.blogspot.com/2013/10/samhainhalloween-reading-for-family.html" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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Collecting children’s books is a personal hobby of mine. Some favorites are about witches, magic, or Halloween. I like to have a wide variety, and I also try to collect each one of a series. Sometimes that is easier as a thought than actuality, because the older books are hard to come by. I like to collect favorite books that I enjoyed from my childhood as well as finding new favorites. I do have grandchildren, so when they visit I love to read and share my books with them.<o:p style="line-height: 1.5em; max-width: 100%;"></o:p></div>
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I’ve compiled a list of fun reads today. I wouldn’t really call them educational, with the exception of the first one; it touches on the history of Halloween in a simplified manner.<o:p style="line-height: 1.5em; max-width: 100%;"></o:p></div>
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Some of these will have to be found as used books on <b style="line-height: 1.5em; max-width: 100%;">Amazon</b> or <b style="line-height: 1.5em; max-width: 100%;">Ebay</b>. Finding new versions is possible, but it could be expensive.<o:p style="line-height: 1.5em; max-width: 100%;"></o:p></div>
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<u>Countdown To Halloween</u> written and illustrated by Patricia Reeder Eubank, 2015. This is seriously my favorite board book! The illustrations are so pleasant! Little Kitty is excited every day for Halloween to come. He asks each of his friends in turn how many days and the book is the countdown to Halloween and the friends that he encounters. </div>
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I do hope that you have enjoyed the selections for Halloween reading this year. Have a blessed and happy Samhain.</div>
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Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04760745132228809865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159298801941084766.post-92183252575174150322015-10-06T18:12:00.002-04:002015-10-06T18:12:54.399-04:00Sharing a friend's blogI would like to point you all toward my beautiful friend Sharon's blog. She is sharing a picture of a spirit board on this one. Yes, I did paint it, isn't it beautiful? It was a custom order and it now lives in England! I have art living in another country! How cool is that?<br />
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Anyway, go look at Sharon's blog. :)<br />
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I don't even consider the Harry Potter movies as part of a Halloween lineup. I just....don't. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the Harry Potter series, but it just doesn't belong as a Halloween lineup movie series......to me.<br />
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But anyway, here is a list for your family that I consider to be a good list for some family Halloween movie time. I had a childhood in the 70's, so this list is going to reflect that a little.......okay, a lot. The 70's were the best, you know.<br />
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I'm going to start my list off with Child of Glass by Disney 1978. Growing up, this was one of my favorite movies. It took forever for this to be released on DVD, you can now find it at Amazon.<br />
The basis book for this movie is "The Ghost Belonged To Me" by Richard Peck, for those of you that enjoy a good read, as well.<br />
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A family moves into a new home. The son is quickly befriended by a girl's ghost and he has to solve this riddle:<br />
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The next movie is also Disney, The Watcher In The Woods. The basis for this movie is "The Watcher In The Woods" by Florence Engel Randall.<br />
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Another move into a new home and another ghost. Moving into new homes makes for creeptastickness.<br />
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For the younger kids this should always be on your list of shows to watch. This is a classic and one of my childhood favorites.</div>
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Another book by Ray Bradbury was made into a Halloween special. The Halloween Tree is one of our family favorites. The cartoon follows the book pretty closely, but every family should read the short story. It's a great read for the Halloween season.</div>
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This TV special is made of cheesy goodness. Featuring Uncle Arthur from Bewitched and adding into the cauldron stars from that time, including KISS, Witchie Poo, Donnie and Marie, and Margaret Hamilton in her witch outfit from The Wizard of Oz! </div>
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Speaking of Uncle Arthur.....ANY of the Bewitched Halloween shows make for a good laugh. </div>
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There's "The Witches Are Out" from Season 1. Samantha and Endora protest the use of the "stereotypical hag witch" for the use of candy sales.</div>
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"Trick Or Treat" Season 2 Endora does not like the fact that Darrin wants Samantha to stay at home to entertain during Halloween and she causes him to turn into a werewolf. </div>
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"Twitch Or Treat" Season 3 Endora and Uncle Arthur have fun at a Halloween party thrown at Samantha's.</div>
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"The Safe and Sane Halloween" Season 4 This is the one with Tabitha and trick-or-treating with the storybook goblins.</div>
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"To Trick Or Treat or Not To Trick Or Treat" Season 6 Endora turns Darrin into a stereotypical witch.</div>
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The Witches, based of the book of the same name by Roald Dahl. This movie has magic by Jim Henson and Angelica Huston as the Grand High Witch. That's really all that needs to be said.</div>
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Lloyd Alexander wrote a series called the Chronicles of Prydain and the second novel in the series is "The Black Cauldron". Disney made it into a cartoon movie (loosely based) in 1985. An evil king wants to rule the world using a cauldron, and a young pig keeper wants to prevent that from happening, so he sets out to destroy the cauldron.</div>
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No Halloween family movie night would be complete without this one. Hocus Pocus has captured everything in this movie, all the colors and sights of the season wrapped up neatly with magic cast by 3 witches running amok. </div>
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Casper, based on the cartoon character, Casper The Friendly Ghost, it's a delightful movie with Christina Ricci and Bill Pullman. I really enjoy this movie, it has a great storyline, characters, and sets.</div>
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The Worst Witch is a book series by Jill Murphy and it's brought to life by The Worst Witch movie with Fairuza Balk as Mildred Hubble, the Worst Witch. It also has Charlotte Rae and Tim Curry. This is THE witch school before Hogwarts was known by all mankind. Let me tell you, I do get a just a bit annoyed by the screaming scene, but it's a great movie and deserves it's place in a Halloween lineup.</div>
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Ah, the Grinch. Doesn't he deserve to have a place on this list? Yes, he most certainly does. But wait, he had his very own Halloween special! This is not How the Grinch Stole Christmas, this is Halloween is Grinch Night! </div>
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Scary Godmother is a book series too! Scary Godmother by Jill Thompson, is about a funky fairy witch saving the Halloween day! </div>
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This one seems a bit creepier and was suggested by my friend James. I would suggest it for the older kids in the family. I can't wait to watch it. Thanks James!</div>
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I'm so sorry! I completely forgot to share the craft that I created for the Samhain Sirens!<br />
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This sabbat completely sneaked up on me and I had NO idea what to create. Thankfully Sosanna gave me an idea and I just so happened to have a box of dried dragon gourds. I've been busy painting murals in my grandchildren's rooms and gardening. I have thoroughly enjoyed the summer. We've had quite a bit of rain but my flowers are loving it. I've taken lots of pictures of the visiting butterflies and bees.<br />
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Now, I had not dried these for the purpose of rattle making. They are dragon gourds and they have all kinds of lumps and bumps making them look perfect for the body of a dragon, which was what I had planned on using them for. I've been letting them sit around for 2 years. They still needed to be cleaned. So, I found one whose seeds had loosened during drying and was smallish and would make a perfect rattle.<br />
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This is a really really simple craft. All you have to do is find a dried gourd and paint it. Of course it will be a Lughnasadh theme.<br />
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If you dried the gourd yourself it will probably need to cleaned if you haven't already done that. To clean you will need to let it soak in some warm water for a bit and then scrub it. It takes a bit of elbow grease to remove the layer of mold. The dragon gourds are a bit of a pain to clean because they aren't smooth. They have ridges and it is a bit harder to clean around those.<br />
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After you let the cleaned gourd dry thoroughly overnight, it will then be ready to start painting. For this, I'm putting a layer of sky colors on first. I put a really light blue, almost white, on first. Let that dry, then I watered down a darker blue and just placed and drizzled it here and there. </div>
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Now, just add a few wheat kernels at the ends of each line with the darker mixed gold.</div>
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And there you have a nicely decorated gourd rattle to enjoy by the fire for Lughnasadh.</div>
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<br />Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04760745132228809865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159298801941084766.post-65988498675744600222015-06-25T16:24:00.004-04:002015-06-25T16:24:47.418-04:00Health, Hair, Art, and Whatever Else Comes To Mind<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been super slow with my art. I'm sorry.<br />
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I had a health setback. I have thyroid problems. I treat them myself. I mistakenly stopped taking a product for another one that ended up being inadequate. I take 2 tsp. of maca root from the Maca Team every day. It had me so fixed. I was doing great. My ankles weren't swelling, my hair wasn't dry, my mood was great, etc, etc, etc.<br />
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Anyway, I also purchase supplements from Vitacost. Normally their items are great. But I thought that I was being smart by switching from Maca Team's maca root to Vitacost maca in capsule form. I don't like having to mix it, the capsules seemed more convenient. So, I took the Vitacost capsuled brand for 6 months? it was about that long. It seemed to be doing fine.......and then BOOOOM!<br />
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I woke up with my period all out of whack, my hair (overnight, mind you) went NUTS. I couldn't even get my brush through it. My ankles started swelling, I bloated 15 lbs overnight, my joints went nuts, my allergies kicked in overtime, my skin went dry, and I had. to. get. all. of. my. hair. cut. off. To my shoulders.<br />
I'm not happy about this. It was to the middle of my back. And now it's gone.<br />
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Overnight my hair went from silky, wonderful hair to this dry lump of baked barbie doll hair. When I say that I couldn't get my brush through it, I mean, it was this giant nest of a knot and the brush would not go through it.<br />
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When all of this happened to me, I'm not going to lie, it took me a little while to figure out WHY? Why was this happening? I mean, I was still taking the maca, my diet was basically the same (partial-paleo), still doing the same old stuff.<br />
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While I was trying to figure out what was wrong, I was also getting all my hair cut off. And still trying not to lose the rest of it. I really needed to be shaved. I really fought with the rest of my hair.<br />
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When I ordered the Maca team maca root, I took 2 tsp. mixed in apple juice immediately. On the 4th day, it felt like my thyroid was swollen and it actually ached a bit, especially when I turned my head. The 5th day my mood was improving. My period straightened itself up. I'm not even going to tell you what was going on with it, let's just say it was BAD. By the 6th day I had my energy back. My hair had a few small changes. It wasn't as bad as it had been, but it was still a fight.<br />
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I've now been on this maca for a little over a month and I'm finally feeling much better. My hair is also much, much better.<br />
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But all of this made me realize, I've got some healing to do. I know I have leaky gut. I still have food allergies. I'm out of shape again. I was just spending too much time with the art. I'm going to have to make a schedule and stick to it. So there are going to be changes. I'm putting myself on the GAPS diet and I'll be working out EVERY day. I'm not going to sit with my art for long periods anymore. I can't. This last setback was so hard on my joints. I was to the point of not being able to squat down and get back up, of going up my steps, of just moving. I'm also getting more of the chemicals out of the home. I had let some things creep back in. Body wash, laundry products, etc. Convenience. So, I've ordered the soapnuts, the wool balls for the dryer, the Dr. Bronners and I'm not looking back.<br />
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I've got to take control of this. It will not win. For now, my art will be added slowly, But, when I get my schedule and eating and working out controlled, I'll be doing more.<br />
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I want to work on some vintage Halloween items. I have one that I want to add to my shop (see the pic above), but I'm working on another right now. When I finish it, I'll be adding both.<br />
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Brightest Blessings,<br />
SagaLorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04760745132228809865noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159298801941084766.post-17883015514751036612015-06-14T06:30:00.000-04:002015-06-14T09:44:19.696-04:00Litha Whimsical Plaque<br />
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I wanted to make a fun, sunshiny craft for this day. So, I
have created an easy, whimsical plaque for you to make. My moon looks like it
is totally in love with my sun.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I had fun
creating this little craft and I hope you enjoy it. I created a little summer
poem to go with this, but you can use any favorite poem for this plaque. Or don’t
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Plain
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A wooden
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E-6000
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would like to make your sun and moon to be and cut out that shape from the
cardboard. My sun cutout is approximately 6 ½ inches from point to </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">point and my moon is around 3 ½ inches. You will be covering these with
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I didn't
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to keep some character to their whimsical looks. I made the points a bit longer
on the sun and gave the some curve so make them look like flames shooting out. I
gave the moon a half face, while I didn't give the sun one at all. I’m just
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When you have painted your poem add some watery clouds by dipping your paintbrush in water and then into the white. Let this drip into cloud shapes. Put the clouds where your moon and sun will sit on the plaque. When your poem and clouds have dried and splatter some "stars" on the plaque. <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4R2_WU-nWTA/VV6MXF9c6XI/AAAAAAAADJI/Nz3gS3Fpk1k/s1600/IMG_1211.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4R2_WU-nWTA/VV6MXF9c6XI/AAAAAAAADJI/Nz3gS3Fpk1k/s320/IMG_1211.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
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As I said, I've been working hard and making some lovely items. Right now I'm making a custom order box and a plaque for my new grandson's nursery. </div>
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This was a custom order, Storybook Unicorn</div>
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Spring bunny emu egg, Back<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7DSfh1IhwME/VPM0zLauwrI/AAAAAAAAC6g/gKlbbLrXZm0/s1600/IMG_4966.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7DSfh1IhwME/VPM0zLauwrI/AAAAAAAAC6g/gKlbbLrXZm0/s1600/IMG_4966.JPG" height="320" width="320" /></a>Spring bunny, front<br />
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I really wanted to make an altar decoration for this craft.
This is a larger piece and takes at least a week to make. The reason for this
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the idea and make it your own way. Since Imbolc is celebrating the first signs
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Brigid’s cauldron overturned with her fire spilling on the
ground, as the fire moves along the spring flowers erupt from the ground.
Behind the cauldron scene, frost and ice on the ground, representing the scene
going from one season to the next. I chose the earliest spring flowers:
snowdrops, crocuses, irises, hyacinths. I used a battery operated set of small lights, attached underneath the base, to light the fire at night. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This craft has several steps and links to other tutorials
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For a paper mache recipe you really just need flour, water,
and salt. Torn newspaper is better, not cut. When you mix the flour and water
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soup. Just dip the paper pieces and run between your fingers before applying to
remove the excess. I used the base of a
pear shaped balloon for my cauldron. A more detailed paper mache cauldron tutorial can be found here:<a href="http://www.morethanacouponqueen.com/2014/10/paper-mache-pumpkin-candy-bowls.html" target="_blank"> Paper Mache Bowl</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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The size of my balloon. I blew up the balloon and immediately tied a yarn string on it. I only put the paper mache on the bottom 1/3 of the balloon. I wanted more of a bowl than a full cauldron shape. I also did not put a handle or legs on mine. I put 3 layers of paper mache on the balloon. I then hung it up to dry overnight.<br />
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After I finished applying the paper mache to my balloon, I then worked on the base. It will have to be finished in sections. I decided to use the lids from a few shoeboxes. They ended up being perfect. I taped two together like this to lengthen them. After I taped them together I put 3 layers of paper mache on the top. I let that dry overnight. The second pic is of a dry top. The next day I paper mached the underneath. That also had to dry overnight.</div>
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These are my bowls when I popped the balloons. They turned out quite nicely. I tried to keep the edge as even as possible, even though I would be trimming it.<br />
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This is my bowl after trimming.<br />
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Now, I wanted to put a nice decoration on it, so I found a paper mache clay recipe on pinterest. I found this one:<a href="http://thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/diy-hybrid-art-clay-crafty-recipe/" target="_blank">paper mache clay</a><br />
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I did have to add a cup more toilet paper than it called for. It just wasn't stiff enough without it.<br />
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This is the thickness of the clay.<br />
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I decided to put a triskele as the design with a nice edging on the bowl. This also had to dry overnight.<br />
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After covered the bowls in the brown, I let it dry a little and then I applied some Pearl Ex Pigment in super copper. This stuff is just awesome. It gives a great made-of-metal shine.<br />
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Another thing is that you will also want to start making your flowers at this time. If you don't want to make them, you can buy a variety of fake spring flowers. The tutorials that I used for my flowers are at these links. The flowers are all made from crepe paper, tissue paper, floral tape, and floral wire.</div>
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After everything is dry, you can start assembling. The first thing is to add moss. I bought some sheet moss and added it first. I decided to add it to the ends, letting some of the brown show through the middle, like dirt. Then I glued it down and trimmed the edges.</div>
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Time to add the cauldron. Adding the cauldron and the lights takes quite a bit of work. First I glued it down to hold it in place where I needed it. I didn't feel like it was sturdy enough so I decided that I needed to do something to hold it better. I decided to go with a bolt, washer, and nut. I used a bigger screw to make the hole that I needed to go all the way through the layers. Don't press too hard, you don't want to tear your cauldron, it is just paper after all.</div>
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For the lights you will need a good, sharp tool or knife. I have an x-acto knife, but I decided to use my handy boning knife from the kitchen. The tip is a bit longer and will go through the layers nicely to make each little hole for each light. I begin by first installing the batteries and testing the lights. After that I will mount the battery pack underneath.<br />
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I mounted the pack underneath using hot glue. I put it all the way against the same end as the cauldron.<br />
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The extra wire between the pack and the lights isn't needed so I tied them up with a zip tie.<br />
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Here is the first hole. I place it behind the bolt toward the back of the cauldron.<br />
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Here are several placed around the bolt.<br />
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Continue taking your lights out of the cauldron. Your fire will be going across the earth to awaken it. The lights are going to spiral around two groups of flowers. I counted the lights and was able to use 7 per spiral and that left 8 to put in the cauldron and bring onto the ground to the flower group.</div>
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When you get to the spot for your first flower grouping, you'll want to add those next. Instead of using the knife from the bottom, just make your holes on top, through the moss. You don't want very large holes, just enough for the stems to fit.<br />
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You can then place your lights in the first spiral around the flower grouping. Place your next group of flowers . I placed the second group toward the opposite end in the corner. Take your lights around that group. </div>
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Now that the lights and flowers are attached you can make the fire! For the fire you need a variety of red, yellow, orange tissue paper.<br />
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Cut out squares for the cauldron fire a little larger than the ones for the spirals. Make the ones for the cauldron fire in 3x3 inch squares. You only need to cover each cauldron light with one piece of tissue. </div>
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Just put a bit of hot glue in front of a light, let it cool just a bit. Crinkle a square of tissue, uncrinkle and put it on diagonally. Shape to look like a fire flame.</div>
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Since you have them grouped in front of each other you don't have to encase each light. The grouping helps to hide the lights. For the spirals, you will want to use to squares for each light. You will glue one in front, one behind, and then twist them to look like a flame together at the top.<br />
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For the winter part of the craft, use pinecones. Place where you like them and then hot glue.</div>
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The edge of the base needs some moss added so that it all blends better. Glue sporadically around.</div>
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Put a bit more here and there to decorate the top around the flowers.</div>
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I had snow left over from Yule decorating and it is enough for my winter part.</div>
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Spray the pinecones and the moss behind the cauldron.</div>
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To give it an icy look I added a bit of DecoArt Twinkles on the end of the pinecones.</div>
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And with that your Imbolc piece is finished and ready for display!</div>
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Here is mine displayed in my home:</div>
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I thought that it would be fun to show you a couple of mistakes that I made while designing the project.</div>
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I ended up not being satisfied with the looks of these two things and changed them. I first had the fire going in a line right down the middle. </div>
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I am having a giveaway on my Facebook page! I've almost reached a 1,000 likes on my page and I'm celebrating!<br />
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Lately I've been obsessed with owls and unicorns. When I was an awkward teenager in the 80's I loved collecting unicorns. I had all kinds; ceramic, plastic, brass.....I thought that I would turn my previous love into some current art. It's time for the unicorns to make a comeback.<br />
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This lovely piece is sold. I called it "The Last Unicorn"<br />
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This piece is over a foot tall. It is 16 1/2 inches tall by 10 1/2 inches wide. I just love this piece. I call it "The Unicorn Queen". She is still available for $250.00. I think it would look lovely in a nursery or playroom.</div>
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I have a couple of custom orders to make and now is the time for my Ostara eggs! I love to paint eggs! I have a wonderful project planned using beautiful Emu eggs!</div>
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The following have been made available:<br />
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<br />Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04760745132228809865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159298801941084766.post-2129029331661586992014-12-28T18:45:00.003-05:002014-12-28T21:05:12.438-05:00Holidays and New ArtworkBrightest Blessings everyone! Have you all had a good holiday season?<br />
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I sure did! I have the new work area and everything was merry and bright. I decided not to put up a Yule tree this year, too many kittenish cats for that. I have several antique ornaments and I didn't want them ruined.<br />
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I did buy a few things to put up in place of a tree. I love the Tomtes and I found a couple here and there. I found myself a lovely little mobile with Yule goats, I made a wreath with my daughter and made some gnomes for it. I saw a lovely idea on Pinterest using ping pong balls on lights and I made that, and they turned out quite well. So, even though I decided against the tree this year, my home was still festive. I also decided to go a new color with my hair. Here's a few pics of everything and links to the pins that I found for these.<br />
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First, my new tomte that found a home in front of my fireplace:<br />
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I didn't really use a pin for this, as I have made these before. I usually start with a cup of applesauce and then keep adding cinnamon until I have a stiff dough. I also put a bit of cloves in. Here's a helpful link: <a href="http://sweet-treats-baking.blogspot.com/2013/12/cinnamon-applesauce-ornaments.html" target="_blank">Cinnamon ornaments</a></div>
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Next, I found a pin that used pinecones as the base of a wreath. I had been picking up pinecones for days on my walks with Tesla, my pittie. We decided to make this one, but I also added a few gnomes to it. The gnomes were another pin that I found.</div>
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Here are the links to the ideas for them. <a href="http://www.doityourselfdivas.com/2012/11/diy-pinecone-wreath-practically-free.html" target="_blank">Pinecone wreath</a> and <a href="http://www.justcraftyenough.com/2012/08/advent-calendar-project-week-9/" target="_blank">gnomes</a><br />
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I found a cute little Yule goat mobile<br />
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I made my first Yule log cake! I found a gluten free recipe and I even made the little mushrooms for decoration. </div>
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All the Tomtes and vintage swedish Christmas cards on pinterest had my art wheels grinding in my head and I made a new plaque. I love the look of the vintage cards, some with glitter. This is a 3D plaque. I painted the background picture and then I create the main pic with clay. I made each of the little lights on the tree and strung them on green thread and placed them on the tree. I placed holly around the edge and put the Swedish "God Jul" at the top which means "Merry Christmas" or "Good Yule". This lovely plaque will be listed in my shop this week. I have another that I am going to make, plus I'm going to begin work for the Imbolc edition of Imramma Magazine!<br />
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I hope each and every one of you had wonderful holidays with your families and I hope to have more pics soon. In the meantime, here are some pics of my latest plaque!<br />
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<br />Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04760745132228809865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159298801941084766.post-85486415993209997452014-12-07T20:59:00.003-05:002014-12-22T11:14:53.146-05:00My New DeskI've been doing a lot of organization work in the home. I'm also trying to work on my home a bit more. I have tons of stuff to do, so this blog will probably be showing my updates for a while and nothing else.<br />
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My first act of crafting organization was to build a craft desk. My things were spilling over in the corner that I have them and it has gotten to the point that I don't want to make or do anything. I have to drag stuff out to get to what I need and I had to do something about it.<br />
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I saw this awesome craft desk on Pinterest not too long ago. I knew when I saw it that it was just what I needed, only bigger.<br />
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The original idea is from Ana White, but this is someone's desk they made using the idea on Ana White.</div>
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Isn't it just divine? Well, I wanted it. We followed the semi-instructions but I added a few things. I added length to it, a middle cubbie section, 2x2 for the support boards, and backing to the cubbies instead of wallpaper.</div>
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It cost almost 300.00 and I painted it to match my livingroom mural.</div>
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Here is mine.</div>
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Here is my wonderful hubby building it.</div>
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And here it is waiting to be painted.</div>
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The top is mdf board, but I wanted it to look like planks. I didn't want to put planks on it, I wanted a solid top, so I'll just paint to look like planks.</div>
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Here are the rocks that I started painting on the cubbies. Hecate likes to inspect my work.</div>
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And here it is after I have finished. I need to buy the cloth drawers and I may add a climbing vine to the artwork later.</div>
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Today I'm totally making a Samhain Sirens Crafting post! If you want to learn how to make this magical spellbook keepsake box then go<br />
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It's the second harvest celebration and the official beginning of fall! Let's all celebrate with a pumpkin spice coffee! While you're drinking your coffee let's make an altar/home decoration.<br />
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This week I'm trying out the funkins. Now, I've never used these. I've seen them for years in the stores, but I've always passed by. I preferred (and still do) real pumpkins. However, I did want something that would last a few years, so I thought I would grab a couple of these and start crafting.<br />
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I decided on one white and one orange. I also purchased some fall leaves, fall colored flowers, black wheat, and some orange glitter ribbon.<br />
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The first thing you want to do is decide what to put on your funkin. I wanted words on one and a picture carved on the other. I went to dafont.com and found a nice font that I liked. I went with "Here Comes The Sun". It is a nice sized decorative script without too much frill.<br />
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For the white pumpkin I decided on a stag silhouette in front of the moon.<br />
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I printed it out the size I wanted.<br />
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I used transfer paper to put the lettering on the funkin. Just lay the design on the transfer paper and trace over it with a pencil. Do this with both designs.</div>
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Now carve them both. Also cut the tops off, like you would a pumpkin. I'll let you know now that if you have never carved these, the orange was terrible! It seemed brittle and it was harder to carve. The end result carve of the orange one did not have smooth edges. The white one was way easier to carve and it did not make a mess. They both had very heavy PVC smells, which I don't like. When you are finished carving, wash them. The transfer paper makes a bit of a mess. </div>
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There is a caution on the bottom of the funkins that they are highly flammable. You can use lights but only LED lights in them. I'm not going to risk anything since I am also using dry items, such as the wheat in mine. I decide to line behind each of the designs with a bright felt. I'm going to use yellow. I used E-6000 craft glue to attach it to the funkin. I just smeared some glue on the inside, around the design.</div>
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Welcome Autumn. Have fun with what you made, put more decor around it. Light some fall candles or incense. This will look nice for Mabon.<br />
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<br />Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04760745132228809865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159298801941084766.post-85479722996918656302014-09-14T09:58:00.001-04:002016-01-11T22:01:24.107-05:00Just an update!Hello everyone! I thought I would give you an update on what I've been doing. This time of year is busy for me because of several reasons:<br />
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1. I like to giveaway things during the Samhain Sirens October extravaganza. If you don't know what that is please go <a href="http://samhainsirens.blogspot.com/2013/11/countdown-to-october-2014.html" target="_blank">here</a>. The whole month of October will be filled with blogs, recipes, crafts, fun, and giveaways from all sorts of talented and wonderful vendors.<br />
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2. I'm decorating my home for Samhain.<br />
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3. I'm getting the gardens ready for winter and harvesting the last of my herbs.<br />
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4. We take a family vacation during my son's fall break,<br />
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I thought that I would show you some things that I've painted and made these past couple of weeks.<br />
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The first thing to show you is one of the giveaway items for the Samhain Sirens. This one will be offered as the very first giveaway of the season! It's a handpainted Siren spirit board with a handmade starfish planchette! The planchette is very lightweight and glides easily across the board. The board has several coats of protection and is signed and numbered by me. One lucky winner will get this beauty! I'm not going to lie, I want to keep this for myself.<br />
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The next thing that I made was a custom spirit board. This one was a lot of fun. My client wanted a Day of the Dead spirit board. So many bright colors with which to work! Yes that is a skeleton hand planchette.</div>
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I also just made my spirit sister a birthday present. Rita of Lapulia Studios has a life that I wanted to turn into fairy tale. So I made a story all about her and painted a picture of her to go with it. </div>
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Today, I'll be working in my gardens, getting more herbs harvested and getting a few ready for shipping. I'm also making my son a Lucius Malfoy Death Eater mask AND I'm working on a tarot card set with another dear friend.</div>
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Please join me for the Samhain Sirens Samhain celebrations and I will see you next week in the Stew with a Mabon craft for your altar!</div>
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I just can't handle hot weather. The beginning of August was actually quite nice. It was cool outside and I enjoyed going out into the yard and doing things. It seems to have heated back up this past week though and now it's like an oven again. I just don't enjoy it. It's muggy and sticky, not my kind of weather at all. </div>
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The name of the September moon gives me hope that my kind of weather is just around the corner. We are fast approaching the second harvest Sabbat and with it Autumn Equinox, which is my favorite time of year! </div>
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This moon is commonly referred to as the Harvest Moon with Corn Moon being the second most common name. This is the time when the corn and barley are both ready for harvest. </div>
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I decided to just use both names for my decoration. I do want to make a large corn swag like one that is found <a href="http://confessionsofaplateaddict.blogspot.com/2012/09/how-to-make-dried-corn-garland.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>, and I probably will make one of these later this month. I decided to use some blue corn that I grew in the garden a couple of years ago and dried. I was just throwing it in a basket as a decoration, it needed to be showcased better. </div>
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I ran out to look for some things to put with my corn. I found some great decorative pumpkins, tiny acorns, berry/pinecone pieces and sunflower pins. I decided to use raffia as the swag base.</div>
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For the base, I grabbed quite a bit of the raffia and tied knots in it to make it strong and keep it as one long swag piece. Like so: </div>
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Then I laid the corn down on it and decided where each placement would be. I took the rafia and tied a simple knot around the corn to keep it in its place. Note: some of my corn didn't have tops, so I made tops with a corn husk/wheat decoration that I found. If you notice the corn on the right looks different from the corn on the left. I just cut the decoration apart and hot glued it to the top of my corn. Voila! The corn has a top now.</div>
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Next, I will attach the pumpkins. I am trying to keep everything nice and even, so I place the pumpkins in the empty spaces in between the corn. I just take a new strip of raffia and loop and loop it around the stem of the pumpkins and tie each one off.</div>
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I found some neat little fall leaf/berry/pinecone sprigs and I slid those in the raffia behind the pumpkin stems. I used the little acorn wire to hold the sprigs in place. </div>
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The sunflowers that I found had clips on the back so I just clipped one at each end of the raffia. At each end I made a loop and knotted it for hanging the swag. And there you have it. Simple enough decoration and it doesn't take long at all to make. </div>
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This past week I have been super busy with some art orders and I have also been trying to make some new things to sell in my shop. However, it's all getting sold before I actually get to put it in my shop or it is getting sold as soon as I put it in. ........I am not complaining AT ALL. This actually makes me quite happy. I am a very happy artist.<br />
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With all this painting, I didn't really have time to come up with a craft. I did remember that it has been a while since I've done a book review. I collect books and one of the things that I love are magical books, fiction or non-fiction, they all make me happy.<br />
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Today will be a review of a few books and maybe they will give you some ideas with your purchases when buying for your own little ones or grand-little ones. Also since this is back-to-school time and if you homeschool, consider adding these to your yearly read.<br />
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The first book is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Widows-Broom-Chris-Van-Allsburg/dp/0395640512/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408301005&sr=1-1&keywords=the+widow%27s+broom" target="_blank">"THE WIDOWS BROOM"</a> by Chris Van Allsburg. Oh my, how I love this book. I first encountered this book when my daughter was in Kindergarten. She is 25 now. I purchased it through the Scholastic magazine that gets sent home with your kids. Everyone needs this book, whether they are magical families or not. It is a book about someone being different and the fear that people have over those differences. It is a book of tolerance. The artwork is beautiful, as always, with Allsburg books.<br />
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A witch falls from the sky into a lonely widow's garden. The widow finds the witch and nurses her back to health. The witch is gone by the next morning and she has taken the widow's broom and leaving her own in its stead. The widow soon finds that the magical broom is very helpful with her chores and is also good company, but her neighbors are horrified and view it as an evil thing. The children taunt the broom and cause it to have to protect itself. What happens to the widow and her broom when the neighbors catch it?<br />
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The next book is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wise-Woman-Her-Secret-Merriam/dp/0663562317/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408301063&sr=1-1&keywords=a+wise+woman+and+her+secret" target="_blank">"The Wise Woman and Her Secret"</a> by Eve Merriam. A group of villagers travel a long distance to the wise woman's home to find out her secret. How is it that a young girl discovers it before the adults? Again, this has beautiful illustrations to go with the wonderful story.<br />
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Up next, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Last-Wild-Witch-Eco-Fable-Spirits/dp/1890931594/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408301091&sr=1-1&keywords=the+last+wild+witch" target="_blank">"The Last Wild Witch"</a> by Starhawk. This is a beautiful eco-fable. And yes, this is the same wonderful author of "The Spiral Dance". The heart of the story is to have a bit of wildness in your heart and not be so close-minded and to respect nature and to not fear the unknown.<br />
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The next books are from the same place, with W. Lyon Martin being the author for two and the illustrator for one. All of these are part of The Magical Child Story Collection. There are more in the collection than what I am showing you. I just don't have them all yet. Their web <a href="http://www.magicalchildbooks.com/" target="_blank">page</a> and their facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MagicalChildBooks" target="_blank">page</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.magicalchildbooks.com/our-books/watchers/" target="_blank">"Watchers" </a>written and illustrated by W. Lyon Martin. Again, this is written from a child's perspective and it helps to handle bedtime fears. <br />
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<a href="http://www.magicalchildbooks.com/our-books/smoky-and-the-feast-of-mabon/" target="_blank">"Smoky and the Feast of Mabon"</a> by Catherynne M. Valente and illustrated by W. Lyon Martin. It looks like this one is on sale through their website right now for 6.85! That's a good deal! Smoky discovers the meaning of Mabon in the woods behind her house.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed my list and I also hope I have inspired you to try a couple of these wonderful books!<br />
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Brightest Blessings,<br />
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When I started on my endeavor of a Full Moon Project, I thought that it wouldn't be too hard to come up with things to go with each moon. I mean after all there are several names for each moon to choose from. Boy, was I wrong. This month I was again semi-stumped. I am not keen on the name Sturgeon Moon. I have already created a craft for one fish moon after all, so I don't want another. Fish things for me are "meh".<br />
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However, this month I am combining two of the names. I have decided to combine the names lightning moon and red moon with a rune sequence to bring some triumph, victory, and passion to my life. Everyone can use that in their life, for sure. Red is the color of life, our blood, vitality. Lightning is a symbolism of power. August is a hot month with summer storms and lightning, so let's take advantage of the red moon and bring ourselves prosperity and success.<br />
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This project will be made like the project from the <a href="http://sagascottage.blogspot.ca/2014/01/the-wolf-moon-and-home-protection-spell.html" target="_blank">Wolf Moon</a>. We will be using felt and herbs and gemstones to go inside the full moon shape. We will also be putting a rune sequence on the back.<br />
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The stones I've chosen that you can use (and you can use them all, or a combination, or just one, it will be up to you).<br />
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<b>Hematite</b>: This stone deflects negativity while encouraging you to reach your goals.<br />
<b>Amethyst</b>: This one helps you to focus on your endeavors to bring success. It also give you an inner strength.<br />
<b>Malachite</b>: Gives you emotional stability and bring success in business.<br />
<b>Citrine</b>: This is the best one, make sure you have one of these. This one manifest prosperity and abundance. It is known as the success stone. So, this one is definitely needed for your red moon.<br />
<b>Agate</b>: Protection for endeavors, while attracting good luck and awakening your talents.<br />
<b>Carnelian</b>: This one also brings good luck and success.<br />
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The herbs that I have chosen (again, pick and choose, or use all)<br />
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<b>Bay leaf</b>: This is the herb of victory and accomplishments, it is used for money and prosperity.<br />
<b>High John the Conqueror</b>: Draws success<br />
<b>Cinnamon</b>: used for business and money<br />
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I have chosen 3 runes. The 3 that I have chosen are:<br />
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<b>Jera</b>- To promote change for the better, successful endeavors, and finally seeing reward for your past efforts.<br />
<b>Fehu</b>- To attract wealth and prosperity and to circulate abundance<br />
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<b>Berkano</b>- New beginnings and ideas, more business<br />
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Cut 2 circles from the red felt, the size that you want it. I used a ribbon spool to measure out mine.</div>
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My lightning bolt is freehand. If you need you can print this picture to use as a pattern.</div>
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Hold the herbs and gemstones in your hand and charge them with thoughts of victory and prosperity and triumph.<br />
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to bring victory to me in my job, my money, and my home life. This will be done immediately with no harm to me, my family, my pets, my property, or my possessions."</div>
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Brightest Blessings,</div>
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Today while I was thinking about what to make for the Stew craft, I realized that I had not made a bindrune craft in a while and I thought that it would be a fun thing to make. Just the other day I had picked up a couple of cheap leather crafting bracelets thinking that I could find something fun to make with them.<br />
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Since we can all use wisdom and insight (the more the merrier, right?), I'll create a simple bindrune to help bring those.<br />
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This will be a simple and quick craft with simple activation incantation.<br />
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A simple leather bracelet for crafting<br />
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Tiwaz- this one is for personal goal realization<br />
Ansuz- for wisdom<br />
Ingwaz-for common sense (the best type of wisdom)<br />
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Fill the dot dash design in with red paint.</div>
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And here is the finished product! Now you just want to activate it!<br />
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For knowledge, you use air, so we will activate this bindrune with our breath. With runes you have to be specific with your requests.</div>
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"With my breath, the power and magic of these runes are activated and will work together to help me make wise decisions in my daily life. This will be done immediately with no harm to my family, property, possessions, and pets." </div>
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I like to take Odin a beer, mead, or ale and pour it under the tree for him as a thank you for the use of the runes.</div>
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Last year I made a nice Lughnasadh banner craft, if you haven't seen it, it's <a href="http://sagascottage.blogspot.com/2013/07/lughnasadh-banner-craft.html" target="_blank">here</a>. It's a great craft to help kids learn symbolism of the Sabbat.</div>
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I'm still in the process of trying to use all of my current stock of craft supplies. I dug through my items and slowly put together a craft in my mind to make for Lughnasadh. I found a grapevine that I had forgotten about. I found some corn husks from a couple of years ago that were left over from other Lughnasadh crafts. I looked at my clay and came up with a way to use it. I found some material that I cut into strips.<br />
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I went on a morning walk and found some gorgeous sunflowers. This would be the only thing that I didn't have. I tried using a kitty litter method to quickly dry the sunflowers, it ended up being a big NO NO. I then ended up running back up the hill in the rain, laughing, with scissors in one hand and a bag in the other, to get some more sunflowers. I hope that the flowers dry nicely, but if they don't I have more to replace them that are currently hanging to dry. So I've made this with my fresh sunflowers, but you can use fake or dried, if you would like.<br />
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My process for making the wreath was in this order:<br />
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1. I made my clay decoration.<br />
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I used Original Sculpey clay. I remembered a Lugh bread tutorial from a couple of years ago and I translated it to my clay. I want to make it look like wheat. Here are my steps:<br />
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I made a base for the wheat. It is 5 1/2 inches tall by 3 1/2 inches at the widest top part:<br />
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I rolled out another bit of clay and using scissors I cut it into strips. I laid the strips on the base like so. (ignore my nasty clay baking pan)</div>
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Next, I rolled out lots of little balls around this size, flattened slightly. This will be the wheat tops.</div>
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With a pair of small sharp scissors I cut down the middle, without cutting in half, I stopped just short of the end.</div>
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On each side of the middle cut, I cut small slits. You don't want to cut all the way to the middle cut and again, stop just short of the bottom.</div>
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Place them all over the top of the base, covering the ends of the strips.</div>
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Now roll out three skinny strips and braid them.<br />
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Place the braided strips like so. Now your wheat is ready for baking. I baked at 275 for 30 minutes. </div>
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When it comes out of the oven and cools, paint it all over with an off white color. I used Apple Barrel English Lace acrylic.</div>
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When the base coat has dried, give it some highlight color......like it is baked bread. I used burnt sienna mixed with king's gold.</div>
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While the wheat baked, I formed the grapevine into a wreath.</div>
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I took the fabric that I found, cut it in half down the middle, and then tied it together, making one long piece to wrap around the wreath.<br />
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I also had a small piece of the fabric and made a small bow to place on the knot at the bottom. You'll see it in a later pic.<br />
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The next step is making corn dollies for your wreath. I'm going to make a boy and a girl.<br />
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First you take two husks and place back to back.<br />
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Separate the two husks upside down over the wrapped part.</div>
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Tie them down with a string.</div>
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Separate one husk into 3 pieces. This will be the arms.</div>
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Every year around this time I long for the fall. I start thinking about Halloween/Samhain, about fall decorating, about pumpkin and apple flavored goodies and drinks, leaves falling, and fall attire. I'm not sure why I do this during the hottest part of the year. I think maybe it's the tree we have in our front yard. Every year in the heat of summer it starts dropping its leaves. Then I have a small area of autumn right there in my very own yard. Maybe that kicks in my thoughts of cooler nights and pumpkins?<br />
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At any rate, I thought it would be a good excuse for a Halloween craft. It's never too early to start your decorations, right?? Come, let's revel in our thoughts of autumn and hayrides and the flight of witches over pumpkin fields!<br />
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I'm really on a clay kick right now. It's an awesome material to work with. I'm also trying to use a lot of the craft items that I have lying around. So for this project, I'm going to make a decorative paper mache box. A little painting, a little clay, maybe a little decoupage; nothing too difficult.<br />
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Take your box and choose your base colors. I wanted to make it seem like a sunset at dusk, with the darkness coming in at the top. I mixed bright pink with orange and as I went to the top of the box, I painted a lilac and white OVER the orange/pink. I didn't paint it even, I watered it down a bit, so that it would have a cloudy sunset look to it, as seen in the pic on the left. After that dried, I watered down a black and just did the top portion of the box, as seen in the right pic.<br />
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For the lid, I did the top in black only, but for the edge, I treated it the same as top of the box. White lilac, covered with black.<br />
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Now, just decide what you want to put on your box. For mine, I'm going to paint some trees with a few leaves left on and in the air.<br />
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I'll put a happy little cat under one tree, watching the leaves fall. In another I'll put an owl keeping watch for its dinner.<br />
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Under this one, I'll put a lit jack-o-lantern, shining the Samhain spirit into the coming night.<br />
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Now, place a ball of clay in between the eyes and spread out to make the nose. For the top lip I rolled a "worm" and placed it below the nose. I made nostrils with a wood clay tool.</div>
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Continue shaping the nose and smoothing. For cheeks, just put a ball of clay under each eye and smooth down to blend. Place another "worm" of clay for the bottom lip and blend with your thumb until smooth.</div>
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I also put a ball under the bottom lip for the chin, I continuously smooth until I was happy. I also add craters with a wooden tool.</div>
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When you have your moon baked and cooled, then paint it your chosen colors. I am using a cream mixed with a bright yellow. For shadows, I'll add a bit of black. </div>
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You can't see it well because of glare, but I have put a circle of gold "shine" underneath the moon for his moonglow. After everything is finished, I put a coat of protection on it and let it dry.</div>
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This project definitely helped ease my hankering for fall! Thanks for joining me!</div>
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Hello everyone! It's time for the Full Moon Craft!<br />
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The full moon will fall on July 12th, 2014 and also this moon is special because it is the first of three Supermoons that are to occur this year! To read about supermoons, go <a href="http://earthsky.org/tonight/july-12-supermoon-first-of-three-superrmoons" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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This month's full moon has 3 names that it is commonly known by. They are Buck Moon, Thunder Moon, and Hay Moon. I've decided to go with the Buck Moon because I have an antler lying on one of my altars and I thought it would be fun to make a wand using it.</div>
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It was called Buck Moon by some tribes and early settlers because this is the time of year that the deer antlers are grown out and full. Antlers are deciduous, meaning that they are shed every year. Deer grow their very first set around the age of 1. Antlers are also made of bone, being composed of calcium and phosphorus. The bucks shed last year's antlers usually around sometime from January to March, when their testosterone levels drop. When the days begin to lengthen in April and the testosterone levels starts to rise the deer then start re-growth of their antlers, which grow at a rate of around a 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch per day. While the antlers grow they are covered in velvet, a brown fur. This velvet, during growth, contains a network of blood vessels and nerve endings, that supply the antlers with the nourishment they need. The antlers are sensitive during this time. In July, the rack is nicely grown and full, with the velvet shedding. By September the antlers have hardened, and there is no velvet at all. This cycle repeats every year with the antlers growing bigger each year.</div>
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Antlers have been used for many things. Native Americans used them ceremoniously and for day-to-day living tools. Now, things we make them into can include dream catchers, chandeliers, jewelry, furniture, knife handles and of course, wands.</div>
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As I said, I've had this antler for a bit, and I thought I would do something with it. I bought nothing for this craft, these were all bits and things that I had lying around. I didn't get real elaborate with it, but I do hope that it inspires you to make your own.<br />
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I also had planned on putting 3 small blue jay feathers somewhere on it, but each time that I added them, they didn't feel right with the piece, so I decided to take them away.<br />
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Okay, start with a clean, dry antler<br />
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And I'm using Fimo Classic. It's a firmer clay and holds shapes well. I decided to go with black<br />
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I chose a larger quartz, it sets inside the perimeter of the antler end nicely. I then started putting the clay thinly around the end of the antler. I also covered around a quarter inch of the bottom of the crystal, holding it onto the antler.<br />
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Next, I chose a small peacock ore druzy. I made an indention with my thumb on the clay and mashed the ore piece onto it, pulling the clay up around the ore.</div>
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Now I've started putting the designs on it. I rolled a piece of clay and edged the ore piece. I also rolled another piece of clay and made a double spiral.</div>
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I made little balls of clay to put around the top of the clay. I also made a flattened spiral.</div>
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For the final touches of the wand, I found some brightly colored ribbon to criss cross between the two decorations. I hope this craft inspires you to make your own wand. If you do, please share pics, I'd love to see your creations!</div>
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