Making black salt the old school way. Creepy baby faces in the smoke are just a side benefit.
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these citrus faerie cakes are perfect for litha! can be used year round as offerings to the fae and deities associated with the sun. 🌼✨🌻
• 20 min total • vegan friendly • serves 12 •
🦋 ingredients
– 1 ¾ cups flour
– ¾ cups sugar
– 1 tsp baking soda
– ½ teasooon salt
– ½ cup milk (can be plant based!)
– ½ cup orange juice
– ¼ cup honey (can sub with agave syrup!)
– 2 tsp vanilla extract
– a little less than 1/3 cup of olive oil
– 1 tbsp white or apple cider vinegar
– ¼ cup lemon & orange zest (optional)
🦋 steps
1. preheat oven to 375 F and grease two cupcake pans.
2. combine all of the dry ingredients together in a medium sized bowl first.
3. next, pour the liquids into the bowl and mix until all of the ingredients are combined. be careful not to overmix!
4. mix in the zest last if you’re using it!
5. pour them into the pan and pop those babies in the oven for 8-10 mins. time may very from oven to oven so keep an eye on them!
6. when you take them out, they should look vv golden! the honey and orange makes them have a pretty ‘sunny’ look! they should rise like a cupcake but have a bit of a denser texture.
7. you’re done babe! eat them or leave them as an offering. ✨
fun fact: when eaten, these cakes may also bring prosperity! orange, honey, and olive are symbolic of luck, abundance, and wealth!
Managed to finish this piece late last night. I learned what can be made different. What can be improved. But I really like this one. It gives me full moon vibes. All that blue stands out so nice when compared with black. 🌛🌝🌜 I’m not sure if I’m gonna list it. But if you are interestef just DM me here or at my shop www.etsy.com/shop/deadlycherries
We can discuss the price 😉
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There’s a lot of focus on how to live a magickal, spiritual and pagan everday-life. And those who have read some of my various blogs, knows I am often preaching for the smaller everyday magickal activities that can still make a huge impact.
I often get asked “what did you do for fullmoon? Did you honour your deities? What are you doing for Litha? What are you doing for new moon? Quite frankly; New moon was spent with a cup of tea, while watching netflix for 3 hours.
We don’t always need to do big ritual or to do something for every fullmoon. We don’t even need to do something magickal every day.
There are many great tips for incorporating magick in your daily life, from cleansing showers, to different candles for each day, meditation, walks in the nature and kitchenwitchery to mention some. And I am all for that, I try my best to do small things myself.
The idea of living a pagan and spiritual lifestyle, is something we all strive to do. And it CAN be done with a few basic changes to your routines and schedule. Professional sport athletes work towards their goal every day, the daily routine for them gets so natural they even keep that up after retiring. The same thing could be said about our lifestyle, we too can add daily magickal confirmations, that will become so natural it will eventually be done in repeated sequences.
Did you know that having a pause in a musical play has a powerful effect? Stronger than people might think.
The same goes for stopping and allowing yourself to truly reflect on what’s important in your magickal life. Maybe you forgot why you initially started lighting that candle every Thursday? Maybe you stopped reflecting over why you do the things you do? Maybe the autopilot you’re on takes away the true magick in your life?
I’m not trying to encourage everyone to be lazy all the time, but the world won’t stop if you miss a fullmoon ritual! You’re not any less of a pagan or witch if you skip one week of meditation.
Stop. Pause. Think.
Then remember what pulled you towards this lifestyle. What did you want to learn and accomplish? What changes did you want to make in your lifestyle and mindset?
I get a lot of asks about how I started my notebook whenever I post pictures of it! I do have a background in scrapbooking/collage/art, which is reflected in my witchy notebook. I’ve been a self-identified practicing witch for about a year now, but many of the practices in my craft have been in my life for years.
Some people call them Book of Shadows, grimoire, or simply just a “witchy notebook.” Here are some tips that helped me when I was beginning my notebook. Lengthy post with pictures!
Notebook? Binder? E-grimoire?
There are lots of ways to keep all your witchy information together. You can keep your grimoire on the notes of your phone, documents on your laptop, Canva/other graphic design website, loose leaf papers or in a binder, or a regular bound notebook. Don’t place too much pressure on yourself! Whatever feels right is right.
Start with what you like (but stay open to what you don’t know!)
Your notebook won’t have the same authentic magic if you fill it with things that you don’t actually care about! While my first notebook contains some aspects of witchcraft that I don’t practice now, they were still important to me at the time. Your notebook is a visual representation of your journey, so don’t be afraid to fill it with your current obsession with crystals or a one specific tarot card.
These are some really great tags for exploring topics when you don’t know where to start!
a collage page of your witch aesthetic (or ideal aesthetic)
a wish list
your favorite crystals
a simple moon calendar (full/new moons of the year, month, or just information about the phases)
your favorite colors, seasons, places in nature etc
record information about the chakras/energy points in the body
list of your favorite witchy movies and tv shows
draw teacups and fill them with drawings of your favorite blends
drawings of your ideal familiars (animal companions)
A couple witchy things that you may not have heard about but are super cool to incorporate into your craft:
sigils (visual symbols charged with an intent)
incantations (short spells that sometimes rhyme)
Don’t knock Pinterest.
I personally like to have very organized and planned out pages. I’ve resorted to Pinterest *many* times to get graphic ideas for lunar calendars, zodiac wheels and other witchy things that require a lot of information in a condensed graphic. Pinterest has great inspiration for those special, planed out spreads.
Separate or keep it altogether.
Some people like to keep everything in one notebook/binder, others like to separate their topics or layouts into different notebooks. I started a bullet journal for more planned out pages, but my general notebook is a leuchtturm1917 with dotted grids where I have reference pages and personal entries.
Here are some pages of my notebook that I’m especially proud of.
Ultimately, your notebook is a reflection of YOU. It doesn’t have to be super witchy, covered in cobwebs with etched pentagrams. It can be a simple composition notebook or a super frilly lace journal. Be true to yourself and your notebook will never lead you astray. Best of luck and feel free to message me!
may the bridges I burn light the way 