Under The Mermaid Moon

The Pink Moon The April full moon is also called The Sprouting Grass Moon, The Seed Moon, and my favorite,The Pink Moon. This year, 2015, The Pink Moon occurs on Saturday, April 4, along with a partial eclipse! What a magickal event!  The April Pink Moon also has a partial eclipse this year! ☾ The Pink Moon in Spring represents new beginnings and fresh starts, so be brave and start a new project, change something in your life that isn’t working in your favor and get a fresh start, or just celebrate change. ☾ The Spring Pink Moon is a great time to plant magickal flowers and herbs in your garden such as moonflowers, sunflowers and lavender.  Spring lavender in my garden The Pink Moon this year is also on the same weekend as Easter Sunday, or, if you celebrate according to Mother Earth and the Goddesses, Ostara (aka Eostar or Eostre), The Goddess of Spring and the pagan celebration of spring and re-birth. ☾   For more moon lore, moon quotes...

It’s Spring and magick is in the garden! Time for longer days and warm, light evenings that welcome fairies to come and visit your garden in the moonlight while you sleep. Here are a few lovely things blooming in my garden right now and the story of their magick! Apple Tree and Apple Tree Blossoms The Magickal Apple Tree is also known as The Witch Tree and the tree bark is often used to  make magick wands. A lovely blossom from my Apple Tree Apple Blossoms represent beauty and goodness. These are some lovely white blossoms from my apple tree. The "Apple of Discord" with the Greek words "To the Fairest" written on it. Of course, when speaking of the apple as a symbol of beauty, we must remember the“Apple of Discord” from the Greek myth “The Judgement of Paris”. As the story goes, Eris, the Goddess of Discord, was upset because she was not invited to a wedding party given by Zeus. To cause trouble, which is what she was best at, she th...

It’s an overcast morning the first day of spring but it’s nice for a change after a warm few days. It’s Friday after a long, busy week and I’m mostly caught up with my orders, just working on a Gypsy Handbook and some Mini Tarot Cards. I certainly have time to watch an episode of Downton Abbey ♥︎ Some hot  tea and toast while working on the Gypsy Handbook The green of spring still there on the trees on this cool morning.  My little pink buddha pillow always has a slow morning Sneaking in an episode of Downton Abby Even Noodle is having a slow morning

I often get asked how I came up with the idea to make my antiqued fortune teller cards, so I thought I would do a post on the story behind them.  The "Gypsy Handbook" for sale in my ETSY shoppe. I have always loved the romantic and mysterious idea of a wandering gypsy, so a few years back I started researching, writing and designing the “Gypsy Handbook” in my shoppe. Although truly a stereotype, I love the idea of a free-spirited gypsy traveling around the world in her caravan, using her mystical powers of clairvoyance to tell strangers’ fortunes for a living. Using her crystal ball and fortune telling cards she could change your life.  An "perfect" photo of a gypsy and her caravan. While I was researching images to use inside the Gypsy Handbook, I came across some really amazing vintage photos and illustrations, such as the ones I use for the “mystery message” fortune teller cards.  The images you see on the "Mystery Message...

I love making ALL myAntiqued Journals. The Spell Book was the first antiqued book that I created many years ago. My inspiration came from seeing the movie “Practical Magic” where they had a wonderful ancient-looking Spell Book that the witches consulted when they were looking up a spell.  Two witches (Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing) from the movie "Practical Magic" using their lovely, mysterious Spell Book ☾☆ That lovely old book had crinckley old pages with torn edges, and I really wanted to re-create that look. Some pages from the "Practical Magic" Spell Book Lovely, magical pages from the "Practical Magic" Spell Book After weeks of experimenting, I found the perfect way to create those pages the way I envisioned them, using black tea, Windsor-Newton Inks, and some other magical ingredients!  ☾☆ I make each antique page one at a time My process is a secret, but I love making those antiqued pages, ea...

A beautiful warm sunset in the Bay I went to the seaside this past weekend to celebrate my birthday. It was a beautiful, warm weekend considering it is the middle of winter, and we went to Half Moon Bay.  There was plenty of beautiful inspiration there, as well as some mystery…  ☾ If I had a boat/ship, a mermaid would certainly be my nautical figurehead!   Always on the lookout for mermaids, this one was quite unexpected!  But mermaids are often full of surprises and mystery.. ☾ A lovely moon at midnight ☾♥︎  How perfect it was to see a half moon while in Half Moon Bay! ☾♥︎ A vintage Zoltar fortune teller in a little shop. When you put a dollar in the slot, he moves and speaks to you, usually just words of wisdom, then a little fortune teller card pops out of the slot with your fortune on it! I was lucky enough to find a vintage Zoltar Fortune Teller, and I couldn’t wait to get my birthday fortune. ...