Making The Burgundy Dress.

Making the burgundy dress.

Design, patterns and sewing made by me. The dress is renaissance inspired, with some personal modifications. The whole dress was hand sewn, including the hems. More pictures of it and a tutorial can be found on my blog.  

Music Genre Correspondences

Ok, this is going to be really broad, but here goes:

Pop: energy raising, glamours, love, luck Classical: grounding, relaxing, meditation Rock: energy raising, high power spells, hexes, blessings Emo: cursing, empowerment, energy raising, binding Indie: blessings, psychic stuff, new beginnings Country: outlook, love, talents Blues: love, new outlooks, new beginnings Electronic: wards, energy raising, luck Hip Hop: glamours, confidence, protection

Also, correspond the lyrics with the spell you cast!🔮🎤

Weirdly anti-millennial articles have scraped the bottom of the barrel so hard that they are now two feet down into the topsoil

drown in your sins curse

you will need: jar, water, tag lock, pepper (opt)

put tag lock in jar

push negative energy into water

pour over taglock and say “you drown in your sins, you get what you have”

sprinkle pepper on top

close jar

open to end curse

get the fuck away from me spell

this is a basic and powerful banishment spell to keep a toxic, malicious person from influencing you, affecting your world, and attempting to hurt you. best done during a waning moon. you will need:

> black pepper (banishment, protection from evil)

> cloves (banishing hostile and negative forces)

> vinegar (banishing, binding, and averting evil)

> black and white candle

> paper and pen with black ink

> a jar with a lid

1. as you light your candles, recognize that the flame creates an aura of fire, will and strength. the black candle burns and summons protection from evil; the white candle burns and brings you cleansing and purifying. meditate on the flames and allow their warm auras to surround you.

2. write the person’s full name (if it’s known) on a small piece of paper. hold the paper in your hands and let yourself feel angry, hurt, sad, or whatever this person makes you feel. charge the paper with the pain this person has caused you, until you feel done. then, take your pen and scribble out the person’s name until it’s completely blacked out and opaque.

3. fold the paper up as many times as you can, and throw it in the jar. sprinkle the pepper and cloves over the paper, then fill the jar with vinegar. this mixture banishes their evil from you and drowns out their will and power to harm you. close the jar tightly. if you wish, use some black wax from your candle to drip onto the lid and seal the jar shut.

4. place your banishment jar in a dark, hidden place, like the bottom drawer of a dresser or the corner of a closet. keep it forever, or until you feel its purpose is fulfilled.

Wandlore: Magical Properties of Trees

Alder - PRESERVING - (water) oracular magic, seership, dreamwork, preservation, concealment, bridging worlds

Apple - SINGING - (air) protection, blessing, calling, sending, opening doorways to other worlds, love, inspiration, enchantment

Ash - JOURNEYING - (earth, water) calling, direction of art and craft, moving toward a goal, healing, crossing bridges to other worlds

Beech - LEARNING - (fire) solar and positive magic, the enhancement of creativity, learning, the search for information, books, languages Birch - BEGINNING - (water) purification, discipline, spells of youth and fresh starts, creativity, procreation, birth, renewal and rebirth Blackthorn and Plum - BLOCKING - (earth) protection, faerie magic, overcoming creative barriers, persistence, patience, divining of precious metals Cedar - CLEANSING - (air) enchantment, clearing negativity, dedication of sacred space, poetry, smithcraft, healing Cherry - DESIRING - (fire) protection, conflict, sex, attraction, assertiveness, aggression, love, confidence, daring, union of opposites, root chakra, healing of injuries from conflict or loss Chestnut - PRODUCING - (water) fertility, feminine powers, motherhood, the sea, protection of waters, reflection, introspection, meditation, abundance, nurturance, cleansing, relationships, especially mother and child Ebony - DOMINATING - (earth) leadership, domination, penetrating to the core of any problem, control, sexual assertion, aggression, concealing, revealing, healing dark diseases, dragon energy, seduction Elder - REGENERATING - (earth) enchantment, healing, protection, regeneration, wealth, long life, nurturing Elm - CONTAINING - (earth) healing, fertility, growth, rebirth, destiny, wisdom, metamorphosis, endurance Hawthorn - GUARDING - (air) fertility, rebirth, renewal union, wildness, human being as animal, detects magic, counter-jinxes, warding, sending

Hazel - UNDERSTANDING - (air) female autonomy, feminine power, magic of wisdom, beauty, charm, love, navigation, summoning, attraction, creativity

Holly - PENETRATING - (fire) protection, work against evil spirits, poisons, angry elementals, and lightning; averting fear, allowing courage to emerge, dream magic and eternal life, success in business or endeavor, hunting or quests Juniper - TRANSFORMING - (earth) transformation, transition, crossing to other worlds, cloaking, revealing, letting go, yin power, shadow, meditation, seduction, binding, geas, fate Lilac - IMAGINING - (air) magic of union, attraction, cultivation of creative bliss, intellectual pursuits, imagination, information, mental power, creation of harmony, travel, illusion, detection, writing

Linden - ATTRACTING - (air) creation, transmutation, illumination, love, attraction, binding, obligation, healing wounds, enhancement of beauty, peace

Maple - CHANGING - (earth, fire) control, finding, binding, transformation, creation, ambition, passion, revolution, rebirth, poetry, beauty, harvest, healing, abundance

Oak - OPENING - (fire) leadership, wise rule, personal sovereignty, authority, power, protection, sealing or opening doors, endurance, invocation of wisdom, fertility, abundance

Poplar - FEELING - (water) emotions, feelings, sensitivity, intuition, empathy, dance, instincts

Redwood - ASPRIING - (fire) striving upward, travel to higher spheres, drawing down power from heaven to earth, religious seeking, discipline, mystical union, wild animals, wisdom

Rowan - QUICKENING - (earth) unites fire and earth elements, bridges worlds, astral vision, protection, warding off evil spirits, averts storms and lightning (sudden disaster and struggle), brings peace, growth, fertility, rebirth; supports women’s autonomy, poetry, metalwork, geomancy, work with ley lines

Spruce, also Fir and Pine - TURNING - (water) battling evil, astral flight, cleansing, purification, creation, potion-making, witches brooms, transformation, shape shifting, wisdom

Walnut - ILLUMINATING - (air, fire) wind and weather magic, expansion, vortices, enhancement of the powers of breath, spells to conjure or avert lightning, hurricanes, or cyclones; teleportation, astral travel, knowledge, wisdom

Willow - WEAVING - (water) dowsing, divination, seership, rain-making, funerary rites, love, easing childbirth, fertility, healing, glamour, bewitchment, concealment, secrecy, germination, herb-magic, potion-making, melody and combination Yew - REMEMBERING - (air, earth) death, grieving, travel between worlds, ancestors, trance, seership, divination, healing, transformation, knowledge, eloquence, persuasion, mediumism, necromancy

Sources and further reading: Wandlore: The Art of Craft the Ultimate Magical Tool by Alferian Gwydion MacLir The Witch’s Wand: The Craft, Lore, and Magick of Wands & Staffs by Alferian Gwydion MacLir