Blogging Without Obligation: BWO

2012-02-01T12:19:00.000-08:00

What a great idea! I am released from blogger's guilt, from writer's whingings, from posting pain! Yaya!

Now, on to business. My business: I just made some beautiful new Cauldron Splashes® just in time for Spring! Maiden & Greenman. They are both gorgeous and if you buy them both, shipping is free. They cost $15.00 each.
Cauldron Splashes® are really a liquid incense that you use in your cauldron. You only use a small amount at a time, a teaspoon or so. Swirl it around your cauldron & light with a LONG match or fireplace lighter. They are VERY flammable.

Maiden is made from coconut oil with Rosebuds, Patchouli, Rosehips, Lady' Mantle & other herbs. It is tinted a pale pink. A small goddess charm is tied around the neck of the bottle.

Greenman Cauldron Splash®

Greenman is made from Sweet Almond Oil with Fir Tips, a small High John the Conqueror root, Balsam, Tolu Balsam resin & Oak Moss. It is lightly tinted green. A little Greenman charm is tied around the bottle neck.

Maiden Cauldron Splash®

They come in a four ounce glass bottle with a cork, sealed with food-grade corking wax.

I am also busy, busy, busy getting ready for the vending season. This year I will be at the Sacred Spaces Conference in Maryland in March.
In May I will be at Blue Ridge Beltane Festival near Staunton, Virginia.
In June I will be at Pagan Spirit Gathering 2012 in Wisconsin!! It is 8 days long. I have never vended for that length of time & I am so excited!
Then in September I hope to be at Mountain Mysteries Maybon Festival in Stannardsville, Va and last but not least I think I will apply to vend in Roanoke(Virginia) at their Pagan Pride Festival. Last Year we went up to Northern Virginia for PPD but that is a haul and means I have to stay in a hotel the night before so I may swap local for that.
So, I must dash off & stir the cauldron, keep making brews & get ready for vending season!

What to do, what to do...?

2012-01-18T07:41:00.000-08:00

I am having artist angst. Or creativity block or something. I am just not feeling the energy. Mother Moon wrote about Blue Monday (which was yesterday) and it being the worst day of the year. I think January drags on, winter is still here & spring seems far away. I don't believe that a day has any inherent "bad" properties so Blue Monday is no more bad than Friday the 13th is.
But I am having some really bad days. Draggy, droopy and sometimes I even feel a bit disoriented. I wake up & have to remind myself that it is a Tuesday. I have ruled out Alzheimer's, brain tumors or drug burn out. I just cannot seem to think up anything new! I am way behind with Imbolc, just getting oils & cauldron splashes out yesterday! Gaagh! I think I will reduce them today. I can ship them to you in time for Imbolc but why am I so behind?

Okay. I am now plucking up. And yes, I DID say plucking. I am going to sit down & do some artistic shamanizing. I have a mental rabbit hole that I can scoot down & find new ideas. The really great shamans retrieve souls-I retrieve ideas. I can't heal, nor do I want to try but I can create.
Okay... I do feel a bit better. I am off to work. Ostara here I come.

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Blogging Without Obligation: BWO

What to do, what to do...?