I'm Currently Using A Chonky Three Ring Binder Myself. I Like To Think Of It As More Of My Working Grimoire.

I'm feeling better but not much got done. But I'm showered, dressed, had crochet talk, eating a quick snack. I need to get these damn dishes done.

I'm struggling with my anxiety today, I'm trying to do small manageable tasks, with my witchy ambience music, but it's not quite helping. I do have my asks and messages open if people want ask or talk about something. I mean witchcraft is a topic, but I also enjoy journaling, bullet journaling, crocheting, or whatever tickles your fancy. I just need help getting through some house work.

I'm with y'all. Altars can be whatever and where ever. For me, in my bedroom, I have a special spot and its just an antique roll top desk, but its for my baby dragons, my crystals, and mostly for soothing my nerves. My other altar area (where most of my pictures are taken), is the dining room. That fluctuates constantly because of what I need to do for the day or of I'm doing my journaling. But it's a space where I mentally set up so I can get stuff done, or my ADHD will come in and I lose focus.

Been seeing a lot of 'you don't need an altar to practice' discourse and while I do believe that can be true for some practices, it is not true for mine.

Altar building is essential in my practice. I make an altar anywhere I worship. I go on a hike and want to offer the apple I brought? Then the stone I sit on is my altar. I want to do some yoga in the park? I bring some food, some water, and maybe a crystal or two. My altar is the dirt and the grass. I want to dance for Hathor in my living room? I move the things I need to the coffee table and that is my altar. My altars are constantly changing and moving. I am always building and taking down altars.

Yes, you don't *need* an altar to practice. Yet, there are so, so many more altars than a permanent one in a room.

Do I have a permanent altar? Yes. I have many. Do I use them? Honestly, barely at all. My most commonly used altars are the ones I build for a particular need and then take down after I am finished. Most don't even last two hours.

If you feel the need to have an altar for your practice, don't be ashamed to have transient ones.

“I Observe Witchy Holidays. Observe them as they pass by me because I forgot. Again.”

— Stormwaterwitch (via stormwaterwitch)

Witchy Shop Finds

This is shop is called Mystic Menagerie, it's our second time going. We love this place, truly run by pagans for pagans and like minded folk. Like I said before this is the shop where the owner does a lot of stuff in house or locally sourced, if not locally sourced she has connections with people that she gets her goods and wares from.

She makes her own wreathes and I finally got one!

I also had a pendulum be drawn to me. She even could sense it but she's a medium so no surprise there

She also makes spell jars, and with all the sadness I have been dealing with I bought a grief spell jar. Her grief spell jars do not take the grief away but rather help navigate and heal through the pain

And lastly, I was wanting another book, but none were really speaking to me or at least sounded interesting until I found this one.

We love this shop and we were invited to her house to celebrate Yule with her and her family and other patrons from the store!

So I think, I realized what has been triggering my anxiety. On top work, trying to move, April 7, is when my step dad passed away. He treated me like I was one of his girls, raised me, taught me how to drive, fix irrigation systems, drive tractors, showed me how to work hard and be a good person, but most importantly...he showed me love.

It's been three years, but it doesn't hurt any less. I miss him very much!

I get what you mean about the good old days of witchblr. I was having a great time until I got cyberbullied and lied about by one bigger creator and she and her fans scared me for life. Now I'm just terrified to talk about my beliefs because I'm scared I'll just be abused again.

Yes, witchblr was fun for awhile, but I remember it getting so bad to the point, where the was the Mass Exodus of Tumblr, a good portion of the people quit all together, but some created their own blog pages. I also remember there was a few instances of bullying individuals and even a few groups. It just makes me genuinely sad and mad for my fellow peeps. I was talking with someone the other the day, and they share your same sentiment. It hurts my heart that it got to that point for you as well. That makes you the third person to say that, and I know there are many others.

I have had good luck dollar stores and thrift stores, finding shiny trinkets and maybe a pretty candle holder or a pretty plate for offerings. Even all of the different candles you can get at Dollar Tree. But they're right too, use whatever you like that you already have at home. I like making crafts and origami. I feel that putting the energy, effort, and time to make something, and I bring that thing into my sacred space, it offers a deeper connection to my craft or practice.

What type of stuff do you put on altars? Budget and household items only please 😔

blessing bowl