Pagans/Witches what is your favorite arts 'n' craft projects?

My sisters and I hosted a public ritual a couple years ago for Litha. We made fairy wings for all those who came and let them keep them. The kids LOVED IT!! We took wire and bent it into various wing shapes and used those colorful knee his at Wmart for 33 cents and stretched them over the wire. Then we attached them together in the middle with duct tape and decorated them with paint, silk flowers, ribbons, sea shells and twigs. We used elastic to secure them over the shoulders.

Our Fairy inspire Litha ritual was a HUGE hit and is still talked about. My wings that I spent HOURS and HOURS on hang on the wall in the local shop that hosts drum circle every week.

I was AIR. I cut about a 1000 different colored tulle feathers out of scraps and hand sewed each one on my wings..........

What started as a hobby and fun craft project quickly turned into an accidental enterprise. I love to make candles, it's quick and relatively easy to do, albeit messy at times. The use of pure essential oils keeps the house smelling great!

But that is business, the craft our entire family loves to participate in is the creation of the Yule Log.

We spend an afternoon walking through the woods we have gathering supplies. Pine cones, fallen bark, vines and ivy (not poison ivy), cut from the holly. After that is done and we have enough and each chosen something as individuals, we head to town to the craft store to stock up on red and green ribbon have lunch together and enjoy our time together.

After dinner the preparation of the log begins. We coat in cinnamon oil, bayberry oil and winter fern oil our pine cones, bark, and the actual log. We spend time with spiced cider and cookies decorating the log and tying together all our findings with the ivy and ribbon. Each year it turns out rather different from the year before but what a fun craft the entire family can enjoy.

Nada. I did make my own horn but I swear to the gods I would have happily let someone else do it for me if I didn't believe so firmly in "making it yourself".

I don't paint or carve or anything. I would be terrified to see what it would come out with.

And actually a LOT of us pagans are actually in Religion and Spirituality. The only reason I even catch pagan questions over here is from an advanced search.

I enjoy making seasonal decorations for on and around my altar, and for my table as a centerpiece, using some natural materials and craft supplies. I like to use my creativity to help me attune to the seasons and Mother Earth when I'm inside too. I also like to make "herbal magic" wreaths for the door, and maybe spruce them up to go along with the seasons as well.

I tried my hand at making bath salts and those fizzy bath balls with my own essential oil blends - that was fun and I enjoyed using them, but I haven't gotten round to making any more in quite a while. It's been awhile since I've made candles with my own oil blends too.

I wish I had a little more time to "create" - but not at the expense of my loved ones or my job - they come before my hobies.

Perhaps you would be interested in this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Witch-Crafts-Projects-Creati...

I work in sterling silver and semi-precious stones like

onyx and jet. I make amulets of protection when needed

and other unusual items that you can't find on the regular

commercial market, such as tiara's and crowns.

I also work in wood, and make various religious objects

such as ceremonial staff with totem, model Greek temples,

etc. I am doing a special altar cloth in satin at the moment.

None of the stuff is for sale... it's too much work... I just

do it for myself mostly. I like to have nice, unique things.

Blessings,

Jeanie

I do not forget myself an excessively artful character (pun meant) and revel in making plenty of exclusive matters. Usually I make my possess free incense for rituals, to be able to equipment them peculiarly for it. Last Yule I home made topsy-turvey dolls of the Maiden/Mother and Oak King/Holly King as items. I might supply you instructional materials for the topsy-turvey dolls however I might ought to test the styles in and do not need them with me. If you desire them permit me realize and I can test them over the weekend and e-mail them to you. My favourite is pass sewing. I like to pass sew pagan/witchy art work for my partitions.