@BryWisteria I was thinking of using them on my divider page for herb and plant info. I did try to make the herbs all realistic to show the ones that I have used. I do like your idea of putting it on a cover too. I need to get some better ink/paint for the print maybe it will come out clearer.
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@JollyStar - as a fellow āIām going to try this & see how I doā crafter, you did an amazing job on those prints. I love them! I may have to look into that.
Your knot magic is beautiful too with crystals at the end. Also something Iām not very good at, but my hands donāt always cooperate what it is that I want them to do. 
@Torista I love birth charts! Actually to help break it down there are topics regarding specific points in your chart & a website with FREE basic astrology lessons:
Black Moon Lilith in Your Natal Chart - Weekly Witchy Challenge
Where is Your Chiron? - Weekly Witchy Challenge
Retrograde Planets in your Birth Chart 
@Artemisia I have wanted to make a travel altar & I have a son that is into gums & Altoids & the likeā¦ I love the idea of having 1 for the Morrigan & 1 for Brighid too. 
or one that is just Celtic based & I can go where I want with what is inside.
You did a great job & I love the process & choices that you made! 
Great job!
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@JollyStar
I was my sons reference from K-5. After that, math was like speaking in tongues. My husband, the professor, then took over.
Garnet
PS: My son wanted him fired!
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Once they started their new way of teaching math & the new names for things they were learning & howā¦ I had to step down as a homework helper because it was like relearning something the hard way. 
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Oooh! Thank you so much!
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You are very welcome, I have other information on my laptop about navigating birth charts & a couple of beginnerās books. I will find the names & authors & let you know. I did read them for book clubs, but I canāt remember which book club I read them forā¦ soā¦ Iāll look in my witchy library instead 
You can also do a search in the forum for astrology either as a topic or tag & more information about the subject will come up. We used to have astrology readings & forecasts in the forum & it has been used in challenges over time. I donāt want to overwhelm you, but if it is something you are truly interested in, there is a wealth of information in the forum & about witches within the coven. 
Astrology 101 - The Outer Planets
Sorry, found a couple of more interesting topics for you about astrology.
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For the 
Scrub-a dub, Magick in the Tub, I took a hot bath with chamomile essential oil and a hot mug of chamomile tea. I had drank some Red Bull earlier to try to get rid of a headache from the weather whiplash and all it did was make me jittery, but the chamomile helped me calm down and made my headache go away.
On a side note, I donāt understand how anyone can stand energy drinks on a regular basis. Maybe thatās one of the reasons a lot of customers arenāt very patience anymore; 
energy drinks have their blood racing!
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My first entry for this challenge is āThe Thrifty Witchā. I love shopping at Goodwill and Thrift shops. I have found so much witchy stuff. My rose quartz candle holders and my bosom are my favorite finds. I have even found a witch shadow box with crystals in it. But, for this challenge I have to include my rosemary bush. My husband bought it for me several years ago. It was in the shape of a Christmas tree. After Christmas was over, it was looking pretty puny, so I decided to plant it in the front of the house. I didnāt think it would survive, but this thing went crazy! I never buy store bought rosemary. I use it to cook, make smudge sticks, rosemary oil and use in spells. I love my rosemary bush!
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Current situation dealing with i was worrued i wouldnt get a chance to do sonething during this catch up week. But i decided in order to find more balance in life i needed to set boundaries and make my wellbeing a priority as well as others. Balance something youd think a libra sign would br better at. But so im going to give this a go. Even if its just an attemmpt at one or two that could assist the situation im in. Its going to take some thinking of what i need but originaly was thinking the healthy dose of stones and crystals and the art magic one. Then i saw the intent and goals one which i think moving forward could be helpful. So i might need to choose. I did make my wellbeing and the buisness starting a biy more of a priority by recognising what extra training i needed which includes art therapy, shamanic couch, crystal healing, herbalism, yoga, taichi and so on. I signed up for a few courses on udemy that were going on a sale that covered aspects of holistic wellbeing that i wanted to look at with my buisbess oh also one on making aromatherapy candles. Im not sure that ill get much time to do any art magic this weekend but the courses having videos can watch may allow some learning in holistic wellbeing that i need not only for me but for my buisness. So thinking about it as i write this i think as i am already going to be using crystals for helping tbe situation dealing with and i do wear crystals as well i think the healthy dose of stones and crystals may be one ill try and the goals and intent one might be the other. Even if i cant do the art one now, maybe i can look at where i want to head in the rest of the year and what i need to do to achieve it and look at any meditations or items need to help create that future im trying to create might end up beinf my second one. So 
on how i go. Hopefully i can pull this off and still get other things done that need as well. Good thing was i got all my washing and most of one part of work stuff needed to do. Avtually a big chunk of the work which im proud of myself for being able to pusg throufh to do, but now that means i can look at balancing out other areas of my life so my life doesnt just exist of working all tge time. Maybe i need to leaen to be more like my sun sign and have a bit more balance in life. So againā:crossed_fingers:i can find some balance and do at least one of those challenges, if anything i might at least get to listen to one or more of the videos on one of these topics like crystal healing or herbalism or one of the many courses signed up for. My buisness is all about helping ppl just as much as currently needding to do in my job. But one is more in the area im passionate about and would allow a healthy life balance than what i have now but, its a matter of getting there. So heres to setting goals and achieving them and using nature aspects, practical tasks and magic to help achieve those goals. Ive got a start point on the crystals. So thats good and am idea where im wanting to be headed wjich gelps the other challenge im thinking of doung and both fit into what i need right now so. . Hopefully this will go ok trying to work on these over the weekend.
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Iāve started my little pendulum bottle.
I used a clear quartz pendulum. I donāt have many so i asked if it minded being put in the bottle. It said no. So I cleansed my bottle with White Sage and Palo Santo incense. I āborrowedā a cake skewer from the kitchen drawer. Poked a hole through the cork stopper to thread the pendulum chain through. I sealed the pendulum in place with a little black wax for protection. I lined the bottom with some sea salt. Iām just waiting for my little Clear Quartz, Amethyst and Labradorite crystal chips tp arrive. Hopefully theyāll be here Tuesday and I can finish it off.
Not gonna lie I may just brick it if it starts moving all on itās own for the first time.
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For the 
Earth-Friendly Witchcraft challenge, I said a blessing over my best friendās indoor garden. Sheās growing tomatoes, peppers, rosemary, sage, parsley, and thyme. Once the herbs are grown, she plans to send some of them to me for my Craft.
A few days ago, one of my former coworkers, who is a devout Christian and one of the nicest people Iāve ever known, came by and gave me a homemade chocolate cross (probably the best Iāve eaten) with an Easter blessing. I edited some of the words to make it more pagan and that was my garden blessing.
May this garden haveā¦
Warm sunshine during the farming season
Abundant rainfall to grow the seeds
And the great goddess to protect it from anything that would harm it
May all who partake in the harvest haveā¦
Faithful friends who are always near them,
Laughter to cheer them,
And when their prayers are said,
may the gods hear them
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Again?! You have all the badges?! 
I need to catch up!
Ohh thatās an interesting concept! Iāve never heard of a pendulum jar!
I can see the Scorpion now if I turn the image around lol I didnāt even think to look at it from different angles 
That looks so, so good I think you did an amazing job!
Aww those are so cute! I love the little travel altars you put together
Thatās exactly how I feel and I feel like itās all very, very personal when it comes to symbols so that just adds on another layer of I donāt know what Iām doing to the process lol but thank you!
You never cease to amaze me with all the wonderful things you add to your grimoire. I donāt think I could ever draw my natal chart by hand, let alone understand what it all means
Jolly this is beautiful 
I love the added elements and the charm you chose to speak, adapting the traditional knot magic charm to suit your intention!
Iām glad you were able to find a soothing thing to do both for your nerves and your headache. As an energy drink lover (not Red Bull though, thatās gross) I can say I drink them for the taste. However, I have noticed that the older I get the more they tend to negatively affect my anxiety 
itās about time I stop drinking them lol
Oh wow, your rosemary took off! I absolutely love that 
I have a rosemary plant that I had put in my garden. It was starting to look very puny and not-that-great but come to find out rosemary doesnāt like a lot of water. Well, I live in Florida where it rains almost every day during the summer! It was getting way too much water. I moved it to a pot and itās doing much, much better now
Amen to that! 
Hereās to working on having balance in our lives!
Itās looking good so far! Itās got me thinking about making one, too, though I donāt have an extra pendulum lying around somewhere. Maybe if I find one that calls to me Iāll do this. If not, oh well! Iāll store the idea away for another time.
That is so kind of you
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I did try to draw it by hand but I ended up printing it out cutting it out and taping it in.
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My second challenge entry is from āMoon Magicā. How can you not do a full moon spell when itās a full moon? This spell came from @SilverBearās āFull Moon Oilā from Spells8. Itās still daylight here, but the full moon was official at about 2:30. I didnāt have any jasmine but the honeysuckles are in full bloom so I replaced the jasmine with the honeysuckles. I also put a sprig of rosemary in it. I am going to use this oil as a bath oil whenever I have low energy. When the sun sets I will set it outside to absorb the power of the full moon. I almost forgot, I also put some rainbow moonstone sand that I got from @SilverBear in the bottle to give it a little extra punch.
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So its catch up time and I am real happy for this since i missed a few challenges. There was a few I wanted to try but first 1st on my list isā¦
I must say I am a lover of tea, so that says it all for me but during this catch up challenge I wanted to come up with something a bit different. For this PINK MOON 
my intentions was to cleanse my crystals 
and make some moon water, as well as do a protection charm but unfortunately things did not work out in my favor as planned for the charmed object spell. I decided to take this opportunity to add a catch up challenge to my planned routine instead, so i came up with a herbal bath charm infusion tea bag for ralaxation instead. Below is a pic
Source: Pinterest.com
I did a little twist to mines making it different to suit my own needs 
a list of items are listed below that I used for my bag.
- Pink bag
- Epsom salt ( pepermint fragrance)
- Lavender
- Rosmeary (I used Instead of calendula)
- Peony ( I used instead of rose buds)
- Camomile Tea Bag
Yes you heard right 
Camomile Tea bags. Who said tea bags canāt substitute for greater goodness. This is a picture of my tea infusion bath bag
Here is a picture of my work.
Its a bit in the evening hours hear so the ligthing is a bit dark, so sorry, but that wont stop this baby from working. I am really inspired by this challenge. Happy I did this.There will be a full moon party 
in the hot 
tonight with me and this tea bath infusion bag.
Will keep you guys updated on how this turned out.
Blessed Be
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@MeganB i believe its only @Amethyst & I but yes. I have at least 1 of each challenge badge & 2 of a few others. I think I took the last catch up challenege off.
I believe i have done a challenge this time, no official entry, because I have to find the corresponding challenge that it could go to. 
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Ok ive decided on the 2 challenges i want to do or that have already started.
- Healthy dose of crystals
- Of goals and intent
1 Healthy dose of crystals
- ive done sone cleansing of all of my crystals and tonight under the full moon will put them out to change
- looking at what crystals i have and researching what they are used for to pick out the crystals that will help me with what i need
- create a crystal bag with crystals i need to carry with me and can use in meditations or connecting to the energies of these crystals as needed.
- look at creating a crystal grid to help amplify energy of crystals for a specific outcome
- Of goals and intent
- ive started a brain storm on things i need in my current situation and set a a goal im heading to and what i need to get there
- next step is to figure out what i need for each area, can some be combined into one spell, wgat tools or items i need, what correspondences will help amplify the energy of the spells and items using.
- make a list of spells and items i need to manifest these goals ans intent and pull together what i need for this
- start making each spell etc with the goal and intent in mind. Building on each to work towards the common goal. Its complex situation so ive realised one spell wont fit all i need so it will be a series of spells and rituals.
- i know i might not complete everything before the challenge time is up but i am taking this time to start the process.
This is what ive got so far, oh i also found a binding rune i think id like to use with the spells for the of goals and intent challenge. It was a binding rune for a way out of negative situation which is just what im needing. So i defunatly thinj that will help.
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Ok, I couldnāt just do one since we had a full moon this week! I also chose to make full moon oil for my Strength of the full moon challenge entry.
I had the perfect vial, lit some palo santo, cleansed the rose, jasmine, and lavender, and placed them in the vial. I used grapeseed oil to fill the bottle, shook it to mix it up, and placed it out in the moonlight for several hours.
Dried herbs
plus grapseed oil
My very first attempt at making any sort of oil/water for ritual use. I know it might sound silly but I finally feel like a real witch creating this.
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This is fabulous! I may need to get some altoids!
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Thank you!
Iām not going to lieā¦ I actually bought those two tins of Altoids just for the project. Then I found 2 empty ones already around my house
Guess Iāll make a couple more! One for Artemis, one for The Morrigan, maybe a banishing one, or a calming one?
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