New Listings This Week

Moon Dancers – Book Of Shadows Digital Download Set


Five beautiful pages, made in Photoshop CS, presented in a high quality PDF for printing. Inspired by the Moon magick and worship, which is an essential part of every Witch’s work, and made using turn-of-the-century illustrations, art deco filigree and medieval etchings. The first page contains a framed space for your chapter title, and the other 4 pages are almost decor-free so you can write, draw, collage or paint your favourite spells, poetry or whatever the moon’s magick tells you :).

Alchemy Tags – Digital Download


30 Medieval style tags for all your magickal needs – use them as gift tags, jewelry tags, price tags, to label your herbs, potions, collage them, paint over them, alter them… there are a million projects you can spice with these beautiful tags. Tags measure 5×3 cms (1,8 x 1,2 inches).

The Herbalist – 4×6 Inches Print

Scan of my latest ink and colour pencil drawing, depicting a Witch at work with her familiar… a Pagan classic!
10×15 cms/ 4×6 inches print, printed in high quality photographic paper, with enough border on all sides for framing. All prints will be numbered and signed by me.Of course, the copy you will receive won’t have any watermarks!

The original drawing is also for sale. It measures 28×21,8 cms (A4/full page size):

You can find all these items at The Hoodoo Shop at Etsy.

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Random Pretty Pics

The gorgeous texture of molten glass inside an artisan ceramic box – a gift from my best friend.

A harvesting basket I made, covering rope with a purple scrap of fabric and adding a little crochet lace.

A crocheted pouch, using all the leftovers from our handspun yarn.

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Today’s Reading

For an online customer.

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New Items Listed Today

Hand Sewn Herbal Sachets
Three Mints (2): Herbal sachet filled with our own three homegrown mints (Peppermint, Catmint and Spearmint). The power of the “Three Mints” is relaxing, stimulates deep sleep and balances energies, so it is a perfect choice to keep under the pillow or hang above the bed. The herbs have been just harvested and dried, assuring several months of scent- I recommed to warm it and crush it a little between your hands (to release the essential oils of the plants) before sleeping and then sniff the scent deeply 3 or 4 times to make the most out of it.
Wormwood (2): Herbal sachet filled with our own homegrown wormwood (Artemisia Thuscula variety – unique variety from the Islands). I make this kind of sachet for its bug-repellent properties; moths, fleas, ticks and woodworm really hate the scent of this plant, so it’s perfect to keep them away from your closet – not only for clothes, but to keep them away from your herbal stash! When you wildharvest and store herbs for your spells, there are many chances that you can find out that they have been invaded by bugs after a while.
Each sachet is a OOAK piece, completely handsewn from start to finish, using tea-dyed cotton and vintage lace. 4 square inches.

Reed Container – For Wildharvesting, Curios And Pretty Little Things
This year we brought some huge reeds from Anaga and Fernando made this beautiful container for wildharvesting seeds or small treasures like bones, insects, feathers, and any gift Mother Nature is so kind to give a witch during her wanderings. The closure is made with a cork, cut to measure the exact width of the reed, so it fits really well and prevents any small stuff from falling off. Being such a hard material, it may keep your most fragile findings from being crushed in your wildharvesting bag. Fernando carved a beautiful scroll to add that extra magick touch :). 21 cms/ 8 inches long. OOAK.

Epazote Seeds
This plant is mainly used in protection, hex-breaking and road-opening spells – as always, the magickal properties are analogic to the medicinal ones. Epazote helps us digest the obstacles in life and removes spiritual parasites. It makes a wonderful smudge/spray for getting rid of residual negativity from our houses – it is highly recommended to smudge/spray the house with it after situations that are highly stressful for the whole family, like after a family member’s death, after a divorce, etc. This is a plant that is also highly related to the world of the Dead, so a cup of its tea will make a wonderful offering in your ancestor’s altar, or when asking for help to those who have crossed over to the world of spirits. A bundle of dry epazote is a wonderful protection to keep nightmares caused by spirits away, and to protect indigo children from spiritual attacks.

Safflower/ Fake Saffron Seeds
The petals are used as a natural dye, giving a gorgeous saffron colour to fabrics and fibers (using alum as a mordant is highly recommended), and the seeds are edible, very much like sunflower seeds – they make a great treat for birds. The delicate petals of the flowers are an AWESOME ingredient in love spells and incenses. Though this plant has been greatly ignored in Witchcraft, I have found it to make wonderful protection amulets for couples, and to find and attract a loved one. The dry thistle-like flower heads can be used in banishing spells also, since they have thorns.

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Finding A Little Silence

Once again, we went to the mountain of Las Mercedes to give offerings to the spirits of our Guanche ancestors. This time we went to another zone, La Cruz Del Carmen, and took this beautiful pics of the prehistoric forest and the beautiful viewpoint that has been built there. It was really foggy so there was no view at all (LOL), but such a drastic climate change, and the complete loneliness, were such a blessing.

Also, these two new items have been added to The Hoodoo Shop:

Nimue – OOAK Witch Bottle
OOAK bottle for you potions… or poisons! Bejeweled with brass filigree and glass rhinestones, this unique creation measures 6 cms – 2,3 inches without the cork and can hold around 20-25 ml (about a liquid ounce) of your favourite perfume, potion, aromatherapy oils, small curios…I have added a small oxidized brass chain so you can hang it from your bag or belt during outdoor rituals, but I can take it off at no cost if you don’t want it.

Reed Container – OOAK
This year we brought some huge reeds from Anaga and Fernando made this beautiful container for wildharvesting seeds or small treasures like bones, insects, feathers, and any gift Mother Nature is so kind to give a witch during her wanderings. The closure is made with a cork, cut to measure the exact width of the reed, so it fits really well and prevents any small stuff from falling off. Being such a hard material, it may keep your most fragile findings from being crushed in your wildharvesting bag. Fernando carved two beautiful scrolls to add that extra magick touch :). 13 cms/ 5 inches long. OOAK.

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Just A Little Eye Candy

Plantain (Plantago Major)- on our little roof garden. Started from seeds foraged last year in Anaga. Plantain is one of my favourites herbs for almost everything – it is edible and has tons of properties both internally and externally used.

Red Valerian (Centranthus Ruber) – on our little roof garden. Started from seed from an organic farm in the island of Las Palmas. A very common plant here, it is also known as Jupiter’s Beard, and though it is edible, it does not have the proterties of real valerian.

A resin reproduction of Antoni Gaudi’s sculptural mosaic work, a gift from a friend. The sun has worn out its colours, but I even love it more this way :).

Two more pieces for the “kill the stash” project – a nice title to encourage myself to use my wool addiction!

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While You Reap, We Sow

Calendula flower.

For us here on the equator, the planting/growing/gardening season is about to begin. While all my favourite blogs show wonderful pictures of nature’s wonder, we are barely keeping the surviving plants alive; summer here is a naked, barren – and long, too long – season. We have endured three Saharian heat waves, with burning windstorms, dusty air and temperatures over 45º C (that’s 113º F, folks!) with no break for days. In that weather, most plants die or enter a dormant state until temperatures drop a little. We keep them watered, pruned and away from direct sunlight, and that’s all. Our only concern is cochineal, a very common plague here, which we have to patiently put away by hand because we don’t use chemical pesticides on our plants. Did you know that, during the colonial period, the Canary Islands were the biggest exporter of coccineal of Europe before chemical dyes substituted crimsom? And did you know that ants breed cochineal as we breed chickens? They carry the female cochineals from plant to plant and keep them on the most hidden places of the plant, so they can eat their eggs later?

Cochineal we foraged this past winter in Anaga.

So, while most of our readers are getting ready to start reaping their harvests and working with what summer has given them, we are preparing seed beads, planning which plants will be planted this year and preparing space for new herbs for our Magick Garden. We have built a new mini-greenhouse for the baby plants to survive September, using salvaged wood from paillets and a second hand bamboo curtain I got from my family like ten years ago. We will start sorting seeds – to plant and to sell – and planting the first ones today (hopefully), and we’re expecting a shipment of organic seeds from friends in the island of Las Palmas (yay for trading with organic farmers). Also, we expect to be able to visit Fernando’s parents’ farm this week to bring some plants and collect herbs and seeds (fennel, thistles, plantain and carthamus are seeding right now here), so this is going to be a busy, busy month. Local birds, which are almost the only fauna we can enjoy here in the suburbs, will begin another mating season very soon, and I really want birds in our little garden, so I will be building a feeding/nesting place on the highest spot of the greenhouse, away from the cats’ reach. Attracting birds is not an easy task when you have five young cats – but it’s worth a try because I’m such a bird freak. We have a couple of Blue Tit, the Canarian variety (Cyanistes Teneriffae) nesting in front of our house, so hopefully they, or their progeny, will come to visit.

Canarian Blue Tit – This image is not mine – Link

So, if I’m a bit absent on the next couple of weeks, remember that it is because I’m up to my elbows in garden dirt :).

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Sketch

Doodling while chatting with my brother (who came to stay with us this weekend) about Ouija and EVP. Possible sketch for a painting.

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Leviathan – New OOAK Customized Doll

Though It is not listed yet, I wanted to show the first pictures of Leviathan, my new OOAK customized doll. Leviathan started with a second-hand 38 cms/14,7 inches porcelain doll, which was completely undressed, de-wigged and all facial features erased – becoming a blank canvas as all my dolls begin with. After that, it took over 160 hours of work that includes full face painting, handsewing and embroidering all clothes, handsculpting the horned helmet from scratch, creating the wig from mohair, and making the braids with different kinds of wool and other fibers. The cape measures 60 cms/ 23,3 inches. The ornamentation includes marabou feathers, resin/glass/brass/vermeil beads and filigree, vintage and new glass rhinestones and vermeil gold chain.

The doll will be sold for 640 $/ 500 € without the stand, and without shipping costs, which I have yet to calculate. If you want a custom made stand, we will be very glad to make it for you, but it would increase shipping costs accordingly. If you are interested in purchasing it, contact me through Etsy or through email at magickshop(at)gmail.com.

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New OOAK Charm Bottles Listed

Unique charm bottles, filled with organic herbs. The bottle and its cork have been adorned with copper and brass filigree, and a chain has been attached to the cork containing seven charms: two vintage Pennsylvanian Dutch chams, one ornated cross, a dice, a skull and two bells, all added to attract beneficial energies: each bottle has received a spell casting for this purpose.
Blue – to repel negativity and break curses and evil eye;

Green – To protect businesses and attract wealth;

Red – To protect love and family relationships.

Hang them behind your door, near your altar, or your car, or take them to work – I have added a loop at the end of the chain for easier hanging. The bottle has been glued to the cork to prevent it from falling off. These are One Of A Kind creations and cannot be repeated.

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