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You guys! Look! I finished the river, ocean and lake fish pattern and already startet with the next one. Finished 39 of 73 fishies from stardew valley!! <3

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Spider Brooch and Ring // Yatsura Bead

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It's just an autumn sweater 🍂

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straight man: *speaks*

me and the only other gay person in class:

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sorry catholics but the best version of ave maria is the one from cowboy bebop

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Your personal triggers and squicks do not get to determine what kind of art other people make.

People make shit. It's what we do. We make shit to explore, to inspire, to explain, to understand, but also to cope, to process, to educate, to warn, to go, "hey, wouldn't that be fucked up? Wild, right?"

Yes, sure, there are things that should be handled with care if they are used at all. But plenty more things are subjective. Some things are just not going to be to your tastes. So go find something that is to your tastes and stop worrying so much about what other people are doing and trying to dictate universal moral precepts about art based on your personal triggers and squicks.

I find possession stories super fucking triggering if I encounter them without warning, especially if they function as a sexual abuse metaphor. I'm not over here campaigning for every horror artist to stop writing possession stories because they make me feel shaky and dissociated. I just check Does The Dog Die before watching certain genres, and I have my husband or roommate preview anything I think might upset me so they can give me more detail. And if I genuinely don't think I can't handle it, I don't watch it. It's that simple.

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ergonomix

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you ever learn a specific piece of information about a character and you can feel your entire interpretation and opinion on them suddenly shift in your mind. like damn I am never going to see you the same way I did 15 seconds ago. I’m just never going back. do other people see you this way. was I meant to see you this way

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gen 6 mane Four!

there’s other characters don’t worry but for now here are some of the characters I’ve drew for this time

There’s Fizzy, her adoptive sister Minty, Guava Lava and her Dragon friend and companion Sandy. I might explain them more and the lore for this generation for another time but for how just enjoy them

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plant magic: sigil charging

Hang paper sigils from houseplants or yard plants in order to charge them. Ask the plant to charge, tend, and promote your sigil. Remove when you are done. Choose which house plant to hang your sigil from based on common associations:

divination: dandelion, orange, pomegranate exorcism: basil, clover, garlic, juniper, lilac, mint, onion, rosemary, rue, yarrow friendship: lemon, sweet pea happiness: catnip, lavender, marjoram, morning glory healing: apple, bay leaf, blackberry, carnation, eucalyptus, fennel, garlic, hemp, ivy, lime, mint, nettle, oak, onion, peppermint, pine, potato, rose, rosemary, rue, spearmint, thyme, violet hexes, to break: chili pepper, hyssop, rue, thistle, yarrow love: apple, apricot, basil, catnip, chamomile, cherry, chili pepper, clover, daffodil, daisy, dill, elm, geranium, hemp, lavender, lemon, lemon balm, lime, maple, orange, orchid, pea, peppermint, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, rose, rosemary, rue, spearmint, thyme, tulip, violet, yarrow luck: bamboo, cabbage, daffodil, oak, orange, rose, violet money, prosperity: almond, basil, blackberry, chamomile, clover, dill, fern, grape, jasmine, maple, mint, moss, oak, oats, onion, orange, pea, pine, rice, tea peace: lavender, morning glory, olive, violet protection: aloe, anise, bamboo, basil, bay, bean, birch, blackberry, blueberry, cactus, carnation, cedar, clover, cypress, dill, elder, eucalyptus, fern, garlic, gourd, hyssop, ivy, juniper, lavender, leek, lettuce, lilac, lime, mint, oak, olive, onion, parsley, pepper, pine, plum, rose, rosemary, sage, tulip, violet psychic powers: bay leaf, grass, lemongrass, peppermint, rose, thyme, yarrow sleep: chamomile, lavender, peppermint, rosemary, thyme wishes: bamboo, dandelion, pomegranate, sage, violet, walnut

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Charging/Activating Sigils

(Copied from my grimoire)

Place on paper, burn it

Draw on bread, toast it

Trace with crystals

Use your own energy (touch, breath, proximity)

Sew on clothing, wash them

Place in front of music speakers

Let it sit in a sunny place

Bury in the earth*

Use prayer

Dissolve in water/hold under running water

Set as phone lock screen, charge phone

Tape to window on full moon

Meditate

Hold near fire

Throw into wind*

Add a drop of blood*

Carve into candle, let it melt

Draw with honey at the bottom of a mug, activate with hot drink

Draw on flag, leave in wind

Trace in dust, blow it away

Use crystal grid

Draw with cooking oil, cook

Draw on foggy windows/mirrors

Trace using water, let it evaporate

Carve in soap, wash body

Utilize storm energy

Use light

Draw on beach, let the ocean take it

Use charging board

Draw on rock, throw it in a river*

Carve into wax, melt it (for wax melters)

Draw on self, take a shower

Use glow-in-the-dark paint

Place on shoes, utilize the energy of walking

Draw in the air with energy, push through it

Take a picture, charge device

Hold to your pulse point/s

Speak to it

And many, many things I did not list here.

*Make sure you are being safe and/or eco-friendly!

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cupcake’s trick

The full sequence

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Cheap-as Crayon Candles

I’m not the only one to have this idea, but having a little bit of time on my hands before work I thought I’d give it a go and document the process. It’s a cheap way of getting a softly coloured candle from a plain white tea light, without the scent if you want to avoid scented candles. Grab your cheap tea lights and a box of crayons - these crayons pictured cost me £1. Only a small amount of crayon wax need be shaved or cut off; I used little spoons to approximate how much wax was used, and to keep it neat.

Find a safe way to melt your tealights without lighting them - I used my increasingly super-witchy leccy fire and an old butter dish. Once completely melted, remove the wick and tab and try not to put them down anywhere they will adhere to till judgement day. Then, add the shaved wax. (I used all the blue wa pictured in the spoon for this candle.)

Stir the melted wax till the colour is even, then replace the wick and tab. Place it somewhere cool to solidify again. To this green candle, I added fine gold glitter and let it cool on the deactivated fire and tray - the effect of convection currents is very very pretty, and it encourages the glitter not to immediately settle on the base of the tealight.

The first three attempts - half of the purple wax to make the lavender candle and all of the black wax to make the grey. Very subtle and soft colours, that have resolidified with a waxy sheen. These are quick and cheap, not luxury. The fine glitter in the green candle is barely visible but does lend an iridescence to the unlit candle. Lighting it will let the glitter shine again.

Cheap as chips way to whip up a custom coloured candle for magic or ritual - powdered herbs or scented oils are optional.