#Fresh Beginnings

[cosmowes]

anyways. here's how i'll be starting my spring:

productively (and prettily): i definitely wanna work on my goal setting and being more productive in my work time. pomodoro timers have been super fun to help me stay on task. i have a post coming up about goal setting as well ^__^

abundantly: going to go into spring with an abundance of knowledge and hopefully exit with a wealth of new things! i have a bunch of new hobbies i've been starting and i hope to maintain them all.

cleanly: a big goal! wanna get into cleaning more often, because it's a dreaded task. trying to start a daily/weekly/monthly cleaning routine.

openly: want to begin this month with an open mind and heart. going to try to read more, and see more from the other side :)

[audaciousevolution]

✨ Mood Board Monday ✨

This week, we’re embracing Renewal and Growth!

Life is full of opportunities to start fresh, nurture new ideas, and grow into the best version of ourselves. Like a seed breaking through the soil or the sunrise after a long night, growth takes time but is always worth it.

Today’s mood board is a gentle reminder to embrace every new beginning with hope and determination. What’s one area of your life you’re ready to grow in this week? Let’s grow together!

[artrsw]

Wishing you health, happiness, and endless blessings in the year ahead. 🌟 May this year be your best one yet. Happy New Year! 🎉 Click this link : https://tinyurl.com/bdeb474s

[elminx]

^^^

This would be a good ritual for tomorrow. It’s a good day for a new start.

DIY Egg Candle Molds For New Beginnings

I've been working on my candlemaking skills for a while now with mitigating success but these are the easiest candles I have ever made.

I really like these for all kinds of spring spell work. They would work perfectly for a Spring Solstice or May Day spell but I also see them as a perfect vessel for a spell to invoke new beginnings. I personally associate eggs with pure potentiality.

Here the goal is to create an egg candle with the "Seed" of your intention, then incubate your intention, and finally burn your candle to hatch your magic into the real world.

Note: This is not a magical how-to on how to CAST a spell, this is a how-to on how to make a vessel for your spell. I expect you to bring your own magic and traditions to this.

For this project you will need:

One egg (probably chicken but goose or duck works too)

A pokey tool

Candle Wax*

A wax-safe container for melting

A wick

Something to stabilize your eggshell (egg cartons work fine)

Scents, wax color, powdered botanicals (optional)

I'm assuming here that if you're interested in this project, you have some experience with candlemaking and the right tools to do so. If not, you can buy a basic candlemaking kit nearly anywhere on the internet that includes some wax, a wax boiler, and wicks. *I would suggest using beeswax for this candle as it will help the candle to maintain its shape as it burns. Soy wax has a low burn point and tends to melt which will deform the shape of your candle more quickly

1. Clean out your Egg

You need to make a small hole at the top of your egg with a pokey tool. I used a knife to make the hole and then inserted a chopstick to whip the insides so the yoke would come out. Pour out the egg (and eat it! Yumm!) and then wash it until the water running out of the egg runs clear. From this step, you want the inside of the egg to dry out - you can put it into a 200°f oven for two hours or let it sit out until it dries (it may take a couple of days depending on your humidity levels).

Letting your egg dry out isn't strictly necessary but if you don't take this step, the egg membrane will stick to your candle. This will make more work for you when you remove the egg mold later.

Note: My friend gave me two goose eggs to try, so I used them for this test run of egg-shaped candles. If you use chicken eggs, they will be significantly smaller (3/4 the size probably).

2. Heat wax in a double boiler until it is fully melted.

You can add in anything that supports your intention here: scents, coloring, or powdered herbs/flowers work well. (please practice good fire safety here and only add in things that are safe for candlemaking)

Note: if you are adding botanicals to your wax, you want to be very careful to make sure they are fully powdered or they may cause a fire.

3. Pour Your Wax

Place your eggshell mold in an egg carton for stabilization and carefully pour the hot wax into your mold. You want to fill to the top as much as you can - the wax may settle as it starts to cool so you may want to add more.

Note: the hole in your egg should be wide enough to accommodate pouring your wax. I used an extra flask funnel I had on hand to facilitate this process.

4. Add Your Wick

Let your wax cool slightly (approximately 10 minutes) and then add in your wick. With a chicken egg, you can use a birthday candle for this step or any wick that you have on hand. You can use a wick stabilizer or chopsticks to keep your wick in place while your wax hardens.

5. Cure Your Candle

Candles should cure for 7-10 days (for beeswax, this may differ for other types - do your research!) before you burn them. Though there is some debate on the internet, it is generally considered true that curing is a part of candle safety as a young candle that has not properly hardened can burn unevenly which may cause fires.

You can choose to begin the process of changing/incubating your candle (listed below) during the curing stage.

6. Remove Your Shell

Once your candle is done curing, it is time to remove the eggshell. For chicken eggs purchased from the grocery store, this should be a relatively easy process. Simply roll your egg candle on a hard surface until the shell cracks and then carefully peal the eggshell away from the wax.

If you are using non-chicken egg or a farm-fresh egg, the shell may be more difficult to crack. I used a goose egg for my candle so I had to use a tool to remove the shell - I used a dental pick that my partner uses for clay sculpting.

Take your time with this process, if you use tools, it is easy to scratch the surface of your egg.

7. Incubate/Charge Your Egg Candle

Unless you added magic during the wax step in this process (which is totally valid), this is where the major magic begins. You want to imbue your magic into the egg at this stage - this can be done in any way that suits your level of creativity and your personal practice. You can carve your intention directly into the wax or mark it with bindrunes or sigils. You can charge it with energy. You can dedicate it to a particular deity or spirit that you work closely with or set it on your altar. You can charge it in the sunlight or moonlight (beware of low-temperature wax and high heat from the sun here). You can make it a nest full of objects that represent your intentions.

The goal in this step is to build your intention by returning to your egg over a period of time (or, alternatively, letting it sit in a way that charges it) before you burn it to release this intention. You can use numerology here by choosing a number that aligns with your intentions, or begin your incubation on the new moon and burn your candle on the full moon.

Pro-tip here: Chicken eggs need to incubate for around 21 days so this is a good number to use if your mold was a chicken egg, or you otherwise work with chickens in your craft.

Note: This was a test on the applicability of this method, but I couldn't help but enchant my candle. I carved my intentions into my candle and then glued (with wax) dried violets onto my candle because I use violets in my craft to encourage transformation. I also used other methods to create a vessel for magic.

8. Use Your Charged Egg Candle in a Magic Ritual

The majority of work is already done here, the rest, as they say, is up to you. Because egg shells are round, you will need to find some way to stabilize the bottom of your candle while you burn it. You could choose to level the bottom of the candle or use any other method that works for you.

I happened to have a piece of pottery from a friend that made the perfect stand for an egg-shaped candle.

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[irisblobel]

#MFRWHooks "Do I need a reason?” #shamelessselfpromo #moviepitch #Netflix #paramountplus

Hi everyone – I’m sharing another snippet from FRESH BEGINNINGS, a story this is mainly set in the USA and follows our itinerary when we travelled through five States in a motorhome a few years ago.  Enjoy ♥♥ This week’s Hook … Jared gave his thumbs up. “Yup.” “How long?” “A bit over four weeks.” Mark’s eyebrows shot up again. “Four weeks. Who’s looking after the business?” “If I had known ya’d…

[snarkspawn]

I really enjoy playing through tnp again like hi it's been a while

[selfhealingmoments]

[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

[pocketgalaxies]

I'm alive because they made me alive. It's the connections that I made with all of them, and it's a feeling of joy. I'm happy to do this. (insp. via @igotublue)

[positivelypositive]

🌼

here to remind you...

...that starting again is a sign of strength.

a failed attempt is not a failure. every new beginning is an indication that you refuse to give up.

you're willing to start again & again. you're strong, resilient, and brave ✨

[homielander]

shiv's motivations for voting to pass the gojo deal are so layered and i don't think they should be dismissed in favour of any one interpretation. shiv desperately grabbed on to a lifeline for her relationship with tom. shiv was the deciding vote and she couldn't bear to hold the crown only for a moment just to place it atop her brother's head. shiv knew she would have more influence as wife of CEO rather than sister of CEO. shiv absolutely hated seeing kendall crystallize into logan before her eyes, especially when he made roman bleed ("and if we did kill him we get to go to bed") -- succession has always been about siblings so of course she tried to free her brothers before her child. shiv still thinks she can raise her child with all the material benefits of being the daughter of waystar CEO while doing better by her, whatever that means. and all of those things are true

[deoidesign]

Idk who needs to hear this but time and time again isn't over!!!

Webtoon removed the "time and time again will return!!!" Banner and I don't know why, but it's not over!!! There's still another 1/3 of the comic to go! There's a lot more stuff that I'm working on and it'll be coming back soon!

Please be patient with me, I know it's been a long time... But the stuff I'm making is really good and there's a lot of reasons it's taken this long. I promise I want it back more than anyone.

I'm trying to come back around the end of October. I'm doing my best to get everything ready in time, so no promises, but I'm on track to do so! I'm just one person writing and drawing everything, and my editor was fired so I'm not even getting any notes anymore. It's literally just me. I'm doing my best I promise!

[positivelypresent]

A new season, a fresh start. 🍂

[artrsw]

Wishing you joy, success, and endless opportunities in the new year! 🌟 Let’s make this one to remember. Happy New Year! 🎉✨ Click this link : https://tinyurl.com/yuw59haw

[local-hellhound-steals-spaghetti]

People will really be accusing accredited zoological facilities that use positive reinforcement of abusing animals to “force them to perform” and then have a photo of them with a horse wearing a bit and flash noseband…

Sorry but your whole sport pretty much involves forcing an animal to perform. Like… I know we all want to say that horses enjoy being ridden but let’s be honest… a horse probably would rather not have a bit in their mouth and a strap that keeps their mouth shut so they can’t avoid it.

But these people are saying dolphins are being forced to do behaviours that are all trained using positive reinforcement. Something that the horse world is extremely averse to using because we can’t “just be feeding our horses treats all the time! They should just do their work because they love me!”

I don’t think realise the hypocrisy.

[sm0lsuccubus]

early morning bread is peak