Witchie-Crafties

My Witchie-Crafties

Hand Crafted by Ann Moura

Here is where you can see some of the items I have created in the past. None of my items are exactly alike because each is handmade. I wrote instructions for these crafts in Grimoire for the Green Witch and more recently I did all the Crafty Crafts in the Llewellyn Sabbats Almanac Samhain 2010 to Mabon 2011 issue.

I like to make Ogham fews and casting cloths or casting boards and Runes with pouch to hold them. The fews and runes are burned onto wood, sanded, shellaced and sanded again. I also enjoy creating black mirrors with herbs and bindrune behind the glass using photo frames that can stand up or be held in your hands. Frames are 3 X 5 or 8 X 10 with oval shaped glass. Because I have a physical store now (Luna Sol Esoterica in Sanford, FL), I have little time to create many of these items, and the ones I make are sold in the store.

Casting cloths can be in any color or even patterns found personally appealing. Every Ogham and casting cloth set is unique, and I even made one in which the drawstring bag that held the fews opened up to be the casting cloth. Runes do not normally come with a casting cloth, but there is no reason why one cannot be created, decorated as desired.

Other items I have been making include spell candles for the store, blended oils, and herbal teas. You can make your own by using my Grimoire for the Green Witch. Since I am only one person (and getting on in years), I have made many of my recipes available in my books. Be sure to craft your items by the appropriate lunar phase, and if possible, by the matching planetary hour. My newest book, Mansions of the Moon for the Green Witch, will be released December 10, 2010, and contains a number of blended oil recipes and candle spells, along with bath salts, herbal charms, and so forth, all of which may be created during appropriate Esbats.

Ogham Fews and Casting Cloth

Ogham Fews and Casting Cloth

Ogham Fews and Casting Board

Ogham Fews and Casting Board

Oval Blue Moon Mirror

This is a picture of a mirror I made during a Blue Moon, charged with the lunar energy, sealed with herbs and bindrune. Such a mirror can be used for scrying the future, the past, the present, past lives, meditating, and traveling to other worlds and planes.

GEMSTONE NECKLACES

I now feature my gemstone jewelry of necklaces, earrings, and bracelets in my store, so while the following pictures are examples of my work, nearly all have already sold and been replaced with new designs. However, since it is simply too much work to take and load photos here when then move so well in the store, I only show these as examples of the types of patterns I have made. When I create a jewelry piece, I blend the energies of the stones to focus on a purpose, such as protection, peace, prosperity, and so on, so that the each unique piece is both harmonious and energized. Using spacers and findings of silver allow the energies of the stones to flow well together. Each necklace is an original piece as I do not use a pattern list, but instead I work with the energies of the stones to determine their placement.

Here are descriptions of the energies these stones offer. AGATE: balance, good fortune, health; AMBER: manifestation, strenthen a spell, success; AMETHYST: cleansing, energizing, protection, spirituality; AQUAMARINE: calm thought process for clarity; AVENTURINE: creativity, courage, calm, decision-making, prosperity; AZURITE: healing, meditation, overcome fears, psychic development; BLOODSTONE: remove obstacles, vitality; CARNELIAN: energy, career, success, protection; CITRINE: dissipates negativity, problem solving, gaining and maintaining prosperity; CHALCEDONY: optimism, amiability, creativity; CHAROITE: cleansing, soul stone, spiritual insight, transformation; CHRYSOCOLLA: cleansing, balance, healing, good fortune; CHRYSOPRASE: clairvoyance, incentive, peace; CRYSTAL QUARTZ (CLEAR): cleansing, energize, meditation, psychicness, vision; ROSE QUARTZ: comfort, companionship, love, peace; SMOKY QUARTZ: draw positive energy, Fairy connection, protection; CORAL: calm, protect from illness; EMERALD: activates the heart chakra for Divine love, healing, abundance; FLOURITE: cleansing, Fairy connection, intuition, learning, progress, psychic protection; GARNET: cleansing chakras, devotion, energy, health, protection, purification, self-esteem, swift action; GREEN GARNET: vitality, health, prosperity; ORANGE GARNET: creativity, attraction, removes disharmony from aura; IOLITE: astral travel, break bad habit/addiction, end discord, psychic vision; JADE: calm, harmonious friendship, luck, peace, safe travel, serenity; JASPER: astral travel, balance, energy, protection, stability; RED JASPER: return negativity to sender; BROWN JASPER: stability, groudning; GREEN JASPER: healing, fertility; JET: balance, bind energy to a goal, calm fears, protection; KYANITE: altered states, meditation, channeling; LABRADORITE: psychic power, protection, magic; GOLDEN LABRADORITE: vitality, energy, manifestation through magic; LAPIS LAZULI: authority, balance, power boost, wisdom; LEPIDOLITE: clear blockages, peace, spiritual growth; MALACHITE: business success, remove obstacles, transformation; MOLDAVITE: cosmic communication, clear blockages, good fortune, inspiration; MOONSTONE: clairvoyance, empathy, sensitivity; OBSIDIAN: creativity, protecton, prophecy, self-control; ONYX: overcome fears/worries, past lives, strength, vigor; OPAL: communication, confidence, personal power, protection, psychic vision, soothing, spirituality; PEARL: astral projection, calming, focus, integrity, sincerity; PERIDOT: awareness, clairvoyance, cleansing, progress, protection, reduce stress; PURPURITE: release from restrictive patterns, increase spirituality, financial aid and prosperity; QUARTZ CRYSTAL: focus and direct energy; ROSE QUARTZ: peace, love; SNOWY QUARTZ: serenity, peace, contemplation; RHODONITE: overcome difficulties to achieve potential with positive attitude; RUBY: protect the health, increase energy, draw what is desired; STAR RUBY: increases the energy of ruby; SAPPHIRE: wisdom, material gains, attract good influences; BLUE SAPPHIRE: insight; ORANGE SAPPHIRE: creativity, creative arts; PINK SAPPHIRE: kindness; YELLOW SAPPHIRE: business success; STAR SAPPHIRE: adds energy to the sapphire by color; SARDONYX: integrity, protection, purification, strength; BLACK SARDONYX: absorbs negativity; BROWN SARDONYX: grounds; RED SARDONYX: stimulates; SERAPHINITE: astral travel, enlightenment, meditation, spirituality, weight loss; SODALITE: blends intuition & logic, harmony, meditation, memory, spirituality, truth; TANZANITE: Fairy/spirit contact, magic, manifestation, psychic communication, visions; TIGER EYE: good luck, motivation, protection, self-confidence, stability; TOURMALINE: balance, cleansing, divination, friendship, healing, joyfulness, love, protection; TURQUOISE: actualizing, balance, communication, intuition, protection, purification, spirituality, strength; UNAKITE: calming, grounding, healing, psychic vision; VARISCITE: peace, tranquility, alignment of heart and mind.

ORDERING ITEMS FROM ANN MOURA

The crafts shown above are no longer available, and new ones are in the store, Luna Sol Esoterica, at 311 S. PArk Ave. in Sanford, FL. 32771. For book orders, see the Autographed Books bar at The Potting Shed