I love hands-on activities for school – it is much easier to remember learning something if it is fun. Corn husk dolls are a fun way to learn a little bit about the handmade toys used by nat…

Tell us about your relationship with plants and the Earth? My relationship with nature has really developed over the last 8-9 years since I started dyeing with plants. Before that point I can honestly say that I didn't pay a huge amount of attention to the plants growing around me. I just saw trees as general ‘greenery’ and didn't look at details in the way I do now. The last few years have been a gradual love affair with nature. I live in a busy town (for now, anyway) and searching for new plants to try in my dye pot has been a wonderful way to explore new places, and get to know the plants that were right on my doorstep all along. Within a two minute walk of my home I have alder trees (the cones make a rich golden caramel coloured dye), stinging nettles (they make a range of grey/green/tan shades depending on the time of year), a sequoia tree with cones that make a peachy tan colour, and countless other trees, herbs and flowers that can give us beautiful colours. I really enjoy trying to identify plants that are new to me, then learning about them and testing them in my dye pot. Once I’ve learnt about a new plant, it seems to follow me around and I spot it everywhere. It’s amazing how many wonderful plants there are right under our feet, but until we really look, we don’t notice them! This is what I explore in my natural dye book Botanical Colour at your Fingertips. I love encouraging other people to experiment with their local plants too. There is colour everywhere, just waiting to be discovered. I like looking at the in-between places that are often forgotten, such as collecting fallen camellia flowers in an alleyway and using them for bundle dyeing, plucking gorse flowers from the prickly bushes alongside the road, and the incredible array of

This article is a guide for Wiccan or Pagan newcomers on a budget who wish to use cheap and free items to set up their personal altars. Read on to learn about altar placement and orientation, traditional and non-traditional altar tools, and the roles of altar tools in your practice!

Here at 91 you may have noticed we love a good old nosy around people’s homes and workspaces! So this book - Make: Cornwall - was right up our street, as photographer Anya Rice and writer Katherine Sorrell share the studio spaces and creative work of 25 craftspeople, all based in the south west of the UK.

In this joint episode, available on both The Empowered Modern Witches Show and Expedition to Soul, I'm chatting with Sara Walka, the founder of The Sisters Enchanted.

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How B.W. Shoppe came to have this novel... What a dreamy day it was when this book came in.. A REAL cowboy- spurs on his boots, hat rightfully in place and his horse tied up outside on one of the public benches. He laid the charm on thick when he came in the door. He traded this book and a single piece of gold for a beautiful ring. My witchy heart was a little bit broken when I realized he was buying it for his soon-to-be fiance. I did a simple spell to make the ring dazzle brighter than before, though. As a good book witch-in-training, one must be sure to always make sure to use their magic for the good of the books. And I was interested to see who would like this book more than I was of when the cowboy's potential nuptials were going to be. ~ ~ ~ USED PAPERBACK!! BOOK ONE IN A SERIES!! Each purchase of a BDWaB novel bought from this shop comes with a bookmark, 2 stickers for the reader and another piece picked special for each book! ~ ~ ~ *There will be a mixture of used and new books, each listing will specify quality of book! **Thank you in advance for your support!

I've found things like this are good options for keeping little bits of magic going even when life gets hectic, and they are also often fun to do.