A simple question today - how do you combine Creativity and Spirituality? Do you craft all the things needed for your rituals? Do you create one (or a couple different) kind of tool for ritual that you then sell? Or is the art created in ritual enough to satisfy you soul for a while? Perhaps maintaining your Book of Shadows is your creativity exposed....
This is the first time I've ever answered one of these prompts, but I saw it on Absynthe and Arsenic and it was right up my alley.
I haven't done much crafting here for several reasons. One, I just don't have the energy or focus during the week. I'm a babysitter to rich, privileged teenagers during the week and am too drained when I get home to think about being terribly creative . Two, my craft supplies are 6,000+ miles away, stored in my mom's house. But yes, I do craft.
I have made my own Goddess prayer beads. I've made several Goddess charms for necklaces, various Day of the Dead skull crafties - bracelets, necklaces, what have you - and runes. I make little Goddess figures and little bitsy foodstuffs for kitchen altars as well. All of these things are made out of polymer clay. When I return to the states, I fully intend to learn how to make resin jewelry so I can make some groovy Goddess stuff out of it too.
I've tried my hand at candle making but haven't made ritual candles yet. Another project I want to complete upon my return to the U.S. is my kitchen altar. I have plans for it that I will divulge at a later date. I was also repainting some nativity sets to look like Day of the Dead sugar skulls. Those I plan to sell, methinks. I'll repaint any statue I can get my hands on, really. I have a minor obsession with El Dia de los Muertos, it seems. :)
Last but not least, I cook. Cooking is my kitchen witch craft. Even if I am not making a recipe for a magical purpose, the food is still made with love in mind, so it still has some magical properties.
Oh, and the cookies made everyone very, very happy today. Mission accomplished. :D
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All your crafty ideas make me want to go home & craft all day. ^-^ I'm still working on some sugar skull beads (as I too am in love with this wonderful holiday) and I'll post some picures whenever I manage to finish them. I'm excited for you to get back to your crafting supplies! ^-^
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