Skye The Canvas

witchy supplies can be extremely pricey, and the only help i’ve seen on here is for the us, so i thought i’d share my go to places as a broke witch <3

1) the works

this shop is THE BOMB! here prices range from 50p to around £5 for the biggest hardback books. super affordable and good quality! you can get~

small glass jars with cork stoppers (spell jars! also storing herbs) 6 for £1

twig wreaths for pentagram making

seasonal craft supplies, eg flowers and eggs around spring, fake holly and wreaths in winter etc

wooden boxes, £1-£2.50! you can paint them or leave them as! great for storage or wish boxes

books!! here i’ve found “The Green Witch” “The Angel/Tarot/Crystal Bible” “wiccapedia” “The House Witch” “The Apprentice Witches Spellbook” and “Spells for peace of mind” all for under £5! there are so many spirituality books here

paints, ribbons, fat quarters etc

poundland

there’s more useful stuff here than you’d expect!

incense! packs of 50 sticks in lavender, vanilla, patchouli, sandlewood and myhr.

CANDLES!!! scented candles, coloured candles, tea lights!

candle holders

large glass jars! amazing quality

large glass bottles

notebooks! there is a A4 hardback black notebook that would be perfect for a first BOS

paints, glues, ribbons, glitters

table salt

TK Maxx

this shop is the home of the miscellaneous. you can find so much it’s amazing, and all at discounted prices!

CANDLES!!! they have isles upon isles of candles with all scents colours and styles you could ever ask for

glass jars and bottles

essential oils

pestle and mortars

i’ve seen a 15 piece spice and herb rack, for around £20. it comes with all glass bottles and a wooden rack! includes all your basics, basil, rosemary, thyme, cinnamon sticks etc

i’ve even seen beginner crystal sets here!

pink himalayan salt

rose quartz facial rollers! perfect for beginner glamour spells

notebooks, pens and paints

please bare in mind that every tk maxx is going to have something different, and it may be hard to find things due to their unorganised nature, but try your best and you’ll find some gems garunteed!

your average supermarket!

this is going to be your most accessible place, so i got you.

HERBS AND SPICES! every shop, even corner shops has these. sainsbury’s and morrisons do glass containers with around 15g worth of herb depending on the type. it’s a lot and will last you ages. £1 ish :)

flowers!!!! roses are surprisingly cheap if you buy a plain bouquet, but of course other types too. in spring they also sell plants for growing in your garden, like lavender.

seeds and bulbs! start your imbolc off by planting in your magickal garden!

craft supplies, ribbon, paint, glue etc

fresh herb plants such as basil, mint and rosemary! i presume if you take good care of them you can keep them for long term :)

travel bottles, spray bottles etc

glass jars and bottles

candles! limited selection and could be pricey but worth a shot

primark!

primark home has loads of cool things :)

candles candles candles! i’ve seen packs of 50 tea lights for £1.50! range of colours and scents

scent diffusers, for those that can’t use smoke

harry potters things! it’s cheesy but i think it’s so cute :) you can buy broomstick hair pins and things like that!

faux leather satchels! great for nature walks and foraging

boots!!! almost doc martin rip offs, not more than £15! seems pricey but compared to the <£100 of real docs it’s a steal! great for nature walks, hikes and foraging

seasonal! fake succulents and flowers for altar, cute little jars and fairy lights :)

online!

im gonna link some really affordable online witchy shops!

EBAY!!! i’m telling you! incense is insanely cheap here, you can buy spell candles, crystals and pendulums! tarot cards too! i’ve used ebay so much and it’s saved me a tonne! most shopping is fast and free there too! way better than amazon imo.

https://www.thepsychictree.co.uk is amazing for crystals! tumbled stones from as little as 50p! you can also buy tarot cards, jewellery and books! shopping is around £3 i belive but free over £30! honestly this place saved my life

wish! right, i wouldn’t reccommend anything too amazing here because lots of things are cheap rip offs, but you can get gorgeous tarot cards, jewellery, and tapestry’s here! be careful though loves <3

hobbycraft!

this shop makes my heart melt. so many amazing supplies here!

glass jars and bottles! i’m talking 6 jam jars for a pound!

ribbons, paints, glitter, glue and all craft things!

tiny jars!

decorative stones! great for creating rune stones!

floristry stuff! wreaths, flowers, fake flowers etc! i even bought moss!

essential oils! and soap/ lip balm making kits!

candle making kits!

sewing supplies!!!!

hot glue guns!

D R I E D L A V E N D E R! it took my friends a while to track this down! but i know you can get it here

scrapbook supplies= book of shadows supplies!

little baskets for foraging and nature walks :’) this will truly bring out your inner cottagecore witch

so so so so much more!

home!

this can be complicated when you live with parents, especially if they’re unsupportive but here are some ideas!

save ALL glass jars and bottles! i’m telling you they’re so useful. if you need an excuse, say you have a craft project in mind, you want to put fairy lights in them or you need them for school :)

go foraging! this doesn’t have to be crazy. collect things around you, like sticks (for wands) collect nettles! mugwort can be found by most roadsides! dry out needles, go to your local park or national trust area! collect rain water and stream water!

you can substitute all herbs for rosemary i’m pretty sure and all crystals for clear quartz! all candles for white ones and all incense for nag champa! all flowers for roses etc :)

crest alter pieces yourself! my amazing friend @ella-ruby12 made an amazing pentagram alter piece from sticks and string for my yule present :)

I was set a challenge by my therapist to create a jar of compliments that I couldn’t accept. I suffer severely from anxiety and depression and often reject or ignore compliments due to a low self esteem and low self worth. The idea was to create a jar of nice things people have said to me and look at them whenever I feel down on myself which will slowly teach me to accept the compliments I am given. I decided to witchify this and create a jar that is magically charged.

Here in my messy bunch of supplies are a jar, markers, magazine images, leftover Christmas ribbons and small papers with compliments on them that I have received.

I started off by labelling my jar it says :

‘Jar of nice things’

‘(Because I need to learn self esteem’

I then selected some magazine images that represent what I am trying to achieve by creating this jar.

I used :

Daffodils for rebirth : I am trying to alter my way of thinking , giving birth to a more positive outlook

Butterflies : Which means a similar thing to the daffodils. I thought they would work well with the jar as they go from being ugly and in a state of hiding , to becoming a beautiful creature.

The words ‘just as strange I am’: because just as strange as I am I guess I deserve love too and these things were said to me despite my strangeness or the things I see in mysef as being negative.

And the words ‘love yourself’: because although this is a jar of compliments, it’s teaching me to be accepting of the fact that there are things about myself that are good or worthy of love.

Finally I added gold ribbon for joy and happiness and red for love.

After I’d completed the jar I got to work in creating a sigil for self love and communication and got to this :

The mercury sign is for communication, we are opening up the channels of communication between ourselves and others in order to hear the positive things they are saying

The heart in place of the circle in mercury is for love

The earth sign at the base is for grounding because we are not trying to inflate the ego just to become more accepting of ourselves ❤️

I charged the sigil by burning and finished the jar by adding my witchy dignitaries at the base.

If anyone decided to make a jar please tag me I’d love to see other people’s jars and what images they have attached to them !

In religious or mythological cosmology, the seven heavens refer to seven levels or divisions of Heaven.

The ancients believed that there were Seven Heavens which related to the seven observable planets in our solar system. The Sun and Moon, where referred to as planets by the ancients due to lack astronomical understanding and with these they also  included the five planets which were visible by the naked eye, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter. According to this belief each planet occupied its own layer of Heaven or potion of the sky/space, each occupying an orbit further and further away from Earth, as Earth was the considered centre of the Universe. Today we realise that this apparent distance is in fact the planets orbit around the Sun, not distance from the Earth.

Moon 

Mercury

Venus

Sun

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn 

Hello!

Here is some tips I found for practicing in the broom closet!

For setting up an altar, one suggestion is to place the altar in a closet, if you at least have your own room, that way it will not be on display. Another option for a larger altar is to build it inside of a box or suitcase that can be hidden under the bed when not in use.

For people who do not have their own room, small altars can be made from small boxes, even mint tins. By using smaller vials or relying on just pictures and drawings, you can make a simple, functional altar.

For offerings, although food and drink are some of the most basic offerings we make, you can also offer your prayers, the lighting of a candle or your own meditation as a form of vernation. This option works for honouring both gods and ancestors. 

If you’re dealing with deities or other natural spirits, then you can simply go to places that are associated with them.

For spellwork, it suggests throwing away any preconceived notion you have about what magick is supposes to look like. Tailor it to your needs. If you can’t outwardly cast a circle, sit quietly and do it in your head. Utilise sigils and use it for things like drawing in your lotion and rubbing it into your skin for beauty, confidence and protection.

“Out of all the mythical, dangerous, beautiful flora I’ve collected over the years, the tsundere-flower is the most prickly”

~excerpt from a travelers journal

My current samefood is homemade banana bread, it’s sooo good and really easy to make! 😍 I’m going to share my recipe with you all for anyone who wants to try baking it. (If you’d like me to add pictures to the instructions just let me know, I can take pictures of the process next time I make it)

Ingredients:

• 195g of plain flour.

• 4 teaspoons of baking powder.

• ¼ teaspoon of salt.

• ¼ teaspoon of cinnamon.

• 4 very ripened bananas.

• 115g of melted unsalted butter.

• 150g of light brown sugar.

• 2 large (or medium) eggs, lightly beaten.

• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.

Instructions:

Preheat your oven to 170° fan and prepare your loaf tin. I use baking paper to stop the banana bread from sticking to the tin. Melt the unsalted butter in the microwave so it’s cool for when you need to use it. Lightly beat your eggs in a small bowl for when you need them.

Whisk the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon all together in a bowl until combined. In a separate bowl mash the bananas into a chunky paste then whisk in the melted butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla extract until it’s all blended. Use a rubber spatula to scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl, then add the dry ingredients in 3 parts. Stir gently until it’s all mixed in.

Pour the mixture into the tin and put it in the oven for 60-70 minutes (or until it’s baked to your satisfaction). If you don’t want your banana bread browning too much take it out of the oven after 40 minutes and loosely cover the top with some tin foil, then put it back in the oven to finish baking. I like my banana bread to be more like a cake so I only bake it for an hour and I cover the top after 40 minutes. If you want it to be a little less soft you can bake it for longer without covering the top.

My personal correspondences for banana bread:

Banana (life, prosperity, protection)

Cinnamon (prosperity, passion, healing)

Brown sugar (Love, family)

Vanilla extract (peace, calming)

Salt (protection)