LUNCH CRAFT

Hi lunchcrafters! Here is the first DIY craft on my blog for you to make in the kitchen and use in your house. I saw this spell on witchtok and fell in love. This lemon garland has a few steps - first boil lemon slices with some ingredients, then bake to dry them out, and then string together into a garland - giving you plenty of opportunities to infuse this citrus-y craft with your magical intentions. 

How to make a lemon garland protection spell

Gather your ingredients

2-3 lemons, sliced into rings

Salt

Rosemary, dried or fresh

Cinnamon

Ground cloves

Lavender, dried buds

Mix all together into a pot of water and boil until the lemons soften

For all the dry ingredients, just use a tablespoon or so of each - do what feels right, but you don’t need to pour a ton in there

Lay lemons on a baking sheet on parchment paper and bake at 170F for 6 hours, or until they’re dried out 

String up with twine or yarn and hang by your doors

Magickal properties

✨ Lemon: Purification, uplifting, rejuvenation, cleansing, happiness

✨ Salt: Cleansing, protection

✨ Rosemary: Cleansing, protection, love

✨ Lavender: Stress and anxiety relief, calming, harmony

✨ Cinnamon: Protection, purifies negative energy, makes your spell work faster!

✨ Cloves: Banishes evil, protection, prosperity 

Spell tips

Stir clockwise to invite positive attributes into your spell.

As you add in each ingredient, focus on the attributes listed above or any other correspondences that you hold dear for them - thank them as you pour them in the mix and ask them to grant you what they have to offer.

Be mindful of your ingredients - do you have any of these that were gifted to you? My friend’s mother dried some rosemary from her herb garden -- so I used that! 

If you want, save the water that you boiled the lemons in. I’ve seen some recommendations to spray it around your home, but I’d be afraid of it being too sticky. I have mine in a jar and plan to incorporate it into any future protection spells. 

Hang this garland on the outside door/s you use the most - I put mine by the door to our basement, since we leave out there to the garage daily. 

As you bake, the scent of these herbs and lemons will be beautiful and waft through your house. Use part of this six-hour bake time to meditate and visualize this aroma reaching all parts of your house, protecting every little corner. 

During Yule, use oranges instead of lemons! Oranges are energizing, a mood-booster and symbolize abundance.

Sources 

kalisawitch on TikTok

Magickal Correspondences of Lemons 

Magickal properties of Rosemary

I always start by looking at what I have on hand! Do a look over at the herbs and materials you have at home and start researching each of those to see if they resonate with you for this particular spell. 

And then, when I think of love spells, I always think of roses... you could add some dried rose petals in there, that’s so romantic sounding ;) Is there some special drink you two share, like tea or coffee? You could add in the tea leaves or some coffee grounds. When I made a comfort jar from my husband, I added in some Christmas tree needles that I’ve saved, since us two LOVE Christmas so much. Does that make sense? 

With the world in lockdown and many in-person events canceled, witches and occult practitioners around the world have begun to offer their workshops and classes ONLINE. This is a true silver lining in this pandemic. I’ve attended so many classes that I would never have the opportunity to join. 

Here are some of my favorite places and offerings: 

✨ The Future Mpls -- My hometown store! I love The Future so so so much. In person, I’ve taken classes on things like mediumship and zine making. Online, I’ve taken breathwork courses, classes that focus on astrology and runes, and most recently, alternative approaches to tarot. 

Many of these classes are priced on a sliding scale and often time offer scholarships or reduced pricing for LGBTQ & BIPOC attendees. 

The classes I’ve taken online have been recorded so you can watch them if you miss the date. 

✨ The Alchemist’s Kitchen -- Based in NYC, most of these courses are going to focus on herbalism and green witchery. I’ve taken a class by the AMAZING Robin Rose Bennett about common herbs/weeds you can use for medicinal purposes. 

These classes are recorded for later viewing. 

✨ Catland -- I haven’t taken any classes from Catland yet, but I’ve signed up for two! Intro to Herbal First Aid & Lunar Witchcraft: The Hunter’s Moon. So excited to dive into these offerings. 

The prices are more than reasonable for a two hour long class and they’re recorded if you miss the session. 

✨ Treadwell’s London -- All the way in LONDON, this is such an exciting thing for a little Midwestern witch like me to be part of. It’s so important to me to start rounding out my education and learning from different magicians and witches from all around the world. I’ve taken a Sigil Magic class that was so much more interactive than any of the other lectures I’ve been part of, and have a Samhain class on my calendar this October. 

If you aren’t based in London, be sure to be careful about the time zone difference when signing up and attending!

✨ Pam Grossman + Janaka Stucky -- And lastly, two of my favorite magickal,  mystical creators. I’ve taken a writing for the occult workshop from them and have signed up for another writing themed course this weekend. I cannot recommend these two enough. 

Their classes sell out FAST... like within hours. I would follow them both online to make sure you get notified right away, and then don’t hesitate. 

A protection & comforting spell jar to make you feel safe at home

I love making spell jars -- the act itself is so comforting to me. Like a recipe you can’t screw up, you carefully pick the right ingredients... I follow traditional magickal properties, but I also let my intuition (and creativity) guide me. 

With spell jars, focus your intent with each little bit of herb or material you funnel into your bottle. Think of why you chose the ingredient and what you’d like to take from it. When you have the jar with you in the future, remember these whys and whats and keep in mind what you hoped to gain from this spell. 

How to create an anti-anxiety spell jar

Now, this is one of a million combinations you can use. This is what I found comforting to me when I created it, and I used ingredients that brought me contentment and that safe-at-home feeling when I thought of them. Feel free to change it up, but take inspiration from this individual jar. 

Light a tea candle, something that you’ll be able to pour wax from when you’ve sealed your bottle

Wave your empty jar over the air above the flame to cleanse, and imagine that this vessel is now perfectly clear and waiting for the intentions you’ll fill it with 

Start layering your ingredients, using a little funnel or rolled up piece of paper, and think mindfully about each as you pour them in

Be sure to start with the more fine ingredients like salt or cinnamon and work your way up to more coarse materials

Seal the jar with it’s lid and (carefully!) either dip it into the melted wax of your candle or pour the wax on top to seal 

Keep it with you where you know you’ll need it the most - maybe on your altar, maybe on your desk at work, or maybe in your makeup case or your nightstand 

Anti-anxiety spell jar ingredients and magickal properties 

(Starting from the bottom) 

✨ Salt (protection + absorbs negative energy) 

✨ Ground cloves (releases negative energy) 

✨ Cinnamon (protection + love)

✨ Espresso grounds (clear mind + energy) 

✨ Cardamom (feminine energy, relaxes body + clears mind) 

✨ Turmeric (protection + banishes negative energy) 

✨ Dill (mental strength) 

✨ Chamomile & lavender tea (calmness + peace) 

✨ Oregano (comfort + strength + joy) 

✨ Rosemary (concentration + love + protection) 

✨ Crushed candy canes/peppermint (comfort + nostalgic memories)

If you are performing any spells to help with anxiety, bring this into your circle for added benefit. You can also keep this with you during any meditation practice, yoga sessions or relaxation rituals. NOTE: spell jars are no replacement for getting professional help, if needed. Please reach out if you have any mental health questions; this witch is here! 

Have you been seeing all these cloud bread recipes all over TikTok? They look just easy enough to get you up off your couch and try and just cute enough to know it’ll be a great picture, regardless of how the meringue-like dessert turns out. 

I, of course, was inspired to make one of these trendy more-cotton-candy-than-bread breads, but wanted to make sure I added a witchy element to it. I’ve been going through kind of a blue time of my life, so I figured something sweet, calming, and soothing would be a perfect treat at a time like this. I chose to add some blue food coloring into the mix, as well as some vanilla extract -- two ingredients that aren’t called for in all recipes.  

Magickal Properties

The ingredient list is short, so be sure to take your time thinking about the magickal properties of each as you mix them in! 

Egg Whites: Eggs are traditionally seen as a symbol of fertility, but they can also be used as a symbol of abundance and renewal. As I whisked (and whisked and whisked) my egg whites, I thought about an abundance of comfort, protection, and healing. 

Sugar: Since it’s so sweet, sugar is often used in love spells, but I’ve also read many witches who use it as an attractant -- just like bugs are drawn to syrup, sugar in spells can draw things to you. In this recipe, as I added the sugar, I thought of it as an amplifier to the other ingredients - while the eggs were for protection, the sugar acted as a +1 modifier.  

Cornstarch: Just cornstarch! This blog says that it “smooths the way for prosperity and motivates better luck.” I like that! 

Vanilla Extract: Known for calming, consoling, soothing, and happiness, vanilla was an absolute need-to-have. As I splashed a little bit in at the end, I asked for calming and healthy vibrations, with a hint of sweetness, too.  

Blue Food Coloring: Blue! In magick spells, the color blue is used to symbolize calming, reliability, gentleness, guidance, healing, and sleep protection. One tiny little dot of food coloring turned my bread a sweet baby blue hue, and as I very carefully added it in, I asked for the color blue to look out for me. Plus, like I said -- since I’ve been going through a blue time, I wanted to reclaim that blue and make it a positive connotation instead.    

Magical Cloud Bread Recipe 

Whisk 3 egg whites. Like, really whisk them. Use an electric mixer if you have it, because they need to be whisked at medium-high speed for a while. Keep whisking until they’re frothy and bubbly, starting on low at first and increasing speed little by little. 

Add in 30g of white sugar and 10g of cornstarch. Keep whisking. Whisk until the batter is super light and fluffy and forms stiff peaks. It took me over ten minutes, so keep at it! 

Mix in one drop of blue food coloring and 1/8 tsp of vanilla extract. 

Use a rubber spatula to shape onto a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. I did a round dome, but it looks cute if you have a more rustic look, as well. Just know that whatever way you shape it is exactly how it’ll look when it comes out of the oven. 

Bake at 300 degrees for 20-25 minutes. 

Eat right away! 

Spell Tips

Be sure to mix clockwise to invite in all of these positive elements to your recipe. 

Save your eggshells! You can grind them up to use in spell jars, protection spells, or to fertilize your house plants. 

I don’t always cast a circle while doing kitchen magic, but feel free if you would like. Just always remember to open the circle back up once you’re through.  

Be present and mindful in every step. As you add in each new ingredient, focus on the magickal properties of each.

If you work with sigils, draw any protection and calming sigils on the parchment paper before you put the batter on top. 

I like to match the music to the intention of the spell -- so for this calming, soothing recipe, I wouldn’t listen to a political or true crime podcast. I found some nice soothing music instead! This time: Orville Peck’s new EP. 

Lastly, be mindful as you eat your treat, too. This cloud bread is so sugary and fun, think of how it makes you smile as you eat it and remember that feeling.   

Sources

10 Ways to Use Eggs in Witchcraft 

Sugar | The Witches’ Circle

Vanilla Magick

Hi everyone, welcome to my new digital grimoire. I want to introduce myself! 

My name is Maddy & I’m an elder millennial from Minnesota. I’ve been a witch my whole life, but only labeling myself as one for the past five or so years. I’m drawn to many areas, but kitchen magic, green magic, herbalism, and divination (specifically tarot) are my callings. 

I’d really like this blog to act as a diary for my journey, highlighting specifically the kitchen magic I research and try.