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Lavellan Love’s Art Giveaway

I reached my first follower milestone today, so I wanted to celebrate with my first art giveaway! You all have been so awesome, and I’m so thankful for your support. What a wonderful, talented, inspiring community. 4th Prize: x4 | 3rd Prize: x3 | 2nd Prize: x2 | 1st Prize: x1

You must be following me. New followers are totally welcome! Just don’t follow for the giveaway then leave. (I’m not that bad, promise!)

1 reblog = 1 entry. Giveaway blogs not eligible. Be cool, no spam. ;)

The giveaway window closes on Friday, 9/4 @ 9pm CST.

Winners will be selected via random number generator, and notified via ask. If you do not respond in 24 hours, another winner will be selected.

Good luck, and thanks again for your support!   –Whit

I said a few days ago I was planning on celebrating when I reached my follower milestone but it happened overnight, literally while I was sleeping, so when I woke up I was overwhelmed.

But now I figured out what I want to do, and it’s a giveaway!

So first things first — prizes.

6th-4th Prize: 1 character sketch, from the shoulders up;

3rd Prize: 1-2 characters flats/light shading in monochrome, either from the shoulders or waist up;

2nd Prize: 1-2 characters painted sketch, either from the shoulders or waist up;

1st Prize: 1 page comic, in lineart with or without coloring, 3 characters max.

Rules:

You must be following me (new followers are welcome, but don’t win and leave);

No giveaway blogs;

Only reblogs count. You may reblog as many times you like, as long as you don’t spam your followers;

You must have an idea for the comic;

Giveaway closes at Sunday, September 13th at 23:59 GMT;

Winners will be selected at random with a number generator and notified via ask. Your ask box must be open and respond within 48h. If not, another winner will be selected.

Edit: Whelp, forgot to add: I will not do sexually explicit material, extreme violence/gore, or hate-speech. Though I have preferences, any fandom is OK, as long as I got references. For this giveaway, I can do OCs with only written description, except for the comic. I am most comfortable with humanoids and still poses, but will draw whatever (can’t guarantee the same quality, though).

For more art examples, check out my art blog tsyelearts.

This is for a request made by sabrinahasablr :3

Tools for the Kitchen Witch

Here is a list of things that I would suggest that kitchen witches keep on hand. I know that we get a little caught up in the THINGS of witchcraft, but for the kitchen witch the things are much more simple and easy to come by. Also I feel like kitchen witchery is kind of about these things:

Wand: for a kitchen witch, the wand is one of the super fun items. Because… your spoon is your wand! Pick a favorite metal spoon or a wooden spoon, maybe decorate it, maybe not. Designate that as your wand, and make sure every magic concoction is given a good stir with it. Even use it in non food spell casting! Brandishing a spoon has a very unique and powerful feel to it ;3

Besom: the witch’s broom can take many forms. I like to have 2; a practical broom that I can use to clean and to cleanse, and a little broom for more symbolic cleaning. I’ll use it when I feel particularly yucky and I “sweep” out the air around me. I made mine from willow branches, and wrapped them in a long string to make the handle, and dipped the tip in wax. Easy! The kitchen witch can use any old broom to be their besom.

Cauldron: you’re probably getting the idea. The cauldron doesn’t have to be massive, cast iron, and hang over a fireplace. Choose a pot to be your cauldron. Specify it for magical concoctions. Making a super-charged soup for cold fighting? Pull out the cauldron! You can even use it every day, because magic is best when it happens all the time. I also keep a small ceramic bowl that I use as my mini cauldron, much like my mini broom, it’t for more symbolic workings.

Athame: any kitchen knife can become your athame, but having a special knife set aside for specific plant harvesting is I think a good idea. I also have a neat (and useless) arrowhead knife that I use for symbolic things in spells and rituals,

Empty jars. Lots of empty jars. Spells and storage!

Sewing kit: I really like making little sachets of herbs for various spells, and as a kitchen witch I’m always fixing and making things. Also who hasn’t had a button fall off their favorite shirt?

Herbs: There are a great number of dried grocery store herbs that I think a good kitchen witch will want to keep on hand, both for cooking and for magic. The are thyme, garlic, onion, ginger, bay leaf, basil, oregano, rosemary, nutmeg, cinnamon. Sage is of course the witch’s all purpose cleanser, and lavender is a great herb to have. These may not be as easy to find, however lots of lavender soaps and oils are becoming available.

Cook book: get the most all inclusive, massive, wonderful cook book you can find. Write in it. Find things on the internet and print them out. Build a massive library of delicious things to do with food.

Spell book: This is also your Book of Shadows. Every witch should keep a journal, notebook, and or their own personal book in which they gather information on their craft. Record everything, even things you later don’t believe. Be informed!

Notebook

House plants: House plants are air cleaners, mood boosters, and good friends. Jade and other succulents are extremely easy to care for. I feel that kitchen witches are well suited to keeping little friends, for good spirits and the like.

Candles: keep candles on hand, also for spells. Birthday candles are great for some quick magic.

Hearth: I know that in the modern world, having a fireplace isn’t going to be possible for everyone. Kitchen witches are about the home, and as such I think that we need a “hearth”. For the urban and or poor witch, this can be a stone, a candle, a jar, anything. Make it your center. Make it the essence of your home. This makes cleansing and assessing the energy of your home a little simpler. It’s also a great way to help acknowledge the home as an entity with a heart.

That’s it! Most of these are easy to get, not only inexpensively, but also at pretty much any store. And even so, I want to say again that not all of this is necessary. You just need a kitchen to be a kitchen witch, really!

Happy cooking kitchen witches!

Be warm and be well,

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Your posts will look something like this:

Instructions:

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yes I figured out what “please turn over” is in mando’a

no I’m not obsessing

okay maybe a little