Candy Dish Magic
My mother-in-law collects vintage candy dishes, and every year she gives me (and the rest of her daughters-in-law) a new candy dish. So just from that I already have quite a few. And then I found some that I liked the look of and bought for myself. What I'm trying to say is that I have far more candy dishes than I know what to do with.
So I got to thinking about how I can use those candy dishes in my practice. I can't say I've implemented too many of them just yet, but I figured I'd share my brainstorming anyway. I wrote this with candy dishes in mind, but many of the concepts can be used with any sort of decorative dish that you like the look of. So here's my (limited) list of magical things to do with a candy dish.
Fill it with specific candy to match an intention
I've come up with a few possibilities, but this is by no means a comprehensive list. Use the candies you like with the correspondences that make sense to you.
Peppermints for Healing, Clarity, or Luck (specifically with money)
Peach or Strawberry Candies for Love
Lemon Candies for Happiness, Positivity, or Friendship
Cinnamon Candies for Success or Courage
Caramels to sweeten things up
Chocolates for Grounding, Friendship, Love, or Vitality
Use it to store crystals
You can either keep your whole collection of crystals together in the dish, or choose a specific combination of crystals (possibly with some other components) for manifestation or spell work.
Use it as an Altar
I'm specifically drawing inspiration for this suggestion from those posts about making an "altar in a cup" that pop up on instagram near the sabbats. Same general idea, you place the appropriate items in the candy dish, possibly propped up in such a way that they're fully displayed. You could do this for the sabbats, or it can be an altar for a deity or your ancestors, or just a general one for yourself. The point of using the candy dish would be to use a smaller amount of space. Just remember to use fire safety if you include any candles.
Use it as a manifestation box
Whenever you want to manifest something, write the intention/affirmaton/whatever on a slip of paper and put it in your candy dish. You can keep collecting them indefinitely, or have a specific time each month (Full or New Moons, possibly) when you empty it and start over again. There's a lot of potential for customizing this idea for your practice, let me know if you want more ideas for it.
