Happy New Year!

One more smudgekin for the tired old year.

And some music to go with.

Dear friends, I hope the turn of the year kicks out the old pain and brings in new joy, hope and strength.  Let your goodness shine bright for all to see!

Happy Solstice, Hannuka, Christmas, Kwanza and Festivus

Happy holidays to all of you, and most of all, a much better New Year.  Don't lose hope, let your hearts be light and free, and may your goodness spread out from you like the ripples of a stone thrown in a pond.  You do make a difference.

Smudgekins Occupy Christmas!

100% recycled, vintage, miniature rag dolls, made of reclaimed and tea stained fabric remnants, stuffed with recycled sawdust, and trimmed with bits of vintage lace and beads for a gentle twinkle.
Visit them in my Etsy shop.

Sold to a Good Home in Tacoma

W.I.P. shots

Winter Sigil Now Offered in My Etsy Shop

https://www.etsy.com/listing/210149780/winter-sigil-found-object-assemblage?ref=shop_home_active_1

The Inevitable Darkness

Halloween and Dias should last at least, at the very least, a whole week.  My favorite time of the year, when we get to accept and laugh at the inevitable darkness.

Winter Sigil

  

An amulet to help with surviving gloomy, wet days of the Northwest winter:  hazel twigs, cold forged horseshoe nail, operculum, found object, rosary fragment, and a crusty glass spike from Numinosity Beads.  The components provide several layers of magical protection: the twigs act as a guardian, the nail an enhancer of powers, and the operculum, much like an evil eye, provides protection and stability.  Add hot ginger tea, eat your greens and take extra Vitamin D and some hikes, even with umbrella, and you should make it to spring.  I call it "Sigil,"for its powers and calligraphic quality.