Pixiebella Witchiepoo

  Fire Cider has been made for centuries, if not much longer. It isn't really a tincture and there is a word for what it is, but I can't think of it right now so I will just call it a potion. It is supposed to boost the immune system, help with digestion, ease colds and keep you warm on those cold days of winter.  I never make it exactly the same, but there are key ingredients I use every time. Apple cider vinegar is the main ingredient. I always use organic unfiltered. The other key ingredients are horseradish, garlic, onion, peel and juice of a citrus fruit and some sort of hot pepper powder.   I always use horseradish root, but apparently there is also a powdered form that can be used. Normally I buy it on the internet and it is slightly expensive, but you don't need much and can freeze the rest for future use. This year I used orange peel and juice instead of lime for something new. Of course I used NM red Chile powder!  Other ingredients I added were ginger...

  I just realized #3 will be on the way soon and I hadn't said anything about #2! I was as impressed with the second box as I was with the first! Since I have already put it away I will just mention a few of my favorite things from it!  First off, I loved the seasonal journal again! So much great stuff in it!  Then there was this adorable set of mini gemstone carvings! The aventurine (I think) mushroom was my favorite, the shapes are standard, but the gemstone is random.  I love succulents and was happy with the Hen and Chicks plant which is one of my favorites!  I loved how adorable it was when I transplanted it into the pot and put it in the macrame hanger that were included with the box!  I know I have mentioned before how much I love the Tamed Wild card decks and this was no exception. Sure like a lot of them, this could be put into book form, but it is just cooler as a card deck, imo. This box included the Wild Moon deck! It contains 28 cards, one for ...

  For the second time in recent months I had a dream about a magical crystal. Last time it was a rainbow fluorite tower or wand and this time it was a coaster sized larbradorite plate.   This is the part of the dream that I remember. Something could have went on prior to it, but I don't remember that if it did. I am sitting outside, upstairs on my yoga mat. In front of me on the mat is the labradorite plate and I am staring at it. I don't know if it was some sort of meditation or why I was doing that, but I felt that I had been doing it for a while, not hours, but like 20 minutes or more. Suddenly a white beam shoots out of the stone! It is similar to a laser beam and it shoots out about 4 to 6 inches. In the dream I am so happy! I was so happy that I actually woke up and thought wow, that was cool and immediately fell back to sleep. I don't know what time that happened and if I woke up 15 minutes later or hours later, but when I did I immediately remembered the dream. Th...

  A couple weeks ago Mindful Souls offered a deal to try their box, $25 including shipping. It is normally $38, so I thought I would give it a try and see how it compares to Tamed Wild.  The first thing on top of the box was this obsidian necklace which was a free gift for trying the box. Funny thing, the only thing I ever bought from MS was this necklace. I love obsidian and I have had many compliments when wearing it. I didn't at all mind getting another one, this one I will hang from my rear view mirror in my car.  After pulling up the papers I could see some items included with the box and the first thing I saw was this horrid thing!  I believe it is the tackiest dream catcher I have ever seen! The beads are plastic and it reminded me of something I might find in a bargain bin in some tourist shop along route 66 for $1. I remember thinking that I hope the rest of the items aren't this bad! It actually looks better in that photo than it does in person.  Next ...

  It was worth the wait!  Above are the small spells cards along with a bag for them! So cute! Just quick little spells that don't require much effort. I also really like the artwork on the cards, each one is different. Probably my favorite item from this box!  The above photo shows the workbook, which I will talk more about later in this post. Botanical hair rinse (calendula, rose and jasmine), the herb jar is comfrey (great for making ointments) and the little envelope contains beads for a pagan mala. I am not sure what the beads are made from, not plastic, seems like stone or glass. Too tiny for me and my old eyes, but I will make a mala with some larger beads I have and use the tassel. The jasmine and neroli soy candle and the jasmine body oil smell divine! Also, included an empty bottle for making your own potions!  Moonstone pillar and a sunstone! The pillar is a good size, about 4.5 inches and I had been wanting a moonstone pillar for months! I love sunstone t...

  About a week ago I finally got around to putting a bail on my favorite Lemurian crystal so that I can wear it as a necklace and it can go everywhere with me! I did this using UV resin which I have used numerous times to add bails to crystals and other stones and it has always worked great! After letting it cure for a few days I tugged on it, tried to wiggle it and it was on there tight. I have a little makeup bag that I keep next to me in the living room and I keep some of my crystals in there along with other little things I often need like nail files and lip balm. A couple days later I take it out to wear it and the bail is not on there, it is laying in the bottom of the bag. Even weirder is that resin hardens and turns into a hard plastic, but there was no resin on the stone or on the bail. It was like it just dissolved! I can only assume that this crystal did not want to be a pendant and I will respect its wishes and instead if I want it with me it will be in a bag, my pocket...

  The other day I downloaded a free meditation app from the app store, soothing pod. I've not had much luck with free apps. Normally they either aren't very good or drive you insane with ads, so I didn't expect much. As it turned out, the good reviews were real and this app is a keeper as far as I am concerned! There are absolutely no ads on this app! There aren't even any in-app purchases, anything listed in the app is totally free for you to use!  There is so much in this app! Not just the meditation, but also music, sounds and bedtime stories! The top image is a screenshot of some of the sound section.  So far the meditations I have used are pretty short, like around 6 minutes, but there are many more that I haven't tried. They are very simple and yet I find them helpful compared to trying to meditate by myself. There are probably more complex ones, but I have just been using the beginner ones so far.  The music is also very relaxing and nice. There are many choi...

 I found myself irritated by the fact that it is June and I have not yet received the May-July seasonal box, especially because of the dated workbook. I emailed TW just telling them of my irritation, not asking when it was expected or anything and I did receive a nice reply and an explanation of what is going on that I am sharing below. Thank you for writing in regarding your first seasonal box. I am so sorry your shipping is late. We are working hard to get these out right now. You will receive an automated email with the tracking information as soon as your box ships. USPS may take 24-72 hours to scan the box into their system, per their tracking guidelines.    We have learned a lot during this transition. First, we understand the workbook is dated beginning May 1st and the boxes are currently shipping past that date. We have learned from your feedback, and for the Fall box that encompasses August, September, and October that we will begin shipping July 1st to avoid thi...

  I once bought a pretty rainbow obsidian necklace from Mindful Souls. Since then I receive a daily (sometimes more) emails trying to sell me products. Most of their products seem overpriced, at least the ones I have seen on Amazon and other metaphysical type sites. However, what really irritates me is that they can't even get their emails trying to sell me things right. The June full moon is on the 4th, not the 14th as it says in this screenshot from my email. This is at least the 3rd time I have received an email from them containing false information on the day or date of something and I don't even open most of their emails! Not very mindful if you ask me, so I will be calling them mindless souls from now on!  Follow up 5/29: I emailed Mindless Souls the day they sent out that email and I am sure others probably did as well. They never sent out another email to correct their mistake. Apparently if they haven't created an email to sell you things they do not email.  Fol...

 

  Since this is the last monthly box before they start the seasonal ones I decided to review it and then I can compare it with the seasonal to figure out if I am still getting 3 months worth of stuff! lol!  The box was different this month and larger so I assume it is the size they will be using for the seasonal boxes.  At the top of the box, like every month was the ritual cards. They give you a ritual to do with the items and also tell you about the items. I rarely do the ritual, but I use the items in my own rituals. I also save all my ritual cards for future reference.  The next thing in the box was the flower book! I LOVE Tamed Wild's little booklets and I think I have almost all them! Thankfully, I did not have this one yet. There are about 30 different flowers in it, it tells you uses for them, symbolism and gives a little ritual you can do with them. It also have lovely illustrations and 3 pages for notes!  Then there was a cool pin back alchemy/potion b...

  Sometime last week I had a dream where I was doing some sort of spell or ritual and waving around a wand/tower. I noticed it was rainbow fluorite and I thought, "but I don't have a rainbow fluorite tower" and then I woke up. The next day I went on Amazon and bought one! It arrived on Friday and as you can see in the photo it is beautiful!  Friday night I decided to leave it on the table next to my bed when I went to sleep and as you might guess I had a very strange dream: I was in what seemed to be a large airplane hanger, there were lots of people there with me, some I knew, but most I didn't. Several Ufologists that I know were there, like Richard Dolan! One person I knew is dead in real life, but was there in the dream. We were all waiting for the aliens to arrive! They were coming to some sort of meeting. I really don't know who they were meeting with, it wasn't me. I knew I was there because I would be leaving with them, as would be everyone else in the...

  Tamed Wild is switching monthly subscription boxes to quarterly. I am kind of sad about this because I look forward to my box each month. There are good things about this change though! Like you will get 3 months worth of items for only $56, right now the monthly boxes are $28 so it is like getting a free month 4 times per year!  One new thing that will be included each quarter is a seasonal workbook.  It looks pretty cool, although, I already have a 2023 planner that is very similar from what I can tell. You also still get a monthly ritual (x 3) and all the items needed to perform them. I assume that "Small Spells" deck will be included in the first quarterly shipment at the end of April since they included the photo along with the workbook in their email.  I will still miss getting my monthly box, but I imagine I will look forward to a quarterly box packed with 3 months worth of stuff even more! 

A lot of tarot readers seem to look down on oracle cards because they are not as complex as the tarot. I understand this feeling, but I find oracle cards to be fun and often accurate. This is the most fun of the oracle decks I have. It also comes with a booklet which I never use because I feel there is enough information on the cards.  I got 3 really great ladies this time! It was totally surprising that I didn't get any men. I'll admit I am not a fan of Cher's singing voice, but I still really admire her for many other reasons! It forced me to look up Edith Plaf and find out more about her. I knew who she was, but didn't know anything about her more personal life. I love that her last words were "Every damn thing you do in this life, you have to pay for." I think that a lot and I am sure whatever ends up killing me will make me think that too!  Yeah, this deck I recommend because it is fun! 

 A lot of times I buy cards because they look pretty and are on sale. That doesn't always work out. Case in point these astrology oracle cards.  These seemed interesting. First you randomly pick a sign. That goes in the first house and then you put the others in order from there. Next you pick the planet and put it in the proper house for the question you are asking, you look up the sign and planet and it gives you the meaning. A very vague meaning! For example, I asked if I should look for a summer job. The response was "if you work hard you will succeed." Duh! That is normally the case. The two other questions I asked didn't have any better answer.  So I still think these are pretty cards, but I give them thumbs down for actually being useful! 

  In September 2021 I spotted this UFO. I described it at my other blog, Lesley Land, because the photos didn't come out great or look as it did with the naked eye. It seems much further away than it actually was.  The part I didn't describe is how exactly I happened to spot it and it isn't the first time I have happened to spot a UFO in that manner. I was sitting on the front steps, minding my own business and totally into whatever I was doing on my phone at the time when I started to get the feeling that someone was watching me. A ridiculous notion since there is a very high wall around the front of my house and the entire yard is walled and fenced. I look up from my phone anyway and my eyes go up and there it is in the sky right in front of me! I immediately start trying to get a good photo or video since my phone is right there in my hands. I tried for several minutes, never got a good one. Then I stuck my head in the door and called for Brit so he could see it also and...