A Craftsman's Caliber

My sisters and I are super into Harry Potter, Doctor Who, and Supernatural. We figured it would be a fun project to create our own little wands and sonic screwdrivers and I found a really simple way of creating some neat stuff on Pinterest.

• Chopsticks
• Hot Glue Gun
• Paint
• Sealing/Finishing Spray

Essentially you just shape the glue around the chopstick the way you want it, let it cool and dry (maybe carve/file/shave a little if you're still wanting to adjust it), paint it, and seal the paint in. It's a neat way to make fun and personalized stocking stuffers for those celebrating cultural Christmas this year.

I like the idea of this post :)

Let's see...

Things I want to do:

• Gather various materials and decorations for my altar, it looks a bit empty at the moment.
• Hang up wall decorations (haven't done that since I re-arranged my room)

Skills I want to develop:

• Resin Crafting
• Clay sculpting
• Drawing/painting (I haven't drawn for months)
• Paper-making

This is an awesome topic :)

Neat things I want to do:

-make wyrdworking stones
-make a black scrying mirror
-make a new box for my new tarot deck

Skills I want to develop:

-work on my colored pencil art
-figure out a better way to record my readings
-learn from hubby how to make dream catchers
-learn my new tarot deck better
-learn how to use the wyrdworking stones
-learn how to scry with a mirror

Things I would like to do magickally:

• Paint my silver hand mirror black for scrying.
• Make an altar to Bellona.
• Get a tarot deck and learn even more about tarot.
• Make a physical copy of my Book of Shadows.
• Paint some jars and bottles I will use for potions.

Other things I would like to get back into:

• Finish a D&D character sheet and maybe try playing.
• Make collages floral ones to start with.
• Paint ceramics I found a neat place to do this for a date.
• Sewing maybe start with something simple like a table cloth.
• Cooking so many fish dishes! That and some pot roast and curry stuff!

There are a lot of things I would like to do. ^w^

Put up cabinet on wall for herbs and jars..... Build an alter around that cabinet......

So on my mundane craftsman's list, I've recently got into plastic Gundam models called Gunpla and it is seriously amazing. One, cause I love mecha. Two, because I can feel the drive for quality that I'd lost when I lost my drive completely. It feels so good to experience after years of thinking I'd just become lesser of a person.

Things I want to do

• Make time to read through my books about the troth, seidr, and other norsey topics
• Finish building and setting up my bookshelf altar in the living room
• Make a new stang and decorate it
• Put together a cookbook for my fiance over the meals we enjoy the best together
• Make a scrapbook of pictures of me and my fiance for our four years together

Skills I want to garner

• Learning to paint with oils
• Improving my carving ability
• Improving my cooking ability

Update:

Making stuff with resin is so much fun. I love looking for small things around the house that I can use to make cool molds with and then making and painting the resin copy. I made a mold with this pretty flat rock that I have. The resin casts come out so smooth and are almost perfectly square. I painted them with gold metallic paint, and I think I'll be painting or carving runes onto them.

I still need resin that will cure clear so that it's easier to dye, but I'm hoping I can make some really neat stuff with it and sell the pieces I make.

Update:

I did build a small altar to Enyo as I set out to do. It is a conjoined one with Aphrodite and Harmonia. But since it is small and cramped and I got some larger cabnets I intent to move them to where they can each have their own space. I intend to do the same for my Khthonic altar. I don't want them to have like two inches of space. Anything is better than nothing but building up with taller shelves in a small apartment makes it work pretty well.

I did paint my silver hand mirror for scrying but I have not used it yet. I intend to anoint it with frankincense to attune it to Ares and pass it through lemon incense to cleanse it. Then I will hang it upside down on the wall by the small bed I have in my living room that I use for cloud scrying. So I can cloud scry when laying down and when sitting up the oppisite way I can mirror scry. The thing that the mirror will be hung by will be a witches ladder I make. That is the only part I want to work out the kinks on since I have many ideas for it.

I do have some physical notebooks. Nice small deco hard cover ones. One of which I am dedicating to my experiences with Nymphai. It's travel sized so perfect for that purpose. Beyond that I still don't have a physical copy of a Book of Shadows. I get too occupied with filling the OneNote one I have which is never done. Lately I haven't even been working on that since I'm a bit worn out on it.

I did finish my D&D character and play her. I also wrote out most of the details for my other two characters. They are all ones I have run before in campeigns but with changing computers and moving I've lost their information over the years. The one I have currently been playing is Ember the Blood Elf warrior queen who conquers many nations, marries many powerful spouses, adopts all the orphans, raises armies, feeds the hungry, and is considered their Matron with the love, kindness and compassion she shows. So I'd say it is going well.

I have not yet made a collage like I was wanting to but I found some red poster boards at a local dollar store and I have paint, glitter, and other materials now that I did not have then. So now I will be able to do that at some point. I just need to find a place to do it since poster boards take up a lot of space.

I've become uninterested with sewing. But I have started cooking more. We've made some good healthy recipes like stir frys, pot roasts, etc. This I am very proud of. We've put our own spin on things and experimented with different sauces, rubs, spices, and seasonings. I had forgotten how much I love cooking. I think because I did it professionally for a few years and associated it with being screamed at, threatened, burns, cuts, bruises, etc I started to hate it. But now that I can go slowly, take my time, really play with it and enjoy it I remember why I loved it in the first place. For me, it helps me channel my inner domestic fem side.

Things I Wanna Do

• Get more supplies for my Altar to Artemis
• Put some paintings on my office walls for decoration
• Finish decorating my office with lots of crystals and esoteric things

Skills I Wanna Develop

• Astral Projection
• Meditation ( getting better at it )
• Scrying