Beltane is coming!!!

Beltane is on the way. It is that time of year again. I was supposed to get married on Beltane. We got married on Yule instead. Hmmm.... Not a bad decision. So how shall I celebrate this year? I just don't know.
The big thing about Beltane for me is that it is Faery Day only a few days later!! Exciting stuff!! I celebrate spring every year by dressing up for Faery Day. I am just hoping this year is better than last as far as the weather goes. It snowed last year!!


So, how to celebrate the two days this year. I am sort of at a loss. For Beltane, I just don't know. I guess I will do something with Dan. It seems only right that I celebrate the festival of love and fertilty with my husband. I just am not sure what to do. I suppose something will come to mind. I want to work on something new for my alter. I just don't know what I want it to be. Maybe a new alter cloth. I don't have the money to go buy anything so that is out of the question. So I will have to make something if I am going to add anything to it. I don't know if I want to make a doll to sit on there like I do sometime every year. I could do a new dedication doll for myself and rededicate myself to my path.


Now that I have thought of that, it seems like a great idea. I could afford to make a really fantastic dedication doll or maybe a cool little teddy bear. I have some great embellishments to add to any project. Hmm... I can now feel my creative juices flowing. The color Beltane is green. I don't have any green fabric but I have lots of purple and spring type stuff. I usually use purple as my general all purpose color as it represents magick and balance. Purple is also my "happy color". That and hot pink. Finding hot pink is nearly impossible though.


Ok, now I have an idea for Beltane, I need to decide what to do for Faery Day. I want a new dress but I really don't have the money to put into one. I have a cute set of wings. Maybe I should wear my wings to school that day, and bring faery cookies or bread for the class to share in my oddness. Maybe not. I don't know. I already had one person refuse to accept something from me because I am a witch. Her reason made no sense to me, but that is another topic. This faery day. My long white skirt and turquoise top would be good. With my black sandals or with my new wedges. Lots of glitter and butterflies in my hair. Maybe a funky bit of pink in my hair again. Maybe. I am not sure what to do most of the time.


I should make a new necklace or bracelet. I have so many beads and I can probably scrounge enough loose change to buy a couple of fancy beads or charms to something like that. ric o shay has some fabulous stuff. I need to see if I can get some faery charms for an anklet or a bracelet or both. earrings too. Now I am sort of going on ideas. Hmm,... we shall see what comes of them.

Recalling excellence

I discovered that I do certain things very well. Some of the things I find I do quite well are crafts. I love to sew. I found that I can make teddy bears and stuffed animals very well. Each one becomes its own little character, with his or her own name. I dress them, give them accessories, and each one has a story. I used to sell my characters as a set of 4 bears and 5 rabbits. The bears were Ivan and Yvonne D'Bear and Krissi and Henry bear were the children. The rabbits were Rex and Madge Rabbit, with the children named Fleur, Ben, and Flora. These were great fun, and made some spending money for me.
I found this past time living in Australia. I was married and trying to get my residency so was not allowed to work in that country. My husband travelled with work and I went with him everywhere. I found that I had a great outlet in many of the towns we went to for these little characters. People loved them.
I felt a great sense of satisfaction doing this and I loved embellishing the stories. The stories grew for quite some time. I have recently rediscovered the joy of making my rabbits. I posted a picture of one on my facebook page and immediately had 2 offers from people to buy them. I feel hugely satisfied and extremely happy when I sew and do other crafts. It's something I know I do well and I enjoy. I make many of them for my son who is 5. He likes the stories I come up with for them too.
The only part of my crafts I am ever not satisfied with is the inability to make money at it. Or at least enough money to call it a job. Oh well, it's a bit on the side and lots of fun. And I am darn good at it.