October 18, 2013 next Full Moon in Aries

Our Full Moon falls on October 18th this year so it will not be a well lite Halloween night since we will be at the waning crescent at that time. All in all I am certain the festivities will still be wonderful for a the young at heart.  So make sure you buy extra glow sticks and light up your children really well.
As for me I will be working on Thanksgiving dress' to sell on ETSY and EBAY. The winter crafts for Christmas, Yule and the winter solstice are starting here at Cranesnest Primitive Hallow since I missed Halloween but I miss Halloween all year long so it will just have to be another 10 months before I get there again.
No time for crying over spilt milk if you get the pun but I am moving forward with a very positive attitude toward the changes in my life that are facing me now. Forward bound into the abyss of creativity, hopefully to never return to reality ever again.
The soap is CPOP (cold process oven process) and is Candula/Ylang Ylang with charcoal. It will be ready to use by Halloween, I can't wait to bathe in it. So I've been busy getting ready to bring in possibly the best year of my life since I can not remember when
Thanks for all your support through this time I certainly appreciate all your thoughts, prayers and healing energies that you've sent my way.
until next time
many blessings and Happy Hallows Eve

October, my favorite time of year

Oh October. . .
such a magnificent time of year. My favorite month by far. It's all about the Halloween crafts for me and the wonderful things that life brings as we begin to transcend into the solstice of the year.
This has been a really tough year for me as I am a very strong and independent single entity who's health has always been very good in spite of some seasonal allergies. My allergies got so bad I had to stop eating meat and any processed foods. By time I got that all under control I had a routine breast scan to appease my health insurance carrier and was told" You need to have a biopsy right away, there is a mass on your breast and it could very well be cancer!" Well, I ran like my ass was on fire and put myself on an all fruit & veggie cancer diet. I thought, NO way, I  am NOT  going down like this. So after four months of holistic cancer diet, vitamin and supplements to build my immune system, all the tests came back and I did not have cancer but fibroid cysts. I had surgery last week and now will be a smaller chested women than I am used to being but  at 58, it's ok. Any tissue not well is gone and I will be fine in a few weeks. Of course I'm going to need a new wardrobe as I also shaded about 38 pounds during this whole process. All I can say is that "I'm glad it's almost over.

 My creativity level has been in the toilet for the last 6 months so this whole extravaganzas cost me more than I care to talk about and I will STAY AWAY FROM DOCTORS!!!"
Going forward, it's too late to make up for the loss of Halloween craft season, I will be moving on  to the Yule Season and hopefully can gain some speed to get me through the winter.
LESSON LEARNED,THANK YOU!!!
Anyway my Halloween dolls and such are being listed on ebay so you can check them out there and pick them up on auction, which is much less money.
Have a good month, many blessings

Oh September, the Romance begins

Every September the romance begins. . .
It's when my heart starts to sing in it's orchestrated fashion as the nights become cool and leaves begin to turn color. Here in the Midwest it is a welcome change from the heat of summer. It's when the Renaissance faire has ended and that in itself is a sweet sorrow. The parting of old friends as they travel to other places or back home for the winter months. The farms around me are getting ready for the harvest and as the fall equinox comes around it starts the festivities of our farming community.
Oh to dwell in such a wonderful place, I am filled with gratitude everyday for the wonder of this life and all the beauty around me.
This is also when I am working hardest at creating my primitive art for the fall and All Hallows Eve celebrations. I love Halloween Art. It makes me so happy to contribute to the vast supply of  pumpkin keep sakes and dolls as collectible treasure's for years to come.
I added a Paypal, Buy it Now button to my blog today and posted pictures of my two newest creations.

This is Valerina, she is 13" tall and her walking stick is 16", she sits on a rusty bed spring. She is quite the little Harvest Thyme princess
Priscilla is 18" tall to the tip of her witch hat and stands on an old vintage bee hive bobbin, a little Steam Punkish of sorts in her grungy overcoat and a key lapel pin, they sell for $33.99 and can be purchased right here from my blog. The drop down list allows you to pick either Primitive Halloween doll.

And talk about abundance,
I own such a huge collection of Halloween Deco that I am setting my living room up as a retail store and will host a Halloween Estate Sale this year in an attempt to lessen the load that I carry and store year after year. This is a time of clearing for me. To be able to move forward with less to move around and fill the garage with totes. I was truly amazed at the fact that none of the 26 totes that are filled with Halloween stuff where desecrated by mice or spiders. Talk about being blessed and watched over. Since I dwell in the woods at the tip of a farmers field. As I was sitting in my craft room, sewing tiny mice for the witch shoes last night, I could hear the little buggers running and playing in the ceiling above me as the farmers just cleared the last of the wheat from the fields this last week. Which creates yet another task, set before me for the season.

All in all it's a wonderful time of year and one that fills me with peace and contentment as I work and craft the hours away. . .
Enjoy the season  to it's fullest and take the time to enjoy your life. . .
 

Full Moon in Capricorn

So, here we are half way through the summer of 2013 and Mercury finally went direct yesterday. I could feel the pulling of the forward motion and started sewing and drawing and sorting the things I will need to start creating wares for my most favorite time of year. The Fall Equinox, and All Hallows Eve. As the little fae & witches dance through my psyche I become enthralled in joy & laughter as the ritual of craft becomes me. Oh how I love to create. . . The Witches Wardrobe has been part of me since I started in primitive artistry, the Halloween Enchanted pumpkins, little fae of Witch Upon a Star whom dance upon their rusty bed springs, the Halloween can-dles, witch moons on textile bobbins.. I'll be doing some beeswax works this year as well. Then their are a version of my French bed dolls all dressed up in witchery dragg and named the Witchman family. For craft fairs I do Witchy Froggettes, Mice all dressed up in witches clothing and this year I am going to try to get to Witchy Bunne' Haunted Spell books are a real love of mine and I have some new glass eyes to use on them.
So if you are a Halloween lover stay tuned for the array of things I create and sell on both ebay and my etsy shop. I am featuring Flight Soap this year so watch for this magnificent concoction to release the issues of Halloween Night Flight, pain relieving soaps. Oh what fun. . . ♥
I can't wait to post my final work for everyone to enjoy. I will also put it on Pinterest as well. . . so watch out for the gouls of plenty, Oh what fun ♥ ♥ ♥

many blessings to each and everyone. . . remember to stay in the moment and think only good thoughts for this is the year of living in joy. . .