Witch Krafting with Kat

  Ever wonder how Friday the 13th came to be? Learn more in this clip from Season 5, Episode 3, "Curses Unleashed from The History Channel. 

  Robin in the Hood part one.  Robin Hood and guy of Gisborne wood print by Thomas Bewick 1832 The legend of Robin Hood has always interested me, as a small child I loved reading books about the adventures of Robin Hood, Little John, Will Scarlet and Friar Tuck! I loved the pantomime element of booing the evil Sheriff of Nottingham and laughing at the failures of Sir Guy of Gisbourne attempts at capturing Robin and his gang of merry men! My Nan particularly loved Errol Flynn so I would often spend school holidays as a child watching the swashbuckling version of the Robin Hood either when I visited my grandparents house or when they came to ours. A little snippet on Errol Flynn's Robin Hood The 1938 Warner Bros Hollywood blockbuster movie 'Adventures of Robin Hood' starred Errol as Robin Hood, British actor Sir Basil Rathbone played the part of Sir Guy of Gisbourne and Olivia De Havilland as Robin's romantic interest Maid Marion.  It says on Wikipedia that at the 11th A...

W itch Crafting! I thought it would be nice to share some of my Witchy inspired crafts here on my blog. I have been crafting almost as long as I have lived on this planet 😆 I think I probably crafted before I could even talk or walk! I have crafted for fun, as a professional maker running my own business. I have done tutorials for magazines, talks to groups and now tinker with the odd online video short. I have crafted with many mediums including miniature making, mask making, jewellery, sewing, Millinery, paper crafts, painting, card making monoprinting, mixed media crafts, needle felting, collage, paper mache sculpture, Artist Trading card art. I have been a chocolatier even done cake decorating, creating character cakes way before it became the norm to do unusual designs! Whatever crafting I do I do seem to be attracted to themes such as Folklore, fairies, Witches, toadstools and mushrooms, Gothic horror and Botanicals. I hope you enjoy my Gallery I hope to post more of my work her...

This weeks Witchy Wednesday are a collection of stories taken from FOLK-LORE A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF MYTH, TRADITION, INSTITUTION, & CUSTOM THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY And Incorporating THE ARCHEOLOGICAL REVIEW and THE FOLK-LORE JOURNAL VOL. XXV.-1914 FOLKLORE OF LONDON DRESSMAKERS. London dressmakers consider it to be most unlucky to use a black pin in fitting a gown. At a recent visit to my dressmaker I was told that a black pin had inadvertently been used not long since in fitting a wedding dress. "That wedding gown was never worn, because the gentleman the young lady was to marry was killed!" Green is an unlucky colour. "It is not always unlucky, but I made a beautiful green dress not long ago, and it was never worn by its owner, because she went into deep mourning just as it was finished." After a dress is finished and is being worn there seems to be no objection to the use of black pins. E. M. L. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 THE NIGHT...

  Imbolc, celebrated on February 1st–2nd, is a Celtic cross-quarter festival marking the beginning of spring, the return of light, and the "quickening" of the year. Positioned halfway between the winter solstice and spring equinox, it signifies emerging fertility, lambing, and the awakening of nature from winter.