Witch Krafting with Kat

  Beautiful illustrations from the American spiders and their spinning work. A natural history of the orb weaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits, by McCook, Henry C. (Henry Christopher), 1837-1911. Published in 1889 by the Academy of natural Sciences of Philadelphia.  From Archive Internet.  Please visit this link to the Archive Internet read this fabulous book for free.  https://archive.org/details/americanspiderst188901mcco/page/71/mode/1up

Please visit.  https://coast.scot/stories/corrag-again/ https://www.glencoemuseum.com/post/corrag-of-glencoe  

  For full article  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/carhenge

  'Kats Witches Gallery'.  Each Wednesday until 'Witchy Wednesday' returns on the 31st of July, I shall be posting a gallery of interesting images.  Please note that some of these images may have copyright restrictions so please only use for personal projects. All images were sourced from Pinterest.  Enjoy!  I hope you enjoyed this week's Gallery, Kat's Witches Gallery will return next Wednesday. 😊

Hi everyone, I am now officially on my Summer Holidays (yey) so I am having a little break from doing my regular 'Witchy Wednesday' articles.  I have already been busy researching and have 'WW' themes, ideas and tutorials all ready so I am quite excited to return in a months time to share these all with you. The run up to Halloween is always a fun time of the year so looking forward to this years spooky season! 🎃 But in the mean time, so you don't feel too sad, I will be popping some fabulous images each Wednesday that I have collected on Pinterest for you to enjoy. Of course some of these images maybe covered by copyright protection so please use them for personal projects only.  So to start of my 'Witches Gallery' here are some fabulous botanical images.  Kats 'Witches Gallery'  Please visit my Pinterest Board for more botanical images. I will be adding to this collection over the coming months.  https://pin.it/1y2W3r3v0 More 'Kat's Witche...

My Summer Solstice ornies I made as a present to myself! Well why not! 😂  These were made on flat MDF baubles. I painted the bauble with gesso, left it to dry. Then using archival ink I stamped on the Ancient Stones using several stamps from Cherry Pie Art Stamps. I then hand painted it all using water colours. To finish I added some trimmings my dear friend Suzanne sent me. Thank you Suzanne xxx😘 Some useful links for the Summer Solstice 🌞 https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles. To watch the Summer Solstice setting sun please visit English Heritage's youtube channel. This is a free service but a donation is alway nice. Especially with what happened yesterday! Say no more any donations go to keep the Stones save for future generations to enjoy.  https://www.youtube.com/live/

 

Mandrakes have always fascinated me since I saw Mandrake roots at the Witchcraft Museum in Cornwall way back in the hazy days of the late 1970's! In those days Mandrakes were only really known to those who had been lucky enough to have visited the Witch Museum or had an interest in botany and witchcraft. Now of course children and adults alike know of them thanks to being featured in the film Harry Potter and chamber of secrets. A really memorable and extremely hilarious scene involving the repotting of screaming Mandrakes! The joy of this scene is of course that even though this was created from the clever imagination of JK Rawlings and the clever puppetry of the special effects department there is a very interesting historical background to Mandrakes.  Wonderful video on YouTube about the folklore, myths and legends surrounding Mandrakes from folklorist Anna Bridgland.  Some real mandrakes on show at the Witchcraft Museum in Boscastle Cornwall. This was the same Museum I saw...