Witch Krafting with Kat

Here is an update on Charlie Cooper's Myth Country upcoming festive special as promised.   Fri 20 Dec 2024 22:00 BBC Three For more details please visit the BBC link below.  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00264tw

I am delighted to find out that Charlie Cooper's fabulous Folklore series is returning for a festive special. Please visit the link below for further details. As soon as the schedule dates are announced I will also post them here on my blog. If you haven't seen Charlie Coopers folklore series 'Myth Country' I highly recommend viewing. It is a fascinating and fun series were are invited to follow Charlies as he journey's around the UK exploring the many Myths and Legends that have been haunting our lands for hundreds of years. A real celebration of history, story telling and British eccentricity! https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/charlie-cooper-myth-country-festive-special   You can watch the whole series of Charlie Cooper Myth Country on BBC i player.  🌿🌾🌿🌾🌿🌾🌿🌾🌿🌾🌿🌾

 ⭐ Making a Yuletide Star ⭐ Firstly you will need a star shape wire structure. I purchase a wire star from Hobbycraft you could make one from gardening wire or an old wire coat hanger.  Decorations. Fairy lights (optional), preferably battery operated. Various mosses, berries, cones, seed pods and dried flowers. I purchased mine from Hobbycraft and my local garden centre. You could use foliage from your garden or purchase some from your local florist, whatever is easiest for you.  Glitter (optional) Other items. Wire, wire cutters, glue gun, scissors, string or ribbon to hand your decoration up.  To make  Firstly I attached a set of battery operated fairy lights onto my Star using wire making sure the battery pack was on the back. I also added some green masking tape to help disguise the battery pack a little bit.  Then I started glueing on my dried flowers and mosses onto the front of my Star.  I carried on gluing lots of lovely dried flowers, seed po...

  Krampus Cards! The history of Krampus postcards, or Krampuskarten, began in the late 19th century in Germany and Austria. These cards were a way to remind people to behave well during the holidays, as Krampus was said to punish children who were naughty. The cards often featured Krampus looming over children, sometimes with humorous poems or rhymes.  Gruß vom Krampus  (Greetings from Krampus) Here are some fabulous Krampus Postcards sourced from Pinterest. Please be advised these are historic depictions of a folklore character! Some are quite disturbing but also really cool and interesting.  It might be advisable not to show little ones or those who have been particularly naughty!😉 Thank you for visiting my blog page. Please join me next week for another Witchy Wednesday article. More Creepy Christmas postcards coming soon.......  🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁 Please note I do not get paid to mention any links. The study of folklore and folk customs is a hobby of ...

  I have always had a fascination with cards, especially postcards. When I was a child I used to get very excited when a postcard would come through my letterbox addressed to me. One of my Mum's friends moved to Australia and receiving a card from somewhere so far away used to cause such excitement! To be honest this feeling hasn't change as an adult I still love happy post! Meaning getting post that are not bills!😆 Even now my Mum often pops a card in the post from her various adventures, sometimes she just posts a card because it's unusual or interesting.  Thanks to modern world of the 'www' the world of cards and postcards are more accessible. There are many different sites online where you can view collections of rare historical museum pieces and others where you can purchase them ranging from a few coins to hundreds or thousands of pounds depending on age and rarity. The themes also are as various as are their worth you can find cards based on modern themes su...

Welcome to my first Creepy Christmas posting! From now until the big day in December I shall be posting some creepy, some spooky, some witchy alternative Christmas postings. I shall be posting some of my own photography and art and crafts. Others will be things of interest I have found on my travels both in person and via the magic of the www. It's all just for fun!  Today's posting is a photo of my Count Orlok getting into the festive mood with his pet Rat 'Stokey'! Wishing you all a Creepy Christmas!  💀🎄💀🎄💀🎄💀🎄💀🎄💀🎄💀🎄

  Witch Marks! Astonishing' witches' marks discovered at heritage site - including curses About 20 witches' carvings have been found, with many aimed at warding off evil. Interesting article on sky news.  https://news.sky.com/story/amp/astonishing-witches-marks-discovered-at-heritage-site-including-curses-13243982