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I'm conducting a FREE 3-day course on working with crystals! This is a great introduction course designed with beginners in mind. The course begins June 13th, sign up now! 

What we will cover:

1. What a crystal is (and what a crystal isn't), as well as "natural" vs. "altered"
2. The top 3 "must-have" crystals and why, plus how to begin a collection
3. What to do with them for everyday use

This is a great , concise course to get you started. Click here to sign up!

PLUS, I've got 2 bonuses for you:

1. If you sign up before June 5th you will receive instructions to enter for a chance to win a free bracelet made by yours truly! 

2. When you sign up, you will receive a FREE guide to cleansing and charging your crystal jewelry

See ya in the class!

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Last Day for 25% Off!

Head over to my Etsy page, www.etsy.com/shop/calamityabby and enter code MOM25 at checkout for 25% off your purchase! Sale ends tonight, 5/4/18, at midnight PST.

Fun with Purple Basil

So my naughty basil has decided to flower on me, which is actually my fault for not keeping up with pruning. It’s been growing like crazy, and I live on an upper floor so it reaches over the balcony for every inch of sunlight it can get and I didn’t see how much was out there! So I cut a few of the flower stems, pulled off the leaves and put the flower cuttings in the bathroom because they are so pretty, and now I have a handful of leaves. I’m 100% going to make basil simple syrup (great for lemonade!). I'm also going to make a basil room spray!

 Basil leaves and flowers

 Found a pretty bottle to use for the flowers

I think they look nice here!

Annnd some of my baby basils planted a couple weeks ago 💜🌱😍

Happy 91st Birthday to my Grandpa!

My Grandpa turns 91 today and he's looking good!  The second photo is from his 90th birthday party last year. No wonder I have so much hair!

Found: Fairy!

I was going through some old stuff and came across this etching that I did in high school art class. I love it! 

Sale!!

Mother’s Day is coming up! If you want to get her something handmade and unique, I’m here to help. Use code MOM25 for 25% off everything in my Etsy shop! You can use the code to get something for yourself, that’s ok too. Discount is valid through midnight 5/4/18.

I also have several new items up, yippee!

Blue Moon Cycle, and we're off!

This blue moon cycle runs from March 31st, 2018-October 31st, 2020! Great time to make some long-term goals and set some solid intentions.

For this long cycle, I made a jar that will stay intact for the duration of the cycle. This allows for it to become a living, breathing item that I can return to for energy and motivation. I can pull it out and re-charge and re-visit my intentions.

I've been asked by several people what my process was for creating this jar, and I'm happy to share! There is, of course, no right or wrong way, but this a brief synopsis of what I did. Here is the finished product:

I prepared for this particular "ritual," or intention jar for awhile. Again, this is a long cycle and I wanted to come up with something(s) I could really take my time to work on. I was trying to come up with 3, but I ended up with 4 and decided that is fine. I wrote my intentions in a journal to reference back to since my memory is awful, then I wrote them each on separate strips of paper and placed them in a little envelope.

Based on my intentions, I pulled some herbs, stones, and other items that compliment and enhance those energies. These will all go in the jar and live there for the next couple years! 

I chose three candles for this jar and full moon cycle. Again, these are chosen based on the intentions I placed in the jar.

And that's the gist of it! Place the jar out for a bath under the moon (inside by a window if you are unable to utilize outdoor space). Any spells, prayers, meditations, incantations would be up to you and based on what you are aiming to accomplish. I find it beneficial to journal, daily if possible, to track your progress. You can also set shorter term goals as a means to facilitate the fruition of your intentions. Lunar tracking is also great and takes as little as a minute or 2 each day. I'm not a big journal person, but taking the couple minutes each day helps for accountability, motivation, and understanding of yourself and your personal cycle.

Disneyland for Crystal and Mineral People

I went materials shopping yesterday, which is always so magical and fun, especially when it's the pretty stuff I get to shop for! It's always a bit of torture too, because they have all the beautiful, large pieces that I would just love to take home with me, but 1, I'm there shopping for jewelry elements, not personal stuff, and 2, they are waaaaaaaay out of my current price range!

Maybe if I ever have a physical shop/storefront I can pick some of these beauties up to display.

 To get a sense of the size of these guys, the smallest sphere is bigger than my head!

 Aisles and aisles to go through.

 Selenite in every shape and size!

 So much Amethyst! There are some candle holders in there that I had my eye on...

Giant Kyanite!

Eleven Bucks!

Check out my thrift store finds! I found 3 flameless, electric candles (working, with batteries in them!), a lovely taper candle holder with a giant star, a jam jar, and metal trinket box with roses and fleurs de lis all for $11.50! The 2 larger candles go perfectly in the candle holders I was given for my Birthday. Total score!

New Earrings Available! Harness your intuitive energy for spiritual journey, out of body experiece or and intuitive boost!

I'm in love with these earrings! I'm still deciding which ones to take for myself, so if you love them too, get them before I do!

Titanium Aura Crystal points with either Garnet, Amethyst, or Snowflake Obsidian beads.

Titanium Aura: a high frequency stone that can remove spiritual boundaries and open the third eye to aid in your astral journey and "out of body" experiences.

Garnet: Protection during travel, from evil, nightmares, and wounds. Can be used to release bad karma. Can boost energy and revitalize. Said to stabilize and bring order to chaos.

Amethyst: Protection during travel and from disease. Promotes focus and divine connection, alleviating evil thoughts and negative energy; ideal for use during meditation. Can awaken the subconscious for intense dreams.

Snowflake Obsidian: Enhances psychic abilities- thought to be great when dealing with past lives; Promotes positive outcomes and confidence; maintains equilibrium through growth and change, bringing about focus and balance during times of chaos.

Titanium aura is a high frequency stone that can remove spiritual boundaries and open the third eye while Garnet can release bad karma, boost energy and stabilize while protecting, making these earrings great for new spiritual journeys.

Amethyst is a great protector and beautifully compliments the matte black aura crystal. These are a nice, easy piece to wear during travel to give a little protective and intuitive/astral boost. These stones work great together for spiritual journeys and awakening.

 Titanium aura is a high frequency stone that can remove spiritual boundaries and open the third eye while snowflake obsidian brings about focus and balance during times of chaos and is thought to be great when dealing with past lives.

Sap Moon Cycle 🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑

We are heading into a blue moon on the 31st and will not see another blue moon until Oct. 31st 2020! This is the time to set long term goals and intentions, which is great because my focus this moon cycle is both short and long term.

I’ve just recently finished a Visioning Workshop, so while diligently doing the work involved with that (this method is more in depth than pasting pictures onto a board, there’s a lot of pre-work and ongoing exercises), I’ve also starting Lunar tracking. Lunar tracking is great and can be used for  countless things. You can track anything from mood and appetite to finance and business, then look for patterns that coincide with the cycle of the moon.

My workbook has a place to track, as well as a blank mandala that you can really just do with as you please. This cycle I chose to divide it into quarters and set intentions for each phase, based on the energy the moon gives off during that time (for example, the waxing moon, leading up to the full moon is a time to bring things in and waning is a time to let things go). I decorated my mandala and used a lot of  inverted triangles 🔻, representing the divine feminine, as well leaves 🍃and the color green for growth and abundance. I’ll fill in the rest throughout the cycle.

There is a divination section where I wrote about the theme of green and growth in this cycle. I decided to do a card pull for additional guidance. The deck I used is called Waking the Wild Spirit by Poppy Palin. I love this deck!

Look how cool these are!

I pulled the Queen of Earth- Mother of Life. This card comes from the minor arcana, Spirit of the Earth, which are green to represent the Earth, which is synonymous with the qualities of the material/physical realm (land, food, finance, business, etc) and reflects being grounded, stable, safe and secure.  The Mother of Life represents mature fulfillment, ripening and competence and she holds the divine feminine in each of us as well as in the land. If you respect and protect her (earth, water, all beings) then I will protect and bless you.

What a perfect card! Mother Earth is the ultimate provider and we must work to protect her! 

Part of what I'm working on is staying on top of my jewelry posting. I do have new product, but have been terrible about posting and listing it. Hopefully you'll be seeing more from me! Be sure to follow my Instagram, @calamityabby- it's the most updated, though it can use some work too! What do you hope to accomplish this lunar cycle? What about for the blue moon cycle?