Kitchen Magic, Faerie Witchcraft,
Herbs, and Beauty

Beauty Is Practical Magic

Art as Talismans

My goal as a painter is to create art pieces that are also talismans.

How to Make Magic Art

There are many parts to creating art pieces that are talismans. Two are especially relevant to this post:

1) The act of creating beauty invokes magic. I am not talking about beauty that is measured by sexist, classist, or other ridiculous standards. Beauty comes from the heart.

And art doesn’t have to be expensive to be beautiful. A child’s drawing can be gorgeous in its sincerity.

Art doesn’t have to be perfect. Far from it. I have a high standard for my art, but I love anyone’s work if it comes from their heart.

2) I pour magic into my art. I use different methods with every piece. Trying to go with the flow is one of those methods. When I try to go with the flow, magic envelops me and enchants whatever I am doing. Two examples of going with the flow: If painting a piece will take me years, I will do that. Or, if I come up with a simple design only, I accept that as exactly what is needed, instead of assuming an elaborate painting would be better.

Making Beautiful, Magical, Everyday Objects

My art ornaments my newsletters, blogs, and books, to bless the work.

For newsletters and blogs, I have to reduce my art to small files, which are not the best quality reproductions of the work. But I don’t let perfectionism keep me from adding what beauty I can to my interactions. Perfectionism does not encourage magic.

And I do get to share crisp, detailed reproductions of my art in my digital books, as well as in handouts for the Faerie Witch classes I teach.

Enchanted Herb Labels

Herbs for magic, herbs for physical health, herbs for culinary purposes, … I love herbs.

I love herb labels. I look for any opportunity to adorn everyday objects. Art fills my home. Beauty blesses my home, kitchen magic, and everything else that occurs where I live. Labeling jars of herbs is another chance to add beauty to my home. The magic I pour into the art for the labels adds more blessings.

How to Make Enchanted Herb Labels

1) When drawing the labels, don’t be a perfectionist. Faeries love all sincere attempts at art. Do what you can, even if you only have a few minutes, and Faeries will bless you with good luck.

For example, I’m good at painting, but I’m not good at lining up paintings in a digital file. The labels in the photo at the top of the page are all in one digital file. I eyeballed the layout. The paintings may not be exactly lined up with each other. That makes them harder to cut precisely. But they look nice even if not cut perfectly. And so I might find a Faerie tap-dancing on top of my herb jars.

2) Go with the flow by using what is on hand. For example, maybe you have cardstock that is a pretty color. No need to paint; Use it as is. Or plain white cardstock can look lovely if you have pretty stickers to put on it.

3) Part of going with the flow and using what’s on hand could be looking through your old artwork to see if any of it is useful. My art for the above labels is mostly from 2025. It comes from various projects, ranging from Witch class handouts to pieces drawn for my personal use.

If you look at the above labels, you’ll see a real variety of pictures. It’s fun for me to see different styles on my herb jars.

I digitally reduced each painting to label size. When reduced a lot, details can get lost, and lines can get fuzzy. But the labels are pretty anyway and are a happy magic for my kitchen cupboard. So don’t be a perfectionist when looking through your art for what would be suitable.

4) This is a practical tip: Do not glue herb labels to jars. Glue is hard to wash off later. Instead, I punch a hole in the corner of a tag, string a pretty cord through the hole, write the name of an herb on the back of the card, and tie the cord around the jar that has that herb.

Free Talismans and Rituals

My newsletters announce free talismans. For example, I sent a Faerie Witch newsletter offering a free, high-quality, digital file of the labels in the above photo. Then newsletter subscribers can print the labels on card stock to make their own labels.

The newsletters also announce free monthly rituals. The rituals are on teleconferences (group phone calls). Magic transcends time and space so, during phone calls, we can walk between the stars together. So much magic happens!

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