I've had an evolution in my thinking about what I make and how I want to share it with people. Let me take you on that journey with me.

I don't even know why I make them [rosaries].Aside from leaving them at church for people that can't afford them to take & use. I mostly gift them away to folks that are open to it. The Decades are harder to give away as you'd have to know your Rosary to use it, so they're just here till whenever.

Decade Rosary ring/beads. Made from scrap beads & string. Hand knotted & beaded by me ✌🏼✨

I have a lot of scrap cord, odd & ends beads so they end up being turned into decade Rosary beads/chaplets. They're so portable & you can just leave it in your bag or pocket.

We voted for our local folks the other night..! While it's a shit show in the bigger picture, at least here in the small scale of things we can make a difference in our community! ✌🏼✨

It's hard to get inspired into making good food when the world is shaping up to be such a dumpster fire. The inspiration will come... I hope!

I need to get inspired again..!

Posting these to remind myself to get inspired cooking again.

...I also need to cook again. I kind of lost inspiration a year ago...

...more from the wildflower garden from a few years ago..

Memories from gardens past. Our wildflower garden 🌼

My Rose bush is loving the cooler temps, so I am appreciating their blooms and trying to make the most of them. I snipped this one & a Garden Sage that's still growing and placed it on my altar as an offering to deity/Hesus/Maria & my Santos.

We're supposed to have a nor'easter this evening until tomorrow/Tuesday. We shall see ~

there are cathedrals everywhere

@sewvivalist.bsky.social found this wooden/metal Cross in a bin of random things so I cleaned it up & turned it into a decade Rosary.

@sewvivalist.bsky.social finally found me my San Miguel statue. I'm slightly particular about him. This is reminiscent of the old chalkware Catholic statues that I grew up with. I love this resin piece & we both love his face & that's important. San Miguel Pray for Us!

While I love my classic novena glass candles these battery operated ones are also great

A prayer/Rosary bag for Mass, incense resins & a set of Saint cards.

We stopped by another local Shrine, [a not so favorite of mine] but they do have a great selection of religious/devotional items. I grabbed a few items, the crucifixes I'll use for Rosaries, and the medals for other projects ✌🏼✨

It was once believed that metal was a gift from the gods, thereby endowing it with protection & auspicious power. This was especially true for copper, from which pennies are made. Copper is ruled by Venus, which means pennies can attract good luck to those who know... wildhunt.org/2025/10/the-...

I might've watched this movie a million times...

Thank you! @jfb1996.bsky.social for this big friend! Blue-grey Agate with a crystal pocket inside. I love Agates as they are slow & steady friends. Grounding & very Protective. I like placing them in places where the energy needs grounding & stabilizing. Washed, brushed and smoked out! ✌🏼✨

I made a couple of decade Rosaries, with wooden Ave beads & acrylic Sacred Heart - mandala Pater/Gloria beads with a wooden Cross. I love making these little guys. I grew up using decade Rosaries so I know how useful they are in prayer.

I have more, but these are the ones that I found so far today. They're all wrapped in bare Copper wire. Stone ident are on the ALT. I'll drop these guys off at the shop unless anyone on here is interested in any of them ✌🏼✨ #witchsky

I'm going to wrangle up all wire wraps that are just sitting there collecting dust and I'm going to see which ones will be dropped off to be consigned at the local crystal shop. I'll post them here first if people are interested in them ✌🏼✨

I've always wanted an estampita/prayer card of Her, but every time I go back home we always run out of time to go visit Her. I got two packs from the Shrine, but one ended up having three estampitas stuck into one. So we laminated each one & ended up with four holy cards/estampitas ✌🏼✨

Birthday trips to Pilgrimage sites I always find something new and surprising!

It's my birthday & I'm packing & labeling some penpal packages. To be sent out, it's mostly to my [folk magical] Catholic penpals new & old. I also went to Mass this morning & gifted a few items to a lady celebrating her Birthday in a few days, and I also got to refill the Rosaries.

Free handmade Rosaries I left at our local Shrine. It was left in my favorite space, the Hall of Saints where a favorite statue of our Lady from the Philippines resides. I hope it finds those that needs them 💛✌🏼✨

Flea market find today. Yes, he's not perfect & has been worked on before. I washed & oiled the wood & buffed the brass pieces and corpus. Someone kept this crucifix together for a very long time cause it was something sacred to them. So they took care of it. He's not perfect, like us. ✌🏼✨

We're stopping by our local pilgrimage site of St. Anne/St. Patrick tomorrow so I am going to drop off some Mission Rosaries for people to keep/use.

We love going to flea markets, but we prefer smaller ones. We stopped by a yearly one this morning and I found a couple of friends. I cleaned, oiled & buffed up the crucifix. Yes, it's not perfect & have seen better days, but I was drawn to it from the pile. A small S. Antonio also found me.

New horror/thriller movie recommendations? It's been a hit or miss for a very long time now that we just end up watching old movies.

Vintage Catholic curio find today. Catholic postcard of the Holy Child of the Lilies from the holy shrine of the Sto. Niño de Atocha, New Mexico.

Black Ave & Clear Prism Gloria/Pater plastic beads with a Mission Crucifix. This will be my pocket Rosary beads as it's handy. I love the Mission Crucifix, it's shape, the corpus and how it fits in the hand/fingers while praying the Rosary.

A cool curiosity shop acquaintance of mine was the vending at the curiosity market down the street so I grabbed a few vintage Catholic postcards from her. They came from the Sto. Niño de Atocha shrine in New Mexico. I framed a couple of them, especially this one of the Niño.

Sometimes I find things I've forgotten. Lightning struck Walnut wood with a Pentacle. Pyrographed/oiled and wire wrapped in Copper wire by me. I know it's not perfect, but that's what's makes it perfect to me. #witchsky

Just down the street ~ Oct 4th 12n - 6pm! #westernmass #northamptonma

I found a slightly thicker cord so I hand knotted a bit more decade Rosary cords. Two with the intro Prayers & two that are just plain decades, both you can pray the whole Rosary with.

I keep scraps to reuse, so I made a couple knotted decade Rosaries. Figuring out how to make the knotted Cross was pretty fun. I'll definitely make more ✌🏼✨

Wooden Decade Rosary beads. You can pray the whole Rosary with this simplified knotted & beaded strand.

Went to Mass today, and it happens to be the feast of the Archangels. Mission Rosaries were still full. And I found this vintage Saint Jude prayer card with a relic

My acquaintances nowadays consists of middle aged ladies I meet during Mass/Rosary and other middle aged ladies who like to craft. I'm a middle aged lady trapped inside a gay mid/late 30's man.

Listening to Chilltronica and an ice ad pops up. I'm not sure about you Spotify..

It's time. Why wait for the inevitable? If you're new here, @tetrabryaton.bsky.social and I live in a former funeral parlor. Our living room was one of the viewing parlors. We try and make it a cool environment. A skeleton spinning yarn from cobwebs seems appropriate. #sewvivalist #halloween2025

I now have enough colored beads to make a few queer Rosary beads ~ @dignityusa.bsky.social

youtu.be/on8DJBt07eU?... The only Rapture I know... 😆

@sewvivalist.bsky.social gave me this Miraculous Medal awhile ago, so I went to Mass this morning & had it blessed. I love the weight & it's the perfect size for me, so I asked @sewvivalist.bsky.social to make me his knotted cord necklace so I can wear it daily.