Hello my loves I was thinking about doing a LIVE STREAM when we reach 20k!! (what?!?!) and wanted to do a craft with you all that you could follow along with... If you have any ideas of a craft... (Could be one I have done before), please leave this idea below 💚 lots of love and thankyou for being here 💚👇👇
Hiii Alwyn!!! 😊❣️I love you so so much I’m a big fan. ❤️🌹✨You can do anything It honestly doesn’t matter.I’m obsessed with nature so maybe something nature-y.☘️🍁🌿🍂🌱🍄🌷🌾I am a small youtuber it would be my dream if you subscribed.😌😘Have a great day everyone and remember “ Don’t try to fit in being different is what makes you special.” 💖🤩😇Bye! ✌🏻
@@AlwynOak One thing I've learned over the years is that there will always be more info to be added about crystals, herbs, etc. and there's simply no way to leave enough space for future entries. The solution? A binder you can add pages to (or remove ones you made a mess of without it being obvious) of your preferred size. They come in all different sizes and there are definitely ones that just look like regular, leather bound journals, but they have rings or strings to hold the pages in that can be undone to add or remove pages. You can even make your own with sturdy cardboard and some string very inexpensively.
Yes thankyou so much for the tip!! I was going to do it in a clippy binder book and couldn't find a small one anywhere!! So then I came up with the card idea from that. But now I see them everywhere aha 😂💚
You're welcome! I personally feel that there is so much more pride, joy, and power that can come from something made from "scratch" and personalized with your own unique expression, but sometimes, the aesthetic, energetic feel, or simply quality of a premade item can be just as rewarding.
I use a three ring binder too! It opened up new avenues in creativity for me. I use different things as pages- paper placemats, maps, packaging material… whatever fits in the hole punch and can be saved from the trash!
I always get “fear of a blank page” when starting a new book of any kind but Grimoires are the most intimidating. It’s almost like stage fright. Yours are so beautiful!!
"To me a witch is someone who doesn't believe in magic as it were on TV. It is an art and it is energy and the frequencies that every living thing has and it is energy and the frequencies that every living thing has, and it is the connection we all have."
Everything looks so lovely! You are such a beautiful soul ❤️ Thank you so much for all of your content, your videos reach my heart every time. I love your music in the backround 🥰
Thankyou so much sweet that's so kind! Glad you like the music too! It all comes together when I add that harp underneath, the final piece of magic it needs!
I have made 4 books in the past 2 years of practicing. I have written that many because I don’t do artwork or try to make it pretty. I try hard to write and learn all the time. I value knowledge more than aesthetic. I have never really seen any books like that on RU-vid so if anyone is reading this this is totally a thing you guys can do 🥰🥰
Thanks for sharing that ! It feels good when you realize you are not the only one who does that. I know how to draw and paint, and I'd love to do it on my Books, but there is so much to research, to learn and to write, that I feel like it would be a waste of my time If I'd draw instead of reading, learning and writing... Thanks again. Take care.
I'm actually doing this with my travel size grimoire. Even though it's thick with 660 pages, I'm only writing in it so it can hold as much information as possible that's relevant to my path. I'm making it my practical book, but it's also like a blueprint for my large Grimoire that will have more aesthetic with the information. If i can write everything in my smaller book, then everything and more will work for my larger book that has 800 pages. Loving my small grimoire though, I'm actually more excited to just write in it than i thought i would be. Totally support this idea.
That's cool. For me it's both. I love learning, but I'm also artistic , my brain is like a kids imagination. I love seeing shapes, colour, texture. Yet it comes out looking like something Tim Burton made 😅
Lol! I’m the same way. I literally have to calm myself and slow my heart rate before I start writing, otherwise I miss words because my mind goes faster than my hand. 🤣 Btw, beautiful BOS’s 💖 Thank you for sharing them. I have a separate book for my herbs. Ofc, it’s not in alphabetical order, but it’s okay it’s my book. 🤣
😂😂 Love this so much! And glad you feel the same!! Sometimes I watch videos and then need to write at the same speed too! Those pages look like a toddler scribbled on them 😂😂 but I love them non the less 😊💚🧚🏻♂️✌️ blessed be
I love the idea of the cards! Easy to access, you can collect and curate information from a variety of sources, and you don't need to worry about running out of room!
I think the box of cards for herbs, flowers and crystals is a great idea, they are hard to find in a journal, and like you say, you easily run out of space. I'm going to start a card box. Loving your content, your voice is so calming.
Since I'm a Virgo sun/Virgo rising I go a little batty when things aren't organized logically so I use a binder so I can insert new pages and keep topics together. However, what it has in efficiency it lacks in... well... magic. So I love looking at books like yours that inspire me to let loose and be a little more creative. Thanks for the tour!
i have tried over and over again and the only thing that has stuck with me is using notion to write everything down so i dont have to worry about having to tipex things out or having to restart pages because i messed up a drawing etc but youre right in saying it lacks the feeling of magic, of creativeness, and me. as much as i adore "traditional looking" BOS like alwyn's, ive decided that im going to rewrite everything from notion neatly and plan out the pictures before i draw them (or draw them on a different piece of paper/post-it note and stick it in) and then neatly organize everything in a binder😭 im a chaotic researcher and will get halfway through writing things down and researching that i constantly start new topics and have a thousand tabs open that i know even if i calculated how many pages i might need, something will go wrong and ill restart it. good luck to you and all of us on tackling our perfectionist traits and heres to hoping theres a spell out there for it!!!! (sorry for the paragraph ahah x)
You can buy leather at a hobby store and cover the binder, you can also purchase cloth paper sheets online and get very artistic even with the binder which i plan on doing once i get my original binder out of my storage unit. Virgo's and those dang organizational needs. I even keep my kid's toy's well organized it's a compulsive need.
“It does not need to be aesthetically pleasing” - 🧐. I know you’re an aesthetic queen by your setup and books, ain’t no shame in aiming for aesthetics when you can. We Stan an aesthetic witch Queen, Mama. Especially in your craft. I am all for aesthetics, helps me connect better and it’s nice to have a NICE space.
Thank you so much for sharing!!! I'm brand new and it's a bit overwhelming to start: SO much information to learn and I don't want to leave anything out. I've started by just journaling traditionally to get going and retraining my brain to think more deeply and less mechanically about my day. This gives me such a great jumping off point to start my BOS/personal reference library. You are so kind to share your journey with us! Have a lovely weekend ❤
Hey my love! Thankyou so much for your message! With regards to leaving anything out, my advice is, don't worry about that too much, because yes there is SO much information, but really its a lifetime of information, and everyday you may learn something new! Great idea about journalling such a great, helpful thing to do! blessed be and good luck on your journey :D
Thank you for sharing your lovely books with us. I know that I need to slow down in my wanting to learn about everything. I'm very new to all this and I run off in all different tangents. I keep most of my info in various word documents because I can type faster than I write (plus I can copy and paste things I've found too), so I guess I have a Microsoft Word of Shadows! I always intend to write things up nicely at a later date but this doesn't happen too often I'm afraid. Seeing your books and cards has inspired me to get going again though. x
Oh what a great idea!! Haha love it 😂 Yes my advice is, pace yourself! Its good to do a bit here and there and then it falls into habit and becomes a part of who we are 🧚🏻♂️✨📖😊💚 Blessed be
Your voice is so calming and reassuring. It felt great to see someone lay out the basics but also remind me that everyone's practice is individual to them and that I don't have to worry about being perfect or knowing everything for Magick right away.
Female witches are 2 step ahead from the men. Look the accuracy of the elements and the beauty inspiration from natural items 😍. Blessed be the goddess within you.thanks for your craft is appreciated ✨
Of course your a lovely Aquarian. Such a beautiful video. I encourage everyone to just be creative and not try to be perfect. The book is for you, so enjoy the process! Thank you for sharing your books with us Alwyn! #pisces
Lol I resonate with the whole messy hand writing etc My BOS’s aren’t works of art, I’m no artist but they are eclectic like me. Also they really have no rhyme or reason. I make mistakes too with leaving spaces that I think at the time is enough but then realise I need way more lol 😬
Yes love this so much!! I think your book of shadows sounds very authentic!! I have watched book of shadows tours before where the book is literally perfect, and i just don't know how they do it haha! Lots of love
BoS are like people, each one is beautiful and unique! You have helped me to appreciate mine even more BECAUSE it is unique to me. I’m looking forward to your Lammas video because I still need to make a page for it in my book. Sending you much love and light! Thank you for posting!
What a great video! New subscriber here. I’ve been practicing witchcraft since 1980 & regarding a Book of Shadows what I have learned is this~ do not compare your BoS to others. You do you. Secondly, there is no right or wrong way to design & organize your BoS, there is only your way. Once I figured this out I was much happier with not only my record keeping, but also my practice. ✨🔮✨
Thankyou sweet! Yes I just came up with the card idea on my own, I feel so proffesinal searching through them haha. Can't wait until the box is filled to the brim with them!
I love this! I've been having a hard time organizing my book & this helps me immensely, thank you! Start small and prioritize feels easier than overwhelming myself with a giant book 🕯 📖 🧙♀️ Sending love & light ✨💜✨
Yes what you said is IT! Starting small was the best thing i ever did, and then i went from there! Learning too much info at once is very overwhelming!
I really like the idea of putting sticky notes in to plan what you want to write, i cant believe i never thought of that, i always just made lists on my phone of how i would organize it, but that just got so overwhelming. Now i am brainstorming prompts, questions i want to answer while writing, and sticking them where i think i should write about it
LOVE THIS SO MUCH!! A fabulous way to organise everything! I think I will definitely have to stick little notes on pages because my brain is always all over the place like a drunken monkey! Not to mention my ADD issue! OYE!!! 🥴 Again! Thank you for sharing your experiences and very personal BoS's with us! I love how you do everything! 🥰🥰 Love how you formulate your spells! 🌟 All of that and you are just adorable and beautiful! ~ YOU are very aesthetically pleasing! 😄💖
G-day! " Blessed be"!! Your tour is most inspiring! I have made several such books n each of them shares a connection to some part of the main " a gathering of directions" book... I like the idea of the cards in the box..a quick "flash card system " of information.. Stellar presentation! "Walk in beauty, all ways "!
I just want to say a big thank you for your lovely videos! I live in Sydney, and at the moment we are on lockdown due to covid. Its a terrible time, and the world seems so uncertain at the moment. I also suffer from anxiety, and I find your videos so therapeutic, relaxing, beautiful, very informative and meditative. Watching them makes the world a better place, and you make the world a better place. You are lovely, inside and out. Thank you so much. 💖💖🌹🌹
I know this is an old video but for the past year I’ve been purchasing books on Wicca because I want to worship nature and learn more about myself. I went through a hiatus where I stopped but I’m picking back up and I just have to say thank you because this was an eye opener and very helpful.
Thank you so much! This helped a lot to get an idea on how to start the book and what I can do in it! I would appreciate if you can tell me where can i find the materials to make spells? Like crystals? I couldn't find crystals anywhere
It sounds like so many of us are waiting for perfection instead of progress!! So funny to add myself to that list. I truly enjoyed seeing your ideas and hope to use some of them that touched me in my own BOS. And.. l love that you took a writing desk and made it magical. Thank you for sharing.
Those imperfections and handmade-isms have a charm of their own. It's easy for me to notice that charm in other peoples' things, but it takes longer for me to see it in my own.
Thank you for this video it seems to be my biggest hurddle how t want to start my BOS . Ive gathered so much info over the past two years & was not sure what direction to gonow I have some ideas.Thank You Alwyn
The first thing I always do to get over the whole blank book thing is dedicate the first page to protecting the book. This can be a pentacle, a poem, or a Sigil; depends on what you’re feeling. Personally I do a pentacle with a sigil I designed for protection in the center of the star. After that the book is already used and you’re free to add whatever you like ^^ I also loved your idea of what being a witch means to you. I may add that myself later.
Great video! I appreciate you showing your three BoS with us! Mine is just a simple 6 ring A5 size leather journal so I can add pages where I need them. I love your artistic self expression book towards the end. That’s a really creatively satisfying way to go! Thanks again for sharing!
Great thoughts for spell work! Reading (trying) other peoples spells has not resonated with me. Just not comfortable with it. Though I do love your method. Thank you for the awesome video. I just began following you.
Hi roxanne, thankyou so much! And welcome to the enchanted family 😘🧚🏻♂️💚 glad you agree with me on the spell front! I feel the same, and that I need to make it more personal to me 😊✨🧚🏻♂️💚
Hello my beautiful friend 💜 Ur videos, EVEN that older one's, give me GREAT ideas every time girl friend 💜!!! I love UR enchanted way às a artist!! Ima Virgo ♍ so I resignate SOOO MUCH with ALOT of Ur Craft, Thanks for doing AMAZING videos friend!! Love to U frm Florida USA 💜🌛🌕🌜🧹🧹👑👑☕☕🍹🍹♍♍🌛☺️🌜🌴🌴💜
I want to discuss my problems with a real witch....who know magic.... elements and spirit and connect to them... something very strange happening to me....I can feel it.....SO Please .... Help me to overcome my confusion... Please Help me..
I’ve just found your channel and this video is wonderful, especially as I am just now beginning a Book of Shadows. 💕 Thank you for sharing! Can I ask how you found your natural aura?
I absolutely LOVED this. I’m making my first Book of Shadows, and you provided such beauty & creativity. I think I will be using a lot of this as well as The Botanical Witch’s Book of Shadows from her channel, as there are similar creative and beautiful ideas. Thank you so much for sharing. This really connected for me.
I don't know anything about solar plexus, colours, witch craft, Spells, crystals etc but I really believe in astrology and manifestations. When I see readings from some yt video and it resonates I always get surprised as how how accurate it is. 🥺 Also, I'm highly intuitive person. There are many a times I've personally experienced things which keeps going in my mind and always comes true. 😂💕Like always. And I really want to learn about all these things. But pls guide me from where I can learn all this. I mean everything. Since, I'm a beginner. And I want to learn it in free. If possible. Also, if there are any books for this pls tell me the names of that too. :') Thank you. Love from India. ❤️✨
I just recently bought a drawing pad to use it as a BoS but now my mom keeps asking to see it (because she wants to see my "drawings") and I have to keep telling her its an unfinished drawing and she cant see it yet, but now she's starting to get suspicious. Does anyone have an tips or like spells to make her forget about it or make her not care about looking at it? Because if she finds out im a witch she would probably think I have lost my mind.
Okay so if your a closeted witch, Idk about a spell to make her stop asking you but I'd advise to maybe get another book or make your own book that she doesn't know about. If you have any other question feel free to ask.😊
@@gaz8148 Thanks for answering, I just don't think theres really a way to get another book without them (them as in either of my parents because my dad is kind of curious to he just cares less) finding out. But I'm sure it will be fine because she has sort of quit asking, only every once and a while.
I immediately loved your vibe the first time I watched one of your videos: it was for Mabon this year. But I now know why I really felt so at home...we share the same birthday! Not the same year because I am a little older 😅 LOL. But 3rd Decan aquarius is rare and we have delightful Venus as a ruling planet! What a blessed gift for me to find you, a kindred spirit who speaks the same language! 💖🙏🏻🧚🏻♀️🌟✨
You *has huge alter with a shit ton of stuff* Me *nope* Also me 'hey, when will you be off tomorrow? My coworker '3. There's a storm rolling in. I don't want it to rain while I'm at work.' Me 'consider it done.' The next day *absolutely no rain, just gray cast clouds and high winds until 3:05.' :/ Also Me via snap 'damn, it's raining... I can't go outside.... oooh wait, duh. Pause.' The rain *literally pauses for 20 minutes while I'm outside* :/ wtf am I doing wrong? Also, my favorite color is a pale green so I got it on my chest tattoo (the helm of terror) before even realizing its the color of the heart Chakra because I still don't really care for those.
I'm just watching this video for the first time on July 9th 2024 and in every way you found out about all the things in your book is the exact same way it happened to me. I didn't know much about journals back then but the chakras and color Psychology really resonated with me that I ended up taking over $10 grand worth of courses in the areas. I want to write a book, but I will like you said start jotting things in a journal. I love all your videos! ❤
Your this video is so I nice and inspiring that I am still watching it twice and twice means it's just nice that I don't get bored of watching it 100 times and I am not having any words to express your video it's just cool 👌
Fantastic! Just like someone else said, finally a 'real' BOS! I've seen some beautiful pages in my time, that probably took days to complete, I find them so inspiring but in all the wrong ways because for me they're not realistic. I can honestly say being 30 now and realising I started my path over 16 years ago I still don't have a full book to show for it! And it is because I've always found it intimidating, wanting it to be perfect and I have unrealistic expectations. I've ripped countless pages because they're not Beautiful enough, I've started so many and given up. I've bought dozens of beautiful notebooks over the years and only written on the first few pages. I've made a few books too but I've never felt they were good enough. I've probably spent months searching the internet for beautiful templates I could copy, having hundreds of pictures saved for later, but later never comes. I've learned alot and my most vital tip to anyone who feels the same is: Buy a fancy ring bound notebook!! Best thing I've ever done. It's fake leather has a beautiful embossed tree on it. Has paper that the ink doesn't soak through. It's refillable and I can write whatever I want and then ORGANISE IT! I can research herbs one day and the moon the next and it doesn't matter because I can always reorganize the pages so that everything is in the right place 😍 it's so simple.. why didn't I do this sooner! Go now, type in leather ring bound notebook on Amazon! 😅
Hi sweet girl! Can I pick your artistic witchy creative brain? I decided to do my book of shadows in a vintage “leather” (vinyl) 3 ring binder, so I can organize my thoughts in different sections. Anyway, I want to beautify the vinyl cover. I have no ideas how to do this! Any suggestions or creative ideas?
Such lovely book of shadows! I'm doing some research into Wicca and kept hearing about book of shadows and wondered what it was. It's like a personalised guide to your sect of spirituality if someone was curious, they could read your book and get an insider's perspective. Very interesting!
I have quit numerous Grimoires/BoS's simply because of 'mistakes' or because , as another poster put it, it wasnt perfect. I now have a new one that i will lovingly keep, mistakes and all, and i love your approach to your own. The best lesson ive learnt along the way is simply there is no 'right or wrong' way, and DONT compare you own BoS to anyone elses, especially one you see online or on a tv show! They need to be personal to each of us, and no approval from anyone else is needed ☺Blessed Be.
The pentagram is very popular as a protection symbol in new age and pagan people. It seems the Swastica gives the same protection. If the symbols really protected. They wouldnt stop using one of them because they would look bad. That would be almost like a christian being ashamed of the cross. With all respect, i just saw a documentary of Swastica used before ww2.
I have a question, what type of colors and paint do you use? I am afraid to start my Grimoire dedicated solely on my patron. Because it thousand pages and I don't wanna make mistake since it was expensive buy. I have tremor and I don't think I will write in good lines. Please help! But love your beautiful book tbh!
I have beautiful empty journals bcuz im afraid to mess them up. So i keep notes on my phone. But theres something soothing about books. My daughter told me to just write something anything. I was stuck. I wrote i am magical. Then she told me to write i am beautiful. It was surprisingly hard but therapeutic we both started crying.
Oh…My…Gosh!!! I’ve been searching and searching everywhere for a video or tips like this one. I am a beginner with witchcraft and I have always been interested, like an inner witch, ready to be revealed. I’m mostly into celestial magic but I like everything I am seeing here. Is there a video made about what sections or title of each chapter somewhere so I can make my own? That’s the only thing holding me up from making a bos in a 3-ring binder.
I didn’t read all the other comments but may I suggest a forward or preface in your book. I’m mine I basically have a declaration stating that one must have my permission to read or use my book. I even went as far as to put a hex on the book if someone steals it. I’m of course not suggesting you do that, just stating that it’s an option. I always keep in mind that I want my BOS to be a real treasure to someone after I pass away. I am an artist so my personal book is rather elaborate and intentionally looks like a book you’d find in a movie. Ha ha ha it’s not necessary of course but as much time and as much of my soul is IN this book, I want to make sure it is passed down after I’m gone. Just my thoughts. Blessed be.
I decided to take on a much bigger project with my book of shadows and I'm gonna make the entire thing by myself 😅 Aka I'm making everything from the paper to the cover myself... I found a paper making thing from the thrift store and I just gotta find a blender for the paper
Because my birth signs are a bit mutable (Gemini, Pisces, Cancer), I find myself always changing my mind, moving from one area of interest to another, my first BOS was an unorganized train wreck. I now use a large loose leaf binder sectioned off with dividers. Now I can add new information to an existing subject area without cross referencing to earlier entries and can add new sections as my interests change. I find this makes a more efficient way to track my learning. It also allows me to use different mediums (media?) to exercise my creativity. It might seem a bit pedestrian, but it works for me.
Thank you so much for this I've been so worried about making my own BoS because it seems so overwhelming but this video helped. Do you have any recommendations on books or websites for information on things like herbs and crystals?
I used to have diaries lots of it. I burnt all of it coz it's already too much. I stop writing diaries. I used to have diaries to just keep writting everyday events and what is happening but i got tired of it. Sometimes I feel like I am just keeping all my frustrations and anger and hatred so i burnt it. I always want a fresh start in life but it's hard since I cannot get out of here, I will be stuck in this devil neighbors.
I’m a baby witch here just starting to get into making my BoS I’m so excited because of you I have such bad hand writing and my hands hurt so bad when I write for so long please any blessings to help me make and amazing book without a lot of pain in my hands. Blessed be
Oh my goodness I just wanna say thank you because I'm new and oh have I been reading a LOT I have all this info in my head and I need to get it out and organize on paper, but I didn't know where to start. This video was freaking everything for me I love your books the design how u put yourself into them. Thank you
A beautiful video as always, Alwyn! You are so right. I was so overwhelmed and intimidated by those amazing BOS's out there. Mine never seemed good enough. As a beginner, it is really easy to fall into that trap. Also what I felt, was that I spent a lot of time putting thins in my BOS that other people told me should be in there. It's really important to put only that in which really resonates with you as a practitioner.
I love your accent and just your voice :) very calming and it's raining where i am too, so it sounds good with your voice and rain in the background :)
Ah-ha! I see you have the earth magic deck. I was gifted that by my sister one year. Don’t you love it? I do! Thanks for all of the creative tips! I’ve yet to start mine.
