Olivia: Hello, and happy December. This vlog is going to be a little different.
It's just going to be an accumulation of a bunch of clips from my November.
So this is how my morning usually starts. I make some coffee or tea,
and first pour some as offings for my altars, and then I'll pour my own.
As we get into the darker months of the year, I end up going a little more
"hermit mode" than usual, which is kind of saying something. But, it gives me more time
to focus on the things that I want to focus on. So, wether that's learning a new skill,
or strengthening one I already have, I really enjoy this time. So, grab something to drink,
hang out with me a bit, and I'll take you through a few things that I did this November.
One of the things I did this month, was I was trying to get a little closer to perfecting this
tea blend that I've been working on. It's a sleeping tea, and like I said,
it's very much in the experimental phase, so I don't exactly have a recipe for you.
But, if you want to know the ingredients, I'm using passionflower leaf,
valerian, lavender, rose petals... and I didn't have chamomile flowers on hand, so I just opened
up a bunch of these chamomile tea bags and dumped them in there. If you decide to make this tea,
make sure you talk to your doctor if you are on any kind of medications, because valerian root and
passionflower can have some effects depending on what kind of medications you're taking.
So, just to be sure, and just to be safe, talk to somebody prior to making this tea and drinking it.
Now, luckily, I have a bunch of wonderful friends who are more than happy to be my guinea pigs
and document their sleep schedules as they are taking this tea. So I jarred some up for them,
put some correlating sigils on the bottom of these jars, charged them up, and sent them on their way.
And now, a just a quick clip to appreciate my friends, Matthew and Clay.
(singing "Let My Love Open The Door") Olivia: Laughing
Matthew: Pause! Clay: Wait! Wait!
Matthew: (laughing) Olivia:
Anyway. (Christmas
piano playing softly)
Then, I had Megan come over, and help me make some fire cider. Now, if you're unfamiliar fire cider
is one of those folk recipes that your friends and family that you make take it, will love to
hate you for. This stuff packs quite a punch. It's so simple to make: you chose everything up,
throw it in some apple cider vinegar, and let it brew for two to four weeks. And the
second you feel a cold coming up, just take a shot everyday for a few days, you'll be back
on track in no time. There's so many different kinds of recipes, so I'll leave a few links of
my favorites down below. And while it's definitely not the best tasting thing in the world,
it's one of the best cold-busters out there.
My best project was working on Megan's Christmas present, which was a hand-made travel tarot mat.
I already have a tutorial on how to do this, and I still absolutely love this design. It's one of my
favorite things to see when some of you post it on Instagram, and tag the hashtag, #wonderlustcoven.
So if this inspires you to make one, definitely share it, I love seeing all of your designs.
I really love this design because it's super easy to make, so it makes it easy to customize. But,
it makes it so it's easy to travel with your tarot cards, and it doubles as a reading mat.
Then you can just wrap up your tarot cards when you're done, and it's safe, and it looks pretty.
but for the most part, most of my month looked like this. It was really just me,
sitting down and taking the time to study a couple of things I wanted to know more about.
I would give you a list, but there's quite a lot. This one in particular, I think I was watching
something from Domestika. Which is mainly a learning site for creative things, such as
drawing, or video, or photography. I'll leave a link down below if you're curious. It's not
sponsored or anything, I just like it. But, that was my month, I hope you enjoyed, best of luck,
be kind to each other, and may your gods treat you as you've treated others. See you in the next one.