Ack, thank you!

Can’t wait for Molly to go downstairs

She’s either going to completely not notice it or completely lose her mind, nothing in between

Maybe everybody already knows this and it was just me who somehow didn’t? But the endless stirring and the inevitable lumps annoyed me for DECADES and all it takes to prevent both is like half a teaspoon of hot water. Everything just… mixes perfectly after that.

Thank you!

Thank you! The labradorite did all the heavy lifting, though. ☺️

(These aren’t my crystal oracle cards - I am going to be making a deck but I’m not starting work on that project until next year. These are bookmarks that I’ll be selling both locally and on my website, 18 variants in total.)

…but love in all its possible shapes and forms, starting within and reflecting back out to the world.) It’s a stone that reminds you to value yourself, and to be brave enough to share your heart with the world, even when that’s a terrifying prospect - and to be gentle with yourself in the process.

…but looking closer, it’s actually being reflected back at the viewer from a mirror, which feels very apt; rose quartz is what I often reach for when someone is looking for help connecting with their own truth, or for accepting that they are worthy of love. (And not just the romantic sort of love…

Rose quartz popped out of the deck after a few passes of shuffling, with its message of “a different kind of love” and I quite like the art on this one - the softness of the flowers and crystals around the strength of a lion. At first glance it looks like the lion is gazing directly out of the card…

…stone just settles into place once the foundation is steady enough to hold it.

…mid-air, and the topmost one being carried into place by a butterfly - or is being carried away from the others? It suggests that finding that centered calm will let the weight of the world slip off your shoulders and leave you lighter and quieter. Or it could be seen as the way that the last…

…I tend to use sodalite; it’s not the authoritative “SIT DOWN AND CHILL OUT” calm of hematite or the softness of rose quartz, but more of a quiet, centered calm like you get from being very mindfully present.

The artwork is fascinating, with the stones resting on the surface of the water and in…

I, uh, have a rather loose definition of “tomorrow” apparently? 🤦🏻‍♀️

I shuffled until a card fell out of the deck (this deck is very fond of yeeting cards onto the floor, it would seem) and upon turning it over, found sodalite, with its message of “come to calm” - which lines up pretty well with how…