I thought I would just do a quick post to show you some of the things that I have collected over the last few weeks; all of which I thought were lovely little witchy bargains! I think that these just go to show that you don’t have to spend a fortune shopping at pagan stores to collect the tools of your craft – for some reason Pagan stores do seem to charge a lot, don’t they?
NOTE: all of the prices below indicate the price AFTER p&p :-)
Herbs: Rose Petals and Lavender buds. £7.95 (www.healthysupplies.co.uk)
Ok let’s kick this off with my most expensive finds (which actually weren’t hat expensive!). usually I either grow my herbs or I buy them from supermarkets however both Lavender and Rose tend to be a little more elusive and you have to look further afield. Now make no mistake, that you can pick up both of these items cheaper from other sources like eBay – but you have to be sensible about what you want. With Samhain just around the corner, I wanted to make edible goodies (posts to follow!) and I’m not sure that I trust random sellers on eBay retailing herbs that are food standard…
Now, the reason that I thought these were worthy of this post, is because of the quantity – for £7.95 including postage, you get 50g of each herb – whereas most other places sell 25g for the same amount of money… and to be safe in the knowledge that these can be eaten as opposed to solely for spell-work, I think they qualify as a bargain!
Bat tea light holder. £2.50 (www.wilko.com)
Now at some point in the future I intend to make a few videos (I always think that listening to someone speak is more personal) and at which point I will link to a YouTube poster (Joey Morris). I was watching one of her haul videos and she has bought one of these little beauties – I instantly fell in love)
At this time of year, various shops and supermarkets start to stock Halloween decorations, and although most of the time my opinion is that it is commercialised rubbish, occasionally something jumps out at me. This was one of those times… this is a simple bat silhouette tea light holder which I thought would be lovely for my Samhain altar – best of all it was £2.50 from Wilkinson – whereas a candle holder from a pagan store would cost in excess of £10
:-) What do you think?
Orange Tea lights. £1 (Sainsburys)
Whilst on the subject of shops and supermarket’s stocking Halloween decorations, I stumbled across these whilst in Sainsbury’s the other day.
While I know they are only coloured tea lights, what attracted me was that they aren’t scented. Usually, when you manage to find coloured tea lights, they are “appropriately” flavoured… in this case though, just plain orange – 12 for £1, AWESOME.
God and Goddess Travel Stones. £3.50 (www.devonianmists.com)
Recently, I have been assembling my travel altar – or at least that’s what I am calling it (see below) – although to be fair, it is just a small portable altar, be it outside or on the go… I’m undecided. What I did know though, was that I wanted small God and Goddess representations; and after hours of trawling through the internet for inspiration, I found these on eBay. They are so simple, but a perfect size and nice and cheap too… I think they are so sweet!
Part two coming tomorrow :-) what do you think guys?
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