My Grimoires and Magical Planning ✨Green Witchery

[@10yearsgone]

I would love to see more of your fairy houses out in nature. I want to do that too.

[@naturalwitchery]

I will keep tgat in mind!

[@tessuntangled3505]

Watching your past videos. LOVING them!! I used to journal ALL the time when I was younger. Sadly, family found them and used them against me. Eventually I stopped journaling. I miss it so very much. Every time I start journaling for various reasons--spiritual, personal, knowledge- I end up stopping for weeks or months. Then I go back to one or two and then stop again. I want to be more consistent, but I think unconsciously, I stop for fear of them being found. Silly, but I am working on it. I have SO many journals!! Sometimes I get overwhelmed by this, having so many & not having any completed or filled. But I am working on trying to be more focused and consistent. LOVE this video!!! So many ideas & inspirations. THANK YOU!!

[@naturalwitchery]

I like the challenge of trying to fill one. I just keep going, even though I sometimes take long breaks too.

[@allyfelix7845]

Hi! I had a similar journaling habit, but when I left for college and eventually moved in with my now husband, I discovered that my twin sister had gone through all my journals because she was 'bored.' This felt like such an intimate violation and put me off of journaling for years. Recently, I have been keeping all sorts of journals bc my husband and I live alone, and he respects my privacy. But! For my more intimate thoughts and rituals, I bought a journal on Amazon that is like a locker combination and keeps the journal locked whenever you close it in a very secure folio type case. Highly recommend looking into that!

[@tessuntangled3505]

@@allyfelix7845 Thank you for this!! I will look into it. I live with family now, ones who do respect me, but I still have that subconscious feeling. I'm sorry you experienced that type of invasion. I am so glad you feel safe to journal again! It really is a a release. Thank you for sharing --Tess

[@bobbiforquer6237]

Oh yes I also do a word of the year and about now I am beginning to think about possibilities for the next year. Yule is when I begin my near year and during the dark months I plan what I am going to do for the next year. I have a large flower garden and I’m trying my hand at herbs this past summer was my first and it was a trial run. I didn’t do well but I hope the next season will be better. I am a big nature person, I love trees all the things and animals. Again thanks for sharing

[@naturalwitchery]

You are ahead of me. I’m not quite there yet! I’ll start thinking about it around the middle of December. I am sure that your garden will get better every year. It’s amazing how some plants just don’t want to ally with you. I have a few I’ve tried for years to befriend, but won’t grow for me.

[@freya7pc]

My word is 'improvement'. I want to improve my home, and I want to improve myself. Your artwork, grimoires and journals are beautiful!

[@naturalwitchery]

What a great word. You can plug that in all over: How does this improve...? Will this improve....? And then all the affirmations about improvement as well. Love it !

[@deelightfulenergy]

Thank you 🙏🏻 … I’m Aries too ♈️ (a cuspie Aries) I’m always creating something! 🤗🥰 I love that you invite people to actually write to you with pen and paper! 😊…how lovely ☺️ 💖😇🌈✨

[@naturalwitchery]

I love letter writing. I've always done it. I find letters have a special magic to them!

[@vyvienn]

It’s so interesting to see someone else organize themselves. Funny enough, this year I seem to be accumulating various journals for different purposes. I also include Latin names in my herb and garden journal because I work in both English and German and I don’t always know the corresponding name in the other language.

[@naturalwitchery]

Yes! Knowing the Latin makes it universal. I should memorize the family too as that would help me make even more connections between the plants 🪴

[@RowanBlake]

My word of the year is flourish. I really enjoyed this video. Thank you for sharing.

[@naturalwitchery]

What a lovely word! That has some panache to it.

[@LaSorciereFeuillue]

Rowan, that's mine too! I've had a huge life change for the better, including a desert sojourn (deeper introspection). Hope it served you well this past year.

[@geminigreywolf6655]

I have been binge watching a lot of your videos.

[@naturalwitchery]

Welcome! I’ll be having 13 videos here pretty soon for the 13 nights of Samhain

[@shaunaraetarot]

Beautiful hand lettering 💚

[@naturalwitchery]

Thank you! 😊I used to love lettering when I was in high school. I'm rekindling it.

[@bobbiforquer6237]

After I found your channel well it found me actually I have been slowly going through your videos and really enjoying them, I have left messages before but I wanted to tell you again I am enjoying them and I’m sure many of us out here are. I am a 58 year old nurse in Missouri we live on a 200 acre farm. My husband’s family lives near Salem Oregon it is beautiful there. In the late summer I started making a grimoire myself before I even came across this and it’s giving me ideas for my own. Again thank you for sharing.

[@naturalwitchery]

200 acres?!! Wow, that’s some work. Missouri is so beautiful. Thanks for the kind words. It’s so much fun seeing the same faces on here and hearing your stories.

[@RustyTrainor]

love your explanation of what MORE means for you. It's very thoughtful and considered.

[@naturalwitchery]

Thanks!

[@chrissyplanteater2892]

Love a square book it fits perfectly for my work x ❤

[@naturalwitchery]

Me too!!

[@susanutterback300]

My word for 2023 is “explore “in many areas of my life…moving forward from a stagnant place to a vibrant one❤️

[@naturalwitchery]

Now THAT is a fun word of the year!

[@lulumoon9]

Even though this video is from a year ago, I find so much to connect with. As you asked our opinions along the way, I LOVE the square journals, particularly that company's journals. I have frequently started work in pre-printed/prompted journals but have quickly set them aside. I'm also an Aries sun and have come to realize that I should call myself a Creatrix - because it's a really cool word and it fits someone like me who is constantly creating. Artists are always getting the same message about "You'll never make money as an artist..." just like you. All this to say that I love what you put into your videos, and I'm going to take a deep dive into both of your channels. Thanks!

[@naturalwitchery]

Thanks for the kind words. Keep creating!

[@SmallTownJoshua]

Blessed be enjoy your video I am new to your channel love your book of shadows so far I keep my book of shadows in journal I hope you continue to make more videos

[@naturalwitchery]

Welcome! Blessed be!

[@lilpinkbear]

Thank you for sharing these with us April, this was great! So many great ideas. I am super nosy and love getting a look at other people's journals and planners. I have tried many different ways of recording information over the years. Last Autumn I started to overhaul everything (even destroying old records/notes...and saving others to archive) because I really need to find a system that works for me. I still have multiple notebooks for different things but I also have three main binders for research/planning/practice in tarot and divination, my magical practice and herbalism. Still early days yet but I'm allowing myself to take my time because this is a lifetime task (also, I ca n easily go for weeks at a time without doing anything in the binders due to my squirrel brain). 2022 was also a really hard year for me too, it seems like it was for a lot of folks. For this reason, my word of the year is 'Resilence'. I hope 2023 is much much better for you! xx

[@naturalwitchery]

A binder system would allow you to move things around. That seems smart. I, too, will go for weeks, but I try to schedule a day or two a month with blocks of time to work on SOMETHING in one of my books. Resilience sounds like a great word for 2023!

[@lilpinkbear]

Blocking time for it is a good idea, I should try it more often.

[@chrissyplanteater2892]

I struggle to journal and making my grimior but I now just paint draw and stick all kinds of things in my art book , I love to sketch or paint my cards that I pull especially my witchy ones also any flowers I find or just a daisy that wants to come home with me 😂🦌🕸🧟‍♀️🌲🌳🌱🧙‍♀️

[@naturalwitchery]

I go through first and spurts....

[@DianaGonzalez-qd8tc]

Truth is my word. Working towards being my most authentic self, honoring myself, embodying truth..it’s a biggie😅

[@naturalwitchery]

That is big. There will be big healing, struggle, and victory in that foe you this year!

[@valeriezahorskischmidt5260]

I love the ideas you’ve shared in this video! I just found your channels and have been binge watching your videos while I am stuck at home with Covid. You are such a breath of fresh air, I love your outlook on life, and your natural practices. Thank you for making these videos for all of us to enjoy.

[@naturalwitchery]

Oh my! Hope you get well soon and I send you a hearty welcome here. 💕💙💕 Thank you for the kind words.

[@radiantchristina]

I've never done a word of the year before this year. My word is Grace. I want to give myself more grace to be productive when I feel like it and to do nothing /cocoon when I feel like it . I also have a color of the year for the first time - yellow . not a color I normally gel with but it has been in my face for months now so I'm going with it. Thank you for sharing your journals 💕 As yes to lay flat journals ! 🤓💖

[@naturalwitchery]

Yellow is the color of confidence. It's a boutique personal integrity. Allowing yourself grace to do and not do means giving love and respect to yourSELF. What a powerful combination!

[@erikarefined]

Refine is my word. Love this video.

[@naturalwitchery]

So glad! That's a great word for the year.

[@kristensmagicalcreations]

I love this! I already commented on one of your video's that I watched this morning that I'm so happy that I found someone that I truly resonate with. I think its so important to make these books of all kinds to pass down! I'm really enjoying your content thus far!! I recently started a KZbin channel and I'm painting and filming today while watching your videos. I am a maker of magical things. I hope to see you Stop by my page. I just started, so there isn't much there yet but I'm working on it. I've been growing herbs and flowers and preserving them for years and I'm incorporating them into my works.

[@naturalwitchery]

Welcome! I am headed over to your new channel!

[@kristensmagicalcreations]

@@naturalwitchery thank you so much!

[@tessuntangled3505]

2022 was one of the most difficult years for me, too. C19, 2020 to now seems to have had more stressors & battles (MH, spiritual growth/intentions, physical & financial) than I ever thought I could handle. I started 2020 with a word: Abundance. Boy no sooner did I claim my word... looking back, I learned to be VERY SPECIFIC. I got an abundance...of illness, loss of income, etc. I have to laugh about it now, as I hadn't started my path yet. But I am looking forward to starting fresh. With renewed hope optimism, and creativity. Love this video!!! --Tess

[@naturalwitchery]

Wow, is that every the truth! No sooner do we open ourselves than the YOUniverse sets the table in methods we didn't expect!

[@chaneldays]

Loved hearing what your word of the year means to you

[@naturalwitchery]

This was a strange one. I was really surprised by it, but I'm warming to it.

[@Laura-rx9mp]

Thank you so much. I absolutely love the background with the pretty fox, owl and please let me know how I can obtain one. It is very lovely. Cheers

[@naturalwitchery]

That is actually a towel. My daughter got it for me in Bouldee, CO. I had see it and was raving about it, so she secretly bought it for me!

[@Laura-rx9mp]

It is adorable!!! Cheers