witch æsthetics ► cottage | space | swamp

(*) related archetypes — hearth witch; hedge witch; kitchen witch

• absently humming while flitting around kitchens
• blackberry jam in jars swathed in fabric & tied with twine
• cookbooks notated with magical marginalia
• copper kettles; mortar & pestles hewn of granite & marble
• devotees of brigid; demeter; freya; hestia
• farmers' markets on saturday mornings
• flour-streaked cheeks
• fresh flowers & dried herbs
• homemade household cleaners with infused intent
• honeybees (protect them & their endless bounty)
• organic bath bombs & handcrafted oatmeal soaps
• red brick sprawling with english ivy
• shelves lined with printed pyrex nesting bowls
• soft, cool quilts embroidered with pink rosebuds
• starched whites, breeze-blown on clotheslines
• tawny housecats & bristly broomsticks, polished & pruned
• the thick, intermingled aroma of spice cabinets
• tidy, cozy homes ♥

► playlist

• “banana pancakes” — jack johnson
• “cigarettes and chocolate milk” — rufus wainwright
• “dirty laundry” — don henley
• “going up the country” — canned heat
• “living room” — tegan & sara
• “meet virginia” — train
• “mess is mine” — vance joy
• “new slang” — the shins
• “ob-la-di, ob-la-da” — the beatles
• “our house” — crosby, stills & nash
• “peaches” — presidents of the united states of america
• “roll away your stone” — mumford & sons
• “she don't use jelly” — the flaming lips
• “work song” — hozier