The Crafty Ravens

The Crafty Ravens Apothecary and metaphysical healing and gift shop.

06/07/2026

The branches look so good! We have also started moving the side and front tables out to give more space for beings of all types inside which is making a huge difference. Low key cannot wait till we can upgrade to a bigger space.

First day of down and aside from mother nature being off her meds and going from sun to hail to downpours and back? It was a great day! The energy at this faire is what it's SUPPOSED to feel like!

I am trying to be better about snapping photos of some of the awesome costumes and street skits we get to see. Grabbed a couple today of some fun ones.

And can we talk about the GLORIOUS mug?!?!

06/05/2026

Booth upgrade update!

Adhd and life took over and of course it's 2 days till faire starts and NOW my brain is like "hey we should finish that project!" Except i edited down and made it a feasible task instead of overwhelming myself. My focus is the front of the booth. I can work on the others pieces and slowly add each week as I have time to get things done. Trying this new thing called let it go. Pair it down to what you can accomplish within the time and spoons you have. I am learning to work with my Fibromyalgia because flares mean I get almost nothing done and I want to avoid that as much as possible.

So here is the update of the front branches. We assemble everything tomorrow and I'll post pics!

Process 1st carving with pumpkin carving knives to get things more flat then with a bit of smoother cuts with a razor blade. Second carving is with a widish cone sanding bit for the dremel and carving lines and knots. Then a base coat of black paint, then a dry brush of a dark brown and then a grayish brown. Attaching with heavy duty magnets, and that will be the experiment of how and where to best hold for weather and time and eventual breakdown.

Starting Saturday! We will be the full run and then onto next!New ceramic pieces and a few new embroidered pockets! Th...
06/01/2026

Starting Saturday! We will be the full run and then onto next!

New ceramic pieces and a few new embroidered pockets! The pockets go fast and we won't have any more embroidered items for a awhile as mom is out of commission for a bit.

See you all there!

Spent most of my days behind the scenes making flower crowns and nursing a chipped tooth/sore tongue, but we had a great...
05/27/2026

Spent most of my days behind the scenes making flower crowns and nursing a chipped tooth/sore tongue, but we had a great time . Being nearby one of the entertainment areas that included the amazing show from and a fire troupe i didn't catch the name of gave us great shows all day and we made some new friends!

The energy at this faire is so much what the bigger faires should be, one of community and family, comraderie and connection. I love the bigger faires but sometimes money pushes out what faire should be about and the smaller faires still have that love.
Thanks for a great event! We will see everyone next year!

05/23/2026

This weekend! We are booth 47 near the joust and aerial artists!

05/18/2026

We recently moved the storage unit to a cheaper and closer place. It's mostly keeps, projects, and things we don't have space for but want when we have our family compound. We also donated a bunch. This required opening crates to see what was inside, and much to my surprise, a box of my old ceramic stuff was still around, one I'd thought was lost in the fire in 2019.

I finally had time to actually go through the crate and was surprised at what actually has survived all these years...15 to be exact, from when I was in art school.

There were the adhd half projects and things i just said I'll fix it later to. Which I will...Just a LOT later than I had planned! Apparently my color palette has not changed either...all the glazes are greens and browns mostly 😆.

The phoenix....that's a story for another time.

05/14/2026

I've been out of my little studio space the last few weeks with other projects needing attention. It became a dumping ground for whatever needed to be brought in with moving storage, selling stuff we found, and show prep.

I wanted to get some things made today, but that required feeling like i could at least walk in my space and have something of a work flow.

Yes, this is literally what space I have to do the things. I clean and move things off the back tables depending on the media, with the clay space being dedicated. I don't have a ton of room since it is a mixed use space with the gardening things, tools, bikes, the 3d printer and storing things.

When I have time (stop laughing), everything that needs to go to storage will go, and I will clean this space out and set it up and expand it to be a functional work area on the left and garden/worshop/etc on the right. I really want to include finishing the walls and painting and putting down more mats on the floor. But for now, I at least have a small amount of space to work in and it doesn't feel as cluttered.

Next up! Come see us !May 23 and 24th!
05/12/2026

Next up! Come see us !

May 23 and 24th!

Wondering along Mississippi today and found a Cuban restaurant that was gluten free (almost all) with a ton of vegan opt...
05/10/2026

Wondering along Mississippi today and found a Cuban restaurant that was gluten free (almost all) with a ton of vegan options. Delicious. Definitely bringing Tori here at some point. And a ton of cute shops! I've lived here 14 years and never wondered along one of the pocket neighborhood streets just for funsies.

05/09/2026

Progress so far on the 7x regency coat. It is coming along nicely.
Also, not a fan of box pleats lol. What a pain.

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