Win a Copy of The Witch's Cauldron, Ends May 1, 2017

Win a copy of The Witch's Cauldron, The Craft, Lore & Magick of Ritual Vessels by Laura Tempest Zakroff, a collectible book cover flat, and a 5x7 of the chapter opener that I'll sign for you! 

It's giveaway time again! The latest addition to Llewellyns The Witch's Tools series, The Witch's Cauldron, The Craft, Lore & Magick of Ritual Vessels by Laura Tempest Zakroff, and I really think you're going to love it! I was honored to create the illustrations for this excellent book and I just received my "illustrator copies" and a few book cover flats as well, so I thought this would be a nice time to do a giveaway. One lucky winner drawn at random on May 1 will get a copy of The Witch's Cauldron, a collectible book cover flat, and I'm also including a 5x7 print of the chapter opener, signed and personalized just for you. You can frame it or add it to your Book of Shadows!


I had a blast with these illustrations for the book, Laura, being an artist herself, gave me great direction on what she wanted to see in her book, she was really great to work with. 

You'll notice that the cover doesn't look the same as the other covers in this series, there's a very good reason for that, Llewellyn Worldwide has decided to re-design all the covers of the Witch's Tools series.  I'm delighted to report that the new covers will be featuring my line art from each book! Whooo-hooo! 

These will be the first Llewellyn book covers to feature my art that were not companions for my oracle/tarot decks! As you know, I really thought the original covers were fun, but I do think these new covers are super witchy and really reflect the material inside. wonderfully! The art department did a great job with the vision and design. I wanted to make sure to tell you about the other books getting new covers so you can snatch up the books in this series (Including my book The Witch's Mirror) with original covers while you can, I'm squirreling away a few myself since they might just become collectors items!

Laura did a great job with this book, one of the perks of being a book illustrator is that I get to read them first! The Witch's Cauldron is full of lots of great information about cauldrons, including history, folklore, traditional and innovative ways to use them for all kinds of magic, caring for them, and includes many different kinds of cauldrons you may not have considered. As always in this series, you'll find fantastic contributions by other witchy writers that share their perspective on magical cauldrons including Jason Mankey, Gwion Raven, Meredith Spies and more. Be sure to follow Laura Tempest Zakroff on Facebook for updates on her book tour, and visit her website http://www.lauratempestzakroff.com/

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Blessed Be!
Mickie Mueller

Kitchen Witch Candle Jars Sneak Peek

I'm excited to show you the prototype for a brand new line from the studio workshop, and my kitchen! I'm working on a brand new line of Kitchen Witch spell candle jars. Dan found these lovely frosted jelly jars from one of our dye sublimation suppliers and of course my witchy brain immediately thought, "spell candles!" watch for them in my Etsy shop Mickie Mueller Studio in the next couple days.

UPDATE: Now you can purchase a Kitchen Witch spell candle jar of your own! Click the name of the candle purpose to see photos of these beautiful re-usable candle jars!
Protection     Prosperity    Peace of Mind   Healing Vibes    Clearing & Uncrossing

Here's how the prototype turned out, I'm pretty happy with it! I'm also working on designs for Clearing & Uncrossing, Healing Vibes, Protection,  Blessed Home, Peace of Mind, and  Love & Romance. Each one will have the "Kitchen Witch" label, and will be covered with magical symbols associated with the theme; some drawn by me, and some public domain vintage art. 

I really had fun putting these designs together on the computer, I've got a few done, so you'll be seeing them in my Etsy shop really soon! Don't you love that vintage witch?!

We always have a bit of a learning curve when we dye sublimate a new item, this was our second try, and I was delighted to see it turn out so nice!

The candle jar is cool on it's own, but I just had to throw in a magical candle! I decided to use my old Kitchen Witch technique. This candle was dressed with herbs pressed into warm wax right in my own kitchen and charged with magical energy for prosperity and also charged with Reiki energy (since I'm a Reiki Master) for an extra kick. 

We did a nice little label for the lid too. The jar will come with one of my Kitchen Witch  herb dressed candles wrapped in paper and tied with a little bakers twine. (I need to pick up some bakers twine! LOL)

Here's what the prototype looked like when it had burned down for several hours, I love the way it glows. These candle burned for about 24 hours in this jar.

The right side...

...the left side.

My little Kitchen Witch candle burning away with all those lovely magical kitchen herbs doing their magical stuff!

Once the candle has burned out, you may dispose of any leftover wax however you like. The art on this jar is water-proof so I just set mine in a dish of hot water for about 10 minutes to loosen up the wax, scraped it out, and cleaned it out with hot soapy water to remove all the wax and any residual herbs. This jar can be re-used over and over. You can pour your own candle into the jar, or use votives or tea light candles dressed with your own herbs or oils as I did here.  You could also use it to store a homemade prosperity floor wash, smudge blend, or loose tea blend. 

Well, I better get back to work on a few more designs so that I can make one for you! They'll be in my Etsy shop Mickie Mueller Studio in the next couple of days, I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek of the prototype for our new Kitchen Witch spell candle jars!

UPDATE: Now you can purchase a Kitchen Witch spell candle jar of your own! Click the name of the candle purpose to see photos of these beautiful re-usable candle jars!
Protection     Prosperity    Peace of Mind   Healing Vibes    Clearing & Uncrossing 


Blessed Be!

Mickie