Bryn Hofmann
Artist Trading Cards (February 2026)
I taught an ATC class for a few friends this weekend and made two sets of my own: The Michigan cards have cherries (famous product of Traverse City), deer (state game animal), cherry blossoms (state floser), and robins (state bird) along with pieces of an outdated Michigan map. I realized
Charm Casting Part 7: Casting and Narrowing Down
Once you've made your preparations, the next step is to select the charms for the reading. You can: * Deliberately pick charms with meanings that are useful for the question or subject * Randomly select a certain amount of charms * Have your querent randomly select a certain amount of charms
Charm Casting Part 6: Preparing for a Reading
Apologies for the delay - I was planning to combine this part with performing a reading, the performing section is getting an overhaul from my old class notes, and it was a big enough undertaking that I didn't feel I had the spoons. But I don't
ACNH Tarot: Ace of Bells
This was a winter art exchange present for someone who likes Animal Crossing and Tarot. I thought about what the other suits would be, but didn't have time to paint any more - cups would become scallops, wands would become lanterns, and my friend Kai suggested bees for
Bluesky
If any of my Bluesky peeps are wondering why I'm not posting this weekend, I tried to migrate to Northsky and it's stuck. My account deactivated and I can't get through the next step so the migrator will finish and reactivate it. The Northsky
Color Magic Revisited - Going Deeper
I was just introduced to Colour Cubes, which are decks of cards with a color palette on each one. This got me thinking: I know what individual colors mean to me, but does that change in any way when it's a set of colors? More research is needed,
A Heavier World: Born in Winter
In the first virtual get-together for A Softer World, Effy Wild (the facilitator) mentioned that she enjoys heavy music some of the time. Which made me wonder what it would look like to have a class centered around A Heavier World, or just a series of paintings. Maybe a class
Recommended Reading
The charm casting posts will continue soon, but in the meantime, I was reminded yesterday that I have a short list of books to kickstart a new witch's practice if they want to do something similar to what I do. To be clear: I do a lot of
Knitting Tip: Better Striped Edges
I may not normally write about knitting, but I enjoy it and I want to share a technique I figured out by myself. This is good for when you're transitioning between one color to another, each color is on a different row, and the first color ends with
Charm Casting Part 5: Dedicating Your Kit
Dedicating or consecrating your charm casting kit is an optional step. I'm not going to provide a ritual, but I'll say that you should consider whether you want to consecrate each separate piece going into your kit, or consecrate the container in a way that means
Charm Casting Part 4: Other Handy Supplies
There are a few things handy to have for charm casting, besides what I've already covered. First: charm storage. If you separate all of your charms into groups, I recommend wedding favor tins. They're small, cheap, and light, and you can find them on Amazon or