Coventry Creations Articles

When you are in a negative mood, the last thing you want to do is put in your rose colored glasses and play Pollyanna to some fake feeling words.   But that is exactly the remedy that will help you transition from a place of self-defeat into a place of balance and connection.   It’s hard to do.   Right now as I write this blog, it’s hard for me to do as I am in that exact space.   But I know that as I do my affirmations I am lifting myself up in tiny increments and allowing the light back into my soul.   That is what affirmations do, they create an invitation to the Divine to settle more fully into your heart and heal what is bringing disconnection and pain.   Affirmations put you back in control of your emotions and reactions to outside events.   So often the pain caused by actions...

When money issues show up, they show with a dramatic urgency.  Rent, light bill, filling your gas tank, tuition, loan payments, they all share a life changing urgency if they don’t get paid.   When you are perpetually in survival mode, it’s hard to get spiritual and heal the deeper issue that keeps you in that state of financial lack.   When you are drowning in bills, the last thing you want to do is cast an abundance spell for fear that you will become more abundant in bills!   You need a Cash, Money, Now! spell to get through the crisis and get a moment to de-stress before the next round of bills show up.  The Financial Growth Blessing Kit is perfect for these moments, especially when you add it to the Cosmic Check Spell.   This spell is simple and fast and can be done any time of the month....

By Britany Crenshaw I think we can all admit it family time isn’t always peachy.  With the holiday season right under our noses, we are prone to rising stress levels.  We all step into family gatherings with a preconceived notion (or ideal) of how things will play out.   Yet we forget that everyone is walking in with a similar emotional charge so the gathering can go either way - Better or worse than you expected. If you’re anything like me, you’re hosting Thanksgiving and Christmas at your house.  Hosting is another ball game all in itself. If it isn’t potluck you have to worry about cooking in addition to making sure everyone is fed, and your area has to be squeaky clean. By the time family and friends come over, you’re trying your hardest to create a genuine smile and start and keep good conversation. Some holidays seem to be surrounded...

“Often, we know the truth but do not want to see it.”   ~ Coventry Creations Blessing Kit Truth is a very sticky subject, because it is so subjective.  There is your truth, their truth and the universal truth, which is just the facts.    My truth and your truth rely on our personal filters; our perception of the situation, our experiences, our fears and emotional filters.   What is helpful to one person is interfering to another.  What is the truth when definitions differ?  What is the truth when you don’t want to know what the other perspectives are? When the truth may be painful, we can hide from it.  When the truth means that we may have to face an old fear or a scary reality we have the super power to deny it.   We have this amazing defense mechanism to hide from us what is too painful to bear, but...

I love the number 3.  There is so much magic in it.  You can go back through time and see how often the number three represents holiness, balance, beginning, wisdom.   The triple goddess, the Holy Trinity, the fates, the three kings. It is a very uniting number: mother, father, child; past, present, future; birth, life, death; body, mind and spirit.   When we want to make a point, we use three proofs.   At three we can see a pattern.  At three we can triangulate a pin point. Three is the number where things begin to take shape, it is the force of creative power that takes an idea, through the initial action on the idea and into manifesting.   The perfect number for magic. We use three votives in our Blessing Kits just for that, to take your idea, wish or intent and bring it out of your head through your initial action...

By Britany Crenshaw November and December are months that are supposed to be surrounded by gratitude, family and peace. But, it isn’t always completely just that is it? Thanksgiving and Christmas are times to be grateful, eat good food, reminisce with family and friends and at least get a good laugh. Although my holiday festivities do eventually house all of these characteristics, I do bump into a great deal of chaos along the way and I know for a fact I am not the only one. I have a large family and communication is always easily lost through the grapevine.  Communication is the key to a smooth holiday in my family and for some reason, it’s the only factor that seems to get lost each and every year. Fortunately for my family, it doesn’t matter who didn’t bring what, who said what or who did what at the end of the...

By Britany Crenshaw I’m one of those pet owners who goes over and beyond for their pets. All four of my dogs get holiday stockings and gifts wrapped in doggy wrapping paper. I get the side eye from a handful of people because I truly treat my dogs like they’re my kids.  They’ve protected, served and have been my best friends since as early as 2005, and they deserve it!  Your pets think very highly of you. You feed them, love them, and talk to them and if you spoil your pets like I do, you clothe them too. That connection that is shared between humans and their pets is a connection that is unique. They rely on us to care for them and we rely on them for so much more. We look to them to be our judgmental free friends, our ear to listen and to add to this...

I love a good root word, and Karma does come through with a depth of meaning.    The Sanskrit root – Karman means, "to do, make, perform, accomplish, cause, effect, prepare, undertake". At it’s root, Karma’s definition is the executed action and the intent behind the action.   Some Indian scholarly schools of thought teach that Karma is the effect of your actions. Some schools of thought feel that karma is a much longer term than that and it takes more than one lifetime to experience the effect that your actions caused. The Buddhist teach that  the lesson of Karma is  always “volitional action”.  In a nutshell, the law of karma says that if you do good, you will experience good and if you do evil, you will experience evil.   Karma is not a judgement, as us Westerners think, it is simply an explanation of the cause and effect of our actions.   ...

“Peace begins with a smile.” – Mother Theresa “In my world, peace begins and ends with me.”  It’s the same in your world.  Go ahead, repeat that line aloud and see how it feels.   Does saying that phrase aloud inspire feelings of freedom?  Does it inspire fear?  Does it inspire peace or maybe it goes the opposite way and inspires judgement or righteousness.   If you were to live your life with peace as the center of it, what would it look like? I thought for years that if I had peace as my center then life would be boring.   I would lose my passion and would become complacent with my lot in life.   I was mistaken.   I equated peace with not caring.  I equated peace with being a victim. I equated peace with a lack of action.  Living your life in a place of peace does not mean any of...

The Peace candle from the World Magic Line will be back for a limited time starting in November.  We have only poured a few small batches for the holiday season.  The candle will have new new label, updated blessing but same wonderful formula.   What is the Peace candle for? Through this candle, your personal prayers for peace join with the collective prayers of humanity to form a web of peace around the globe. The sacred herbs and oils from the 4 corners of the Earth, bringing a global focus for our prayers and intentions to transform hatred into love, fear into peace and intolerance into empathy.   Included in the candle recipe are: Lavender from Europe Frankincense from Africa Jasmine from Asia Cedar and Vanilla from the Americas The Peace candle is sold on a first come, first serve basis.  We only make a limited amount of candles so don’t...

We want YOU to join our Witches Union!  It’s time to stand together loud and proud to celebrate all the diverse and amazing folks who are delighted to call themselves a witch.  We are very excited to offer all the Coventry Creations family, membership into the Witches Union.     Spell Casters Club: Wildly Successful Spell   This spell is all about powering up your spells and building upon success. Success can be professional or personal, help bring the positive, happy and lucky energy your way. The Dragon’s Blood candle and oil are all about energizing and adding that extra kick. The set includes 1 Dragon’s Blood Oil, 1 Dragon’s Blood Pillar, a spell recipe card and a witches union member card. The spell card comes with two spells on it and they are easily repeatable! There are also some substitutions offered on the card. Please remove all packaging before use...

It is the month of Halloween and everyone starts talking about black cats, witches and brooms. We took a moment to stop and ask ourselves, what does it mean to us to be a witch.  Thankfully, we have many members of the staff who identify with the pagan and wiccan community and we asked them to give us a couple of words they would use to define a witch. Below are a the most common words and explanations on the anatomy of a witch.  What do you think?  Did they get it on point? Missing anything important?  Share your thoughts with us on our facebook at coventry creation or tweet at us @coventryc #beingawitch.  

We want YOU to join our Witches Union!  It’s time to stand together loud and proud to celebrate all the diverse and amazing folks who are delighted to call themselves a witch.  We are very excited to offer all the Coventry Creations family, membership into the Witches Union.     Spell Casters Club: Wildly Successful Spell   This spell is all about powering up your spells and building upon success. Success can be professional or personal, help bring the positive, happy and lucky energy your way. The Dragon’s Blood candle and oil are all about energizing and adding that extra kick. The set includes 1 Dragon’s Blood Oil, 1 Dragon’s Blood Pillar, a spell recipe card and a witches union member card. The spell card comes with two spells on it and they are easily repeatable! There are also some substitutions offered on the card. Please remove all packaging before use...

We want YOU to join our Witches Union!  It’s time to stand together loud and proud to celebrate all the diverse and amazing folks who are delighted to call themselves a witch.  We are very excited to offer all the Coventry Creations family, membership into the Witches Union.     Spell Casters Club: Curse Breaker Spell   Negative energy and thoughts flowing your way can feel like a curse.  It could be that you have accidently surrounded yourself with negative or jealous people, or that a series of hard events have left yourself and your space in a pattern of pessimistic heavy energy. Break any bad energy or jealous thoughts headed your way with the Curse Breaker spell. If you feel like you have been going through some bad luck lately or you feel like you need some protection and cleansing from those who may not be wishing you well.  The...

We want YOU to join our Witches Union!  It’s time to stand together loud and proud to celebrate all the diverse and amazing folks who are delighted to call themselves a witch.  We are very excited to offer all the Coventry Creations family, membership into the Witches Union.     Spell Casters Club: Money Bags Spell   Money, money, money!  It makes the world go round.  As much as we hate to admit it, sometimes we just need a little more cash flow to get things done. This spell is for money! Use this spell to bring prosperity and abundance your way. This spell can be used for situation where quick cash is required or reveal a path you can take to help change your money woes in a bigger way. This set includes: 1 Witches Purse oil, 1 Witches Purse Pillar, a spell recipe card and a witches union member...

Witches Union Spell Box   We are very excited to offer all the Coventry Creations family, membership into the Witches Union.   It’s time to stand together loud and proud to celebrate all the diverse and amazing folks who are delighted to call themselves a witch.  The Witches Union is a series of Spell Boxes that come with the candles, a spell with detailed instructions and of course your very own witches union card. Unlike a subscription box, we make them available to purchase when you are ready.  Buy them every month or skip a few and pick the ones that are relevant to you.   The Spell boxes have been custom designed and formulated by Jacki Smith, President of Coventry Creations and author of the books Coventry Magic and Do it Yourself Akashic Wisdom. They are perfect on the go spells that are simple to set up and created to fit...

We want YOU to join our Witches Union!  It’s time to stand together loud and proud to celebrate all the diverse and amazing folks who are delighted to call themselves a witch.  We are very excited to offer all the Coventry Creations family membership into the Witches Union.   The Witches Union is a selection of spell boxes that will update every few months. Unlike a subscription box, we make them available to purchase when you are ready.  Buy them all or skip a few and pick the ones that are relevant to you. When you purchase a Spell Box or a witches brew Spell Caster Club Recipe Box, included will be the candles, a recipe card for the spell for when, why and how and also will be your very own Witches Union card.  You can find the sets under Witches Union in the Coventry Creations Shop. Written on the...

Using the Halloween Pillar in Candle Magic   The Halloween candle also known as the Night of the Witch is from an old favorite from the original witches brew line known as spell caster.   The original label said “a powerful blend to open the path to manifesting your dreams.”  For us, this recipe was perfect to incorporate into Halloween or Samhain traditions and ceremonies.  Using the time when the veil is it at its thinnest between this world and the next.  Call on your ancestors to help bring about the energy to manifest your goals, wishes and dreams.    The Halloween candle will only be around for a limited time.  The candle burns for 70 hours and includes a blessing on the label to recite with the candle and intention. Please never leave a burning candle unattended.

Unwrapping the Gratitude Spell Box   We want YOU to join our Witches Union!  It’s time to stand together loud and proud to celebrate all the diverse and amazing folks who are delighted to call themselves a witch.  We are very excited to offer all the Coventry Creations family, membership into the Witches Union.  These spells are simple, easy to do and most importantly work well and work fast!   Gratitude is a beautiful thing.  It helps to bring in happiness, forgiveness and even open to fresh ideas.  Celebrating the wins in your life as well as the lessons learned can give you the edge in this world. The more grateful you are to the universe, the higher power you believe in, your family, your friends and even your little pet companions the more you are opening yourself up to the abundance of life, happiness and prosperity. This simple spell kit...

Using the Day of the Death Pillar in Candle Magic   The day of the dead, or dia de los muertos is an ancient tradition celebrated all over the world to honor our ancestors and our roots.   Many of us feel the need to connect with something older and bigger than ourselves, finding out where we came from in order to help us discover our own path.  By honoring our ancestors and also the land in which has housed us, fed us and formed our cultural identity, we allow ourselves gratitude and growth to complete the challenges before us. In our path for personal discovery, we need not lose the important lessons gained by our family and heritage.   Celebrate your family here and those no longer with us by lighting the Day of the Dead candle in their honor.  Whether or not you have an altar, a collection of photos...