Dispatches From Tanganyika

Grey and I have had a hell of a time getting over this flu, but we soldier on, and PZBART is open again with a bunch of new voodoo products including wormwood, sweet gum seed balls, alum, saltpeter, cloves, hot peppers, cinnamon bark, and powdered selenite, all in decorative glass bottles with tiny adorable skull beads.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/PZBART


Wormwood

I also listed an iolite & pyrite skull choker with a wire-wrapped pyrite pendant. I haven't been able to make much jewelry lately because of tendonitis in my right arm that's aggravated by beading, but I'd been looking for the right thing to do with this pendant, and when I found these pyrite skulls, I knew they had to go together.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/179752125/iolite-pyrite-skull-choker-by-poppy-z?ref=shop_home_feat_4

And we send a get-well shout-out to Chris, who had knee replacement surgery yesterday morning.

So far, I have spent this winter solstice making a selection of essential voodoo oils I hope to add to PZBART in the coming year, including a batch of New Orleans' own Van Van Oil to which I plan to add flecks of pyrite, as suggested by Cat Yronwode of LuckyMojo.com. If the oils turn out well, they should be available in February. We don't do Christmas presents anymore, but today I must brave Metairie traffic anyway to get tiny bottles for herbs, etc. at David Art Supply, since the ones I ordered wholesale won't come for another couple of weeks.