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💫The Practical Magic Kitchen 💫
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items Step into a kitchen where the kettle's always on, herbs hang drying from the beams and every pot simmers with a little intention. Inspired by the cosy, candlelit magic of the Owens sisters, this list gathers everything you need to create your own rea...
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Bracken and Blossom Blog Post: Everything You Need to Plan for October
The Witch's Kitchen
Apothecary Shelf
Grow Your Own Magic
Books of Kitchen Magic
Candlelight and Ambience
Bracken and Blossom Blog Post: Everything You Need to Plan for October
October is when the veil grows thin and the Wheel turns towards Samhain, the witch's new year. My October Almanac follows the month's moon phases, from the new moon to the Hunter's Moon, the shift from Libra to Scorpio, and nature notes from the Scot...
October is when the veil grows thin and the Wheel turns towards Samhain, the witch's new year. My October Almanac follows the month's moon phases, from the new moon to the Hunter's Moon, the shift from Libra to Scorpio, and nature notes from the Scot...
October’s Almanac: Moon Phases, Nature Notes & A Guide to Samhain
The Witch's Kitchen
Every kitchen witch needs her trusty tools. These are the pots and pans, spoons and bowls that become old friends over years of stirring, simmering and spellwork. Think heavy copper pans that glow in the lamplight, a cast-iron skillet seasoned with l...
A pan as practical as it is pretty, with a warm copper finish that glows in the candlelight like something straight from the Owens sisters' kitchen. The smooth ceramic coating makes easy work of everything from golden fried eggs to sizzling herb-scen...
Amazon - Gotham Steel 14" Hammered Copper Nonstick Pan
Warm hammered copper that looks lovely hanging in a cosy kitchen, with a nonstick finish that makes weeknight cooking (and washing up) so much easier. Works on induction and goes straight into the oven.
Target US - Gotham Steel Hammered 10 Pc Nonstick Cookware Set Pots and Pans Set
Every kitchen witch needs a couple of trusty little pots for simmering sauces, stirring soups and brewing up something comforting on a cold evening. This pair of copper-toned saucepans has a smooth ceramic non-stick interior, so food slips out easily...
Amazon - MICHELANGELO 2QT & 3QT Copper Nonstick Saucepan Set
Handmade Olive Wood Utensil Set (5 Pieces) No witch's kitchen is complete without a pot of well-loved wooden spoons by the stove. This beautiful five-piece set is handcrafted from olive wood in Tunisia, and each piece has its own unique swirling grai...
Etsy - Olive Wood Utensils Set – 5-Piece Kitchen Tools, Spatulas, Spoons, Pasta Server
A dainty little spoon for stirring magic into your morning cuppa. This rustic tea spoon is made from sustainably sourced olive wood, is about 12cm long and has a beautiful natural grain. It's just right for stirring tea, coffee or a spoonful of honey...
Etsy - Olive Wood Tea Spoon, Rustic Kitchen Decor (4.75")
Vida Luster Stoneware Pasta Bowl: Witch Hat Serve up a little Samhain magic at your table. This dark stoneware pasta bowl is decorated with a repeating pattern of tiny witch's hats under a shimmering iridescent glaze, so it catches the candlelight be...
Anthropologie - Vida Luster Stoneware Pasta Bowl
The Mud Fairy Ghost Nut Bowl with 24k Gold Accent The sweetest little ghost you ever did see. This tiny white stoneware bowl is shaped like a friendly spirit, with hand-painted details and a shimmering 24k gold trim along its "hemline" that glints in...
Anthropologie - The Mud Fairy Stoneware 24k Gold Accent Ghost Nut Bowl
The Bistro Tile Stoneware Nut Bowl: Halloween Edition A little piece of Parisian bistro charm with a spooky twist. This small stoneware bowl comes in the "Hex Mix" colourway, decorated in midnight hues with night-time creatures and finished with glea...
Anthropologie - The Bistro Tile Stoneware Nut Bowl: Halloween Edition
Harvest-season tableware that looks straight out of the Owens sisters' kitchen. Each scalloped stoneware plate is painted with beautifully detailed heirloom pumpkins, perfect for serving a slice of spiced cake at a Mabon gathering or a warm pie by ca...
Terrain US - Heirloom Pumpkin Scalloped Stoneware Plate
Four marble coasters, each set with a little autumn symbol: a pumpkin, a falling leaf, a woodland mushroom and an acorn. They're a quiet nod to the season's harvest and would look beautiful on a kitchen table beside a steaming mug of tea or a midnigh...
Terrain US - Fall Icon Marble Coasters, Set of 4
Apothecary Shelf
No witch's kitchen is complete without a shelf of jars glinting in the light, filled with dried herbs, spices, salts and teas. Here you'll find glass apothecary jars, amber bottles, pretty labels and spice racks to keep your ingredients close at hand...
A whole shelf's worth of little glass jars, perfect for turning your pantry into a proper apothecary. At around 200ml each, they're just the right size for dried herbs, loose-leaf tea blends, bath salts, homemade jams or spice mixes, and there are en...
Amazon - Brajttt 7oz Glass Jars with Lids 30 Pack
These tall, graceful jars look as though they've come straight off an old apothecary's shelf. Each one is handmade, so no two are quite the same, and the small natural variations give them a lovely, timeworn charm. The three heights (roughly 26cm, 24...
Amazon - Elements Clear Glass Apothecary Jar Set of 3
A little stacked tower of apothecary jars, perfect for dried herbs, loose tea, bath salts or bits and bobs on the dressing table. Thick glass and pretty knob lids, and at $15 it's a lovely small treat.
Target US - Tiered Canister Apothecary Glass Clear - Threshold™
"Arsenic" Amber Glass Apothecary Jar For the witch with a wicked sense of humour. This amber glass jar with a bold vintage-style "Arsenic" label looks as though it's been lifted straight from a Victorian poison cabinet, though of course it's far bett...
Etsy - Arsenic Large Glass apothecary jar
Gilded Herbs Jar A little jewel for your apothecary shelf. This green stoneware jar is decorated with botanical florals and finished with gleaming gold-tone edges and a matching lid, so it looks like something passed down from a very glamorous great-...
Urban Outfitters - Gilded Herbs Jar
"Tears of My Enemies" White Apothecary Jar Every witch needs somewhere to keep her most precious ingredient. This pure white ceramic jar is decorated with cherubs and mythical figures around an ornate "Tears of My Enemies" label, making it as elegant...
Etsy - Jar Tears Of My Enemies white apothecary jar pot
A little piece of old-world apothecary glamour. This handmade mercury glass jar shimmers in antiqued gold and silver, like something found on a dusty shelf in the Owens house. It's perfect for holding dried flowers, bundles of lavender, beeswax taper...
Terrain US - Decorative Mercury Glass Jar
Grow Your Own Magic
There's nothing quite like snipping fresh herbs from your own windowsill as you cook. Every kitchen witch deserves a little green corner, whether that's a row of terracotta pots, a herb planter on the sill or a self-watering kit for those of us with ...
Smart Indoor Herb Garden: 10 Pods (iOS only) For the modern kitchen witch with more enthusiasm than windowsill space (or sunshine!), this clever indoor garden grows up to 10 herbs, vegetables or flowers at once, with built-in grow lights doing the wo...
Amazon edn Indoor Smart Garden with Basil
Heirloom Kitchen Herb Seed Kit (5 Varieties) Everything you need to start a little witch's herb garden of your own, whether on a sunny windowsill, in pots by the back door or in a hydroponic set-up. This kit includes five heirloom, non-GMO herbs with...
Amazon - NatureZ Edge Herb Seeds Variety Pack - 5 Non-GMO Culinary Herbs
Personalised Engraved Wooden Herb Planter (UK) A charming windowsill home for your kitchen herbs, handmade in Wales and engraved with pretty illustrations of basil, rosemary, sage, dill, parsley, oregano and thyme. You can personalise it with your ow...
Etsy - Personalised Wooden Herb Planter | Engraved Windowsill Herb Box | Kitchen Herb Garden | Rustic Wooden Planter
Grow Your Own Herbs Gift Set (UK) Everything you need to start your own little witch's herb garden, beautifully packaged in one gift box. Each set comes with glass growing jars, seeds, soil pellets, drainage stones, engraved bamboo plant labels and a...
Etsy - Grow Your Own Herbs Gift Set: Basil, Parsley, Chives, Thyme, Rosemary
A waist-high kitchen garden with ten little sections, one for each herb: thyme, rosemary, chives, mint (safely kept in its own corner!). No kneeling or bending, just step out the back door with your scissors and snip what you need for supper
Target US - Best Choice Products Raised Garden Bed Planter Box - Elevated Wooden Herb Vegetable Planter, 10 Grid Sections - Acorn
Every kitchen witch needs a windowsill herb garden, and these little terracotta pots are the perfect place to start. They're handmade and fired using a traditional method, with a beautifully weathered, mossy finish that makes them look like they've s...
Terrain US - Earth Fired Clay Herb Pot + Saucer, Set of 3
Every kitchen witch needs a trusted apothecary, and Mountain Rose Herbs is ours. This independent herb house has been based in Eugene, Oregon since the 1980s, and it's a treasure trove of organic dried herbs, whole and ground spices, loose-leaf teas,...
US link: Mountain Rose Herbs
Books of Kitchen Magic
Every witch needs a few well-loved books on her kitchen shelf, their pages dog-eared and a little splattered from use. This collection brings together guides to kitchen witchery, herb lore and magical correspondences, alongside comforting cookbooks f...
Grow Your Groceries by Simon Akeroyd This is a wonderfully thrifty kind of kitchen magic: turning the scraps from your weekly shop into something new and growing. Horticulturist Simon Akeroyd shares 40 simple "hacks" for growing plants from supermark...
Amazon - Grow Your Groceries: 40 Hacks for Growing Plants
Simple Kitchen Magic by Rebekah Moyer Just as the title promises, this is a book about the everyday magic of cooking from scratch. Simple Kitchen Magic: Whole-Food Recipes and Remedies for a Holistic Life gathers wholesome, nourishing recipes alongsi...
Amazon - Simple Kitchen Magic: Whole-Food Recipes & Remedies
The perfect book for anyone who wants their kitchen to feel like a cosy witch's cottage. Kitchen Magic: 65 Enchanting Recipes and Rituals for a Cozy, Witchy Kitchen weaves recipes and simple rituals together, so every dish becomes a chance to cook wi...
Amazon - Kitchen Magic: 65+ Recipes & Rituals
A beautiful boxed deck of 52 recipe cards that follow the Wheel of the Year, from cosy midweek suppers to proper festival feasts for Samhain, Yule and beyond. Every recipe uses seasonal ingredients and is made to be adapted, so you can follow your ow...
Kitchen Magick: Recipe Card Deck for Witches
A beautifully made guide to the magic already sitting in your cupboards. Skye Alexander explores the meanings and properties of 100 everyday ingredients, from dark chocolate for love to figs for creativity and onions for protection, and shows you how...
The Kitchen Witch: Guide to Magical Cooking
A little hardback grimoire devoted entirely to the magic of the teacup. S. M. Harlow learned tea witchery from her grandmother, and her book is full of enchanted brews, elixirs and potions, each paired with a simple spell or ritual. There are blends ...
A Tea Witch's Grimoire: Magickal Tea Recipes
Candlelight and Ambience
Magic lives in the atmosphere as much as in the pot. Soft candlelight, warm lamps and flickering flames turn an ordinary kitchen into a sacred, cosy space. Here you'll find beeswax candles, brass and antique-style candlesticks, lanterns and fairy lig...
Green Glass Tulip Rechargeable Table Lamp A pretty little lamp with a green tulip-shaped glass shade, like something from an old cottage kitchen or a witch's writing desk. It's cordless and rechargeable, so you can place it wherever you need a warm g...
Amazon Rechargeable Cordless Table Lamp, 3 Temps & Dimming
Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day Apple Cider Soy Candle Light this as you potter about the kitchen and let the sweet, crisp scent of apple cider fill the room with pure autumn cosiness. Apples have long been linked with love, abundance and the harvest season, ...
MRS. MEYER'S Apple Cider Soy Candle 7.2oz 2pk
Pure Dorset Beeswax Pillar Candle (UK) There's something truly magical about a real beeswax candle. Hand-poured from 100% pure beeswax in Dorset, this pillar burns with a warm golden glow and a soft, natural honeyed scent, with no added fragrance nee...
Etsy - Pure Dorset Beeswax Pillar Candle
Apothecary 18 Fruity Harvest Apple & Vanilla Ceramic Candle All the cosiness of an autumn harvest kitchen in one beautiful candle. It opens with crisp apple, candied almond and juicy plum, then warms into spiced clove and rose with a hint of whis...
Anthropologie - Apothecary 18 Fruity Harvest Apple & Vanilla Ceramic Candle
Apothecary 18 Fruity Harvest Apple & Vanilla Glass Candle A little treasure for your apothecary shelf. This tall, slender glass candle has the same indulgent harvest scent as its ceramic sister: ripe apple, candied almond and plum, warmed with cl...
Anthropologie - Apothecary 18 Fruity Harvest Apple & Vanilla Glass Candle
Frosted Cinnamon Bun Candle Fresh from the witch's oven, or so it seems. This playful candle is shaped like a frosted cinnamon bun and sits in a collectible ceramic dish that you can reuse afterwards for trinkets, rings or a little pile of cinnamon s...
Urban Outfitters - Cinnamon Bun Candle
Your kitchen will smell like a little French bakery on an autumn morning. This two-wick candle blends warm vanilla, sugar and toasted almond into the cosiest buttery-pastry scent, perfect for lighting while you bake, brew a pot of tea or potter about...
Target US - 2 Wick Glass Almond Croissant Jar Candle with Lid 15.1oz - Threshold™
Pure golden beeswax candles with cotton wicks, burning with a soft, honeyed glow and the faintest natural scent of the hive. Beeswax has long been treasured in candle magic for its link to the bees, the sun and the sweetness of the harvest, and these...
Target US - Kings County Tools Beeswax Lantern Candle 3-Pack
Midnight Margaritas
Every witch knows that some of the best magic happens late at night, with good company and a drink in hand. Gather your coven for an evening of laughter and a little mischief with everything you need for a proper midnight margarita moment: pretty gla...
Insulated Stainless Steel Margarita Tumbler with Lid For midnight margaritas that stay perfectly chilled right until the last sip. This clever tumbler keeps the classic wide-bowled margarita shape but swaps fragile glass for sturdy stainless steel, w...
Amazon - 8 oz Stainless Steel Vacuum Insulated Tumbler
Every good witch knows the power of salt, and here it's put to its most delicious use. This bamboo rimmer swivels open into three tiers for salt, sugar and lime juice, so you can give every glass a perfect rim: salt for protection, sugar for sweetnes...
Amazon - Margarita Salt Rimmer Set - 3 Tier Bamboo
Midnight Margaritas Watercolour Print The perfect finishing touch for your witchy kitchen or home bar. This dreamy watercolour print shows a pale lime margarita in a vintage etched glass with a salted rim and a slice of lime, surrounded by a sprig of...
Etsy - Midnight Margaritas Print, Practical Magic Inspired Watercolour Cocktail Wall Art
Midnight Margarita Soy Wax Candle (UK) Late-night laughter, candlelight and a salted rim, all captured in a candle. Hand-poured in small batches from natural soy wax, it smells of zesty citrus and lime with a soft hint of lavender, and it's topped wi...
Etsy - Midnight margarita soy wax candle
Midnight Margaritas Witchy T-Shirt (Front & Back Print) For kitchen witches who like their magic with a twist of lime. This fun T-shirt has a vintage woodcut-style design on the front, featuring a salted margarita, potion bottles, coconuts, slice...
Etsy - Put The Lime In Coconut Front Back Print Midnight Margaritas Witch Magic Halloween T-Shirt T-1915-FB
Vondels Glass Spicy Margarita Ornament For the witch who takes her midnight margaritas seriously, even at Yule. This charming little ornament is shaped like a spicy margarita, mouth-blown and hand-painted in traditional glassmaking style, so every on...
Anthropologie - Vondels Glass Spicy Margarita Cocktail Ornament
No Practical Magic–inspired kitchen is complete without the makings of midnight margaritas! This organic mix is made simply with agave nectar and real lime juice, and it's bright, zesty and not too sweet. Just add tequila, salt the rim and gather you...
Target US - Tres Agaves Organic Margarita Mix - 1L Bottle
For the witch who takes her midnight margaritas seriously. This bright, joyful little book gathers more than 60 recipes from bartenders around the world, from the classic Tommy's Margarita to frozen, fruity, spicy and smoky mezcal versions. It also c...
Margarita Time: 60+ Tequila & Mezcal Cocktails
For the witch who likes her midnight margaritas with a little fire. This small-batch mix is made with fresh jalapeño, freshly squeezed lime, orange and zest, and it's bright, tart and warming, with just enough heat to make things interesting. Mix it ...
Terrain US - Real Dill Jalapeno Margarita Mix
Cosy Witch Wardrobe
Kitchen witchery is best done in comfort. Think chunky knits for chilly mornings, soft cardigans for pottering between the stove and the herb pots, and a sturdy linen apron with pockets for twine, matches and the odd sprig of rosemary. This section g...
Never Fully Dressed Amore Astrid Cardigan A little bit of an investment, but a proper statement piece for the witch who loves a touch of drama. This black button-front cardigan is embroidered with the word "love" and a scattering of stars, and it's f...
Anthropologie - Never Fully Dressed Amore Astrid Cardigan
UO Pia Fringed Cardigan A little bit boho, a little bit witchy, and all kinds of cosy. This soft pointelle-knit cardigan has a dreamy open-work texture and a fringed collar that gives it a wonderfully whimsical, cottage-witch feel. Picture it thrown ...
Urban Outfitters - UO Pia Fringed Cardigan
Kiss The Sky Jazmine Satin Slip Dress: Chocolate Pure Gillian Owens energy. This silky chocolate-brown slip dress has delicate adjustable straps and an asymmetric hem trimmed with fine lace. It's romantic, a little bit wild and effortlessly witchy. W...
Urban Outfitters - Kiss The Sky Jazmine Satin Slip Dress
Pure Gillian Owens energy. This black satin maxi slip pours like midnight, with a soft V-neck, a sweeping low back and a thigh-high slit that catches the candlelight as you move. Wear it alone for a midnight margarita gathering, or layer it over a la...
Free People - Simply the Best Maxi Slip Dress
If Sally Owens tended her garden in a dress, it would be this one. The Dawn Dress is Christy Dawn's most-loved design, cut from soft organic cotton that's tea-stained for a gentle, vintage feel, with a flattering V-neck, a drawstring waist and proper...
Christy Dawn US - The Dawn Dress | Sea Spray
A cardigan to wrap yourself in on the first frosty morning of the season. The Richard is knitted from soft baby alpaca in a traditional Fair Isle pattern, the knitting style that comes from the Shetland Isles here in Scotland. It has a generous ribbe...
Christy Dawn US - The Richard Cardigan | Dune Fairisle
A dress made for pottering about a kitchen garden. Hill House Home's famous Nap Dress comes in a dark "Midnight Garden" print of trailing vines, lemons and ripe tomatoes, like a summer harvest glimpsed by moonlight. The soft stretchy smocking and flo...
Hill House Home US - The Ellie Nap Dress - Midnight Garden Poplin
Autumn plaid in rich chocolate brown and deep navy, the colours of peat, bracken and a late October sky. Plaid is what Americans call tartan, so it has a lovely Scottish nod too. The Aster is cut from soft, airy cotton voile with Hill House Home's si...
Hill House Home US - The Aster Nap Dress - Wilshire Plaid Chocolate/Navy
A soft, delicate cardigan in creamy heathered white, with lacy pointelle stitching and a pretty scalloped hem that feels like something from an old family trunk. The alpaca blend is light but warm, perfect for slipping over a slip dress or a floral m...
Madewell - Pointelle-Stitch Cardigan in Alpaca Blend
Every kitchen witch deserves a proper apron, and this one is a little piece of cottage-garden magic. Hedley & Bennett, the chef's-apron makers, teamed up with Rifle Paper Co. on this painterly print of ripe strawberries, butterflies and wildflowe...
Hedley and Bennett: Rifle Paper Co. Strawberry Fields Smock
The secret to dressing like the Owens sisters? Real vintage and pre-loved treasures. Poshmark is a huge US marketplace where people sell pieces straight from their own wardrobes, so it's perfect for tracking down 90s slip dresses, floaty florals, vel...
Poshmark US (Preloved)
One of the biggest online thrift stores in the world, and a treasure hunt for the witchy wardrobe. Unlike a marketplace, ThredUp checks, photographs and sends every piece from its own warehouses, so shopping secondhand feels as easy as buying new. Yo...
Thred Up US (Preloved)- Fashion, meet Forever
For my UK readers, Vinted is where I'd go hunting for a witchy wardrobe on a budget. It's a hugely popular secondhand marketplace where people sell straight from their own wardrobes, and it's full of floaty floral midis, velvet, lace, chunky knits, b...
Vinted UK - Preloved