I am a 23 year old feminine being currently residing in Tennessee. I grew up southeast of Detroit, Michigan, with a working family who instilled strong values of justice and conservation in me. Throughout my childhood, my dad valued nature in an almost religious sense, and made sure to teach me the same. We would go hunting regularly, and he made sure to teach me respect and thankfulness for every animal. We would thank every catch for the sacrifice to feed our family. He taught me to use every last bit of the animal, always leaving some to return back to the Earth and feed the other wildlife. My love and respect for nature turned to worship of it, and from there I quickly became interested in Paganism. At the beginning, I found it a little bit difficult, as I don’t believe in Gods as beings. But through my research, I found this was fairly common in the community. Paganism, being a nature based faith, felt so fitting. Over the past 11 years, I’ve done my best to learn everything I can, and incorporate those core beliefs into my daily life.
My grandmother had been an incredible seamstress, and her mother as well. When I was a child, I was instantly fascinated with it, and jumped right in. I would often make clothes out of anything I could find. Wrapping paper from my birthday became a matching set, accessories included, and my grandmother’s sewing scraps became bags or hair bows. I got my first sewing machine at 8 years old, and it was up from there. I ditched the patterns quickly, and began designing all of my own clothes. I spent hours upon hours every day designing and sewing. While younger me had hoped to make a career out of it, as I got older, I realized I didn’t want this hobby I loved to become a dragging day job. So, I continue to design, just on a smaller scale. My love for fashion and style follows me into my day job, and hopefully now, out to you.
Please enjoy the ramblings of my mind about my special interests.
Rituals & Raiments 