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How do you store your supplies?
updated 1 year, 6 months ago
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For herbs, resins, bath blends, and suchlike, I like to keep them in glass jars like Mason jars so they stay fresh as long as possible.
For candles, I keep them wrapped in paper and separated by colour, unless it’s a bigger box of them, in which case I just keep them in the box.
For oils, I just keep them organized in a box I have near my altar.
For non-magical tools like needles or candleholders (and not my athame, wand, etc.), I just keep them organized in a box when they’re not in use.
I don’t work with crystals much, but I suppose if I did I would just keep them out on a dresser or something.
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I have a chest from the late 18th century I keep all my stuff in except for my crystals I keep on a book case and what’s on my altar
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My altars are a series of trunks. One trunk is just candles, candle holders, and incense.
My herbs are in jars or hanging bundles in my kitchen. My essential oils are stored in kitchen cabinets as well.
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I keep all of my herbs and dried plants in repurposed pickle jars (cat whiskers and claw sheaths too!). I use LED candles, so I store them just in cabinets or storage bins, and my crystals are mostly stored in a pouch I carry everywhere with me.
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I’m a broke witch Lmao so I can’t afford fancy cupboards and whatnot. So my herbs are just regular kitchen herbs, so they stay in my kitchen. My oils are just plain oil made from those kitchen herbs. They’re cooking safe so they’re just in little bottles with the dried herbs. My crystals are either right next to my bed (mainly the crystals for nightmares I keep there), and the rest are just plopped on my dresser. Candles, I bought “Wicca Wicks” candles (they’re… meh.) and just keep them in their box-like packaging. I take out the ones I need and leave the rest in there. My obsidian sphere for divination is also plopped on my dresser. My tons of tarot decks are just all over the house tbh, no set spot for those, they just move around.
I’m working on getting an altar table, but for now I kind of just put things wherever.
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Just everywhere. My home is literally Mystical Woman’s Creepy Apothecary™️ on the outskirts of town.
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When I was looking for an altar table, I wanted one that had lots of little drawers or apothecary-like drawers so that I could store my stuff in it as well. I checked apothecaries, secretary desks, foyer tables, library card-catalog, vanity or jewelry tables, etc. I ended up finding an inexpensive sideboard/buffet table — it has lots of shallow drawers for all my crystals, tarot cards, candles, smudges, incense, books, singing bowl set, etc. It works great for what I need, and it wasn’t as pricey as those apothecaries or secretary desks. If I decide I need more space down the road, then I might try adding bookcases next to it… but the sideboard/buffet table works perfectly with what I have & what I need. It’s nice to have everything in one place.
Here’s what it looked like when I was first setting it up: [https://i.redd.it/er6rw3m56ao91.jpg](https://i.redd.it/er6rw3m56ao91.jpg)
The wall-hanging that looks like a framed pic/shadowbox opens up like a cabinet… it’s an old spice rack that I’m converting into an herb/apothecary. My oils are currently in it and I’ll be putting more herbs in it eventually. Right now, I still have to paint it and replace the images on it. I got it for under $2 at a thrift store.
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Herbs and salt, I use glass jars.
My incenses are inside a box that I bought of a site (those magic box sites, etc. like The Witch’s box). All my crystals are in my altar and money bowl, so…
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Whatever is cheap and handy. Mason jars, old baby food and jelly jars, little Tupperware containers, etc. They all go in the bottom of a tackle box that has other odds and ends in the trays. That goes on a small cube bookcase with my books and other stuff and has my altar on top of it.
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I have an apothecary cupboard for all my herbs, oils, powders, and waters that I keep in glass jars.
A drawer in my bathroom for salts, bath teas, mixes etc.
I have a massive drawer full of other supplies.
A jewellery box full of crystals.
I have a large display of regular use items on my altar.
Three shelves of my bookcase are now filled with books relevant to my practice.
I also have random things dotted around the house.
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The candle collection dwindle to most fit into a decoupaged shoebox. Tealights big bag in a laundry detergent box 1 full bag and 1 of 1/4 full of tealights.
I have a garden so herbs dried is only small jars and envelopes for cold seasons use.
Shop bought incenses used up most sticks and cones. Use resins and greek orthodox tiny cushions so keep most in the baggies and some in small tins, Diy loose incense blends in upcycled throat lozenges tins, example fire elements loose incense blend is in a red Pulmoll tin.
I have a spiritual supplies cabinet but it is not big, so some storage there. A winebox sort of 2 mini shelves on its long side stores very small jars and small bottles. Mid sized bins with more supplies. It is decades of things. One of my oldest is my RW Tarot bought in 1971.
My largest jar is Chivers marmelade jar and one size less some apple sauce jar that fits 2/3 cup contents and for very small glass jars use the mini jam jars Bonne Maman. Big size matchbox upcycle for storage very small bits.
Empty metal cookie tins also use those for storage of supplies, several in a stack.
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My home is my altar, so I have stored things in a variety of different ways. Herbs are used in the kitchen not just for spellwork but for cooking so they get stored there as part of my spice storage. I don’t have a ton of crystals but the ones I do have are on altar shelves in various places. Incense and smelly burnables get stored in a drawer, next to the boxes of garbage bags (makes them smell nice too lol), in the kitchen. I have multiple boxes of candles, stored up on the top shelf in the kitchen. Teas specifically are stored in the beverage station, a bar cabinet I repurposed for this as I own A LOT of tea. My witchy books, are packed away with all my books that have been catalogued and boxed up under my bed to protect them from my child who isn’t kind to those kinds of things. I got myself a kindle because my book collection was starting to get out of hand space wise. I have one or two figurines, and other more decorative pieces they’re on altar shelves. I have temple bells at doorways into my home. My two main tarot decks are stored in the lower part of my kitchen altar shelf. One deck was my grandmother’s, the other has a strong connection with my community, so they get used as a bit of an energy touch stone not just for regular divination work. I have a large wooden spoon that gets used as a wand occasionally…. It’s in the cooking utensil drawer the rest of the time.
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I have a set of shelves with a big red metal tool box that I use to hold most of my magical supplies (well, the ones that aren’t on display on my altar.)
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I reuse any containers or dropper bottles from my skincare items when their gone; almost all of the containers are waterproof and the glass dropper bottles work well for creating my own oils. Dollar tree carries a 2pk of glass dropper bottles as well, if you ever need a couple.
My herbs are either in ziploc craft bags (you can find them in craft stores or online in a multitude of sizes, usually for a pretty decent price) or mason jars, of which I keep in one of those old-school decorative painted cardboard boxes, that are thicker and hardened.
Crystals: anything from a small tumbled crystal to the large spheres/obelisks/etc. are displayed in some way. Crystal chips (for shaker jars and the like, or even small grids) I keep in a cigar box in ziploc craft bags.
A lot of my other stuff I keep in a couple cigar boxes as well (they make excellent storage boxes and have a ton of character and unique energies). My athame, wand, and pestle and mortar pieces are included in my altar. My divination tools are kept in a shelf right under ny altar. Moon/Sun waters I haven’t yet figured out a great storage solution for them in my space but I am planning on rearranging the room to try and make the most of my space (I had arranged it initially before beginning my Craft, so it definitely needs a new arrangement).
My multitudes of notebooks and journals are kept on a couple of shelves on my computer desk/altar and work area. My BOS I have hidden away in a place that is easy enough for me to grab when needed, but not an easy enough spot where people could find it.
And my current mini altar for money bowl is sitting a top my dresser.
I am looking into pieces like baker’s racks, narrow shelving units, nightstands (to put right next to one another to create a larger surface area), and the like but nothing has jumped out at me yet. When I find that perfect piece, I will certainly know.
