The Handmade Grimoire
A Creative Treasury for Magickal Journalling
For those that are new to following The Bower Hare, you may not know that I am the author of a rather marvelous book called ‘The Handmade Grimoire’.
Back in 2022 I signed my first book contract and spent a year sitting in my garden studio sticking, cutting, folding and gluing together a massive grimoire, a spellbook, specifically for this wonderful book.
It was a gorgeous process, creating spreads on Ostara, Self Love, Sigils, and Flora and Fauna, it felt amazing to bring together all of the tips and tricks I had learned over the many years I had been putting together spellbooks. It was also a great learning curve for me as a creative, and a writer.
The path of a modern witch is filled with learning and discovery, gathering knowledge that is recorded in the Grimoire, a Witch's personal journal of their craft. A grimoire is a magickal encyclopedia, a living document and extension of the witch creating it, a unique expression of their magickal journey.
In The Handmade Grimoire, I introduce you to the joy of creating a personal grimoire from scratch, and encourage you to seek out new ways to engage with your craft through creative self-expression. Combining witchcraft and crafting, The Handmade Grimoire celebrates a magpie mind, shows readers how to approach their magickal practice with endless curiosity, and how to find the little moments of beauty all around them.
Filled with suggestions on what to include in a grimoire, layouts to try, tips and tricks for where to find materials to use, The Handmade Grimoire gives you permission to experiment and have fun with crafting your own grimoire, and to really engage with it as a mindful activity, that carves out space for your practice in a busy, distracting world. Practical step-by-step illustrated instructions on how to make more elaborate features to incorporate into your grimoire are supplemented with beautiful colour photography of my very own grimoire.
Included in the book are illustrated papers and images to be cut out and used in your grimoire, starting you out on the crafting path and giving you permission to make the art you see in the world around you something truly your own. With a variety of patterns and motifs to choose from, the 80 pages of beautifully patterned papers make it easy to start crafting a personal handmade grimoire straight away.
If you have brought my book, and you haven’t yet had a chance to review it, please do and send me a screenshot, I would love to share some bonus pintables with you! If you buy my book and feel compelled to leave a review, it really does help keep me writing!
If you’ve read it, let me know what you think!
Until next time,
Laura
Thank you for the prompt to leave a review! I bought mine towards the end of last year and it’s been a project that I’ve wanted to start but has kept getting delayed.
I have read through many of the pages of the book and can attest that everything is beautifully laid out and super accessible.
You’ve reminded me and inspired me to bring this to the forefront of my creative endeavours. The summer months are not my favourite time of year, but over the summer holidays I love to have a project that I can work on that’s just for me. Working on a grimoire sounds like everything I like to do and I’ve been collecting my treasures and I have a plethora of goodies to get started! 💫🧡
I love this book and have started my own lovely journal. I've been toying with doing this for a while, and this was just the inspiration I needed. Thanks so much. Here's my review! https://www.amazon.es/review/R3GPHI8CWSS5XV/