by D. Anderson

Created on: July 24, 2009   Last Updated: July 25, 2009

Scrapbooking as a craft, hobby and art form has swept the nation as a favorite pastime. With an estimated 2.5 billion dollars worth of supplies sold in 2003, it can easily be labeled as one of the top crafts and hobbies in the nation. Supplies overflow our stores with albums, decorative pages, equipment, stickers and 3D embellishments, special scissors, glues and pens and a plethora of other gadgets that we don't need but just have to buy. It would seem that if you want it or can conceive it for your scrapbooking collection it can be bought.

With one exception: pagan embellishments are non-existent or hard to find. Generic Christian stickers and embellishments in the form of crosses or churches can usually be found but there are no basic or generic pagan embellishments. Granted, there probably aren't any Jewish or Hindu or Muslim embellishments either and I certainly don't expect companies to try to cater to every religious group and create a sticker collection for them. Normally my scrapbooks contain the things all scrapbookers have: seasons, birthdays, weddings, special events or family photos and the embellishments out there are certainly varied and diverse enough that I can always find something I like or befitting a theme.

However, as a practicing pagan I decided to combine paganism and scrapbooking in two different ways. One is that I have a scrapbook just for pagan events I have attended or of the altars I have created and secondly, I am creating a pagan scrapbook of shadows for my daughters with spells they have done, Gods or Goddesses they like, rituals and events they have been at and I include photos when possible. So, inevitably I want pagan stickers and there are none to be found (not that I have found anyway).

But, regular stickers and embellishments can be used in pagan ways (or other religions) by using a little creativity. In my scrapbooking I have:

1. Used the black kettle from a camping sticker set as a cauldron

2. Bought Easter stickers and used the eggs on a page for my Ostara altar

3. Purchased birthday sticker sets and use the candles on spell or altar pages or for candle magick

4. Stocked up at Halloween time! Granted, most of them are trick-or-treats, costumes, and other traditional Halloween items but I have used witchy stickers on a page showcasing a cauldron collection and for pictures of my and my friends, moon stickers for moon lore pages and a sticker collection of little iconic bottles of

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