CASSANDRA SIONA
Creator, Gardener, Artist
The Little Love Witch was accidentally born through my self-exploration & finding new ways to heal. In sharing my handmade creations with you, I hope you will also find peace embracing the intricate details that are inevitably found in nature through the cycle of life and death.
HOMEGROWN
The Little Love Witch started in the dirt and soil of my outdoor gardens in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Through tender care, I planted herbal and floral seeds, using gardening as a tool to heal my inner wounds and silence my chaotic mind.
As the seeds sprouted, I began curating a collection of dried herbs and flowers to use in my practise, mainly to craft smoke cleansers. Smoke Cleansing has been an integral part of my practice and is incorporated in everything I do. From there, I expanded, experimenting with materials, and new ideas were born that led to the crafting of unique creations.
Now, I grow outdoors in the summer months in three separate gardens floral garden, an herbal & succulent garden, and a vegetable garden (where I also plant my pollinator plants). I now grow outdoors in the summer months in three separate gardens. I continue to care and grow inside an attached greenhouse through the dark winter months.
When I launched The Little Love Witch in October 2020, I was just starting this journey. Since then, I have been proud to say that I am now my own supplier. All of the natural materials used in my creations are from homegrown herbs and flowers OR through ethical foraging practices in the woods or from generous neighbors in my community.
HANDMADE
As a survivor of trauma, I overcome inner battles every single day. In the warmth of spring and summer I find safety grounding in the earth of my gardens, but in the dark Canadian winters it's hard not to hold onto an inner darkness too.
My practise has always been deeply personal, rooted in the strength and power of my ancestors, grandmothers and great grandmothers. My practise is a reflection of my dreams and intention for a life filled with joy, light and goodness. I suffered for so long until I became fixated on finding my inner peace. I've been crawling out of the hibernation hole with eyes wide open hunting for that reality for almost 10 years.
Through smoke cleansing, spell crafting, moon rituals, and meditation I was able to lighten the load of my traumatic experiences. I still carry them, they are just much lighter. Through the work I was able to release the negative attachments I have to people, places, objects that I truly love. I believe so deeply in the power of love especially when you are doing intentional work. I'd rather honour that love than to destroy it. So in seeking that balance I found my peace in creation.
I am still healing, I am still loving, I am still creating. I'm giving it back, but I still need it too and so in the organic exchange that happens in setting my creations free out into the world.. as they heal you and as you feel the liberation in releasing everything that does not serve you, it frees us both.
