How to Make a Dream Pillow

Dream pillows are used to promote restful sleep and pleasant dreams. They are small and flat, placed in a standard pillow, and stuffed with a sachet of calming and sleep-inducing dried herbs. As the sleeper sleeps, movements of the head will gently crush the herbs to release delightful scents and please the senses throughout the night.
For this project you will need:

• one 16 x 5 inch rectangle of fabric (cotton, silk, etc)
• a sewing machine or a needle and thread for hand sewing
• pillow stuffing or 1 cup rice
• 1 cup of dried aromatic herbs
• (optional) a few drops of preferred essential oil (such as lavender, chamomile, rose)

Dried herbs may be harvested at home, purchased online or at local markets. Choose herbs to fit the mood and fragrance preferred. Dried rose petals, for instance, emit a floral and romantic fragrance while rosemary and mints will give you a clean, invigorating and slightly spicy result. Chamomile has a light apple-like fragrance while dried sweet woodruff emits a wonderful vanilla scent. The best way to find the right combination is to experiment. Here are some herbal suggestions:

• Mugwort 
• Lavender 
• Hops 
• Rosemary 
• Cedar
• Peppermint
• Chamomile

Begin by folding the rectangle of cloth in half, lengthwise. Use your sewing machine (or needle and thread), to sew up the long sides of the rectangle, but leave the top open to make a little pouch. Turn the pouch inside out so that the seams are inside. Now, fill this pouch with your choice of stuffing (don’t over-stuff) or rice and the dried herbs. Seal the dream pillow by sewing the remaining side closed. You can make the pillow refillable by stitching some Velcro on the open ends of the fabric. Add a few drops of essential oil to the pillow, if desired. Place the dream pillow/sachet inside of your pillowcase before bed.

Charm of Happiness Attraction

A charm that can help bring happiness into your life.

    •    dandelions
    •    bright and colorful yarn or thread
    •    yellow fluorite (if you don’t have it any yellow stone will do~)
    •    a small piece of paper
    •    yellow drawstring bag or yellow bottle

Gather these items, making sure the plants are properly dried so they don’t mold. As you gather these items think about how you want your life to become better and happier.
As you gather these items you may chant “Bright color yellow, let my sadness mellow.”
Now once you are done, take the piece of paper and write “happiness” upon it. Then burn the paper. Add the ashes to the mix.
Place all of the items into the bottle/bag to carry around when you need it. You should place it in your bedroom when not in use.

A Charm for Confidence

Ingredients:

• Dill
• Basil
• Fennel
• Tarragon
• Marjoram
• Thyme
• Rosemary 
• Lavender
• One sunstone, carnelian, citrine, lapis lazuli, or labradorite

Combine the stone and a pinch of as many of the herbs as you can procure into a yellow or orange pouch/sachet. Write your initials on the outside of the sachet. Charge the sachet in the sun for a day, then wear it or carry it with you often.