Herbs, Wax & a Little Bit of Chaos: A Reberry Making Day

Every making day at Reberry starts the same way: with a clean slate.

Before the herbs come out, before the wax starts melting, and definitely before my workbench inevitably looks like a tiny botanical explosion happened on it, I clean everything down and cleanse my workspace with Florida water.

For me, it’s more than just starting with a clean surface. It’s a way to clear out whatever energy may be lingering and give myself a fresh space before I start creating.

Because everything I make here has an intention behind it, I want the space where I create it to feel that way too.

And once everything is clean, cleansed, and ready? Then the chaos can begin.

Setting Up the Workbench

The clean workbench lasts approximately five minutes. Maybe.

I cover my work surface, get the wax melting, pull out the jars and candle containers, and start gathering the herbs, botanicals, crystals, oils, and approximately 700 other tiny things I will somehow need before I'm finished.

This particular making day was all about restocking spell jars and spell candles, which meant the workbench went from completely empty to controlled chaos pretty quickly.

And honestly? That's when it starts feeling like Reberry again.

A Little Bit of Everything

One of my favorite parts of making spell products is watching all of the individual pieces come together.

A jar starts empty. A candle container starts empty. The herbs and crystals are sitting in their own containers. The wax is melting off to the side.

None of it looks particularly exciting yet. Then, little by little, it becomes something.

Each spell has its own purpose, so the ingredients I choose are there for a reason. Herbs, botanicals, crystals, oils, colors, wax and all the little finishing details come together based on the intention behind that particular spell.

Some are made for protection. Some for insight. Some for a happy home. Some for self-love, luck, grounding, peaceful sleep, or whatever kind of magic someone might need a little more of in their life.

They're made in batches because otherwise I would quite literally never have enough inventory for shows... but every jar and candle still passes through my hands from beginning to end.

And Then Comes the Wax...

There is something ridiculously satisfying about this part.

Once the jars are filled and everything is where it belongs, the wax seals are what finally make them feel finished.

Different colors, different jars, different intentions. And because wax apparently has absolutely no respect for boundaries, usually a few drips somewhere I didn't intend them to go. But that's part of handmade.

They're not supposed to look like they rolled off an assembly line somewhere. I make them here, at this scratched-up, stained, very well-loved workbench.

And I wouldn't want it any other way.

From an Empty Table to Reberry Magic

A few hours, a lot of herbs, quite a bit of wax, and one considerably less-clean workbench later...

This is the part I love.

Seeing everything lined up and finished never gets old.

What started with an empty workbench and a bottle of Florida water became stacks of spell candles, rows of tiny spell jars, larger jars dripping in wax, herbs, crystals, botanicals, and a whole new batch of Reberry magic ready to head out into the world.

Soon they'll be packed into bins, loaded up, displayed at a market, shipped in an order, or carried home by someone who connects with exactly what I created.

But before all of that, they start right here. On my workbench. With a little intention, a lot of ingredients... and just the right amount of chaos.

Now, unfortunately, I have to clean the crime scene.

-Rebecca