Appalachia's granny women used their intimate
knowledge of mountain flora and fauna to create
poultices, plasters, teas, and through the power
of symbolism, charms to promote health,
healing, love, and happiness, to protect loved
ones from harm, and to charm friends and
enemies alike. Blackberry Hill Heirlooms updates
this tradition with elegant, handmade charms crafted
in deep, rich velvets and adorned with glittering beads
and ribbons of satin or gauze.  A perfect gift for a
wedding, anniversary, housewarming, or just to
cheer up your best friend.  Your choice of items
symbolizes one wish or many, and you can specify
a color to be emphasized in the adornment of your
charm.  Each charm comes with a list of contents
and the wish or purpose they symbolize.
E-mail us or call 601-232-7355 for details.

POPPETS AND POPPET KITS

Appalachian women, like mountain women as
far back as anyone can remember, have used
"binding spells" to attract love to their lives.
One of the oldest spells on earth employs poppets
--simple dolls stuffed with symbolic herbs--
to attract love.  Each night, the young woman
kisses the poppets--bound together with ribbon--
thinks about the attributes she wants her love
to have, and places the poppets under her pillow.
Once the spell has worked, the poppets must be
hidden where no one can ever find them, and
the ribbon must never be removed.
If found or unbound, the spell is broken. Start a
tradition in your family by giving your daughter,
niece, or granddaughter a poppet as her rite of
passage into young womanhood.  Or replace the
wedding unity candle with poppets by binding the
poppets together during the wedding ceremony
as a symbol of commitment and fidelity.

Poppet kits contain pre-cut fabric, ribbon to bind
the poppets, symbolic herbs used for stuffing, and
instructions on how to assemble, sew,
stuff, and use the poppets.