{"title":"Fungi \u0026 Foraged Curios","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"oak-galls-foraged-oak-galls-for-witchcraft-natural-curio-for-spell-work-forest-findings-primitive-witch-supplies","title":"Oak Galls, Foraged Oak Galls for Witchcraft, Natural Curio for Spell Work, Forest Findings, Primitive Witch Supplies","description":"Oak Galls, Foraged Oak Galls for Witchcraft, Natural Curio for Spell Work, Forest Findings, Primitive Witch Supplies\n\nGathered beneath the old oaks and carried home to the cottage, these small mysterious spheres are oak galls — natural vessels once shaped by tiny unseen lives. Each hollow form bears the small round doorway where its former inhabitant stepped back into the unseen world.\n\nNow empty, they remain as quiet symbols of transformation, protection, and the hidden work of nature.\n\nIn folk magic, oak galls are often associated with:\n• Protection and warding\n• Strength and endurance\n• Hidden knowledge\n• Boundaries and spiritual defense\n• The quiet evidence of life cycles and natural magic\n\nEach piece shows natural variation in color, texture, and wear from the seasons. Some are smooth, some rough, some darkened by weather and time — exactly as the forest left them.\n\nDetails:\n• Foraged by hand\n• Naturally vacated (exit holes visible)\n• Approx size range: ¼ inch to ¾ inch\n• Natural woodland debris may be present\n• No chemical cleaning or processing\n\nImportant notes:\nThese are natural curios and may show cracks, marks, or irregular shapes. Each one is unique. Photos represent the type you will receive.\n\nFor curio, craft, ritual, and display use only. Not for consumption.\n\nFrom the gathering basket of The Old Lavender Cottage 🖤🖤","brand":"The Old Lavender Cottage","offers":[{"title":"Set of 5 galls","offer_id":51612163637526,"sku":null,"price":3.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Set of 10 galls","offer_id":51612163670294,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/8607\/8998\/files\/caeb9d94-il_fullxfull.7841524018_jg4j.jpg?v=1785026048"},{"product_id":"honeycomb-fungi-protection-curio-favolus-brasiliensis-jar-renewal-and-forest-witchcraft-specimen-foraged-mushroom-altar-curio","title":"Honeycomb Fungi Protection Curio, Favolus brasiliensis Jar, Renewal and Forest Witchcraft Specimen, Foraged Mushroom Altar Curio","description":"A strange and beautiful woodland offering gathered by the witch beneath the trees of Sweeny, Texas. This listing is for one 4 inch glass jar filled with dried Favolus brasiliensis, commonly called honeycomb fungi, carefully foraged and naturally air dried without chemicals or preservatives.\n\nThese fascinating fungi are known for their intricate honeycomb-like underside and weathered woodland appearance, making them a striking addition to a witch’s shelf, altar, cabinet of curiosities, or ritual workspace.\n\nPlease note these are naturally dried wild specimens and may show curling, cracking, variation in size, darkening, or woodland imperfections — all part of their primitive charm.\n\n🖤 Witchcraft and curio use only\n🖤 NOT for consumption\n🖤 Wild foraged in Sweeny, Texas\n🖤 Air dried naturally by the witch\n🖤 One 4 inch glass jar tied with bell and label\n🖤 No chemicals or preservatives\n\nOften associated in symbolic practice with:\n\n* protection through interconnectedness\n* renewal after decay\n* resilience and quiet endurance\n* forest wisdom and hidden pathways\n* transformation and grounding\n\nA beautiful primitive curio for the witch drawn to old forests, natural textures, and the quiet cycle of renewal. 🖤🖤🖤","brand":"The Old Lavender Cottage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51612166324502,"sku":null,"price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/8607\/8998\/files\/8441f7f0-il_fullxfull.8068322971_2dvo.jpg?v=1785026068"},{"product_id":"forest-finds-glass-cloche-curio-foraged-woodland-specimen-display-oddity","title":"Forest Finds, Glass Cloche Curio, Foraged Woodland Specimen Display, Oddity","description":"Disclaimer: Photos are examples only. Each piece is individually foraged and will vary in shape, tone, and form. You will receive one intuitively chosen specimen from the selected option.\n\n⸻\n\nFrom the quiet floor of the woods to the stillness of the cottage shelf.\n\nThese small domed glass displays hold a single preserved forest specimen — a moment of the wild gently kept. Each was gathered slowly and respectfully, then sealed beneath glass as a study in texture, patience, and natural architecture.\n\nNo two are alike. 🌙\nSome lean. Some curl. Some resemble creatures or maps or weathered hands.\n\nThey are not decoration alone — they are observation.\n\nA reminder that the forest is always building something, even when we do not see it.\n\n⸻\n\nAvailable Specimens 🌟\n\nChoose your forest companion:\n\n• False Turkey Tail\n• Wood Ear Mushroom\n• Lichen\n• Tiny Tendrils\n\nEach specimen is intuitively selected and placed within a cork-based glass dome.\n\n⸻\n\nDetails\n\t•\tApprox. 3 inch tall x 1 inch wide glass cloche\n\t•\tNatural cork base and stopper\n\t•\tReal foraged organic material\n\t•\tCleaned and dried only — never dyed, painted, or altered\n\t•\tPrepared by hand at The Old Lavender Cottage\n\n⸻\n\nUses 🌟\n\n• Altar or ritual focus object\n• Nature study \u0026amp; curiosity shelf\n• Meditation anchor\n• Seasonal décor\n• A small gift for lovers of woods, fungi, and quiet things 🌲 \n\n⸻\n\nNotes 🌙\n\nThis is a preserved natural specimen. It is fragile and should be handled gently.\n\nNot food. Not medicine. For curiosity and spiritual or decorative use only. 🌟\n\n⸻\n\nFrom The Cottage 🖤\n\nAt The Old Lavender Cottage we keep small moments — fallen, forgotten, overlooked — so they may be seen again.","brand":"The Old Lavender Cottage","offers":[{"title":"WOODEAR MUSHROOM","offer_id":51612166914326,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"TINY TENDRILS","offer_id":51612166947094,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"FALSE TURKEY TAIL","offer_id":51612166979862,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"LICHEN","offer_id":51612167012630,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/8607\/8998\/files\/ed433076-il_fullxfull.7769378257_exzo.jpg?v=1785026067"},{"product_id":"willow-whisper-vial-dried-willow-leaves-in-glass-vial-foraged-witch-herb-charm-protection-grief-release-liminal-magic","title":"Willow Whisper Vial Dried Willow Leaves in Glass Vial Foraged Witch Herb Charm Protection Grief Release Liminal Magic","description":"This small glass vial holds wild foraged willow leaves, dried slowly and kept just as they were found—softly curled, carrying the hush of riverbanks and forgotten paths. Willow is a tree of grief, intuition, and gentle release… a keeper of what we are ready to lay down.\n\nSealed in a 3 inch glass vial and finished with natural jute, this piece rests easily on an altar, in a pocket, or tucked near a bedside.\n\nCollected by the witch during her wandering, where the land bends close to memory. 🖤\n\nDetails:\n• 3 inch glass vial with cork\n• Filled with dried wild foraged willow leaves and small stems \n• Hand gathered and prepared by the witch\n• Each vial will vary slightly in shape and tone\n\nUses (symbolic):\n• Grief work and emotional release\n• Intuition and dreamwork\n• Water energy and lunar rituals\n• Quiet protection and boundary softening\n\nPlease note:\nThis is an organic plant material. Leaves are naturally delicate and may shift, fade, or crumble slightly over time—this is part of their charm. No preservatives are used.\n\nFor ritual, altar, and curio use only. Not intended for consumption. 🖤🖤","brand":"The Old Lavender Cottage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51612169011478,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/8607\/8998\/files\/f8535e17-il_fullxfull.7993457453_mopk.jpg?v=1785026076"},{"product_id":"up-in-the-trees-living-altar-piece-quartz-crystal-cypress-bark-lichen-gourd-curio-sculpture","title":"Up in the Trees – Living Altar Piece, Quartz Crystal, Cypress Bark, Lichen, Gourd Curio, Sculpture","description":"“Up in the Trees” is a living altar piece shaped by absence and memory. A homegrown gourd, broken open to resemble a vacant nest, rests against foraged cypress bark—holding the echo of what once was. Horsehair lichen winds softly, while quartz crystals are bound in place to bring clarity and steady the shifting air around it, like birds resting on steady branches. \n\nHandmade by the witch using only natural, foraged and homegrown materials. No chemicals, no glues, no preservation—only time, weather, and intention.\n\nMeasures approximately 8 x 3.5 inches.\nYou will receive the exact piece shown.\n\nFor ritual, altar, and curio use only\nLichen is delicate and may shed and shift color with time—handle gently.\n\nLovingly crafted by the witch 🖤🖤🖤","brand":"The Old Lavender Cottage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51612171436310,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/8607\/8998\/files\/8d05a35e-il_fullxfull.7939829870_8yh5.jpg?v=1785026092"},{"product_id":"cypress-threshold-binding-quartz-yucca-charm","title":"Cypress Threshold Binding, Quartz \u0026 Yucca Charm","description":"Foraged cypress bark layered with soft green lichen, gathered by the witch and left in its natural, shifting state. At its center rests a dried yucca point from the cottage garden—sharp, steady, and watchful—paired with a clear quartz shard for clarity and amplification.\n\nCircled in raw horsehair lichen and tied with humble jute, this piece carries the feeling of boundary, protection, and rooted intention… something kept close, or hung where energies pass.\n\nApprox. 8 x 3 inches\nHandmade, grown \u0026amp; foraged by the witch. 🖤🖤\n\nYou will receive the exact piece shown.\n\nFragile. Lichen may shed and shift with time. Light glue to protect your beautful quartz from shifting, but no preservatives—only what was found, grown, and bound.\n\nFor ritual, altar, or curio use only. 🖤","brand":"The Old Lavender Cottage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51612171567382,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/8607\/8998\/files\/01600767-il_fullxfull.7932886276_o5rs.jpg?v=1785026091"},{"product_id":"horsehair-lichen-foraged-woodland-thread-primitive-curio-for-spellcraft-altars-and-sacred-making","title":"Horsehair Lichen, Foraged Woodland Thread, Primitive Curio for Spellcraft, Altars and Sacred Making","description":"Wild-gathered in quiet places where the trees whisper, this witch’s handful of horsehair lichen carries the raw, tangled energy of the deep woods. Long, wiry, and naturally twisting, each piece forms a threadlike tangle—ancient, uncanny, and perfect for the witch who works with what the land offers freely.\n\nThis woodland curio is collected respectfully by hand and dried without additives, dyes, or preservatives. Horsehair lichen is known for its delicate strength and its strange, hair-fine texture—an earthy tether between this world and the unseen.\n\nUse it for:\n• Binding spells (symbolic)\n• Threshold magic\n• Shadow work\n• Ancestral or forest-spirit offerings\n• Cauldron decor or altar nests\n• Cottage-witch curios \u0026amp; primitive displays\n• Adding natural texture to jars, bundles, and talismanic crafting\n\nEach order includes:\n🌿 One witch’s handful — naturally varied in length, fullness, and color, just as the forest gifted it.\n\nNotes:\n• For curio and display use only — not for burning, consuming, or cosmetic use.\n• Natural variation, breakage, and tiny woodland flecks are part of its wild charm.\n• Ethically gathered with care and intention.\n\nBrought home from the woods by a witch who works closely with the subtle, shifting energies of decay, stillness, and transformation.\n\nOLC does not charge for wild items, we simply charge a foraging fee based on effort and availability. 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