How To
By Heidi Braley

Fountain pens are a sign of good handwriting. They are from a time when handwriting was a reflection of your character. Now, a few people use the--more as a preference for the smooth writing resulting from using the fountain pen. Inside the pen is a plastic cartridge that holds ink. This cartridge can be refilled with any ink you like, even ink you make yourself out of simple ingredients. Here are a few ideas.


Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need:

* Gum arabic White vinegar Saucepan Syringe Laundry bluing powder Beet 6 black tea bags

1.
Step 1

Make a dark blue ink by mixing 2 tablespoons of laundry bluing powder with 4 tablespoons of water. Stir it well and store in a small baby food jar. This will give you a deep rich blue ink for forming beautiful letters with your fountain pen.
2.
Step 2

Create your own dark brown ink by simmering 5 or 6 black tea bags in 1/2 cup of water until it has reduced to 1/4 cup. Add 1 teaspoon of powdered gum arabic and stir well with a skewer. Store in a small baby food container. The gum arabic holds the color suspended in the liquid. Your fountain pen will produce writings that look ancient and antiqued.
3.
Step 3

Design your own purple ink by heating 1/4 cup of purple grape juice to a boil in a small saucepan. Add 2 tablespoons of white vinegar and 1 teaspoon of salt. Stir until the salt is dissolved and remove from the heat. Cool and store. The vinegar will set the color and the salt will prevent bacteria from growing in your fountain pen.
4.
Step 4

Add red to your palette of inks by slicing a raw beet into 1/4 inch slices and placing it into a small saucepan with 1/2 cup of water. Simmer for about 15 minutes covered or until the beet slices are tender. Drain the liquid and add 1 tablespoon of vinegar. Cool and store. This will produce a good deep red ink for writing important and eye-catching notes with your fountain pen.
5.
Step 5

Mix things up a bit by making your own invisible ink. Kids love this recipe and it is super easy. Mix equal parts of baking soda and water. Mix well and inject it into your cartridge. Write away and nothing will show up. Let the paper dry and then hold the paper up to a warm light source for the surprise message. Your fountain pen will be commanding respect from the kids if you tell them it is your magic pen.

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Cornflower has been around as a magickal tool for a long time. It's purported benefits magickally include enhancing psychic abilities, fertility, love, sex, and abundance, The flowers are used to decorate alters and the dried flower is carried in sachets or amulets to attract lovers. One entry states that you should sprinkle the dried flower on the right shoe when looking for a new lover.

Cornflower petals also make a wonderful mystical blue-colored handmade ink - which certainly has more magickal properties than store-bought for use in hand-worked spell books, etc. To make an ink out of the flowers, pick enough to fill a coffee cup, packed moderately. Using a non-metal container, boil 2 cups of water and drop the flowers in. Boil until the water becomes a beautiful blue and has evaporated down to about enough to fill a small jar, such as a baby food jar - do pick a jar that comes with a tight-fitting lid, of course. Using a strainer, strain the liquid into the jar. Add 2-3 drops of vinegar to hold the color, and a pinch of salt to prevent mold over extended periods. Shake lightly and keep in a dark area. Use an old-fashioned quill pen or calligraphy pen at any point thereafter for making your entries.
Making Magickal Ink: Recipes

Making Magickal Ink: Recipes

Many witches and wiccans record their spells, and their results, or write in their Book Of Shadows with special ritual or magickal inks. These can be purchased at Wiccan supply shops or you can make them easily yourself.

You will need a fountain or calligraphy pen or something similar. To make a magickal ink, crush the herbs you are going to use and place them in a jar. You don’t have to use exact measurements. Add red wine or vodka to cover the herbs plus a bit over (about 1/3 inch). Red Wine will help to add to the colour of the ink. You may also add coffee and / or tea to add colour.

Cap the jar. If the lid is metal, place some plastic food wrap between the lid and the contents. Allow the jar to sit, covered, for about two weeks.

You can add food colouring to make coloured inks, and rose, lavender, jasmine or other floral water to make scented ink, or a few drops of essential oil if you wish.

When making inks, it isn’t necessary to add exact quantities; just estimate the amounts to use. Different quantities produce varied inks. You can record your favourite recipes in your Book Of Shadows. Use a large jar with a sealable lid, such as a mason jar for canning. To this add about 1/2 bottle of inexpensive red wine (The quality doesn’t matter for ink making). This does leave a wine smell, which you can leave, or cover up with floral water or essential oil if you like. However, it also adds a lovely red colour. Some people use vodka instead of wine, so that it doesn’t produce a reddish ink (If they want to make green or another colour) and because it doesn’t leave a red wine smell. I put about 1/8 cup of coffee grounds and about 1/8 of tea leaves in to help add colour. These will give a brown colour and also add to the smell. I then put about 2 crushed cinnamon sticks, about 1 tblsp of cloves, about 2 tsp of turmeric for a yellow colour), about a teaspoon of frankincense granules, about a teaspoon of ground dragon’s blood, about 1 tblsp of cracked black pepper, and any other herbs you want to add, either for their magickal properties, or for scent or colour. Leave this for about a week, stirring occasionally. Strain it into smaller jars and add different food colours to each jar. Store the ink in the fridge, to help preserve it.

The following are ingredients for the 3 most common magickal inks:

Bat’s Blood ink

Dragon’s blood resin;
Coffee grounds
Tea leaves
Myrrh
Cinnamon
Cloves
Scent - Lavender water
Colour - Blue

Dove’s blood Ink

Dragon’s blood resin
Coffee grounds
Tea leaves
Bay leaves
Cinnamon
Cloves
Scent - Lavender water or essential oil
Colour – purple: blue + red food dye

Dragon’s blood ink (1)

Dragon’s blood resin
Coffee grounds
Tea leaves
Cinnamon
Cloves
Scent - rose water or essential oil of rose or geranium
Colour - Red

Here is another traditional recipe, and my personal favourite, for Dragon's Blood Ink.

1 teaspoon Dragon's Blood Resin (powdered)
15 teaspoons alcohol or vodka
1 teaspoon gum arabic (ground)

Soak the powdered resin in the alcohol until dissolved, then add the ground gum arabic. Filter through a cloth and store in a dark bottle.

Another Dragon’s Blood Ink Recipe:

3-4 ounces of red or purple india ink
2 teaspoons Dragon's Blood Resin (powdered)
15 drops Dragon's blood oil

Blend thoroughly. Filter and store in a dark bottle.

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