I’ve been making big changes to my business this year, choosing to focus more on the psychic part of Hearth Fox Oracle, and remembering why I wanted to start this business in the first place. As I pack up handmade products that never sold or the wasted money on packing and crafting supplies, I can’t help but feel sad and mediocre. Then this rune rolled out from my business shelf. Ingwaz, the rune of Freyr and Fertility. I know good prosperous things will come from this big, necessary change, but it’s also okay to grieve what didn’t work out. Grieve, heal, and move on. Business has to change in order to grow and become successful. I am a better psychic than a crafter. It’s bittersweet. ~ Priestess Kristy "Foxlyn" Tackett

Here we are at March 2nd, 2025, and I still don't have my psychic readings in my Etsy , as I said I'd have in January and February.  My apologies.  Executive dysfunction is no joke and ADHD sucks sometimes.  I'm going to try to get them in there this month, especially since I have a Psychic Faire at the end of April in Kettering, Ohio.   Trying to figure out what to offer has been a little daunting, too.  Unlike most psychics I don't have different options because I never know what Spirit wants to talk about or how.  Sometimes tools aren't needed at all to get the message out, Spirit just talks.  Or the tools just act as a way to get me focused so that I can hear Them.   Working the different in-person events has taught me that I'm not a fan of general questions.  Like, when I ask, "What's your message for me?" I can usually figure out what Spirit's talking about, because obviously it's my life.  With strangers those kinds of q...

 Howdy!  Long time no post, although I have been active my Facebook .  Life's been day-by-day here.  My mom died back in October, and although she and I didn't have the best relationship (technically my grief journey with her started in 2020...well a little before that), it's hitting me harder than I thought.  Although I've been grieving a little longer than others, this is the finality, you know?  No apologies, no mending, me--once again--having to find closure on my own.  Listening to certain songs over and over....  Watching A Christmas Story Christmas over and over almost every day.  That movie's message was something that I really needed last month, except there weren't any surprise gifts under the tree on Yule or Christmas day.   With cPTSD and ADHD, I've struggled with insomnia for most of my life, but with this grief, I've been experiencing it more frequently than normal. I've made the decision that I'm in no mental or spiri...

As it turns out, when you get a new home, you don't have enough money for other things, like Etsy fees.  My shop is temporarily suspended, but will be back up on Thursday or Friday.  This gives me time to plan for my winter products and the fall item sale.   Also being moved in means that I can work on those new products that I've been wanting to craft: the Greek Alphabet Oracle and Younger Futhark Runes!   I'm looking forward to doing general community messages and card/rune pulls again, too.   I maybe broke for the moment, but lots is to come for Hearth Fox Oracle.   Stay tuned, yall!  Thank you for your support! - Rev. Oracle Foxlyn Wren

 

  I had such an awesome time at the Beltaine Psychic Faire.  It was great!  I got way more sales than I ever have with Etsy!  It felt good that people wanted to buy my stuff (and my business cards!  I worked hard on those and paid good money for them, so yes, take my business cards, even if that's all you get from me today!).   I've spent hours upon hours on hand making my products.  I'm already searching for the next event.  Next one, my husband is going to handle the booth and I'm going to do psychic readings.   Altar for Hermes and my Ancestors The Animal Pins were a big hit!  I didn't make those.   I got these pins from my grandma after she passed in 2014. My booth neighbors were cool people, too. The lady behind me designed tumblers and the lady in front of me was a therapist and Reiki Master, who had a partner who performed card readings. It was cool watching her work, and she was fun to talk to, too. There was...

Due to the Etsy's fee hike, there's an Etsy Strike .  Many shop owners, myself included, have put our shops on vacation from the 11th to the 18th.  Here is a petition with more information . Etsy was already charging 23% in fees, as of today that number has increased to about 30%, which would force many shops to increase their prices to make profit.  My numbers may be way off,, someone said that they actually take like 50-70% of your profits, especially on large orders.  I don't really understand math due to my dyscalculia.  My husband was trying to explain all of the math to me when I was trying to figure out how to increase my prices earlier this month.   Either way, stirke!   Etsy sent out an email a few weeks ago, saying that the fee increase was due to new tools.  They also posted a reminder in the editing dashboard about the "1.5% increase".  Like, I don't care about the new tools and I promote myself, I should be able to opt ...