Hello! I’m Briar and I am the Creatrix behind “The Well and Spindle.” I began selling officially on Etsy in November of 2008 but had been serving my community long before that. I had been making and donating products I crafted for local witch and pagan fundraising events for years before I opened my shop and I knew it was a good move when my community urged me to open an online store! Having been raised by a witch and crafting my entire life, I needed to share my genuine love to create magic with the world! In my years on Etsy I have made wood burned decor, jewelry, historically influenced accessories, fiber crafts, bath and body products, herbal products, ritual tools and more. I also taught classes and hosted workshops for many years for a coven I was a part of, local pagan groups and for the local Pagan Pride Day event where I grew up (which I also vended at). As a neurodivergent person I am always branching out and yearning to learn more as part of my need to bring new life into the world around me and crush stagnancy. Finding new things to research and test being a huge interest of mine as well. Now I’m here still serving the community I have created online and beyond them.

My shop reflects my life. I cater my crafts and my need to transform things around me as I see fit.

If you would like to know more about me I am a non-binary and queer person, Inclusive Heathen, long-time Witch raised by Pagan Witch for a mother and inheriting psychic gifts from my father, mother of two (much cooler than me) neurodiverse kids, life partner to my one love, research obsessed Leo, herbalist in training, avid reader, yarn spinner, fiber artist, gardener, low key hiker and more. Some of my other interests include mythology, folklore, religious studies, Tudor history, philosophy, mycology, spirituality, magic, witchcraft, Viking age Scandinavia, history in general, divination and more!

You can find me on most social networking sites. I mainly utilize Facebook, Pinterest, TikTok, Twitter and Instagram.

Thank you for being here! I appreciate you!
-Briar Ellery Drost