Daxton MacTavish the WandMaker

Thursday, June 16, 2011

New Wand Tags (Prototypes)

We are in the process of re-designing our wand packaging. The tags shown below are prototypes that may be included in the packaging with our wands. You may also notice we are still testing our new logo/trademark designs as well. If you have a favorite, please let us know.

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

New Logo Prototype

Here's another prototype of our new logo.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

iPhone Desktops

To further promote our blog, we have developed several different iPhone desktop screens which are available for free download. Click on the individual image to enlarge it to full size and then save the image(s) to your iPhone Photo gallery. Here just a few:

New Logo Prototype

We're working on a new logo and box label. We decided to mix elements from our original logo with a more vintage look. Here's one of our prototypes.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Let Us Know What You Think

We have had more than 1400 unique visitors from around the world over the last few years and we would love to hear from you. If you would like to learn more about our wand collection or you have a comment to share with us we warmly invite you to contact us directly at our email address: Daxton.MacTavish@yahoo.com. Thank you again for your visit!

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Silver Birch Wand (Betula pendula tristis)

The Royal Botanic Gardens Silver Birch found in Inverleith, Edinburgh. It is known for it's contorted branches and it is one of the oldest, largest and most beautiful birch trees in Scotland. Our background collage was created from a variety of images, some image elements used were obtained from http://www.flickr.com/photos/designmag/, under the terms of the creative commons licensing.

White Russian

In celebration of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, we've created this special wand celebrating the wonder and spectacle of Winter. We call it the White Russian. Background created from source files found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/designmag/. We appreciate their Creative Commons licensing.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Gais Helen Mohiam, the Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother

The secretive Bene Gesserit were often referred to as "witches", they possess mental and physical powers developed through conditioning called "prana-bindu" training. This wand was inspired by the imagination and the writings of Frank Herbert, author of Dune.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Morgan le Fay

Half sister to King Arthur, powerful sorceress and former student of Merlin.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

White Water Ice Wand

Used by the White Wizard of the North, this wand is covered in individually hand applied glass beads.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Liir's Wand

Inspired by the Gregory MacGuire book, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. We imagined a wand created for Elphaba Thropp's Son, Liir.

Winifred's Wand

From our very well guarded "Salem" collection; this wand originally belonged to Winifred Sanderson who was fictionalized in the film "Hocus Pocus" and was hilariously portrayed by Bette Midler. For safety reasons, black candles are not permitted within 25 feet of this particular wand.

Endora's Birthday Present

On Endora's 300th birthday, (1969), Samantha purchased this custom made wand for her Mother. Endora retired this wand in 1984 and she fortunately donated it to our private collection. Although our friends in the magical world rely on their wands for everyday practical magic; some wands are like fine jewelry and as such, are reserved for special occasions. We think you'll agree after taking a closer look.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Battle Wand Created for the Dwarves of Norway

Known for their unique skill in metallurgy, this wand was once used to guard the caves in Nioavellir, (Dark Fields). The tip of this wand is made from the poisonous spine of a golden bull nose dragon. This ancient wand is one of the oldest in the Daxton MacTavish collection and was recently on loan to the "International Museum of Magical Relics".

Sunday, January 24, 2010

"Believe in the Power of Magic" and "We Make Magic Happen Everday"

Here's a look at two of our newest products recently posted on our Zazzle site. These new designs appear on wand tote bags, t-shirts, buttons and coffee mugs. For a complete look at ALL of the Daxton MacTavish line of products click on the link to our Zazzle store on the right hand side of this page.

In Celebration of our 251st Anniversay We Take a Glimpse into our Past

To celebrate our 251st Anniversary we thought it would be nice to look back at our past. We dug up one of our old wand box labels we found in our attic and in February we will feature the "vintage" look as the header for our blog. Let us know what you think. We might even put it on few t-shirts or mugs. (Click on the photo below to see a full-size version.)