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In May, US inflation accelerated at its fastest pace in more than three years,
and the Consumer Price Index climbed 4.2% from a year earlier.
Things are getting more expensive, including having a wedding.
The wedding planning website The Knot reported that the average cost of a wedding is now over $34,000.
Newlyweds are spending nearly $300 per guest.
And Bloomberg's Deena Katgera says in this economy, some couples are willing to pay a little extra for anything
that can make them feel more in control on this big, expensive day.
There's also just generally a lot of uncertainty in people's lives with the rising cost of goods
and with housing costs going up.
There's a lot in their heads, that's a big question mark.
So if they can lean on anything that can provide them some kind of stability, people will do that.
For some, stability is coming in the form of a spell.
I don't truly know what powers lie within the Etsy witch community.
I certainly don't want to dismiss that it is possible for them to dramatically change the day.
It might sound a little woo-woo, but wedding spellcasting is actually a growing industry.
On the online marketplace Etsy, witches are selling their services to spouses-to-be,
promising to ward off bad weather at the wedding, or at least manifest good vibes.
It is a little bit of peace of mind.