Halley Kate is making sure the vibes (and the weather) are up to par ahead of her wedding “elopement party.”
The 25-year-old took to Instagram on Wednesday night to share a playful video with her BFF, influencer Jazmyn Smith, sipping cocktails together, drafting a message to the now-viral Etsy witch Smith famously hired ahead of her own wedding festivities.
“When Jazz is your BFF so you get premium access to her Etsy witch to make sure it doesn’t rain on the day you’re getting married,” Kate wrote over the video.
In March, the Delusional Diaries podcast host opened up about her unconventional wedding plans, revealing that she and fiancé Reed Williams are opting for what she referred to as an “elopement party,” rather than having a formal ceremony and reception.
“I’m getting married this summer, and although I am ‘not having a wedding,’ I’m calling what we’re doing an elopement party, because if people are traveling in for this, I want to set the expectation really clear,” she said in a TikTok posted March 18. “I don’t want them to show up to a wedding and be, like, ‘That was not a wedding.’’
Kate clarified that it’s not an elopement, noting that the event is meant to feel more like “a really good party” than a formal wedding reception.
Still, the influencer appears to be taking no chances when it comes to the weather forecast.
Last year, Smith revealed on TikTok that she had hired an “Etsy witch” to help ensure good weather for her lavish wedding celebration, which took place at the same Long Island mansion featured in Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” music video.
The moment quickly exploded online after viewers learned Smith had allegedly purchased a spell designed to prevent rain on the big day.
Smith’s viral confession launched a broader fascination with Etsy witches across TikTok and wedding social media culture, with brides sharing stories about purchasing manifestation rituals, tarot readings, love spells and weather-related spiritual services online.
In June 2025, PEOPLE spoke to several Etsy witches and spiritual practitioners about the growing demand for spell-casting services after the trend went viral.
“People wanted us to cast spells for them and hold rituals for them. Use our magical energy to shape their world,” one anonymous Etsy seller told PEOPLE exclusively, while discussing the surge in requests for everything from love and luck to success and weather-related manifestations.
