Help with Advanced Crafting

Well, I made it this far without using the internet to help me with the game, but I just wasted my max Essence of Woe and 2 exalt orbs on my first big attempt at trying this crafting nonsense. Big mistake. Help me out here.

So, I have a bow and I want to maximize it to make every stat-line benefit my spellcaster. I want to give it the ability to take multiple crafted mods, mod it with a bunch of junk, then I want to use the Essence of Woe to give me that guranteed spell power. So I need to know a two things:

-Can I put these mods onto it before I use the essence?
-Will these mods effect it getting the spell power bonus? As in, are there certain mods I can't give it, or is it possible to give it too many mods before I apply the essence?

Would appriciate any help I can get.

Surely someone knows the answer here.

Essences ignore crafted mods (like "cannot roll caster mods"). If you craft a mod, then use an essence, it just re-rolls everything, including rolling over the crafted mod.

Ah, ok. I'll probably just stick with the extra crap it gives me then. Thanks for the help.