Broomsticks on the Bayou

Welcome witches!

welcome to,

I'm very happy you are able to join us.

First we gather here to pay respects

to the great Marie Laveau

Leave an offering

or light a candle..

I hope everyone brought their brooms

we need to fly to our destination!

An abandoned mansion will be perfect for a party

Ignore the alligators and other...creatures.

Just come right in.

We prepared some treats for you all.

I don't know about you

but making beignets wasn't going to 

happen for me...so

Helena and I made the short-cut version.

you need some buttermilk biscuits that

come in the little refrigerated can.

powdered sugar

vegetable oil about 4 cups

you can use a deep fryer

or a regular saucepan

heat the oil 

open the container of the biscuits

(I have an unnatural fear of these dumb things, lol)

drop a raw biscuit carefully into the hot oil

 

they brown up fast, about 30 seconds or so...

when it's done,

  put it on a paper towel lined plate.

Add powdered sugar to the tops.

They are amazing!

We couldn't stop eating them...

Don't worry, I saved some for you.

We also made edible voodoo dolls.

sugar cookie dough can be molded

into little figures.
Then decorated with cookie icing.
Or you can use some
leftover biscuits:)

 

They are very tasty!

Now let's make some drinks!
Since I don't drink very much I thought
 a mocktail would be nice.
You need these ingredients for
 a non-alcoholic 
 Hurricane
2 oz orange juice 

2 oz cranberry juice

 1 oz grapefruit juice

 1 oz apple juice

 crushed ice

 orange, lemon or lime slice

 

 

Now what fun would our party be if there wasn't 

spells and magic flying around?

 You can go here 

to find some simple spells.

 

Have you had your palm read yet?

 

 or made a voodoo doll?

I have the directions here.

This is a new one.
Can't have too many you know.

maybe you want to make yourself a gris gris bag!

there's a really neat website that shows
you how, just click here.



I made a voodoo queen crown!

and some goodies to give away...
a masquerade mask 

and some little voodoo dolls for your very own!

Now let's go outside and admire
the gorgeous hunter's moon for a while.

I can't tell you how much I appreciate
you coming along on this little adventure.
Thank you to Anna from Frosted Petunias
for indulging me.

Leave me a comment and your party link
to have a chance of winning a prize..
remember,
if you didn't have a party
it's ok
your name still goes into a hat.

Okay... now it's time for dancing!!
let's go back inside.