Halloween Tin swap

Wendy from Bliss Angels hosted an altered tin swap and she paired me with Karen from Karen's Monday Musings who lives about 15 minutes from me!! We met for lunch and talked and talked and talked!
She gave me my tin in a cute little drawstring pouch she made herself, she even included some delicious candy she bought from her recent trip to Germany, but, I didn't get a chance to photograph it:)

Inside was this gorgeous ATC she created..

This is the tin...

the inside...


and this is the one I made for her...
I decided to make it a shrine so I removed the lid completely.

Thanks to Wendy for hosting such great swaps!
I also wanted to add that I have a winner for the Practical Magic painting used the random number generator and it chose #24 Victoria, from Brushstrokes
Congratulations!

Practical Magic 2011

Hello!
it's been too long since we last spoke. Time has been passing very quickly, my gypsy wagon is almost ready and here we are all set for the amazing Practical Magic party Anna is giving.
I hope we are set...!
Let me tell you what happened one evening last week
.....I was looking for ingredients and what not to finish up my party post
pictures...when I heard a strange little noise, I looked up and saw a frog, of all things just sitting and croaking a happy little tune

I got closer and it hopped away a bit, I followed and it disappeared into a storage shed, it was starting to get dark, but I was very curious...I went in and saw so many interesting things!

what caught my eye though, was a large dusty old chest I'd never seen before..

I had to look inside!The lid creaked as I opened it, what could be in it?

I took the shelf out and found this too..

old family treasures hidden away all these years...a gypsy belt, and jewelry box carved of ivory, rusty spice tins and silver picture frames. And the most amazing looking antique doll, I lifted her from the chest carefully, her dress looked as though it could fall apart at any moment! As I held her I noticed a small scroll fall from her hands and land on the rug


I set her down and began to read the faded words...

next thing I knew,the doll was gone & there were frogs everywhere,
there were candles
and an old book lying on the table.


Something caught my eye... I turned and saw..... Maria! She was picking flowers..holding them in her palm...

I watched as she whispered words into her hands...the petals she gathered started to fly!

Once they floated away into the sky, she turned and thanked me for releasing her for the night
we spoke of many things then we climbed onto the roof and she convinced me to jump!!!

The fall made me dizzy so I sat on the grass for a bit...the sun coming in through the bedroom window woke me up..I was tucked into bed...it was just a dream I'd had!
none of it had happened..

I sadly got out of bed and went in to the kitchen and found breakfast waiting on the table, and a lovely little guest!


I swear that's what happened to me one evening last week....
Have a magical weekend.
leave me a comment if you wish...let me know you stopped by, i'm giving away the painting of the witch with the umbrella in two weeks:)

Practical Magic give away

Hello beautiful witches!
Last night under cover of darkness, beneath the enchanted trees, My assistant and I said a magic spell over the cauldron....then we threw in everyone's name.....and danced around....

She even caught a crow in mid flight!
Then, once the steam and the sparks settled a bit...she put her hand in, and pulled out the name of the witch that would be the caretaker of the Ophelia chair!

We all watched anxiously,

The first name! the winner of the chair.....
then the second name..the winner of the ....grab bag....the third name....the winner of something spooky.....
All in my hand!
Then my wonderful helper/assistant backed up, tripped on the cat, started to cry because she fell and it was pretty late anyway and threw off her hat and ran inside....
(what can you do when your assistant is 3?)
Well the picture taking had to be put on hold..since she needed cuddles and a warm set of pj's...
so the winner of the chair is
Bear's mom.
The winner of the grab bag is Cameron
and next winner is jennifer
Thank you everyone that came out to fly to my party!
Please come and join me for a cup of tea on the 23rd, and we can visit Anna from
Frosted Petunias at her Halloween Tea Party!

Give away day

Hello!!
I was out and about most of the day.
When I got home I noticed the cauldron was filled with shooting stars!
Then I heard a tapping on the window...it was one of the crows from the party....you remember them right?
Well he had a special message for me,(as if I didn't know!)
Saturday is the give-away day for the Practical Magic Party prize!
I will toss every one's name in the cauldron and chant a spell...then....A winner will be chosen!(for the Ophelia chair).........
Then another winner will be chosen!(for the super secret surprise grab bag thingie)
Then...I might just pick another name, for the heck of it and that person will win....something!.... something spooky and Halloweenie!
Goodnight!

Practical Magic Party!!!!

I think it's time to have a little party!!!!!click HERE my dears....oh, and you will need to bring your broom!!!hee hee hee!

Frogs and Pancakes

Hello!
Very silly post tonight...but I had to write about it!
We went to Ihop tonight for dinner, I wanted pancakes but I didn't feel like cooking...anyhow,we went in, we ate,we came out to our car and this HUGE frog was right near it,maybe some people are used to frogs, but I'd never ever seen a live frog!Not even at a zoo or anything.It was so big! We got a picture and then it hopped off...I'm sure the people in the restaurant that could see us through the windows thought we were loony.I didn't care,all I could think of was that that frog would have done very nicely at the Practical Magic party next month!
Have a nice evening.