Childhood

Take a word Challenge this week is

 'Childhood'

I didn't have many friends when I was growing up..

My afternoons consisted of coming home from elementary school,

and immediately going outside

& playing in a tent made of old sheets.

My companions were our cat Lucy and a glow-in-the-dark

skeleton made of paper.
(my mom 

had bought it for me at the pharmacy

and to me, it was the most incredible thing ever!)

Reading,

talking to fairies,

 pretending it was Halloween,

 bobbing for apples

drawing....

it all happened

in my tent, amongst my mother's garden. 

I created a doodle 

then used

elements from Deviant Scrap

over it.

I also wanted to let you know that

Random Number Generator chose #6.

JoAnne from Vintage Dragonfly

Congratulations!

you won the Haunted Humpday monster:)

Haunted Humpday

It's time for another 

I'd like to announce some fun Halloween

activities that you might be interested

in joining.

First, there's Vintage Dragonfly's

 Halloween matchbox swap

 The Crafty Paper's

Halloween blog hop giveaway

And Ivory Pumpkin's

100 Days of Halloween!

That's the spirit ladies! 

Let's squeeze out every drop of the season

that we can.

I have a few things to share with you this week:)

I made this little book box..

And this witchy canvas

Walgreens is setting up their spookiness

finally!

I found this glittery lantern:)

Halloween + glitter = BLISS!

F

Okay...let's light a nice fire...

and get cozy..

Remember how I told you

 this property used to be a cemetery?

Well, I have another story for you all.

Before they had children, my mom and dad

used to go out of town on weekends,

mainly to visit relatives in Sierra Vista

(about an hour and some minutes away)

One of the times.. on a very cold winter's weekend

they asked my mom's brother to come stay

here, so the house wouldn't be vacant.

They'd noticed that a few things had been

moved around the last time they'd gone out.

I guess they figured someone was coming around

when they were gone.

My uncle came over, as planned,

the Friday my parents left.

It was around 4:30.. the beginning of dusk in the winter...

he said he walked in

and

looked in the fridge.

of course.

Then he heard it.

A thumping sound coming from outside.

He walked to the back door

and looked over to where my dad's tool shed is

and saw something very strange.

There was a something pushing on the 

door of the shed.

(which was always locked with a super thick chain and padlock)

he said it was about 

3 feet tall

covered in coarse looking 

dark fur.

It also had small sharp looking horns.

Now this man was 

a trouble maker

never afraid to start a fight

never afraid..

Well he slammed the back door,

grabbed his keys

and ran out of the house

didn't even lock the door.

My dad was pretty upset when they arrived

home on Sunday evening

to find the doors unlocked

the lights on

and the tool shed wide open.

to this day my uncle swears

there was a creature out there.

he never spent the night here again

either.

Now, who's up for a giveaway??

 Leave a comment

and you'll be entered to win

this gigantic monster!!!

ok, ok, he's not gigantic

but I think he's adorable:)

that's all for tonight my dears...

hope to see you later!!!

Marfi

Autumn

I love Autumn.

The way it rolls off the tongue..how it sounds, what it means!

This week's take a word challenge  theme is, you guessed it...

Autumn.

This is my little Autumn fairy,

She's all ready to change the colors of the leaves.

Have a great Monday!

(deviant scrap elements)
background photo taken
by me.

Saturday

Happy Saturday!

Well,

I hope you're having a happy Saturday:)

Yesterday, the gas company stopped by to let us know

we needed to evacuate because of a leak

they turned off our gas

pretended to work for an hour

then left and didn't return.

We're back in our house

 but

we don't have hot water

and the stove doesn't work.

they're closed today...

and tomorrow...

and Monday. 

 Well, I can't use the stove

but tomorrow is September!!!

So I'm not going to let it get to me.

                                                                              

 I love the way the sky looks this time of year don't you?

It takes on a deeper hue, the clouds get brighter and fluffier.

You know you're one day closer to 

weather that's fit for humans.(and Halloween!)

& If you're lucky enough to get some rain, it's quite a show.

                                                                  

We had a bit in the last week or so

 I've mentioned how inspired I get when it rains right?

Apparently so does Helena.

we made some tissue paper lanterns last night.

All you need is decoupage glue, tissue paper, and a jar.

.

I love these pickles!!

I have so many empty jars!

paint the jar with the glue

apply the tissue paper

add another coat of glue on top.

 Let it dry.

 add a tea light and turn off the lights....

 easy peasy!

I also made a new mixed media painting.

it's called

'Time for a Cupcake Party'

Again, I hope your day is happy

 but if it's not....

I hope you can

find a way to get it there

even if it's just stopping what you're doing

and looking up at the sky:)

It's Time!

Hello!

Welcome to the very first

Glad you could make it!!

I'd like to start off this post by showing you some amazing

Halloween creations.

This adorable hat tag is from Marcia.

the back

These amazing tags are from Cindy Adkins

look at this little guy Norma made!

He looks like a crow,

Joann created this beautiful necklace

Is there a creepy house in your neighborhood?

There's a few around here, not just one...

in fact ours is one of them.

Our property and our next door neighbors' used  to be the town graveyard!

When it got too...full, the city had it moved to a larger area.

I know it was a long time ago, but I'm afraid to 

go out into the backyard alone at night :)

Gather round...I have a very short spooky tale to tell.

There was a lady that lived down the street from us.

Alone.

with about 100 cats.

Allegedly, she fell off a table and passed away...then her cats....well, they were

hungry and...they carried her away.

 on windy nights you can (supposedly) hear cats

 screeching if you stand by the window of her abandoned house 

 (sounds like a gruesome urban legend to me)

why she was on a table is pretty puzzling too.

anyhow...

I hear something tapping at the window as I write...

uh oh! It's one of the fairy guardians!

Guess it's time to go.

Remember, if you'd like to share

just leave a comment on this post 

with a link back to your blog.

Hope you enjoyed this kick-start to the Halloween season:)

I'm off to have cocoa and popcorn.

see you soon!

Celestial

"For my part I know nothing with any certainty,

 but the sight of the stars makes me dream."

-vincent van gogh

This is for this week's Collage Obsession challenge

(Deviant Scrap elements only)

Halloween fun!

A couple of years ago a lovely lady named
Wendy
started a wonderful weekly challenge called Spooky Monday.
I looked forward to posting something
new every week.
I got a lot out of Halloween that year
with Spooky Mondays,
 blog parties

& other challenges.
I'd like to continue in that same tradition
with a little weekly Halloween fun.
So with Wendy's blessing
I'd like to introduce

 

Every Wednesday I'm going to post

something that has to do with 

Halloween!

You can join in too if you'd like.

you can post

photos

 artwork

recipes

 stories!

Whatever you want.

Then...

just leave a comment

with a link back to your blog

so others can enjoy your

awesome spookiness.

or you can just stop by, no pressure :D

Ive put a button on my sidebar that you are 

more than welcome

to use on your blog

to show everyone

your spirit hehehe

Okay, so I'll be back here

on Wednesday

to share something

CReEpY

(insert maniacal laugh)

see you later!!!

 

 

collage obsession 'Purple'

It's a color challenge at collage obsession this week, and they've chosen

PURPLE.

This is what I came up with:)

(All elements are from Deviant Scrap)

Have a nice weekend.

Fairies

Do you believe in fairies?

I do!

Not only because it's a wonderful diversion from 

a sometimes mundane life...

But because, last year, during this month,

I saw one!!!

no kidding!

I was running walking outside to our clothesline 

(no fancy-pants dryer for us....it's Arizona! we don't need one!!)

it was about 2 p.m. & overcast

I was avoiding any and all bugs...

not gonna lie, I don't like them

my hair is dark, wavy and long

(perfect habitat for dark, wavy legged creatures)

To deter bugs,  I usually go outside

like this:

eyes squinted,  arms akimbo, legs pumping manically .

(it's exhausting)

you should see the way the mailman looks at me!

lol,

Anyhow, on this particular day, it was too hot to bother.

 Bug's be damned.

I walked outside like a regular human

& a little bright blue-white light flew passed me

Instinctively, I went into swatting mode

but before I could start swinging my arms

the light flew back towards me

right up to my face

I couldn't tell you what it looked like...

other than a tiny light floating in front of me.

it didn't buzz

it didn't move like an insect   

it didn't fly up my nose or in my hair

there wasn't a figure, buggish or otherwise, to it.

It flew in front of me a few feet then zoomed off into the trees.

(wish I'd  had my camera with me)

no one believes me...

you believe me don't you?

Well, whether you do or you don't the whole reason for this post

 is because I wanted to show you some fairy books I have.

(I just got distracted describing my defensive bug walk/fairy sighting.)

Okay....

  This one is so neat!

It has gorgeous artwork and several different fairy-tales, 

including one of my favorites... 

Tam Lin.

 

Helena has been itching to play with this book.

It even has a little envelope attached to the back

for storage.

This one is actually a pop up book!

again, the illustrations are absolutely stunning.

 

I remember I read the yellow fairy book

 and the red fairy book in the third grade.

I was at Barne's and Noble recently and saw this one.

Just love these covers!!

This one has my all time favorite story,

'Hansel and Gretel'

(it's the candy house that I'm in love with, I think the witch was framed)

lol

 

Alright...that's it for today

I'm off to make some tea and create some fairy art with Helena!

Oh and don't worry, I'm not taking up residence in tree tops or hedges to try and catch

a glimpse of fairy folk...not yet anyway!

See you in a few days:)

Give Away winner

I'd like to thank everyone that left a comment 

on my post the other day.

The random number generator

chose  #6

Congratulation's to Mina from Green Witch with Sprinkles

you won the mushroom wand:)

I love having giveaways...

 the trouble is, 

I

 always

 feel 

like 

everyone 

should 

win 

something....

I know that's not always possible.

But this time

 it is.

Mina won the wand 

and 

everyone else 

won

 a little 

mushroom ornament!!!

 

I just need you

to send me your

snail mail addresses 

and I'll get them out to you 

as soon as possible!

Thank you all!