A Fanciful Twist

Eye of Newt and hairy wart, Lizard Tails & Wildebeast snort...

Throw it in a cauldron and watch it bubble.  A perfect potluck treat for the party!  Missing the Bloglandia Halloween bash is simply not an option!  I am ready to do a little Skeleton Rhumba and of course the Devlish Cha-cha-cha...  The lights in the Witches mansion are all nicely lit... The Witch waits inside, anxious for the strike of midnight...

      

A spooktacular Wicked banner from the wonderful Sadira (she made it) hangs proudly above my Halloween mansion.  I made silhouettes for the windows and filled it with lights.  Mr. Lovee and I will carve pumpkins tomorrow.  He left me the most charming surprise pumpkin.  Hiding in a super secret special place for me to find, it made me stop and smile and swoon.  In the meantime (until we carve tomorrow), I have a cheesy plastic one plugged in, but I like it all the same...

      

Okay, back to the Witch...  She has her lovely shoes and stockings ready to go, her broom all polished, ready to take flight...(You remember my Halloween love that started in September, with the Pirate ship & the stockings!)

      

The Halloween mirror is almost fully alive, to jump on a broom and fly right inside... Where a Halloween bash ensues, filled with glitter and carmel apples...  Carousel rides on masked horses and cotton candy swirling in the air like snow...  Would you like to jump into the mirror with me? 

      

The other Witches are waiting, the book is on hand, to practice turning mushrooms into men from romance novels, you know, average Witch stuff like that...

      

The spooky music is playing from the ever thoughtful Amanda Button, just perfection!!!!

      

With songs like Eyeball in my Martini and Wormy Figs!! Alfred Hitchcock and more!! I have on my hat, I am the Witch on the left, with the crazy yellow locks, Waiting for tales, got any??  This photo is from last years Witches party and I must say, I am wearing my grandmother's velvet cape because it was cold.  Now today it was almost 90' here.  Pretty scary weather stuff, I'd say...

      

I have a stash of treats to share with you for the party...  The real life treats I sent out for the giveaway are still making their way to places quite far...  Miss Mary and Miss Cherie, both enjoyed theirs! Yipeee!Oh and so did Dave and his lovely wife!  There is one treat floating in oblivion.. I think it might be sitting in customs due to real and fake edibles...

      

Off on my broomstick for now!!! I hope you can some how squeeze through the screen and grab a few treats! Back in a few days... After the madness!!  YYYEeeeeehhheeeeheheheheeeeeeeeeee cackle!

Oh and one more thing, take a peek at my friend Lou's (of ArtandGhosts) creation of Vanessa Hallows!! Love it!

OCTOBER 31st Update...  I had to come back and share this, it was wayyyy too funnny.  I just stopped by at GypsyMermaidLife, and she had this AWESOME link to create your Monster Profile!!! What amused me the most was the fact that, my profile states, I LOVE to Torment British People!!!! Hahahahahaha!!!  Now my British friends, do you find this to be true?? heheheheeeeee My profile Below... HA!

***Your Monster Profile***

Hungry Enigma

You Feast On: Armadillos

You Lurk Around In: Roller Rinks

You Especially Like to Torment: British People

Babbling & Rambling

My limbs feel like feeble branches that were run over and scotch taped back together.  My fingers are raisin nubs and my hair has grown so long, the ends blow in the wind, quite like those of a cackling witch.  I wake up in the morning and my glowing face has turned into a tired sad case of, showtime.  Mr. Lovee and I have been going non-stop getting the gallery ready...   I am so sore and tired...  But I am not complaining.  I am taking the pain as punishment.  Punishment for something so greedy, you may never look at me the same.  You know how I posted those white and red mushrooms a couple posts ago???  And I was swooning over them, and you all were so happy for me and my shrooms?  Well, I failed to admit that, umm, I have others.  Yes, the mushroom hoarder of the century.  In my room I have these guys...

      

So, I take my sore and sad punishment, and accept it wholeheartedly, as long as I get to keep the shrooms of course...  I was going to avoid blogging as to not bore you with whining about the show and preparations and so on and so forth...  But it feels so darn good to whine, how can I not... The one thing I am looking forward to this week is, Halloween in Bloglandia. 

I am sadly going to miss one of my favorite days in real life.  And, I have to say, I am so terribly sad about it.  I feel like Halloween has already passed me by... (I told you this would be pitiful, caccccckle caccckle)

      

You see,  I have not done my yearly carving of the wonderful Halloween pumpkins.  No major decorating...  All I did was plug a little Halloween pumpkin doo-dad in...  Although, he ain't half bad...

      

My skull has been hanging around all year, so he was ready to go!

      

And of course, the witches hand is out and partying with candle skulls...  Alas, they all waited for the witches party this year, that never was...  But hey, I can have a witches party any old day right??

      

I made you some turtle brownies, just to help you get through this with me...  I knew I could get to you through your belly!!!  I just have to bake them!! HA!

      

And then I made you some orange food, carrots and yams, in my cauldron of course...

      

The only thing is, I think the neighbors are wondering why this cross in a pot is right in front of our front gate (I think some of them were spying on me building it).  The fact is, I never did finish that scarecrow, who was going to hang on this wooden structure...  Perhaps I should build him on Halloween???  What do you think??

       

Well, I am off to do more shroom penance...  You see, the main reason I am so sore is, I decided in my insaneness, that I wanted to repaint the entire gallery in the same color it was already in, Vanilla Cream.  That meant, everything off the walls and then me with a can going up and down a ladder (and then you wonder where the heck I have been??).  Now, I have to rehang everything..   I purchased 49 frames today (I am making poster size canvas prints!!).  Due to the frames, I have no more coins in my piggy bank.  I just handed the guy my entire piggy bank.  It cost the actual ceramic pig too...Sheesh... 

I am feeling the freshness of white these days so I ironed this white tablecloth today...  I think I am going to use it.  I am not in a black tablecloth mood when it comes to the gallery/shop right now...

      

OH MY!!! Before I leave I almost forgot to tell you...  Sweetie-Pie himself is one of a few featured Etsian prints (animal prints)  in Domino Magazine online.  Chosen by the lovely Holly Becker of Decor8, I was surprised and overjoyed when she told me!!!  The best news to a girl like me!!!  Click here to visit him at DominoMag.Com.  He makes his Momma proud...  There are so many wonderful artists included here (lucky me!).  Swooon!

      

Okay I really am off to do shroom penance now... Oh and, thank Corey and Lou if my blog is loading faster for you! 

I promise I will visit you when all this is over!! Pinky Promise!  See you soon!!!! V

Little Slices of Magical Berry Cake...

Now, this post has no focus.  However, I was missing you all.  Just under two more weeks and I will be back to Bloglandia.  I have been creating away, as you well know and are probably totally sick of hearing...  Last night at midnight I had a little visitor.  Tugging at my white cotton nightdress, whispering in my ear, "Come and find me if you can..." So, I did....

The Enchanted Hiding Tree...

      

Hiding in a little tree trunk, escaping from her daily chores.  I wish you could see the print in person.  Anyhow, she is in my shop...

I have also been very sneaky, adding postcard sets to my shop as well.  I am so delighted with the results.  I have had them for about 2 weeks, but I am slow in sharing.  I also designed the back sides, with graphics that I created.  They are a little gift in themselves.  (click on any photo to enlarge)

      

      

There is also a Thank You Postcard set and some other treats... Take a peek if you get a little chance. 

I did get all my little giveaway treats into the post office last week.  People got them in just 1.5 days.  It was wild.  I don't know if my Candian girls got them yet??  But, I feel it is safe enough to share... Each winner received 2 packages.  One with tricks and one with treats...

      

Some of the tricks included non-edible super tricky cakes.  I am so tricky... hee heee....

      

Into the padded mailer they went, and Presto, the wait for the reactions...

      

Miss MarmeeCraft blogged about her parcel of goodies from me, and I have to say, her photos are incredible.  Her cake really does look real.  And the photo with the cat... Maybe I can sneak it over here.... Off to sneak the photo, but you must see them all! Okay, I got it!!! Can you believe her photo of her darling puss Marmee, and the cake???  That is contest quality!!!

What I intend to do in the next couple of days is get the gallery all spruced up...  It is a bit of a wreck, does that surprise you?? Hahaha.

      

Funny enough, in the midst of sheer madness, I find myself wanting to cozy up...

      

And just draw...

      

You know, I still can't bring myself to paint this work bench.  Is it silly that it has sentimental value to me in its raw state?  Mr. Lovve made it, using two really lovely pieces of natural wood and one piece of white... And there is just something in me that feels like I will cover up his little aura lingering in the wood, if I paint.  Have I totally lost it??

Haste Luego, for now!  My berry crisp is ready!

Come into my house, to myyy house, I want to give you some...

Nope, no candy.  However, I will give you a set of chores if you dare let yourself be coaxed with toffee covered in chocolate (oh wait, that is candy!).  How about home made, extra long, french fries???  Hmm, that isn't working is it?  Okay, umm, I'll let Mr. Lovee do a mannie chore for you?  Then you have to HELP me (say fresh squeezed orange juice or perhaps all your grocery shopping?).  All I have to say is...  I am living in my studio day and night.  I am stiff as a corpse (perfect for Halloween), and working like a mad woman for the show...

      

I know you might think the place looks out of control, but really it isn't.  Everything is where it should be for what I am working on.  When you have 9 paper dress girls, 10 little oil paintings, and 50 pieces of jewelry going at once, the place is bound to look like someone turned it upside down, shook it all around, and that's what it's all about. HA!

      

So, I am going to share pure photos of what my days have melded into.  Good thing I adore my studio to pieces. I sit at this little table only to do oil painting.  My easels are all in the gallery getting ready for the show.  I don't really like painting on them anyways.  I like the painting door with its 12 different heights for working at, and like I said, this little table for oil painting...

The happy oil desserts, fruits & veggies are always popular at the show.  They are cute and fun and textured, and easy on the eye.  Perfect for gifts or home decor.  I think I need a few of the desserts myself...

      

I had one of my prints near me for inspiration.  I made several.  For the desserts, I decoupaged the canvas with vintage dictionary pages first.  So the outline you see around the cakes is actually a bit of the paper.  I just love how that looks.  I don't know why, but I do.

      

The door that I paint on leads to this whole other little area where I have rolling bakers racks to put all these critters on to dry.  They take so terribly long to dry.  Even with all the goop for quick drying.  You see, I use ALOT of paint... 

      

Then I have paper dress girls flying about. They are so dramtic and full of emotion, they go on and on with their dancing all day.  Flutter, flutter.  I warned them I'd cage them if they didn't sit still...

      

They didn't listen...

      

I just finished a night time dance scene.  With some lanterns that are so lovely in person, I will bring you a better view as soon as the print of it is ready. (This photo does it no justice)

      

I better get back to work... If I go for too long I will lose my momentum.  Plus, it is really really cold here right now.  Did it get cold wherever you are in the states today???

Here, let me open the door to my "Jewel Case Pantry"  a little peek, just for you...  Perhaps we could cut a deal if you decide to help me with chores... hee heee...  You know, Rubies, Swarovski's, anyone, anyone...

      

Okay, I am off.  Back to being a busy bee!!! Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

      

Tell me something wonderful about your Autumn filled days.  Or anything else you are up to...  Oh, and if you want a sneak peek into another wonderfully mad studio, you must visit Consuela!!!