Practical Magic Blog Party...Today!

I've been waiting for this fun bog party to get started.As a matter a fact I really just couldn't wait,So I have been hopping around already looking at other blogs listed.And a while back I made this 6x6" note book to ~give away today~

About a week ago I grabbed the practical magic book from my library of magical cook books and healing herbs and read it again. I read it the hole book in one day...all 244 pages.Alice Hoffman's book is different than the movie.And if you haven't read it you might want to.

So I have decided to share mine.Yep this is a pass it forward.So two lucky winners will have a chance.

Any one who leaves a ~comment~ can have the chance to win the note book. 

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Any one who is one of ~my followers~ will receive a chance to win the book.

Good luck to you and in the next post I will talk about the magical influence of herbs to help put a little LOVE in your life,the safe way.

If you want to blog hop to see all the other wonderful blogs participating click on the Practical Magic blog picture at the top right hand side of my blog and it will take you to the list of all the fun and enchantment.

This give away will end three magical days from here.

I will do my best to contact you or you can check back.

September Equinox tonight

Tonight is the September Equinox

This will happen at 3:09 Am

Garden Spider,spider mojo

This little  fellow was hanging out beside my door the other day.He is a little bigger than three inches,including his legs.He disappeared the next night.Maybe it was the tree frog that likes to hand on my window at night eating bugs that got him? Or maybe the small snake (I saw the sheded skin buy the chimney) got him?Well anywhere he went is fine with me as long as he didn't come into my house.The only good thing about a spider being in your house is that it is supposed to mean it will rain.
No I don't know everything,and so a dear friend of mine(Willow) sent me a e-mail to wake me up to what a spider can be.Wow I don't know how I will do it but I have been trying to allow spiders to have a place in my home.Naw I don't have hundreds...but a few have been miss treated once they come in.Like the brown recluse,or the black widow.Or any other BIG spider.I lived out in Jacumba California years ago.And met a old lady named Rose.Rose La More as a matter a fact.Who is she?She was the sister of Louie La More the famous writer of western books.Yep the very same one mentioned in the book Practical magic.Rose is the one who introduced me to the I-ching.A way of throwing three coins and reading a fortune.Rose had a small home.But it was run over with cats,she was a hoarder.She also let thousands of spiders..the long legged kind live in her home.I had mentioned to clean them out for her but she said no.They were special creatures to her,harm none she said.Now I know what she ment.If you would like to know more about the mojo of spiders click on the link in the title of this post.It is facinating to know..and they have tons more mojo information ,a long list of meanings.

Tags stained with Coffee

I Have been blog hopping from the Practical Magic list.This always fun for me seeing what everyone else is up to.I stopped in one blog and darn if I can't remember the name of it.But she was asking if any one knew a good way to make new tags look old and raggedy,because the tea staining she did didn't get them dark enough.One of the comments mentioned they had used instant coffee to stain em.Well I like tags so I thought well I'm not doing anything I will just mix up some of my old mans instant coffee and let some soak.Huh I must be impatient about some processes.but I could see right away that was a waist of time.So I dumped out the coffee and grabbed the tags that were now wet.Crumpled some to make a effect.Then I took a spoon of the instant coffee and a wet 1/2"paint brush.Painted it on and it worked much faster and if you let some of the coffee pieces just lay there they leave the spots like you see.I also burnt the edges of two of them,then did some stamping and added a little color.These weren't for a swap just an experiment.They DO smell like coffee,and I think I will spray them with clear gloss spray paint to keep them from running or smearing on to some thing they shouldn't.

4x4 Gargoyle swap

That commercial where they hit people in the fore head because they could of had a V~8.

Well that is what I felt like when I looked at the 4x4 I had been working on.See I had just glued all my pieces I had cut out to use on the 4x4 background I had prepared,and added the tree branch.When I noticed  the background didn't have any sky line...DAHhhh!

So I grabbed some copy paper and just did a quick rub over with a pencil.Then I cut out the copy paper, and used a glue stick.Then add it to some painters tape.Not a good idea because I really could have just used a piece of paper to cover where I didn't want to add the color blue.Any how once it was covered I quickly used Martha Stewart's white stamp pad and then went over that with the turquoise blue.You can't see the glitter gel pins I added to high light the yellow and orange.I tryed to keep this piece flat because Lori the hostess mentioned some of the swappers might want to have books made. 

My husband....

This is how my husband creates....He's Mad you know....HAHAHAHAHA
If you click on the title of this post you can see a short video of what he created.I made the clip from the Oriental Trading Company e-mail letter.

This is for a 6x6 swap.The theme was Summer/Beach,with a quote.

Tiny Coffin swap

The first picture is a picture of two different coffins that could be used to decorate and have fun with.
I will say the pros and cons in my perception, the either or of the two coffins.
If you do a image search for the Death Mints($3.00)you will find several places around the world that Carry's them.This could be a help if your group has people over seas and it should help on the shipping costs.The Death Mints are made of tin material.And is a little bit deeper than the Masonite coffin.Also the lid doesn't have to be attached or the coffin assembled.The bad part of this coffin is the lid has the impression of the Death Mints name on it and if it were to be decorated it would have to be covered over in such a manner for that not to show.
The Masonite coffin you can find at the Retro Cafe'Art Store,owned by~Kristin.
This is the only store you will be able to find the Masioite Casket.She does ship over seas also.I hope the link title at the top of this post will take you to the page where you can order one for your self.Don't forget to shop around because she had alot of unique stuff(including a tiny TINY coffin.
The second picture is what I have made for the swap I am in.The art doll will be on a necklace inside.I'm not sure if I am done with the painting...she looks like I might need to touch her up.I made her out of scupt-epoxy.

Practical Magic Blog Party

I love blog parties,and having a chance to give away some thing I have made.
I will have more detail as the time gets closer.But if you would like to join the fun~~~ Click on the title of this post...Practical Magic Blog Party,at the top and look into the future at all the blogs listed and who will participate.

Spring time swap

Earlier this year I joined in on a swap with some of my old friends from Stamp Majik.This is a yahoo group owned by Joey L.She lives in Australia.This is the very first group that I joined and learned about Artist Trading Cards.I really loved this group and quite a few of the women in it.But they didn't seem to want to work on art work as passionately as I did.Then I moved on to Valerie's group (and also I love this inspiration of fantastic women)

W.T.A. swap

These are two Atc's I made and sent out to Judy H.As she was one of the winners in the "winner take all" lottery swap.One is a 4x4 and is magnetic.The other one has actual jean material as part of the backround..I called it wishing on a star.

Katlyn M. Marks,in Loving Memory of

This is the flyer I made for Katies funeral services.I did get to say my good buys.

My Niece Kaitie and her baby died...

May 1st.,2010
I lost my niece Katie,
She was 24 years old and had just lost a unborn child three days before.Kaitie was soo heart broken.I had told her it was not her fault and that God takes the lives of some early so they don't have to suffer here on earth.She understood that and beleave me she knew what suffering was.Katie was like my own daughter,we talked every day even though she was in Ohio and I live down here in Tenn.I won't be able to go to Ohio we don't have the money.
Oh thank you Juliet and Susan...yes I am hurting sooo much.The good news is that my Sister Colleen (Kaities mom)said she will pay for me to be able to come up.But they haven't finished the autopsy yet and I don't know if I can be their or what the heck is going on.I rented a car to go tomorrow morning and till this thursday at 5:30.My son Kainen will be going with me and he has to be back for his job on Friday.If you only knew Katie and how sweet she was...Please PRAY I can be there for her.She deserves my respect.

Mermaid Diorama

I made this for my sister Deanna.She asked for a mermaid to put on her wall.