Practical Magic Blog Party and A Giveaway!

Hello, all! And welcome to my corner of the Practical Magic Blog Party! Please set your broomsticks and umbrellas just inside the door and hang your hats and cloaks in the hall closet. I'm so happy you've decided to pay me a visit! Thank you to Anna and Justina for coming up with such a wonderful idea for a blog party and helping all of us witches get together! Over at their blog, Practical Magic Blog Party, they have a list of participating blogs to continue the party. After you're done here, of course! (The details for the giveaway are below).

I have a couple of guests at my table, one more won't hurt. Sit down and stay a while. Enjoy the food and have a drink. Be merry and feel free to cackle (oh, you know you want to)!
 

I've set the table with loads of candles in colors that mean various things. Yellow for unity and activity. White for balance. Orange for creativity and Red for love. I wanted to have all of these feelings here and affecting us all.

Would you like some tea or coffee perhaps? It's such a strong brew, it gets rid of warts. Cream? Sugar? One lump or two? Maybe some eye of newt? No. Well, maybe you'd like a stronger drink? I know! How about a Midnight Margarita?!

Yes! That's perfect then because someone left this bottle on the porch! You don't find that strange, do you? No, I didn't think it was strange either. Not around here any way.

Put the lime in the coconut and mix it all up! Mmmmm! These margaritas are yummy! A pinch of salt and a squirt of lime! Perfect!

 Now lets see....We could mix other cocktails with the potions on this table. Which bottles do you choose to combine? The red, the green, the purple....?

Here is the cauldron where we can mix our special potions because for these concoctions a blender won't do! These liquids would melt the glass and I wouldn't want to ruin my blender!

We can crush herbs and other ingredients in this mortar and let's not forget to add some salt. Salt makes everything taste better!

 Watch out for the creepy crawlies that may be lurking...They won't bite. They just want to party, too!

What's this? I think we must have added some Miracle Grow to the cauldron in our excitement because now we have roses growing out of it!

It's getting late. Let's light the candles for some ambiance and watch the flames flicker. Candlelight always makes me think of magic. Can you light a candle by blowing on it? Yes? I thought you were talented.

There's a witch in every woman and I'd like to introduce you to two special witches in my life.

This is my eldest daughter, Janie. She has magic within that even she doesn't know and it is only a matter of time before the world sees it.

This is my best friend, Eva. Her magic is in her deep caring for others and unwavering strength that anyone who meets her sees it instantly.

Now, it's grown late and I know you've got more stops to make. So thank you for coming and I hope we can get together again. I've also got many places to visit so we might run into each other again. Until then, farewell!

To enter the giveaway, you'll need to become a follower and leave a comment here. On the 30th of September I will do a random drawing and that lucky winner will receive this collection of scrap goodies. Nothing special. Just a few things I've had in my scraproom that I know I'll never use. Thank you for stopping by my blog! I hope you come by again!