This is my ghoulish attempt at a pre-post for a post that may or may not come to be for the spookiest day of the year (tomorrow). You see, Mr. Lovee and I are fighting against the greatest forces of E-Ville (no joke), to try and bring you to the most hauntedest spookiest place around…
Between flat tires, dead batteries and forgotten rehearsals (Mr. Lovee), everything is getting in our way. But I am bound and determined.
So, we had to stop for a breather and have tea time, before we make our last attempt this afternoon. Which really should be called treat time, because, really, who are we kidding? We have tea-time as an excuse around here to have treats that, we have convinced ourselves, don't infringe on the daily alloted calories. And we don't even have tea all that often.
It is more like magical coffee time, of the extra strong variety…
Dare I say, the ghosts and goblins are not at bay. They are hard at work, and endless play… They stole an entire bowl of perfectly yummy sour cream butter sugar vanilla frosting!! And they tried to open my bedroom door to the outside world at 3 a.m. last night. So Spoookie!! Although I blame that one on vampires.
I am indulging in every bit of Halloween I can wrap my life around. Even though, it feels like Halloween already passed. Drawing pumpkins and snowflakes and Christmas trees in summer, kind of throws you for a lopp-D-loop. (Christmas cards should be here anyday for the shopling)
So to keep me Halloweenie Happy, I made these delicious most moist lovely Queen cakes.. And then decorated them. Such fun!! I love those little attachable frosting thingamajigies, that you just attach to the the black frosting tube. Did that make sense?
All I can say is, beware of who finds out about your baking. You never know who might show up down the pencil drawn path to abscond a few baked goods… (or who drags you out of sleep at 1 a.m. to be put on canvas…)
Did you choose your pufkin?
Yummy MUMMY! A twilight Zoney cakey love…
Now, here is where this gets good. This is going to be an insane weekend of fun giveaways that was not even planned intentionally!! I know it is all going to seem mad. But I picked up some awesome Day of the Dead treats for Sunday. Which again is Dia de Bloglandia!
By the way, did you see this? How fab and funny is that? Dia de los Plush!! Seems not far from here (few hours)…
So, back to business….
Let's consult the hand and see if I can pull the next 3 days off…
Oh wait, the hand says, wait, is it true? Let me check this out… Can it be? This hand is a giveaway!! Yes yes, a palmistry hand for one of vous!!
Leave a comment in this blog post or tomorrow's blog post to win this hand… Leave a comment in each one, to enter your name twice… I will be writing these names out and drawing from a hat on Tuesday.
Hand comes complete with little book (instructions of sorts)…
Annnnnnd, more treats to giveaway on Sunday for Day of the Dead. Annnnnnnd, if I can get it together I may or may not make an announcement tomorrow about something that has been sitting lonely waiting to be told since April… It is not a book, and not a baby, and not a new boyfriend (unless of course, Javier Bardem is going to pick me up at 4:00 p.m. instead of the Mister). Nothing like that, just something silly, but dear to me.
Okay choose your treat, hurry I have to go ;) (I can be bossy sometimes. But have you met my Dad, is the real question? Bossy central, but with lots of love)
I have to travel into the desert with my miners gear and some pirate Kiss guy this afternoon, to try to bring you some fun pics for Halloween!! I am insane, insane I tell ya. Of course, it runs in my family, so it is totally out of my control. Don't tell anyone I said that… (Mom, I wasn't talking about you, oh no, not you, hee hee. No really, it isn't about you!! I promise. Hee hee snort, laugh, chuckle. No really!)
Okay, grab a gumball and wish me luck. I am off to try to bring spooksville to this bloglette tomorrow…
Light a pumpkin candle!! And hope on all stars, that I make it out safe to tell the tale… Bwwwwahahahahaa!!!
Off to Dance, Dance Magic Dance, until I must retreat into the hills… You know, you could get some goblin ideas for last minute costumes 😉
ps: For those of you in the UK and Australia, who say you don't get to celebrate Halloween that much… I have to say, I have found more spooky places and haunted places in your neck of the woods than I can tell you about… Perhaps I should come visit and we can go on Ghostly tours?? Eeeek!!
See you here tomorrow 😉 Love, Witchy Poo V
Wow! You are too cool! My blog is seriously lacking after reading yours!! Please enter me into your drawing for the hand. Maybe if I have cooler stuff around I can grow up to be as cool as you??
I love the hand! I have the perfect spot for it if I happen to be the lucky one! Happy Halloween and may all your spooky wishes come true!
I would like the cake with the black sugar and orange gumdrop please. It looks so yummy. I can’t even imagine having all of those sweets in the house. After tomorrow all of the candy gets sent with my hubby to work.
I have been waiting on pins and needles for word of your secret. I have to admit, I was thinking it might be a baby…oh well. I’ll try to be patient.
Oh! Oh! High five me with that crazy hand!
Did you get that the same place your found your phrenology (sp?) head? I’ve always liked those. I also like the old Oriental accupressure feet.
What in the WORLD are you and Lovee going to do out in the desert? I can’t wait to see the photos.
Did your frosting every turn up? Pity. The little goblins sure like their sweets, don’t they?
muuuahhahahahah. I like the hand……
oh vanessa! it’s been to darn long 🙁 best spookity wishes to you and your mr lovee and all the creatures that live with you! and hand over that HAND! kidddding…
I just wanted to say, I’m glad you exist 🙂 I hope your Halloween day is fantastic! Cheers!
Oh, I love the hand! What a great giveaway! Love your spookiness.
Pam
Happy Halloween miss V. I would love to be the one chosen to win that awesome hand :))))
Can’t wait to see what you have in store for tomorrow’s spooktacular fun and games.
You are so right about the spooky / haunted places, there will be ghost watchers and ghost walks all over the country tomorrow.
*sigh* everything is so pretty!
Guess what – turns out this Swedish girl who hadn’t really celebrated Halloween before OWNS A HAUNTED HOUSE and forgot to say so. A real one, a grey wooden super old house in the woods, close to where my mum lives. I’m visiting her this weekend so I’m going to take some pics.
🖤 visit me at http://www.afiori.com 🖤
Please enter me in your drawing. Love you blog, and the parties you host! I adore those little mushrooms and the owl you had at your party. Maybe the hand will tell you that I will fortunate enough to win it!!!
I’ve been WAITING for a new post! I think I’m looking forward to tomorrow night and Sunday (party) and all the great eye candy.
Happy Happy! Palms up!
(Palm Sunday? hehe)
Excuse my error- it should have said “Maybe the hand will tell you that I will be fortunate enough to win it!!
thank you for the lovely haunted tea, I would love to be entered into the draw!
Erin
Mmmm all those sweets, just what I need! It will keep me busy till tomorrow for I’m soooo excited what you come up with this time! Could use the hand too, to see what you are going to do. One thing is sure; I’ll be here tomorrow, see you then hahahaha (witch laughter)
Oh if only you lived closer to me…you would make my Halloween party so magical! Well, you will be an honorary…if not invisible…member of my party tomorrow.
We are watching:
Watcher in the Woods
The Lady in White
and
It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!
So, needless to say, it will be a good time. 🙂
Anyhoo, I would love to be signed up for the fabulous hand prize. What a conversation piece to add to my home!
OH! FINGERS CROSSED!!
You have the cutest cupcakes! But I find the absence of Candy Corn mildly disturbing…
What a cool gift! And those cupcakes look too, too yummy! Can I have one of each, please?
Thanks!
Dawn
Seriously, can I also win some of those cupcakes and you can send it Witch express to The Bronx. They look so yummy. Have fun with your hunting for Halloween pictures!! Can’t wait to see them. Hugs to you.
Todays post have some the loveliest photos… of coarse you always have lovely photos but I was particularly in ahww of todays! Good luck- And be careful or was that BEWARE! I forget!
Chelsea Ann
Ohh Witchy Poo, “Fweddie” said that I could maybe get a “hand” from you. I love the desert and am looking forward to what you and the Kiss pirate have in store for us.
Wow, you brought me out of my Halloween funk, and here I was all ready to take down the decorations BEFORE the blessed day! Thanks for the gumball 😉
You are rock !
And those pics are so marvelous !
Love the hand, wish to learn reading the palm !!!
THose yummy cupcake ….so delicious.
Oooh that palmistry hand is so cool! I think my faves of your photos is your sweet darling dollie, your little creatures in the background, and the glass full of tiny mushrooms! (You can just never have too many mushrooms, you never know when you will need them) hehe
(Though I think a tiny fairy came in the middle of the night and stole one of my candies, so I’ll have to take one of your gumballs)
How will you ever top your Halloween party post tomorrow?
Somehow, I know you’ll be able to. 😀
xoxo
~K
There are indeed many spooky places to come and visit in Australia. I did a murder tour a few years ago (with my Mum) on my birthday.
See the true aim of birthdays is … NO CAKE and DO SOMETHING YOU’VE NEVER DONE BEFORE. Hence the murder tour.
Ooo the hand wants to come and live with me in Australia. Talk to the hand about it *giggling*
No … seriously … talk to the hand.
🙂
we want three cup cakes please! one for lili lou, mia moo and claudia boo (our nicknames for each of the girls) we want to leave the choice up to you *^_^* by the way visit my blog when you get the chance and check out the cards i made for the girls teachers… not as good as yours but i felt a sense of achievement that i had made them. ok off to post Happy Halloween xx rosey
Hello! Sorry, but I want one of each!! I will try to sneak them!! {{heehee}} that was supposed to be an evil laugh!!!!!
The hand needs to come to me!!!! I’m speaking to the hand through “telepathy”!!!
I will be back tomorrow!!!
OOOHH, visit me on Friday to enter my tiny give~away!!!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN~
wooooweeee what a post!!! hope you can get everything sorted!!! but i’ll definitly relieve you of some of those delicious yummy looking treats… hee hee!!!
this is really going to be a super fun dia de bloglandia weekend!!! i can’t wait to see what goodies you are going to pull out from your hat… witchy hat!!!
oooohhhh that palmistry hand is soooooo very cool, i’ll have my fingers AND toes crossed!!! be back tomorrow!!!
mmmmmm i just pushed post and my comment disappeared… well if two pop up i’ll blame it on your ghosts and vampires miss vanessa. perhaps they are infiltrating your bloggy- blog too!!! yipes!!!
this weekend’s dia de bloglandia is going to be so much fun! i can’t wait to see what goodies you are going to pull out of your hat… witchy hat that is!!!
ooohhhh i love love love the palmistry hand, i’m going to keep my fingers AND toes crossed! i’ll be back tomorrow!!!
have a fun adventure (sounds like you will no matter what)!!!
Oh, my God! Please, I know twice is really not fair, but oh!!!
Great pics – I love your blog! I have to comment for a chance to win. Happy Halloween!!
hola darling, yummy..those cupcakes look so good..I pick the kitty one..YAY!!! but please enter me in the drawing, that hand looks pretty cool..and apparently I dont have a good health line..eeiikk..(I checked it from that hand..) but Im so excited to see your upcoming pics..well HAPPY (early) HALLOWEEN!!!
Hello it’s me of course just rideing by on my broom to see some more Halloween. I have a small hand like your but it justpaper yours is much nicer . would love to win, but I have to stand in line I see.
Did you get yourlittle treat I sent .I was hoping it would get there before halloween.Will I off to do some more on my blog .The witch’s have the wise owl and have talked him into to ging with them on Halloween.
love Debb
oooo I love that hand. Please enter me in your drawing.
And can you please send along a cupcake? 🙂
Of course, I grabbed that little kitty treat – yum yum! And the hand – it is to die for! Happy Halloween!
Jennlui – I think the ghosts are definitely haunting this blog – my post disappeared too! I see yours showed up, so I’m assuming my original one will too. How spooky!
Love, love, love that palmistry hand!!! Thanks much for the gumball et all! You have such wonderful adventures… I must admit I am a bit jealous!!
What an adorable post. and your writing is so wonderful Vanessa. Now how did you know how to spell Bwwwwahahahahaa? I swear when I read that word I heard a throaty kind of deep voice saying it. Congratulations, by the way, I picked up the new Arful Blogging and saw your Alice party. Can’t wait to see your post tomorrow. Karen
Well, now I said some cute things on my first comment, but it vanished in thin air. Hmmmmmmm are those little ghosties causing havoc already over at your place? Well, I do remember one comment I had written (senior moment) it was how did you know how to spell the word Bwwwwahahahahaa? When I read it, I could actually hear a deep throaty kind of spooky voice. Can’t wait to see what you post. Happy Halloween.
Karen
Ooh, I love the Queen cakes! Your decorating is fab!
🙂 Diana
Droolsome goodies! You are a very prolific creatrice…
I just gave you a wee award over on my humble blog.
Oh, what yummy goodies! I’ll be sure to stop by tomorrow sometime for some tea-time fun! 🙂
How fun, how fun, how fun! I will be back tomorrow to see what you’ve been up to. In the mean time…I must find..my..broom! teehee
Ha Ha you are (hand-ing) out so many fine
treats on your posts I cannot resist to stop by and take a gander and read about your
mystical predictions and antidotes!
Your offer of Tea and Queen cakes was
delightful and I am sure you had a (hand)
in that! Have a (hand-some-over) Halloween!
:)Please Enter me (hands down) Jewelgirl.
My, you are so busy! how do you find the time to post? My feet are killing me as I just finished hosting a amazing pumpking carving party and did not have a chance to carve my own! Oh well I’ll do that tomorrow as I munch on the pumpkin seed I roasted tonight!Happy halloween! and I’ll think of you on sunday as I teach some friends how to make tissue flowers and a reverse glass painting!
You have the neatest things in your blog posts, Vanessa! I love those cupcakes and I’ll be right over. Would you believe that I have hardly begun decorating for Halloween? All that partying made me feel a tad dissipated. Tee hee…
As soon as I saw the hand, I started looking at mine and trying to remember what is what.
If I want to make it through this day, I must find something sweet! Those goods you make look so scrumptious!
Happy Halloween to all
Who is that little blue dressed man and why did he wake you up? Is he one of those really impatient people who just won’t take no for an answer? Nice cakes thanks-avoiding the gumballs though-my teeth! I am going to buy sweets now for trick or treaters, or for me if none come! You know, the police in this area say they are banning the sale of eggs and flour to anyone under the age of 18-a leaflet with this information came through my door the other day. Sometimes I wonder about their sanity!
Happy Halloween!
How thrilling! A magical hand for Samhain!
Bewitchingly delightful..and please, please, count me in for the draw. I’ll be busy baking spiderweb cupcakes for all the wee ghoulies traipsing down my lane tonight.
Wishing you a FABULOUS Halloween Vanessa!!!
XOXO
Chris 🙂
I LOOOOOOOOVE Your blog. It inspires me! Your Halloween cupcakes are bootiful. Happy Halloween!
LOVE the palmistry hand!! What a wicked cool giveaway….Your blog is always SUCH a delight!!
Happy, Happy Halloween!!
~ Carolee
“And Baby said…”
This was delightful! Now I need to spook up the pumpkin bars before they leave for the party tonight!
I’ll have the cake with the webby thing!
Thanks!
oh! So glad to have stopped by in time for a haunted tea!! Shall I have a wicked treat with my morning tea?? Why YES!! I SHALL!! 😉 Off I wander again…..to the catacombs!!
Your magic is so wonderful!!
I think I might have to make cupcakes this weekend now. Wish I could harness some of that Halloween magick and put my hand into the computer screen and just grab one of yours.
BTW, I heart that doll in the first picture.
~Parsely, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme~
Melissa
You my dear have done it again. Loooooove the treats…they are also beautiful.
Did I ever tell you that I collect hands…I do and what a wonderful addition this hand would be…I am keeping my fingers crossed heee, heee, heee ;>
I want to be you when I grow up…wait, wait I am already grown up 🙁
Happy Halloween!!! Love this day…did you hear that any candy you eat today has noooooo!!! calories…OK!!!I just made that up.
Please enter me in the drawing. I am bound and determined to win one of your lovely giveaways. I love love love decorating for Halloween. Thanks so much for your blog.
Talk to the hand! Seriously, I could really use a helping hand to get things done around here. But for now, give the girl a hand for a post well done. One more and I’ll stop-I can always use a handout. Wonderful fun!
omg, i luv your world. can i move there?
awesome!
Haaalllllloooo Vanessa!
Oo- a giveaway! I love those so much I am having one on my bloggie too! You can never give out too many treats! 🙂 Oh, I was going to snag the black sparkly cupcake, but alas, someone got to it before moi. Tut, tut, should check my fav blogs more often.. can’t wait to see what you have up your sleeve for this evening!
xoxo~
Abbie
Oh my. I have been absolutely craving some sort of iced goodies. I can’t figure out if I want cookies or pupcakes. Perhaps I should do both? I am just on pins and needles about your announcement!
Give me hand, would ya? HA! Happy Halloween!
Hope the goblins, vampires and ghosties don’t pull too many more tricks on you. It’s enough to make one say, “BOO-hoo.” Have a happy Hallows Eve, and thanks for all the holiday merryment you spread throughout the blog-o-sphere! – Amy Bauer
Happy Halloween!!!!!!!
I love the hand!
Todo adorable!!!
I love your blog SO much! I feel like it is a party happening ALL the time! I would like to link it to mine! Hope that’s OK! Happy Halloween..and thanks for the fun!
Hi VV!
Thanks for the spot of “Haunted tea”! It’s just what the goblins ordered! Hope your day will be filled with spooky delight.
Are you wearing your pointed boots?
Enjoy the candies too!
Mahahahaha!
xoxox
Constance
This was a great pre-Halloween party!
ooooooooooooo, can’t wait to see what’s in store tomorrow! happy halloween, all!
My goodness, I might be mistaken, but is Halloween your favourite time of the year? 🙂 Come to the UK anytime, I’ll show you haunted castles galore! Have fun!
What can I say, but each of your posts make my day! Thanks so much for the light you bring.
Becky
WOW!! Would you look at all the comments! I love the “mystery” hand and you can put my name in for the drawing. I hope you have a great Halloween Vanessa.
P.S. I think you should market your sweet treats. They look like a bakery made them.
Tell the truth Vanessa. Did you buy them at the bakery? ha ha
Kris
EEEK! I LOVE that hand!!! What a great treasure! Now i feel the urge to pull out one of my old embroidery projects…a humongous palmistry chart-pillow….could be time to finish that up 🙂
I simply love your cupcakes…you are a baking machine (surely elf-powered?) SO glad that you are enjoying the haunting-season 🙂
V. I still think you are from another time and place. Love you…
That hand is just utterly faboo! It would really aide me in my quest to be the ultimate gypsy (caravan and everything.)
This is my first time posting on your blog so I must add that I absolutely adore your artwork and your creative mind on the whole. Where do you buy all your fabulous trinkets? I live in Tempe, you’re in Tucson am I right? Are there just better stores there?
Have a wonderful Halloween.
Hi Cute girl!!! I will happily take a Twilight Zoney other dimensional kind of spooktacular cakey wakey! Yum!! How fun!! Hope you have a fabulous Halloween and be sure to take some extra liquid refreshements with you as you venture into the fearsome desert! Bye friend! Oh and please pick me for that hand giveaway. I’ve been trying desperately to decifer the map of lines that criss cross my hands but to no avail. Just wondering what my future holds. Maybe it’s holds a hand. 😉
Oooooh I’ll take the cupcake with spiral icing please! It just sparkles at me and I can’t resist!
Do you know how many cupcakes have passed my lips since I discovered your blog only 3 weeks ago?
Shame on you for leading me into temptation! Shame!
Oh my! I love the hand!
Ooh, I love the idea of a magical cup of coffee, especially when everyone else is always talking about magical cups of tea – ha ha! I will have mine extra strong, right along with you. 🙂
Happy Halloween, and thanks for making this year’s festivities extra fun!
Hugs,
Tessa
Oh, pick me, pick me!!! I love it! And your decorations are awesome as always. Happy Halloween!!!!!
once again a triumph Miss Vanessa! I love it all and I really want a cupcake but I am trying to cut down since I ate allot of Halloween Candy already! Happy Halloween to you!!!
Oh can I still participate???
I love that hand! I could finally learn and stop taking wild guesses at fellow bloggers’ hands when I see them 😉 😉
Oh, magic pick me!
Hooray! Happy Halloween!
I LOVE the hand. Thank you for sharing all your creativity and for posting about Dia de los Plush, that is pretty close to me.
I love your blog! Thank you so much for the invitation! Please enter me into your drawing – Happy Halloween!
thank you for taking me out of my dull boring world for a nice adventure
Oh, I’ll leave a comment! That hand is awesome. What a Halloween treat!
Those cupcakes look wonderful. Everytime I read your blog it’s like I fell off into a fairy tale. Or maybe Wonderland.
Mmmm.. I’ll have a cupcake with that huge gumball on top, please 🙂
morning Vanessa !
halloween’s party is over …. wish I had your cupcakes at my party! I made some “scary food” myself and a chocolatmousse with a spiderweb, but your cakes look lovely. I wish we found stuff like that to decorate….
greetings
Inge
Yummy cupcakes, great Halloween goodies and a giveaway!!! What fun! Please enter me in the drawing. Cheers.
The hand of prophesy, it is told
Could make one’s blood turn icy cold.
Or yet, it could instead be hot, And tell of wonders as likely as not.
Would LOVE your hand !! And THANKS for the fantastical journeys.
Cynthia T.
Vanessa,
I love reading your blog posts.You are so much fun! Hugs, Bobbi Jo
Wow!!! This is an awesome post, and awesome photos!
The hand reminds me of the magic 8 ball my piano teacher gave me for good performance at the recital. ( I was 8 years old then). The hand would be a great win now in my mature years.