We were not told what time the pirates might turn up for the Swashbuckler Soiree. We didn’t know how many there would be, if one, or perhaps a few? Until we heard the sound of waves crashing through the air… Was it truly them?? In their ship filled with loot? Or was it all a dream? Thank goodness we were slightly prepared during the pre-party post below…
No no, it seemed very real! Not a dream at all… It was the pirate ship, filled with wonderous treasures…
Rare rubies dangled above an even rarer ruby eyed skull…. While pure diamond neck jewels, from a beheaded queen, rested upon a sail…
It was magic!! Seeing the ship soar through the waves in the sky, amongst the tree branches. With the brilliant sun illuminating it…
I wondered if I might be able to get my hands on some of that wonderful loot…
They were a rowdy bunch, dancing all about, while passing their beverage around…
I was glad I had time to entertain them all… Oh by the way, was that you I saw dancing on the plank??? Canoodling with the head pirate guy??? Oh Beware!! Do not let Donna find you out!!
I have all the meals prepared for you and the pirates!! I have brought in fish all the way from Sweden…
Oh ya! Swedish Fish my friends!!! Yumm Yumm!!
I also have for you, the ever tender, delicious, Golden Medalions. Oh, no no no, don’t worry, they are not Golden Medalions in the form of Ostrich, like you might think… Oh No, I know you all are Candarians. You know, kind of like vegetarians, only candy based 🙂
I guess you can say, these are more like Golden Nuggets… (other wise known as, Rolos 😉
Now isn’t that a delicious beginning? Oh, and let’s not forget the Octopus… A rare red twisty variety…
And what is for dessert you ask?? Well, I say? Have you no faith in me?? Of course, I made sure to have Strawberry and Cream swirled together, just for the occassion…
What a yummy spread!!
Did I hear you say, we were lacking something??? Why yes we are!! What about some music!!!
Yo Ho, Yo Ho! A pirates life for me! Who wants to show their skills first??? Oh, he does.. Okay, take it away Johnny Canales…
Oh, I almost forgot… I have two games!! First, the "What made you become a pirate?" game…
Promptly followed by the, who can stack more treats, game…
This is all just wayyy too much fun… But, all those sweets, are making me feel….
Why can’t I be more like her??? She stuffs her mouth with treats all day, and never gets a headache…
What about you? Did you get a belly ache from all of that?? Do you need some Dramamine for the ship ride to the next stop?
You are more than welcome to come and party with us any ole time!!! Now, the ship is getting ready to set sail again!! Hop on, you don’t want to lose the chance to have real food at someone else’s blogstop!!
By the way!! Before you go, make sure to say hello, as I will be drawing a name for the snazziest bag of random pirate loot that ever lived!!! Oh yes!! Wait til you see it!!!
Thank you Miss Donna!! For throwing such a marvelous Soiree!!!!
See you sooooooon!!! xoxo, V
What a lovely pirate party Vanessa! I only with I could have been there! And I have to thank you for introducing a friend to my papier mache work she is hooked! 🙂 Your work is very lovely! Have a great day!
Ohhhhh Vanessa!!! Now here’s a lovely wench that really knows how to have a party! I love the ship, of course it isn’t quite as snazzy as The Lady, but it’s quite fine. I love your creations! You’re a worthy pirate lass, ye are! Sail over to visit me and we’ll hit some duty-free shops!
~~~~Karen, The Lady of The Sea~~~~
aye matey!
Looks like a fun time!
I’m one of those candarians so you know I loved this. The games were so fun to. I just couldn’t do the stacking thing. I kept eating them.
Vanessa, you always create magic, but today you have really created an outstanding event. Donna will be thrilled when she sees your amazing ship and the details of your celebration. Gorgeous party, but I am truly in love with your pirate ship. I too have sailed to neverland to celebrate this Swashbuckler event. Karen
I love this post! The colors just pop! The pictures are wonderful. And that pirate ship with all the loot! Wonderful!
Oh my goodness, what a pirate party table. And the ship. Prefect. I can just see setting sail among all those ribbons. Clarice
I am so happy that you have Swedish Fish…I try to have fish three times a week…so that is one serving for this week.
Wait, wait…why is everything spinning?…a sugar high, you say…did I miss Johnny…It’s OK!!! I forgot, he is in my corner of Bloglandia…I locked him up…hope he did not escape.
Me dancing on the plank? I won’t tell…what happens on A Fanciful Twist stays on A Fanciful Twist :)xoxox
Hey!! Pirate Girl!!!!
I wanna a ride on YOUR ship! Now THIS is what a REAL pirate vessel should look like!
And that lady with the candies all stuffed in her mouth? That’s me. How did you know??
Here’s to finding all your buried treasure. May it be delicious, sparkley and bring you much happiness!!
Happy Swashbuckler’s Soiree Day!
xo
C
Such a visual feast I’ve never seen. What a wildly wicked imagination. That’s my kind of party!
What a fun pirate party! I love it.. that is the best pirate ship ever!
..just so you know.. I became a pirate because I was trying to make it as an artist and some soldier confiscated my brushes and spilled my paints.. so I had no choice but to take up piracy as a career and now I spent most of my days aboard ship scrubbing the deck and drawing JOlly Rogers in my spare time. 🙂
With all that candy it’s got to be a pirates life for me. Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Wow! I am amazed at your candy, but that thar ship, how many of my dubloons will I have to ye for it? It is fetching and would surely carry me mateys to the treasure.
So many swashbuckler-ettes are sailing with us that I knew I could count on you for more sweets and music!!! I must indulge in all of your goodies. The and fun and color you have brought to the party are over the rainbow fabulous!!!!
D.
Oh what a fancy ship!! Colorful and jolly and all those goodies!!
mmmmm…!
Liisa
How delightful. I’d love to sail on that pirate ship!!
Wow! No one throws a party like Vanessa and the Swashbuckler Soiree is no exception! Thanks for all the lovelly treats! All my favorites! Have a wonderful weekend!
We had such a time at the soiree`, you and I, as we Candarians for reals, feasted. T’was so romantic seeing our dear Donna engaged in intercourse with her pirate (conversation! naughty girls!). Your ship will successfully carry the booty (treasure, there again, keep the minds on track) to safe harbor. My trusty little dagger kept thieves at bay, for though petite, and camouflaged in silk, like you, I am bionic!
Christine
OOOOohhhhhh how beautiful! Love love love your scrumptious table settings and pirate treats! Such fabulous loot!!! Have an absolutely fantastic weekend!
AAAARH!!! Methinks it’s a fine, swarthy, soirree.
“What do you do with a drunken sailor
What do you do with a drunken sailor
What do you do with a drunken sailor
Earl-aye in the mornin’?”
(Feed her lots of octopus licorice whips)
Geez, Vanessa! I got a sugar rush from just looking at the pictures! You are the Queen of Color – and wherever did you find the grand old rusted pirate ship? Sail on!
Pirate loot? Helllllloooooooo!! 🙂 Please count me in for the drawing.
That is one fancy ship!I love the picture of the skeleton playing the piano:) And now I’m craving Rolos..hehe. Happy Soiree!
Wow! What an amazing ship and the loot…well, to die for…not quite, but a bountiful treasure.
Have fun…
Nancy
Aye! Me eyes be spinning from all that plunder!
wow!this is definately a pirate booty for the sweet tooth in all us bucaneers! and sparkles of treasures to dazzle the eye..RRRRRR matey you did good..
Vanessa, You crack me up!!! Your so cute. Love the ship. Lisa-vet.
Oh Miss Vanessa, I am so glad you were prepared for all of us. Yum, Yum Yum and a bottle of Rum. Oh I might need a nap before my next stop, so below I go for a quick snooze see you at the next stop.
Kelley-The Cowgirl Mermaid
All that candy and so little time. Can I have a few for the road…I mean sea? Happy Soiree Day!
oh the PC gods or PIRATES that be attacked my day and stole the night leaving me LATE for the soiree! Charming creations Miss V., you set me heart on fire, a post I surely treasured! party on, Monica 🙂
I think I may have had too much Swashbuckler Brew; my head is spinning! Fabulous job!
Wonderful colorful post! Love you pirate girlie!
Wonderful Pirate loot and the ship is amazing! It really wasn’t me with the head pirate. Shhhhh, please don’t tell. My prince would never forgive me.
xx Nancy
A beautiful chaos of colour and energy and light and joy, as always Vanessa! Your posts just burst off the page! I love love LOVE your pirate ship! I want to sail away on it a corset with a sword and a flask of rum hanging form my belt..You’re coming too, right?
OH My, I just love your post and all the eye candy. An that ship is gorgeous, so magical and enchanting!
Happy Soiree!
Lisa!
Can you believe I have made it to the Soiree!????!!!!
How are you?????
Up to your usual gorgeous posting I see!
I’ve been crazed and busy but hope to engage full force this summer as I redo the new (but of course old)house!
I need choklit now!
What a wonderful party! Although, I was a little late, but the candies looked…well, good enough to eat!
Arrrgh!
What a clever pirate story! I enjoyed my visit very much! ~Kathy
WOW! That is soooooo cool! I love Swedish fish! I ADORE THE DIAMOND NECKLACE!!!!!
Auberne’ Ancalimon @-`—
Wow! You are definatly the most brightly colored pirate I’ve ever seen! What an awesome table of jewels! I would liked to get some of that loot too!
Oh, what a lovely soiree! Please, enter me into the guest book as I would love me some Pirate Booty!
ohhhhh….. the colurs…. the brightness…I’ll hafta sit for a bit…. adjust me eyes. Too much rum last night…hey..just a minute.. Rosy might like that sparkly trinket… wonder if I have enough to trade for that one?
The colors, the treats, the ship, the bling skull….I LOVE it all!! An amazing post!!! Everything is fit for a pirate queen!!!
What a wonderful feast for the eyes! and all my favorite treats…you’re too kind. I’m off to drink me some of that Swashbuckler Brew!
~Heather
Holy Kamolee girl! What a party we have here. Can I stay awhile?
It’s wonderful, and I could look at this for days and never see everything…I really appreciate your attention to detail. Marvelous!
It is a grey, dreary day here, so your photos added some much needed colour and cheer 🙂
Ah…my favorite ghostly pirate ship has reappeared adorned in all her bounty! And what a feast those rowdy pirates have stumbled upon! DOTS!! YUM!!
Oh, and I must confess, I am the friend who found LoraJean through you….her sculptures are fantastic and I want to thank you for sharing her link!
OK, I’m off to stow away on your fantastic pirate ship before she sets sail for parts unknown….I’ll write! 😉
wow, my compass pointed me straight to you! i just didn’t know that the treasure would be so sweet. amazing.
jenny
I gather your leg is feeling better with all this partying going on.
It is a visual feast that only Vanessa can pull off and you’ve done it again.
With all the sweets being offered we’ll have to swim back to shore!
Susan
Arrrrrrr….shiver me timbers, matey….that is one mighty fine soiree. Thanks to you, there will be no mutiny today 🙂
As always, you delight me! Thank you!!!!
Yo ho yo ho, I’m passing the rum to you on this day in May. Your pirate ship has the best fanciful twist to it. Fun treats and treasures..
Shiver me timbers I must get back to the island before the pirates find me. I have messages in bottles to set out to sea now.
Fun story Lass….
Karla
thank you ever-so for the snacks!
🙂
i looooved the stack-more-treats game!
but i DID feel obligated to eat
everything i touched…
hope that was OK…
Oh my….I’m so glad I came over to your party!!!I totally forgot the food at mine!! Dumb….but you have everything I like here, so I’ll just indulge…that ship is to die for and I will be sure to sail away into the sunset amidst all the jewels and finery. Thanks Miss. V.!!!
Ah, Heaven!
Who could ask for more Dreamy colors and Delicious candies! Your Pirates ship is Fantastic and your designs Incredible! I love your Amazing clay works!
Sandra Evertson
What a wonderful party! But I wonder how long it will take my friends and family to notice that I stowed away away on that fabulous pirate ship. Sailing the seven skies, docking in the treetops and having brightly coloured adventures. This is the life! (Aaar!)
Totally delightful post! I’d love to sail away on that fanciful pirate ship! Oh, and sign me up for that pirate’s booty!
I love the ship!!!!!Beautiful from start to finsh, very colorful makes me want to hop on take a sail!
Superb!
Ann-Denise
TOO FUN! I love that pirate ship! but treasures from a ‘be-headed’ queen – oh no! And I thought the queen ran away with Johnny? WONDERFUL!!!
What a great ship. And…the candy
Karen
Now this is a ‘Swashbuckling Pirate Soiree’. All the colors, candies …the amazing art. I’m so glad I signed up to come on this wonderful amazing journey. Fit for only the fairest of ladies. Awesome display.
Fabulous Soiree! There is always a surprise waiting when I visit the blog.
I believe I need to paint an old brass candleholder bright green myself. I just love yours!
Ahoy VV! I’ve been painting pirates for more than a week, now & then! My pirate painting isn’t on my art blog yet, haven’t quite finished it – it’s for my nephew, Preston the Pirate.
Vanessa,
What a fun and colorful party. I love the ship. I think I ate too much candy or maybe is was the brew. It was fun!
cheers,
-Mya
Love, love, love the pirate tale!
I am totally speechless at this amazing post!!! Love all of the photos esp. the fantastic ship with all of it’s regalia!!!
Great fun….lots of calories, but great fun nonetheless! 🙂
you are such a TREASURE yourself! what a fabulous and fanciful ship of treats you have here & the photo’s are enough to make even a toughie swoon in delight! Party on!!
How cool! The party sounds absolutely fabulous! The vibrant colors… fun treats… ooooohhhhh! What fun!
xoxoxo
this looks fantastic! i want to be there now!
oh, and how i love rolo’s, and i havent seen them around for years now. those strawberry and cream pics are delicious:)
xxx
Your pirate ship is the best! I’m amazed other pirates haven’t tried to steal it. And you throw the best parties, with delicious and colourful treats (canderian). Hilarious! Love you and your fabulous whimsical ideas. Alas, I missed the ball, but am glad I got to spend time with you and your pirates. Muchas gracias, preciosa! xoxox
Wow! That looks so fun! I so want to have a themed tea party now…
What a fun post!
Oh what a fantabulous voyage. The pictures are soaring with life 🙂 Love how you’ve put it altogether!
I haven’t stopped by in so long … looks like I have been missing all the fun in the blogland and the real world. My hard drive crashed … yep, lost it all. I know you were in that place recently. Stinks, doesn’t it? Anyway, I had to redo pages and pages of a final paper for school … so I have been out of the loop. Gosh, I have lost three weekends working on final papers. Pirates times are always good time … wish I could have been there instead of my dreadful world. I am pretty sure that worse things happen than losing all your computer files, but it seems so awful when it happens. Those tears were super, super salty.
Arggg…
-Dirty Anne Rackham-
aaarrrggg – I do declare this a most fantastic post – I plan to visit your port again often!! Amazing photos …. so much fun.
Ooh, the pirate ship adored with enough sparkles to shame a princess (agree with the attention to detail). I want some golden nuggets, what a wonderful party you have here!
what an amazing amount of color….each piece was candy for the eyes, mouth, and soul!!
oooh! what a pretty party you throw!!
My mouth is watering for little red fishes and gold medalions…and all the colour and magic!! I’m so sorry I missed this earlier….but now I’m here…I think I’ll jump aboard that ship and set sail!!
What a delight! 🙂
Yo Ho Ho from Candaria. No candarian can ever get woozy from too much candy. They absorb it and turn it into multi colored enrgies for painting and creating new treasures. count me in for Pirate loot !
I love all the colors and photos! Only now I have a craving for Swedish fish…
That just looks magical, I love the bounty.
Woooooow that was great !!
I am just floored by this post – it is definitely the most fanstasticly fabulous blog post ever! What imagination and photography! And the jewels! Wow! Please count me in on the drawing. I will cross my fingers, arms, legs and toes that I have a chance to win!
Ahoy matey! Gimme some booty!!!!! =P
Arrrrgggh me matey! I love the photo of the skeleton fingers on the keyboard. Totally awesome!
OMGosh, you always make my mouth water with your deliciously colourful photos, the pirate ship is just amazing, and all that candy, drooooool! Amazing photography miss, you rule the school!
Oh and hello, hello, hello! Count me in, pretty please with sugared cherries and sprinkles on top, fankOOoo <3
Tallulah
These pictures made my day! So lovely and talented you are!!
You are amazing. You made this so much fun! I really was a pirate (sort of…) we lived on a sailboat for eight years, so I never know if I’m a pirate, a mermaid or…my favorite…a selkie. I used to sleepwalk too, one night my dad found me on the beach and wading in the middle of the night…I was six the story is that I told my father that the mermaids wanted me to wash my hair in the ocean…that was my dream (vivid dreamer) and in the deepest of sleep I left our cottage and managed to climb down rocks to get to the beach…it was in Maine and the water was loaded with seals, so I always think that maybe…just maybe…it was the selkies calling me to the water.
Love this post!!!
Oh, I missed the party…I was stranded on an island!
delightful
wow, your parents’ home is awesome and the pink sky is really beautiful
I just love that pirate Ship!! It’s amazing. What a fun party. Daisy~