Okay, I know I said I would be back with some new art pieces. However, something major has happened & I am making an impromptu visit to Bloglandia. It is here. The reason that I know the Halloween season has arrived. There is nothing we can do. The season can no longer be put on hold. Everyone is in the mood. No more waiting. I know you are still hot, it is still hot here too. You think it is hot where you are? It was 103′ here today. And I am still having to jump in.. So come on already! JUMP!
Here is the story of what happend on this curiously wonderful day!!! And, how I was forced, full force, into the Halloween mood.
I was hanging around this afternoon after my trip to the real world, minding my own business… When all of a sudden, I heard a noise & felt a pain…
I ran to the mirror. The pain was on my chin. YIPPPEeeeeee! My witches mark had arrived!!! Yay!!!
You see. I told you I was a witch. I am morphing. I am a good witch though. Spreading light and love. 😉
Then after the find I heard this loud crashing sound. It was like metal breaking through the walls…
I knew it!! The Pirate ghost ship with the yearly loot was here. Yippeeee woo hooooo!!!! Is this exciting or what??? The skeleton pirates are here, and they only come here during the Halloween season. So you see, It is here!!!
Oh, this is just too good to be true! Look at all the loot!! (that is my ship, it used to be in the yard, it is now inside… I want Mr. Lovee to make it hang from the ceiling. Is that too much to ask?)
I could not have been happier! I ran to the mirror to make sure that my witch’s mark wasn’t just a rogue zit… Hey, looks like my nose is getting pointy too!!! Well, maybe I am stretching it. But it will get pointy, I just know it. It has too!!! For my witches party!
Well, the chin visitor is questionable.. But, let’s stick to Halloween Witch’s mark, k? (I have not had a zit in years, what is up with that???)
I was at Barnes & Noble today, picking up some gifts for a lovely creature, and I was standing facing the magazine stands, feeling like, Halloween just might pass me by if I don’t get into it now. Every magazine was screaming my name.
Well, they are all off to Paris… But, I am keeping the socks… And, I refuse to remove them (they are the same socks I have worn on Halloween for 5 years, impressive, but perhaps I should get a new pair?)…
As I was taking this photo, I glanced to the left, and what did I see??? But an orange light peeking in and toying with the Halloween in me!!
You see. For all these reasons, I am jumping into the Halloween spirit. Starting now. Will you come and play along with me??
You don’t have to dress up as a witch. You can dress up as anything else. Like Wonder Woman? Your pillow case lovin’ friend thought she was in fact Wonder Woman, once upon a time… See her little shortie self there on the right… Yep, that is me. The only time in my whole life I have had short hair… Dorothy Hamill hair…
Cheeeeese! See you soon!!!
Hi.. great blog. funny entry, kept me reading all the way through. Also, Awesome pirate ship did you design that? Anyways, if you get the chance I thought you might like to check out my halloween site http://www.yardhaunters.net. I just started it so you can be one of the first to sign up. Its for yard haunters big and small. Share halloween design tips and create your own page too! hope you get to check it out
lafinn!
Oh it really is time for it to be here isn’t it? I have the most silly/lovely fairy costume complete with bells…I am hoping it’s not too cold to wear it Haloween night! I must run out and look for good holiday magazines…
allo there warty wart! 🙂 You are cute.
Where oh WHERE did you get that magnificent ship!?!?!
And since it’s halloween season I have been looking every (*#&$&*#^ where for a skeleton hand because you know… I adore those and well, because my hero FancyPants has one (or more) and so I have to have one… and of course no one is selling them this year. So far. Can you cast a magic witchy spell so I can find one soon?
Oooooh and it’s sooo ironic that you were just at Barnes. I picked up a huge stash of magz yesterday too! I spy the same ones I just bought.
So anyways, 5 years is a loooong time to be wearing the same set of pantyhose. LOL! Ands yez, have Mr. Love-nest hang that ship!
Oh and by the way, my girlfriend came over today and fell in love with that most recent painting of yours I purchase. She just lllooooovvvedd the skirts. Of course 🙂
I’m thinking I need to send you a black rose for your Halloween tree. You think?
That pirate ghost ship is spectacular! And yes, it would work hanging from the ceiling – although you’d probably need steel cables to support the weight! Great photos, (temporary) wart and all! And I am a very lucky creature, you Wonder Woman you! Perhaps I’ll have a Halloween party in Paris – they don’t really get that holiday here; maybe it’s time they learn! xoxox
I love the ship and I enjoy prepare the decoration for hallowwen in my house and in my daughter’s bedroom 🙂
Yoy tights are so funny ! how I wish I could wear this kind of garment, but I too old now…
I love Halloween. That is a very groovy ship and would look awesome hung from the ceiling.
Ahhh! Great entry, Vanessa! That pirate ship is too awesome.
I need to scrounge up some money and get myself over to Sock Dreams. I am super jealous of those socks you’ve got there.
That pirate ship is too flipping cool witchypoo! 🙂 And where on this earth did you find those super fantastic stockings! My wardrobe is not complete without a pair! hee hee Ohhh please wave your magic wand so I can get me a pair..No wait I’ve got to have two cuz my friend in Scotland would be ever so sad without stripey legs! ;o)
Oh Halloween! I can’t wait!!!! Love the socks! I have a pair, I wear them all winter long 🙂
Wow Vanessa! Great post! I love your socks! Makes me think of the movie Practical Magic at the end. Very modern and sweet witch you are! And I absolutely love love LOVE that ship….I love Pirates, who doesn’t! Can’t wait for the DVD from pirates 3… xxxx Les
It is now my one ginormous hope in life that if I ever wake up with a wart on my chinny-chin-chin….that I shall be as excited about it as you!
Ooooh and Miss V, if you should fall asleep under the pale blue cast of a full Halloween moon, I fear you shall wake up and find that your most spectacular pirate ship has floated off to Connecticut to live with me! 😉
LOVED your post and now I too am looking forward to Halloween even more than I was before!
Yeah for Halloween!!!!!! I got my ME and Country Home in the mail- snagged the MS Special Issue and am getting out the skellies and spiders and rats and bats and spooky black cats!!!! I think your nose is getting pointier! I can’t wait to see your new stuff! When you do the Show, please take us on a virtual tour, ok?
Oooh I must go find my witches hat and the broomstick my husband bought for me!
I don’t know, Hollowen is not my favorite. I am not sure why, but I get a little nervous this time of year. I will have to see what happens this time.
OMG!! You won’t believ this. Remember this morning, what an hour ago, I told you I needed to make somthing?? Well,it is pirate themed. How bizarre is that!
Anyway, your ship…..there are NO words. Absolutley incredible. YOU are incredible!
Okay, I’m off to walk the plank.
D.
I just love it here!! Arrrrggggghhhhhh!
look at that pose…wonder woman in waiting…ok…i admit i bought 2 bags of brach’s mellowcreme pumpkins in your honor while picking up my pain drugs…and i promise to get on with my get up when i return from philly…blessings, rebecca
Another luscious read on a cool Saturday morn. The b&w stockings are far beyond fabulous. NEVER get rid of them!
Being a witch is not so bad. My big sister is a direct descendant of Elfaba, The wicked witch of the west.(just ask my kids!) So I guess I would have to be a little witchy too.
Oh your ship is divine! Look at all that loot!
I love the socks, yesterday I wore my black and orange ones I have had them for about 4 years. Halloween is wonderful.
Love Erin~
you are an explosion of energy and creativity – it’s inspiring!
i would like to book a trip for two on the pirate ship. how much for a suite?
I can’t believe you have a Wonder Woman picture too! You see? We were meant to be friends… and fight crime. We should get on that.
Love the Ship!!!!! Very Cool.
Kimberlee
Love the Beetlejuice stockings. I actually adore them and will be buying some this year. I may wear them all through October.
I kindof fancy a green and purple striped pair as well…
But! Your pirate ship is lovely. I would make sure if it hangs from the ceiling that you can’t walk into it, or you’ll end up with a Harry Potter lightning scar on your forehead as well!
This calls for that cake on the cover of Country Living, (which I bought two days ago because of that cake picture!) and Bat for Lashes cranked up super loud.
Okay, one last thing. That haircut is so cute I could scream, also, we had identical Wonder Woman outfits. I will ask my mum to find the photo, I’ll scan it, and post it for you. We could be twins.
Wonder twins!
xo
Blue
Oh…the ship hanging from the ceiling, some candles arranged in there somehow….
I too have been in the spirit, making some dia de los muertos pieces and found silk marigolds!! which I just love….real marigolds just don’t dry very prettily…
bring on the alters!!!
AND you look wonderful….woman….in that mirror!
wow-hello to you dear 1- your world is divine- thankyou for letting me have a look at it all- you have some fantastic things- singing and skipping love jo anderson. p.s dont forget to put your lip stick on. la la la …
We have seen your pencil lead places and your wart…hmmm whats next V? Tu eres loca and a half! I think the ship needs little white lights wound all over it before Lovee hangs it. Then we’ll have some light to party under…besides the moon.
Hey,I had Dorothy Hamill hair too! Age 6! My dad loved it for some odd reason, it is his favorite doo I have ever had. Love the Wonder Woman pose too! I would love jump into Halloween too, in fact we bought Brittany’s fabric for her costume today(one of the 12 dancing princesses)! And I have had an odd growth on my chin this weekend too, maybe that is what it is! Loved this post, you always surprise and delight me!
Ha! I had that exact Wonder Woman outfit too!
So, yesterday, I went down to my storage room and opened up my Fall box… all kinds of Halloween goodies jumped out at me! As thrilled as I was, I forced myself to put them back, convinced that it is still just too early. Thank you for making me realize, Vanessa… what on earth was I thinking??? I have to go down there first thing tomorrow morning and this place is going to be all orange and black in no time!
You crack me up girl!!!
wonderful as ever!
xoxo
I love reading your blog!!! The pirate ship is way to cool!!! All your pictures are wonderful! And those leggings LOVE THEM!!!
my god, i love that picture of you in the flowery mirror! It is autumn here too now, although we have the drop in temperature to go with it, thankfully.
i love those stripey stockings too, and THAT SHIP is just so perfect i could cry.
i want it.
im obsessed with ships lately.
happy witchery:)
xxx
Those socks or so Witchy! I love them! And a wart to go with it aren’t you lucky. How about you let me have the socks and you keep the wart!?!
We needed that pirate ship last year when we had our Halloween Pirate Party!!!
Halloween!!!! I so love it. I have been looking at magazines and getting Halloween insperations as well. I think I will pull out my old issues Mary Engelbreit. They’re my favorite.
you always make me laugh!
So adorable is the little you in the underoo!!!!! My poem for the day. Must ….hold …back…a ..little longer,,,must..resist the…urge to ..decorate..for Halloween. Ah,that was a close one,you almost had me sucked in with the pirate ship,I promise to join in in a week or 2. I can hardly wait!!!!
By the by I still get zits,I like to think it makes me look younger.
Yesterday I did come to visit you and your beautiful ship. Donna O. sent me over andd whilst I was here I developed Blogusinteruptous, following you to Paris. Then I got lost in Tara-land.
Hey there. I have those sox too. Didn’t I tell you we have the same wardrobe?
You make a cute superhero! 😉
I cried when they cut my hair short! I was three. I’m still mad.
BEAUTIFUL WITCHY POST!!! I vote for a wart girl! Love the ship and you were/are adorable!!! Can’t wait to see what the spirit/spooks cook up!
O I love Halloween – I wish it was Halloween year-round somewhere!
haha you make me laugh…love you! wart and all!!
hey i loved watching Wonder woman – she was so fascinating and so so pretty wasnt she?
I wish us aussies would get into the fun spirit of Halloween!! looks like such a fun holiday to celebrate
love your witchy opaqaues – so fun!!
Dear Lovely Miss Good Witch of the West,
What a grande ole posting you have here today!! I’ve just come back from my little weekend away from the ‘Nets simply adore your Halloween Homage! 🙂 I have been thinking of doing some sort of undressed Victorian with stripey socks and cage crinolines…..or, or….perhaps a giraffe wearing a mini dress!? Or or…..perchance an 18th century, bouffant wigged pale-bosomed girl with doll cheeks! 🙂
I took a trip to out local craft supply den over the weekend and got all goofy excited about all the Halloween and fall decorations…I even brought home a little feathery, grey owl to perch over our bookshelf! Le Sigh…..how I love Halloween!
eeeeeeehhhh!
wickedly cool post!
🙂
the *REAL* trick
would be to get your bump
to move from place to place!
on your nose one day,
then your cheek
and back again to the chin…
let me know when you have perfected that,
will ya…
I love Halloween, so much, it’s my favorite….all October I watch nothing but scary movies and read nothing but scary books…
revel in the ghosts…love them, love you.
happy early Halloween!
Hmmmmm!!! a pointy nose…well I think you are a beauty and if you were a witch you would be a good witch.
I used to live in Salem, MA and met a great many witches…so I feel that I know a little bit about them LOL
I love that photo with the glowing star and its glowing shadow – my boys have birthdays on either side of Halloween – in fact I was birthing the Boone Halloween night – my own little gorgeous wizard…
xox – eb.
darling ooooh, oooh witchy woman,
i do so love your wonder woman suit. Can you loan it to me? I am in need of just a tiny bit of wonder please.
xo
m
HAha that ship is fantastic!
Hello there Wonder Girl! Love your pirate ship, I definitely agree to having it hanging from the ceiling, look at all the loot!! Only you can write an enchanting Halloween story from a wart 🙂 Enjoy your festivities you good witch.
hey…. i love your post… I wish i could celebrate this holiday with you but I don’t believe in it…. long story… but I’m glad you got your wart! haha…! and i see your copy of somerset studio there… the best magazine ever! I hope you enjoyed mirror mask… I watch that movie whenever I make somthing… 🙂
You are far to pretty to be a which, wart en all!!!
Suzie Sews
PS SHIP is AMAZING!!!
Wooops sorry…I meant witch!!!
My favorite candy has arrived in the store as well.. Jelly Pumpkins from Sweets Candy! Hooray! I love them! I am ready to decorate. I bought some cute witches from Michelle and they are ready to sit around and be cute for Halloween!!! I just love it all so much!!
that is a GREAT pirate ship! and filled with jewels! yay! i LOVE the wonder woman pose! o.k. i am soooo ready to jump into the halloweenie mood too! i am going to be lily munster this year though…i have wanted to be her for a few years now, but this year yvonne de carlo passed, so lily it HAS to be!
Oh my, what a great post….so much to look at. Each and every picture a delight for the eyes…oh where did you ever find such a wonderul ship. I could go on forever, what a great post! I love it all!
Yo HO HO ..and a bottle of RUM…and that thing on your chinny chin chin is called a Witch’s tit. (no..not that kind ..and once a long time ago…I had a mole removed from my chin because…BECAUSE!)And yes…I too have those stripey witchy leggings! YIKES!!!!!
Girlfriend! You are getting too popular! You have over 50 comments!!!!! Pretty soon you will have over 100 people coming to your fanciful blog and you will ask ‘Who is this Tricia person’? hehe!
Oh, you are a cutie in your wonderwoman costume…i had a Dorothy Hamil do too! And look at your cute little pose! so darn cute!
I love that other photo of you, the makeup and hair reminded of a 60’s magazine ad for Herbal Essences Shampoo!
Ooooh Hallowe’en (noticed i spelled it the right way) I lurve it too! But i don’t have any striped stockings – i should get myself a costume to wear when i had out candies this year! Oh the wart!! I had one under my lip when i was 10 yrs old…the doctor burned it off though!
Beautiful ship!! Took me away!
I want your socks!
Fantastic post!
Your blog is so wonderful ! I laughed and laughed – peered at your wart and looked to see if that sweet little button nose of yours was really getting pointed…..
But most of all ? I think I loved the Wonder Woman outfit !
And I hope those stockings live on for many more Halloweens !
THOSE are The Best !
xo-S.