A Christmas Inspiration!

BEFORE YOU LISTEN, PLEASE TURN OFF MY PLAYLIST AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE! This is what Christmas is all about to me. I give it to you as a gift, in the spirit of love and hope. It seems like the world has lost the magic of Christmas and become deaf to the message of "Peace on Earth, Good Will Towards Man." Let us renew that hope and pray for a world that is in need of good news. May the magic of the season..the lowly manger that holds the most precious gift the world has ever known, be born anew in our lowly mangers...our hearts...and may we feel it deep and radiate a light that touches the dark places of this world and leave a mark of love. May you all have a blessed Christmas!

Welcome to the Practical Magic Blog Party!

Greetings on this festive night for us lovers of "Practical Magic"! Please pardon my tardiness in posting as I have had a rather "blood around the Moon" kind of month! I had the best of intentions to create something wild and wonderful for our celebration, but crisis after crisis seemed to get in my way. I do have something to share that I think will bring a bit of atmosphere and magical glow to the evening and I hope you like it. For this evening, I am sharing one of my spiced lantern designs that I do for my "Wildberry Gatherings" business. For anyone who leaves a comment or becomes a follower of my blog, I will put your name in for a drawing for this lantern! I create these lanterns by handcutting my original design and then using several techniques, I cover the mason jar in my special witchy blend of spices and then coat it in pure beeswax. When lit with a tealight, it gives off a wonderful scent of spices and honey and I would love for it to brighten your Halloween or just any day you feel like letting your inner witch out to play! As far as tonight goes, I have to say that my favorite part of "Practical Magic" is definately the house and garden. If I had my wish, I would live in that very house, grow herbs in that very garden and look out from that very island....and so on and so on. I am a huge lover of vintage and victorian and wish I had the courage to dress like the aunts..I just loved the entire feel of the movie and found my eyes could not take in all of the wonderful details enough...that is where the pure magic was for me. Now that Autumn is upon us, I am so looking forward to decorating my home for the holiday and will be so inspired by reading all of your posts and just soaking up the creativity and enthusiasm that this party has generated. I wish I could've done more for tonight as I am blown away by the things you all have shared...I will be posting some more "Practical Magic" inspired designs throughout the month and I hope you will check back. What a great idea this was and I hope it becomes a yearly event!! Blessed Be and may all of your "witches" come true!

You Are Invited!

I have exciting news! After many, many, too many to count hours of working on a new design for my more whimsical artwork, I have done it! I have a new look, a new name and a spankin' new attitude! I hope you will check it out, leave a comment to let me know you were there, and I would LOVE, LOVE , LOVE it if you would become a follower to my blog. Just scroll down on the sidebar and click the follower button. I will be still posting and keeping my Wildberry Gatherings site for you to enjoy and will be forthcoming with some exciting designs in my art and furniture line..so, thank you for staying with me and don't forget to fly over to: http://www.queenbartistry.homestead.com/ for my website and to really get a feel for what I am all about: http://www.queenbartistry.blogspot.com/ to read my blog, "Queen B. Attitude"!