practical magic party!

They're here! They're here!

Remember little Kylie Owens excitedly jumping up and down (broomstick in hand) when she saw the headlights on the cars pulling into the driveway? I felt like that this morning when I checked in on the party and saw the early birds already posting their links. I took a peek at some of them. You are all amazing.

Thank you thank you so much  for allowing me to indulge in something that has been a part of my life for the last 13 years. Finding so many of you that feel the same way and are willing to share your fondness for Practical Magic has been such a wonderful thing. I love that I can create this for you and bring us together to kick off my very favorite time of the year.

Well let's get started then shall we? You're here just in time for breakfast!

You caught me in the middle of mixing up a new brew. We can come back to the Conservatory and check on it later.

Come over to the Parlor. I just whipped up a batch of brownies in case the Aunts stop by after the Solstice celebration. It's never too early for brownies I always say!

A little bit of chocolate and powdered sugar sounds like the perfect way to start a day.

Make sure to take an extra piece with you. I don't want you running out of steam while you're out there on your broom. Feel free to grab a little bit of mint in case the flying gets a little rough.

Now that we're filled up on sweets come with me over to the 'Conservatory'.

I have been going through my bottles and jars,

checking all my supplies and such.

I need to make sure I have everything on hand...

.....in case a certain Dracula cowboy's nasty spirit decides to crash our party.

We remember what happened to him last year don't we ladies?

Perhaps there's something here in Maria Owens' old spellbook.

Come and hear the tale of the beautiful Maria Owens.

It is a sad tale but one also filled with promise, redemption....

...and always, magic.

I think my witches brew is just about done. We might have time for one more brownie before I head out to visit all of you and your fabulous parties.

Thank you so much for joining me today and for loving this movie as much as I do. There will always be a warm spot in my heart for Aunt Frances, Aunt Jet, Gillian and Sally. For that enchanted house filled with "thin bands of lemony sunlight" and the garden where "it was easy to think about possibilities that had never crossed your mind".

In honor of our party I created a mixed media spellbook for Maria Owens. The covers are painted and crackled, then finished with distress ink, beeswax and embellishments.

The book is an accordion style collage with my interpretation of Maria's story. It folds back down into a mini 4x6 book.

The back section has 2 pockets to hold dark spells and wicked charms.

Maria's book is my giveaway along with 6 tags to create your own witches pantry, a beautiful mini box 'book' that holds a yummy Verbena scented soap, in honor of Sally's shop Verbena, and a little bookmark souvenir to remember our party. 

Leave me a comment and let me know you stopped by. I'll pick a winner next Saturday Oct 1.

Please visit as many of the party posts as you can. I know everyone worked so hard to put their posts together and I know it will take me most of this week to get to everyone but I don't want to miss any of you.

You can go back to the Practical Magic party page HERE.

Now if you think you just can't get enough of Autumn come back and join me next month for one last Halloween party.

There's a button up there on the sidebar with a link to the page.

I can't wait to see what you created.

Let me grab one last brownie, a bit of mint and my fancy new broom!

Happy Autumn, a Blessed Mabon and happy blog hopping.