CONTINUE PARTYING, IF YOU PLEASE...

Large crow pillow - Decor Steals

Small crow pillow - Kruenpeeper Creek

Velvet pumpkin - Home Goods

Are you answering the call...

I'm glad you all enjoyed the Week #1 part of the party...

now on to Week #2.

The Captain has a little change in his library...

we bought the two smaller wicker chairs in from outside so he could have company while he reads his many novels car magazines and newspaper,

 while having his morning coffee.

FYI:  He rarely has company since this usually happens around 5:00 AM!

We also staked his claim further by adding his initials on one wall. 

 I picked up these cardboard ones at Ben Franklins,

 painted them black and after the paint dried,

 rubbed metallic silver on with a rag. 

 I then applied a small amount of burnt sienna paint in places 

to resemble rusting.

It's a pretty rewarding project

 and they look like real metal...ish.

Coffee - Starbucks

Which I am not paid to say!

The Captain is pleased as punch!

Trick or Treat banner - Cottage Witch

The entry is ready to greet

 the trick or treaters.

Stoneware Crock - Cottage Witch

Halloween sign - Home Goods

Paper pinwheel - Cottage Witch

Witches - Cottage Witch

The only thing left 

is to add a bowl of candy 

and all the little ghosts and goblins will also be pleased as punch.

The parlor has donned her costume 

and is ready for the party. 

 She is going as a grand old lady,

 dressed to the nines,

 and is pretty full of herself!

 The library donated a few volumes of Harry Potter.

  She couldn't have set a better example of

 between the moonlight and the magic.

Witches Hat - Cottage Witch

A pretty witches hat

 decorated for a party?

Who invited these guys

 to the party?

A few tiny visitors 

along side a demure Miss Jackie O Lantern with a pretty hat of her own.

Her crowning glory,

 wrapped up in a fringed scarf,

 to ward off any chills.

The fall arrangement with a few spidery grape vines added..

a fancy glass vase (pronounced vas) and candle holders

 that the magic wand turned into mercury glass

 with Krylon Looking Glass spray paint, vinegar and water..

Mrs. Pumpkin Head from Hobby Lobby.

Another magical mercury glass painted pumpkin candy dish

 and a real, small, pumpkin 

sitting on an old candle stand.

This project is a copy-cat from Tina at What We Keep. 

 I had her whole hearted encouragement which she so generously shared with me. 

 I did change some of the wording to make it my own.

  The story behind this is...

You might remember our encounter with a real, live bat 

that paid us a visit just before last Halloween. 

(I will spare you a picture). 

 He got into the Cottage, we don't know when or how, 

and the Captain took a broom,

 not the Cottage Witch as you might imagine,

 to the problem and

 that was that.

I never thought too much about bats before.

  I didn't like them,

 even though I know they are good for the environment,

 but I just didn't think of them much.

  Now, since I've been "up close and personal"

 with one, the thought of them makes me pretty crazy, but...

...as a mantle scarf or adorning a lampshade..

I kind of like them..

but I digress...

...anyway, around Halloween,

 when I go into Ben Franklins to get crafty things,

 there is an electronic bat flying around in circles above my head. 

 I know its there, I expect it to be there,

 but I never fail to freak out and duck my head. 

 I've noticed numerous stares and rolling of eyes,

 in pity I'm sure!

Jack-o-lantern mask - circa 1940 - San Francisco grocery store advertisement

But, back to Tina and her clever project.

  The title of her post was Bat S**T Crazies

 and that really caught my eye,

 as you can well imagine,

 now that you know the full story. 

 So I took an old window frame,

 painted it black and silver,

 so it would match the old picture frame that, once in place,

 looks like a tombstone, which was not planned,

 and wrote my words on it.

The disappointing thing was that even though it looked great painted on the glass,

 it got lost when I put it in front of the mirror,

 so I crinkled up some tin foil and taped it to the back.

  Problem solved,

 and that is the whole story of how

 Cottage Remedies for the Frights of the Nights

 came to be.

Thank you, Tina, for letting me borrow your design. 

 You should check out Tina and her blog, What We Keep (here). I guarantee you will be glad you did.

 She is a sweet lady and very entertaining.

Thanks for visiting

 and watch for a

 'party from the past'

 next week.

...Judy, The Cottage Witch...

Hmmmm, here she is again.

Miss Jackie O Lantern 

wearing her pretty little hat, hmmm.

Sharing this week with:

Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style

What's It Wednesday at Ivy and Elephants