Back from London~Cheers!

Back from London and we had a great time.   I did manage to find a scrapbooking store ;o)… As Gabby would say:  “My Mom would look for a scrapbooking store in Antarctica…LOL

One of my favorite things we did was a FREE Harry Potter walking tour.  You can download the tour here:  harry-potter-pdf@discovery-walks.com. 

For those of you who are Harry Potter fans (me included) ;o) 

Here are a few pictures from the first movie that where filmed in Oxford, Christ Church:

Recognized these stairs?  Yes, this is where the first years lined up just before entering the hall before the sorting hat.

Recognized these dogs, from the three headed dogs guarding the entrance to the stone?

 

This is the bridge where the bus squeezed threw that almost hit the old lady crossing in front of the bus.

The dinning hall.

Recognized this alley?  This is where Harry got his owl and his wand:

And of course the entrance to Hogwart’s train. lol

I’ll leave you with these last pictures from the Portobello Flea Market:

These are the two girls who make headbands from ties. 

These were my goodies from the flea market and a closer look at the headband made from a tie, which Gabby bought me for my birthday.

Aren’t these books awesome also, from the flea market.

Well, I’m finally getting caught up and I don’t want to bore you to tears with over 2000 photos that I took!   LOL  Have a great week.

Hugz, Z

Lisa Kettell~Witch’s Tea Party!

Saturday, I went to Piddlestixs in Lafayette, NJ owned by Lisa Kettell.  This was soooo much fun and I went with my girlfriend, Geralyn from Greetings from Geralyn in celebration of our birthdays.   I will give you a tour of Piddlestixs:

Lisa’s Mom, Joan did these awesome atc cards:

Here a few more of her store:

  

Love these doll faces that Lisa hand paints.  Ok, on to the party!  We started the party creating our own witches hats:

We started with these hats and Lisa was soooo generous with her stash.  While we were creating our hats Lisa showed us how to do various flowers.

This is the gift I gave her, doesn’t she look fabulous in it!

I covered the top of my hat with this flocked fabric and kept adding….

and adding…

 

and adding……lol

Just love this color combo.  This is my final creation:

You can’t tell but I have spray glitter all threw my hair.  Here is Geralyn:

And here are all the ladies that attended the party. This is Diana who makes some fabulous fired jewelry.  She has her things displayed at Piddlestixs, her web:  Suburban Girl Studio.  She was so generous and gave Geralyn and I a gift for our birthdays.  Thanks, Diana that was so sweet!

And this is her wonderful husband who was a good sport and helped us threw the night.

I would love to share with you the wonderful Adam’s Family dinner we had but my battery in my camera had die by now… I’m sure you’re glad it did…lol  sorry this is so long!  But, I had such a great time and I’ll leave you with the goodie bags Lisa and Diana where so generous to give us. 

Pink pumpkins, how cool where they!  We  made our way through historic Lafayette listing to tales of an eerie past, walking with our hats and lanterns to the home of David Messineo, Publisher/Executive Editor of Sensations Magazine and The Six Centuries Club, who recently received a 2009 New Jersey State Jefferson Award for Public Service.  He finish the night with tales of a dark history filled with stories of Salem and several poems written by David.

I’m leaving for London tomorrow so, I wish you and a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!  Thank you Lisa for a spook~tacular day!  Hugz, Z

Graphic 45~Hallowe’en in Wonderland

Just wanted to share with you a blog I found, Laura from The Vintage Key who created this adorable top hat.  How great would this be on a table as a favor with everyone name on it.  Here is my version of  her top hat. 

  I love the little bat stick pin which I added crystals.  I made a crepe paper rose, the paper flower is using Tim’s tattered rose die.

I made this for someone special.   I didn’t get to finished the inside so, I hope she loves it. I have one more post before I leave I hope to have it posted by this week before I go.  Lisa Kettell’s  from Piddlestixs,“Witch Tea Party”  so, much fun!  Hugz, Z