7 Days of Magic: Spell-a-la-palooza, Day Five

Welcome to Day Day/Night Five which is called: "Amulets of Protection Workshop", Tonight we will learn how to make protection amulets to ward off anything bad and protect us all year long.

Last night I learned the basics of riding a Unicorn and flying a Pegasus. Each of us used our wands that were dipped in Polyseed juice and others secret ingredients for a protection spell to hide our furry friends. Then we learned how to harness the unicorns horn for protection during an emergency in case the power of our wands aren't enough. 

If you didn't know Unicorns are the most powerful of the magic creatures. Their horns are of the purest magic and the most sought after by dark wizards. Their protection and existence is important to the magical world.

Pegasus are the guardians of their unicorn friends and often scout areas first, before their unicorn friends venture to the area, shielding them with their wings which turn into armor shields during a battle for protection or help.

Tonight we are heading to Pippa's workshop located in a secret area of her home. To get there we will be lead by candle light to a hidden tunnel that leads to the workshop room. I have hear that on the other side of her workshop room is a door that leads to an underground water cavern. Pippa is said to use this as an escape route in case of danger. She houses her Swan Boat made from the rare Cornipsus Picker Tree, its been in her family for centuries. For now this area is an indoor swimming retreat which we might be lucky enough to see after the workshop is over.

I'm bringing my lucky amulet bag to the workshop to hold my amulet in once its complete. Our amulets must reflect our power colors mine are purple, blue and green, at least what I think they are.

Please visit some of these amazing fellow bloggers who are joining in the fun and have fabulous sites that are sure to peak your creativity.

http://www.thevintagegoose.blogspot.com
http://marfibradford.blogspot.com 
http://www.laurakellydesigns.com
http://auroratique.blogspot.com
Queen Trudy 
http://armenian-princess.blogspot.com
http://tabithalenox.blogspot.com
http://dandeliontwist.blogspot.com
http://sidelinebabe.blogspot.com
http://faerieenchantment.blogspot.com 
http://lovevisiting.blogspot.com  

All photos taken by me on my travels and the necklace is one of my recent pieces I created. More amulet necklace photos soon!

Happy Haunting and Creating
xoxo
Lisa :-)))))

7 Days of Magic: Spell-a-la-palooza, Day Four

Day Four of Spellbinding Tales:

We are all moving on to day/night four of Spellapalooza which has been filled with transformation potions, secret hideaways, magical gardens coming to life and a scavenger hunt, all to celebrate this years Halloween Festivities. Last night was called "Pippa's Surprise Scavenger Hunt, where we were given special maps and clues in order to locate the grand prize of the hunt. 

The hardest part of the hunt last night was the Maze at Maiden's Path, where secret doors and labyrinths took you on spiral turns and down hidden corridors, which had dead ends. Pepper Longley and Gabriel Beekman both got lost in the Maze, and were finally found.

My partner and I, carefully read the clues, stayed on the appointed paths and did not let our curiosity lead us off the guided paths like some of the others had done. Eventually we found our way out and headed for Windbreakers Hill for the final clue of the night, which involved two star tokens that we gave to Durkin Lars, who was the officially appointed token keeper of the hunt. Durkin led us to the Gates of Percy, where a gilded Phoenix was waiting to fly us back to Pippa's for the final hunt count.

I'm happy to say that my partner and I came in first place and won the grand prize which were two tickets to the Tri-Wizard World Soccer Tournament in November, where national leagues compete for the World Cup. The tickets also included Turret stand box seats, free food and spirits, such an amazing evening filled with exhilarating challenges and feats.

Tonight will not be as extensive, for we are learning to ride Unicorns and Pegasus at The Tornelius School of Uni-questrian Magic on the grounds of Waverly Stables. This event is labeled as "Unicorn's Flight School", in the itinerary guide.  

At the stables we will be appointed a Unicorn and a Pegasus for the nights events. Then learn the basics of riding and flying. How to hide our furry friends and how to harness the unicorns horn for protection during an emergency in case our wands power isn't enough. Unicorns are the most powerful of the magic creatures. Their horns are of the purest magic and the most sought after by dark wizards. Their protection and existence is important to the magical world.

Pegasus are the guardians of their unicorn friends and often scout areas first, before their unicorn friends venture to the area, shielding them with their wings which turn into armor shields during a battle for protection or help.

The Tornelius School is one of the oldest in the land and takes pride on their training and culture of their creatures. Founding Father Tornelius Bromwick acquired this land via a magic treaty between his non magic world friend Professor Theodore Tuckerton who bestowed part of his land in Waverly to Tornelius who he met in Wizard School when they were boys. Theodore, decided to live in the non magic world, protecting all magic world portals from dark forces and danger.

I'm not sure what the night holds, but each of us are all excited for it. Wendy Bellows, Pippa and Myself baked almond crescent cookies and coconut date bars for snacks tonight. I already had a few cookies, hehehe, soooo good.

Well I'm off to the stables!
Magic and Joy Everyone,
xoxo
Lisa

Please visit some of these amazing fellow bloggers who are joining in the fun and have fabulous sites that are sure to peak your creativity.

http://www.thevintagegoose.blogspot.com
http://marfibradford.blogspot.com 
http://www.laurakellydesigns.com
http://auroratique.blogspot.com
Queen Trudy 
http://armenian-princess.blogspot.com
http://tabithalenox.blogspot.com
http://dandeliontwist.blogspot.com
http://sidelinebabe.blogspot.com
http://faerieenchantment.blogspot.com 
http://lovevisiting.blogspot.com 

7 Days of Magic: Spell-a-la-palooza, Day Three

Welcome to Day Three of the Seven Days of Spell-a-la-palooza, where visitors to the blog can enter a giveaway filled with several prizes over the course of seven days. Winners will be announced Nov.3, 2013. In addition I will be announcing the 2013-2014 Design Team, unveiling new product and the www.lisakettelldesigns.com website. For rules & how to enter, scroll down to the bottom of this post.

Please visit some of these amazing fellow bloggers who are joining in the fun and have fabulous sites that are sure to peak your creativity.

http://www.thevintagegoose.blogspot.com
http://marfibradford.blogspot.com 
http://www.laurakellydesigns.com
http://auroratique.blogspot.com
Queen Trudy 
http://armenian-princess.blogspot.com
http://tabithalenox.blogspot.com
http://dandeliontwist.blogspot.com
http://sidelinebabe.blogspot.com
http://faerieenchantment.blogspot.com 
http://lovevisiting.blogspot.com 

Day Three of Spellbinding Tales:

Every year when the 12th day before Halloween arrives, Pippa Bellows hosts a series of magical events at her home in Waverly Hollow. She transforms her whole barn into a glowing pumpkin where magical carved beets, turnips and gourds hang from every nook and cranny. 

As you know last two nights were filled with transformation potions, secret hideaways, magical gardens coming to life and herb guides, all to celebrate this years Halloween Festivities. Night five was called Potionology 101and night six was Cauldron's Run.

During last nights festivities I met flower and herb guides, Violet Brumme was my favorite, her hair was just so beautiful and her voice filled with love. She shared her rarest purple plant spell and the best way to care for our flower friends during the year.

At 11:30pm we were greeted by the forest guide herself, she is Queen of the forest and works closely with Titania the Fairy Queen to help protect all the creatures of nature and the outdoors. She helped host the nights star shower. Pixies from all over the land aided in the magic shower that illuminated the night sky and called on every star in the universe for their glow and power.

Tonight we are all getting ready for the next event:"Pippa's Surprise Scavenger Hunt". Tonight all guest receive a scavenger hunt map which is hiding magical gifts in a variety of places. Some can be visible to the eye, others must be unlocked through special spells. Each person gets a map and 4 hours to complete it, in order to locate all the hidden clues, which lead to the grand prize.

We will each draw a star seed out of the magic pumpkin which will have a etched symbol on it. There are two of the same symbols in the magic pumpkin, the two matching symbol holders will be partners in the scavenger hunt. I drew the crescent moon symbol and so did Iris Crane, who will be my partner in completing the scavenger hunt tonight.

This map of clues looks so hard, glad there is two of us to try and solve it. Before heading out we will each receive a distress amulet, in case we find ourselves in trouble. Xavier Holdwright created the map, he is the Great Great Great Grandson of Marcus Holdwright, creator of Holdwright Maps and Explorative Games. He will be handing out the maps and our first clues complete in his Spider Fairy Cloak. The maps are secured in a lock and carry trunk.

Well I am off to Waverly Hall at the crest of the Conservatory to begin the hunt and festivities.
This is all I know of for now. I can only share some of the highlights from this point, I'll have more to share tomorrow! Wish us luck in completing the scavenger hunt.

Magic and Joy,
xoxo
Lisa :-)))))

7 Days of Magic: Spell-a-la-palooza, Day Two

Welcome to Day Two of the Seven Days of Spell-a-la-palooza, where visitors to the blog can enter a giveaway filled with several prizes over the course of seven days. Winners will be announced Nov.3, 2013. In addition I will be announcing the 2013-2014 Design Team, unveiling new product and the www.lisakettelldesigns.com website. For rules & how to enter, scroll down to the bottom of this post.

Please visit some of these amazing fellow bloggers who are joining in the fun and have fabulous sites that are sure to peak your creativity.

http://www.thevintagegoose.blogspot.com
http://marfibradford.blogspot.com 
http://www.laurakellydesigns.com
http://auroratique.blogspot.com
Queen Trudy 
http://armenian-princess.blogspot.com
http://tabithalenox.blogspot.com
http://dandeliontwist.blogspot.com
http://sidelinebabe.blogspot.com
http://faerieenchantment.blogspot.com 
http://lovevisiting.blogspot.com

Day Two of Spellbinding Tales:

Every year when the 12th day before Halloween arrives, Pippa Bellows hosts a series of magical events at her home in Waverly Hollow. She transforms her whole barn into a glowing pumpkin where magical carved beets, turnips and gourds hang from every nook and cranny. 

As you know last night was night five of the Halloween festivities. Night five was called Potionology 101 which was taught by Professor Conrad Wiltstone, leading potion-ologist, and two time winner of the Wortley Wimbatt Award. In the workshop I created all the essential potions needed in every wizards magic box, and got to experiment with rare herbs and spells. I excelled at the Wimworm Primworm Transformation Spell. I tweaked it with some of my secret ingredients and was able to perfect it. 

By the end of the workshop each of the students created their own secret hideaways and potions, learned how to transform ourselves and how to keep our secret hideaway jars invisible from others. Such an amazing experience. 

Tonight is night six of magic and we are getting ready for the next event: "Cauldrons Run", which is the night when the rarest herbs and flowers come alive and share their yearly secrets for a better harvest and town folklore that may actually be true. These herbs and flowers then cast a spell for blessings until they come back again next year, so cool.

One of the herbs; "Violets Brumme" has already come to life, she is an early bloomer with the sweetest smell and personality. Her hair is a enchanting violet color, with hints of shimmering blue, that glows when the moonlight beams onto it.

Pippa and Violet have led us all to the edge of the woods, where Cornelius Primnott, Conrad Wiltstone, Snap Ravenwood, Lionel Grimshaw and Tinker Gazergreen are awaiting our arrival so the evening festivities can truly begin.

 

At the edge of the woods sits Wiltmoore Bridge, located behind Waverly Conservatory where our Wizard Guides are waiting. They have set up a long table with spell books, garden boxes, candles, lanterns and merriwig elixir. We have been told to bring along our wands, brooms and 2 empty potion jars. 

Then I've been told when the clock strikes 10pm, the transformation of the herbs begin. Pixies from all over the land aid in the magic shower that will illuminate the night sky and call on every star in the universe.

This is all I know for now, can't wait to share tonight's adventure with all of you tomorrow!. The pictures I shared are part of tonight's adventure. Notice the herbs and flowers coming to life in the photo above. That flower is named Luna, her sisters shown next to her are; Mina, Petunia and Seenie.

Have an enchanted evening!
xoxo
Lisa

P.S. All photos are photographed and edited with filters and handmade digital elements by me.
Lisa Kettell Designs c.2013

7 Days of Magic: Spell-a-la-palooza, Day One

Welcome to Day One of the Seven Days of Spell-a-la-palooza, where visitors to the blog can enter a giveaway filled with several prizes over the course of seven days. Winners will be announced Nov.3, 2013. In addition I will be announcing the 2013-2014 Design Team, unveiling new product and the www.lisakettelldesigns.com website. For rules & how to enter, scroll down to the bottom of this post.


Please visit some of these amazing fellow bloggers who are joining in the fun and have fabulous sites that are sure to peak your creativity.

http://www.thevintagegoose.blogspot.com
http://marfibradford.blogspot.com 
http://www.laurakellydesigns.com
http://auroratique.blogspot.com
Queen Trudy 
http://armenian-princess.blogspot.com
http://tabithalenox.blogspot.com
http://dandeliontwist.blogspot.com
http://sidelinebabe.blogspot.com
http://faerieenchantment.blogspot.com 
http://lovevisiting.blogspot.com
Day One of Spellbinding Tales:

Every year when the 12th day before Halloween arrives, Pippa Bellows hosts a series of magical events at her home in Waverly Hollow. She transforms her whole barn into a glowing pumpkin where magical carved beets, turnips and gourds hang from every nook and cranny. 

This year I was lucky to be invited to Pippa's series of events at her home in Waverly Hollow, just an hours drive north of my house. Due to other magical events, I couldn't arrive to Pippa's until the 5th night of celebration and will remain here for the next several days. What I did miss was the following nights:


-Night One: "Night of the Blue Moon Tree" 
-Night Two: "Spellbinding Tea and Trees"
-Night Three: "Badge of Caliber"
-Night Four: "The Winners Dinner"

However all is not lost, I still received my event spell bag, and novelties from the past few nights as souvenirs for my collection, courtesy of Pippa. Tonight is the 5th night in the celebrations and I'm so excited, as I will be learning all about potions and bits of alchemy in "Potionology 101". This years professor is Conrad Wiltstone, leading potion-ologist, and two time winner of the Wortley Wimbatt Award. Professor Wiltstone flew all the way from Owlstone University to teach at this event.

For three hours we will learn new potion recipes, test rare, almost forgotten one potion spells and learn transformation where we can transform one another into all types of things and places. We will first try the potion jar transformation where we will shrink and appear in a jar, transforming our jars into secret hideaways in case of an emergency where we might need to hide. A place we can store our magical creations and only we know the secret to get there. 

Pennyson's Tea Room is catering the dinner, hot pumpkin juice and sugared beet tarts for tonight's ceremonies. So excited their pumpkin juice is so good. I heard our dinner will be purple potatoes au gratin and roasted figs with garlic, onions, squash pasta and creamy butternut sauce, yum.

Are you as excited as I am to hear all about tonight's series of events? I can't wait to share them with you. For now I can only give you a few snippets from the night, just until tomorrow. Hope you ca wait for the recap and to hear all about night six which Pippa labeled: "Cauldrons Run", which is the  night when the rarest herbs and flowers come alive and share their yearly secrets for a better harvest and town folklore that may actually be true. These herbs and flowers then cast a spell for blessings until they come back again next year, so cool.

Well I'm off to prepare for the nights series of events and get ready for the magic. Hope you find some magic of your own this evening!

xoxo
Lisa

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The Pumpkin Cauldron

Another enchanted creation for Halloween, this one is called: "The Pumpkin Cauldron". The cauldron project was made using a floral foam pumpkin, Pippa Bella embellishment from Cupieology Line, Lisa Kettell Designs, Pixie Wands from Lisa Kettell Designs, handmade/dyed bottle brush tree from Lisa Kettell Designs, glittered stars, vintage bingo tokens, and other magical supplies!
 
The Story:

Every year when the 12th day before Halloween arrives, Pippa hosts a series of magical events at her home in Waverly Hollow. She transforms her whole barn into a glowing pumpkin where magical carved beets, turnips and gourds hang from every nook and cranny. 

Night One is called: "Night of the Blue Moon Tree", here Pippa and her close friends put up a series of blue trees which are known to glisten in the moon light. Each tree is adorned with magical handmade ornaments and glittery stars.

Night Two is called: "Spellbinding Tea and Trees", This is the night where Pippa and her friends sit and tell ancient tales of magic and mayhem over a pot of blue tea as they sit around the decorated blue trees.

Night Three is called: "Badge of Caliber", Every year Pippa and her friends also known as the Blue Moon Society, engage in a series of magical sports against fellow societies in the area. Here the best of the best compete in games to win badges of caliber and the highest honor in the games: The Silver Cup.

Night Four is called: "The Winners Dinner", Pippa's land hosts the annual Badge of Caliber awards dinner. You will find a private fun fair, and 100 foot long table where guests dine on a delicious dinner and bevy of treats.

Night Five is called: "Potionology 101", for three hours Pippa and her friends share new potion recipes and test rare, almost forgotten ones, over hot pumpkin juice and sugared beet tarts.

Night Six is called: "Cauldrons Run", This is the night when the rarest herbs and flowers come alive and share their yearly secrets for a better harvest and town folklore that may actually be true. These herbs and flowers then cast a spell for blessings until they come back again next year.

Night Seven is called: "Pippa's Surprise Scavenger Hunt", here Pippa conjures up a scavenger hunt, hiding magical gifts in a variety of places. Each person gets a map and 4 hours to complete it, in order to locate their prizes.

Night Eight is called: "Unicorn's Flight School", Pippa and her friends are taught how to ride unicorns and pegasus instead of their brooms.

Night Nine is called: "Amulets of Protection Workshop", Here Pippa and her friends, make new protection amulets to ward off anything bad and protect them all year long.

Night Ten is called: "Harvest of Light", The annual harvest of lights carnival is held on Pippa's land, filled with magical rides including the Mermaid Lagoon Float, The Comet and Carousel of Magic rides, candy apples, caramel corn and pumpkin ice cream are always a must.

Night Eleven is called: "Halloween Wizards Dinner", Pippa's Uncle Woodcliff, invites highly recognized wizards across the land to a special ceremonial dinner at his castle located at the tip of Waverly Hollow, easily accessible from Pippa's underground tunnel located underneath her barn.

Night Twelve is called: "Halloween Masquerade", Here everyone in the land begins their night at Pippa's annual party to celebrate all things magical and Halloween.

After Halloween ends, Pippa keeps here trees up and switches their decor to get ready for Christmas in December and Wizard Month in January. Stay tuned for all the fun and adventures awaiting Pippa and You!

Here are some pictures of The Pumpkin Cauldron Project!

Hope you all have a magic and enchanted fill night!
xoxo
Lisa