Hey Blogland! Remember me? Yes, it has been way too long since I have visited my cyber OZ, & connected with all of my wickedly awesome Blogland friends. My Broom is tapping me on my shoulder because he wants me to say that he has missed all of you too! I have let life get in the way of my blogging passion. I just wanted to take some time to share with all of you some windows I painted for my job. Here we go!

July 4th windows

Summer Fun windows

Halloween windows

Thanksgiving windows

Little close up action here. I had turkeys hiding from the farmer.

I even painted the windows had the Senior Care Home my husband works at.

Christmas windows

These below are the windows at my house. We bought a house! So very much has happened since last I visited Blogland.

  

Here is my cat Ramses trying to catch a snowflake as I painted it!

Full shot of the window we put our tree up in front of!

I promise to poof back i more often. I have been the Manager of the tobacco store I started working at a month after moving to PA. just over two years ago. I have been in that gig for over a year now. I love it but it does take up the time I was hoping to spend doing crafting & visiting craft fairs. Oh well, such is life. Hugs to all of you!

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Never Forget The "Little Things" Count

 Hello Blogland! It's Beth from Wiccan Make Some Too. 

Here I am helping out my friend Amie while she is recovery from her surgery. Shout out to Amie! Feel better soon Girl! (cyber hugs)

 Today I want to talk to all of you about the "little things". You know those things you do for your loved ones that don't seem all that important but at the end of the day, they end up meaning quite a bit to the other person.  Maybe you took back some lunch meat to the store cause they gave your husband Honey Baked Ham instead of the Black Forest Ham that he ordered. Or you go that extra mile just to make someone feel special. My son called me yesterday to tell me that his wife was being "mean" to him. I asked him if he deserved it & he replied that he probably did. So I told him that I had no problem with her being mean to him if that was the case. That was all the call entailed but it was my son's way of letting me know he was thinking of me & that meant a lot.  Like for Valentine's Day I got my Hubs some balloons & for an extra $.50 I got a sheet of poster board. I brought it all home, took the poster board & made a sign from the cats & from our bunny Bandit (we lost Bandit the next day due to health problems) Then I  placed it outside in the driveway so he saw it as he came home from work. The neighbors & passers by saw it too! Here it is:

It reads "We love U Dad" 

He was so tickled with this & it did not take much out of my day to do that for him

 As I was making some shamrocks out of toilet paper rolls, I also made this for my Hubs in honor of our bunny Bandit:

It took very little time & he was so happy that I did that he actually brought it up the next day, telling me how much it meant to him. I was like " Uh...toilet paper roll? Not a big deal!" But to him it was. So take a minute & write a note to slip into your husband's briefcase or on the dashboard of his car or in your child's lunch box  that says "Hey, I love you" If you are in line at the store & you see a candy bar you know the hubby likes or a magazine with an article you know will interest them., grab it it put it in your cart. Yea, okay, it may seem stupid but those things count too & says " I think about you even when you are not around." My husband & I have an anniversary this month on the 16th. 

 Us on our Honeymoon in Key West

We have been together since 1996 & our relationship is still great cause we take the time to show each other that we care with little things. 

So ...it only takes a second or two but it will stay with the person forever.

Guest Blogging Today at Crystal's Craft Spot!

 Yup, I am a Guest Blogger here today at Crystal's Craft Spot! Wanna give a special shout out to my Girl Crystal for letting me be here today. So hi out there Blogland. (sending finger waves).  Some of you know who I am. I am that crazy witch from Wiccan MakeSome Too.

Okay...ahem, time to get to business. As some of you may know, I will be moving from sunny Florida to the frozen tundra of Pennsylvania in April. (brrrrr) I get poultry pimples just thinking about it (you know....goose bumps) I have lived in Florida since 1997 & my blood has thinned quite a bit. I grew up in Maryland & had a hard time dealing with the winters up there then. How am I gonna fare in Pennsylvania? That may end up becoming another blog possibly titled Wiccan Hibernate Some Too. Gonna be drinking plenty of these:

Wearing a lot of these:

Doing a $%*# load of this:
 

Getting a pair of these:

I will be having a tough time learning how to do this:

Cause I have a Broom that never lets me sleep over 4 hours a night. So wish me luck, send me ideas on how to keep warm & maybe you all have some great Hot Toddy recipes you can share with me!

Thanks again Crystal for letting hang out at your place today! Follow Crystal's Blog if you don't already. I love to check in to see what she is up to.

Holiday Window Painting

 Oh Blogland. I owe all of you my sincere apologies yet again. Why does life have to rear its ugly head sometimes & take up all of your free time? My job has been crazy lately. Two people quit & that had us frazzled to say the least. With the store open 7 days a week & going from a staff of six down to four, chaos ensues. Then our manager ended up in the hospital on the 7th of November & is still not released to come back to work by her doctors. So four went down to three. We have been running around like crazy people, working tons of hours. When I come home after work I enter Zombie mode. I am there but not there if you know what I mean. We now have two new hires. One has started training but is catching on at a rather slow pace & the other starts training on Saturday. Fingers are crossed that they work out & some  free time will be once again become normal & not a thing of the past. I hope you all forgive me. My Broom is not even speaking to me right now. What a time it has been! I wanted to share with all of you the windows I painted for my job. These I painted with tempura paints. I had a blast doing these..........now onto the photos!

 Here is my snowman with some snow covered pine trees. Yes, he is smoking a cigar.......I work at a Tobacco Store my pretties.

Next up is my penguin. Ain't he cute? He is accented with some holly berries & leaves.

Here are some holly berries & leaves I did on the door.

Next up is my Santa. I adore this guy. You gotta love his wonky eyes!

Last is a candy cane with the name of the store. These were all done free hand. No stencils were involved. I am scheduled to do the windows at the nursing home my husband works at on my next couple hours off from my job.

 December is normally a super crazy month what with all the shopping one has to do. I am looking to clone myself. Anyone have any idea how to do that? There are so many projects I am itching to do for the Holiday.  Hope all of you out there in Blogland had an awesome Turkey Day. 

I so miss you all.

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Ghosts Orbs At Nemacolin Castle

Hey Blogland! I have been so eager to share with all of you the photos I took at Nemacolin Castle here in PA.

Nemacolin is in Brownsville a mere 20 minute drive for me. I will most assuredly be going back to this wickedly haunted place! My grandson Ryan went with me. Ryan is a budding Ghost Hunter & he had tons of fun. We couldn't really tell if we captured anything on film until I got home & uploaded the photos to the computer. We got quite a bit of stuff & I am uber excited to show them to you all!

 The first orb I caught was on the first photo I took while in the castle. I really wish you could all see these photos bigger than what the blog allows. I was having a hard time breathing in this room & later found out that those who are sensitive to "other things around them" have the same experience! Wickedly Cool! (okay, well not too cool when I could not breath but you get where I am coming from)

 This photo was taken in an upstairs hallway.  This orb is one of a few that appear to have faces in them..........goose bump time!

This photo shows a small orb on a staircase that is reported to be haunted by a young boy who cries on the stairs. Poor kid. I wonder what he is crying about. It makes me sad to know of a child spirit that is unhappy.

Taken in a smaller third floor bedroom there appears to be a mass of some sort trying to manifest itself.  I wish I could have stayed longer in that room but the tour was moving pretty fast.

 This photo is one of my "prize shots". Three orbs in one shot! When larger you can see a face in the one with the star next to it. It is really clear too! Uber exciting!

 Chills down your spine time! Check out the orb over the man's face. Everyone I have shown this to gets the chills looking at it. Wickedly awesome if you ask me.

 I know you are thinking "Oh Beth, that is the moon outside the window!" No. That night the moon was a thin cresent shape.

 Outside after the tour I took quite a few more photos of the outside of Nemacolin Castle. Two orbs in this shot with the upper one also having a face in it.

I have more shots with orbs but they are not able to be seen when in blogger format.

Here is my Ghost Hunting grandson, Ryan. He was talking with me about his experiences in the house. He also cannot wait to go back. I entered in a drawing to spend the night at the castle with a guest. Of course the guest would have been my grandson! Since I have not heard anything to date I am guessing that not one of my 20 tickets was drawn........bummer.  We would have been able to stay overnight with some local Ghost Hunters & get to use their equipment.  Oh well, I will be looking into being able to hang out with some Ghost Hunters in the area so Ryan & I can go on the hunt once again!

Nemacolin Castle

If you want to check out the photos in larger scale, hit my Facebook page & check them out. This is a direct link to the album.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2121937530358.2104467.1303415958&type=1&l=db7119a88a

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Wickedly Crafty Saturdays (11/05/11)

 I am bowing down to all of you in Blogland. Once again I am late with Wickedly Crafty Saturdays. Unfortunately things happen beyond our control. To make a very long story short, we have a creepy neighbor who does really dumb stuff when he is drunk. (this happens to be most of the time) The other night he stole the tag off of my car. The police know it is him, as we do, but there is no way to prove it. Life has been chaotic to say the least. Okay apology made....onto the fun. Cause the Powers That Be know I sure need some!

Favorites from last week:

These adorable shrunken heads from MJ over at My Busy Craft Life

 Aren't they just the cutest????

These wickedly awesome Spooky Gifts from Patty at On Hollyhock Farm

I would be tickled to get a gift such as this!

 Next up:

This so creative Halloween House from Amie over at Pinkapotamus

I just adore the tomb stones & the bats & the...everything!

Most clicked link......(drum roll please)

Mary Poppins props from  Tales of a Trophy Wife

 You have to check out the accuracy of the hat details! She has a photo of Mary Poppins in her hat & it looks like the exact same one! Bravo.

You know the procedure ladies! Grab a button & show the world that you are Wickedly Crafty.

Now onto the party. Link up your stuff. Not a lot of rules here. Please be nice & click on some other links. Heck you can make new friends & see some wickedly creative ideas you probably never even thunk of!

PARTY ON!