Haunted House Online Party ~ Gertie's Little Halloween Bash and Giveaway draw

Come with me.... down to the bottom of Hazel Hill...

 past the pumpkins...

over the bridge.....

Oh look... there is Pumpinella bringing her best pumpkin cake to the party...

Let's glance through the window....Gertie has been busy baking sweets and cakes...

Even the dragons and owls are joining in the fun....

Through the door and everyone is here.....

There is Pumpinella, Mischievous Maddy, Hubbywitch and Aunt Agatha all joining Gertie in the fun....

Now Pumpinella has been given the very important job of holding the bowl with all the Giveaway names...

and Mischievous Maddy is pulling the name out for the draw....

and the winner is ......

Dark Squirrel Victoria   :0)

and because Maddy is very mischievous indeed, she reckoned 269 followers was close enough to 275 so she pulled out a second name for a smaller prize.....
and that is ...

Jane at Witchery Grove  :0)

Congratulations to Victoria for winning the main giveaway of the little sampler and congratulations to Jane for winning the 'extra' draw, I will send you a little surprise something.
Please could both of you email me with your addresses. Thank you to everybody who joined in and left comments, I had heaps of entries and our little Meg had fun pulling the name out and yes, she is the real mischievous one who said there had to be two names drawn! LOL

So, let's leave the girls to their party food now...

and pop over to see what the boys are up to at Wizards and Wands...

Hmnn... as I thought, they are about to tuck into my Spidey cake!

Now I'm off over to Kat's to see everyone else's Halloween online parties :0)

Happy Halloween to you all

Thank you for coming, I hope you have enjoyed our week of Halloween :0)

Julia and Hywel xxx

Halloween Post 1 ~ Making spooky stained glass for Gertie

I bought this outliner sheet at Hobbeycraft and because its a wet, miserable day today, I thought I would give them a go.

I used them for the windows in Gertie's cottage and used my glass paint to fill them in. For a couple of pound for the sheet, I think they are a bargain and they turned out ok :)
The outline goes on...

and then I added a touch of glass paint...

Bats on the windows :)

So, that's part of what I have been doing this morning....

.....the other thing I have been doing is taking a photograph for my giveaway... yep... I am thrilled, we now have 250 followers, so as promised I will be holding a giveaway.

I will do the Giveaway blog post after this one with all the details on how to enter :)

Julia xx

Gertie's Little Industrious Cottage Part 4 ~ the potion greenhouse and farewell Gertie

So into the potion greenhouse we go......

to look at Gertie's benches of pots, magical plants and potion bottles....

There are all sorts of half made potions here.... and could that be some big green toes I can see on the side? ...... 

Oh dear Gertie! Not another spell gone wrong, you've turned your little helper into another big,  green dragon and he looks well fed up!! ......

..... sprawled out on the bench, waiting for a reversal potion....none here though....

maybe the little green goblin would help... if he would stop eating all those raspberries....

or maybe the answer is in the book of potions....

Well, we should be leaving now... before it gets late.... Gertie is already fast asleep in her chair... again....

Come on, we'll use the Potion Greenhouse doors...we don't want to disturb Gertie.....

Quietly now, close the doors behind you...

and wave goodbye to the green dragon as we pass, a smile may cheer him up a little bit!!

It didn't?
Oh well, go quietly past his brother then, we had better not disturb him too....

A final wave goodbye to the dragon in the window....

and a sad glance back ......

it's time to say goodbye to Gertie's little cottage......

Until October 31st that is, for Gertie is having a party for Kat's Halloween House Party.....

See you then ;0) 

Credit today goes to;

Nikki for the fairy and potion boards, rat in a compost sack and Mandrake potting tray
Michelle for a great spiky plant, Gertie's favourite daisy and seedling tray
Janice for the fab flower jar, tall potion jar in far corner and old papers
Midnights Dreams Etsy Store for the fancy topped potion jars on the top shelf

Treasures bought from Jenny Kelm (mushrooms in pot) and Karin Casper (potion book on stand) at Miniatura
Little Mandrake in pot by NJD Miniatures
Goblin with raspberries by Country Companions, who are no longer selling on Ebay
Green 'Slob Dragons' bought at our local market


Everything else is made by me or hubby.... unless you have spotted one of yours that I missed! If so, let me know and I will add you :0)

Thank you all to joining me this week for my tour of Gertie's cottage, I hope you have enjoyed it. I had great fun making up these posts. I think we see more tales from Hazel Hill and its inhabitants in the future :0)


See you soon....

Julia xxxx

Please respect that all the images and text here are copyright.
The work that has gone into making Gertie's cottage has come about through a lot of dedication, love , sweat and yes, sometimes frustration by myself, hubby and fellow peeps who have contributed through Gertie swaps, giveaways and purchases. I am happy for you to link to these posts or to 'borrow' some images if you so wish, but please ASK first and let me know where the image will be used.. so that I can be nosy!! xx

Gertie's Little Industrious Cottage Part 3 ~ Where's the stairs?

Nope, the little dragon didn't pull the cotton down... he knows the big black witch is looking down at him ....or is it the owls that are making him behave?

So he is just sitting there, looking up at Gertie's bedroom and playing guess which broomstick Gertie will use to go upstairs tonight?

When it starts to get dark....

'Cos Gertie has no room in her little cottage for stairs, so she has to use one of her broomsticks....

To go to upstairs.....

Where she dries her herbs.....

stores her maps....

practices some spells....

and reads in bed :0)

Gertie is a tidy witch though, no messy washing piles here!!

so back down we go.... time to look in the potion greenhouse now....

or maybe we'll do that tomorrow....

Credit today goes to....

Mini artman for the fantastically detailed hand painted 'Black witch' painting.

Mairitales Etsy Store for the Pumpkin candle and Ivy display

Nikki for the Pumpkin on the mantelpiece, the 'Pumpkin Soup' board, the gold hanging potion and unicorn book

Kat for the broomsticks and green and brown hats in Gertie's bedroom

Michelle for the black leather witches hat, book by Gertie's bed and the green felt bag

Janice for the fabulous old maps and papers and the great little wooden pot in Gertie's bedroom

Kate for the superb stack of books

Debbie for the most superbly shaped green bottle I have ever seen

and everything else is made by me or hubby.... unless you have spotted one of yours that I missed! If so, let me know and I will add you :0)

Last post tomorrow and I have to admit, I am glad, these posts take forever to put together!!!

Have a good day everyone and thank you so much for all the wonderful comments and emails, they really are appreciated by both me and hubby who worked so hard to put this magical cottage together for me :0)

Julia xxx

 A request from Kim...

The Witches Hat Bannister...

Please respect that all the images and text here are copyright. The work that has gone into making Gertie's cottage has come about through a lot of dedication, love , sweat and yes, sometimes frustration by myself, hubby and fellow peeps who have contributed through Gertie swaps, giveaways and purchases. I am happy for you to link to these posts or to 'borrow' some images if you so wish, but please ASK first and let me know where the image will be used.. so that I can be nosy!! xx

Gertie's Little Industrious Cottage Part 2 ~ Come on In

 

 

and so the door opens......

Welcome in.....

Don't worry about those big teeth in the corner....

He doesn't bite... Gertie was trying out a handsome prince potion, do you think it worked??

I think he is probably looking in the potion cupboard for an 'undo the previous potion' potion!!

or maybe he has his eye on that wasp on the apple....

I think the Pumpkin soup and mushroom cupcakes look tastier....

but mind out for that big black spider on the bottom shelf...

So where is Gertie? Ah, there she is.....

Sitting in her favourite chair, by the Aga. I bet she is about to eat some of that pumpkin soup....

With another of her pet dragons at her feet....

who is enjoying the sun coming in through the window....



or... is he about to pull that piece of cotton hanging down from the dresser???

We'll have to wait and see untill tomorrow....

Credit today goes to....

Midnights Dreams Etsy store for the ornate potion bottles in the potion cupboard and the broomstick cupboard
Michelle for the green felted bag hanging in the potion cupboard door
Kate for the wonderful bookstack, mushroom cupcakes and books on the dresser
Streetshill Miniatures for the wasp on the apple
Nikki for the Pumpkin soup boards and the big silver scissors
Kat for the 2 fancy brooms in the broomstick cupboard
Giddy Kipper Dolls for Gertie and her chair

The dresser was a fab ebay find.
The pumpkin teapot is a Miniatura treasure
The hexagon table is a fellow bloggers treasure
The wood look corner chair is DHE.. the cushion is one of mine
The green china was bought in a dolls house fair
and....
everything else was made by me or hubby... I think... if I have forgotten anything you can see of yours, wave a hand and I will add your link :0)

Hope you enjoyed....back tomorrow :0)

Julia xxxx

Please respect that all the images and text here are copyright. The work that has gone into making Gertie's cottage has come about through a lot of dedication, love , sweat and yes, sometimes frustration by myself, hubby and fellow peeps who have contributed through Gertie swaps, giveaways and purchases. I am happy for you to link to these posts or to 'borrow' some images if you so wish, but please ASK first and let me know where the image will be used.. so that I can be nosy!! xx