Welcome, to our Witch’s Tea Party!
If you’re blogging along with us, leave a link to your themed-post in the comments below. Be sure to visit the other blogs listed in the comments, leave a comment of your own, and share on social media!
Trick or treat! Won’t you enjoy our Halloween witch’s tea with a selection of vintage witch postcards?
Postcards got “big” during the Victorian era. Most of the fun Halloween cards I’ve found date from the early 1900s.
Halloween postcards have become the most sought after among collectors, driving up the price. And who wouldn’t want a sexy witch like this one?
Personally, I prefer postcards with poems, spells, or folklore on the front. I also like cards that have something written by the sender on the back. The writing lowers the card’s value, but how else am I going to get to legally read someone else’s mail?
Some of the most popular cards were by the artists Ellen Clapsaddle (above), Samuel Schmucker, and Frances Brundage. This card shows the old tradition of seeing the man you’ll marry in the mirror if you aim it over your shoulder on Halloween. Some variants say you need to do this while walking down the stairs. I wonder how many Halloween-related fatalities that caused?
Now send some magic our way, and post the link to your Witch’s Tea or Halloween-themed blog in the comments below!
About the Author
Kirsten Weiss is the author of The Hermetic Detective, the 7th and final book in the Riga Hayworth series of paranormal mystery novels. It’s available today on Amazon, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble!
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I am talking about fall leaves, or the lack thereof where I live, and my favorite pumpkin muffins to warm your soul at A Wandering Eyre http://wanderingeyre.com/2015/10/31/fall-pumpkin-muffins-a-recipe-for-a-witchs-tea-party/
They sound delicious!
I invite all of you to visit Candy’s Monsters blog for my special Witch’s Tea Party contribution. It’s not a spell or a poem, but it is a true story of an early encounter with a witch and how it helped me become the storyteller that I am today…
http://www.candysmonsters.com/defying-the-witch-a-true-story/
Read defying the witch and tell me what you think of my childhood dilemma when parsing out the line between lies & fiction.
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Hi, Happy Halloween. Here’s my blog post, a Halloween poem for a Competition, some links to my Halloween themed posts and more links to take you to Halloween parties including yours, and a picture of me in a Witch’s hat!!https://kyrosmagica.wordpress.com/2015/10/31/1st-halloween-poetry-contest-from-writers-treasure-chest-and-more/
No witches in our post–except those in costume–just some Halloween nostalgia as our authors talk about their trick-or-treating fun as kids. (Psst! Find out what Kirsten’s favorite candy is. I’ll bet you’re surprised!))
http://misteriopress.com/2015/10/are-you-more-a-trickster-or-a-treatee-and-a-new-release/
Happy Halloween! This is my favorite holiday, and it snuck up on me this year! Can we extend it another week or two?
I’m in a group blog with three other mystery writers over at Chicks on the Case, and we’ve been celebrating the season with some Halloween-themed posts:
Fear Factor: The Chicks Face Their Fears
Apparently for some of us, the scariest costume imaginable would be someone dressed as an elevator…
http://chicksonthecase.com/2015/10/16/fear-factor-the-chicks-face-their-fears/
Scream Queens: Our favorite scary movies
I love a scary movie, and was surprised to find that some of my fellow bloggers are big chickens!
http://chicksonthecase.com/2015/10/23/scream-queens-our-favorite-scary-movies/
Eat, Drink, and Be Scary: How Our Main Characters Would Celebrate Halloween
Candy binges, voodoo priestesses, pet costume contests and zombie weddings—our main characters have big plans this Halloween!
http://chicksonthecase.com/2015/10/30/eat-drink-and-be-scary-how-our-main-characters-would-celebrate-halloween/
Stop on by and say hi! We love making new friends.
Marla
Oh, those sound like fun posts. I’ll have to check them out once the trick-or-treaters let me sit still for more than a minute!
I love these postcards, Kirsten! I hope Kathy checks them out.
I love these postcards, Kirsten. I hope Kathy checks them out.