As of 2 o'clock this morning, I returned from my wonderful night at the Witches Ball. Granted, I would have had a bit more fun had I had a friend with me, but as it stands I had a blast. The costumes of the other participants were a treat to look at. Some dressed in more "serious" costumes, while others took a more comical route, for example the one boy who dressed as an extrememly convincing Beetlejuice. There were three floors of fun to explore and I spent most of my time sitting listening to the music. I should have been dancing, but unlike Faerie Worlds...the space didn't take into account those with wings and I wasn't willing to de-wing myself to meet with the space limitations ;)

The basement had an assortment of little boothes, which I poked around a bit and ended up buying two daggers, one for me (King Arthur inspired) and one for my friend as a birthday present. The most exciting thing for me though was when I went into the room where all of the tarot card readings were being done. I sat down across from this one older woman who had this really kindly look to her and had to laugh at myself a couple of times because of how accurate her reading was. She combine tarot, animal cards, and astrology, so everything she said hit home with me. A lot of it was learning to trust my intuition, not let others control me, and letting go of painful relationships, but there was one part that made me nearly fall out of my chair. She asked me if I had any questions to ask of her and I said I did, but I wasn't sure it was something tarot could answer. She told me to ask it anyway and so, I asked her about King Arthur. See, pretty much since the time I made the change from girl to young woman, every time I've had a dream where I've been married, it's been to him. He never wears a crown or has Excalibur, or anything else that would distinguish him to others as King Arthur, but I know who he is.

I asked my question and she told me to pick three cards. The three I picked were "past", "karma", and "abundance". I was then told that the cards were telling her that in a past life, I was very happily married to either King Arthur or someone extremely close to him. I nearly fell out of my chair when she told me that and now that I think about it...it makes pretty good sense. Why else would I be so obsessed with Arthurian Legend, or be angry with Sir Thomas Malory when he wrote something about Arthur's character that I didn't agree with? After hearing that, I am extremely curious about my past lives and I'm going to try to seek out help to find out more. I want to know who I was.

Ta-da! This is me.

The ball is drawing nearer and nearer to me, with only a week left to finish my costume! I need to get one part of it dry cleaned (neeeeh), but all the other pieces are almost together. I have a few finishing touches here and there, but I think I'll be done with time to spare.

I decided to take a walk and explore the park that is pretty much in my front yard and found a beautiful place for me to practice drawing and to photograph my faeries. Yay!

I love making my faeries so much and then naming them all. This one is called Lela. I've been adding more and more sisters to her family in these past few weeks that they're running out of places to sit!

This weekend I am floating on a very high cloud because I finally pushed myself to buy a ticket to a Witches Ball in my area. For a while, I didn't want to go because I was afraid I would miss handing out candy to trick-or-treaters and because I would be going by myself and not know anyone, but yesterday I decided to go for it. From what I've experienced at Faerie Worlds and other pagan events I've gone to, people are extremely friendly, so I'm bound to meet at least one new friend at the ball.

The best part for me, however, is the fact that it's a costume ball! That means I get to go dressed as the true faery I am...which means that Tangle has to work on her costume to make it perfect for the 25th.

These past few months I've felt so alive and joyful because I've been going to festivals where I feel like I can really be me and not get repremanded for it. I've realized that I need to keep attending these festivals to be truly happy in life. Faerie Worlds, Faerie Con, Witches Ball, and any other event I can find. 

*SQUEE* I'm so excited!!

Will anyone on EF be going to the Denver Witches Ball? If anyone is, I'll keep my eyes open for you :)

...or not so hidden, as the case may be. While I was taking hundreds of reference photos on my train trip through the mountains with my Mom yesterday, I found what I think is a faery tree.

I might hate driving in snow and I may not enjoy city life because I'm such a hobbit like that, but I do love Colorado for it's natural beauty.

And this lake made me wish I had a little cottage on its edge.

Johhny Fedora met Alice Bluebonnet in the window of the department store...

UGH! All I have to do is think about the name "Johnny" and I have that old Disney cartoon spinning non-stop through my head. I'm not even thinking about singing the song and here I am watching the cartoon in my head and singing right along with it.

And now I have " With a Smile and a Song" from Snow White in my head because I thought to myself, " what do I do to get a song out of my head?"

ANYWAY. That was not what I wanted to say. What I wanted to just give a little update on ( ugh...I just added " Give a Little Whistle" to the soundtrack in my head) was my apartment. With the help of my Mother, I am officially moved in and unpacked. When I'm finished decorating the apartment, I'll be sure to post a bunch of pictures, but the overall theme of the decore is faeries. I have glow in the dark plastic faeries dancing all over my house, curtains, posters, and little dolls all over the place. I'm really excited that it's all FINALLY coming together....and looking at my Halloween decorations made me think of  " Grim Grinnin' Ghosts" so now we add that one to the growing list of songs I can't get out of my head...

Yay, I can finally entertain guests  and cook for myself! I can't begin to tell you how much both of those things makes me dance about with glee.