A Very Witchy Spelling Bee by George Shannon, Illustrated by Mark Fearing

Happy Halloween/ Happy Samhain to all of you!

Today I am so excited to be able to share my Halloween Day with the tea loving community as I am headed to work  at the tea shop for the day. I will join my boys later for their post trick or treating pizza after work. I love Halloween. I always have.

This year I am going to share a book review of one of my true favorites...

This book is lovely and delightful for the under 8 crowd. In A Very Witchy Spelling Bee the main character, takes learning her spells and spelling very seriously and she becomes a very confident and thoughtful young witch. This lovely story about a spelling bee, shows how age doesn't matter and that confidence and kindness goes a very long way. I love reading this book and having this book read to me. A very sweet story and one I am thrilled to own.

You can find a copy to love on Amazon by clicking here (I am not an amazon affiliate) 
Happy Halloween and thank you for joining me for a cup of tea and a children's book review this very Witchy Wednesday!
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Witches Brew Craft Idea...

If you know me at all you know I love witches! Reading about them, writing about them, hosting witches tea parties and creating witch themed tea items, like the Witches Brew Loose Tea Potion Holder I made for myself.

I found this fun craft at Michaels the craft store and waited for my 40% off coupon. The holder was $19.99 in Canada.  I used a dollar store bottle of black acrylic paint and a foam paint brush to paint the bamboo structure. I let it dry and then I filled it with 5 of my favorite murchies loose leaf teas.

I was very happy to lend it to a young friend for her witches tea party this year as well. Looks pretty cute on her windowsill.

 Thank you for joining me today for a cup of tea and a fun witches tea time craft. Sending you love from the tea shop!
I would love to hear from you so please leave me a comment here or email me at karenmowen@gmail.com

Happy Halloween Early Morning Tea and Reflection.

"Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen. voices whisper in the trees, "Tonight is Halloween ' -Dexter Kozen

It is Halloween, I can not believe it, it is finally here! I also can not believe I waited this long to put the hat on my tea pot! Love how that looks!

I was given a lovely treat in the mail yesterday by my friend Lisa of Lisa K's Book Reviews I got my very own little tea house shown above. It was such a welcome surprise from such a lovely lady! 
I hope that you all have a very blessed and safe Halloween. Looks like it will be a very soggy one here! I have purchased 100 Koolaid Juice Boxes to hand out again tonight. I have done this for the last several years and the kids love it, by the time they get to my door they were always asking me for something to drink so I decided a few years back to try this and everyone loved it. Don't worry I have something for the littlest trick or treators too not everyone wants the juice! 
Thank you for joining me for A Cup of Tea and A Cozy Mystery this morning. I hope to see you again tomorrow.

Halloween Eve Tea Morning Tea Party For One

Well it is Halloween Eve Morning and I am trying to have a tea party for one. I was up most of the night, between the cats and the excitement of wear your costume to school day, sleep has alluded me.
I started Pickin' Murder by Vicki Vass yesterday and am already enjoying it.

Here is a sneak peak to what my two younger kids are wearing to school today, I made both costumes and (am modeling them for you)and well, I did not take into account the monsoon weather we are having so I hope that the costumes make it all the way through school today and not act as giant sponges.

You may notice I made doll sized versions as well, these are for my paid doll writing work and they were actually an after thought. Oliver's M&M costume turned out so well I was really excited to see it in doll size too, my youngest Alex wanted to be a twister board and the spinner is his hat but I am not wearing it in the photo.
Good thing I am all of about 5 feet tall so should ever the need arise I can borrow either costume.

Don't worry though I will be sporting my regular hat tomorrow though for school today I have a slightly more fun facinator style.

Squirrel and I wish you a very Happy Halloween Eve and we are off to try to steal a moment to read between going to the grocery story for treats for the Trick Or Treator's and back to school for the Halloween Parade.
Enjoy your day. Thank you for joining me for A Cup of Tea and A Halloween Sneak Peek today! I would love to hear from you so please leave me a comment here or email me at karenmowen@gmail.com