Imagine a Place...........
Where the pages of a photograph album come alive for a Mysterieux Carnival!
Le Mysterieux Carnival, where a mystical castle and the enchanting forest surround the king and queen and their little prince and princesses.
Imagine.
By orders of the king, the traveling carnival is coming to town! Promised to his children for the fall festival, a scary-go-round, masks with fairy glitter to wear and carnival booths to sell candy, treats and pastries. And, as a special reward to his children for a beautiful comedic performance on the castle stage, the king will grant his children their wish to host a haunted tour through the castle for the townspeople.
Deep in the woods, the mysterieux gypsy camp
To get to the castle, the traveling gypsy caravan must travel down moonlit roads, where eerie cries beckon from the tree limbs.
Down spooky, cobblestoned town streets
And Under mysterieux moonlight
Through town gates
and past foggy towers
And scary palaces
Until we reach the castle!
Under the fairy lights of the magical carnival tents the gypsies rest until morning when the King's children set up their carnival booths
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The Ticket Booth
To enter you must have a Silver Ticket!
Princesses wearing their glittered masks
Treats Booth
Where treats with the scent of cotton candy and pumpkin spice fill the air
Castle cake with gummy worm moat
Pumpkins filled with candied gummy worms
Candy boxes filled with candied fingers and other goodies
Pumpkins filled with pink marshmallow bats
And pumpkins filled with ooze and goo!
Delicious Zombie Eyes
source ~ Happier Than a Pig in Mud
Pumpkin booth
Children selling tickets for the haunted castle tour
Booths with home wares
And the Scary-Go-Round
Be careful, it is covered in cobwebs and spiders!
The castle entrance
Through the creaking door to the haunted tour
Meet your tour guide
Follow her down the long corridor
Where strange faces on the wall are watching you
The castle room with the stage set up where the children play
Your guide to the balcony
Down sill more frightful hallways
And finally out to the balcony
Where you look down on the town below
One of the haunted rooms in the castle.
See the ghosts on the wall, watch your back!
The children do not play here, I wonder why?
Frightful and Scary Tapestry
A scary coach for the king
Nightfall at The Castle of the Loire
Thanks for coming along with me on my haunted castle tour. As you can see from an unedited photo it was indeed a foggy and scary tour with dungeons and spooks at every turn. Hope I didn't scare you too much!
Le Mysterieux Carnival hosted by
Frosted Petunias and Incipient Wings
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Ooo, you're way too spooky for me.
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Those are some really neat pictures! What a fun post...your "tour guides" crack me up!
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Mrs. Sarah Coller
A fun eerie Halloween post! Thanks for the shout out and have a great weekend:@)
ReplyDeletewow.....wow.....wow!!!!!
ReplyDeleteEmily you should do Vanessa's Halloween party too with this fabulous and delightful post! xoxo (It's on my sidebar)
Oh, Emily, that was fun!!! Thanks for the spooky tour! Happy Pink Saturday! ~Lorraine ♥♥♥
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!! Good food, makes me hungry! Love the childrens costumes and fabulous pictures! Celeste
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Such lovely photography and effects. And your goodies are so adorable. I love the castle cake.
ReplyDeleteHyacinth Noir
This is awesome!!! Great pictures! I am so glad you are in the party!
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Isabelle
http://lechateaudesfleurs.blogspot.com/2012/10/mysterieux-vintage-carnival-party-ideas.html
Why am I reading this post alone and late at night? The music is getting faster! Are the walls moving or is my head swirling?
ReplyDeleteSuch a creative post. Lovely photographs and great writing :)
ReplyDeleteEmily, my friend, I had every confidence that you'd come up with something spectacular without even the slightest suggestion from me. :) Castle cakes, glitter-masked princesses, AND marshmallow bats?!? What's not to love? I absolutely LOVE how you brought this castle tour alive from your very own photographs. Love, love, love!!!! And none of it was too freakish which isn't too appealing to me. PERFECTO!!! BRAVO!!! ENCORE!!!
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Marcia
Thank you for the beautiful presentation. I love European architecture and I especially loved the king's coach! :-)
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What a fun (and spooky) trip through the castle! I love your effects - quite inspiring!
ReplyDeleteRobin
What a fabulous post, thank you for letting me come to your carnival!
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Victoria from Brushstrokes
Great carnival post :-) love all the masques and chateau photos, Debi x
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Happy PS ~~lovely post :))
ReplyDeleteKay Ellen
Amazing photos and pictures thank you for sharing them with me !
ReplyDeleteplease feel free to stop by and visit me too! Julie x
Love the altered moon and the masks.
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos! I so enjoyed my visit to your carnival!
ReplyDeleteAngela
http://whimsyways.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/its-timefor-le-mysterieux-carnival.html
Oh Lovely Carnival, Really liked the way you had to go to get there!! Spooky, Hazelxox
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Dearest Emily, I love your imagination in this post. What fun. Happy Halloween, Olive
ReplyDeleteSimply beautiful and mysterious! Happy Pink Saturday.
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Have a great weekend!
Emily, I was actually holding my breath as I was reading along, great fun post! Beautiful images. I was a little spooked, for sure. And the background music is perfect!! xo
ReplyDeleteOh, Emily....this post is so, so creeptastic in a very elegant, very *you* sort of way....I so love it, and that cake is amazing. I hope you will make some of these treats for Mr. Connor! :D
ReplyDeleteLOVE the music for your carnival, too. I have bookmarked it so I can come back and visit later on again during the weekend.
I guess Tuscaloosa is a bit more quiet this weekend with fall break. It has been nice having Shanley home!!!
I have enjoyed attending your carnival!
xo,
Ricki Jill
Great fun post! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great carnival, so imaginative!
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Victoria from Brushstrokes
What spectacular photos! So fun!
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That was a great carnival, fun and creepy! great job! thanks for inviting me :)
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Thanks, Susan
Well that was an amazing trip through the castle and the road to the carnival was perfectly spooky. I love all your photos and the food was deliciously creepy! Fabulous carnival! Thank you so much for joining us and sharing :)
ReplyDeleteAnna
What a haunting and fun tour Emily! The scary-go-round along with your edited photos were oh so creepy and clever! I love the foggy castle photos!
ReplyDeletewhat a great collection of images and the story you told was great. I love all the creepy elements added to the food. Them music was a nice touch.
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Caroline
I absolutely enjoyed viewing your wonderful carnival post!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful story and pics!
You can view my carnival digital art here:
http://ponderingsofamind.blogspot.com/2012/10/welcome-to-le-mysterieux-carnival.html
Fabulous images and spooky sight were seen at this Carnival! Loved the music and all the wonderful aged scenes.
ReplyDeleteEmily, you did an amazing job on this post! What a creative mind. This was great fun full of clever images. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteOh la la this was a thoroughly French experience of Carnivale! The accordion music just got me dancing and swirling my skirts and showing off my red shoes. I loved this sparkly post buckets!!! Thanks for putting it together for all of us. *smiles* Norma
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Wonderful art.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun, creative and beautiful post ~ excellent all around ~ Loved it! ~ (A Creative Harbor)
ReplyDeleteOh, you did a wonderful job with this! I love all the photos of the castles and especially the foggy photos! Very creative!
ReplyDeleteCindy
EEks!! That was scary fun!! I loved the whole tour Emily! Soooo creative! Seriously I'd love to see the chateau de Chambord any way and any time I could *winks* Vanna
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