The Illuminati Ball
Photography by MARK SHELBY PERRY
Imagine if you will: You arrive from New York City, blindfolded, at a country manse on a wooded lake somewhere...
The Elven Tea Party
I make sure to occasionally host inspiring parties and sometimes invite friends over to eat good food, dance, play roleplaying games, and sit around the...
Further Enchantments for Your Autumn Feast
Step into the enchanting world of autumnal tablescaping with captivating ideas. Drawing inspiration from 19th-century dark poetry, use vintage photos as place cards, bask...
A Table to Celebrate Your Autumn Inner Witch
Celebrate autumn with an enchanting tablescape that evokes your inner witch. Explore the fusion of harvest abundance and introspective magic. Dive into a subdued color palette, ravens, crystal balls, and vintage heirlooms. Embrace the duality of life with contrasting elements. Whether classic or Gothic, this tablescape sparks conversation and invites the mysterious inner witch to awaken this fall.
The Nightcap
The hush of evening falls as the day’s warm breeze brushes against you in the dimming light.
And there you sit, looking out into the...
A Stately Christmas House
Framed by the dark hills of green trees and moorlands, with the River Derwent flow-ing in front of its expansive lawns, a stately home...
Queens of the Air
PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEVE PARKE
You’d think that these two were connected at the hip, so in sync they are when they perform together, whether on...
Enchanting Party Planning
Caption: Crystal decor by Sarah Sparkles for ENVY installation at Bonnet Bash- Carnival of Capital Sins
On a cool spring night you stroll down the...
The Life of Tolkien: On The Big Screen
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien died in 1973. Now, forty-five years later, the film Tolkien will bring him back to life onscreen. For the time being,...
Throwing a Magical Party for Kids
photography by VINCE CHAFIN
We’ve probably all witnessed a child playing more with the plain box their present came in than with the much coveted,...