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I was going for "Bridal Wreath" flowers but got bridal flowers instead.  I blended it with effects to make it as nice and creepy as possible, a classic "Ghost Bride".  This is a series of images I found I could make that emphasize a version of the Mayfair emerald necklace, the one from the novels.  This is only one interpretation of it.  

The ones I made right before I shut down the GoDaddy site can now be found on The Doorway and the Thirteen on the Parlor's new home, which includes a section devoted to the "key to the doorway", the Mayfair emerald necklace.  The necklace has had many different versions created by fans online over the years, and I found NightCafe now understands what I mean when I specify the emerald is a PENDANT necklace, the PENDANT being ONE Brazilian emerald, rectangular, set in gold filigree on a simple gold chain ca 17th Century as described in The Witching Hour.  Deborah obtained this necklace in Amsterdam with Lasher's help after seeing it in a a jeweler's shop.  This was shortly after Petyr van Abel, the first Talamasca agent ever to come into contact with the Mayfair Witches, removed Deborah from Donnelaith, Scotland after her mother Suzanne's death.

The one thing I can't seem to get across is that the emerald itself is also described as being about the size of a thumbnail.  

This effect, though, I loved.  I thought it would be a fun idea to have a series of images showing the Mayfair emerald necklace in the various ways it has been designed by fans of the Mayfair Witches novels over the years.

With that, here's why it's all back on Blogspot (kinda).

Each website, each blog I have contains Google tags.  They also contain Microsoft tags.  Both are how I verify my ownership.  Index it, don't index it, whatever.  But my sites and blogs belong to ME.

Both blogs have a CMP on them.  They are there not because I want to dump a bunch of ads on y'all.  I have nothing against advertising as long as it is legitimate and done properly and lawfully.  I don't monetize my Mayfair Witches content and never have.  Why?  

Ethics.

I wish it could be more exciting and dramatic than that.  It isn't.

My creations and words belong to me, yes.  But the Mayfair Witches and the Lives of the Mayfair Witches novels themselves were Anne Rice's original creation.  

Now, should you decide to explore the Blogspot version (even if you hate my content), you will notice several pages in the navigation menu have a little symbol next to them.  This means that particular page will redirect you to the updated page of the Parlor that is on the Parlor's new home.  I had to both archive and migrate my Original Parlor content manually, and I cannot tell you what a complete and utter nightmare it has been.  

I even had to add redirects myself.  I had to create a train wreck of my site's content from old to new platforms just to connect it all.  Don't get me started.  I'm still breathing and snorting fire and steam is STILL blasting out of my ears over all the difficulties I've experienced in ALL aspects of the process.

The blog posts have restored themselves and goes back a few years.  Should you prefer not to redirect, the pages with redirects on them show those pages of the Parlor as they appeared in the past.  The updated content is on the new site.