treasury....tea party at three

My Alice in Wonderland invitations are featured in another beautiful Etsy treasury today.. so wonderful, tea and cookies anyone?

‘tea party at three’ by StoneSavvyJewelry

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Lavender Almond Sug... saoirseangel $7.50	Lace Leaf And Cryst... sparkleandposy $5.00	Cake Stand Dessert ... elizalee17 $32.00	Romantic Baby Blue ... kuniqueboutiqu... $35.00

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treasury....tea party with a march hare....easy on the mad

‘Tea party with a march hare....easy on the mad’ by amarchhare

the march hare . ea... shrimpsaladcir... $11.00	10 alice in wonderland... starking $10.00	Vintage Shabby SILVER... harlowmonroevi... $30.00	Dreaming 8x10 Fine ... lucysnowephoto... $35.00
Organic Hemp Linen ... BobkaBaby $32.00	Antique Victorian C... VintagePolkaDo... Sold	GOOEY COCONUT HAYST... gammyscandy $10.00	Dewdrop Bow Headban... SavoyFaire $20.00
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Lift me like an oli... chiffonier $280.00	big size transparen... lifelittle $6.99	EllenVINTAGE SILK C... ellenVintage $75.00	Lewis Caroll - vict... SilverMangoSho... $15.00

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My Alice in Wonderland invitations were featured in a wonderful Etsy treasury by amarchhare today! So pretty.. I fell in love with the sweet blue antique victorian child’s dress which also featured and just bought it for Cyan!

double giveaway time!

I apologise for my lack of crafting and absence from the world of blogging..

Apart from the usual pressures of work, family, friends etc. I am getting started on plans for our wedding in October. Expect to see posts on this in the coming months, needless to say I am planning to craft a lot of things for our wedding.

I just realised that it’s my blog anniversary this month (where has the year gone?!) so I have decided to do a giveaway. Entries welcome from anyone anywhere, instructions below.

You could win a cute fabric party bag with some fun goodies for your child,
and some cute little extras (yet to be decided) for yourself..

I will be giving away an Alice in Wonderland and a Dinosaur fabric party
bag, yes – that means TWO winners!





To enter:

• leave a comment on this post stating your preference for Alice or Dino
• if you are a follower please leave an extra comment for an extra entry
• giveaway closes Friday 25 February 2011 21:00 PM GMT
• the two winners will be picked at random, announced here,
  and contacted via email
• please make sure your email address is accessible via your profile,
  or include it in your comment like this: you (at) domain (dot) com

The two winners will get to choose which bag they would like, there are 6 Alice character bags to choose from (Alice, Queen of Hearts, Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat, White Rabbit, Caterpillar), and the Dinosaur winner will get to pick the prints from my stock and the colour for the handles (green, orange, blue, pink)..

Each fabric goody bag will come with colouring book, shaped crayons, stickers, and other fun goodies to match the Alice or Dino theme..

There will be extra little gifts included just for you, I haven’t decided what exactly yet, but they will be cute/crafty/handmade!

Good luck! and thank you for taking part..

Shutter Love Tuesdays @ Trendy Treehouse – Cyan as Alice

I haven’t taken part in Trendy Treehouse’s Shutter Love Tuesdays in a while, when I saw this week’s theme is Blue I immediately thought of this photo..

This is a photo I took of Cyan (named for the colour – blue) dressed as Alice in Wonderland (blue dress) back in June, when I had just finished her pinny to complete her Alice outfit.

This is one of my most favourite photos of Cyan, I tweaked it a little for Shutter Love to enhance the blues.. See the original photos here..

cyan’s 5th birthday.. um dress for barbie

It was Cyan’s birthday on Tuesday, my little girl is now 5!

I bought her these collector’s edition Alice in Wonderland and Queen of Hearts barbies for her birthday. They were released a few years ago apparently.. I was struck by the similarity of the Alice barbie’s dress to some of the dresses worn by Mia Wasikowska in the new Alice in Wonderland film..



I decided I would try and make the Um dress for the Alice barbie, Cyan was very keen on this dress when we watched the movie.. it is the dress which the Red Queen orders to be made for Alice when she is very large, and calls herself Um (from Umbridge)..

“Someone find her some clothes, use the curtains if you must, 
but clothe this enormous girl”..

I made the base dress, using ribbons for the bodice and fine tulle for the skirt.. but with everything we’ve had on over the last few weeks I just ran out of time.. I wrapped it up anyway and Cyan is very happy with it as it is.. I will make the overskirt which I planned to make as a separate piece anyway.. soon.. when I find the time!

I found black barbie ballet pumps on ebay, which work well as Um shoes with the addition of little red ribbon bows..



Alice barbie had to try on her Um dress within minutes of being unwrapped! (I knew I had to make this dress!)

This is the Um dress we are trying to replicate:



I think I might possibly be making another version of this dress soon.. perhaps a five-year-old girl sized one?

Naturally Cyan then had to go and dress herself as Alice for the day..



And of course Oliver was Spider-man?!





We are planning a party for Cyan in a couple of weeks, after she starts school (tomorrow!)



We had cake of course, and used some of the vintage tea set pieces I have been collecting to use for Cyan’s party.. you’ll never guess the theme for her party ;)



A mini birthday tea party..