A Mad Tea Party is coming soon....

It's coming soon!!!

On July 23rd, The yearly Fanciful Twist Mad Hatter's Tea Party  is coming soon.

And I will be participating again this year!

This is the 9th Annual Mad Tea party @ Fanciful Twist!

It's a blog-hopper's party, so you can go to Fanciful Twist on the 23rd and see the wonderful list of blogs that will be participating on that day..

I might do something different from last year...Maybe Alice will step through 

the looking glass??

Maybe an outdoor tea party in 1:6 scale?

Or one in larger ? or smaller???

See you there! Don't be late!

A Witches' Tea Party!

Welcome, Welcome to the Witches' Tea Party!

Oh Dear, you are rather late. Good Evening...I am Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper of Dark Hollows Manor......

....'Do come in, don't be shy. The witches are waiting, I'm sure they won't put a 'spell' on you, cackle''.....

As you enter the Dark Hollows mansion, to the Witches Tea Party, prepare for some spicey tea that is smoking hot, with cakes of red velvet ....no need to ask their ingredients....mahahaha........

Inside, tea is indeed 'smoking hot' with tarts and red velvet cakes thick with cream....served by an elegant hostess Witch....

Oh the horror of it! Sarcophagus in the parlor! And our guest Witch of Oz is the Wicked Witch of the East, no less, waiting for her sister from the West who has not yet arrived...Morticia Addams, and Lucy, are both politely partaking of the Witchy tea and cakes....in this Gothic mansion.....

As the tea cools, and the guests chat over their ghoulish plans for Halloween, and all the rest of October, the witching hour of tea comes to a close as the hour chimes on the grandfather clock.....and the gargoyle statues brood over the door and the fireplace....and our witchy tea party comes to an end.....

Run, don't walk for that door! Mrs. Danvers will see you out!
 Hope you had a be-witching time at our 1:6 scale witches' tea party!
~Lisa

                   Be sure to visit Vanessa's Main Witches' tea at the
 Fanciful Twist Witches Tea Party where you can blog hop with a whole list of bloggers who are having a tea party today, on October 24th! Leave comments in the comment section of my blog and I will try and visit your blog too! 

             
                  **A note, for tomorrow----
Thank you for visiting my blog. I am doing this blog post on Friday so it will be up early in time for the tea party for Saturday, as I will be too busy in the evening and morning to post, and wanted to make sure it was up! So just a note, if I don't respond immediately tomorrow, I will eventually answer all of the comments. Lisa

Welcome...to the 8th Annual Mad Hatter's Tea Party!

The dolls have been waiting and are oh so mad to kill time and drink tea...

Alice has stumbled into a strange world where animals talk, cake makes you shrink and grow, Hatters are mad.....

As she wanders into this strange tea party, let's follow...and see if we can join her...in Wonderland and forget our cares of being on time, and paying bills, and leave real world cares behind...

And drink tea and eat lovely tea cakes and tiny candies with warm piggies at our feet.....

Unbothered by needless cares of the outside world....

Alice has stumbled into a strange tea party with the White Queen, the Red Queen, the Mad Hatter and the Doormouse having tea in a rather unusual room..where time has been killed....but tea still 'reigns'...

'You mustn't be late'....says the White Queen' It will make your tea dreadfully cold,'

The Red Queen is less forgiving. 'Off with your head if you cannot be on time!'

"Isn't that a little extreme for tea? I did not know the time...and you did 
not send me an invitation....." Alice says..
"By Jove, she is right!" exclaims the Hatter. 'Tell me Alice, why is a raven like a writing desk?'

'Oh enough of your silliness. Very well. But don't eat my TARTS!' She yells rudely.

'Oh dear Lizibette, you do go on...invite that young lady to tea, there is plenty here. Do sit down and have some tea Alice!' 

Yes Alice, do! 

And so Alice has tea with all sorts of delicious crumpets and tea cakes, and listens to all sorts of fantastic conversations that she never dreamed of hearing before, which was quite pleasant and made her feel quite grown up and if she wasn't mad, even though she was quite sure everyone at the table was, because most people did not wear crowns to the table at tea...

Don't forget to visit A Fanciful Twist for their 8th Annual Mad Hatter's Tea Party

 Where you can visit other participating blogs and 'blog-hop' with the white rabbit and other 'Alices' on this Mad day at other tea parties...leave your blog link in the comments, to say you were here, so we can visit too, for a couple of days...I will respond and reciprocate with some tea and cakes, and TARTS! 
And so, we leave them to their tea in Wonderland, far far away....I hope you have enjoyed my 1:6 scale Mad Hatter's tea party. 

Credits:
Furniture- Table- Handmade by me
Clock- Bombay company
Chair white queen sits in- Bespaq
Chair Mad Hatter sits in- Bespaq, Designed by me, Manufactured by Bespaq for King William Miniatures, my company
Chair red Queen sits in- Integrity Toys
white chairs- Mattel, customized by me
birdcage shelf- Ashlawn shelf from Michael's
crowns on the 2 queens- charms from Michaels
cake column Hobby Lobby
various fake plants- Michael's
Red chess pieces- Hobby Lobby
flooring- sherwin williams
plates-tea cups, little card statues Re-ment Alice in Wonderland series
foods- tea pastries, tiered wedding cake, candies, all made by me

A Mad Hatter's Tea....from a Fanciful Twist!

So sometimes I like to browse other blogs. And today- is an online tea party that happens every year at the A Fanciful Twist blog. Vanessa hosts this every year about the same time. Last year I missed out on it, but was determined to do it this year- and what better way to celebrate the summer than a thoroughly 'mad' tea party. Alice is my favorite..the concept is you link back to the Fanciful Twist, who has a whole long list of people having their own tea parties, and you 'tea party hop' from blog to blog....quite a fanciful thing to do!
Of course my dolls love to party...and the Hatter is no exception. Let's see what he has cooked up today! Of course, we will have to drink some of that shrinking potion to fit into these tiny rooms.....or did Alice drink it all??

What's this? a house in a teacup?? with birds and trees? and who is that having tea?

It looks like the Hatter and Doormouse are having their own tea! But where is Alice??

I have no idea where she is-- but she is late! replies the Hatter testily...........

Doormouse is of the opinion they have the 'Wrong' Alice in any case...............

Poor Poor Alice...late to a tea party and has outgrown her clothes, and grown so big she's taller than hatter! Not a very pleasant way to arrive at a tea party!

But Hatter & Doormouse pay no attention, greedily slurping tea! It looks like Alice has ate that cake that makes you grow, but has no shrinking potion to fit!

I must say, Hatter is not very good at giving directions. He led us on a long tiresome walk before giving us some tea...

Who is that? A VERY large cat, watching from afar................

Could it be? It must be Cheshire....who will lead the way....and will take us as far as the March Hare..
But of course, if you do not know where you're going, it doesn't really matter where you end up!
Cheshire grins....then leads the way..........

Alice still needs some of the potion to make her smaller, as she is Um, huge!

With a small little gulp from the bottle she gets smaller and smaller, but alas, her head is still HUGE, but she fits into the tearoom! That Hatter!

Now Alice's head is huge, but the Cheshire is tiny and small! But this is a very very 'mad' tea party isn't it?

And wubba chickens! in her teacup! Alice doesn't like going about with 'mad' people...

But why are the chickens in my teacup?? 'Because they do have to lay their eggs you know,' replies the Hatter. 'But in my teacup? that's a very mad thing to do!" 
"Everyone here is all a little mad" replied the Hatter.

"what is the difference between a raven and a writing desk?" asks the Hatter..

I think Alice , like me, thinks of that as a loaded question and stares at the Hatter trying to be polite and think of an answer................
I hope you have enjoyed the Mad Hatter's tea and visiting my blog and having tea with the Hatter, Doormouse, Alice & I in miniature......
Thank you for visiting and having tea with us!!!!!~Lisa