Tuesday, 21 June 2011

The Mad Tea Party

The challenge at the Altered Alice this month is to celebrate the Mad Hatter and to bring something to the Mad Tea Party.
This is what I came up with.
I thought I'd try and create the Tea Party from the book. I started with a canvas and I painted it with Eco Green acrylic paints and stamped a few leaves over the top with Distress ink, then I attached it to some green board. I cut the image of the tea party from an old Alice book and enlarged it then coloured it in with Promarkers and cut the figures out. After I attached them to the side of the canvas I put some lace around the sides. I made some [not very well] tea cups and saucers with air drying clay and coloured them with acrylic paint. The last thing was to decorate with some flowers and leaves.
I decided to bring two things to the party the first being a piano so that they could have a jolly old sing song and knees up, the second is the kitchen sink [the teapot on the table] so that they could wash up after the party. There's a couple of pints on top of the piano so I suppose that could be a third thing.
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13 comments:

  1. Anonymous21 June 2011 at 16:43

    Hazel,
    You have reached perfection with this.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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  2. Valerie-Jael21 June 2011 at 16:52

    This is soooooooooooooooooo lovely, I would like to sit down there at the table! Hug, Valerie

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  3. Lynne Phelps21 June 2011 at 20:42

    Hazel, THANK YOU so much for this entry that PERFECTLY captures the spirit of The Altered Alice's Mad Tea Party!!!! SO creative, I love all the tiny bits and bobs and am so impressed with your ingenuity! You have ROCKED this challenge, LOL!

    I also appreciate your party contributions! Piano music and a sing a long to "Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat" seem like very appropriate party activities, and while I live on PG Tips, a pint or two would be absolutely welcome, especially when my throat is parched after all that singing!

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  4. Unknown22 June 2011 at 07:03

    Hazel, I love it!!. It´s lovely and very sweet. I also like the piano present. You've done a beautiful work. Congratulations!!

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  5. craftytrog22 June 2011 at 10:24

    So brilliant & creative! Love it Hazel! xx

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  6. Vicky Hayes22 June 2011 at 10:46

    Pure genius Hazel! Looking at those pints on the piano I begin to see why they thought the hatter was mad...!

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  7. Neet22 June 2011 at 18:19

    Hazel, this is magic! I love it - everything about it. I love the piano - pure genius. Hugs, Neet x

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  8. Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans22 June 2011 at 19:56

    Fabulous, such a creative piece I love it, all those tiny details. Thanks so much for joining us at The Altered Alice. Tracy x

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  9. Esther23 June 2011 at 22:57

    How adorable..I just love this !! So clever Hazel...Esther xx

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  10. BarbaraW24 June 2011 at 16:57

    Your contribution to the Altered Alice tea party challenge made my day. I'm smiling from ear to ear. Great tea party replica and bringing the piano was brilliant. What's a party without music. You actually brought everything plus the kitchen sink. Great project!

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  11. Kim B26 June 2011 at 02:23

    FABulous!!! So very creative. xx Kim

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  12. Anonymous26 June 2011 at 11:06

    What fun! Like Barbara, I'm grinning from ear to ear...lol. When I first took a peek at your project, I thought you had made a cake! I love that the piano will serve tea, and so happy that you brought along a pint. Seems like you've thought of everything...including the kitchen sink! I love it! Thanks so much for sharing it with us.

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  13. Valerianas Studio28 June 2011 at 19:13

    Too cute :-)

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