It's Almost Time for Madness and Tea!

Vanessa from A Fanciful Twist is hosting her annual Mad Tea Party on July 23 rd. Everyone who's anyone joins in on their blog. You just never know who you might meet! Please come back here on July 23 rd., and then go to A Fanciful Twist to get the links to all of the other blogs who are participating in this wonderful blogverse event!

See you here and there!!!

Just to tide you over until July 23 rd., here's one of my latest digital collages to brighten your day. :-)

Mad Hatter Tea Party Today!

MAD HATTER TEA PARTY

 

I found a little creature

by our garden’s biggest tree.

I’m just not really sure

what this little man might be.

Perhaps a garden goblin,

a hobbit or an ork.

He’s just so very tiny,

and eats mushrooms with a fork!

 

(Hmm. He seems to have an interesting collection of mushrooms.
I wonder if we should check our tea?
The friends he brought look pretty interesting, too!)

He baked some fancy cupcakes,

and set a table for some tea.

He’s knows today’s the Hatter’s,

and is as happy as can be!

(I could have sworn I just saw Lady June! How odd!
Hmm. Two cupcakes are missing, too!)

(Oh boy. If you look close, even the cupcakes are sparkling. I wonder if the garden goblin has a special ingredient in them? I hope Lady June will be all right!)

He tells us famous stories

of maidens and their knights,

then builds a roaring fire

to light the dark sky night.

(I was hoping to share photos of the Queen of Tarts and her lemon tarts, as she's always our special guest. It seems, however, she found some mushroom stew, and now no one can find her! This is the first party I've hosted where the guests keep disappearing.)

(Well, I have to admit the little guy knows how to throw a fun party!)

We’ve grown so very sleepy

and the songs all start to wane.

He brings us mushroom pillows

and some mats of sugar cane.

Farewell to the Mad Hatter.

Farewell to the Fairy Queens.

The rest of us shall slumber

in a land of sweetest dreams.

(As usual, I start dreaming about Paris. However, much to my surprise, a strange little creature is crawling up the Eiffel Tower. Yikes!)

(In case you're wondering, our garden goblin host has a wonderful breakfast in store for us tomorrow
before you leave on your merry way.)

Please visit others who are participating in the Mad Hatter's Tea Party
by clicking on the picture below:

(Oh! Before you leave, I wonder if you might be interested in reading about the first class I am offering online? If so, you can find out all about it here: http://www.purplemooseheartart.com/#!class-1/c2271 If you don't tell anyone, all tea party visitors can still join us at the $10.00 introductory price!)

Mad Tea Party July 13, 2013!

Can you believe it has been almost a year already since our last Mad Tea Party? Vanessa from A Fanciful Twist is hosting the blog hop party again on Saturday July 13 th. I hope you will stop by for a visit! Mad Tea Parties are so much fun!!! They are absolutely the best way to send the doldrums away. I know for a fact there have been way too many doldrums sneaking around this past year, and nothing chases them away like a good spot of tea and meeting new friends.

If you would like to host a Mad Tea Party on your blog, too, just click this link to get all of the details: http://afancifultwist.typepad.com/a_fanciful_twist/2013/05/mad-tea-party-2013-an-invitation.html

Mad Tea Party Today!

 

It finally arrived,

the day we have planned for

for nearly a year.

We’re having a party,

and it’s all across blogland

with tea pots, I hear.

There’s plenty of goodies

and plenty of beer.

Wait. Who brought the beer?

This is a tea party!

There’s no boozing here.

I hope you dressed crazy,

for we’re really quite mad.

That’s mad as in crazy.

The Mad Hatter is near!

So if you are ready,

then enter right here.

Any creatures are friendly.

There’s nothing to fear.


(Please feel free to click on any picture if you'd like to see a larger size.)

In case you forgot, choose a pill and swallow it down. Then you'll fit through the keyhole.

 

Why look! It's Lani Puppetmaker! I knew she'd be here, and she brought pretty balloons.

Woops! I need to make a few adjustments. We went a little too far.

(In other words, I borrowed some of the food pictures from their blogs!)

Oh my. Grannie Annie has just reminded me that I promised she could recite her favorite tea poem. What good is a mad tea party without a mad tea poem after all? 
Just promise not to stare at her warts. She just hasn't been the same since she kissed that frog.

 

When the world is all at odds

And the mind is all at sea

Then cease the useless tedium

And brew a cup of tea.

There is magic in its fragrance,

There is solace in its taste;

And the laden moments vanish

Somehow into space.

The world becomes a lovely thing!

There’s beauty as you’ll see;

All because you briefly stopped

To brew a cup of tea.

~

Unknown

Well, before we start tasting all those French goodies that are going to make us so fat, I suppose we ought to pour a cup of tea. But where is our host? 

Go ahead! Sit down! Relax! Let me pour you a cup of tea. We have 3 different flavors.
I just don't exactly remember which pot is which. But who cares? We're all mad here today!

May I interest you in a macaron? There are so many to choose from, and the colors are quite gay! (as in happy, fun, joyful, oh my!)

Oh I know. It's so difficult to choose!

Would it help you decide if I told you the lemon fillings were made by the Queen of Tarts?
She's standing right over there!

Oh look. Lady June has chosen strawberry. I bet she wanted one to match her hat!

I see some of you are eying the eclairs. Don't be shy. Take any you like!
They are specially decorated for our mad tea party.

Oh dear. I'm starting to feel full. But I think we need more chocolate, don't you?

What? You still want just a little something more? Then I'll tempt you with these!

My, my. I dare say we better not eat one more bite! We'll never all fit back into Dr. Who's box.
Of course, it wouldn't be so bad to stay in France, would it?
Maybe if we just lay down and rest a moment.
While were resting, let's see how the French celebrate one of their fun days.

The video was by Eric Tenin who writes the fantastic blog about Paris called "Paris Daily Photo." Maybe we should try having an all white tea party the next time! Here's another one by Eric, but it's quite long. You may want to pause it if you don't have time to watch the entire video.

Wow, that was exciting!

Well, I hate to be a party-pooper, but the Doctor's box is revved up and it's time for us to return home. If you'd like though, we could stop at A Fanciful Twist and find out who else is having a mad tea party today. I know all of them would like you to visit! Just click on the link above for a shortcut to Vanessa's blog.

(Thank you to Tangie Baxter for digital elements from several of her kits found at Scrapbook Graphics, Outside The Box Studio and her "Mad Hatter" kit, and Valkyrie Designs' "Life On Mars" kit. )