Queen of Hearts Banner Using Dollar Tree Heart Doilies

I created a Queen of Hearts Banner that could be used at a Alice in Wonderland Party, a Casino night and for Valentine's Day.  I've had these Heart Doilies, from the Dollar Tree, that I bought quite a few years ago.  A few years ago I created a Easter Banner using Tulip Doilies.  I loved how they came out and have been wanting to make a Valentine's Banner.  When I've been working on my Mad Tea Party this past month I decided to create this one.

I bought a few decks of cards from the Dollar Tree to use for crafts.  I took out the Queen, King and Jack of Hearts out of the deck.

Took these 3 cards and glued them on 3 red heart doilies.  That could have been enough but I wanted 5 hearts all together.  So I took 2 white hearts and glued 2 crowns on them.

 I found these at The Graphic Fairy (under search type in crowns).  I attached the white and red heart doilies to a black ribbon, then put it on the top of my front window. 

Then I glued the Doilies on Contrasting Card Stock, White on Red, and Red on White.

 Below the window I set up my food for the tea party.

I love how this came out and that I can use it for more than one occasion.                                                                          

Un-Birthday-Mad Teaparty Crafts

Mad Hatter Tea Party continues with Alice in Wonderland crafts that I found on Pinterest and other places:

Like I said in another post, you can find so much Alice stuff. This Harajuku Dolls Japanese fabric would be great as a skirt or curtain.  Or you could just use the border for a fun party runner.  Here is one of my favorites:

Fun Craft Found Here

Tea Pot Crafts

Sweet Suitors

I used this paper for my tags and invitation.,  Scrapbook Paper found on Etsy

Everything Alice Craft Book

Free Alice in Wonderland Coloring Pages

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and here:

Last but not least, here is a link to my first 

Mad Hatter Party, with Bookmarks from the 2010 movie.

I wonder what will happen with my Tea Party next year.  I hope to see you then too.

Wonderland Tea Parties found on Pinterest and Elsewhere

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There is so much information about Alice in the Wonderland Tea Parties.  It's easy to get lost in all the images and fun.  Here are a few parties I'd seen on Pinterest and elsewhere.  You can find their links on my Alice in Wonderland Pinterest page.

Then I found tea sandwiches and

 Of course we have to have cake or cupcakes:

There are so many talented people out there.  I'm in awe of what everyone does.  Next time I'm going to share some Alice in Wonderland Crafts.

First Annual Mad Hatter Tea Party 2014

Yesterday I shared one of my favorite shows from this past TV season, "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland".  Today I'm sharing my First Annual Mad Hatter Tea Party.  I've joined Vanessa at a Twist of Fate other bloggers on sharing my Tea Party posts.  If you want to see the other blogger's creations  click on the picture below.

A Fanciful Twist

I've been wanting to create my own tea party and last year I was getting ready for our Grand Vacation so I had to post-pone it another year.  We got new neighbors and thought having them over for a tea party was a perfect way to get to know them.  I created an invite and had them come over on Friday.  This was the perfect opportunity to get the house gussied up and have some fun.  

On the back was written:

Katharine and Natalie invite you to our

Alice in Wonderland Tea Party

Friday, July 11^th at 3:00PM

I also printed this sign and we colored it in and framed it (see below on the table).

I had bought this fun fabrics years ago when our Walmart still had fabric.  It was on the clearance aisle and knew I just had to have it.  I love to play cards and have gone to Bunco Parties so I thought it would be perfect for that.  I found an old red round cloth I've used at Christmas time and put it on top of that. Don't you think it's perfect for an Alice in Wonderland Party?

I found this dish while thrift shopping a few years ago.  I used it with carrots, celery and ranch dressing dip.

I also created a new garland that I can use for Valentines too.  I'll share how I made that soon too.

The blue and white checked table cloth was bought at IKEA close to 20 years ago.  I sewed the ends to make a tablecloth.  I was going to buy paper plates and thought why not use what I have.  I took out my grandmother's and mother's china from Sweden and used plastic plates for the kids.

I ordered a cake to say "Painting the Roses Red" and made finger sandwiches.  I served iced tea and lemonade instead of serving hot tea.  Next to them I had cute tags and tags for the food too.  I bought a digital file for under $4 and used that to create the tags and other signs.

Here are the digital papers I bought:

I also created this picture that was on the wall near my front window:

 When my guests arrived they found this on our our door:

 I used my digital Alice paper and added the clock using the overlay program in Picmonkey.  I got the clock graphic from The Graphic Fairy.  When you go to her site just type in clocks under search.

I created a few coloring crafts for the guests to get the party started.  My neighbors came over and I got the young guests started with Alice in Wonderland Coloring Books I created for them.  

We drew faces and colored them in. Then we colored in the tea set.  I will share how I created the talking flowers next week.

While the guests colored pictures there was a sound down the hall.  I yelled hey we have special guest.

My daughter and 2 friends came in dressed up as Alice, the Red Queen and the Cheshire cat.  The girls were more excited about the kitten they were holding.  We had been kitten sitting that week.

We sat down and had our sandwiches, carrots, celery and dip and best of all...cake!  My daughter's friend, who played Alice, took pictures and is sending them to me.  I was hoping to get them by now.  Next year I'll have the tea party ahead of time so I can finish the party's post early. 

It was lovely visiting with my new neighbors and watch the kitten play with the children.  The kitten went home that night and I'll admit I cried when it left.  I held my Shasta and she let me hold her for a long time.  

Monday I'm sharing some other Alice in Wonderland tea parties.  Then on Wednesday I'm sharing some great crafts too.                             

Thanks for joining me at my first tea party.  I hope you return next year.

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

On May 30th,  I invited all of you to Vanessa, of A Twisted Fate's Tea Party.

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In honor of the Mad Tea Party 2014, I'm sharing my love for the show and having my own tea party.  Then after that I'll share Alice in Wonderland Parties and crafts I've found on Pinterest, Google, Etsy and other great sites.

This past year I was enthralled with ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.  I also watch the original show, Once Upon a Time, on ABC Sundays at 8PM.  OUAT (Once Upon a Time) in Wonderland tells Alice's, played by Sophia Lowe, story when she returns to Wonderland as an adult.  When she returned home, in the story we all know, she tells her father about her experience.  Her stepmother and Father think's she's cuckoo and put in a mental asylum.  Mental Asylums over 100 years ago were horrible and scary.  They kept on asking Alice if she believes in Wonderland and she refuses to say it was just a dream or make believe.  They are about to do a lobotomy (when the frontal lobe, in the brain, is removed to cure insanity and other mental disorders) on her to make her "well".   When the Knave of Heart, played Michael Sosha and the White Rabbit, John Lithgow come to save her. 

  

Red Knave

White Rabbit

This isn't the first time that,  Alice was in Wonderland.  She was in Wonderland, as a young adult, and met a genie named Cyrus, Peter Giadot.  They fell in love but the Queen found them and took Cyrus to the castle and was kept in a huge cage.  The knave and the rabbit lie and say that Cyrus is still alive (at that time they don't know that he is really alive) and she needs to return to save him from the Red Queen.  The story line, with the genie is similar to Aladdin with Jafar, played by Naveen Andrews, as the local bad guy.   The Red Queen, Emma Rigby, and Jafar work their magic in Wonderland to the dismay of the locals.  The Knave of Hearts and the Red Queen were in love but she betrays the knave and marries the Red King.  

The Red Queen

  

  Tweedle Dee

Tweedle Dum

Jafar

OUAT (Once Upon a Time) in Wonderland is mostly based in Wonderland and in England.  One time the Knave and Alice go to Storybrooke, Maine, to get the knave's heart.  Cora stole his heart so he wouldn't have feelings.  He acted a bit like a robot, with his emotions.  Sounds like a lot of people we may know who have been hurt and don't want to feel.  At the end of the series he gets his heart back and is in love with the Red Queen.

There are so many plot twists to this story it's hard to tell the complete story, which was so many episodes.  If you have a chance to see it on Netflix or online, I'd highly encourage you to see it.  I cried in the last episode because it was a happy ending and because I was sad to see the series end.  ABC originally said it would just be one year and then said if it had high enough ratings they'd keep it.  Well the ratings weren't good enough to keep it, so they wrote an ending that tied up all the pieces.

In the end Cyrus and Alice return to England and get married with the White Rabbit officiating.one of the Tweedles, The Knave and the Red Queen, who is now the White Queen, and the Tweedles attended. 

Alice's half sister, Tweedledum, White Queen and the Knave.

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland ends with Alice and Cyrus getting married.  They advance  the story to when they have a little girl.  In this picture Alice is holding her daughter and telling her a story about where else? Wonderland!   After reading about Wonderland, in the book Alice wrote, they share tea with her dad, Cyrus.

Let me know if you watched "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland" or the Original "Once Upon a Time".  If you have missed either series you can find the full seasons on Netflix.  Do you wish the Wonderland series continued or are you content with the ending?

Tomorrow I'm going to share my first annual Mad Hatter Tea Party.