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More Alice

At the moment, life is pretty crazy. Both of my shows are in full swing, Ms. Hecate is on her last hurrah (my car) and work is busy as ever. With that said, I apologize it is taking so long between blog post. Please bear with me.
Now, where was I? Oh yes, swaps! I participated in 3 swaps while in Disneyland. I haven’t had a chance to take pics of them all, but here is my shadowbox I made for the super sweet Sylvia Estrada.

We were assigned the task to purchase a shadowbox and alter it “Alice Style.”

I found this great old photograph of Alice Liddell (the original Alice) online.

I had such a good time working on this project. I was a bit sad to give it away, but Sylvia was so sweet and appreciative it didn’t hurt as badly as I thought it would. 😀

I received my shadow box from the oh-so-cool Tina Marie.

What could it be?

Absolutely precious! I love ‘shrooms!

Tina Marie was amazing! The necklace I am wearing, she made. She was wearing it and I literally bought it right off of her. I really enjoyed meeting her and I hope to see her again at one of Kim’s events.

Check out the other shadow boxes —

The intricacies of this one is amazing.

Oh yeah — that’s a mini Patron bottle. I love how this one has the tiny tea light. Awesome!

The woman on the left is Rebecca. She hosted the swap and is such a peach.

Hey look! It’s the paparazzi. 😀 There were cameras everywhere.

This is Cheryl and she hosted the fat book swap. The final results were gorgeous. I haven’t taken pics yet, but trust me when I say that every page is a work of art.

The final surprise of the weekend, was an incredible cake presented by Valerie.

Eat your heart out Duff (Ace of Cakes guru). It was as yummy as it was beautiful.

Hope everyone is having a good week. Stay tuned for our trip into the park. The last time I was in a Disney Park, I was 6 years old.

Down the Rabbit Hole

This past Christmas, Chucklebutt surprised me with a wonderful gift — a decadent weekend full of amazing crafts, yummy food and fantastic shopping.

The ever-so-talented Kim Caldwell really outdid herself. She put on a spread like no other and made all us ladies feel exceptionally special.

Chuck and I left on Friday morning (later than we wanted) and hit L.A. about 1:00pm. Talk about traffic!! It makes Phoenix look like a one horse town. They were just starting the tea party when we arrived at the hotel.

The room was decorated unbelievably. It was certainly a wonderland. I swiped the following photos from Kim’s blog. I was too in awe to take any shots.

We got to keep the chair covers and the tea cups.

We had tea sandwiches, scones, clotted cream and all these amazing treats! Aren’t they gorgeous?!

After our tea, we had a class with Candace Carpenter. I actually finished the book but have yet to take pics of it. Here is her sample:

It is a precious project. I can’t wait to fill it with pics from the weekend.

It’s just a cornucopia of color!

After class, I headed up to our room to meet Chuck.

It was beautiful and we even had a porch! The entire hotel was done in craftsman style.

These were the lamps in the hallways. I love them!

Even the room numbers were done in the craftsman style.

This was the picture above the couch. All the rooms had old Disney animation prints. Even though I’m not a huge Disney fan, this was pretty neat.

The Do Not Disturb sign is super cute too!

Look at this miniature Mad Hatter hat! Val (Kim’s assistant) made one for each of us.

Friday night, we all headed over to the movie theatre to see Alice in Wonderland. We each got a bag of pink popcorn, homemade taffy and our tickets were presented beautifully.

I think I might have been too beat to fully appreciate the movie, but the scenic and costume design were brilliant. Johnny Depp was incredible despite the fact that Chucklebutt snored through about 1/4 of it. I figured he wouldn’t enjoy it, but I’m glad that he came with me.

The following day started early. It was like I was going off to my first day of school.

This is Jamie and she makes amazing jewelry. She taught our fun bottle class.

The rabbit is a Folkmanis puppet that the company has since discontinued.

This is Susan and she was my table mate. I had met her at a previous event and I really enjoyed sitting with her. We talked about everything from aging mothers to aging dogs, kids and lack thereof. She was great company.