Tea is always welcome

Oh, see this!

This is the tea dye

I was lucky enough to win on 

Dena's Giveaway

during the 

Mad Tea Party2012.

It was prettily wrapped, with cards 

and a bright red envelope, so sweet!

  

Dena 's blog,

The Enchanting World of

Milady Leela

is full of good things.

There's a crafty tutorial on Tuesdays

an Etsy store full of handmade goodies

and,

get this,

a band!

The Sidewinder Band

They sing

Nights in White Satin!

Swoon!

Now I'm looking for projects using this new tea dye.

Isn't blogging wonderful?

Thank you,  Dena!

Oh, the random head and limbs in the photo?

That's Amy Lee.

She might even get a body this weekend.

A Halloween Giveaway

This is a Giveaway from

Flora Thompson's 

wonderful

Bone Head Studios

Aren't they cute?

Pop over, and sign up to be included.

Halloween is coming!

How many days to Halloween?

Shameless promotion for

a feature on

a glitter-covered skull 

I altered for

Hubby's 

Steampunk Study.

(I know everyone else is buying plain skulls

and covering them with glitter.

I did originally display this one,

in all its glittery cuteness,

on a cake stand

with roses.

And it did look wonderful.

So I may have to buy another)

Oh! See what I got!

The Mad Tea Party

lived up to its name and was

indeed,

Mad

and there were 

parties and tea galore!

A lot of these

Tea Parties 

had giveaways

 and

and

LOOK WHAT I GOT!

These were the prizes in the giveaway 

generously given by Susan, of

Flutter Before You

who had the most wonderful 

Mad Tea Party.

Susan has a blog 

full of altered images 

and she makes very lovely ATC's

(Artist Trading Cards)

and other goodies.

You can see her skill and wit

in the wee box that I found 

when I opened the box and 

parted the pink tissue paper

 The sweet little box is just enchanting,

 with its sweet little diorama and the grass and berries. 

Just look at the colours

complemented by that soft, gleaming gold

And there's a green and gold tea cup on it! 

Just like the one in the box.

The cup is a beauty. 

English bone china with a Art Deco feel to it, 

with a tiny handle and,

 my favourite thing, 

a design inside the tea cup!

 I always love that, 

like an extra surprise or a secret.

Thank you, thank you, Susan!

It's so lovely and it remands me of England.

In doll news

I'm finally painting the leopard face on 

 my circus leopard lady.

Still need work.

And some hair.

And a sparkly costume!

Random news is good news

Firstly!

I have Miss R White back,

nice and safe and she wasn't broken 

and she didn't lose her shoes or her Alice!

She and Sookie and Bad fairy 

all won a Blue Ribbon each.

( I feel like such a show pony!)

and I was given a check

 for the princely amount of 

Nine Dollars!

(that's about five quid, give or take)

.

Second, the Knook from Deanna arrived 

and, as soon as I get a chance,

 I'm going to sit down and try it.

Thirdly,

For those of you following 

Sarah Beare 's blog 

and her journey

to get her Twelvemo artist dolls

made in China.

you might be interested to know that

Sarah is having a 

Giveaway!

Sign up and you might win one of the

first shipment of Twelvemo!

These are exquisitely beautiful figures

with neat poseable joints 

and an enigmatic face;

 works of art and heirlooms to treasure.

I'm a huge fan!

Get over there and sign up.