You may recall that a few years ago,
A cheeky Goat met and wooed a certain Doe.
Maybe you've wondered what happened to the pair?
Perhaps curious if that love of theirs is still in the air?
Three years have passed since that Midsummer eve,
when the Goat kissed the Fawn 'neath the red bud tree.
The pair sit sipping a romantic tea,
a few shorts weeks before the two become three!
Yes, friends, it's true, a babe is on the way!
"But what will it be?" several of you say!
Will it have horns tall and thin,
or will it have curved ones to match its grin?
Will it be silly?
Will it be cheeky?
Will it be daring?
Will it be hairy?
We won't know 'til the babe is here,
who knows what you get when you mix
a goat and a deer!
Happy Mad, Mad Tea party! Thank you all so much for visiting. To visit other parties, please click the image in my sidebar to be whisked away to Miss. Vanessa's A Fanciful Twist blog, where the list resides. :)
Friday, July 11, 2014
The Fawn and The Goat - Part Two
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Cottage Tea
In the late afternoon sun, a girl sat in the slanting light, sipping tea as her eyes devoured the words of a brand new book.
The tale, set in the woodland countryside, enchanted and entranced her. She sipped and read, sipped and read. And once or twice; she closed her eyes for just a moment.
Third time, they say, is a charm and the girl opened her eyes and before her; the tiny cottage adorning her reading table had come to life!
Nestled amidst mossy ground and towering toadstools, the quaint cottage lay. Warm glow coming from inside.
The girl's feet led her towards the partially opened door, her mind lost in wonder.
Closer, closer she crept and before she knew it, she was inside.
But as her foot touched cottage floor, the mysterious cottage went dark!
The girl tiptoed through the darkness towards a single window.
And as she grew closer, candles sputtered to life!
'Whooo Whoooo is that tiptoeing through our house,
Towards my nest,
Quiet as a mouse?'
The timid girl knew not how to reply, she'd never heard an owl speak!
She's only ever seen them fly!
A tiny voice peeped up from behind,
"Leave her be, Aveline! Its nearly time for tea!"
"Tea! Tea!" Many tiny voices chimed,
With a snort and a neigh the girl heard a voice say,
'I do hope you'll stay for tea time!'
The girl sipped her tea as she spoke with the revelers.
So many faces and names, she could barely remember them all!
There was Mousey Hood and his band of Merry Mice constantly squabbling with the Sheriff of Rattingham!
There was the White Rabbit who, the Horse with No Name whispered to the girl, is terrible at keeping time!
There was the Romantic Mister Rhythm who sang a song to his lady love, the dancing girl.
... as scorned love Lancelot rode his steed, Wounded Pride, away from the mushy affair.
Mister Dumpty, who couldn't keep his balance,
And a Winged Pig named simply 'Dream'.
And the girl, in that afternoon, grew to know and love them all.
Even grumpy old owl, Aveline, who guarded her glittering egg.
But alas, even the most fun parties cannot last forever.
Time marches on, whether we wish it to or not.
And once more, as the girl sat in the soft candle light, she felt herself blinking slowly.
Once...
Twice...
...Thrice.
And back in the afternoon light was the girl with her cup of tea, her book and her tiny cottage.
Time it seems, is a trickier thing than thought as well,
for the girl had not been a girl in a very long time.
A woman grown was she,
Yet creatures unbelievable had invited her to tea.
For while she was grown, a girl she was at heart.
She still believes in Magic and Wishes and Dreams...
Do you?
Thank you for visiting me and my troupe of tea craving critters! I hope you enjoyed our tale of magic, wonder and of course, tea!
And a very special thank you to Mad, Magical Hostess Vanessa for hosting us all on the wondrous weekend adventure! This is her 6th tea party, my 4th, and it is one of the things I look most forward to in the summer.
To visit her as well as other party guests, please click the image below and you'll be whisked to her blog A Fanciful Twist!
Crafty Credits for those Curious!
(Always give credit, where credit is due!)
The wee cottage that was the inspiration for this entire story (no lie, the beginning of the tale is fairly accurate as to how I got the idea and motivation to work on this year's party!) was made by crafty faery & mess maker Knickertwist! You can visit here here
The beautiful nest with its sparkly, glittery egg was crafted by the fabulously talented Tricia Fountaine! You can visit her here.
The knitted owl was gifted to me a few years back in a craft swap, but sadly, I cannot remember from whom as it was a large group affair. :(
Friday, July 12, 2013
Callooh! Callay!
Oh, frabjulous day!
Tomorrow's the big party,
it's nearly time to play!
I do hope you'll join myself, Mad Mad Hostess Vanessa Valencia of A Fanciful Twist and a slew of other Wonderland Wanderers for the 6th (6th! Can you even believe that?!?) Annual Mad Tea Party! bright and early tomorrow morning.
All through the weekend there will be revelry, laughter and oh so much tea!
Thursday, February 14, 2013
A Very Merry Unbirthday to Me!
Feeling very Queenly in this picture!
Well loves, it's official. I need to change my profile from 20's to 30's - I'm officially in a new decade of my life. I'll be honest, it doesn't feel any different. At least, not yet. I keep hearing that the 30's are the best years and even my bestie who turned 30 in October said this has been the best year of her life so far, so we'll see where it goes.
The 20's were kicked out the door in truly mad, festive fashion because I threw myself a mad tea party to celebrate. I had an amazing time, surrounded by my friends - including Laura, my bestie of 26 years who flew in from NJ just for the night! She walked in the door and I completely lost my shit! Thank goodness the waterworks happened before I slathered on 20 pounds of makeup or I'd have been an even crazier looking hatter. ;-)
This lady flew 800 miles to see me for less than 24 hours. That's true love!
I sipped absinthe from a porcelain tea cup with "Gutter Slut" written on it in fancy script and sang and danced the night away in high style! It was hands down the best party I've ever thrown, our friends all had an amazing time, I felt like a mad Queen and as far as I know we escaped with a meager 1% of partiers awaking with hangovers!
When I woke in the morning to my official birthday, I had coffee with two of my favorite people on the planet. Who are also, apparently, better at surprises than I thought! Later in the afternoon we put Laura on a plane back to New Jersey and the cold icy weather and headed a bit further south to the shore, because I desperately needed to be at the ocean. It's been two years since I was last there, which is far too long for this witch!
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Some of you may remember that on my 29th birthday, I created a list of 30 things I wanted to accomplish before 30. Well, sadly, I didn't even finish half of it. But that's O.K. because I'm going to keep working on it until I've checked them all off! So, here is my updated list, the things I've accomplished are in green:
1. See a whale shark.
2. Fly a kite.
3. Be a healthy weight. - getting there!
4. Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years.
5. Get my passport.
6. Travel outside of the U.S.
7. Ride a horse.
8. Volunteer at an animal shelter.
9. Go to a drum circle.
10. Build a sheet fort.
11. Make a decision with a coin toss.
12. Have a Harry Potter movie-thon.
13. Ride in a hot air balloon. (For the record? I'm terrified of heights.) - bought tickets for this, have to set up a date!!
14. Complete a journal. - Almost there!
15. Lay out and watch cloud shapes.
16. Learn (or at least make a solid effort to learn) Spanish.
17. Go to a music festival.
18. Eat cake without using my hands.
19. Give belly dancing a shot.
20. Participate in the Color Run when it comes to Charlotte, NC.
21. Adopt a puppy.
22. Use a fake name at Starbucks - I go to Starbucks ALL THE TIME and in an entire year and multiple stores, not once has anyone asked my name!!
24. Put my toes in the ocean again.
25. Watch a meteor shower.
26. Stop caring and accept myself.
27. Be brave and bold hearted.
28. Paint my own version of Van Gogh's Starry night.
29. Sleep outside.
30. Be Happy - getting there!
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Here are more pictures from the party. You know I have to share!
All these images are from the photobooth we set up in the house. Yup, photobooth!
My amazing cake made by my friend Jenn. I had originally asked for a plain white cake with some roses and red paint and she took creative control and I LOVED IT.
