As a child, Alice had her fill of adventures in Wonderland. Now that she's all grown up, she's ready for more excitement, traveling through time and space.
For this year's Mad Tea Party, Time-Traveling Steampunk Alice traveled through history to gather her best literary friends and brought them all back to 2016 for a book-themed summer tea party.
The friends all sat down to sweet treats, tasty drinks, and some fun reading. I think Alice had a little too much fun when choosing book selections for her friends. Prissy Charlotte Bronte was absolutely scandalized when she read the details of Jane Austen's Letters!
Jane, never one to worry much about what people think of her, just shrugged it off saying, "Hey, it was the 90s!"
Miss Austen did get nostalgic when she noticed her tea cup featured the same Blue Willow pattern that her family used in their home in Steventon when she was growing up. "How thoughtful, dear Alice," she remarked.
When Alice asked Miss Jo March of Little Women fame if she was enjoying the party, she said, "Of course! There's books!" Rebel Jo asked for lemonade over tea---and Alice was happy to oblige.
She was especially interested to browse what Ms. Alcott had written about her future in, Jo's Boys, but she was careful not to read too much---spoilers!
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz's Dorothy Gale amused herself at this corner of the table with a copy of Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales.
Bookish Belle spent the entire time just like this---with her nose in a book. Belle is somewhat of a time-traveler herself as some researchers believe the Beauty and the Beast story to be over 4,000 years old! No wonder she's such an avid reader---she's had a lot of time to enjoy the best works throughout history!
Sweet Laura Ingalls was the youngest at the party---I'm surprised Pa and Ma let her come along. I guess Time-Traveling Alice can drop her back into history a short time before she left and they'll never know she was gone!
After the party, the girls gathered outside for a group photo before Alice took them all home to their proper places in history. What a lovely idea for a tea party, Alice! Goodbye, friends!
**Would you like to see more from Steampunk Alice? Visit my daughter (and character model) Lynzie's blog for her Mad Tea Party featuring several Steampunk friends!
Be sure to check out my parties from previous years:
Mad Tea Party 2015
Mad Tea Party 2014
Lynzie's Steampunk Alice Party 2016
Be sure to check out my parties from previous years:
Mad Tea Party 2015
Mad Tea Party 2014
This is just one of many Mad Tea Parties going on this weekend in Blogland! Check out the whole list at A Fanciful Twist to see what else Alice has been up to!
This is the best tea party I have ever seen! What a cute idea. I love all the faces of Lynzie!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! Loved the 'spoilers' comment. I certainly had to do a double-take when I first saw that photo. I thought it that one of your other daughters had had a mad growth spurt when I saw Belle and Jo, then realised they were all the same person. And Steampunk Alice is brilliant!
ReplyDeleteThis was incredible! Love it! So much! How fun!
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ReplyDeleteI love this! How fun to play a variety of characters and I love the 'group shot'. :) I love the mantle backdrop, too. :)
ReplyDeleteSarah, I love this! I think I look at it every time I visit your other blog!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jean! We had so much fun with it!
DeleteTotally confusing. They are the same girl... are they not? Smiling here.
ReplyDeleteThey sure are! We had a lot of fun with this one!
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