It's time for a magical tea party

It's tea time!

It's a magical, wondrous, delightful time

that has been brought together by the lovely Vanessa from a fanciful twist. 

Please be sure to visit Vanessa's magnificent blog for some tea time treats

and do also visit all of the other blog tea parties  

but now you must quickly take your seats.

The White Rabbit has a very important announcement to make!

He is sounding his horn!

Hurry now

 sit down. 

You can sit right here by me.

Here ye, here ye!

By proclamation of the Queen,

we join together on this day with glee

for a wondrous party with tarts

 and with tea.

and now I present to you

The Queen of Hearts.

Why yes,

we'll have tea at this party for me.

 The Queen of Hearts!

It's my birthday today

 in these here parts

I am Queen on this day

 but then again,

I am Queen everyday.

I do enjoy a good birthday with tea.

I love my birthday with tea and hearts.

with happy hearts

with shiny hearts

and especially with dotted hearts.

I also like my tea with tarts,

strawberry tarts to be exact.

There are strawberries

strewn all about

but none atop a single tart.

 The Queen

 does not like

when her tarts

are not here.

 Oh dear, 

I fear

someone made 

my sweet tarts

disappear.

Oh well, I'm ready for my tasty tea

 but there will be no eggs for me.

I do enjoy my tea with cream

some tea with cream.

Please!

 For the Queen.

My King,

 he likes his tea just black.

No sugar!

No cream!

Not at all like the Queen!

Not  lemon or

even sweet honey

from

a buzzing bee.

You see

he is not at all like me

but we do

both enjoy

our

Royal Tea!

I truly hope you enjoyed having tea with her majesty. 

and if you've seen

  those missing tarts

 be sure to alert the Queen of Hearts .

Happy tea time to all of you lovely blog party attendees.

Ta! Ta!

Tea Party tomorrow

Don't forget to stop by tomorrow for the 3rd annual Mad Tea Party.
The party will be hosted by the fabulous Vanessa Valencia of a Fanciful Twist. 
Please join in the fun and visit all of the party goers blogs for some tasty tea. 
See you tomorrow!

Art Journaling fun

I get together once a month with a group of ladies for a altered book round robin.

Here is one of the books that I worked on.

I did 2 separate spreads.

Her book theme was lettering or type.

So, anything with interesting fonts, words or letters was acceptable for this book.

On this spread I created two doors that opened with secret compartments and messages.

These are so much fun to work on. 

It can be a challenge to work in a theme that is something you might not have chosen on your own but it really stretches you as an artist.  I've seen everybody's art improve after working in these books for a year.