After all, I had not lost my mind completely. I selected grey velvet fabric to match my daughter’s upholstered headboard. Undaunted, I found a child-sized chair with plaid fabric and jumped into the project headfirst. I had never upholstered anything in my life! But why let a little detail like that get in the way? This probably seems a little crazy and over the top, but I’ll let you in on a little secret. My only option was to reupholster an inexpensive American chair. And I wasn’t willing to pay more for shipping fees than the cost of the actual chair. Unfortunately, I was forced to abandon this plan because chairs fitting this description are only sold outside of the US. I imagined one in a beautiful floral pattern or a soft, neutral color to complement my tea party decor. I’m not going to disagree with you, but I just couldn’t resist! Originally, I planned to buy a child-sized wingback chair upholstered in a tea party-esque fabric. You’re probably thinking that I’ve gone too far. The Mad Hatter’s tea party is always depicted with a wingback chair at the head of the table, and I was determined to have one at mine. I also purchased a few inexpensive clocks online that had a vintage look and painted them soft pastel colors. I managed to find several inexpensive vintage tea sets, pocket watches, and books that fit the bill perfectly. Because I wanted to create a crazy, haphazard tablescape, my first task was to source mix-matched tea sets tea and other items that could be strewn about to emphasize the frenetic madness. With the invitations out of the way, it was time to bring my vision of the Mad Hatter tea party to life. Spoiler alert: the keys were a big hit with the kids! In fact, many of the guests used the ribbon to tie the keys around their necks and wore their necklaces to the party Planning the Mad Hatter Tea Party The key was a nod to the one that Alice finds on the glass table that eventually unlocks the garden door. For the finishing touch, I attached a vintage brass key to the ribbon. I added a “Read Me” tag with another silhouette. I enclosed this card in a folder tied with a black satin ribbon. The envelope liner also featured a silhouetted image of Alice, this time of her fall down the rabbit hole. To drive the theme home, I placed a silhouette of Alice and the white rabbit at the bottom of the card.
Using three fonts in varying sizes, I invited the guests to join us for a “very merry un-birthday” and asked them to “follow the white rabbit” to our venue. I started by writing the text and attempted to capture the playful, off-beat spirit of the book with the graphics. The invitations were the first step in the tea party planning process. I was also excited because visions of a Mad Hatter tea party, complete with vintage teacups and top hats, were dancing in my head nonstop. She’d fallen in love with Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, so I knew that she would be excited.
But for the big 0-5, we decided to step up our game in a major way. Up until this point, we had planned low-key family celebrations, such as apple picking. No milestone birthday should go unnoticed, and my daughter’s 5th birthday was no exception.
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